When people think of the most influential artists in punk, there are some obvious options. You’ve got the Clash, The Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Joy Division, Black Flag, Fugazi. But a band that get overlooked for their considerable influence is the Buzzcocks. Think about it. Their 1977 Spiral Scratch EP was the first independently released punk record, which fused the idea of DIY to the punk ethos. It set a precedent for bands releasing their own music, their New Hormones label predating Rough Trade, SST, Touch and Go, Subpop and Dischord. Guitarist Pete Shelley and original frontman Howard Devoto also booked the Sex Pistols to play their first Manchester gig, making the band not just a London scene blip but a national presence, as well as kickstarting the Manchester punk/indie scene. Plus for better or worst, they invented pop punk and did it better than any other band since. But for this video Trash Theory will be focusing on their greatest moment: “Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)”.
Gene Wilder On His Prolific Career In One Of His Last Public Appearances
Gene Wilder sat down with Robert Osborne at 92Y on June 12, 2013 for a rare public appearance. He spoke about his disdain for the Willy Wonka remake, working with Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks, Gilda Radner, Young Frankenstein, and more.
One big “good day, sir” to the legendary actor and writer.
Watch Rush Perform “Distant Early Warning” From Upcoming Concert Film “Cinema Strangiato”
Rush returns to the big screen on Wednesday, August 21, when the “Inaugural Theatrical Fan Indulgence” Cinema Strangiato brings Rush fans together in movie theatres worldwide.
Featuring R40+, this global fan event will provide a special look into some of the best performances from R40 LIVE, including songs such as “Closer to the Heart”, “Subdivisions”, “Tom Sawyer” and more, as well as unreleased backstage moments and candid footage left on the cutting room floor. R40+ also includes unseen soundcheck performances of the fan-favorite “Jacob’s Ladder”, and exclusive new interviews with Tom Morello, Billy Corgan, Taylor Hawkins, producer Nick Raskulinecz, violinist Jonathan Dinklage and more.
Rush are giving fans a sneak peek at their upcoming Cinema Strangiato 2019 movie. You can check out their performance of “Distant Early Warning” in the video below.
Elderbrook & Rudimental Release “something About You”
Platinum-selling UK collective Rudimental and Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Elderbrook have unveiled their highly-anticipated collaboration – “Something About You,” out today via Big Beat Records and joined by an inspirational official music video.
Starring Michael Socha from HBO’s Chernobyl and the film This Is England, the video focuses on the important issue of mental health. Directed by Luke Davies (Rich The Kid, Jax Jones, Mabel) and showcasing an all-male group therapy session, the visual rails against notions of traditional masculinity, showing the beauty that can come from expressing emotions.
Of their experience working with Elderbrook, Rudimental explained: “We have been big fans of Elderbrook’s vocals and production over the past few years so it’s amazing to finally come together on this track!”
Elderbrook echoed this, saying “I’ve always loved the music and energy that Rudimental put out. This song wouldn’t have happened without them and has been amazing collaborating with them!”
“Something About You” comes off Rudimental’s Distinction EP, also out today via Major Tom/Big Beat Records (buy/stream here; track list enclosed). The four-track dance focused EP includes previously released tracks “Sitigawana” ft. The Martinez Brothers and “Mean That Much” with Preditah ft. MORGAN.
The multi-platinum group’s last album “Toast to Our Differences,” was released in January of this year and has gone on to amass over 1.2 Billion streams, marked by the smash hits “Sun Comes Up” ft. James Arthur and “These Days” ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen. They will cap off the summer with a series of UK festival dates and live shows (itinerary below), following their residency earlier this summer in Ibiza.
Elderbrook will also headline shows across Europe from September to October, before heading to North America the following month for a tour which will include stops at iconic venues such as Bowery Ballroom, The Troubadour, and more.
Following his Grammy nomination in 2018 for the global smash “Cola” with Camelphat, Elderbrook has spent the past two years touring the globe (including runs with Rüfüs Du Sol, Jungle + Bonobo) and amassing millions of streams with his unique blend of innovative dance music and catchy leftfield pop. Most recently, he released “How Do You” featuring Diplo & Sofi Tukker, which was featured as BBC Radio 1 Annie Mac’s Hottest Record in the World.
RUDIMENTAL – ‘DISTINCTION’ EP
‘Sitigawana’ w/ The Martinez Brothers (ft. Faith Mussa)
‘Mean That Much’ w/ Preditah (ft. MORGAN)
‘Keeping Me Sober’ ft. Elderbrook
‘Ghost’ ft. Caitlyn Scarlett
RUDIMENTAL LIVE DATES
08.23 Cipping Norton, UK The Big Feastival 2019
08.24 Southsea, UK Victorious Festival 2019
09.21 Surrey, UK Wentworth Club
ELDERBROOK LIVE DATES
09.18 Hamburg, Germany Reeperbahn Festival 2019
10.12 London, UK EartH (Hackney Arts Centre)
10.31 Amsterdam, NL Melkweg
11.01 Berlin, DE Saalchen
11.02 Prague, CZ Futurum
11.04 Vienna, AT Ottakringer Braurei
11.05 Zurich, CH Mascotte
11.06 Munch, DE Strom
11.07 Paris, FR Le 1999
11.15 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground
11.16 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
11.17 Mexico City, MX Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
11.20 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
11.22 San Francisco, CA 1015 Folson
11.23 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
11.24 San Diego, CA Quartyard
Wilder Woods Self-Titled Debut Album Out Now
Wilder Woods – a.k.a. GRAMMY Award–nominated NEEDTOBREATHE frontman and co–founder Bear Rinehart – has released his eagerly anticipated self–titled debut album.
WILDER WOODS will be celebrated with a special two song performance on CBS This Morning Saturday airing tomorrow, August 10th – check local listings. Wilder Woods – who recently visited Paste Magazine’s Paste Studio NYC for an exclusive three-song live session – will kick off his first–ever North American headline tour, set to get underway September 5th at Toronto, ON’s Mod Club and then travel into mid–October.
A timeless blend of classic soul, infectious R&B, and modern pop, WILDER WOODS is the sound of a veteran songwriter confidently breaking new ground, blazing his own distinctive trail through uncharted territory with comfort and style. Simultaneously vulnerable and self–assured, songs like “Sure Ain’t” and “Electric Woman” – the latter joined by a new official video co–starring Rinehart’s wife, Mary Reames – reflect both the rich well of experience from which they’re drawn and the bold leap that they represent, pairing intimate, introspective lyricism with effortless swagger and monster hooks. Recorded at Layman Drug Company studios in East Nashville with producer Gabe Simon (Dua Lipa, Gin Wigmore), the album sees backing by a top–shelf cohort of co–writers and supporting musicians, including The Watson Twins, Jesse Baylin, Trent Dabbs, Carson Cooley, Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris), and more. A singular blend of old and new, like a vintage Eldorado retrofitted with a 21st century engine, WILDER WOODS uncovers a new side of Bear Rinehart, one that he’s more than ready to share.
WILDER WOODS WORLD TOUR 2019
SEPTEMBER
5 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club
7 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live
8 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
9 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
11 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
13 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
14 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
15 – Birmingham, AL – WorkPlay Theatre
16 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
18 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
19 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
23 – Chicago, IL – Metro
24 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Café
25 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
27 – Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
28 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
30 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
OCTOBER
2 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Bar
4 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
6 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
7 – West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour
10 – Dallas, TX – Trees
11 – Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen
20 – Hamburg, DE – HÄKKEN
21 – Cologne, DE – Helios 37
23 – Paris, FR – 1999 Club
24 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
26 – Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
27 – Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
28 – London, UK – Camden Assembly
Love Florence Welch and Dua Lipa? Mayssa Karaa Releases New Video for “Versailles”
Mayssa Karaa has launched a new music video for “Versailles” — the feature single off her ten-track debut album Simple Cure, available now!
Produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer Rich Jacques, the album builds from the recent success enjoyed from her hit songs “White Rabbit,” (featured on the GRAMMY Award-nominated soundtrack of the Academy Award-nominated film, “American Hustle”), and “Hayati,” her #1 hit on Apple Music India, in collaboration with Academy Award-winning producer AR Rahman.
Many would argue the best types of music combine the familiar and the new, and Mayssa Karaa has these qualities shining brightly from her work. Having recently released a series of singles, each one drawing more interest than the next, Karaa has earned praise for her hypnotic vocal delivery, distinctive style and performance in the supporting videos, and — maybe most of all — her introspective yet explorative lyrics.
“My album tells a story with each song playing its part,” commented the clearly passionate singer reflecting on her own journey to where she is today. “I think it’s one many can relate to today.
“This is for those who left their homes, looking for the exciting unknown, perhaps something better. It’s for those who dared break out from their own shackles and explore the world on their own terms, while also embracing who they really are, and who they want to be. Time had taught me the cure isn’t outside of us: the simple cure is you!
“This is a musical journey of empowerment and self-acceptance.”
Reviewers have compared Karaa’s sound to Florence Welch and Dua Lipa, without forgetting her Lebanse roots and subtle political prowess, but never in a way that rejects who or where she is today.
Simple Cure brings the listener through a journey of experiences seen from Karaa’s eyes; “Call me a Stranger” searches for her own identity, while “In the Grey” delivers the lesson that ‘life is almost never black and white.’
“Versailles,” which leaves one wondering if its lyrics address the place, the personal, or even the idea of making a “truce” in both the external and internal worlds, concludes with its most important, liberating message.
With the music video for “Versailles,” Karaa shows just what dance music can be in the modern age. Without trying to rebrand the genre or force styles together, she takes age-old elements that are the DNA of dance, pop, R&B and soul — infectiousness, groove and easy accessibility — and mixes less tangible elements such as charm, charisma, passion and stylish grace to effortlessly forge them into something both recognisable, but also cutting edge, modern, and forward thinking.
Throw in a whole slice of arabesque exoticism, sultry pop moves, and a beguiling video and you have an exhilarating mix.
“Versailles” is an analogy — a heady and hedonistic dream world, though inspired by the opulence and grandeur of the palace of the same name, is more a metaphor for embracing life, embracing diversity and one another, no matter where we come from or where we are going.
More than that, it is about finding freedom and happiness and allowing others to do the same.
Musically, Simple Cure can be thought of as a response to the modern world that says, “I will take what works for me and I enjoy but my traditions will never leave me, and the two of you together will make something new.” It showcases artistic diversity with songs that range from piano-based simplicity to epic electronic orchestration, all with a timeless middle eastern influence that takes into modern pop global and creates something uniquely her own.
Tracklist
1. Broken Lines
2. In the Grey
3. Simple Cure
4. Versailles (Remix)
5. Got That Feeling
6. Somebody to Love
7. I’ll Let Go If You Let Go
8. Never Go Back
9. Call Me a Stranger
10. Versailles
The Highwomen Cover “The Chain” in Howard Stern’s Studio
Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires, and Natalie Hemby perform their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s hit song in the Stern Show studio.
The Beatles’ Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Special Releases Coming September 27
It was 50 years ago today, on August 8, 1969, that the world’s most famous band stepped out from London’s EMI Recording Studios to stride, single-file, across the black and white stripes of Abbey Road’s nearby zebra crossing. With photographer Iain Macmillan balanced on a stepladder and one policeman stopping the street’s light traffic, The Beatles crossed back and forth three times, led by John Lennon, followed by Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. Just six photos were taken, with the fifth selected as the cover shot for The Beatles’ penultimate studio album, Abbey Road, named after the tree-lined street in which the studios are located.
Released September 26, 1969, Abbey Road was not The Beatles’ final album, as Let It Be followed in 1970, but it was the last one John, Paul, George, and Ringo recorded together as a band. The Beatles will celebrate Abbey Road’s anniversary with a suite of beautifully presented packages to be released worldwide on September 27 by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. Now available for preorder, the album’s 17 tracks are newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo, high res stereo, 5.1 surround, and Dolby Atmos, accompanied by 23 session recordings and demos, most of which are previously unreleased.
There will also be a Super deluxe 4 disc set, 3 LP deluxe vinyl, 2 CD deluxe, limited edition picture disc, CD, LP, and available on digital and streaming on September 27, 2019.
SUPER DELUXE [3CD+1Blu-ray set; digital audio collection]
CD ONE: 2019 Stereo Mix
1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus’s Garden
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Because
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. The End
17. Her Majesty
CD TWO: Sessions
1. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)
2. Goodbye (Home Demo)
3. Something (Studio Demo)
4. The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Take 7)
5. Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)
6. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
7. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
8. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
9. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)
10. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3 / Medley)
11. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
12. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)
CD THREE: Sessions
1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. The End (Take 3)
3. Come And Get It (Studio Demo)
4. Sun King (Take 20)
5. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
6. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
8. Because (Take 1 – Instrumental)
9. The Long One (Trial Edit & Mix – 30 July 1969)
(Medley: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr Mustard, Her Majesty, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End)
10. Something (Take 39 – Instrumental – Strings Only)
11. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Take 17 – Instrumental – Strings & Brass Only)
BLU-RAY: Abbey Road
Audio Features:
– Dolby Atmos
– 96kHz/24 bit DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
– 96kHz/24 bit High Res Stereo (2019 Stereo Mix)
DELUXE 3LP VINYL BOX SET (limited edition)
LP ONE: Side 1 (2019 Stereo Mix)
1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus’s Garden
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
LP ONE: Side 2 (2019 Stereo Mix)
1. Here Comes The Sun
2. Because
3. You Never Give Me Your Money
4. Sun King
5. Mean Mr Mustard
6. Polythene Pam
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
8. Golden Slumbers
9. Carry That Weight
10. The End
11. Her Majesty
LP TWO: Side 1 (Sessions)
1. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session and Reduction Mix)
2. Goodbye (Home Demo)
3. Something (Studio Demo)
4. The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Take 7)
5. Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)
LP TWO: Side 2 (Sessions)
1. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
2. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
3. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
4. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)
5. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3) / Medley)
6. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
7. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)
LP THREE: Side 1 (Sessions)
1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. The End (Take 3)
3. Come and Get It (Studio Demo)
4. Sun King (Take 20)
5. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
6. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
8. Because (Take 1 Instrumental)
LP THREE: Side 2 (Sessions)
1. The Long One (Trial Edit & Mix – 30 July 1969)
2. Something (Take 39 – Instrumental – Strings Only)
3. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Take 17 – Instrumental – Strings & Brass Only)
DELUXE 2CD
CD ONE: 2019 Stereo Mix
CD TWO: Sessions
1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. Something (Studio Demo)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)
4. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
5. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)
7. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
8. Because (Take 1 Instrumental)
9. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
10. Sun King (Take 20)
11. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
12. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
14. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3 / Medley)
15. The End (Take 3)
16. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)
STANDARD [1CD; digital; 1LP vinyl; limited edition 1LP picture disc vinyl]
2019 Stereo Mix
Photo Gallery: Nelly with TLC and Flo Rida at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage
All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
The Extraordinary Gifts of the Stars
Stars have been given some extraordinary gifts by their partners, acquaintances and friends. Elizabeth Taylor amassed a wide range of jewellery throughout her eight marriages, including a 38-carat diamond. Yet some gifts are extraordinary in ways more peculiar, like the novelty mini-fridge gifted to Elton John one year. Here are those stories and more:
Jack Nicholson and Angelica Houston
Twenty years of both good and bad times for this couple, with a first date cancelled by Nicholson so he could meet with a former partner instead. That should have been warning enough. The final nail in the coffin was in 1989 when Nicholson announced he was going to be a father with another woman, Rebecca Broussard, who had two children with Nicholson. After giving Jack a beating, Angelica got on with her life. For Christmas that year, Huston received a pearl and diamond bracelet which had once been a gift from Frank Sinatra to Ava Gardner. It was Jack’s way to conclude their relationship.
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper, rock and roll star, film actor, a golfing celebrity, restaurateur and a popular radio DJ is surprisingly a mild-mannered, softly spoken man. Having had issues around drugs and alcohol, he found that golf saved his sanity, a story he related in his book Golf Monster: My 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict. Those close to him know just how important golf is to him. In 2015, he was presented with a gift usually seen by those looking through an anniversary gifts guide. He was presented with an Eternity Rose gold dipped golf ball and tee set by Rebel FM, during his Australian tour.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
What do you buy the man who has everything? In 2011, Angelina Jolie bought him land rights to his very own waterfall for his 48th birthday. As someone who loves architecture and taking inspiration from a visit the couple made to Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Fallingwater estate in rural Pennsylvania, she wanted to give him the opportunity to build his very own secluded hideaway directly on top of the waterfall. The concept was to be sustainability, pulling together all aspects of nature, light, glass.
Elvis and Gladys Presley
In 1955, Elvis Presley bought his first Cadillac, which was pink. He had to replace it the same year after an accident and resprayed the new model pink to match his first. After the respray was completed, Elvis gave the car as a gift to his mother, Gladys. A generous gift except, for one thing, Gladys never had a driving licence. However, she still liked people to know it was her car, even if her son would still use it to transport his band.
Rod Stewart and Elton John
Friends since the 1960s, the friends exchanged presents each Christmas. One year it went spectacularly wrong for Stewart. Considering a gift for a man who has everything, Stewart hit on the idea of a novelty portable fridge in which the door opens at a touch of a button, and a bottle rises out in a cloud of vapour. Elton’s present to him that same year was a drawing by Rembrandt. Elton’s later wedding gift to Stewart was a £10 superstore voucher for “something nice for the house”.
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
Married in 1964, Burton bought his wife Elizabeth Taylor a 68-carat diamond ring five years later, for which he paid $1.1 million, outbidding the Sultan of Brunei and world-famous jeweller Harry Winston. While the diamond made a fabulous necklace for Taylor, the million-dollar insurance policy only allowed her to wear the diamond for 30 days each year and in public only under armed guard.
Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx
In 2010, after Robert Downey Jr. acquired a ranch in Malibu after his friend Jami Foxx went to visit the family there, he surprised him with a pair of horses for his 45th birthday as he had seen that the stables were empty. It was only later that Downey admitted that he was terrified of horses but appreciated the gesture and in return gifted his Vintage El Camino, the one from the Iron Man movie, to Foxx.