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Happy birthday Bill Laswell. Oscillate wildly. Read our review of the excellent Ornette Coleman tribute album featuring Laswell, John Zorn, Patti Smith, Nels Cline, Thurston Moore, Laurie Anderson, Branford Marsalis, Cecil Taylor and more: The post Happy Birthday Bill Laswell appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Steve Hackett (Genesis). Hackett to bits, dude. Read our Genesis Over/Under: The post Happy Birthday Steve Hackett (Genesis) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

In 2021, Rick Astley played Smiths cover shows in the United Kingdom, which sparked some beef with Johnny Marr that was later squashed. On Friday, Astley stopped by BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room to tackle Olivia Rodrigo’s 2021 hit “Drivers License.”  » Read More

Doc – Nelle Tue Mani is an Italian medical drama based on the true story of a doctor that loses 12 years of memories due to a traumatic brain injury. The third season began last month, and a recent scene depicts a children’s choir singing “We All Go Back To Where We Belong,” the last single released by R.E.M.  » Read More

Lady Gaga had her breakthrough in her acting career with the 2018 film A Star Is Born. The movie was also Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, and at the 2024 Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday, he revealed that he had considered Adele for Gaga’s role.  » Read More

While Morrissey complains that he’s being erased from the Smiths’ history, the band’s former guitarist Johnny Marr is out here living his best life. On Friday Marr appeared on episode of Would I Lie To You?, the BBC Game Show in which celebrities tell weird stories about themselves,  » Read More

Wednesday have been having fun on their tour. Members of the Asheville band have been joining openers Hotline TNT during their performance, and the two groups covered each other’s songs for a cassette. At Athens’ 40 Watt on Friday, Wednesday welcomed Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood on stage for a cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin’  » Read More

Earlier today, on the 20th anniversary of The College Dropout, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign released a new collaborative album called VULTURES 1. Ozzy Osbourne has already accused West of sampling a live performance of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” on it despite being denied permission to do so.  » Read More

Back in 2021, the Toronto duo Ducks Ltd. quickly won a lot of people over with the infectious jangle-rock of their debut Modern Fiction. What had begun as something of friends screwing around — Tom McGreevy (vocals/guitar) and Evan Lewis (guitar) trading ideas inspired by bands they both loved — had turned into a real prospect.  » Read More