The iconic London Underground tube map eated by Nigel French is repurposed to depict the long and multifaceted career of David Bowie, incorporating his different stylistic periods as well as his personal, artistic, and literary influences. You can pick yours up for £90.00.
Only 1 song in UK Radio’s Top 20 songs of 2016 was originally released this year. Wait…what?
Those who thought streaming would bring about a rapid modernisation of radio playlists, prepare to scratch your head.
According to data from trusted airplay tracking service RadioMonitor, just one song in the Top 20 biggest tracks on UK radio so far this year was originally released in 2016.
Lush Life was originally released in June last year, but was given a spruce-up with a Tinie Tempah remix in February; the version that has proven so popular on UK radio since. A similar embellishment improved the chances of Sia’s Cheap Thrills, which first appeared online in December. A remix of the track featuring Sean Paul – UK radio’s favoured version – was subsequently issued in February this year.
The only track on the Top 20 to be first unveiled to the public this year is Zayn’s PILLOWTALK, which was released on January 29.
That list is for 408 stations of all types across the UK, including local and national – as well as commercial plus public service broadcasters.
Video: Neil Young and Jimmy Fallon Duet As ‘Two Neil Youngs On A Tree Stump’
Neil Young paid a visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, adding another great duet to his history with the talk show host. As Young fans and Tonight Show viewers are well aware, Fallon does a pretty good Young impression and this one nails it again.
The Rolling Stones exhibit headed to New York
After the Rolling Stones‘ career-spanning museum exhibit Exhibitionism closes in London, it’s headed to New York.
The Stones and Exhibitionism curator Ileen Gallagher revealed Tuesday that the exhibit – featuring stage clothing, classic album artwork, vintage gear, photography, stage designs, personal diaries, behind-the-scenes footage, a recreation of the band’s first apartment and more memorabilia – will set up shop at the West Village’s Industria Superstudio, the first stop on what’s being billed as “the largest touring experience of its kind ever to be staged.”
Tickets for New York will go on sale to the general public in September. Register at the Exhibitionism site to be among the first notified of the tickets’ availability.
‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ soundtrack will finally be released, 30 years later
Believe it or not, there’s never actually been an official soundtrack release for the 1986 John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Now, to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, an official soundtrack will finally be released later this year (specific date TBA). The surprising reason there never was a soundtrack release: Hughes didn’t think anybody would want one. “I mean,” he said in an interview, “would kids want ‘Danke Schöen’ and ‘Oh Yeah’ on the same record?” We’re about to find out.
Canadian Music Café submissions are now open
Returning for its eighth year this September, the Canadian Music Café capitalizes on the international attention placed on Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival® to bring the very best in new Canadian music to the ears of film and television music supervisors and the filmed media community gathering at TIFF.
With alumni such as City and Colour, Martha Wainwright, Scott Helman, Donovan Woods, Dear Rouge, Terra Lightfoot and Arkells, the Canadian Music Café is a hub for rising Canadian talent, facilitating connections that lead to song placements in films, television programs and commercials, including Grey’s Anatomy, Degrassi, Castle, Beauty and The Beast, Ugly Betty, The L Word and more.
The 2016 edition of the Canadian Music Café takes place September 12 and 13 in the heart of downtown Toronto (venue to be announced soon). Canadian artists are encouraged to apply for showcase consideration here. Applications will be accepted from June 15 at 12 PM (EST) until June 29 at 11:59 pm (EST) and the 10 selected artists will be notified by the end of July.
Proceeds from the $25 submission fee will be donated to the Unison Benevolent Fund and each performing act will be compensated $750 for their showcase.
The Canadian Music Café is a joint initiative produced by the Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA) and the Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) whose mandates are to support and advocate for the Canadian music publishers and the Canadian independent music community respectively. CMPA and CIMA graciously acknowledge that the 2016 Canadian Music Café is made possible with the support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and the Government of Canada’s Department of Heritage.
Frank Ocean on the Orlando Shootings: “Many Hate Us and Wish We Didn’t Exist”
Forget about asking or tweeting about Frank Ocean’s new album, or rather, where is it? His new post on Tumblr is his reacting to the Orlando shooting, and this is why he’s one of the most vital artists around. Here’s what the singer wrote, in full:
I read in the paper that my brothers are being thrown from rooftops blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs for violating sharia law. I heard the crowds stone these fallen men if they move after they hit the ground. I heard it’s in the name of God. I heard my pastor speak for God too, quoting scripture from his book. Words like abomination popped off my skin like hot grease as he went on to describe a lake of fire that God wanted me in. I heard on the news that the aftermath of a hate crime left piles of bodies on a dance floor this month. I heard the gunman feigned dead among all the people he killed. I heard the news say he was one of us. I was six years old when I heard my dad call our transgender waitress a faggot as he dragged me out a neighborhood diner saying we wouldn’t be served because she was dirty. That was the last afternoon I saw my father and the first time I heard that word, I think, although it wouldn’t shock me if it wasn’t. Many hate us and wish we didn’t exist. Many are annoyed by our wanting to be married like everyone else or use the correct restroom like everyone else. Many don’t see anything wrong with passing down the same old values that send thousands of kids into suicidal depression each year. So we say pride and we express love for who and what we are. Because who else will in earnest? I daydream on the idea that maybe all this barbarism and all these transgressions against ourselves is an equal and opposite reaction to something better happening in this world, some great swelling wave of openness and wakefulness out here. Reality by comparison looks grey, as in neither black nor white but also bleak. We are all God’s children, I heard. I left my siblings out of it and spoke with my maker directly and I think he sounds a lot like myself. If I being myself were more awesome at being detached from my own story in a way I being myself never could be. I wanna know what others hear, I’m scared to know but I wanna know what everyone hears when they talk to God. Do the insane hear the voice distorted? Do the indoctrinated hear another voice entirely?
“Madonna used to sit on the speakers and watch the kids voguing all night long”: The history of Vogue
In honor of Pride, Salon Magazine is highlighting a dance that was created by the LGBT community – Voguing.
Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien interviews the Invisible’s Dave Okumu
For this edition of the Ninja Tune podcast, and the first of two parts, they have a very special guest in Ed O’Brien of Radiohead interviewing his good friend Dave Okumu of The Invisible.
With Radiohead recently releasing their album A Moon Shaped Pool and The Invisible releasing their own album in Patience the two met up at Roundhouse studios with regular producer DK to talk about their respective creative processes.
In the words of Dave Okumu: “…I was lucky enough to spend an afternoon chewing the fat with Ed O’brien. Ed is someone who has had a powerful influence over me both through his role in one of my best loved bands but also as a friend. it’s difficult to be in the presence of someone so warm, open and generous without wanting to explore a broad range of topics. i’m sure if someone hadn’t hit stop, we would still be in the bowels of the roundhouse chatting up a storm right now!”
Listen to the interview in full on iTunes or download it directly.