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Marilyn Manson Ordered to Pay Evan Rachel Wood’s Legal Fees

Marilyn Manson has been ordered to pay Evan Rachel Wood $326,956 to cover the legal fees the actress accrued while defending against his defamation and emotional distress claims previously removed from Manson’s still-pending lawsuit against her. According to Rolling Stone, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Teresa A. Beaudet eliminated a little over $60,000 of the original ask because some of the descriptions for billed hours were too “vague.”

Manson filed the instigating defamation lawsuit in March of last year, claiming that Wood and her friend Illma Gore, her friend, decided to “publicly cast him as a rapist and abuser.” Though the case has mostly been dismissed, Wood and Gore are still facing claims they conspired to hack into Warner’s computer, impersonate him over the Internet, and make a “swatting” call for police to show up at his house.

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Joyer Announce New Album ‘Night Songs’, Share New Song ‘Star’

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Joyer – the duo of brothers Nick and Shane Sullivan – have announced their new album, Night Songs, which is out April 26 via Hit the North Records and Julia’s War. It includes the previously released tracks ‘Silver Moon’ and ‘Drive All Night’, as well as a new track, ‘Star’. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.

The new album, which follows 2021’s Perfect Gray, was recorded by Bradford Krieger at Big Nice Studios. “We grew up in this small suburban town and there weren’t too many people interested in music so it was convenient to just play with each other and we’ve always had pretty much the same music tastes,” Shane Sullivan explained in a statement. “I just feel like when I’m in a band with Shane I don’t have to compromise,” Nick added. “Being brothers allows us to be really honest and have a lot of productive criticism because we’re so comfortable with one another, we don’t have to hold back and it helps us achieve what we’re going for.”

Night Songs Cover Artwork:

Night Songs Tracklist:

1. Night Song
2. Silver Moon
3. Drive All Night
4. 777
5. Fall Apart
6. Wake Up
7. Star
8. Softer Skin
9. Try
10. Rings A Bell
11. Mason Dixon

Mary Timony Releases New Song ‘Summer’

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Mary Timony has released a new single, ‘Summer’, taken from her forthcoming album Untame the Tiger. It follows previous entries ‘Dominoes’ and ‘The Guest’. Listen to it below.

“I wanted it to be a guitar stomper kind of in the vein of The Kinks, Jethro Tull or Elf and have simultaneous guitar solos at the end,” Timony said in a statement. “I’m excited to play this one live. Betsy Wright of Ex Hex will be on guitar, and I can’t wait to rock those twin solos with her! I’ll also be joined by David Christian, Chad Molter, and Anna Wilson. They are all such totally killer musicians.”

Untame the Tiger is due for release on February 23 via Merge.

Six Organs of Admittance Announce New Album, Share New Song ‘The Mission’

Six Organs of Admittance, the moniker of Ben Chasn, has announced a new album. It’s called Time Is Glass, and it arrives April 26 via Drag City. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘The Mission’, alongside a music video directed by Elisa Ambrogio of Magik Markers. Check it out below.

“A couple of years ago a good friend of mine was falling in love in a new country and the stories he told at the time were both beautiful and terrifying, sublime and on the edge,” Chasny explained in a statement. “I wrote this song for him and his new partner after they had begun to figure out how to be together.”

Time Is Glass Cover Artwork:

Time Is Glass Tracklist:

1. The Mission
2. Hephaestus
3. Slip Away
4. Pilar
5. Theophany Song
6. My Familiar
7. Spinning In A River
8. Summer’s Last Rays
9. New Year’s Song

5 Tips for Launching a Business From Your Own Home

In recent years, running a business from the comfort of home has gained significant popularity, and with more and more businesses seeing the power of remote work, it has become easier than ever for aspiring business owners to manage their deal flow with mutual action plans.

These changes in our outlook have opened up new opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs to turn dreams into reality without the need for a traditional office space.

So, if you’re considering launching a business here are five fantastic tips to help you do so from the comfort of your own home.

1. Create a Dedicated Workspace

One of the first steps in establishing business should be to create a dedicated workspace that will keep you from the tempting idea of working from your bed.

Whether it’s a spare room or a corner in your living room, the space should be free from distractions and help to set the tone for a productive workday.

Plus, by having a dedicated office space, you can signal to others in your household that you’re working, and this boundary can help you to minimise disruptions during business hours.

2. Invest Tech for Organisation and Efficiency

Ensuring that you’re organised is essential to the success of your business, and time management is a skill that will serve you well throughout your life.

Of course, organisation and time management don’t come easy to us all, but if they are something that you struggle with then luckily there are a wide range of apps that can help you.

With tools such as Todoist, you can organise your tasks and help to ensure that you complete everything on time.

3. Build a Strong Online Presence

When starting a business, particularly one that you’re going to run from your own home without a traditional commercial premises, building a strong online presence is more essential than ever.

Not only do you need a high quality, professional website that is easy for your customers to use, but it’s important that you invest in digital marketing strategies such as SEO.

Of course, getting your head around these intricacies can be tricky, but with expert agencies such as Maratopia, you can develop a strategy that helps your brand thrive.

4. Take Time to Network

Launching a business from home doesn’t have to be the isolating experience that you might worry it will be. Networking is a powerful tool that can open doors to opportunities such as collaborations and mentorship.

Make an effort to join industry-related forums and connect with other home-based entrepreneurs in order to build a sense of companionship.

Similarly, online networking platforms such as LinkedIn can be a great way to connect with others from your industry from all over the world, and building up this network helps to provide a platform of support.

5. Maintain a Healthy Work/Life Balance

One of the biggest risks in running a business from your own home is that you’ll blur the boundaries between your work and personal life.

To ensure long-term success, it’s essential that you establish and maintain a healthy work/life balance, so set specific working hours and try your best to stick to them. This not only helps you stay productive, but helps to prevent the risk of burnout.

Have you set up a business from your own home? Share your tips for success in the comments below!

5 Tips for Decorating Your Dream Home

Our homes are our sanctuaries, and therefore you should seek to design a space that not only reflects your personality, but suits and enhances your lifestyle.

So, if you’re preparing to embark on a home renovation project, then here are just five fantastic tips to ensure your house feels like a perfect reflection of you.

1) Define Your Style

Before you make any changes to your home, it’s important to take some time to define your personal style so that you can allow your home to feel like a seamless extension of your personality.

Whether you prefer a sleek, modern look or a cosy, rustic feel, understanding your style will help to guide your design choices.

With platforms such as Pinterest, you can create mood boards full of images that resonate with you. A  visual guide such as this can help to serve as a reference point throughout the design process.

2) Set Your Budget

When planning your interior design project, it’s important that you set a budget that is not only realistic, but responsible too. While it can be tempting to purchase anything that catches your eye, you want to make sure that you can afford the items that you want.

Of course, if you win a competition, such as those by Raffle House, you can put your winnings towards renovations on your dream home.

Luckily, whether your budget is large or small, there are changes that you can make to ensure your home suits your lifestyle.

3) Prioritise Functionality

It’s understandable that when designing your home you focus on aesthetics, however it’s much more important to ensure that your home is functional – after all, this is the place that you’re going to live.

Your dream home should cater to your daily needs, so consider the layout of each room and assess how you use the space. Hillsborough County residents are always looking for the best professionals performing home remodeling Tampa, FL can provide to consult and guide them through layout improvements that truly reflect how they live. They often seek experienced teams who can translate daily habits into practical design adjustments that improve comfort, functionality, and long-term value.

By investing in furniture that serves multiple purposes, you’ll not only enhance the functionality of your space but maintain a clutter-free environment.

4) Play with Colours and Patterns

Colours and patterns can be powerful tools for transforming the mood and atmosphere of a space. When decorating your dream home, consider the psychology of colours, ensuring that you create the right mood for each room.

Patterns can be a great way to add character to a space, so consider combining your solid paint colours with patterned wallpapers.

Wallpaper is an excellent option for feature walls, and stockists such as World of Wallpaper offer a wide range of styles and patterns to suit every aesthetic.

5) Invest in Quality Pieces

Although you might want to follow the latest trends that you find in interior design magazines, quality and timeless pieces of furniture are a better investment. While quality furniture typically comes with a higher price tag, it’s often more durable and therefore lasts longer.

Classic, versatile designs are great when shopping for pieces such as sofas, dining tables, and bed frames, and if you find that your tastes do change frequently you can update them with accessories. Not only will this help to keep your home feeling new, but it’s a more budget friendly and affordable approach than frequent renovations.

Have you recently embarked on an interior design project? Share your renovations tips and tricks that can make a house feel like a dream home.

Joni Mitchell to Make Grammys Performance Debut at 2024 Show

Joni Mitchell is set to make her Grammys performance debut at the 2024 award show, which takes place on Sunday, February 4. Other performers at the 2024 Grammys include Burna Boy, Luke Combs, Billie Eilish, Billy Joel, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Travis Scott, and U2 (live from the Sphere).

Mitchell has won nine Grammy Awards and received a total of 18 nominations. This year, her live album Joni Mitchell in Newport is up for Best Folk Album.

 

Ducks Ltd. Release New Song ‘Heavy Bag’

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Ducks Ltd. have put out a new single, ‘Heavy Bag’, from their upcoming album Harm’s Way – out February 9 via Carpark Records. It follows previous offerings ‘Hollowed Out’, ‘The Main Thing’, and ‘Train Full of Gasoline’. Check it out below, along with the band’s upcoming tour dates.

“It’s about despair and the way that misery loves company,” vocalist Tom McGreevy said of the new song in a statement. “The way that when people are in a bad place they try to undermine the people who are down there with them. To keep them and hold them there. It’s an incredibly ugly impulse, but one that if I’m being honest I’ve caught myself indulging in the past. “We tried to do something we hadn’t done before on this one musically, and had to kind of reverse a lot of our instincts in building the arrangement. But it felt like what ultimately suited the song. Macie Stewart and Briar Darling ended up improvising a lot of the string layers at the end which had some really exciting results.”

Ducks Ltd. 2024 Tour Dates:

Feb 8 – Toronto, ON – Sonic Boom (album release show) #
Feb 10 – Montreal, QC  Taverne Tour Festival
Mar 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
Mar 9-10 – New York, NY – New Colossus
Mar 28 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar *
Mar 29 – Chattanooga, TN – Barking Legs Theater *
Mar 30 – Asheville, NC – Eulogy *
Apr 1 – Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor *
Apr 2 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall *
Apr 4 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar *
Apr 5 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom *
Apr 6 – Portland, ME – Space Gallery *
Apr 7 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge *
Apr 8 – Rochester, NY – Bug Jar *
Apr 10 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig *
Apr 11 – Bloomington, IN – Bishop *
Apr 12 – Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s *
May 11 – Esch/Alzette, LU – Out Of The Crowd Festival
May 14 – Porto, PT – CCOP
May 15 – Lisbon, PT – Musicbox
May 19 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
May 20 – Liverpool, UK – Stockroom
May 21 – Leeds, UK – Headrow House
May 22 – Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
May 23 – Edinburgh, UK – Sneaky Pete’s
May 24 – Manchester, UK – New Century Hall All Dayer
May 25 – Bristol, UK – Dot to Dot
May 26 – Nottingham, UK – Dot to Dot
May 27 – London, UK – Moth Club
May 29 – Tours, FR – Oxford Pub
May 30 – Rennes, FR – L’UBU
May 31 – Paris, FR – Block Party
Jun 1 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR – La Coopérative de Mai
Jun 5 – Antwerpen, BE – Trix
Jun 6 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso

# Only God Forgives and Cootie Catcher support
* with Ratboys

This Week’s Best New Songs: Megan Thee Stallion, Sunny Day Real Estate, Rosie Tucker, and More

Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins on Monday and ends Sunday night) in this best new music segment.

On this week’s list, we have Megan Thee Stallion’s hard-hitting new banger ‘Hiss’, which takes shots at a number of people (one of which certainly didn’t take the diss lightly); ‘All My Exes Live in Vortexes’, the driving, cathartic lead single from Rosie Tucker’s fourth album; Bnny’s new single ‘Good Stuff’, which turns a haunting ache to a kind of bliss; ‘Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)’, one of two stirring new songs from Hurray for the Riff Raff’s upcoming album; Adult Jazz’s first new music in eight years, ‘Dusk Song’, an uncompromising depiction of climate anxiety; Phosphorescent’s ‘Revelator’, the gorgeous, open-hearted lead single from his first album since 2018; Emily Yacina’s sparkling, intimate new collaboration with Rostam, ‘Trick of the Light’; Bullion’s Carly Rae Jepsen-featuring ‘Rare’, a song of dreamy, hushed intimacy; and Sunny Day Real Estate’s beautiful 7-minute track ‘Novum Vetus’, the band’s first new music in a decade.

Best New Songs: January 29, 2024

Song of the Week: Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Hiss’

Rosie Tucker, ‘All My Exes Live in Vortexes’

Bnny, ‘Good Stuff’

Hurray for the Riff Raff, ‘Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)’

Adult Jazz, ‘Dusk Song’

Phosphorescent, ‘Revelator’

Emily Yacina, ‘Trick of the Light’

Bullion feat. Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Rare’

Nicki Minaj Releases Megan Thee Stallion Diss Track ‘Big Foot’

Nicki Minaj has dropped her new song ‘Big Foot’, a diss track aimed at Megan Thee Stallion. It arrives in response to Megan’s latest single ‘Hiss’, which came out on Friday. Listen below.

Though never explicitly mentioning Minaj, ‘Hiss’ apparently took a jab at her convicted sex offender husband Kenneth Petty while referencing Megan’s Law, a federal law requiring law enforcement to make information about registered sex offenders available to protect the public. “This little beggin’ whore talkin’ ’bout Megan’s law/ For a free beat, you can hit Megan raw,” Minaj raps on ‘Big Foot’, which ends with a spoken word outro promising a “second installment.” The track appears to poke fun at the 2020 incident that saw Tory Lanez shoot the Houston rapper in the foot – “Bad bitch she like six foot/ I call her big foot/ The bitch fell off, I said get up on your good foot” – and frequently mentions Megan’s late mother.

Ahead of the song’s release, Minaj tweeted, “It’s been rdy for 2 days. just was tryna be cool & let her get her lil streams. wasn’t gon say anything. But I remember how everyone kept my name in their mouth & how I said the next person mention my family gon regret it. Btw, they haven’t even heard the song. Who said it’s even a ‘diss’?”

As promised, Minaj has also dropped a version of ‘Big Foot’ that is “a capella so other producers all around the world can make their own beat.”