Indie rock duo The Kills released a soulful rendition of Billie Eilish’s somber single “Happier Than Ever,” which will be featured on the duo’s upcoming EP Happier Girls, dropping this Friday.
The Kills, made up of singer Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince, first performed an acoustic rendition of the 2021 hit during a Sirius Xm taping in 2023. Mosshart said in a press statement that Laurence Bell, the founder of independent record label Domino, reached out after listening to the radio show and encouraged the rock duo to make...
The Kills, made up of singer Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince, first performed an acoustic rendition of the 2021 hit during a Sirius Xm taping in 2023. Mosshart said in a press statement that Laurence Bell, the founder of independent record label Domino, reached out after listening to the radio show and encouraged the rock duo to make...
- 9/17/2024
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
Adele’s vocals are unmatched in the music world and fans just got another proof to celebrate on the internet. A viral video featuring Adele singing her breakout song, Rolling in the Deep, has won over music fans. They hailed her live voice, which sounded incredible without the aid of any technology like autotuning. The song originally received praise at the time of its release for its production, lyrics, and the singer’s vocal performance.
Adele in the music video of Someone Like You
Rolling in the Deep was Adele’s first number-one song in the U.S. and took the top spot on many Billboard charts. More than a decade later, the song once again captured the love and attention of the music lovers through the viral video.
Adele’s Rolling In The Deep Sans Autotune Goes Viral
Adele in the music video of Rolling in the Deep
Adele...
Adele in the music video of Someone Like You
Rolling in the Deep was Adele’s first number-one song in the U.S. and took the top spot on many Billboard charts. More than a decade later, the song once again captured the love and attention of the music lovers through the viral video.
Adele’s Rolling In The Deep Sans Autotune Goes Viral
Adele in the music video of Rolling in the Deep
Adele...
- 3/23/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
The Kills — the indie rock duo featuring singer Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince — have announced the impending arrival of their first new album in seven years, God Games.
Ahead of the LP’s October 27 release, the band has shared the latest single, “103,” a love song set amid the ever-increasing, life-threatening heat waves plaguing the planet.
The visual for “103” was directed by Steven Sebring and makes use of a custom-built 3D film studio as the camera revolves around Mosshart and Hince, who — keeping with the song’s theme — don tanning goggles and solar eclipse glasses.
Ahead of the LP’s October 27 release, the band has shared the latest single, “103,” a love song set amid the ever-increasing, life-threatening heat waves plaguing the planet.
The visual for “103” was directed by Steven Sebring and makes use of a custom-built 3D film studio as the camera revolves around Mosshart and Hince, who — keeping with the song’s theme — don tanning goggles and solar eclipse glasses.
- 8/30/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Kills have readied God Games, their first album in seven years. The project is out in full on October 27th via Domino, while the new single “103” is available to stream now.
For God Games, The Kills tried a mix of strategies old and new. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince composed its 12 tracks primarily on piano, a first for the duo, but recorded the LP with producer Paul Epworth, who the band have known for 20 years. They recorded the album in an old church, which presumably added to their signature sultry, blues-inspired sound.
New track “103” begins with crackling electronic percussion and guitar that rolls in waves as Mosshart sings about the end of the world. The deceptively calming song comes with a 360-degree music video directed by Steven Sebring that follows The Kills as they try not to melt under the sun’s rays. Check it out below.
Pre-orders for God Games are ongoing.
For God Games, The Kills tried a mix of strategies old and new. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince composed its 12 tracks primarily on piano, a first for the duo, but recorded the LP with producer Paul Epworth, who the band have known for 20 years. They recorded the album in an old church, which presumably added to their signature sultry, blues-inspired sound.
New track “103” begins with crackling electronic percussion and guitar that rolls in waves as Mosshart sings about the end of the world. The deceptively calming song comes with a 360-degree music video directed by Steven Sebring that follows The Kills as they try not to melt under the sun’s rays. Check it out below.
Pre-orders for God Games are ongoing.
- 8/30/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Have you been paying attention to the Best New Artist class of 2022 lately? The highly talented group of 10, ranging from indie darlings to pop powerhouses, has been quite active recently, with a couple having music that is either out recently or is slated to be released in the coming months. As such, perhaps it’s a good time to keep an eye on these nominees, because you might end up predicting them for awards in 2024.
Best New Artist winner Olivia Rodrigo releases a new single, “Vampire,” on June 30 and is rumored to be dropping her highly anticipated sophomore album soon. Rodrigo’s debut album, “Sour,” became an instant sensation; it was the second biggest album of 2022 and earned Rodrigo four top-10 smash hits. The album also won Rodrigo two additional Grammys besides Best New Artist: Best Pop Solo Performance (“Drivers License”) and Best Pop Vocal Album. Since her win Rodrigo...
Best New Artist winner Olivia Rodrigo releases a new single, “Vampire,” on June 30 and is rumored to be dropping her highly anticipated sophomore album soon. Rodrigo’s debut album, “Sour,” became an instant sensation; it was the second biggest album of 2022 and earned Rodrigo four top-10 smash hits. The album also won Rodrigo two additional Grammys besides Best New Artist: Best Pop Solo Performance (“Drivers License”) and Best Pop Vocal Album. Since her win Rodrigo...
- 6/25/2023
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Ahead of the release of her sophomore LP, My Soft Machine, Arlo Parks has shared a new single, “Devotion.” The track is the final tease of the album, out May 26 via Transgressive Records.
“‘Devotion’ to me is a song about feeling so in love it’s almost like being ripped apart, there’s an intensity, a wildness and a tenderness,” Parks explained in a statement. “This is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made, it draws from the bands that made me fall in love with music from...
“‘Devotion’ to me is a song about feeling so in love it’s almost like being ripped apart, there’s an intensity, a wildness and a tenderness,” Parks explained in a statement. “This is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made, it draws from the bands that made me fall in love with music from...
- 5/25/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Mark Stewart, co-founder and singer of the UK post-punk act The Pop Group, has died at the age of 62.
As a teeanger, Stewart formed The Pop Group alongside guitarist John Waddington, bassist Simon Underwood, guitarist/saxophonist Gareth Sager, and drummer Bruce Smith. Rising from the ashes of punk rock’s first wave, The Pop Group pushed the genre into a far more diverse direction by embracing an explosive fusion of punk, dub, free jazz, and funk. They released two albums — 1979’s Y and 1980’s For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? — before splitting in 1981.
Three decades later, Stewart, Sager, and Smith gave The Pop Group new life. After reforming for a UK tour in 2015, the trio hit the studio with producer Paul Epworth for their first album in 35 years, Citizen Zombie. They then embarked on a more extensive reunion tour that spanned much of 2016 and 2017.
The Pop Group...
As a teeanger, Stewart formed The Pop Group alongside guitarist John Waddington, bassist Simon Underwood, guitarist/saxophonist Gareth Sager, and drummer Bruce Smith. Rising from the ashes of punk rock’s first wave, The Pop Group pushed the genre into a far more diverse direction by embracing an explosive fusion of punk, dub, free jazz, and funk. They released two albums — 1979’s Y and 1980’s For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? — before splitting in 1981.
Three decades later, Stewart, Sager, and Smith gave The Pop Group new life. After reforming for a UK tour in 2015, the trio hit the studio with producer Paul Epworth for their first album in 35 years, Citizen Zombie. They then embarked on a more extensive reunion tour that spanned much of 2016 and 2017.
The Pop Group...
- 4/21/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
Rina Sawayama is everything you could pray for in a pop provocateur, circa 2022: rude, audacious, unpredictable, hilarious, blunt, with a mean streak and an omnivorous ear. The Japanese British art rebel made waves with her debut, Sawayama, a pop manifesto with her own queer glam-rock sensibility. In gems like “Stfu,” she managed to combine two totally different strains of Y2K-era radio — Britney-Backstreet teen disco and Korn-esque nu metal — into a new style of head-banging swagger. Anyone could hear it: Sawayama was born to break stuff.
Her long-awaited Hold...
Her long-awaited Hold...
- 9/13/2022
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Rina Sawayama has premiered a rousing new music video for her single, “This Hell.” In the clip, directed by Ali Kurr, the singer attends her own cowboy-themed wedding and afterparty, complete with line dancing and shots.
“It was amazing to get back together with director Ali Kurr for the video for ‘This Hell,'” Sawayama said in a statement. “We always like to tell engaging stories through film together so this one was about love and community in the face of hatred and dissent.”
“This Hell” is the lead single...
“It was amazing to get back together with director Ali Kurr for the video for ‘This Hell,'” Sawayama said in a statement. “We always like to tell engaging stories through film together so this one was about love and community in the face of hatred and dissent.”
“This Hell” is the lead single...
- 6/16/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Rina Sawayama has delivered a reference-laden toast to a good life amidst so much chaos on her new song, “This Hell.” The track marks the lead single from Sawayama’s next album, Hold the Girl, out Sept. 2 via Dirty Hit.
“This Hell” finds Sawayama injecting her future pop bona fides with some classic Nineties country (there’s even a “Let’s go, girls” at the very start of the tune, a direct nod to Shania Twain’s “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”). The rest of the song is a...
“This Hell” finds Sawayama injecting her future pop bona fides with some classic Nineties country (there’s even a “Let’s go, girls” at the very start of the tune, a direct nod to Shania Twain’s “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”). The rest of the song is a...
- 5/18/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
As predicted, the “No Time to Die” song from the recent James Bond film of the same name has prevailed at the 2022 Oscars for Best Song. That means the sister-brother songwriting duo of Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell have added an Academy Award to their trophy collection for “No Time to Die,” to go along with their Critics Choice Award, Golden Globe and Gold Derby Award.
The other Best Song Oscar nominees this year were “Be Alive” from “King Richard” (Dixson and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter), “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” (Lin-Manuel Miranda), “Down to Joy” from “Belfast” (Van Morrison) and “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days” (Diane Warren). Eilish and O’Connell accepted their prize during ABC’s ceremony on Sunday, March 27 — see the complete Oscars winners list.
See‘This is such an honor’: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell (‘No Time to Die’) thank Gold Derby Awards voters [Watch]
“No Time to Die...
The other Best Song Oscar nominees this year were “Be Alive” from “King Richard” (Dixson and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter), “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” (Lin-Manuel Miranda), “Down to Joy” from “Belfast” (Van Morrison) and “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days” (Diane Warren). Eilish and O’Connell accepted their prize during ABC’s ceremony on Sunday, March 27 — see the complete Oscars winners list.
See‘This is such an honor’: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell (‘No Time to Die’) thank Gold Derby Awards voters [Watch]
“No Time to Die...
- 3/28/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell just added another award to their collection. The sister-brother songwriting duo claimed the Best Original Song category at the 2022 Gold Derby Film Awards on Wednesday, March 16 for their work on the song “No Time to Die” from the latest James Bond movie, “No Time to Die.” The co-nominees they beat out were “Be Alive” from “King Richard”, “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” (Lin-Manuel Miranda), “Just Look Up” from “Don’t Look Up” and “So May We Start” from “Annette”. See the complete winners list and view the siblings’ speech at the 12:50 mark.
“Thank you so much to Gold Derby and everyone who voted for us,” O’Connell declared in their Gold Derby Awards acceptance speech video. “It was such an incredible experience to write this song and to now be a part of the Bond legacy.”
Eilish chimed in, “This is such an honor and we...
“Thank you so much to Gold Derby and everyone who voted for us,” O’Connell declared in their Gold Derby Awards acceptance speech video. “It was such an incredible experience to write this song and to now be a part of the Bond legacy.”
Eilish chimed in, “This is such an honor and we...
- 3/21/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
When a producer like Barbara Broccoli flies to your concert and hands you 23 pages from the next James Bond script, you could say you’ve landed the job of writing the pic’s theme song.
However, multi-Grammy winners Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell remain humble, saying that at really no point in time were they sure they were a lock for the No Time to Die theme. Let’s face it, Bond, which skews older, needs young fans, and if there’s a window to millennials it’s Eilish, who counts close to 200 million followers on social media.
“We didn’t have the feeling, we’re the perfect people to do this,” says Eilish about being approached to write the title theme to Bond 25. “We didn’t feel worthy at all.”
“It was not a ‘You have the job’ thing, it’s, ‘Let’s see if you have the...
However, multi-Grammy winners Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell remain humble, saying that at really no point in time were they sure they were a lock for the No Time to Die theme. Let’s face it, Bond, which skews older, needs young fans, and if there’s a window to millennials it’s Eilish, who counts close to 200 million followers on social media.
“We didn’t have the feeling, we’re the perfect people to do this,” says Eilish about being approached to write the title theme to Bond 25. “We didn’t feel worthy at all.”
“It was not a ‘You have the job’ thing, it’s, ‘Let’s see if you have the...
- 3/16/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
As the Oscars wrestle with grabbing a larger millennial audience, the dissing of tentpoles in the Best Picture category continues this year. In addition to AMPAS voters overlooking the sixth highest grossing movie ever at the global box office, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.77 billion) for Best Picture, they also snubbed Daniel Craig’s swan song as James Bond in MGM/Uar/Eon’s No Time to Die in that slot as well.
To date, no 007 movie has been nominated for Best Picture, this despite a push this year for No Time to Die and the franchise’s highest grossing movie of all-time, which also starred Craig, 2012’s Skyfall ($1.1 billion).
No Time to Die was held for a theatrical release during the pandemic, repping one of the event titles to put global cinemas back in business after being shuttered for over a year. No Time to Die grossed...
To date, no 007 movie has been nominated for Best Picture, this despite a push this year for No Time to Die and the franchise’s highest grossing movie of all-time, which also starred Craig, 2012’s Skyfall ($1.1 billion).
No Time to Die was held for a theatrical release during the pandemic, repping one of the event titles to put global cinemas back in business after being shuttered for over a year. No Time to Die grossed...
- 2/8/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“No Time to Die,” the final send-off of Daniel Craig’s tenure as 007, has received positive reviews from critics, is getting the widest U.K. theatrical release of all time, and is hoping to set box office records, at least for the pandemic era. But how will this all stand in the face of the Oscars?
Craig has been an effective Bond, but he’s also been an extraordinary actor in multiple films throughout his career, some of which should have already brought him awards attention, such as “Knives Out” (2019) and “Logan Lucky” (2017). So can Craig crack the best actor lineup for his final performance of the famed character? As the magic eight ball says, “All signs point to no.” But stranger things have happened in respective awards years.
So, where can the film find traction?
The James Bond franchise hasn’t shown up in any major Oscar categories over its nearly six decade history.
Craig has been an effective Bond, but he’s also been an extraordinary actor in multiple films throughout his career, some of which should have already brought him awards attention, such as “Knives Out” (2019) and “Logan Lucky” (2017). So can Craig crack the best actor lineup for his final performance of the famed character? As the magic eight ball says, “All signs point to no.” But stranger things have happened in respective awards years.
So, where can the film find traction?
The James Bond franchise hasn’t shown up in any major Oscar categories over its nearly six decade history.
- 10/1/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Arlo Parks has released a colorful music video for her song “Too Good,” the latest single from her new album Collapsed in Sunbeams.
“I did this one with [producer Paul Epworth] in one of our first days of sessions,” Parks says of the song. “I showed him all the music that I was obsessed with at the time, from Seventies Zambian psychedelic rock to Mf Doom and the hip-hop that I love via Tame Impala and big Nineties throwback pop by TLC. From there, it was a whirlwind. Paul started playing this drumbeat,...
“I did this one with [producer Paul Epworth] in one of our first days of sessions,” Parks says of the song. “I showed him all the music that I was obsessed with at the time, from Seventies Zambian psychedelic rock to Mf Doom and the hip-hop that I love via Tame Impala and big Nineties throwback pop by TLC. From there, it was a whirlwind. Paul started playing this drumbeat,...
- 7/8/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Paul McCartney has released Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien‘s remix of his song “Slidin’.” The song will appear on McCartney’s upcoming release, McCartney III Imagined, which features numerous artists putting their own spin on songs from last year’s McCartney III.
O’Brien shared the story of his remix on BBC Radio 6 Music, detailing how he collaborated on the track with producer Paul Epworth.
“I really liked [‘Slidin’], and so I said to Paul Epworth, would you fancy getting stuck in?” O’Brien said on the radio show.
O’Brien shared the story of his remix on BBC Radio 6 Music, detailing how he collaborated on the track with producer Paul Epworth.
“I really liked [‘Slidin’], and so I said to Paul Epworth, would you fancy getting stuck in?” O’Brien said on the radio show.
- 4/7/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Royal Blood have announced their new album Typhoons, with the British rock duo also sharing the title track from their upcoming LP, due out April 30th.
Like their 2020 single “Trouble’s Coming” — Typhoons’ opening track — the duo’s new track “Typhoons” finds Royal Blood reconnecting with the electronic music acts that inspired their 2014 debut album, namely Daft Punk, Cassius and Justice.
“We sort of stumbled on this sound, and it was immediately fun to play,” Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr said in a statement.
“That’s what sparked the creativity on the new album,...
Like their 2020 single “Trouble’s Coming” — Typhoons’ opening track — the duo’s new track “Typhoons” finds Royal Blood reconnecting with the electronic music acts that inspired their 2014 debut album, namely Daft Punk, Cassius and Justice.
“We sort of stumbled on this sound, and it was immediately fun to play,” Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr said in a statement.
“That’s what sparked the creativity on the new album,...
- 1/22/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Despite multiple assurances that she would focus on acting instead of singing for her debut as host on “Saturday Night Live,” Adele burst into song several times during a spoof on “The Bachelor” about half an hour into the show.
The skit found Adele, who was introduced as her superstar self, interrupting every bachelor-dating scenario by breaking into solo-with-pianist versions of one of her hits — “Hello,” “Set Fire to the Rain,” and others — to the annoyance of the other women.
Some of Adele's looks so far on SNL. And we love it. pic.twitter.com/aZ9r2fetvb
— Tim...
The skit found Adele, who was introduced as her superstar self, interrupting every bachelor-dating scenario by breaking into solo-with-pianist versions of one of her hits — “Hello,” “Set Fire to the Rain,” and others — to the annoyance of the other women.
Some of Adele's looks so far on SNL. And we love it. pic.twitter.com/aZ9r2fetvb
— Tim...
- 10/25/2020
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: French actress Bérénice Marlohe has inked with Buchwald.
She first came to international attention in the James Bond film Skyfall opposite Daniel Craig, as the enigmatic Bond Girl, Severine. The movie remains the highest grossing 007 feature of all-time with over $1.1 billion worldwide and was nominated for five Oscars, winning two, in particular the first Academy Award win ever for a Bond title song, Adele and Paul Epworth’s “Skyfall.”
Marlohe can next be seen in Lech Majewski’s surrealist drama Valley of the Gods opposite Josh Hartnett and John Malkovich from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film is set to debut on digital platforms and available on Blu-ray and DVD on Aug. 11.
Marlohe appears in the all-star cast of Terrence Malick’s Song to Song alongside Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman, as well as in Joe Miale’s sci-fi thriller Revolt opposite Lee Pace.
She first came to international attention in the James Bond film Skyfall opposite Daniel Craig, as the enigmatic Bond Girl, Severine. The movie remains the highest grossing 007 feature of all-time with over $1.1 billion worldwide and was nominated for five Oscars, winning two, in particular the first Academy Award win ever for a Bond title song, Adele and Paul Epworth’s “Skyfall.”
Marlohe can next be seen in Lech Majewski’s surrealist drama Valley of the Gods opposite Josh Hartnett and John Malkovich from Well Go USA Entertainment. The film is set to debut on digital platforms and available on Blu-ray and DVD on Aug. 11.
Marlohe appears in the all-star cast of Terrence Malick’s Song to Song alongside Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman, as well as in Joe Miale’s sci-fi thriller Revolt opposite Lee Pace.
- 7/24/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The “No Time to Die” theme song from 18-year-old singer-songwriter Billie Eilish dropped on Thursday, co-written and produced by her brother, Finneas O’Connell. Fittingly, it’s a haunting ballad that bids farewell to Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as James Bond. Listen below.
Eilish, who swept the Grammys this year and who sang the “Yesterday” “In Memoriam” tribute at the Oscars on Sunday, is the youngest person to record a theme song for a Bond movie. Her song follows the back-to-back Oscar winners, “Writing’s on the Wall” (“Spectre”) from Sam Smith (co-written by Jimmy Napes), and the eponymous “Skyfall” from Adele (co-written by Paul Epworth). The other two Bond songs from the Craig era are the rockers “Another Way to Die” (“Quantum of Solace”) from Jack White & Alicia Keys, and “You Know My Name” (“Casino Royale”) from the late Chris Cornell.
Eilish, in a statement, said, “It...
Eilish, who swept the Grammys this year and who sang the “Yesterday” “In Memoriam” tribute at the Oscars on Sunday, is the youngest person to record a theme song for a Bond movie. Her song follows the back-to-back Oscar winners, “Writing’s on the Wall” (“Spectre”) from Sam Smith (co-written by Jimmy Napes), and the eponymous “Skyfall” from Adele (co-written by Paul Epworth). The other two Bond songs from the Craig era are the rockers “Another Way to Die” (“Quantum of Solace”) from Jack White & Alicia Keys, and “You Know My Name” (“Casino Royale”) from the late Chris Cornell.
Eilish, in a statement, said, “It...
- 2/14/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Sam Mendes is a frontrunner to earn a Best Director Oscar nomination in 2020 for “1917.” Mendes’ virtuoso direction of the World War I action thriller is something of a comeback for the English filmmaker after his last directorial effort “Spectre,” the 2015 Bond film that is often considered one of the weakest installments in the 25-film franchise. Ahead of “1917” opening in theaters this Christmas, Mendes told The Sunday Times (via The Independent) that directing Bond films was a no-win situation.
“When I think of them my stomach churns,” Mendes said of his Bond movies, which include “Skyfall” and “Spectre.” “It’s just so hard. You feel like the England football manager. You think, if I win, I’ll survive. If I lose, I’ll be pilloried. There is no victory. Just survival.”
Mendes said there are simply too many fans across the world to please when it comes to the James Bond franchise,...
“When I think of them my stomach churns,” Mendes said of his Bond movies, which include “Skyfall” and “Spectre.” “It’s just so hard. You feel like the England football manager. You think, if I win, I’ll survive. If I lose, I’ll be pilloried. There is no victory. Just survival.”
Mendes said there are simply too many fans across the world to please when it comes to the James Bond franchise,...
- 12/16/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Somewhere inside every album Beck has made since Mellow Gold — his 1994 surprise attack of slippery irony and hip-hop bravado — is the solo folk-blues singer caught on that year’s One Foot in the Grave, writing about despair with a surrealist edge while turned toward hope. That is the Beck who jumps out here in “Saw Lightning,” in looping spasms of acoustic, skidding Delta slide guitar.
Most of the song’s apocalypse comes in contemporary kicks. Beck sings of great fire and flooding, praying for rescue in a strident android’s...
Most of the song’s apocalypse comes in contemporary kicks. Beck sings of great fire and flooding, praying for rescue in a strident android’s...
- 11/26/2019
- by David Fricke
- Rollingstone.com
Kate Nash is recalling a nightmare she had recently. In the dream, the musician and star of the Netflix series Glow remembers being on a raft in a dark tunnel, surrounded by man-eating killer whales.
“I escaped the tunnel, and I was running around in this carpark, with all these trailers, that looked a little bit like the Glow trailer lot,” she explains. “And I was really scared the killer whales were gonna come for me, even though I was on pavement now. My drummer opened up a trailer door,...
“I escaped the tunnel, and I was running around in this carpark, with all these trailers, that looked a little bit like the Glow trailer lot,” she explains. “And I was really scared the killer whales were gonna come for me, even though I was on pavement now. My drummer opened up a trailer door,...
- 11/23/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Beck effortlessly rolled through a string of Prince’s biggest hits in the new video for “The Paisley Experience,” recorded at the late musician’s Paisley Park Studios. “The Paisley Experience” experience appears on Beck’s new three-track Ep, Paisley Park Sessions, released last week exclusively via Amazon Music.
The performance finds Beck outfitted in a fittingly pale purple blouse and opens with a rendition of “Raspberry Beret” that leaps into “When Doves Cry.” Beck really hits his stride on “Kiss,” utilizing his always delightful falsetto as he shuffles around the studio floor,...
The performance finds Beck outfitted in a fittingly pale purple blouse and opens with a rendition of “Raspberry Beret” that leaps into “When Doves Cry.” Beck really hits his stride on “Kiss,” utilizing his always delightful falsetto as he shuffles around the studio floor,...
- 11/18/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Beck has released “Dark Places,” another track off his upcoming new album Hyperspace, along with a moody lyric video created by Eddie Obrand. The song follows “Uneventful Days” and “Hyperlife,” which the singer unveiled last month, and “Saw Lightening,” which was released in April.
Hyperspace, which drops November 22nd, features collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Coldplay’s Chris Martin (background vocals on “Stratosphere”), Sky Ferreira (“Die Waiting”) and producers Greg Kurstin and Paul Epworth. Beck originally intended to release an Ep from his sessions with Williams, who worked on seven of the album’s 11 tracks.
Hyperspace, which drops November 22nd, features collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Coldplay’s Chris Martin (background vocals on “Stratosphere”), Sky Ferreira (“Die Waiting”) and producers Greg Kurstin and Paul Epworth. Beck originally intended to release an Ep from his sessions with Williams, who worked on seven of the album’s 11 tracks.
- 11/7/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Beck has detailed his upcoming album Hyperspace and shared a pair of new tracks from the LP, single “Uneventful Days” and album opener “Hyperlife.” Hyperspace, Beck’s followup to 2017’s Colors, arrives November 22nd.
Like its predecessor, “Saw Lightning,” “Uneventful Days” was co-written and co-produced by Pharrell Williams. While the previous single blended Beck’s slacker folk leanings with Williams’ upbeat hip-hop productions, their latest collaboration takes a more polished, synth-heavy approach.
In an interview with NME, Beck said that he had always wanted to make a record with Williams,...
Like its predecessor, “Saw Lightning,” “Uneventful Days” was co-written and co-produced by Pharrell Williams. While the previous single blended Beck’s slacker folk leanings with Williams’ upbeat hip-hop productions, their latest collaboration takes a more polished, synth-heavy approach.
In an interview with NME, Beck said that he had always wanted to make a record with Williams,...
- 10/17/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Mumford & Sons shared the video for their latest single “Woman,” starring Yeman Brown and Stephanie Crousillat as a pair of dancers captured on a handheld camcorder. It’s the third single from their 2018 album Delta.
Choreographed by Kristin Sudeikis (and filmed in her Forward Space warehouse in New York), the video came about after Mumford & Sons banjoist and lead guitarist Winston Marshall watched Brown perform an improvised dance routine to Beyoncé’s “Halo.”
“My heart went into my throat and I was quite literally moved to tears,” he told Dance Magazine.
Choreographed by Kristin Sudeikis (and filmed in her Forward Space warehouse in New York), the video came about after Mumford & Sons banjoist and lead guitarist Winston Marshall watched Brown perform an improvised dance routine to Beyoncé’s “Halo.”
“My heart went into my throat and I was quite literally moved to tears,” he told Dance Magazine.
- 6/4/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Lady Gaga shared in the Best Original Song Oscar win for “Shallow.” She sang the smash hit in “A Star is Born” and is credited as a co-writer alongside a trio of men: Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Mark Ronson. This win makes make her the 14th woman to take home an Oscar for songwriting. Her co-writers bring the total tally of male winners in this category to a whopping 146.
Two of Lady Gaga’s female predecessors won twice each: lyricist Marilyn Bergman and composer Kristin Anderson-Lopez. Their songwriting partners and husbands number among the two dozen men to have won this award at least twice since it was first handed out at the 7th Academy Awards in 1934.
See 2019 Oscars: How were winners for the 91st Academy Awards chosen?
The first woman to win the Best Original Song Oscar was lyricist Dorothy Fields who prevailed in 1936 for “The Way You Look Tonight,...
Two of Lady Gaga’s female predecessors won twice each: lyricist Marilyn Bergman and composer Kristin Anderson-Lopez. Their songwriting partners and husbands number among the two dozen men to have won this award at least twice since it was first handed out at the 7th Academy Awards in 1934.
See 2019 Oscars: How were winners for the 91st Academy Awards chosen?
The first woman to win the Best Original Song Oscar was lyricist Dorothy Fields who prevailed in 1936 for “The Way You Look Tonight,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
‘Shallow’ will make Lady Gaga 14th woman to win Best Original Song Oscar and bring male total to 146
Lady Gaga is all but certain to win at least one Oscar on Feb. 24 as part of the team that wrote the song “Shallow.” She sings the smash hit in “A Star is Born” and is credited as a tunesmith alongside a trio of men: Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Mark Ronson. That win will make her the 14th woman to take home an Oscar for songwriting. Her co-writers will bring the total tally of male winners in this category to a whopping 146.
Two of Lady Gaga’s female predecessors won twice each: lyricist Marilyn Bergman and composer Kristin Anderson-Lopez. Their songwriting partners and husbands number among the two dozen men to have won this award at least twice since it was first handed out at the 7th Academy Awards in 1934.
The first woman to win the Best Original Song Oscar was lyricist Dorothy Fields who prevailed in 1936 for “The Way You Look Tonight,...
Two of Lady Gaga’s female predecessors won twice each: lyricist Marilyn Bergman and composer Kristin Anderson-Lopez. Their songwriting partners and husbands number among the two dozen men to have won this award at least twice since it was first handed out at the 7th Academy Awards in 1934.
The first woman to win the Best Original Song Oscar was lyricist Dorothy Fields who prevailed in 1936 for “The Way You Look Tonight,...
- 12/29/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Lady Gaga is predicted to win two Oscars for her first film as leading lady: Best Actress and Best Original Song. While she is locked in a tight race for the acting award, with Glenn Close looking for her first win after six losses, Lady Gaga is all but certain to take home the Academy Award for her work on the hit tune “Shallow.”
She is credited as a co-writer with a trio of men: Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Mark Ronson. Should she prevail, she’d become the 11th woman to win an Oscar for composing. The first, Barbra Streisand, also won for writing the music for a song in her version of “A Star is Born.” Back in 1976, Streisand wrote and sang “Evergreen,” which has become one of the top hits in her repertoire.
Since Streisand made Academy Awards history, nine female composers have followed her up to the podium.
She is credited as a co-writer with a trio of men: Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Mark Ronson. Should she prevail, she’d become the 11th woman to win an Oscar for composing. The first, Barbra Streisand, also won for writing the music for a song in her version of “A Star is Born.” Back in 1976, Streisand wrote and sang “Evergreen,” which has become one of the top hits in her repertoire.
Since Streisand made Academy Awards history, nine female composers have followed her up to the podium.
- 12/17/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Mumford & Sons shifted their own musical boundaries with the release of their fourth album Delta, returning to the acoustic instrumentation that dominated their first two records and blending electronica, jazz and rap elements together.
For the band’s third appearance as musical guest on Saturday Night Live, Mumford & Sons opted to open their set with a track that was sonically familiar to fans, but more radical to the group who had moved to electric guitars and stadium anthems for their most recent albums.
For their first performance on the Jason Momoa-hosted episode,...
For the band’s third appearance as musical guest on Saturday Night Live, Mumford & Sons opted to open their set with a track that was sonically familiar to fans, but more radical to the group who had moved to electric guitars and stadium anthems for their most recent albums.
For their first performance on the Jason Momoa-hosted episode,...
- 12/9/2018
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
Mumford & Sons became one of the most unlikely success stories of the 21st century thanks to a sound that combined the ancient authenticity of banjo-hammering folk music and the polished, anthemic pump of modern rock — like a horse and buggy designed in a Tesla factory.
But the Mums weren’t satisfied to spend life staging hoedowns in sold-out hockey arenas, so they ditched acoustic instruments and plugged in for their third LP, 2015’s Wilder Mind, an indie-rock-steeped affair recorded in Brooklyn with Aaron Dessner of the National that doubled down...
But the Mums weren’t satisfied to spend life staging hoedowns in sold-out hockey arenas, so they ditched acoustic instruments and plugged in for their third LP, 2015’s Wilder Mind, an indie-rock-steeped affair recorded in Brooklyn with Aaron Dessner of the National that doubled down...
- 11/16/2018
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”) is in a heated Best Actress Oscar race with Glenn Close (“The Wife”) and Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”), but even if she comes up short there, chances are she’ll still leave Oscar night a winner. Gaga is considered a near lock to prevail in Best Original Song with “Shallow,” which would make her just the 14th woman to win the category.
Best Original Song was first introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, honoring the films of 1934, but like nearly all of the non-gendered categories, it’s been dominated by men. Dorothy Fields was the first woman to win the category for co-writing “The Way You Look Tonight” from “Swing Time” (1936) with Jerome Kern, but it would be another 32 years before a second woman triumphed; Marilyn Bergman won for penning “The Windmills of Your Mind” from “The Thomas Crown Affair” (1968) with Michel Legrand and her husband Alan Bergman.
Best Original Song was first introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, honoring the films of 1934, but like nearly all of the non-gendered categories, it’s been dominated by men. Dorothy Fields was the first woman to win the category for co-writing “The Way You Look Tonight” from “Swing Time” (1936) with Jerome Kern, but it would be another 32 years before a second woman triumphed; Marilyn Bergman won for penning “The Windmills of Your Mind” from “The Thomas Crown Affair” (1968) with Michel Legrand and her husband Alan Bergman.
- 11/6/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
When Rolling Stone visited Mumford & Sons in the studio last month, the band talked about the excitement they felt returning to acoustic instruments while recording their fourth album Delta. On 2015’s Wilder Mind, they largely abandoned them in favor of synthesizers and electric guitars. “There weren’t many boundaries musically,” said banjo-guitarist Winston Marshall. “We felt more free.”
You can see that excitement in their new video for “Guiding Light,” their new single which sounds like their best early acoustic anthems, with a new electronic drum twist. The day after the single came out,...
You can see that excitement in their new video for “Guiding Light,” their new single which sounds like their best early acoustic anthems, with a new electronic drum twist. The day after the single came out,...
- 10/17/2018
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Mumford & Sons performed their new single “Guiding Light” and chatted with the host during Monday’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The song appears on their forthcoming fourth album, Delta, out on November 16th via Gentleman of the Road/Glassnote.
The Mumfords performed the acoustic-driven number with the Roots adding to the sound. “Well, I know I had it all on the line/ But don’t just sit with folded hands and become blind,” the group harmonized on the chorus. “‘Cause even when there is no star in sight,...
The Mumfords performed the acoustic-driven number with the Roots adding to the sound. “Well, I know I had it all on the line/ But don’t just sit with folded hands and become blind,” the group harmonized on the chorus. “‘Cause even when there is no star in sight,...
- 9/25/2018
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
“What is it that Mumford & Sons do?” asks the band’s keyboard player Ben Lovett. “That’s what we are searching for. I really hope this record will continue to broaden the sense of what that means.”
On their third album, 2015’s Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons traded banjo and acoustic strumming for alt-rock guitars and arena-sized choruses. Going electric divided their fan base (“Although we didn’t have people shouting ‘Judas,’” notes guitarist and banjo player Winston Marshall.) The move made the band even more comfortable in the studio. “It...
On their third album, 2015’s Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons traded banjo and acoustic strumming for alt-rock guitars and arena-sized choruses. Going electric divided their fan base (“Although we didn’t have people shouting ‘Judas,’” notes guitarist and banjo player Winston Marshall.) The move made the band even more comfortable in the studio. “It...
- 9/20/2018
- by Mark Sutherland
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been four years since the square-jawed, pork pie hat-wearing James Bay sprung the earnest-but-hip shaking gospel rock of “Hold Back the River.” Or in pop terms, an eternity. Just ask those pining for the return of Ireland’s own holy rolling Hozier — his bruised baritone was last heard in 2014 when the cascading “Take Me to Church” became a certifiable smash.
Bay was Hozier’s opening act then. A Brit who looked like Johnny Depp in “Benny & Joon,” he came on quietly and gangly, stooped over a strummed-hard acoustic guitar, and wound up outpacing the headliner with ardent, folksy romanticism. For that silty sound and stance, he eventually won over the U.K. and U.S. music execs with his troubadour’s warble and earthiness. His 2015 debut album, “Chaos and the Calm,” became the rustic antidote to Ed Sheeran, what with Bay’s rough-shod, intimate intertwining of blues,...
Bay was Hozier’s opening act then. A Brit who looked like Johnny Depp in “Benny & Joon,” he came on quietly and gangly, stooped over a strummed-hard acoustic guitar, and wound up outpacing the headliner with ardent, folksy romanticism. For that silty sound and stance, he eventually won over the U.K. and U.S. music execs with his troubadour’s warble and earthiness. His 2015 debut album, “Chaos and the Calm,” became the rustic antidote to Ed Sheeran, what with Bay’s rough-shod, intimate intertwining of blues,...
- 5/18/2018
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
In a shocking win, the James Bond title song from Spectre, “Writing’s On the Wall” by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes, took the best original song Oscar tonight. It’s the second time time that a 007 song has broken through at the Oscars, after “Skyfall” three years ago became the first Bond song to win. That title theme was written by Adele and Paul Epworth. In his acceptance speech onstage, Smith said: “I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen and he said that no…...
- 2/29/2016
- Deadline
Read More: Indiewire Awards Season Spotlight The last few years has seen a populist uprising in the best original song category. In 2012, Adele became one step closer to Egot by winning the Oscar for "Skyfall" alongside Paul Epworth. In 2013, the extraordinarily popular "Frozen" anthem "Let It Go" beat out the mainstream likes of Pharrell Williams, U2 and Karen O. And last year, John Legend and Common won for their "Selma" song "Glory." It seems the days where we'd never heard of the best original song winner are long gone ("Al otro lado del rio" from "The Motorcycle Diaries," anyone?) -- and here are the days when they are #1 on iTunes the day after the Oscars. Below is Anne Thompson's take on how things might shake down in the race for best original song. Check out Thompson on Hollywood's Oscar predictions page for more awards season analysis. Click here for more category breakdowns on.
- 2/11/2016
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
The race for best original song at this year’s Academy Awards includes a number of big name recording artists whose work for film has been generating significant Oscar buzz.
In past years the category has seen a number of popular, chart-topping performers take home the statuette, including John Legend and Common’s “Glory” from last year’s best picture nominee Selma, about Martin Luther King’s historic march for civil rights and 2013’s “Skyfall”, performed and co-written by British songstress Adele with co-writer Paul Epworth, for the 007 film of the same name.
This year another James Bond theme is in the hunt for best original song, as Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall”, co-written with accomplished British songwriter James Napier (a.k.a. Jimmy Napes), the Spectre title track that became the first No. 1 in Bond theme history, has earned a Golden...
Managing Editor
The race for best original song at this year’s Academy Awards includes a number of big name recording artists whose work for film has been generating significant Oscar buzz.
In past years the category has seen a number of popular, chart-topping performers take home the statuette, including John Legend and Common’s “Glory” from last year’s best picture nominee Selma, about Martin Luther King’s historic march for civil rights and 2013’s “Skyfall”, performed and co-written by British songstress Adele with co-writer Paul Epworth, for the 007 film of the same name.
This year another James Bond theme is in the hunt for best original song, as Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall”, co-written with accomplished British songwriter James Napier (a.k.a. Jimmy Napes), the Spectre title track that became the first No. 1 in Bond theme history, has earned a Golden...
- 1/6/2016
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
Part of the reason Adele took four years to follow up 21, her world-beating second album, is that she had to work out what kind of artist to be, having exorcised her demons, castigated her enemies, and started a family. As a naturally collaborative songwriter, she got in touch with some old friends (Paul Epworth, Mark Ronson), some new ones (Danger Mouse, Bruno Mars), and some of the most experienced songwriters in pop (Max Martin, Ryan Tedder) to try to help her figure out the right way forward. You can hear some of that experimentation in 25, in the touches of vintage-fm rock and soul, the modern pop productions, the occasional hint of pained French chanson, and the decision to focus on the pain of love as subject matter rather than sing her diary entries one more time. Here are 25 albums and songs that reflect that search for identity, without which 25...
- 11/25/2015
- by Fraser McAlpine
- Vulture
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
Over the weekend, Spectre, the fourth James Bond film in the Daniel Craig era of the legendary spy franchise, earned the top spot at the box office with a $70 million bow, making it the second highest grossing film in the series just behind 2012’s Skyfall (which earned $88 million in its opening weekend).
Despite its success with audiences, the Spectre has been less well received by critics, with a 63% on review aggregate site, Rotten Tomatoes (by contrast, Skyfall holds a 93%). Yet, the film may still earn nominations from the Academy, as many previous Bond films have done. In fact, eight of the 23 films in the franchise that has spanned the course of five decades.
Here’s a look back at how previous 007 films have fared with Oscar and what that history may mean for Spectre:
Skyfall was not only the most successful outing Bond had at the box office,...
Managing Editor
Over the weekend, Spectre, the fourth James Bond film in the Daniel Craig era of the legendary spy franchise, earned the top spot at the box office with a $70 million bow, making it the second highest grossing film in the series just behind 2012’s Skyfall (which earned $88 million in its opening weekend).
Despite its success with audiences, the Spectre has been less well received by critics, with a 63% on review aggregate site, Rotten Tomatoes (by contrast, Skyfall holds a 93%). Yet, the film may still earn nominations from the Academy, as many previous Bond films have done. In fact, eight of the 23 films in the franchise that has spanned the course of five decades.
Here’s a look back at how previous 007 films have fared with Oscar and what that history may mean for Spectre:
Skyfall was not only the most successful outing Bond had at the box office,...
- 11/10/2015
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
The last few years have seen something of a populist uprising in Oscar's best original song category. In 2012, Adele became one step closer to Egot by winning the Oscar for "Skyfall" (alongside co-writer Paul Epworth). In 2013, the extraordinarily popular "Frozen" theme "Let It Go" beat out the mainstream likes of Pharrell Williams, U2 and Karen O. And last year, John Legend and Common won for their "Selma" anthem "Glory" after a performance that brought down the house on Oscar night. Are the days when we'd never heard of the best original song winner long gone ("Al otro lado del rio" from "The Motorcycle Diaries," anyone?) — and are the days when the winners are #1 on iTunes here to stay? That depends on how this year shakes down. There's no shortage of options when it comes to original songs in films this year — and no shortage of star-wattage. We've highlighted ten songs that seem most likely to.
- 10/28/2015
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Complete list of winners and nominees of the 2014 Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Sunday February 8. Winners will be updated as they're announced during the telecast and pre-telecast. Record Of The Year “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli Xcx “Chandelier,” Sia **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” Sam Smith “Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift “All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor Album Of The Year **Winner** “Morning Phase,” Beck “Beyoncé,” Beyoncé “X,” Ed Sheeran “In The Lonely Hour,” Sam Smith “Girl,” Pharrell Williams Song Of The Year “All About That Bass,” Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor) “Chandelier,” Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia) “Shake It Off,” Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith) “Take Me To Church,” Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier) Best New Artist Iggy Azalea Bastille Brandy Clark...
- 2/8/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
Below is a list of the nominees and nominations for the 57th annual Grammy Awards, to be held Feb. 8, 2015 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The main show will be broadcast on CBS 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Est/Pst and present 10-13 awards from major categories. The Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony (previously dubbed the Pre-Telecast Ceremony) will take place in the Nokia Centre from 12:30-3:30 Pst and will be live-streamed via Grammy.com. Beyonce and Sam Smith lead overall nominations, with six a piece; each have an Album of the Year nod. Album Of The Year Sam Smith, "In the Lonely Hour" Beyonce, "Beyonce" Beck, "Morning Phase" Ed Sheeran, "x" Pharrell Williams, "Girl" Record Of The Year Iggy Azalea, "Fancy" featuring Charli Xcx Sia, "Chandelier" Sam Smith, "Stay With Me" Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off" Meghan Trainor, "All About That Bass" Song of the Year Sia,...
- 12/5/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
You only have to look at Zane Lowe's re-scoring of Drive to see how impassioned fans get about film soundtracks. In fairness, that was a brave undertaking, and swapping College & Electric Youth's sublime 'A Real Hero' for The 1975 in that aqueduct scene aside, it wasn't a total disaster. But the DJ's reimagining of the ineffably stylish thriller was still met with widespread scorn.
Admittedly, it was a strange choice of project (why mess with perfection?), although it's perhaps stranger still that altering the soundtrack from a film just three years old could be branded an act of sacrilege and defacement. But it's proof if proof were needed that scores worth their salt can quickly wedge themselves into the Zeitgeist and become as revered as the films themselves.
So will the same be said of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 in a few years' time? Lorde only knows…...
Admittedly, it was a strange choice of project (why mess with perfection?), although it's perhaps stranger still that altering the soundtrack from a film just three years old could be branded an act of sacrilege and defacement. But it's proof if proof were needed that scores worth their salt can quickly wedge themselves into the Zeitgeist and become as revered as the films themselves.
So will the same be said of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 in a few years' time? Lorde only knows…...
- 11/19/2014
- Digital Spy
Bob Geldof has revealed plans for a fourth version of the U.K. charity single Do They Know It's Christmas, designed to fight the Ebola epidemic, featuring several big stars in the latest version of Band Aid. Bono, Ellie Goulding, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Underworld, Sinead O'Connor, Bastille and Elbow will all lend their voices to the charity single, with more acts to be announced before the recording session in London on Saturday. Paul Epworth, who has worked with Adele and One Direction, will produce. "We called up some of the giants of the past and our own
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- 11/10/2014
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After the debacle of last week's "1980s" hits, The X Factor is playing a little closer to the rules for Movies Week.
According to the song list from our friends at ITV, all of these songs have been in the films. And they're more or less right.
We still inevitably have a few quibbles. Yes, it's on the soundtrack, but why opt for the Demi Lovato version of 'Let It Go' from Frozen's closing credits, rather than the proper Idina Menzel take from the film itself?
If you're going to attribute 'Try A Little Tenderness' to Otis Redding, then choose John Hughes classic Pretty in Pink as your movie, where Duckie famously lip-synched to the radical soul reworking of Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry M Woods's jazzy standard.
On The Commitments, it was the cast themselves who implored us to squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her.
According to the song list from our friends at ITV, all of these songs have been in the films. And they're more or less right.
We still inevitably have a few quibbles. Yes, it's on the soundtrack, but why opt for the Demi Lovato version of 'Let It Go' from Frozen's closing credits, rather than the proper Idina Menzel take from the film itself?
If you're going to attribute 'Try A Little Tenderness' to Otis Redding, then choose John Hughes classic Pretty in Pink as your movie, where Duckie famously lip-synched to the radical soul reworking of Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry M Woods's jazzy standard.
On The Commitments, it was the cast themselves who implored us to squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her.
- 10/24/2014
- Digital Spy
Lorde has unveiled her brand new single from the Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 soundtrack.
'Yellow Flicker Beat' is the lead track from the upcoming soundtrack, which was also curated by Lorde.
The teenage singer co-wrote the song with Adele and Coldplay producer Paul Epworth, and it was recorded at New Jersey's Lakehouse Recording Studios.
The track will play over the closing credits to the upcoming sequel starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Lorde was chosen to hand-pick artists for the collection after meeting with director Francis Lawrence on the set of the film.
The soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 will be released via Republic Records later this year.
The film will be released in cinemas on November 21. Watch the full trailer below:...
'Yellow Flicker Beat' is the lead track from the upcoming soundtrack, which was also curated by Lorde.
The teenage singer co-wrote the song with Adele and Coldplay producer Paul Epworth, and it was recorded at New Jersey's Lakehouse Recording Studios.
The track will play over the closing credits to the upcoming sequel starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Lorde was chosen to hand-pick artists for the collection after meeting with director Francis Lawrence on the set of the film.
The soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 will be released via Republic Records later this year.
The film will be released in cinemas on November 21. Watch the full trailer below:...
- 9/29/2014
- Digital Spy
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