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]]>Arctic Monkeys kept things pretty straightforward in their latest music video, putting the focus on their live performances. The visual for “Sculptures of Anything Goes” shows Alex Turner and the rest of the gang rehearsing backstage before a concert and then performing this song live.
Turner compared the sound of “Sculptures” to the sound of the band’s hit 2013 album AM, and revealed that the song came about after guitarist Jamie Cook got a Moog synthesizer and put a drum machine through it.
“We wrote a song based off that, really… is the succinct answer. It started there [and then] it became a million other things. There were multiple different versions, and it ended up kind of back where it started… having had a haircut,” Turner told the Dutch radio station NPO 3FM.
The Car was originally released on October 21, 2022, and it produced singles “There’d Better Be a Mirrorball”, “Body Paint”, and “I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am”. The band is promoting it with a tour across Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, and Asia, which will include a recently announced headlining spot at Glastonbury.
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]]>The post Arctic Monkeys, Lizzo & Guns N’ Roses Among 2023 Glastonbury Festival Headliners appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Guns N’ Roses, Lizzo, and Arctic Monkeys will top the bill at this year’s Glastonbury, but the lineup includes many more exciting acts. Lana Del Rey, Lil Nas X, Manic Street Preachers, Wizkid, and Blondie are also the newly announced acts to perform at Glastonbury.
Sunday afternoon’ “legend slot”, which usually draws in the biggest audience, has been reserved for Yusuf aka Cat Stevens, who’ll be following in the footsteps of Dolly Parton and Diana Ross.
Guns N’ Roses, Lizzo, and Arctic Monkeys are joining Elton John, who was announced as the headliner all the way back in December. His performance will close the festival at the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night and it will mark the final UK show of Elton’s last-ever tour.
Glastonbury Festival will return to Pilton, Summerset between June 21 and June 25, and you can check out the full lineup below. More acts and attractions are yet to be announced.
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]]>The post Best New Songs of the Week appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Our headphones have been on fire this past week, blasting all the new songs that came our way. And after a long and hard thinking and a bit of argument, we have managed to identify the best of the bunch.
Continue scrolling to check out new tracks from Arctic Monkeys, Shakira and Ozuna, Phoenix, Becca Hatch, and many more.
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]]>The post Arctic Monkeys Announce Their Seventh Studio Album “The Car” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>According to the band’s official press release, this record “finds Arctic Monkeys running wild in a new and sumptuous musical landscape and contains some of the richest and most rewarding vocal performances of Alex Turner‘s career.”
This announcement comes shortly after Artic Monkeys surprised their fans by debuting a new song “I Ain’t Quite Where I Thought I Am” at the Zurich Openair festival. This will be one of ten tracks on their upcoming album The Car, set to be released on October 21.
Alex Turner recently discussed the band’s new album with Big Issue, and said they “got closer to a better version of a more dynamic overall sound with this record”, adding it’s connected to their very beginning as a band when they used to operate on “pure instinct”.
The Car marks the follow-up to Arctic Monkey’s 2018 record Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, which saw them experimenting with many different genres and became their sixth consecutive no. 1 album in the UK.
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]]>The post Arctic Monkeys Albums Ranked from Worst to Best appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Humbug introduced Arctic Monkeys to new sounds and styles, but the band didn’t sound too comfortable with them on this record. Despite this, it remains an album that is worthy of your time and essential step in the band’s journey to becoming one of the most important groups of their generation.
Standout Moment: “Cornerstone”
Maybe you didn’t expect to see Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino so early, but it is what it is. The album is very divisive since Arctic Monkeys did a lot of experimenting on this one. It is a strange record that you’ll either love or hate. We are somewhere in between.
Standout Moment: “She Looks Like Fun”
For most bands, Suck It and See would be one of their best works ever. But for Arctic Monkeys, this excellent record just wasn’t a groundbreaking work, but only an album where they didn’t make any missteps.
Standout Moment: “Library Pictures”
Released more than 10 years ago, Favourite Worst Nightmare was a fast-paced album with a hint of melancholy that cemented the status of Arctic Monkeys as one of the most exciting new bands in rock music.
Standout Moment: “Do Me a Favour”
Most people will tell you that AM is the band’s greatest work that will never be topped. And they wouldn’t be wrong since this record is perfectly tailored to appeal to both mainstream audience and hardcore fans. But it still doesn’t make it the best.
Standout Moment: “R U Mine?”
Because Arctic Monkeys’ debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not deserves to be at the top of our list. This isn’t a knock on the things that they accomplished later in their career or a proof that they never got better as a band. They did, but Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not was just a perfect mixture of youth, relatable lyrics, and catchy tunes. Everything fit together, and we got an almost perfect album that doesn’t have a bad song on it.
Standout Moment: “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”
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]]>The post Pete Doherty Admits He Once Refused to Listen to Arctic Monkeys appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>As it turns out, Doherty did not get on with the band and actually used to outright refuse to listen to them. Despite sharing a fanbase, Doherty confessed to Phil Taggart on his podcast that he “heard they were good” so ignored them completely.
“The Arctic Monkeys, I just refused to listen to them,” he recalled. “And managed to avoid them for a long long time, ’cause I heard they were good and I didn’t want to listen to them…”
He then went onto confess that he actually went as far as avoiding them in person anytime they were sharing a stage.
“There’s been a few things that have happened where I didn’t know them by sight and they’ve come to say hello and I’ve had them slung out or something, and then when I tried to go say hello I wasn’t allowed to go anywhere near their backstage,” said Doherty. “So I still haven’t met them.”
He then joked: “I dunno, that fella [Turner]. I suppose he’s a good songwriter, isn’t he? I wouldn’t want to be in a relationship with him though. He really pulls them apart in those songs, the ones that I’ve heard, you know? There’s a few embarrassed girls out there I’ll tell you now.”
And that’s your random and surprising fact about Pete Doherty for the day.
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]]>The post Listen to Arctic Monkeys’ New Song “Anyways” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Those who liked the band’s latest studio album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, will enjoy a slow and chill feel of “Anyways,” while those who hoped for something that sounds like Arctic Monkeys five years ago, will probably be disappointed.
Hear the song below.
Arctic Monkeys announced “Anyways” back in October, when they presented a new mini-documentary Warp Speed Chic which was filmed and directed by Ben Chappell. The documentary saw Cappell following the band in the studio during the recording of their new album and witnessing the process of making songs first-hand.
In case that you didn’t have a chance to check out this interesting documentary, you can do it below.
After the release of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino and subsequent tour, the members of Arctic Monkeys have taken a break and focused on other ventures. The band’s drummer Matt Helders decided to use the time off for his solo project, and is currently working on a new album. According to Helders, the record will be inspired by the works of horror filmmaker John Carpenter.
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]]>The post Best New Songs of the Week appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Also on our list of best new songs of the week: AFI, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Jax Jones, Years & Years and many more. Let’s check it out.
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]]>The post Arctic Monkeys Release Documentary “Warp Speed Chic,” Announce New B-Side appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Chappell, who is the band’s longtime collaborator, found himself in the studio with Arctic Monkey as the group was coming up with the songs and managed to capture that process on film.
“I was still only hearing bits and pieces of the tunes as they were being recorded,” – explained Chappell.
Then, one year later, he went to band’s live show in Lyon, France, and filmed the finished versions of the tracks.
“I put the live songs next to my shots of them recording and found it to be quite nice,” – he added. “With that as a starting point, I then used [producer] James Ford’s instrumental mixes of the album and I put an assortment of the images we created for this album overtop, giving a glimpse into the last year and the full progression of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.”
You can watch Warp Speed Chic below.
Besides this new documentary, Arctic Monkeys also plan to release 7″ vinyl of the song “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino,” which will contain a new B-side “Anyways.” The release is scheduled for November 30th.
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]]>The post Arctic Monkeys Look Back to Their First Number One Hit appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>In 2005, the band released “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor.” The track is featured on their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, I Am Not and reached number one in the UK. The track remained in the top 100 for 31 weeks and has become something of an indie anthem since.
Speaking to Matt Wilkinson for Beats 1, the band described what it was like to learn that they had reached number 1 for the first time.
“I would definitely categories that as a moment that felt unreal at the time,” frontman Alex Turner said. “We all went to the pub near where we’d grown up, and they announced that it was the number one record. They put the radio on in the pub and everyone just jumped up. Everybody was there – on the pool table [cheering].”
“That was one that was instant,” Matt Helders added. “All the other things, you can see them coming a little bit and prepare a bit but that was like [woah]. A complete shock.”
Arctic Monkey’s latest album Tranquillity Base Hotel is out now.
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]]>The post Arctic Monkeys Share Music Videos for “Sculptures Of Anything Goes” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Arctic Monkeys kept things pretty straightforward in their latest music video, putting the focus on their live performances. The visual for “Sculptures of Anything Goes” shows Alex Turner and the rest of the gang rehearsing backstage before a concert and then performing this song live.
Turner compared the sound of “Sculptures” to the sound of the band’s hit 2013 album AM, and revealed that the song came about after guitarist Jamie Cook got a Moog synthesizer and put a drum machine through it.
“We wrote a song based off that, really… is the succinct answer. It started there [and then] it became a million other things. There were multiple different versions, and it ended up kind of back where it started… having had a haircut,” Turner told the Dutch radio station NPO 3FM.
The Car was originally released on October 21, 2022, and it produced singles “There’d Better Be a Mirrorball”, “Body Paint”, and “I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am”. The band is promoting it with a tour across Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, and Asia, which will include a recently announced headlining spot at Glastonbury.
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]]>The post Arctic Monkeys, Lizzo & Guns N’ Roses Among 2023 Glastonbury Festival Headliners appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Guns N’ Roses, Lizzo, and Arctic Monkeys will top the bill at this year’s Glastonbury, but the lineup includes many more exciting acts. Lana Del Rey, Lil Nas X, Manic Street Preachers, Wizkid, and Blondie are also the newly announced acts to perform at Glastonbury.
Sunday afternoon’ “legend slot”, which usually draws in the biggest audience, has been reserved for Yusuf aka Cat Stevens, who’ll be following in the footsteps of Dolly Parton and Diana Ross.
Guns N’ Roses, Lizzo, and Arctic Monkeys are joining Elton John, who was announced as the headliner all the way back in December. His performance will close the festival at the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night and it will mark the final UK show of Elton’s last-ever tour.
Glastonbury Festival will return to Pilton, Summerset between June 21 and June 25, and you can check out the full lineup below. More acts and attractions are yet to be announced.
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]]>The post Best New Songs of the Week appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Our headphones have been on fire this past week, blasting all the new songs that came our way. And after a long and hard thinking and a bit of argument, we have managed to identify the best of the bunch.
Continue scrolling to check out new tracks from Arctic Monkeys, Shakira and Ozuna, Phoenix, Becca Hatch, and many more.
The post Best New Songs of the Week appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>The post Arctic Monkeys Announce Their Seventh Studio Album “The Car” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>According to the band’s official press release, this record “finds Arctic Monkeys running wild in a new and sumptuous musical landscape and contains some of the richest and most rewarding vocal performances of Alex Turner‘s career.”
This announcement comes shortly after Artic Monkeys surprised their fans by debuting a new song “I Ain’t Quite Where I Thought I Am” at the Zurich Openair festival. This will be one of ten tracks on their upcoming album The Car, set to be released on October 21.
Alex Turner recently discussed the band’s new album with Big Issue, and said they “got closer to a better version of a more dynamic overall sound with this record”, adding it’s connected to their very beginning as a band when they used to operate on “pure instinct”.
The Car marks the follow-up to Arctic Monkey’s 2018 record Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, which saw them experimenting with many different genres and became their sixth consecutive no. 1 album in the UK.
The post Arctic Monkeys Announce Their Seventh Studio Album “The Car” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>The post Arctic Monkeys Albums Ranked from Worst to Best appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Humbug introduced Arctic Monkeys to new sounds and styles, but the band didn’t sound too comfortable with them on this record. Despite this, it remains an album that is worthy of your time and essential step in the band’s journey to becoming one of the most important groups of their generation.
Standout Moment: “Cornerstone”
Maybe you didn’t expect to see Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino so early, but it is what it is. The album is very divisive since Arctic Monkeys did a lot of experimenting on this one. It is a strange record that you’ll either love or hate. We are somewhere in between.
Standout Moment: “She Looks Like Fun”
For most bands, Suck It and See would be one of their best works ever. But for Arctic Monkeys, this excellent record just wasn’t a groundbreaking work, but only an album where they didn’t make any missteps.
Standout Moment: “Library Pictures”
Released more than 10 years ago, Favourite Worst Nightmare was a fast-paced album with a hint of melancholy that cemented the status of Arctic Monkeys as one of the most exciting new bands in rock music.
Standout Moment: “Do Me a Favour”
Most people will tell you that AM is the band’s greatest work that will never be topped. And they wouldn’t be wrong since this record is perfectly tailored to appeal to both mainstream audience and hardcore fans. But it still doesn’t make it the best.
Standout Moment: “R U Mine?”
Because Arctic Monkeys’ debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not deserves to be at the top of our list. This isn’t a knock on the things that they accomplished later in their career or a proof that they never got better as a band. They did, but Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not was just a perfect mixture of youth, relatable lyrics, and catchy tunes. Everything fit together, and we got an almost perfect album that doesn’t have a bad song on it.
Standout Moment: “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”
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]]>The post Pete Doherty Admits He Once Refused to Listen to Arctic Monkeys appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>As it turns out, Doherty did not get on with the band and actually used to outright refuse to listen to them. Despite sharing a fanbase, Doherty confessed to Phil Taggart on his podcast that he “heard they were good” so ignored them completely.
“The Arctic Monkeys, I just refused to listen to them,” he recalled. “And managed to avoid them for a long long time, ’cause I heard they were good and I didn’t want to listen to them…”
He then went onto confess that he actually went as far as avoiding them in person anytime they were sharing a stage.
“There’s been a few things that have happened where I didn’t know them by sight and they’ve come to say hello and I’ve had them slung out or something, and then when I tried to go say hello I wasn’t allowed to go anywhere near their backstage,” said Doherty. “So I still haven’t met them.”
He then joked: “I dunno, that fella [Turner]. I suppose he’s a good songwriter, isn’t he? I wouldn’t want to be in a relationship with him though. He really pulls them apart in those songs, the ones that I’ve heard, you know? There’s a few embarrassed girls out there I’ll tell you now.”
And that’s your random and surprising fact about Pete Doherty for the day.
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]]>The post Listen to Arctic Monkeys’ New Song “Anyways” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Those who liked the band’s latest studio album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, will enjoy a slow and chill feel of “Anyways,” while those who hoped for something that sounds like Arctic Monkeys five years ago, will probably be disappointed.
Hear the song below.
Arctic Monkeys announced “Anyways” back in October, when they presented a new mini-documentary Warp Speed Chic which was filmed and directed by Ben Chappell. The documentary saw Cappell following the band in the studio during the recording of their new album and witnessing the process of making songs first-hand.
In case that you didn’t have a chance to check out this interesting documentary, you can do it below.
After the release of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino and subsequent tour, the members of Arctic Monkeys have taken a break and focused on other ventures. The band’s drummer Matt Helders decided to use the time off for his solo project, and is currently working on a new album. According to Helders, the record will be inspired by the works of horror filmmaker John Carpenter.
The post Listen to Arctic Monkeys’ New Song “Anyways” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>The post Best New Songs of the Week appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Also on our list of best new songs of the week: AFI, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Jax Jones, Years & Years and many more. Let’s check it out.
The post Best New Songs of the Week appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>The post Arctic Monkeys Release Documentary “Warp Speed Chic,” Announce New B-Side appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Chappell, who is the band’s longtime collaborator, found himself in the studio with Arctic Monkey as the group was coming up with the songs and managed to capture that process on film.
“I was still only hearing bits and pieces of the tunes as they were being recorded,” – explained Chappell.
Then, one year later, he went to band’s live show in Lyon, France, and filmed the finished versions of the tracks.
“I put the live songs next to my shots of them recording and found it to be quite nice,” – he added. “With that as a starting point, I then used [producer] James Ford’s instrumental mixes of the album and I put an assortment of the images we created for this album overtop, giving a glimpse into the last year and the full progression of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.”
You can watch Warp Speed Chic below.
Besides this new documentary, Arctic Monkeys also plan to release 7″ vinyl of the song “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino,” which will contain a new B-side “Anyways.” The release is scheduled for November 30th.
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]]>The post Arctic Monkeys Look Back to Their First Number One Hit appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>In 2005, the band released “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor.” The track is featured on their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, I Am Not and reached number one in the UK. The track remained in the top 100 for 31 weeks and has become something of an indie anthem since.
Speaking to Matt Wilkinson for Beats 1, the band described what it was like to learn that they had reached number 1 for the first time.
“I would definitely categories that as a moment that felt unreal at the time,” frontman Alex Turner said. “We all went to the pub near where we’d grown up, and they announced that it was the number one record. They put the radio on in the pub and everyone just jumped up. Everybody was there – on the pool table [cheering].”
“That was one that was instant,” Matt Helders added. “All the other things, you can see them coming a little bit and prepare a bit but that was like [woah]. A complete shock.”
Arctic Monkey’s latest album Tranquillity Base Hotel is out now.
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