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The majority of Digital Underground's projects involve Shock G's visual contributions in some form - whether through photo collages or hand-drawn illustrations credited to an alias.And many more of his drawings and low-brow doodles still exist in privately stored boxes and notebooks, in the care of his friends and family.

The album cover for Pink Floyd's Animals is a collage that shows a pig flying over Battersea Power Station in London.Originally, it was intended to be a photograph, but controlling an inflatable pig at that height was not easy (in fact, it floated into an area where flights approach Heathrow Airport).

In the background of an early scene in the new HBO series The Idol you can hear Fiona Apple's 1990s hit Criminal.The pop star heroine of the series, Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp), is posing for her album cover.Her breasts are bare, and she stares seductively into the camera.An intimacy coordinator bursts in and tells the photographer to stop shooting.

On why they call themselves Fanny I heard of a band called Daisy Chain, and I noticed that there was a girl's name in it, and immediately I felt like I was in a room full of friends.I had company, right?And I said, Hey, why don't we think of a girl's name?It was a double entendre, of course, even here in the U.S.

Cattle Decapitation have shared the new song "Scourge of the Offspring," the latest single from their upcoming album , out May 12th.The band deftly blur the line between death metal, prog, and grindcore on the new track.Kinetic stop-start rhythmic hiccups and mathy leads are balanced against bludgeoning brute-force riffs and moshpit churning breakdowns.

Miley Cyrus is throwing another "Party In the U.S.A.," and we're all invited.On Jan. 5, the singer announced her eighth studio album Endless Summer Vacation, which is being described as a "love letter" to her adopted home of Los Angeles.The new record comes over two years after she released her previous album Plastic Heartsin 2020, signaling a fresh yet nostalgic pop-rock direction for the Grammy nominee.

SONGS OF FREEDOM Israeli-Persian singer Liraz recorded her third album, Roya, with musicians from Israel and Iran.Cem Gultepe Israeli-Persian actress and singer Liraz Charhi, whose song Zan Bezan (Women, Sing in Farsi) has turned into an Iranian protest anthem, secretly collaborated with Iranian artists in Istanbul on her latest album, Roya.

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Under the influence of French philosopher Simone Weil and inspired by the "chaos and uncertainty" of the times we live in, Dominican-American artist Luis Alberto Rodriguez presents , his powerful new book of studio nudes .

Much has been said of how Joao Gilberto disrupted Brazillian music with his take on samba, which went on to become bossa nova.His whispering vocals and offbeat, percussion-laced guitar were a novelty to Brazil in the 1950s, when chested-voice crooners and sumptuous arrangements were nothing but the top-charters of the country's radio.

That meant Brennan sometimes played music in the background.It was produced by Grammy-award-winning music producer Ian Brennan.The poet played some of Brennan's past work to his then 10-month-old son, who responded well to it.When he came to poetry, much of his work was built on the history and foundations of poetry slams and spoken word performances.Poet Raymond Antrobus Marilena Umuhoza Delli/Ian Brennan The artists recorded most tracks in one take.Poet Raymond Antrobus Marilena Umuhoza Delli/Ian Brennan Other sonic elements on the album include sound recorded underwater, such as on the track "Miami Airport Immigration."

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In the days of Spotify, it's an absolute pleasure to come across a reminder of how glorious it can be to own a musical work in physical form.Beyond the issue of sound quality, vinyl offers the creative beauty of the album cover, as demonstrated in what must be the most delightfully tongue-in-cheek emo record ever designed.

The Museum of London Docklands is planning an exhibition later this year on London's Jewish fashion designers and is looking for people to contribute items for display.From East End tailors to the couture salons of the West End, the exhibition aims to tell the story of Jewish designers, makers and retailers responsible for some of the most recognisable looks of the 20th century.

A poster promoting US singer Demi Lovato's new album in the UK was likely to cause serious offence for linking sexuality to the crucifix and crucifixion, the advertising regulator has ruled.The poster, seen in multiple sites across London in August, featured an image of the album cover showing Lovato bound in a bondage-style outfit while lying on a large, cushioned crucifix.

Russia's contemporary art scene has been blown apart by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with curators and artists dispersed across the Caucasus, especially Georgia and Armenia, as well Europe and further afield to the US and Asia.Those who remain are under increasing restrictions.Even those who support the war have no guarantee of support, as the abrupt cancellation of the ninth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art earlier this month proved.

I'd been living in Edinburgh, on the dole, trying to make it as a musician.I was once so skint that I stole broccoli from a field.I moved down to London in 2000, having signed a record deal, but I was in that awful situation where the label was saying: We need singles.So I was sat in my poky, overpriced basement flat in Gospel Oak at 2am, looking at CDs, when I picked up Horses by Patti Smith.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.The piano was playing, somebody in a witch costume was singing her heart out, and there were only two free tables when we got to Martuni's early on Halloween night.I would have picked the smaller table closer to the piano, right in the middle of everything, but my out-of-town friend "Heather" preferred to sit as far back from the piano as possible, with a wall at our backs, so that's what we did.

23 minutes ago23 minutes ago In 1991, Queen's charismatic singer Freddie Mercury died of AIDS-related complications.His bandmates have now released an old recording that never made it onto an album.It's the kind of news that makes the hearts of music fans beat faster when old recordings of an already deceased idol surface and are finally released.

On stage, Upchuck's performances are in-your-face and unrelenting, but in conversation, the band is a centered, charged circle of grounded connection.Their origins lay in their experimental DIY days in their hometown Atlanta, skateboarding, rolling silverware, and smoking cigarettes at college parties.