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Taylor Hawkins has spoken of his all-time favourite Foo Fighters songs in a new interview.Speaking to Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music, the drummer expressed his fondness for ‘Aurora’, which features on the first Foos record that Hawkins played on, ‘There Is Nothing Left To Lose’ (released in 1999).“I love that side of Dave [Grohl],” he said.

Romy Madley Croft has confirmed that The xx will return in the future, saying in a new interview that “there’s more xx music to come for sure”.The guitarist and vocalist is currently focusing on her solo material, and last week shared the single ‘Lifetime’.Speaking in a new interview with Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson, Romy said that ‘Lifetime’ was a “more instantaneous” type of release than what she’s used to doing with The xx, given that she released the song ahead of finishing her debut solo

Chris Willman Music WriterPostponed from May and then canceled as a ceremony due to the pandemic, the U.K.’s Ivor Novello Awards were revealed Wednesday in an announcement made by Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1 Radio.The awards, selected by juries of the winners’ peers, celebrate British songwriting and scoring for film and television.

Little Simz, Dave and Calvin Harris were among the winners at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards.The prestigious songwriting and composing ceremony was due to take place today (September 2) at Grosvenor House Hotel in London, having been postponed from May due to the coronavirus crisis.The Ivors 2020 were then cancelled in June, and the winners were instead announced by Matt Wilkinson on his Apple Music radio show.Dave won the Best Contemporary Song award for ‘Black’ along with co-writer/producer

Dave Grohl has reflected on making Foo Fighters’ self-titled debut album, 25 years after its release.The band’s frontman recorded an initial tape version of the album almost entirely by himself “for fun” before record labels expressed interest in releasing it.Speaking to Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music’s Beats 1, Grohl recalled the process of making the album. “I actually recorded the whole thing in sequence,” he said.

Dave Grohl has reflected on how writing some of Foo Fighters‘ earliest songs proved to be an “exorcism” of the grief he experienced after the death of Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain.Speaking to Apple Music‘s Matt Wilkinson to mark Foo Fighters’ 25th anniversary, Grohl said that writing ‘This Is A Call’ – the band’s first major single – allowed him to go through an “awakening” after Cobain took his life in April 1994.“Most of the songs on that first record had been around for a while.

Parker did add that the Arctic Monkeys frontman "can't play drums as good as me"

Our new columnist Matt Wilkinson is one of the U.K.’s best known new music tastemakers, presenting a daily show on Apple Music where he reports on artists who are changing the way we listen. Having originally made his name as New Music Editor of NME, Matt continues to mine the best new music, chronicling the whole of the U.K. scene, and telling the stories behind the songs of the day.