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Future Past on October 22 via Tape Modern/BMG. The 12-track album marks Duran Durans 15th studio effort, following 2015s  Future Past finds the group teaming up with a revered roster of collaborators. This time around, Duran Duran team up with producers Giorgio Moroder, Mark Ronson, Erol Alkan, Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, David Bowies former pianist Mike Garson, and Lykke Li. A press release teases that "more exciting collaborators" are to be announced. First single "Invisible" arrives al...

By Keefer May 17, 2021 1966 - Bob Dylan, who had recently "gone electric" and added rock and roll instruments to his folk music, appears at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England. Just before he begins "Like A Rolling Stone," a member of the audience, a folk purist angry at the move to rock, shouts out, "Judas!" Dylan responds with, "I dont believe you," adding, "Youre a liar!" He then proceeds to tell the band to play the song "f--king loud." 1987 - A fire destroyed Tom Pettys house in Lo...

35 Years Later, Top Gun And Its Epic Soundtrack Still Takes Our Breath Away by : Cameron Frew on : 16 May 2021 17:09 Paramount Pictures Danger Zone; a soundtrack of unmistakable, eternal super-bangers.  All it takes is Harold Faltermeyer’s opening ‘dum’ of a tubular bell. It’s like the warmth of a heated car seat in winter, or the first sip of a pint. The smile creeping across my face only grows wider as the credits outline the plot. Advert 10 ‘On March 3, 1969, the United States Nav...

two movies from British filmmaker Edgar Wright. There is, of course, his upcoming psychological horror flick Last Night In Soho (check out an exclusive new image from that one here) – but on top of that, he’s cooked up his first ever feature documentary. It’s called The Sparks Brothers, and it’s a rock documentary about, well, Sparks – the ultimate cult pop band, beloved by musicians and creatives everywhere, if not quite a household name. Just as you’d expect from Wright, the fir...

Some of the biggest and best artists in the world of music regularly list The Sparks Brothers as both the most influential and most unsung musicians in history. On top of the list of guests above, the documentary features members of some of the biggest bands in the world, including the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Duran Duran, Erasure, Sonic Youth, Franz Ferdinand, New Order, The Human League and LOADS more. Wright also sits down with the duo themselves to discuss their TWENTY-FIVE album long career...

Following its premiere at Sundance earlier this year, Edgar Wright’s Sparksdocumentary is getting a wide release in just a few weeks. The Sparks Brothers is out June 18. A new trailer for the project includes commentary from Beck, Jason Schwartzmann, Jack Antonoff, Todd Rundgren, Giorgio Moroder, Flea, the Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin, and more. Watch The Sparks Brothers’ trailer, and find its poster, below. The Sparks Brothers is the first music documentary from Wright, whose other cr...

‘Top Gun’ Soundtrack Turns 35: Take a Ride Into the Danger Zone Top Gun became a box office hit in 1986 thanks to a combination of exhilarating visuals, high-octane storytelling and - perhaps most importantly - a dynamic soundtrack. Filmmakers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson had witnessed successful synergy between movies and albums before, having previously overseen the soundtracks to Flashdance and Beverly Hills Cop. While both men were listed as producers on the Top Gun soundtrack...

Angelina Jolie is a firefighter hot for redemption in forgettable action thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead © Provided by ABC NEWS Taylor Sheridan was originally brought in to rewrite the film, but offered to also direct if he could cast Jolie. (Supplied: Warner Bros) Its hard to remember the last time Angelina Jolie played anything resembling a regular person on screen. In the past decade alone, the superstars roles have been dominated by voiceovers for CGI animals and otherworldly turns in Di...

Gigulate Happy Birthday Giorgio Moroder (Donna Summer, Daft Punk, Sparks) Happy birthday Oscar/Grammy/Golden Globe winner Giorgio Moroder (Donna Summer, Daft Punk, Sparks). You’re a rainbow. Read our Q&A with the Father Of Disco: The post Happy Birthday Giorgio Moroder (Donna Summer, Daft Punk, Sparks) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.

1988 Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger sang in a Federal Court in New York to prove that he had not plagiarised a reggae song, ‘Just Another Night’, as claimed by Jamaican reggae artist Patrick Alley. The song was the first single from his debut album ‘She’s the Boss’ in 1985 and reached the No.1 spot on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks. Alley filed a $7 million claim in profits from the track but would lose the case after a week’s deliberation by the judge and six-member jury. Drummer...