Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLong-running Canadian twin-sister duo Tegan and Sara have signed with Mom + Pop Music and launched the partnership with a new single, “Fucking Up What Matters.” The move represents a return to their roots, in a sense: Mom + Pop was co-founded by Michael Goldstone, the veteran A&R who signed the sisters to Sire Records early in their career (and also signed Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine to Epic Records). The label’s roster also includes Courtney Barnett, Lucius, Sleater-Kinney, Porter Robinson, Ashe, Madeon and more.“Michael Goldstone signed us to Sire/Warner in 2006, we had just made ‘The Con’ and felt like the vision Goldie and the team at Sire had for us and the album were a good fit,” the pair said in a statement. “But soon after he signed us, he left to start Mom+Pop. We never held it against him, but joked that one day we’d work together for real.
What is the true purpose of the pop music documentary?
09.04.2022 - 07:55 / thefader.com
Pop documentaries are almost always marketed on the allure of proximity – allowing the viewer the privilege of being up close and personal with an artist despite that intimate feeling often being crafted within a space that still holds the audience at an arm’s length. In the new Disney+ documentary-concert film Driving Home 2 U, Olivia Rodrigo looks back on the making of her debut album Sour through in-studio footage captured on a GoPro tucked in the Los Angeles studio where she wrote and recorded the album with producer Dan Nigro.
The footage is woven together with performances reimagining the tracklist in chronological order of when each song was created. Mostly, her commentary is provided through the lens of hindsight as she sifts carefully through memories of the time.
Throughout the film, the 19-year-old singer and songwriter holds her cards close to her chest – neatly circumventing the who, what, why, and how of the record’s rumored subject matter. In one scene, about an hour into the film, Rodrigo recalls the nerves that rocked her as she was thrown into the spotlight nearly overnight.
“I remember just feeling kind of trapped and kind of, like, flung into this situation that I wasn’t prepared for,” she says in a voiceover. “All of a sudden, everyone’s watching you, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God,’ Did I actually ever want this?” It’s one of the few moments that creates a genuine feeling of intimacy, but Driving Home 2 U is intent on painting a portrait of an artist who is most accessible through song.
Listening to Sour will tell you more about the singer than anything she’ll reveal to a camera. For Rodrigo to establish that limited accessibility at such an early stage of her career feels strategic in maintaining control
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Mega dance company bred culture of sex, silence, dancers say
investigation by The Associated Press and the Toronto Star.The problems date back to the founding of Los Angeles-based Break The Floor Productions; as the company has grown into an industry powerhouse, its leaders perpetuated a culture of sex and silence, according to interviews with dozens of former and current staff and students.Break the Floor’s reach extends across the entertainment industry to some of the biggest names in music, television and social media. Alumni and faculty have danced on stage with Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, at the Oscars and the Super Bowl.
Documentary Director RJ Cutler Expands His Development and Production Team (EXCLUSIVE)
Addie Morfoot ContributorThis Machine, the production company founded by veteran documentary director and producer R.J. Cutler, has bolstered its development and production team with four new hires.Cutler, the Emmy Award-winning director behind docus including “The September Issue,” “Belushi” and most recently with “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,” launched This Machine in 2020 with an investment from Los Angeles-based Industrial Media.Cutler has named Sally Rosen Phillips as vice president, creative; Qadriyyah Shamsid-Deen as director, creative; Jim Czarnecki, senior vice president, production, and Ian Egos, vice president.
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Music Industry Moves: Juan Gabriel Estate Inks Deals With Virgin Music, Universal Publishing
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe estate of the late Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel has signed an exclusive, worldwide agreement with Virgin Music US Latin and extended its agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group. Under the new deal, Virgin Music US Latin will now represent Juan Gabriel’s post-2008 catalog and future recordings, while UMPG will represent his entire catalog through an extended, exclusive global publishing agreement, bringing Gabriel’s music under the Universal Music roof.New music will be released “in the coming months,” the announcement continues, including the highly anticipated “Los Duo 3, including duets with Mon LaFerte and Gloria Trevi as well as posthumously recorded duets. Billboard notes that Gabriel, who died in 2016, left behind dozens of unreleased recordings, including new songs and re-recordings of older ones.
Instagram influencers detail how they really make $10K at Coachella
headlined by Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd (replacing Kanye West after he dropped out last minute), are taking place April 15-17 and 22-24 But while many revelers will party through the night, Ghafarinia will wake up each day around 7 a.m. to primp and get dressed, before hitting a series of “brand activations” and parties, filming makeup tutorials and “running around creating content” to share with her 186,000 followers on Instagram.
Taylor Swift on what she admires most about Phoebe Bridgers’ music
Taylor Swift has revealed what it is she admires most about Phoebe Bridgers’ music.Last year, the pair collaborated on the song ‘Nothing New’, one of the “From The Vault” bonus tracks that appear on Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 fourth album, ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’.In a new profile on Bridgers for the Los Angeles Times, Swift shared a few words about the ‘Savior Complex’ singer-songwriter and what it is specifically she enjoys about her music.“I think that the specificity of Phoebe’s lyrics, and the vulnerability she expresses in her voice when she delivers them, is what makes her music so deeply impactful and moving for me as a fan,” Swift wrote in an email to the publication.“You feel like she’s reliving a precise memory or delivering a secret message to someone and you get the privilege to read it or hear about it.”This isn’t the first time Swift has heaped praise on Bridgers. Last November, during an interview on Late Night With Seth Meyers, she hailed Bridgers as “one of my favourite artists in the world”, adding: “If she sings it, I will listen to it.
Taylor Swift’s swanky $1M childhood home lands a buyer
The Eric Miller Team at RE/MAX of Reading held the listing. Away from Pennsylvania, Swift, 32, has since amassed a real estate portfolio worth $80 million.
The CW Summer Premiere Dates: ‘Roswell, New Mexico’, ‘In The Dark’, ‘Coroner’ & More
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WME Music Division Promotes 24 After Clients’ Grammys Haul
WME said Thursday that is has promoted seven agents to partner and 17 more staffers to agent in the company’s Music division, news that comes after it saw clients from Silk Sonic and Olivia Rodrigo to Chris Stapleton, Foo Fighters and Jazmine Sullivan score victories at Sunday’s Grammy Awards.
Gracie Abrams on How Songwriting Is ‘Like Breathing,’ Touring With Friend Olivia Rodrigo and Making New Music With Aaron Dessner
Ellise Shafer Standing onstage at the El Rey Theatre in March, Gracie Abrams seemed genuinely shocked at the turnout for the first of two hometown shows in Los Angeles on her “This Is What It Feels Like” tour. She blushed and stumbled over her words, rattling off a list of thank-yous and interacting with fans in side conversations, as if she weren’t one of the fastest-rising singer-songwriters in her generation playing a sold-out show.Abrams started that performance full of nerves, she tells Variety in a Zoom call from Long Pond Studios in upstate New York, where she is currently working on new music with Aaron Dessner, guitarist of the National (and, over the last couple of years, a primary Taylor Swift collaborator).
'Fill the silence with your music,' Zelenskyy tells Grammys
Ukraine’s invasion by Russia.During the pre-recorded message that aired on the show Sunday, he likened the invasion to a deadly silence threatening to extinguish the dreams and lives of the Ukrainian people, including children.“Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos. They sing to the wounded in hospitals, even to those who can’t hear them,” he said in English.
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