Music news

• Executive Shuffles: Spotify, Universal Music Group, Fade to Silence Records

  06-08-2015 23:34
  
  Jared Grusd is the new Chief Executive Officer of The Huffington Post. Grusd was previously Spotify‘s Global Head of Corporate Development and General Counsel. Paul Bibeau has...
  The post Executive Shuffles: Spotify, Universal Music Group, Fade to Silence Records appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• Ultimate Painting: Green Lanes review – a charming museum tour of rock subgenres

  06-08-2015 23:30
  
  (Trouble in Mind)It’s hard to knock an album that attributes its qualities to some of music’s most refined songwriters. Kodiak is the first exhibit in this museum-like collection of rock subgenres, the second release from Jack Cooper of Mazes and James Hoare of Veronica Falls. It opens with a dawdling riff ripped from Stephen Malkmus, before the nervous shuffle of (I’ve Got The) Sanctioned Blues recalls Graham Coxon at his most melodic and neurotic. Break the Chain’s vocals mea
  
  Read more

• Fear Factory: Genexus review – metal pioneers still at the cutting edge

  06-08-2015 23:16
  
  (Nuclear Blast)From their trademark staccato riffing and industrial trimmings to frontman Burton C Bell’s aggressive-melodic vocals, Fear Factory were way ahead of the game when they released their classic Demanufacture album 20 years ago – and Genexus demonstrates how firmly tethered to the cutting edge Fear Factory remain. The best-sounding album of their career by some margin, this is a precise and vicious rush of syncopated kick drums, sci-fi keyboard surges and eerie but infectious
  
  Read more

• Georgia: Georgia review – hyperactive grime-pop with an emotional punch

  06-08-2015 23:00
  
  (Domino) Reading Georgia Barnes’s CV could lead to a deflating “And what had you done by the time you were 21?”-style crisis of confidence. She has already played football for Arsenal and QPR, worked at Rough Trade, and now she’s about to release a debut album – all written, recorded and produced in her bedroom over a two-year period. With nods to hyperactive producers such as Rustie, it’s a collision of pop, grime and electronica that shows off MIA-esque magpie tendencies: Kombine,
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Julio Bashmore: Knockin Boots review – and ode to the simple joy of uplifting dance music

  06-08-2015 22:45
  
  (Broadwalk) For his debut full-length, Bristol-born producer Julio Bashmore has shrugged off the face-chewing “bangers” that now boom out of your nearest New Look and gone back to his boyhood influences, such as Daft Punk and Cassius. Holding On skewers squeaky-shiny disco samples with a skip’n’ shuffle beat and vocals so smooth you want to drink them in; Rhythm of Auld is as soulful as Defected Records’ output, but warped by Bashmore’s ear for quirk; She Ain’t and What’s Mine Is
  
  Read more

• Don Broco: Automatic review – catchy but soulless aspiration-pop

  06-08-2015 22:30
  
  (Epic/Sony Music)Bedford’s finest breached the Top 30 with their 2012 debut’s blend of alt.rock and shiny pop – Busted crossed with Biffy Clyro and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Three years on, this second album is audibly designed to broaden their appeal. Presumably with an eye on the 1975’s success, they’ve ditched the heavier riffola for a new sound that feeds 80s pop through a radio-friendly filter, emerging as a machine-polished blend of Duran Duran and Level 42. It’s aspirati
  
  Read more

• Mac de Marco: Another One review – amiable slacker's charming return

  06-08-2015 22:15
  
  (Captured Tracks)Mac DeMarco stealthily became an alt favourite last year around the release of his album Salad Days. The charm lay partly in a total embrace of slackerdom; from the battered cap to his vocal drawl, to the odd tuning on his guitar. It lay also in his buck-tooth smile and his ability to leaven melancholy love songs with sweet, slow melodies. This follow-up arrives quickly, and is small in its ambition, but still feels well-formed. Just to Put Me Down’s two verses puzzle over a f
  
  Read more

• Dornik: Dornik review – wonderfully retro and crisply modern fantasy pop

  06-08-2015 22:00
  
  (PMR/Island)Dornik hasn’t done half bad for someone who started out drumming in singer Jessie Ware’s band and seemed unlikely to find success in his own right. In the two years since he released single Something About You, the singer and producer has joined Ware on slick, forward-thinking label PMR and picked up comparisons to Frank Ocean, Miguel and the Weeknd. Like them, he makes shimmery pop inflected with elements of R&B and heavily indebted to a breathy, 1980s Michael
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 12 Things a Spotify Executive Will Never Say

  06-08-2015 21:48
  
  1. About Taylor Swift: “She’s a total hypocrite!  She’s trashing Spotify’s free tier, yet somehow on Apple Music’s free trial?  Not to mention YouTube’s totally free service...
  The post 12 Things a Spotify Executive Will Never Say appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• The Game Accused of Committing Sexual Assault While Filming VH1 Reality Show

  06-08-2015 21:28
  
  Rapper The Game has been accused of sexual assault, according to federal court documents now filed in Illinois. A contestant on The Game’s upcoming VH1...
  The post The Game Accused of Committing Sexual Assault While Filming VH1 Reality Show appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• Readers recommend: songs about confusion and delusion | Peter Kimpton

  06-08-2015 21:00
  
  Mass public frenzy, hype and hysteria? Or private panic and adolescent crisis? Suggest songs all about seeing it wrongly, whether in history or just in your head
  “Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” Moving from the joyous musical stampede of last week’s songs about farming to an entirely different herding instinct, come the words of Scottish writer and journalist Charles Mackay,
  
  Read more

• Apple Music attracts more than 11 million trial members

  06-08-2015 20:26
  
  Apple Inc said on Thursday its new music streaming service has attracted more than 11 million members during its free trial period, a response that music industry experts called respectable but not overwhelming. Apple Music rolled out with a three-month free trial period on June 30. Nearly 2 million people opted for the free trial family plan, which will cost $14.99 a month for up to six family members, the company said.
  
  Read more

• Bernard Ingham so wrong on The Rite | Letters

  06-08-2015 20:24
  
  In proudly asserting his cloth-eared philistinism, Bernard Ingham exhibits a very British trait but seems a little confused (Letters, 6 August). The Rite of Spring, which he claims to have “sat through … at Glyndebourne … waiting in vain for a recognisable tune”, is not an opera but a ballet. Not even Sir Bernard could have mistaken Glyndebourne for anywhere else, so perhaps he meant to refer to The Rake’s Progress? In any case, I expect he was asleep.
  Michael Pyke
  Lichfield, Staf
  
  Read more

• Kacey Musgraves: ‘I’d sound country even if I didn’t want to’

  06-08-2015 20:03
  
  After getting her break on US reality show Nashville Star, the Texan songwriter has become the ‘country star for people who don’t like country’. Can her latest album keep the new fans onside while staying true to her love of tradition?The dismal ‘evolution’ of country is forcing fans to look outside Nashville
  Back in June, at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo festival, Kacey Musgraves finished her performance of new single Biscuits on a sour note. “They just pulled that one off the fucking radi
  
  Read more

• Ed Sheeran replaces Justin Bieber at Fusion Festival

  06-08-2015 20:00
  
  Chart-topping singer Ed Sheeran is stepping in "last-minute" to replace pop idol Justin Bieber at a music festival after the Canadian star pulled out "due to an unforeseen issue".
  
  Read more

• Bert Jansch: Live at the 12 Bar review – excellent 1995 set from folk guitar hero

  06-08-2015 20:00
  
  (Earth) Related: Bert Jansch obituary There are a batch of Bert Jansch albums being rereleased this summer, and this is one of the most intriguing. Recorded in 1995 as an “authorised bootleg”, it’s a reminder of his year-long Wednesday-night solo residency at this tiny London venue (which has now relocated from its original Denmark Street home). This was a difficult period for Jansch. He had achieved near-superstar status in the 60s and 70s, then lost his audience and his health, and had y
  
  Read more

• Puddle of Mudd singer accused of DUI after stop near Sturgis

  06-08-2015 19:59
  
  STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin faces his second DUI charge in less than two weeks, this time in South Dakota near the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
  
  Read more

• The dismal ‘evolution’ of country is forcing fans to look outside Nashville

  06-08-2015 19:53
  
  Guitars are being traded for drum machines, bro culture is suffocating subtlety and veteran stars are being dropped from the radio. No wonder country fans feel misunderstoodKacey Musgraves: ‘I’d sound country even if I didn’t want to’
  Ask any of country music’s biggest stars about the state of the genre and you will likely be given some version of Nashville’s 2015 party line: it’s “evolving”. That’s right, real instruments are evolving into programmed drum machines and handcl
  
  Read more

• Iris DeMent: The Trackless Woods review – powerful Russian-themed country set

  06-08-2015 19:45
  
  (FlariElla) Country meets Russia, courtesy of one of the most distinctive singer-songwriters in the US. Iris DeMent isn’t exactly prolific; there was a 16-year gap before her 2012 album Sing the Delta. Now comes an 18-song concept work, influenced by her adopted Russian daughter, in which she sets to music the poetry of the remarkable Anna Akhmatova, who suffered the horrors of the Stalin era but refused to leave Russia despite being named an enemy of the state. “I drink to the house, a
  
  Read more

• Schlippenbach Trio: Features review – improvised by master crafstmen

  06-08-2015 19:30
  
  (Intakt) The trio of Alex von Schlippenbach, saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens are nowadays that enemy of free-improv purity: an institution (the three have played together for 45 years). But if they can almost unerringly read each other’s minds, their methods have never hardened into habit, and their work over the decades has immense variety. There are 15 numbered Features here, and they are tautly concise, and often defined by improvised openings by one or other participant tha
  
  Read more

• Michael Gibbs/Bill Frisell/NDR Big Band: Play a Bill Frisell Set List review – inspiring orchestration, inspired improv

  06-08-2015 19:15
  
  (Cuneiform) Recorded live in Hamburg in 2013, and featuring guitarist Bill Frisell with the city’s famous radio big band under composer/arranger Michael Gibbs, this set joins the latter’s lazily radiant harmonies and bold colourations to music from Frisell’s back-catalogue going back to the 1980s. Frisell mostly sidesteps the effects pedals here, and plays in the lean and sparingly boppish manner of his early teacher Jim Hall, while the NDR horn soloists excel themselves – particularly W
  
  Read more

• John Taylor/Richard Fairhurst: Duets review – graceful, short-lived piano duo

  06-08-2015 19:15
  
  (Basho) This empathic piano-duo album was intended as the first of a series of recorded exchanges between the great British pianist John Taylor and one of his most accomplished former students, Richard Fairhurst. Taylor died suddenly last month, so the recorded debut of this graceful partnership has sadly become its farewell. Five of the pieces are originals, the other six by pianists Bill Evans and Pete Saberton, and by Taylor’s close friend Kenny Wheeler. Perhaps because Wheeler shared somet
  
  Read more

• 37 Days Later, Apple Music Has 11 Million Trial Users

  06-08-2015 18:40
  
  Day 37. Total Apple Music trial users: 11 million. Breakdown: 9 million on individual, $9.99/mo. trials; 2 million on $14.99/mo. family plan trials. Paying subscribers:...
  The post 37 Days Later, Apple Music Has 11 Million Trial Users appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• WWE Are Touring Australia And Emma, Kevin Owens And JoJo Have The Koalas To Prove It

  06-08-2015 18:25
  
  ...
  
  Read more

• Jennifer Aniston And Justin Theroux Are Finally Married, Yay!

  06-08-2015 18:21
  
  We really needed some happy news amid all these break-ups.
  
  Read more

• Rita Ora's New Single 'Body On Me' Featuring Chris Brown Totally Lives Up To The Hype - Listen Here

  06-08-2015 17:59
  
  That's our obsession sorted for the next month.
  
  Read more

• A Definitive Ranking Of Every Song From Taylor Swift’s Album ‘1989’

  06-08-2015 17:18
  
  ‘Definitive’ meaning one person’s opinion, of course.
  
  Read more

• Jesse Eisenberg Just Discovered What It’s Like To Be A Woman In Hollywood

  06-08-2015 17:00
  
  He did not like it.
  
  Read more

• Apple Music has more than 11 million members

  06-08-2015 16:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Apple says more than 11 million people have signed up for a trial of its music streaming service since it launched on June 30.
  
  Read more

• Perrie Edwards Doesn't Need Zayn Malik When She's Got Her Little Mix Bandmates & This White Dress

  06-08-2015 16:40
  
  Even if it is basically a net curtain.
  
  Read more

• Premiere! Alex Adair's New Single Is A Little Slice Of Summer 'Heaven'

  06-08-2015 16:35
  
  Hear the follow-up to his smash 'Make Me Feel Better' first with MTV...
  
  Read more

• WWE: Will NXT Be Heading To The UK In November?

  06-08-2015 16:04
  
  ...
  
  Read more

• Calvin Harris Keeps Getting Sexts From His Exes And It's Awkward Because They Are Never Getting Back Together

  06-08-2015 15:43
  
  Like, ever.
  
  Read more

• Triple H: 'WWE Opportunity Is There For Ronda Rousey If She Wants It'

  06-08-2015 15:23
  
  ...
  
  Read more

• Apple Music suma más de 11 millones de suscriptores

  06-08-2015 15:21
  
  NUEVA YORK (AP) — Apple dice que más de 11 millones de personas se han suscrito a su servicio de streaming de música en el periodo de prueba que lanzó el 30 de junio.
  
  Read more

• Apple Music attracts more than 11 mln trial members since June 30

  06-08-2015 14:40
  
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new music streaming service has attracted more than 11 million members during its free trial period, the company said Thursday. Apple Music rolled out a three-month free trial period on June 30. Nearly 2 million people opted for the free trial family plan, which will cost $14.99 a month for up to six family members, the company said.
  
  Read more

• Apple Music attracts more than 11 million trial members since June 30

  06-08-2015 14:24
  
  Apple Inc's new music streaming service has attracted more than 11 million members during its free trial period, the company said Thursday. Apple Music rolled out a three-month free trial period on June 30. Apple also said its App Store saw the largest-ever number of customers in July, yielding $1.7 billion in transactions.
  
  Read more

• Wow You've Got To See Rita Ora Twerking Up A Storm In Basically No Clothes

  06-08-2015 13:53
  
  Dayam!
  
  Read more

• How Did Dornik Go From Drummer To Frontman? 'Jessie Ware Made Me Do It!'

  06-08-2015 13:50
  
  We chat to the self-styled futuristic soul man ahead of the release of his debut album...
  
  Read more

• Nicki Minaj Reckons Her New Waxwork Is ‘Iconic’, But We Think It’s A Bit Creepy Actually

  06-08-2015 12:35
  
  It’s pretty darn elaborate though.
  
  Read more

• 101 Thoughts I Had While Watching The Great British Bake Off

  06-08-2015 12:19
  
  Who does all the washing up?
  
  Read more

• Apollo Crews NXT Debut: Former Uhaa Nation Star Set To Make WWE Bow At NXT Brooklyn

  06-08-2015 11:56
  
  ...
  
  Read more

• Zayn Malik Tweets Cryptic Messages As It's Reported He Dumped Perrie Edwards 'By Text'

  06-08-2015 11:29
  
  Wubu2 Zayn?
  
  Read more

• Nicki Minaj To Follow In Kim Kardashian's Footsteps With Mobile Game

  06-08-2015 10:50
  
  Will include Drake and Meek beef? Fingers crossed!
  
  Read more

• Kendall Jenner And Nick Jonas Might Be Dating And We Want To Declare Them 'Nendall'

  06-08-2015 10:22
  
  Let's be honest, everyone has a favourite Jonas...
  
  Read more

• Apple Ignores Dr. Dre’s Violent Assaults, Runs Ad Campaign for His New Album Instead

  06-08-2015 07:35
  
  Apple doesn’t have time to answer multiple inquiries about executive Andre Young’s history of violently assaulting women. Apple is ignoring  articles detailing his horrific acts. But they do have...
  The post Apple Ignores Dr. Dre’s Violent Assaults, Runs Ad Campaign for His New Album Instead appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• SoundCloud ‘Could Become the Next Grooveshark,’ Sources Say

  06-08-2015 05:18
  
  This could be the summer that fried SoundCloud, thanks to increasingly-contentious and deteriorating discussions with major music labels and publishers.  According to a trio of sources close...
  The post SoundCloud ‘Could Become the Next Grooveshark,’ Sources Say appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

Follow @MusicUKnws on Twitter!