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The band performed the Currents song for the first time ever this weekend
You might remember a few weeks ago, Radiohead relaunched their radiohead.tv service, which provides fans with a chance to stream full-length concerts performed by the band. Up until recently, the site only featured Radiohead's second weekend at April's Coachella festival. Now though, the group have unleashed three more concerts online, so that's your night sorted. Radiohead's streaming site now features a total of four full-length concerts for your viewing pleasure. In addition to Radiohead's Coachella appearance, fans can also stream their appearance at Italy's I-Days Festival on June 16th, the Netherlands' Best Kept Secret Festival on June 18th, andPoland's Open'er Festival on June 28th. It's not listed on the site, but don't forget that Radiohead's recent Glastonbury set is also available for streaming as well. While there's no official word yet on when Radiohead will be announcing any Aussie dates that they can record for uploading, we're still hoping that Radiohead's little tour they have planned for next year will see them on Aussie shores for the first time since 2012. Check out radiohead.tv to stream the concerts, or check out their Coachella performance below. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor recently sat down with veteran music journalist David Marchese for an extensive interview published on Vulture. Reznor spoke candidly on a number of topics, including a perceived demystification of music; the lack of shock value among today's musicians; and the evolution of fandom from the time of Nine Inch Nails' beginnings in the early 90s to today's era where an album is reviewed, judged, and forgotten in a weekend. If you're lucky. Reznor also discussed President Trump: I'm sure I'm doing what many people are trying to do in response to the election: understand, quantify, justify, rationalize, find comfort, feel animosity, should I say something? Should I do something? Should I give up? He continued: Well, the weird thing now is looking at politics as a father. My kids walk in the room and I've got CNN or MSNBC on and I have to hit the mute button because I don't want to get into a discussion about how embarrassing the president is. He's a fucking vulgarian. Aside from whatever ideological beliefs he has - if he has any - he's a grotesque person who represents everything I hate. I'm repulsed by everything about him and he's the president, you know? I haven't figured out how to rationalize that to my kids' beautiful little optimistic minds. I grew up in a shitty little town full of Trump voters, so I think I can I understand the point of view of someone who supports his message. What I don't understand is supporting that messenger. You can find several other notable passages below, and read the full interview on Vulture. Today's rock 'n' roll lacks a shock value I've thought about this a lot and I don't have a good answer. I'll try and piece together a theory with you right now: Something that's struck me as a significant shift, and I don't know when it started, is when the corporate entity became a benefactor as opposed to a thing musicians shunned. When I hear Grizzly Bear in a Volkswagen commercial, it kind of bums me out. I like Grizzly Bear a lot; I don't want to think of a fucking car when I hear their song. But somewhere along the line it became okay to get in bed with a sponsor. More specifically it became okay for rock bands to talk about. When I started to hear musicians talking about their sponsorship deals as something to be almost proud of, it bothered me. I remember having a conversation with a well-known EDM artist. Half of the brief conversation was him humblebragging about how many corporate sponsors he's got: I can't do this thing because I don't want to piss that sponsor off and I can't do that thing because I need to make sure this other sponsorship deal stays in place. That's not what the spirit of being a musician or a rock star is. Why are these people even making music? I'm doing it because I have to get something out and I feel vital when it resonates with someone else. When I can get paid, too, that's a nice consequence. The demystification of music Growing up, I didn't know what Pink Floyd looked like and I didn't need to know. In my mind, they looked like fucking wizards, man. I remember seeing a picture of Supertramp - and I was like, What the fuck? Forget just photos: I didn't know anything about them. Something in me needed the people making the music I loved to seem larger in life. I needed heroes. David Bowie was a fucking alien, you know? As it happens, he was a fucking alien. I was lucky enough to be friends with him and he was even cooler than I'd thought. But demystification is a real problem. There've been people whose music I can't like anymore because I've seen them bitching on Twitter about a waiter like a fucking asshole I'll give you a good counterexample: I appreciate what Radiohead has been doing the last few years. You're not saturated with stories about them. They're not in the press constantly talking about stuff. They create an aura that makes you more interested in what they're doing. That's a good position to be in versus what I'm doing right now, which I'm sure is ruining people's impression of me. The challenge in making such intricate music in 2017 Over the last ten years, there've been times where I've looked in the mirror and thought, Is there an audience out there for what I do? I labor over music that I meticulously create and then release it into a world where music has become disposable. People listen to music while they're doing something else, you know? The act of even having to go to the store and make the commitment to purchase something is gone and it's not coming back. It can make me feel a bit like, Is anybody noticing? Again, I'm not saying mine was a better era, but a lot of the music I ended up really loving was because I spent nine bucks on an album and that meant I had to listen to it and figure it out. Or maybe I forgot to sign the slip for the Columbia Record Club and they sent me a Billy Joel album I never asked for. Then you get it and you're like, Oh fuck. But you know what? I listened to that album a thousand times simply because that was the record I'd paid for, and I ended up loving Billy Joel's 52nd Street. Legendary rock group Foreigner are among one of the world's best-selling musical acts, with over 80 million record sales to their name. Formed by British musicians Ian McDonald, Mick Jones, and American Lou Gramm, the group have had a huge number of hits that are still frequently heard on classic rock stations. However, fans of the band have been hanging out for a reunion of the classic lineup for some time, and last night, got what they wanted for the first time in almost four decades. AsStereogum reports, the band, who is currently celebrating their 40th anniversary, took to the stage in New York last night, only to be joined by three of the group's original members for an encore performance. The group's original lineup consisted of lead guitarist Mick Jones, bassistEd Gagliardi, vocalist Lou Gramm, keyboardist Al Greenwood, rhythm guitarist Ian McDonald, and drummer Dennis Elliott. WhileGagliardi passed away in 2014, and Gramm and Elliott left the group in the early '90s, Greenwood and McDonald left the group in 1980, marking the end of the group's original, and 'classic' lineup. Last night, following a nine song set, a much-anticipated reunion took place. With Lou Gramm taking over for current vocalist Kelly Hansen, the group was also joined byIan McDonald andAl Greenwood for a three-song encore, which included hits such as 'Long, Long Way From Home', 'I Want To Know What Love Is', and 'Hot Blooded'. Check out footage of the much-anticpated reunion below. Live Nation will be issuing refunds to ticket holders
Photo by Ben Kaye It seemsModest Mouseis getting in the habit of expanding their tour schedule every few months. After adding fall tour dates to their itinerary a few weeks ago, Isaac Brock& co. have now tacked on more September stops. (Read:Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst toBest) As the band continues to support 2015'sStrangers to Ourselves, the band will trek through the South in early September.That includes multiple-city runs through Florida and Texas, as well as stops in Atlanta and New Orleans. Find their complete itinerary below. Modest Mouse 2017 Tour Dates: ^ = w/ Built to Spill Revisit the video forStrangers to Ourselves single The Ground Walks, With Time in a Box: Cold War Kids - Nathan Willett, Matt Maust - interviewed by Music-News.com editor - Marco Gandolfi - backstage at British Summer Time Hyde Park on 8th July 2017.
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