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TOP 20: IT’S STILL TAYLOR’S WORLD
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HOUSE OF PROTECTION RISES WITH RED BULL
4/29/24

Former Fever 333 members Aric Improta and Stephen Harrison have formed a new band, House of Protection, whose loud, glitchy debut single "It's Supposed to Hurt" is out now on Red Bull Records.

The track features the pair's first vocals ever on a recording and was produced by former Bring Me the Horizon member Jordan Fish. "We knew it wasn’t going to be easy to start again from scratch but that phrase became our ethos," said Improta, who also plays in Night Verses. "Starting again was the whole point of this."

The new group added that "It's Supposed to Hurt" was the first song they worked on together, and despite Improta and Harrison never having taken the mic, "we just knew the energy we wanted to create sonically and that we’d put in whatever time it took to get it to feel right. Fortunately, this song answered a lot of those questions instantly."

Crank this one to 11, folks.

STREISAND SINGS FOR "TATTOOIST" TV SERIES
4/25/24

Barbra Streisand has accomplished just about everything imaginable in her 64-year (!?!) professional career, but she'd never recorded a song for a TV series until now.

Her new tune, "Love Will Survive," is out now via Columbia and will appear as the end title of the upcoming Sky and Peacock original series, The Tattooist of Auschwitz. The show debuts 5/2.

Streisand, 82, is backed on the song by the London Symphony Orchestra. "Love Will Survive" was composed by Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve and Walter Afanasieff and produced by Afanasieff and Peter Asher. Streisand, Jay Landers and Russell Emanuel are executive producers.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew who was imprisoned at but survived his experience in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

"Because of the rise in antisemitism around the world today, I wanted to sing 'Love Will Survive' in the context of this series, as a way of remembering the six million souls who were lost less than 80 years ago," Streisand said. "And also to say that even in the darkest of times, the power of love can triumph and endure."

UME WHIPS UP JIMMY BUFFETT VINYL REISSUES
4/16/24

On the heels of a star-studded Hollywood Bowl tribute concert for late island troubadour Jimmy Buffett, UMe will reissue 10 of the artist's albums on vinyl over the next few months. The collection can be pre-ordered here while fins are raised and cheeseburgers are munched on in paradise.

First up on 6/7 are 1973's Living and Dying in 3/4 Time, 1983's One Particular Harbour and 1994's Fruitcakes. Living and Dying sports Buffett's first top 40 single ("Come Monday"), while One Particular Harbour features its popular title track and "Stars on the Water."

On 7/12, UMe will bring forth remastered editions of 1973's A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, 1976's Havana Daydreamin' and 1996's Banana Wind. The latter includes the infamous "Jamaica Mistaica," which was inspired by an incident where Jamaican authorities accidentally opening fire on Buffett's sea plane while he was transporting Bono and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.

The final batch is due 8/16 and will offer 1977's "Maragaritaville"-featuring Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Altitudes, 1978's Son of a Son of a Sailor, 1979's Volcano and 1995's Barometer Soup.

Each of the 10 remastered reissues will be available on a special colored vinyl variant.