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Miley Cyrus recreates and sings the transition song from her Disney show, Hannah Montana. The clip and sound went viral on TikTok in 2020, turning into a meme. ....
Violent Femmes ‘Why Do Birds Sing’ Gets A 30th Anniversary Make-Over Violent Femmes fifth album ‘Why Do Birds Sing’ has been expanded with a chunk of previously unreleased material to mark the 30th anniversary of its release. ‘Why Do Birds Sing’ was produced by Michael Beinhorn, who came to Violent Femmes after working with Red Hot Chili Peppers on ‘Mother’s Milk’ and ‘The Uplift Mojo Plan’. “Beinhorn was the most eccentric producer we met with,” Brian Ritchie recalls. “More importantly, he understood our strengths as a trio, and the intimacy of the sound, and our improvisational nature, and wanted to focus on Gordon’s lyrics.” ....
From stark poetry to rugged hip-hop and more. Irish identity is up for grabs. St Patricks Day emphasises the island s global reach, the manner in which the diaspora has survived and thrives in corners around the world. Yet Irishness has become increasingly hard to define, with new generations, political developments, and increased immigration causing the country to take a step back, and look at itself once more. The process has been mirrored and enhanced in the country s complex network of music communities. Simply put: Irish music is thriving, but there s no one defining sound or idea. Indeed, diversity is its strength, whether that s the rollicking post-punk of ....
Premiere: Womb Share New Single Dust To Dust Annabel Kean / Photo credit: Ted Black / Wednesday 16th December, 2020 8:54AM
Womb have a way of writing songs that make you feel confided in, but still you ve only just scratched the surface of a story that goes all the way down. The Pōneke trio s latest song Dust To Dust was recorded during lockdown in April, with all three siblings sending tracks back and forth between their separate bubbles, an exercise that helped them stay connected to each other in an inarguably lonely period. Even the song title suggests something bigger than what you re let in on, maybe they re vowing to stick together from ashes to ashes, from Dust To Dust . ....