
Max Pilley
Music Journalist at Freelance
Contributor at New Musical Express (NME)
Music journalist @guardian @NME @Telegraph @Bandcamp @SPIN etc Debut book 'R.E.M.: Album by Album' out now, @penswordbooks: https://t.co/UprT4uGHBw…
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nme.com | Max Pilley
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been unsuccessful in his bid to delay his sex trafficking and racketeering trial by two months. The ruling came on Friday (April 18) from US district judge Arun Subramanian, who said that attorneys for the disgraced rap mogul made the request too close to the start of the trial next month. As per the current schedule, jury selection is due to commence on May 5 with opening statements expected to be heard a week later.
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nme.com | Max Pilley
Little Simz has opened up about filing a lawsuit against her former producer Inflo, saying she was “really frustrated and hurt”. Last month, it emerged that the UK rapper – real name Simbiatu Ajikawo – had filed the claim against Dean “Inflo” Cover, the founder of SAULT and the producer of multiple Simz albums, including 2019’s ‘GREY Area’, 2021’s Mercury winner ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ and 2022’s ‘No Thank You’.
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nme.com | Max Pilley
Jack Black has scored the shortest ever UK Top 40 single with ‘Steve’s Lava Chicken’ from A Minecraft Movie. READ MORE: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ review: blockhead video game adaptation needs shaping upThe song, which clocks in at just 34 seconds long, sees Black’s lead character Steve singing about roasting a chicken using molten lava and its absurd and hooky nature has clearly been a hit with fans of the film.
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flipboard.com | Max Pilley
1 hour agoArt Beat: Rock out and laugh loud–arts, books and big laughsArt Beat: Rock Out and Laugh Loud–Arts, Books, and Big Laughs“School of Rock” screening for the MTHS Band10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 19, Edmonds …4 hours agoJack Black makes history as incredibly short Minecraft song enters the chartsJack Black has not only beaten his own UK solo record but he has also set a new record for the shortest song ever to chart.
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6 days ago |
nme.com | Max Pilley
Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin has said frontman Mike Patton is “clearly unwilling to do shows with us”. READ MORE:Faith No More are back. Here’s why you should care about the wild and witty progenitors of alt-metal The veteran Bay Area band have been largely inactive for the last decade since the release of their comeback album ‘Sol Invictus’ in 2015, although they were due to play a number of shows in 2020, only for them to be scrapped due to COVID-19.
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