Eva Thai

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to perform special DJ set in Ancoats

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is set to DJ at a special show in the city next month. Burnham will hit the decks at the Ramona venue in Ancoats on Wednesday, August 3 as part of its five-week ‘Ramona Radio’ series. READ MORE: In praise of Andy Burnham, the King of the North The Mayor and former Labour MP for Leigh will be spinning “lots of New Order, Manchester classics and 90s summer jams”, according to an official announcement. Advertisement “He swings in for pizza quite a bit so we asked him if he fancied Djing, He said…He’d absolutely love to,” the post reads. Burnham’s set is due to begin at 8pm BST, and it will also be airing live on Mixcloud (via Mixmag). You can check out the announcement post below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by R A M O N A (@ramonamcr) Back in 2020, Andy Burnham participated in a charity DJ battle against Liverpool Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram. All proceeds from the event went towards funding community groups and other organisations that’d been affected by the COVID-enforced lockdown. In early 2021, the Greater Manchester Mayor suggested that the “big players” of the music industry… Read More →

22JULNews

Ed Sheeran says he felt “proud” to make video bringing Jamal Edwards’ vision to life

Ed Sheeran has said he feels “proud” to have made a video that brought the late Jamal Edwards’ “vision to life”. READ MORE: RIP Jamal Edwards, an inspiration who turned SB.TV into a Black British cultural dynasty Edwards suffered a cardiac arrest at home in Acton, west London on 20 February after taking recreational drugs. Sheeran revealed that he had approached Edwards some time ago to make the video for his collaboration with Russ on his latest track, ‘Are You Entertained’. In a new post on Instagram, Sheeran revealed that Edwards had planned out the whole video for Sheeran but just before they started shooting, Edwards died. Sheeran went on to explain that Edwards’ mum Brenda and his sister Tanisha said they told him they should still make the video in order to make “Jamal’s vision come to life”. “I felt so sad on the day,” Sheeran said when they started filming, “but very proud.” He went on: “I wish Jam was here to see it, I wish we’d done it together, but he would be buzzing how all his people came together and brought his vision to life.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos) It’s… Read More →

22JULNews

Ozzy Osbourne reunites with Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on new track ‘Degradation Rules’

Ozzy Osbourne has reunited with Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on new track ‘Degradation Rules’ – check it out below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Ozzy Osbourne: “This album saved my life” Iommi lends guitar to the track over blasts of harmonica, making the song reminiscent of Black Sabbath’s ‘The Wizard.’ The song was first teased on social media earlier this week (July 20), with Osbourne sharing a brief animated clip that included an audio snippet from the heavy single. Advertisement A kaleidoscope of skulls opens onto what looks to be a church window framed by thorns and roses. A foreboding guitar makes way for a wailing harmonica, delivered alongside the caption: “New Song on Friday!” The single is the second preview of Osbourne’s upcoming new album, ‘Patient Number 9’. Check out the new song here: Set to be released on September 3, Osbourne’s 13th solo studio album ‘Patient Number 9’ will include contributions from the likes Eric Clapton, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) and Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction) who, along with late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, provided some session work for the album’s title track, which dropped last month. Chad Smith, drummer for Red Hit Chili Peppers, will… Read More →

22JULNews

Tomorrow X Together drop new single ‘Valley of Lies’ featuring iann dior

Tomorrow X Together have dropped their new single titled ‘Valley of Lies’, featuring American rapper and singer iann dior. READ MORE: Tomorrow X Together: “Our fans are always there by our side. That’s why they’re our heroes” The groovy new track was officially released on July 22, alongside an “official visualiser” uploaded to the HYBE Labels YouTube channel in support of the single’s release. The animated visual follows a blonde male figure as he walks through different landscapes – from a lush green forest and a canyon to a desert being rained down upon by what appears to be meteorites. “I’m walking through the valley of lies / I see a coffin, perfect fit for my size / They won’t open, got silky stitch in my eye / I’m hurting and I lost my heart in the sky,” TXT’s Yeonjun sings on the English song’s affecting chorus. Advertisement The K-pop group first confirmed the single’s release during an in-studio appearance on Good Morning America earlier this week. In a statement, the collaboration is described as an “indie alternative” song that “speaks about a lonesome journey that one takes towards the end of a relationship, along a trail of countless lies.” During… Read More →

22JULHit Singles

Ty Segall – Hello, Hi

Barely has the dust settled on his last escapade, and Ty Segall, Californian dreamer and one of the most prolific creators in all of rock’n’roll, sidles by once more. Just for context, Segall’s 2021 saw not one but two new collections of music. The first was Harmonizer, a ripping rock album that dropped without warning or fanfare in August 2021. The second expanded Ty’s brief yet further – a film score for director Matt Yoka’s Whirlybird, a documentary following the Los Angeles News Service, whose roving helicopter tracked wrongdoings across LA’s urban sprawl throughout the 1980s and ’90s. Time for a pause? Of course not. ORDER NOW: Wilco are on the cover of the latest issue of Uncut Seasoned Ty watchers will know that he tends to follow a zig with a zag, and so it is with Hello, Hi. It does, broadly, what Harmonizer did not. Where that album was electric, synthetic and raw, Hello, Hi is largely acoustic, rustic-sounding and steeped in a sort of fey, offbeat prettiness. Where Harmonizer felt like the work of a full live band, Hello, Hi bears the mark of a record made alone in isolation, or something close to it. Ty’s album… Read More →

21JULNews

Listen to “Muse at their heaviest” on ‘Kill Or Be Killed’

Muse have shared their new single ‘Kill Or Be Killed’ from their forthcoming ninth album ‘Will Of The People’ – listen to the track below. READ MORE: Muse at Mad Cool 2022: five supermassive highlights The song, which has been previewed at numerous festivals over the summer, is the fourth to be lifted from the trio’s new LP after the title track, ‘Compliance’ and ‘Won’t Stand Down’. Frontman Matt Bellamy said: “’Kill Or Be Killed’ is Muse at their heaviest! We wanted to update our hard rock sound on this album and with ‘Kill Or Be Killed’ we found a modern metal sound featuring double bass drum action and even a death growl. Advertisement “Lyrically the song takes influence from my favourite Paul McCartney song ‘Live And Let Die’, a dark take on how life’s adversity can sometimes bring out the worst human instincts to survival at any costs.” ‘Will Of The People’ is due out August 26 via Warner Records and can be pre-ordered here. Meanwhile, Muse’s Matt Bellamy recently told NME that he thinks society wants “a new type of revolution”. Following the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the current cost of living crisis, the frontman said… Read More →

21JULNews

Wilco compile alternate version of ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ for Uncut

Wilco have a compiled a new, alternate version of their classic album ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ for Uncut magazine. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life – Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy With a 20th anniversary edition of the seminal album due for release in September, the new companion record ‘Cross-Eyed Strangers’ features alternate studio takes, live tracks and Jeff Tweedy solo cuts – as well as the epic finale to their recent New York performance of the album. “Revisiting ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ has been a collaboration with our audience,” frontman Tweedy told Uncut. “We are a band that likes to make people happy. The tour, the boxset, and now this compilation is all a part of letting everyone in as much as they want to come in. Advertisement He continued: “The songs pulled for this CD come from a variety of places over the years – versions that fans have responded well to. If you ever wondered what a time-travelling-enabled alternate version of ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ would sound like, here’s your chance!” Our very special new issue is now on sale. Stars @Wilco, an alternate Yankee Hotel Foxtrot CD, @BlondieOfficial, @KateBushMusic, @TheKinks, @coseyfannitutti, @stevehillage, @DavidBowieReal, @PaulMcCartney, @JuliaJacklin, @cassmccombs, @littlefeattweet, @RollingStones and more! pic.twitter.com/LxAvpeLhzw… Read More →

20JULNews

Watch the trailer for George Ezra documentary ‘End To End’

A trailer has been released for George Ezra documentary End To End – check it out below. The documentary follows the singer-songwriter’s 1,200 mile walk across the UK in 2021, starting at the most southerly point of England, Land’s End, and ending at the northern tip of Scotland, John O’Groats. READ MORE: George Ezra – ‘Gold Rush Kid’ review: the posi-pop king’s most personal album so far Along the way, Ezra meets with musicians and reflects on his relationship with music following months of isolation. The film also features acoustic performances and tracks from his third album, ‘Gold Rush Kid’. Advertisement End To End will be released in UK and Irish cinemas for one day only on August 29. At the screenings, the documentary will be followed by a performance from Ezra broadcast live from the world premiere in London. Tickets for the screenings can be purchased here. Earlier this week, Ezra announced three new arena shows for 2023 in London and Ireland, as part of his already announced UK tour starting later this year. This follows his massive London gig at Finsbury Park which took place on July 17. George Ezra will play: SEPTEMBER 2022 13 – M&S Bank Arena,… Read More →

20JULNews

Listen to The Murder Capital’s bright new single ‘Only Good Things’

The Murder Capital have today (July 20) shared their bright new single, ‘Only Good Things’. Check out the song below. READ MORE: The Murder Capital – ‘When I Have Fears’ review Described as a “bright and luminous love song” and the “first taste of the band’s forthcoming new music”, the band say its representative of an exciting “evolution” of their sound. Frontman James McGovern said of the single: “This track for us has been an exciting evolution for the band. It’s so bright. It’s so colourful. This is a part of the narrative of the overall record that we feel reaches a real place of inner calm, inner peace but at its core, it’s a love song. Advertisement “You get a song like this where, the protagonist in this song is quite simply asking – not pleading – just willing to ask their counterpart to rid them of their intrusive thoughts, the devils on their shoulders and to be truly vulnerable. He added: “We’re so excited to go to a place like this because perhaps it’s not what is expected of us. It stood out to me during the creation of this record that it is more about the friends… Read More →

20JULNews

Cher recalls her first miscarriage at 18: “I was sobbing and rocking on the floor”

Cher has hit out at the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The ruling last month, meant abortion will no longer be protected as a federal right in the US for the first time since 1973, and each state will be able to decide individually whether to restrict or ban abortion. The singer took to Twitter to reveal that she has suffered multiple miscarriages in the past, the first when she was 18. Advertisement She wrote: “When I was young I had 3 miscarriages. 1st at 18. I was alone in our house. Son came home & I was sobbing, & rocking on our floor,” she wrote, explaining that Sonny Bono – whom she met at 16 and married in 1967 – was the one who found her. “When I got2 dr I was screaming in pain. Couldn’t even stop in elevator. Dr sent me straight 2 hospital & in2 operating rm.” Drawing attention to Roe v. Wade the singer added: “WHAT WOULD HAPPEN 2 ME TODAY.” When I was young I had 3 miscarriages.1st at 18.I was alone in our house.son came home & I was sobbing,& rocking on our floor.when I got 2 dr I was… Read More →

20JULNews

Kim Ga-ram removed from LE SSERAFIM, has contract terminated by HYBE

Source Music and HYBE have announced that singer Kim Ga-ram will no longer be part of LE SSERAFIM’s line-up. READ MORE: LE SSERAFIM on being HYBE’s first girl group: “Diamonds are made under incredible pressure” In a statement issued today (July 20), the two labels announced that they have terminated their exclusive contract with Kim. The companies also said that LE SSERAFIM will be conducting future activities as a five-member act. “We extend our sincerest apologies to our fans and to those who have shown love and support to the group for causing you concern over the controversy involving the member,” the two labels wrote in the statement. [공지] 르세라핌 향후 활동 계획 안내 pic.twitter.com/OUZBSFgjeb — SOURCEMUSIC (@SOURCEMUSIC) July 20, 2022 Advertisement Earlier this year, days after Source Music and HYBE introduced Kim as a member of the group, the 16-year-old singer found herself facing allegations that she had been involved in bullying incidents during her middle school days. At the time, the labels denied all allegations and claimed that the posts had been “cunningly edited” in order to “maliciously slander” Kim. In a separate statement, Source Music and HYBE told South Korean press that they had begun taking legal action… Read More →

20JULNews

Jessie Ware returns with new single ‘Free Yourself’, announces Harry Styles supporting run in Chicago

Jessie Ware has released her first single of 2022, the dance floor anthem ‘Free Yourself’. READ MORE: Jessie Ware – ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ review: future-facing production and heady ‘80s sounds Billed as a teaser for her upcoming fifth studio album, Ware’s ‘Free Yourself’ was co-written with Coffee Clarence JR and British producer Stuart Price and comes with a message of self-empowerment. “’Free Yourself’ is the beginning of a new era for me,” Ware explains in a press release. “I’m so excited for people to have this song for the end of their summer; to dance, to feel no inhibitions and to feel joyful because that’s how I’ve been feeling recently being able to tour again and being able to sing again. Enjoy yourself, Free Yourself!” Advertisement Listen to Jessie Ware’s ‘Free Yourself’ below. ‘Free Yourself’ is the first new solo material released by Ware since her 2021 reissue of ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’, which included seven new tracks alongside a remix of ‘Adore You’ by Chinese artists Bibi Zhou and Sihan. Later that year, she joined Kylie Minogue on the duet, ‘Kiss Of Life’, which was included in ‘DISCO: Guest List Edition’, a deluxe version of Minogue’s 15th studio album, 2020’s ‘Disco’…. Read More →

19JULNews

Busted’s Charlie Simpson says son rushed to hospital over “secondary drowning” incident on holiday

Busted’s Charlie Simpson has explained how his son was rushed to hospital after suffering from “secondary drowning”. The musician shared details of the incident on his Instagram page earlier today (July 19), to help warn other families of the potentially fatal condition. His son Jago, four, had been swimming underwater in a swimming pool when he emerged “spluttering and coughing.” While he initially seemed to recover, Simpson said his son later started to vomit and become “lethargic”. Simpson said after speaking with a doctor, his son was initially diagnosed with food poisoning but later confirmed to have secondary drowning, caused by water in the lungs. The condition can cause pneumonia. “Before the doctor left, I suddenly remembered Jago coughing in the pool that morning and I remembered reading about a condition called secondary drowning, so I relayed it to the doctor,” Simpson explained. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlie Simpson (@charliesimpson) “After hearing this, [the doctor’s] demeanour changed and he told us to go to A&E straight away.” The musician said on the way to the hospital, which was an hour away, his son’s condition started to deteriorate. “He seemed to be drifting in and out… Read More →

19JULNews

The Smile tease ‘Pana-vision’ video from ‘Peaky Blinders’

The Smile have teased a new video for recent single ‘Pana-vision’ which featured in the final episode of Peaky Blinders. READ MORE: How the ‘Peaky Blinders’ finale sets up a movie and TV spin-offs The Radiohead side project – comprised of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet‘s Tom Skinner – shared the track back in April following the long-running BBC show’s season six finale. Now the band, have shared a short a clip of the eerie song which you can view below, featuring Cillian Murphy flipping a coin in the air. Advertisement The band have announced that the full video will drop tomorrow (July 20) at 2pm BST. Coming tomorrow, 2pm BST.https://t.co/EenDATd51l pic.twitter.com/Ay9ocdlUTi — The Smile (@thesmiletheband) July 19, 2022 Earlier this year, Peaky Blinders director Anthony Byrne revealed that Yorke and Greenwood had contributed some new and original music to the final season. “Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood contributed some original stuff,” he told NME. “I’m over the moon about all of that. The music has always been really important historically, and I was really keen to bring a dramatic score into it. We’re using that much more in this season. It’s a much heavier season so the score is taking things in a very… Read More →

19JULNews

Beabadoobee announces North American ‘Beatopia’ tour dates

Beabadoobee has announced a slew of North American tour dates for later in the year in support of her newly-released second album, ‘Beatopia’. READ MORE: Beabadoobee – ‘Beatopia’ review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world Following US dates supporting Bleachers, festival appearances in Europe and Japan, and tours in Australia and the UK, Beabadoobee will kick off her North American headline run in late October, with dates running through to early December. Support on the tour will come from Beabadoobee’s Dirty Hit labelmates, Lowertown. The duo released their latest EP, ‘The Gaping Mouth’, last year. See a full list of tour dates below – tickets are on sale this Friday (July 22), at 10am local time. Advertisement ‘Beatopia’, the follow-up to Beabadoobee’s 2020 debut LP ‘Fake It Flowers’, was released last Friday (July 15). Four singles were released prior to the album coming out: ‘Talk’, ‘See You Soon’, ‘Lovesong’ and ’10:36′. In a four-star review of ‘Beatopia’, NME said that the album saw “the seeds that were planted in ‘Fake It Flowers’ not only blossom, but inhabit an entirely different world”. Speaking to NME during a backstage interview at Glastonbury 2022 last month, the singer-songwriter elaborated on the childhood… Read More →

19JULNews

HyunA shares teaser for vibrant new ‘Nabillera’ music video

K-pop soloist HyunA has unveiled a cheeky new music video teaser for her upcoming single ‘Nabillera’. READ MORE: Chung Ha – ‘Bare & Rare, Pt. 1’ review: Surprising vulnerability though the songs don’t always stick the landing In the vibrant Y2K-inspired visual, the singer-rapper is surrounded by butterflies as she shows off colourful outfits and confident poses. “Me so fly, like a butterfly,” she declares boldly, shedding her jacket. The song’s title – written in Korean as ‘나빌레라’ – is a native Korean phrase from an old poem titled The Nun’s Dance, which roughly translates to “like a butterfly” in English. The music video for ‘Nabillera’, along with HyunA’s new mini-album of the same name, is out tomorrow (July 20) at 6pm KST. Advertisement HyunA co-wrote ‘Nabillera’ with P Nation label head Psy, her labelmate and fiancé DAWN and Daniel Caesar of Swedish production duo Caesar & Loui, among others. Caesar is also credited as the song’s composer and arranger. READ MORE: Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ at 10: how the viral hit pushed K-pop forward in the west The upcoming five-track record also includes ‘Picasso & Fernande Olivier’ and ‘Watch Me’, both of which were written and composed by HyunA herself, while… Read More →

18JULNews

Listen to Lou Reed’s earliest known demo of The Velvet Underground’s ‘Heroin’

Lou Reed‘s earliest known demo of The Velvet Underground‘s ‘Heroin’ has been released. READ MORE: Songs For Drella: Lou Reed and John Cale’s concert film is an unexpected gift The 1965 take of the track, which you can listen to below, was put to tape by the late legendary singer-songwriter nearly two years before its release on his former band’s landmark debut album ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’. It is the latest taste of the forthcoming ‘Words & Music, May 1965’, an archival collection which is set to be released on August 26 via Light In The Attic on what would have been the late singer-songwriter’s 80th birthday. Advertisement The rare demo finds Reed accompanying himself on guitar and structurally, it is the same as the album version but it is more than three minutes shorter. It follows an early demo of ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’, which was shared last month. The songs on the album were written by Reed and recorded to tape by his future Velvet Underground bandmate John Cale. Reed posted the tape to himself as a “poor man’s copyright” and it remained sealed in its original envelope for nearly 50 years. Elsewhere on the tracklist… Read More →

18JULNews

Drake hints that he did have encounter with Swedish police after all

Drake has hinted that he may have had an encounter with Swedish police after all. READ MORE: Drake – ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ review: rapper’s house makeover provides long-overdue career boost Last week, speculation on social media suggested that the Canadian star had been taken into custody by local police at a Stockholm nightclub. XXL claimed that Drake and members of his security team were allegedly arrested. The outlet also noted that the term “free Drake” was trending on Twitter. Advertisement A representative for the rapper at the time confirmed that the rumours were false. But in a new post on Instagram, Drake appeared to suggest that he did in fact have some interaction with Swedish authorities. View this post on Instagram A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) He shared a photo of a document from the Swedish National Police Board, titled “Information for Those Suspected of a Crime and Subsequently Detained.” It went on to detail a detainee’s rights, similar to the Miranda Rights used in the United States. They included knowing “what it is you are suspected of and why you are being denied” and receiving “the aid of a defense attorney who under certain conditions can only be paid… Read More →

17JULNews

The Rolling Stones play ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ with Ukrainian choir

The Rolling Stones invited a Ukrainian choir on stage to perform ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ at a gig this weekend – see footage below. READ MORE: The Rolling Stones live in Madrid: Celebrating six decades at the top for rock’n’roll royalty The legendary rockers were playing the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria on Friday (July 15), where they saved a special surprise for the encore. “They came long way to be here tonight,” Mick Jagger told the crowd before introducing the Dzvinochok boys choir and Vognyk girls choir, revealing that they drove 15 hours from Kyiv to Vienna to be at the show. Advertisement Choirmaster Ruben Tolmachov then told the crowd: “This is a very special night for the two choirs and a chance of a lifetime not to be missed. “I’m so glad we made it here to Vienna a night to remember for all of us.” See footage of the performance below. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February, the music world has invited many Ukrainian creatives to perform at global events and with world-famous bands. Last month, Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra were invited to perform at Glastonbury Festival, with frontman Oleh Psiuk… Read More →

15JULNews

STONE sign to Polydor and share wild new song ‘Waste’

Liverpool’s STONE have announced they’ve signed to Polydor and shared a wild new song and video called ‘Waste’ – check that out below. The track and signing news arrive on the day the band support Sam Fender at his huge Finsbury Park gig in London. READ MORE: STONE: bruising post-punk full of Scouse spirit and soul Speaking about the new song, vocalist Fin Power said: “‘Waste’ was written about being sick of people judging you without knowing anything about you. Opening lyric ‘you probably hate me’ refers to the fact that I started to find it easier to assume people disliked me from the outset, instead of being caught off-guard by negative energy. Advertisement “The chorus is about how the need to be liked or loved can become an almost obsession that is dangerous to my mental health. The song’s middle 8 section is inspired by a time where I felt so distorted in my own brain it was like I was in a video game – sat in the passenger seat of my own emotions.” Power added: “We produced the song with Al Groves (Bring Me The Horizon) and recorded the vocals in one take each time, running straight… Read More →

15JULNews

Finneas shares new song ‘Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa’ with Gus Van Sant artwork

FINNEAS has shared a brand new song and video titled ‘Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa’ – check it out below, along with exclusive artwork by Gus Van Sant. READ MORE: Finneas: “I don’t know anything as strong as mine and Billie’s creative bond” The track follows the singer and producer’s debut solo album ‘Optimist’ and recent single ‘Naked’. He also recently shared ‘Nobody Like U’, a song written by Finneas and sister Billie Eilish for the new Pixar movie Turning Red, performed by the the fictional boyband 4*Town. ‘Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa’ comes complete with a video featuring footage from Eilish’s recent UK and European headline tour, and artwork from lauded director Gus Van Sant. Advertisement Revealing that the artwork is a painting based on Leonardo DaVinci’s legendary Mona Lisa and gifted to Finneas by Van Sant, he wrote on Instagram: “The artwork is a painting by the incredible Gus Van Sant that he gave me before he even knew I had a song named after the Mona Lisa. “So cool and such an honour to have this piece of art as the cover for my song.” See the artwork and watch the track’s video below. View this post on Instagram… Read More →