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Greg Lee, co-lead singer of stalwart L.A. ska group Hepcat, died March 19. He was 53.Lee suffered a brain aneurysm followed by cardiac arrest on March 17 at his home in Paramount; he died in a hospital. Hepcat was slated to perform at the highly anticipated SoCal festival No Values at the Pomona Fairplex on June 8. For the record: 11:12 a.m. March 20, 2024An earlier version of this story stated that Lee died at age 54. He was 53. “He has touched the lives and hearts of so many people all around the world through…

Wayne Murray has been with the same band for 18 years. He has played guitar in stadiums and arenas. He has headlined festivals. He has toured the world and felt the adulation of countless thousands. But after all that time, and all those shows, he is still not an official member of Manic Street Preachers. And that’s fine with him.“It’s the best of both worlds,” Murray says. “I live in Brighton and I have a studio with another musician – we do a lot of music for film and TV. I have a career outside the Manics from that, so…

As well as launching the Magic 6 Ultimate smartphone and RSR Porsche Design model, Honor has unveiled two new wearables at its big event in China.  The most interesting is the Watch GS 4, which comes with upgrades that address two of our biggest gripes with its predecessor. The firm also announced the Honor Band 9, which we’ll talk about in more detail later.  In our Honor Watch GS 3 review back in 2022, we were disappointed with the lack of NFC and support for iOS devices, but these are both fixed on the GS 4.…

Honor Watch GS 4 was launched in China on Monday, March 18, alongside the Honor Band 9. These smart wearables are offered in several design and connectivity options. The Band 9 is already available for purchase in the country, while the Watch GS 4 will go on sale later this month. These models come pre-installed with multiple watch faces and support various sports modes. These smartwatches work with devices running Android 9.0 or iOS 11.0 and later operating systems. Honor Watch GS 4, Honor Band 9 priceThe Galaxy Shuttle…

Honor held a big event in China where it unveiled the Porsche Design Magic6 RSR and Magic6 Ultimate smartphones. Alongside these, the brand also introduced two new wearables, dubbed Honor Watch GS 4 and Honor Band 9. Honor Watch GS 4 Let's talk about the Honor Watch GS 4 first. The smartwatch packs a 1.43" circular AMOLED screen of 466x466-pixel resolution and 326 ppi pixel density. It supports 8,000+ watchfaces and you can also create your own by uploading a picture from the connected device's album. The Honor Watch…

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It’s been almost a year now since the announcement of the Huawei Band 8, and the company already teased that a Band 9 is on its way, likely to arrive alongside FreeLace Pro 2 headphones. A new leak claims that both devices will likely be going on sale in April. Huawei Band 9 We have a slew of high-resolution and official-looking images of what is said to be the Huawei Band 9, apparently thanks to careless retailers. The Band 9, model number KIM-B19, codename “Kimi,” appears…

‘Who prefers our earlier work?” Yard Act frontman James Smith asks the audience, and it’s a question you get the sense he has been asking himself of late too. A crowd member is brought up on stage to spin a wheel, offering a one-time-only chance to hear a randomly selected song from the band’s 2021 debut EP Dark Days. It lands on the title track and the band dutifully bash out the kind of jagged post-punk that led to their rapid ascent during lockdown.Three years on, with the band seemingly feeling restricted by their own…

About a thousand years ago, I was really into a band called My Life Story. It was 1996: Britannia was about to be very cool and everything that happened in Camden was cool, even an inexpert piercing that immediately became infected, and they were good, goddammit. They were witty and splashy and knowing and pretentious, intensely melodic and defiantly unbothered by the impossibility of making any money if you went around with a 12-piece orchestra.Looking back, they nearly made it a bunch of times – their debut album,…

Alongside the new M3 MacBook Air laptops, Apple announced a set of new color options for its Silicone MagSafe iPhone case and Apple Watch bands. The silicone case with MagSafe is now available in Soft Mint, Sunshine, Light Blue, and Pink for iPhones and are available now from Apple for iPhone 15 series devices. Apple Silicone case with MagSafe in Soft Mint, Sunshine, Light Blue, and Pink Apple Watch bands are also getting the same new colors. Sport Loops now come in Soft Mint and…