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Listen to 100 Gecs’ frenetic new single ‘Doritos And Fritos’

100 Gecs have shared ‘Doritos And Fritos’, the second single released from their forthcoming album ‘10000 gecs’. READ MORE: 100 Gecs – “People think we’ve staked our entire career on the fact that we can be ironic” The frenetic new song follows last year’s ‘mememe’ and is the newest taste of what’s to come from the duo’s second album, which currently doesn’t have a release date. 100 Gecs are performing at Coachella this Saturday (April 16), with additional festival performances scheduled for this year – see dates below. Advertisement ‘10000 gecs’ follows the pair’s 2019 debut album ‘1000 gecs’ and a 2020 remix album ‘1000 Gecs And The Tree Of Clues‘. See 100 Gecs’ 2022 festival appearances below (buy tickets here). APRIL 16 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 23 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival MAY 27 – Arlington, TX – So What Music Festival JUNE 01 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound 12 – Queens, NY – The Governors Ball Music Festival 18 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Advertisement JULY 22-24 – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party 28-31 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza 30 –… Read More →

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Elvis Costello – Deluxe Ultimate Music Guide

As he prepares to tour his fine new album The Boy Named If, we celebrate the 40-plus-year career of Elvis Costello. The savage lyricism. The wiry rock’n’roll. The dalliances with classical music, soul and jazz. It’s tough to know which to praise highest, so we’ll do as Elvis does and cover the lot: “We’re only living this instant…” Buy a copy here!

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End Of The Road Festival add more names as extra tickets go on sale

Battles, Soccer Mommy and 6Music DJ Tom Ravenscroft are among the artists to have been added to the 2022 End Of The Road Festival line-up. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut The news comes as a handful of extra tickets go on sale today (April 12) at 9am BST. End Of The Road returns this September 1 – 4 at Wiltshire’s Larmer Tree Gardens. Also joining this year’s event is Kareem Ali (DJ), Skullcrusher, Spirit Of The Beehive, Ross From Friends, BCUK, The Umlauts, English Teacher, HighSchool, Uwade, Lichen, Vogues, Karima Walker, Tiny Leaves and Steven Durkan & The Acid Commune. Advertisement As previously reported on Uncut, Pixies, Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes and Khruangbin headline this year’s festival. They’ll be joined by an Uncut-friendly bill including Kurt Vile & The Violators, Tinariwen, The Weather Station, Hurray For The Riff Raff, The Magnetic Fields, Aldous Harding, Margo Cilker, Ryley Walker, Anaïs Mitchell, Yard Act, Cassandra Jenkins, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Lucy Dacus, Kevin Morby, Nala Sinephro and many more. We’re delighted to once again be partnering with End Of The Road for what promises to be a brilliant festival. “I’m beyond excited about our 2022… Read More →

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Britney Spears announces she’s pregnant with her third child

Britney Spears has announced she’s pregnant with her third child on social media. READ MORE: Here’s everything you need to know about the #FreeBritney movement The pop icon took to Instagram earlier this evening (April 11) to reveal she and fiancé Sam Asghari are expecting alongside a bird’s eye view image of a pink coffee cup and some flowers. “I lost so much weight to go on my Maui trip only to gain it back … I thought ‘Geez … what happened to my stomach ???’ My husband said ‘No you’re food pregnant silly !!!’ So I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am having a baby,” Spears wrote. “4 days later I got a little more food pregnant. It’s growing !!! If 2 are in there … I might just loose [sic] it.” Advertisement She then went on to talk about her previous experience with perinatal depression and how she plans on staying inside during her pregnancy in order to avoid “the paps getting their money shot of me”. “I obviously won’t be going out as much due to the paps getting their money shot of me like they unfortunately already have,” she continued. “It’s hard… Read More →

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Chris Bailey, singer of Australian rock band The Saints, has died aged 65

Chris Bailey, lead singer of Australian rock band The Saints, has died, at the age of 65. The band confirmed the news of Bailey’s death on their official Facebook page this morning. No cause of death was given. The post read: “It is with great pain in our hearts that we have to inform you about the passing of Chris Bailey, singer and songwriter of The Saints, on April the 9th 2022.” “Chris lived a life of poetry and music and stranded on a Saturday night.” Bailey was born in Kenya in 1957 to Irish parents, spending the first seven years of his life in Belfast. They relocated to Brisbane, Australia, where Bailey met guitarist Ed Kuepper and drummer Ivor Hay at high school. The trio formed the band in 1973 (originally called Kid Galahad and the Eternals), which would go through various line-ups over the following years. In 1974 they changed the name to The Saints, and Jeffrey Wegner joined on drums, with Hay switching to bass guitar. Wegner left the group the following year, sending Hay back to drums and welcoming Kym Bradshaw on bass. The band had their first hit in 1976 with ‘(I’m) Stranded’, releasing their… Read More →

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Jack Johnson announces first new album in five years, ‘Meet the Moonlight’

Jack Johnson has announced the release of his first new album in five years, ‘Meet the Moonlight’ – listen to lead single ‘One Step Ahead’ below. READ MORE: The 20 most heart-warming father/daughter songs The US singer-songwriter’s eighth studio album – the follow-up to 2017’s ‘All The Light Above It Too’ – will arrive on June 24 via Brushfire/Republic Records. Johnson made the album with acclaimed producer Blake Mills (Lana Del Rey, Weezer, Norah Jones), recording it at Sound City and EastWest Studios in Los Angeles and Johnson’s Mango Tree studio in Hawaii. Advertisement “When Blake and I first got in touch we’d send each other playlists, and over time we realised we were drawn to music that sounds effortless despite all the effort put into making it,” Johnson said in a statement. “After a while we got a language together and I gained a trust in him that allowed me to let go, push outside my comfort zone, and get to a sound I really loved.” News of the album comes alongside the release lead single ‘One Step Ahead’, a plucky, acoustic guitar-driven cut rich with texture and insightful lyrics: “When it feels like it’s all closing in/ All the lines we… Read More →

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Watch Little Mix give multiple songs their live debut as they kick off farewell tour

Little Mix kicked off their ‘Confetti’ tour last night (April 9) in Belfast and gave several songs their live debut – check out footage and the setlist below. READ MORE: “We wanted togetherness and community”: how gigs came back with a bang in 2021 The 29-date run started last night at Belfast’s SSE Arena and saw the band give seven songs their live debut, including tracks from sixth album ‘Confetti (‘Happiness’, ‘Gloves Up’) and their 2021 greatest hits record ‘Between Us’ including ‘No’ and ‘Love (Sweet Love)’. ‘Get Weird’ cut ‘Love Me Or Leave Me’ was also premiered during the set. Elsewhere the band performed ‘Heartbreak Anthem’, their collaboration with Galantis and David Guetta, for the first time alongside ‘No Time For Tears’, their 2020 team-up with Nathan Dawe. Advertisement Check out fan shot footage and the complete setlist below: The girls finally performing Love Me Or Leave Me! ? @LittleMix #ConfettiTour #ConfettiTourBelfast pic.twitter.com/bCUJ7cux8Q — Mixer Management (@mixermanagement) April 9, 2022 Gloves Up. #LittleMix pic.twitter.com/d9yfWS0hwV — Lucia (@Luciacay2cay) April 9, 2022 ? Little Mix performing Woman Like Me [Rock version] and Perrie singing JN's part pic.twitter.com/7d472padRG — sammy ▽ (@noticesammy) April 9, 2022 Advertisement View this post on Instagram A… Read More →

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Ukrainian electronic artist Heinali plays livestream show from bomb shelter

Ukrainian electronic artist Heinali (real name Oleh Shpudeiko) recently performed a livestream show from a bomb shelter in Ukraine’s city of Lviv, raising money for the Ukrainian army and humanitarian aid. Heinali hosted the show earlier this month, playing a 30-minute set on a modular synth that he was able to save from his home while being evacuated. READ MORE: Ukrainian artists on the Russian crisis: “Now is the time to push for change” “Live from Ukraine team successfully managed to broadcast my fundraiser live set from a bomb shelter in Lviv yesterday, despite the air raid alarm two hours before the performance and a rather wonky 100m Ethernet cable made of two 50m cables and a coupler shielded from rain with a plastic bag,” he wrote on Instagram. Advertisement In another post, he explained that the piece he played was “loosely based on the XII century organa of the Notre-Dame school and earlier polyphony”, adding “it’s the foundation of my new album Organa I couldn’t finish due to the war”. Watch Heinali’s livestream below. It was part of a series of performances dubbed Live from Ukraine, featuring Ukrainian musicians performing works of various composers. According to Heinali’s social media, the… Read More →

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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. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” 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. Advertisement “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… Read More →

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Drakeo The Ruler’s brother slams Grammys for snubbing rapper in memoriam segment

Drakeo The Ruler‘s brother has called out the Recording Academy for not including the late rapper in the 2022 Grammys In Memoriam segment. Drakeo, real name Darrell Caldwell, died in December of 2021 when he was fatally stabbed during an altercation at Los Angeles’ Once Upon A Time In L.A. concert. He was 28-years-old. “It comes off as a spit in the face disregarding the facts that we’ve created an entire movement that generated the momentum for underground, emerging L.A. artists to have a platform,” Caldwell’s brother, who goes by Ralfy The Plug told TMZ. He continued: “Leaving Drakeo out of their tribute and by not giving him any acknowledgement of his existence sums up exactly what we feel the industry has been trying to do. Erase us.” Drakeo The Ruler performs live in 2021. CREDIT: Timothy Norris/WireImage Ralfy is among friends and family who have called out concert promoters and event producers following the rapper’s death. In February, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Live Nation on behalf of Drakeo the Ruler’s five-year-old son. In the suit, which was filed in LA on February 2, Live Nation is named as a defendant alongside co-promoters C3 Presents, Bobby Dee… Read More →

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Dead & Company share dates for 2022 US summer tour

Dead & Company have shared dates for an upcoming US summer tour. You can purchase tickets here. The jam band – composed of surviving Grateful Dead members alongside John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge – are set to play Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on June 11 before stopping in Boulder, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Philadelphia. The band also plans to play two dates in New York City to close out the tour on July 15 and 16. See a full list of stops below. READ MORE: John Mayer – ‘Sob Rock’ review: guitar hero mines nostalgic gold This latest tour announcement comes after multiple postponements from the band. Earlier this year, they were forced to cancel their destination festival, Playing In The Sand, less than 24 hours before gates were set to open. The news of the destination show cancellation came at the heels of John Mayer testing positive for COVID, and pulling out of the event. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dead & Company (@deadandcompany) Advertisement Dead & Company Summer Tour JUNE 11 Los Angeles, CA – Dodger Stadium 13 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre 14 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre 17 Boulder, CO – Folsom Field 18… Read More →

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Blossoms on how they “hugged it out” with Johnny Marr after Smiths covers band fall-out

Blossoms have revealed how their unlikely feud with Johnny Marr over forming a Smiths covers band was put to bed. READ MORE: The NME Big Read: Blossoms: “We don’t see a limit to what we can achieve” Last year, the band teamed up with Rick Astley to cover The Smiths. While playing a gig in London, they invited Astley on stage to perform ‘Panic’ and ‘This Charming Man’. The artists subsequently announced two Smiths covers shows in Manchester and London the following month, with Blossoms becoming Astley’s backing band for a full set of theirs and fans’ most-loved Smiths songs. Advertisement At the time, Marr gave her verdict on the covers, writing on Twitter: “This is both funny and horrible at the same time”. He also added: “Well, I met The Blossoms a few weeks ago and they elected to not mention it. Nice.” He later told NME about his thoughts on the stunt and surrounding drama, saying: “I didn’t ask for that, but sometimes stuff like that happens when you’re in the public eye. There was an M.O. there that just wasn’t very cool – but I’ve dealt with it. I think I’m a pretty reasonable person, and I’ve dealt with… Read More →

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War Child re-release classic albums to raise money for children in Ukraine, Afghanistan and more

War Child have re-released several classic albums to help raise money for children whose lives are affected by ongoing conflicts in areas like Ukraine and Afghanistan. They’re re-releasing, ‘1 Love’, ‘Hope’, ‘Help! A Day In The Life’ and ‘War Child Presents Heroes’ via War Childs Records. The albums are available on limited black, yellow and red vinyl for the first time from today (April 8) and can be ordered here. Advertisement All proceeds from the sale will go towards supporting children whose lives have been affected by war in areas such as Ukraine and Afghanistan. The classic albums, released between 2002 and 2009 feature artists including Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Coldplay, Radiohead, Gorillaz, Manic Street Preachers, Beck, Oasis, Lily Allen, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and many more. In a statement, War Child said: “By purchasing these classic albums fans are supporting War Child to reach children in Ukraine and conflict zones around the world and give them the vital protection, education and psychosocial support they require.” ‘1 Love’ was first released in 2002 in collaboration with NME to mark 50 years of the magazine. Artists picked their favourite tracks to cover for the record, and it included Muse covering ‘House Of The Rising… Read More →

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Listen to Jack Harlow’s Fergie-sampling new single ‘First Class’

Jack Harlow has shared his sultry new single ‘First Class’ – listen below. Ahead of its full release, a snippet of the track went viral on TikTok earlier this week. ‘First Class’ samples Fergie’s 2006 hit ‘Glamorous’, as Harlow adds his own spin to the song’s well-known chorus. “I been a (G) / Throw up the (L) / Sex in the (A.M.) / Uh huh/ (O-R-O.U.S),” Harlow raps over Fergie’s memorable lines. “And I can put you in (First Class up in the sky).” Advertisement The track features a mellow piano melody as Harlow discusses his journey to success. “They say you a superstar now, damn, I guess I am / You might be the man, well, that’s unless I am / Okay, I’ll confess, I am,” he later adds. ‘First Class’ is the latest taster of the Kentucky rapper’s second studio album, ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’, which he announced last month. The follow-up to 2020’s ‘That’s What They All Say’ is set to arrive on May 6 via Generation Now/Atlantic Records, and has already been previewed with the single ‘Nail Tech’. “It’s probably my least favourite song on the album,” Harlow said of ‘Nail Tech’ in an interview… Read More →

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Machine Gun Kelly goes undercover as reporter, gets insulted to his face

Machine Gun Kelly went undercover to find out what people really think of him. Watch the sketch below. In a sketch for last night’s (April 6) episode of Jimy Kimmel Live! MGK, whose real name is Colson Barker, put on a wig, covered his tattoos, and wore glasses to create a disguise he said looked like “the profile picture of all the people who hate me.” “I’m not a huge fan,” one person responded when Barker asked, “How do you feel about Machine Gun Kelly?” The person then added: “I think his new direction is a little forced.” Advertisement Another unexpecting interviewee said that though they liked his music they found the whole “blood-drinking thing unusual.” READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly – ‘Mainstream Sellout’ review: the one-man pop-punk revival rolls on During the segment, he also had his hair compared to Ellen Degeneres’ and was told not to “sacrifice a goat” after his upcoming nuptials. One person also described him as a “wannabe emo”. One fan had a positive perspective, saying they “really digged the last album” before revelating that they knew it was Barker undercover. MGK is no stranger to being called a “wannabe”. He recently spoke to Billboard, about the… Read More →

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Dolly Parton says climate change “is like being ugly to your mama”

Dolly Parton has spoken out about the effects of climate change comparing it to “being ugly to your mama”. READ MORE: The Big Read – Dolly Parton: “I take care of business” The country legend urged world leaders and people to do more to protect the environment in the wake of recent incidents of extreme weather conditions. “Well, my hope for the environment, for all things living, and all things good, just nature in general, [is] that we should pay more attention to how we’re treating our mountains, how we’re treating our world, how we’re just treating everything,” Parton said in an interview with National Geographic ahead of Earth Day on April 22. Advertisement “We’re just mistreating Mother Nature. That’s, like, being ugly to your mama, you know? That’s like being disrespectful, you know? Seriously. So, I really think we all need to pay closer attention to taking better care of the things that God gave us freely and that we’re so freely messing up. We need to rethink that and do better.” Dolly Parton. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Her comments came after Parton and her Smoky Mountain businesses raised $700,000 (£535,650) to help residents impacted by floods in Tennessee last summer…. Read More →

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Goonew’s family respond to criticism of displaying rapper’s body on stage

This report contains details readers may find distressing. Goonew’s family have responded to criticism they received after it was revealed that the rapper’s body was propped up on stage at Washington, DC nightclub over the weekend. Goonew, 24, was shot in a car park in Prince George’s County, Maryland on March 18 and died hours later in hospital. The Maryland native’s life was celebrated on Sunday (April 3) with a memorial party at Bliss Nightclub. Footage showed his embalmed body propped up on stage as his supporters danced nearby. Footage of the moment was shared widely on social media and soon recieved a backlash. Goonew’s mother, Patrice Morrow, defended her decision to display the rapper’s body on stage. Speaking to Fox5DC.com, Morrow said: “For all the negatives, people probably don’t even know nothing about us. They have no idea. People just saying what they want to say and that’s fine. That’s perfectly fine. I’m pleased with how I sent my son away. I wish people would just let me grieve in peace.” Ariana Morrow, Goonew’s sister added: “We celebrated the life of my brother how we wanted. “My brother was a legend. My brother was a king and that’s how exactly how he… Read More →

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Paul Oakenfold announces new autobiography, ‘Ready Steady Go’

Paul Oakenfold has announced that he’s releasing an autobiography this summer, Ready Steady Go: My Unstoppable Journey In Dance. READ MORE: Paul Oakenfold: “To get into clubs, we made false IDs and told everyone we worked for NME” The superstar DJ’s memoir follows his journey from his “musical baptism” in 1980s New York and seminal club nights in London to starting one of the longest-running dance record labels – Perfecto Records – and “a legendary trip” to Ibiza that introduced him to trance and changed dance music forever. Oakenfold will also delve into the details of living with dyslexia and how this has shaped his creative choices as a DJ and producer. The book is set to arrive August 18 via Welbeck Publishing Group. Advertisement “In a career like mine, you don’t get many chances to stop and reflect on what you’ve achieved. Writing this book has given me the opportunity to reminisce on the many wild moments in my career, from DJ-ing at Stonehenge and the base camp of Mount Everest, to working with legends like Madonna, U2, and many more, to running my own record label,” Oakenfold said in a statement. “It’s also made me think more about the crucial personal moments in my life that… Read More →

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Deftones’ former bassist Sergio Vega has new projects in the works

After announcing his departure from Deftones last month, bassist Sergio Vega has confirmed he has new projects in the works. READ MORE: ††† (Crosses): “There’s beyond a record in the can” In an official press release (per Kerrang!) it was revealed that the current Quicksand collaborator is partnering up to launch a new writing/production project that involves working with multiple talented and acclaimed artists. Vega will also be keeping in touch with his musical output and has a few other music-related projects in the works. Advertisement Last month, the bassist announced his departure from Deftones after 13 years – having replaced Chi Cheng in 2009 upon the latter’s serious automobile crash (resulting in his passing in 2013) – following disputes over his contract. Vega announced his departure from the band in a video posted to his Instagram account. “Our respective management had a conversation to discuss a new contract, and they offered me the same deal.” Vega says in the video. “At that point. It was clear there was no opportunity for growth for me… I call the guys immediately to see where the miscommunication was to resolve it. But there was no response.” Sergio Vega with Deftones. CREDIT: Tamar Levine… Read More →

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Metallica’s charity donates $500,000 to feed Ukrainian refugees

Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation has donated $500,000 (£382,000) to help feed Ukrainian refugees. READ MORE: Metallica and friends: “‘The Black Album’ was a victory for the underdog” The foundation set up by the metal legends announced yesterday (April 4) that it was making a donation to the World Central Kitchen, which is providing meals for those who have fled Ukraine as the result of the ongoing conflict with Russia. “The work that Chef José Andrés and the dedicated World Central Kitchen cooks do on the frontlines in a humanitarian crisis is nothing short of incredible,” drummer Lars Ulrich said of the donation. Advertisement “We are inspired, humbled, and beyond proud to support their teams currently in six European countries serving the millions of Ukrainians who have been forced to leave their homes.” Ulrich continued, “WCK represents everything that Metallica and our All Within My Hands Foundation stand for by providing meals with dignity and hope worldwide.” World Central Kitchen was founded by Chef José Andrés to provide “meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises”. The band have said they’d like to raise even more money for the cause, with a goal of $1million over the next two months…. Read More →

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Father John Misty announces headline UK and European tour

Father John Misty has announced a series of headline UK and European tour dates for 2023 – buy tickets here. READ MORE: Father John Misty – ‘Off Key In Hamburg’ review: a timely reminder of the power and beauty of a really good gig The tour will take place in support of the singer-songwriter’s upcoming fifth studio album, ‘Chloë And The Next 20th Century’, which comes out this Friday (April 8) via Sub Pop/Bella Union. Misty (real name Joshua Tillman) will head out on a North American tour this summer; the European shows begin on February 25, 2023 in Oslo, Norway at Sentrum Scene and end March 17 at the at O2 Apollo Manchester. The UK leg includes a headline date at O2 Academy Brixton. Advertisement Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday at 10am local time; general tickets go on sale Friday (April 8) at 10am – get them here. You can see the full list of tour dates below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Father John Misty (@fatherjohnmisty) UK/European 2023 tour dates: FEBRUARY 2023 25 – Oslo, Sentrum Scene 28 – Stockholm, Cirkus MARCH 2023 2 – Denmark, KB Hallen 3 – Berlin, Columbiahalle 4 –… Read More →