"I just kind of got a sense that he already had somebody else in mind"The post Russell Crowe explains why he turned down Aragorn role in ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ appeared first on NME.

Back in 1979, a mysterious singer by the name of Noël released a disco album called Is There More To Life Than Dancing? It was entirely written and produced by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, otherwise known as the cult-beloved pop band Sparks, just after Sparks teamed with disco overlord Giorgio Moroder on their own dance pivot No. 1 In Heaven.

Miami’s remarkably well-curated III Points festival leans toward electronic music, but it isn’t really based in any particular genre other than, I suppose, “Boiler Room-type stuff.” The festival is coming back this fall, returning to Mana Wynwood 10/18-19, and the big news is that it features UK mood-music...

Fans have been speculating that a song on the record is about the New Zealand artist The post Lorde praises Charli XCX’s new album ‘Brat’: “There is NO ONE like this bitch” appeared first on NME.

Charli XCX’s feverishly anticipated new album Brat doesn’t even come out until tomorrow, at least in the US, but certain narratives are already emerging. On a couple of Brat tracks, Charli makes oblique references to some of her peers, and plenty of people are already speculating about her possible targets. One is Taylor Swif...