Author: Lars Brandle

A suspected drug overdose and the forces of nature soured the 2024 Pitch Music & Arts festival, a long-weekend camping festival in Victoria, Australia which wrapped its seventh edition. Pill-testing is back in the national headlines after a 23-year-old man, who is understood to have consumed black-market drugs, died after being airlifted to The Alfred […]

Girls Aloud unlock the vault, and unleash three-previously unreleased songs featuring vocals from the late founding member, Sarah Harding. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of What Will The Neighbours Say?, the British and Irish pop favorites drop three freshly-unearthed cuts, “Disco Bunny, “Baby When You Go” and their cover of Chris Isaak’s 1989 hit “Wicked […]

It was royal affair at Madonna’s Celebration Tour date in Los Angeles on Thursday night (March 7) as the Queen of Pop welcomed on stage Kylie Minogue, Australia’s very own Princess of Pop. Kylie joined Madonna for a performance of Gloria Gaynor’s girl-power disco-era classic “I Will Survive,” timed perfectly for International Women’s Day, and […]

It’s a beautiful week for Benson Boone, as the U.S. singer and songwriter scores his first No. 1 in Australia, while Taylor Swift continues to dominate the national albums survey. Boone, the Monroe, Washington native, tops the latest ARIA Singles Chart, published Friday, March 8, with “Beautiful Things” (via Warner Music), up 3-1 in its […]

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds will unleash Wild God later this year, the alternative rock outfit’s 18th studio album. Led by the title track, Wild God is the followup to Ghosteen, the critically-lauded two-disc longplay from 2019, which explored Cave’s exposure to grief and pain, following the sudden death of his son Arthur in 2015.  […]

In art, imperfections can create character. That’s certainly true for Anya True, the teenage singer who stopped by NBC’s The Voice on Tuesday night (March 5) to showcase her talents. Hailing from Encinitas, CA, the recently-turned 17-year-old performed Stephen Sanchez‘s “Until I Found You” for the season 25 Blind Auditions. Wielding an electric guitar, True […]

More than five decades after its release, Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” joins Spotify’s Billions Club – an elite collection of works that have accumulated more than one billion streams. Recognized as a classic of the heavy metal genre, “Paranoid” is the title track from the band’s 1970 LP, peaking at No. 4 on the Official U.K. […]

Manchester united! Liam Gallagher and John Squire have emerged as favorites for the U.K. chart title with their first collaborative album. Based on midweek sales and streaming data published by the Official Charts Company, Liam Gallagher & John Squire (Warner Records) takes pole position. Gallagher is no stranger to life at the top. Across his […]

U2 wrapped the inaugural residency at Las Vegas‘ $2.3 billion technical and visual marvel Sphere this weekend, closing out a 40-show run that started in September. Fittingly, the legendary band did so by bringing things full circle. The shows commemorated one of U2’s most successful records, the chart-topping 1991 release Achtung Baby, played in its […]

The Kid LAROI has matured from a kid with a dream to reigning over sales charts on both ends of the globe, making the grade in the blink of an eye. Now aged 20, the Los Angeles-based singer and rapper is the subject of the new documentary Kids Are Growing Up: A Story About A […]