Author: Amanda Collins

David Byrne has released his new single ‘What Is The Reason For It?’, featuring vocals from Paramore’s Hayley Williams – listen below. The former Talking Heads frontman is preparing to release his latest solo album ‘Who Is The Sky?’ this Friday (September 5) via Matador Records, which you can pre-order/pre-save here. It is his first solo record since 2018’s ‘American Utopia’ and he has already shared the singles ‘She Explains Things To Me’, ‘Everybody Laughs’ and ‘The Avant Garde’, and now he is back with the vibrant, danceable ‘What Is The Reason For It?’. The track sees acrobatic interplay between…

Portishead have shared a behind-the-scenes glimpse of their reunion performance for Together For Palestine – see below. Earlier today, it was announced that the iconic trip-hop group had been added to the line-up of Brian Eno’s event at OVO Arena Wembley on September 17, alongside the likes of Damon Albarn, Hot Chip, Jamie xx, Sampha, Bastille and Paloma Faith. Portishead have said they will be unable to attend the event in person, but instead they have recorded a special one-off performance of their 1994 track ‘Roads’ with a string quartet, which will be aired during the evening on the big…

The pro-Palestine BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement has called for a boycott of Radiohead’s newly announced 2025 tour. Earlier today (September 3), the band confirmed a run of UK and European live shows for November and December, their first dates in over seven years. They will play multiple dates each in Madrid, Bologna, London’s O2, Copenhagen and Berlin. Fans can apply for tickets by registering on Radiohead’s website here from Friday (September 5). Shortly after the announcement, the BDS movement’s social media pages shared a message from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), which…

THE BIG STORY: After a verdict that cleared Sean “Diddy” Combs of sex trafficking but still left him facing a potential prison sentence for prostitution, the mogul’s team has been public about asking President Donald Trump to intervene. But is that even possible? What would the process look like? Billboard’s Rachel Scharf dug into those questions last week, asking legal experts to break down potential mechanisms and arguments in Diddy’s pursuit of presidential intervention. As with many issues under the Trump administration, experts told her that clemency law is now in uncharted territory. “The mechanism is falling apart,” one law…

Warner Music’s main frontline labels in the UK are joining up with their US counterparts, so that Atlantic Records UK will become part of US-based Atlantic Music Group and Warner Records UK part of the US-based Warner Records Group. As the mini-major continues its pretty radical global restructure, the move to bring Atlantic’s UK operations under its US namesake marks a further expansion of power for Atlantic Music Group boss Elliot Grainge, while Warner Records Group CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck and COO Tom Corson also expand their remits. More closely aligning US and UK label operations in this way “amplifies the organic connection”…

The cast for the upcoming 34th season of Dancing With the Star was revealed on Wednesday morning (Sept. 3), including Olympic gold medalist gymnast Jordan Chiles, Fifth Harmony singer Lauren Jauregui and actor/singer Corey Feldman. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The cast roll-out came on Good Morning America, where it was announced that social media star and Hot Mess with Alix Earle host Alix Earle will be in the mix, along with Pentatonix singer Scott Hoying, The Parent Trap actress Elaine Hendrix, comedian and former Conan O’Brien sidekick Andy Richter, Boy Meets World actress Danielle Fishel, former NBA…

Venezuelan singer and songwriter Dani Carrizales shares her brand new single No Voy a Volver (I’m Not Coming Back), an upbeat electro/dance pop song.  I am really enjoying the confidence and passion of Dani’s vocal delivery and how it soars effortlessly over the upbeat electro-pop production. No Voy a Volver is a song about finally deciding that you won’t go back to a past relationship or situation, encouraging listeners to fearlessly express our rejection of what we no longer want in our lives. A song about closing cycles and moving forward without looking back, No Voy a Volver pairs Carrizales’s gorgeous…

RIP Dunder Mifflin. At the start of The Paper, a 10-episode spin-off from the US version of The Office, we learn that “the people person’s paper people” have been acquired by Ohio-based company Enervate. From its Toledo headquarters, Enervate sells all kinds of products made from paper, which means the sales team for toilet tissue brand Softees shares a workspace with comatose journos from struggling local newspaper, the Toledo Truth Teller (TTT). No jokes about modern-day journalism being in the toilet, please, because The Paper is actually quite sentimental about shrivelled rags like the TTT. When Enervate’s star salesman Ned…

Bustin’ makes you feel good! At least, it does if you’re a Warner Bros. studio exec, given that the Conjuring movies and their assorted offshoots have grossed an estimated $2.2billion worldwide, amounting to the most successful horror franchise of all time. It’s somewhat surprising, then, that this lukewarm pool of ectoplasm has been billed as the last in the main series. Released in 2013, The Conjuring was a solid haunted house romp that ultimately descended into a lot of people running around in the dark, shouting at each other. That didn’t stop it from spawning three direct sequels, two spin-off…

The Last Sapiens are back with a track that’s designed to set dancefloors on fire, and it’s called “Suavecito.” Leaning into the heat of reggaeton while weaving in polished pop sensibilities, this record strikes the perfect balance between rhythm and melody. The production comes alive with crisp percussion, deep basslines, and vibrant layers that build an atmosphere you can feel in your soul, with that undeniable groove that makes you want to move without even thinking. The vocals deliver with smooth charisma, gliding over the music with lyrics that are as catchy as they are effortless. It thrives on its…