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FRITZ, Murphy and her band have parlayed an album of ramshackle, GarageBand demos into appearances at SXSW, Groovin The Moo festivals and a record deal with Inertia Music in their native Australia. Not bad considering Murphy got her first guitar as a gift just five years ago and figured she “might as well learn how to play it.”Murphy is FaceTiming from her family’s home, where she still makes all her demos and where she filmed the video for her most recent and breakthrough single, ‘Arrow’.

Pom Poko have debuted their new single ‘Andrew’, the first track to arrive from their anticipated second album ‘Cheater’.

DEALSTencent Music is in the midst of a deals frenzy. Following its big new agreement with Universal Music, last week the Chinese company also announced it now had a direct deal in place with Kobalt.

American singer-songwriter Jolie Holland has said that Jarvis Cocker has expressed an interest in appearing in a musical she is writing based on an unnamed 1960s dystopian fantasy novel.In an update on Instagram, Holland told fans that the latest special release for her Patreon supporters comes from “a musical I am writing … the musical overall is an adaptation of a dystopian/fantasy novel from the 1960s”. Although, she notes, “Lord knows when musicals will happen in this country again”.She then adds: “Jarvis Cocker expressed interest in being the male lead, which is very exciting.

Luke Morgan Britton “I feel like this has happened to me way too often these days, but rest in power,” a slightly weary Conor Oberst tells NME over a Zoom call from his home in Omaha, Nebraska, ahead of his band Bright Eyes‘ new album ‘Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was’, their first in almost a decade.We’re discussing a lyric from the record, specifically one that bizarrely name-checks the city of Cardiff. Having grown up in South Wales, I explain that the lyric (“If we were in Cardiff I’d just sing / But I’m stuck in Omaha obsessed with my inventions”) obviously took me aback.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBig-budget Chinese war epic “The Eight Hundred” is on course to be the first blockbuster film of the year in the Middle Kingdom, after super-strong Monday previews confirmed audience willingness to return to theaters.The film earned $7.24 million from 17,200 screenings on Monday, according to data from local analysis firm Ent Group. Even more impressive, that translates as 1.28 million consumers overcoming six months of coronavirus-caution in order to view the much-anticipated title.Together with $2.06 million earned from a smaller preview session last Friday, the film has now accumulated $9.31 million ahead of its official launch in Chinese cinemas this coming Friday (Aug.

schoolgirl who drowned while playing in a river have slammed those who took videos of the unfolding tragedy and posted them on social media instead of trying to help.Talented dancer Ava Gray, 12, died in the River Leven at Balloch in Dunbartonshire after struggling in the water with two of her friends.As they prepared to pay their last respects at a funeral service today, her loved ones ­questioned why some people’s reaction was to pull out a phone.Speaking on behalf of Ava’s mum Leanne Rae, aunt Jamie Gillies said: “Only one man tried to help three kids in distress.

Beat Saber is arguably one of the biggest VR games of all time – it's already proved to be a system-seller when it comes to the Oculus Rift, PSVR and more VR setups besides.Thanks to collaborations with artists and consistent updates from both the developer and the community, the game is a massive success.To keep the momentum rolling, this week the developer revealed more DLC for the game is now available – adding to previous packs released in-game from Panic! At the Disco, Imagine Dragons, Green Day and more besides."Linkin Park Music Pack is OUT NOW!" a new Youtube trailer revealed yesterday. "The band's 11 biggest hits together with a custom new tunnel environment just landed in Beat Saber.

It looks like Drake has another big it on his hands as his debut single Laugh Now Cry Later lands at Number 1 on the UK's Official Trending Chart.

ChronicleLive: "We are sorry to report a body has been found in the River Tees at Broken Scar, Darlington."A multi-agency search operation was launched shortly after 5pm yesterday following reports a teenager had gone into the river and had got into difficulty."Sadly, a body was found shortly before midnight."Formal identification has yet to take place, but it is believed to be the body of a 15-year-old boy."His family have been informed and are being supported and our thoughts are with them at this tragic time."His death is not being treated as suspicious."Tragically, the teen is one of several Brits to have died in accidents in the water in recent weeks, as temperatures soared.Earlier this month, a mum drowned in Norfolk after leaping

Hearts in March that turned out to be the final game of the last campaign. The close range hit on Saturday sparked the small travelling contingent of St Mirren fans watching from a nearby car park to bring out his Tequila classic.

straight to your inbox Romelu Lukaku insists Manchester United 'had a really good season' despite finishing it without a trophy. United's season came to an abrupt end last Sunday night as they crashed out of the Europa League against Sevilla, costing them a place in the final against Lukaku's current side Inter Milan.

Marks & Spencer (M&S) plans to cut around 7,000 jobs over the next three months, it has confirmed.M&S said it will slash the jobs after seeing a "material shift" in trade.It plans to reduce the number of roles at the retail chain's central support centre, in its regional management and UK stores over the next three months.During lockdown, the company said it has learnt to work more flexibly, using the same staff to man both the food aisles and the clothing section of the stores. In a statement released this morning, M&S said its clothing and homeware sales are down significantly.

Their song WAP made history becoming the first female rap collaboration to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, with the most first week streams and as the most streamed track of 2020.To celebrate, Cardi B gifted Megan Thee Stallion a custom Birkin bag painted with scenes from their steamy music video.The Hot Girl Summer hitmaker, 25, shared videos and pictures of her new designer bag, thanking Cardi writing 'thank you frennn (sic) omg I can’t believe you.

And ahead of the show’s Sunday premiere, host Scott Cam has weighed in on the challenges faced this year and whether or not they will prevent the reality show from returning in 2021.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, according to a recent datamine.A leaked image of Jack Black as the franchise’s villain Officer Dick found its way onto a Reddit thread after players tinkered around with the source code of the game’s demo – which is available now – to uncover the character dressed in an officer’s uniform with a skateboard in hand.Officer Dick has been a staple character of the skateboarding video game franchise, appearing as a bonus character in the first four games.

Cardi B and her daughter Kulture are the cutest mother-daughter duo, especially when it comes to singing. The 27-year-old is riding high with the Billboard number one debut of her raunchy self-empowerment anthem “WAP,” but wanted to share in it’s success with Kulture through a sweet and tender Disney classic. During an Instagram live session on Aug. 17, Cardi cuddled her precious two-year-old as the two sang “How Far I’ll Go” from the 2016 animated smash Moana, as her husband and Kulture’s dad Offset, 28, beamed with pride before taking his little princess in his arms.

Rangers. The trouble for the Romanian playmaker is the Ibrox club don’t spend £3.5million on potential and there is no time to wait for him to develop.

Vanessa Bryant shared a snap of Kobe Bryant tribute jerseys Monday on social media as the Los Angeles Lakers reportedly plan to wear his Black Mamba jersey if they advance past the first round of the NBA playoffs.The image Vanessa, 38, shared with her roughly 13.7 million followers showed three grey and yellow Lakers jerseys with Kobe's number '8' and another with his number '24'.The '24' jersey included a white heart patch on the right shoulder with the number '2' inside.

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Chelsea have been knocked back in their bid to sign Kai Havertz as a result of Bayer Leverkusen. The Bundesliga outfit are not rolling over during some tough negotiations with Stamford Bridge chief Marina Granovskaia.Leverkusen are demanding £90m for Havertz, who ended the season with 18 goals and nine assists.Frank Lampard is desperate for the 21-year-old, who would earmark a summer of spending at Chelsea.