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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAugust 08, singer-songwriter known for his work with the LA-based collective 88Rising, has inked with Allel Sound, Jhene Aiko’s joint label venture with Def Jam. His debut EP, “Towards The Sun,” drops tonight and includes the new single and video “Water Sign,” which features Aiko.“August is an incredible writer, singer and artist whose music speaks to me on so many levels,” said Aiko.

Embracing her social media stardom. Stormi Webster had an adorable reaction when her mother, Kylie Jenner, shared her viral TikTok sound with the little one for the first time.

Victoria Beckham jokingly criticized her husband David Beckham after he revealed she’d only eaten grilled fish and vegetables for the last 25 years.

Spark up a conversation with Subjxct 5 about anything and you’ll be left wondering if you accidentally walked into a heated barber shop debate. The Elizabeth, New Jersey producer has opinions about everything he’s into, and he isn’t afraid to let any of them fly. No Limit? Way too funky for his Cash Money-dominated childhood, but he’s recently started to appreciate No Limit Top Dogg and Beats by the Pound’s thumping basslines.

Victoria Beckham, 47, has admitted that although she can have "extreme" eating habits, she still was not impressed by her husband David calling her out for her daily meals, complaining: "Talk about making me sound boring!" The fashion entrepreneur insisted that she is a disciplined detoxer, rather than a dull eater.David had previously declared himself a foodie who gets "emotional" about restaurant menus and wine."When I’m eating something great I want everyone to try it!" he exclaimed.However, he lamented to the River Cafe Table 4 podcast: "Unfortunately I’m married to someone that has eaten the same thing for the last 25 years."Since I met Victoria, she only eats grilled fish, steamed vegetables, she will very rarely deviate away from there.”Victoria, who recently posted a photo of her tattooed husband happily cooking a calamari meal for the pair, was quick to counter his comment."What he meant is that he’s never met anyone who’s more disciplined with the way that they eat," she insisted to Vogue Australia."I eat lots of healthy fat: fish, avocado, nuts, that sort of thing."I do drink alcohol, unless I have a reason not to [but] I’ll detox from anything for three to six months where I won’t drink."The ex-Spice Girl continued: "I’m quite extreme in anything I do, whether it’s eating or working out or drinking or not drinking."She also admitted to a rigorous exercise routine, which includes pilates and running on a treadmill.The fashion favourite, formerly known as Posh, referenced "gruelling one-hour weights sessions".Victoria also previously admitted that she was probably "every restaurant's worst nightmare" with her strict attitude to the food that goes on her plate.Not only does she avoid sauces, cooking oil, red

Few festivals have accumulated the level of respect and reverence that attendees hold for Primavera Sound Festival, and even fewer (if any) have managed to sustain it. For twenty years now—sixteen of them at its current location, Parc del Forum on the northern coast of Barcelona—the festival has cultivated a vanguard reputation for its genre-agnostic and (as of 2019) gender-balanced international lineups.

Julie Andrews has remained at the heart of her The Sound of Music family.In an interview on the Today show, the 86-year-old actress was questioned about why she and the young actors who played the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music had remained close.'We do keep in touch, but not on a really regular basis, I mean, Christmases, maybe birthdays and certainly get-togethers, but we just bonded so hard that I think we're family anyway.' Family:Julie Andrews has remained close to her The Sound of Music family. 'We do keep in touch...

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Bon Iver‘s premium sound system providers, L-Acoustics, have spoken to NME about the future of live sound and how they worked with Justin Vernon to design an immersive experience for fans.Before the recent show at New York City’s Forrest Hills stadium as part of the ‘Bon Iver, Bon Iver’ 10-year anniversary tour, Vernon first tapped L-Acoustics in 2018 to help create a panoramic soundscape of high-resolution audio for a gig at California’s Santa Barbara Bowl.Since then, the band have continued to work with the company – using their L-ISA Hyperreal sound technology – to create a deeper, direct auditory connection with fans.“It’s the 10 year anniversary of our album release, ‘Bon Iver, Bon Iver’, but it’s also a return after quarantine and COVID lockdown,” Vernon said of focusing on sound on their current tour. “We’ve gotten to be on the ground floor of something new,” he added, noting that “it’s not just two stacks of speakers in a room anymore.”The first time the Wisconsin indie band played their nuanced tracks via the L-ISA high-resolution speaker software, their engineer came up to Vernon after the performance and told him, “That’s the best show you’ve ever played, and it has a lot to do with that sound system.”“Overall, if we were to prioritise what we’re bringing to people out there [it’s] what goes in their ears,” the Bon Iver bandleader said of the importance of their sound quality.

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Experimental musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has announced that she will release her latest album, ‘Let’s Turn It Into Sound’, later this summer.“The album is a puzzle”, she says. “[It] is a symbol of receiving a compound of a ton of feelings from going out into a situation, and the song titles are instructions to breaking apart the feelings and understanding them”.Of first single, ‘Is It Me Or Is It You?’, she adds: “This song is about breaking free from others’ perceptions of you and playing with the line between what is yours and what is being projected onto you.

Kate Bush‘s ‘Running Up That Hill’.The 1985 single has been witnessing a resurgence after it featured as a prominent part of the storyline in Stranger Things 4, and it reached a new peak on the UK singles charts last week, landing at Number Two.Now, the DJ duo – comprising former teenage actors Kyle Kaplan and Vinnie Pergola – have filmed themselves performing different mixes for different scenarios at dance festivals this summer.“Every electronic festival for the next month,” they wrote in a caption above footage of them pretending to perform at different festivals. You can view footage below.Every electronic festival for the next month.

Jungkook has scrapped a lot of solo songs because they 'didn't sound good.'The BTS star has explained he hasn't released as many standalone tracks as his bandmates because while he's written a plenty of material, he wasn't pleased with the way they were going.'[They are] so many songs I've written that I haven't been able to release,' he told Weverse Magazine. 'After making the effort to write them, I should have realized I should just edit them as much as I can to release them.' Not his best?Jungkook has scrapped a lot of solo songs because they 'didn't sound good.' The BTS star has explained he hasn't released as many standalone tracks as his bandmates because while he's written a plenty of material, he wasn't pleased with the way they were going.

BTS member Jungkook has opened up about working on solo music and why he hasn’t released as many songs as the rest of his groupmates.In a recent interview with Weverse Magazine, the K-pop idol spoke about having written a number of unreleased songs as potential solo releases, revealing that many of them have not panned out the way he hoped.When asked about the level of satisfaction he requires personally before releasing something and his hesitancy about dropping new material, the singer revealed that there have been “so many songs I’ve written that I haven’t been able to release”.“After making the effort to write them, I should have realized I should just edit them as much as I can to release them,” Jungkook explained. “But when I heard them again after a while, they didn’t sound good, so I just deleted them all.”Despite this, the singer also revealed that his fellow BTS members continue to cheer him on regarding solo releases and songwriting.

The legendary actress, 86, was honoured with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award at a ceremony in Los Angeles. And co-stars from the 1965 classic movie join her at the gala.

Primavera Sound festival, Lorde delivered a cover of Bananarama’s 1983 hit ‘Cruel Summer’.The Kiwi singer has long been known to indulge in cover songs: in the past few months alone, she’s put her idiosyncratic spin on ‘Run Away With Me’ by Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘The End Has No End’ by The Strokes and ‘HENTAI’ by Rosalía.Her ‘Cruel Summer’ cover came exactly halfway through her Primavera set – which she performed on the Pull & Bear stage last night (June 10) – sandwiched between ‘Mood Ring’ from last year’s ‘Solar Power’ and ‘Liability’ from 2017’s ‘Melodrama’.Take a look at fan-shot footage of the performance below:

The hills are (still) alive! Nearly 57 years after The Sound of Music premiered, the cast has reunited in Julie Andrews’ honor.

PinkPantheress has become the latest artist to pull out of this month’s Primavera Sound in Barcelona.Per a statement from the festival including a message from the TikTok star, she reveals that she is unable to perform her set at the event today (June 10) due to health issues.“We regret to inform you that, for health reasons, PinkPantheress has been forced to cancel her performance,” Primavera wrote on Twitter.Their message included a note from the singer herself, who said: “Under doctors orders, I will not be performing at Primavera this weekend due to hearing difficulties.

Julie Andrews has reunited with The Sound of Music cast almost six decades after the classic 1965 musical was released. The 86-year-old superstar was receiving the 48th American Film Life Achievement Award at a star-studded gala in LA, which featured former co-stars paying tribute to the Hollywood icon and her legendary career.

The Von Trapp kids from the hit musical drama The Sound Of Music reunited at an event to honour their co-star Julie Andrew's acclaimed film career. Fifty-seven years on from the movie's release, Duane Chase, 71, Kym Karath, 63, Angela Cartwright, 69, Debbie Turner, 65, and Nicholas Hammond, 72, joined forces on the red carpet as the 48th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute celebrated Julie on Thursday at LA's Dolby Theatre.The five former child stars couldn't wipe the smile from their faces as they attended the event in matching black ensembles, while British icon Julie wore a gorgeous dark blue gown with a dazzling, silver neckline.

Beloved English actress Julie Andrews is receiving the American Film Institute's highest honor for a career in film.The 48th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute celebrated Julie Andrews on Thursday, June 9, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.As part of the celebration, the actors who played the von Trapp kids in The Sound Of Music (1965) reunited to pay homage to Andrews, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Maria von Trapp in the classic musical drama. Reunited: Five of the seven actors who played the von Trapp children in The Sound Of Music attended the 48th Annual AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Julie Andrews, including Duane Chase, Kym Karath, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, and Nicholas Hammond Honoree: English actress Julie Andrews, 86, received the American Film Institute's (AFI) Life Achievement Award during a gala at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday In the film, the Mother Abbess (Peggy Wood) sends Maria (Julie Andrews) to the villa of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) to be governess to his seven children—Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl.Some 57 years after its release, five of the those seven child actors were able to attend the ceremony in honor of Andrews.