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Listen to Enter Shikari’s new single ‘The Void Stares Back’ featuring Wargasm

Enter Shikari have shared a new single featuring Wargasm – listen to ‘The Void Stares Back’ below. READ MORE: Wargasm: “We love being validated by all the nu-metal daddies” The collaborative track is said to signal “a new beginning” for Enter Shikari, whose sixth and latest album ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’ came out in April 2020. Speaking about the song, frontman Rou Reynolds explained: “It is with elation, and more than a little nervousness, that we release this; our first track after over two years of dormancy. It is a roisterous journey made all the more so with the addition of our friends Wargasm.” Advertisement As for the themes of ‘The Void Stares Back’, Reynolds said that it’s “about the forward march of social progress, and how, often, those with a more conventional archaic outlook on sexuality, gender, social design, economics etc, see those with differing ideas like bewildering, depraved creatures from another dimension”. Tune in here: Wargasm talked about how Enter Shikari played a “big part” in their lives growing up, and said it was “an absolute honour” to work with them: “They stand for the right things – we’re a little more pessimistic. It was fun… Read More →

12AUGNews

Ari Lennox unveils details of new album with soulful new single, ‘Hoodie’

Ari Lennox has today unveil details of her new album and has shared a video for her soulful new single, ‘Hoodie’. The track, which has been produced by her Dreamville colleague Elite, is a preview of her second album titled ‘Age/Sex/Location’ that arrives on September 9 via Dreamville/Interscope. Previously, Lennox wrote on Twitter that she’d finished a new full-length project. ‘Age/Sex/Location’ is the follow-up album to her 2019 debut ‘Shea Butter Baby’. Advertisement Another single, ‘Pressure’, was released last year. In March, Lennox also appeared jumped on two tracks for Dreamville’s D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, appearing on ‘Coming Down’ and ‘Blackberry Sap.’ Check out the video here: Last year, Lennox opened up about an incident in Amsterdam which saw her arrested. The musician claimed it was over her reaction to an incident of racial profiling, calling the experience “painful” and saying she’s “not OK”. Lennox shared on social media that she was arrested at Amsterdam airport last November. Reuters later reported that Dutch military police arrested Lennox for disturbing public order, after she allegedly accused KLM Royal Dutch Airlines staff of racial discrimination. “I’m being arrested in Amsterdam for reacting to a woman racially profiling me,” Lennox wrote on Twitter at the time, before… Read More →

10AUGNews

J-hope talks ‘Jack In The Box’, headlining Lollapalooza, and what’s next for BTS

J-hope spoke to NME backstage at Lollapalooza 2022 and told us how it feels to be the first South Korean artist to headline a major US festival, what it’s like to have fans supporting his first solo album, and what’s next for BTS. Watch our interview with J-hope above. READ MORE: J-hope live at Lollapalooza 2022: BTS rapper arrives as true solo great in history-making headline set A day before his historical headline set, the BTS rapper told us playing the festival was a “super super meaning moment” but that he also thought doing it as a solo artist was special. “Me being the first South Korean headliner of a major US festival, but also J-hope’s musical journey,” he told NME. “I also think [that’s] a meaningful moment, and it’s very clear that it’s a meaningful moment. That is why I prepared really hard for this set. I’m sure you can look forward to the performance as well, because I’ve prepared a lot of things so the audience wouldn’t feel bored at all.” Advertisement The global star also talked about his chart-topping album, ‘Jack In The Box‘, and what it was like to get such a positive reaction to his first solo project. BTS… Read More →

09AUGNews

Måneskin pull out of Reading & Leeds festival due to scheduling conflicts

Måneskin have today (August 9) announced that they’ve pulled out of this year’s Reading & Leeds festival due to “scheduling conflicts”. READ MORE: Måneskin on “getting recognition” in the US and topping the charts with ‘Supermodel’ The band were due to perform at Reading & Leeds festival later this month. The dual site event will return to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds on August Bank Holiday Weekend (August 26-28). In a statement on social media, the band wrote: “We are sad to announce that unfortunately due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, we are no longer able to perform at Readings & Leeds festival this year. Advertisement “We love and miss the UK and all of our beloved UK fans and we’re absolutely gutted to no longer be able to play these shows.” They conclude the statement: “We’re really excited for the year to come and want to thank you for your support and patience, we’ll hopefully be back in the UK soon and we can’t wait to see you.” ? @OfficialRandL pic.twitter.com/cXx8fZBMOJ — MåneskinOfficial (@thisismaneskin) August 9, 2022 This year’s R&L will once again boast six headliners: Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against The Machine, Dave, Bring Me… Read More →

09AUGNews

Rae Sremmurd’s Slim Jxmmi arrested at LAX, but his lawyer blames “miscommunication”

Rae Sremmurd‘s Slim Jxmmi was arrested at LAX last Sunday (August 7) after border authorities discovered there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest in Georgia, according to TMZ. It’s reported that the warrant stemmed from a previous arrest for marijuana possession with intent to sell. Jxmmi – real name Aaquil Brown – is now being held in custody in Los Angeles without bail. TMZ claim that Georgia authorities have already gotten a judge to authorise extradition from LA to Georgia. Advertisement Per the outlet’s report, the maximum sentence in the Georgia case is 30 years in prison. However, Brown’s lawyer Steve Sadow has since told Pitchfork that there has been a “miscommunication” between law departments. In the previous case, the rapper had entered a plea in Cobb County, Georgia, and received five years’ probation. Back January, Slim Jxmmi was arrested for alleged battery following a domestic violence report by his former girlfriend. That case was dropped when she recanted her testimony the following month. In June, Sadow claimed in a statement that “someone filed an untruthful complaint [about Slim Jxmmi] with the Cobb County Police Department”. But a magistrate judge dismissed the subsequent probation violation warrant in July, according… Read More →

09AUGNews

London club The Cross set to reopen next month

The Cross, the popular central London club, is set to reopen next month. First opened in King’s Cross in 1993, the club – which “served the glitterati, snuffed the paparazzi and had cult-like queues as long as York Way,” according to its website – closed its doors in 2007. READ MORE: If Sheffield’s Leadmill – the venue that helped break Arctic Monkeys – closes, we all lose something The Cross is now set to reopen 15 years on, with Billy Reilly, its original founder, behind the “reinvention” of the club. Advertisement Six floors of “luxuriously designed spaces to drink, dine and dance” will be on offer at the so-called ‘The Cross 2.0’, while the club will also boast a 360-degree view of London from its rooftop terrace. Three bars and a restaurant will also be in operation at The Cross, which is located at 2-4 Wharfdale Rd (postcode N1 9RY). View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Cross London (@thecrossldn) In a statement, Reilly and his wife Gemma (who is the club’s managing director) said: “The Cross holds a special place in our hearts, so we wanted to be involved in every step of reopening this beloved institution…. Read More →

08AUGNews

Britney Spears and Elton John duet ‘Hold Me Closer’ officially confirmed

Britney Spears’ duet with Elton John has been officially confirmed. Today (August 8) reps for both artists sent out a release stating the track is called ‘Hold Me Closer’. A specific release date has not been announced at this time. View the single cover art below. READ MORE: Controlling Britney Spears review: toxic conservatorship back under the microscope The confirmation follows multiple claims that the pair were “secretly recording” a new version of John’s 1972 single ‘Tiny Dancer’. The single is available for pre-save here. Advertisement A recent Page Six article quoted an unnamed source who called the rumoured track “incredible”, adding: “Britney was in the studio in Beverly Hills last week with Elton for the super-secret recording session overseen by uber-producer Andrew Watt.” Meanwhile, during a recent interview with Paul Voor Je Neus, Paris Hilton – who is a longtime friend of Spears – confirmed the rumours were true. “It’s gonna be iconic,” Hilton said of John and Spears’ upcoming track. “I just heard it a few days ago in Ibiza and it is… it’s insane.” However, Entertainment Tonight later claimed that Hilton had misspoke and has not listened to the collaboration. ‘Hold Me Closer’ album art CREDIT: Press John recorded a full… Read More →

08AUGNews

Four people arrested for stealing phones at Lollapalooza 2022

Four people have been arrested and charged as part of an alleged phone theft ring at Lollapalooza 2022. READ MORE: Lollapalooza 2022 review: the global festival transforms its hometown into a music utopia According to CWB Chicago, during the Friday of the festival, an individual reported his phone being stolen to onsite police, before leading undercover officers to the three people he believed had committed the crime. Officers then observed the three individuals steal another phone. According to prosecutors, one woman began grinding on the soon-to-be victim as a distraction while a man took the phone and passed it to a second woman who placed it inside a bag. Advertisement The trio (Ximena Rodriguez, 24, Juan Ramirez, 25, and Arceli Quinones, 31) were swiftly arrested, with police finding three phones inside a bag, alongside an ID card and credit cards belonging to another victim. A fourth individual (Antony Bardales, 41) was arrested later after a trio of people were apprehended for stealing phones at the festival, with police learning where they were being dropped off and picked up. It’s not known if it’s the same trio, but Bardales was found with 10 phones inside a bag designed to block cellphone… Read More →

06AUGNews

Samson, Mammoth singer Nicky Moore has died, aged 75

Nicky Moore – a former vocalist for heavy metal outfit Samson and hard-rockers Mammoth, as well as the frontman of his own project, Nicky Moore And The Blues Corporation – has died at the age of 75. His passing was announced on Wednesday (August 3) through a statement made on the musician’s official Facebook page. It read: “It is with immense sadness and almost unbearably heavy hearts that we have to let you all know that Nicky – a man larger than life in body and spirit – has sadly passed away this morning. A man that lived a thousand lifetimes in just one has decided he needed a rest. Rest well, dear friend. We will all miss you.” It is with immense sadness and almost unbearably heavy hearts that we have to let you all know that Nicky – a man… Posted by Nicky Moore – Samson and Hackensack, Tiger, Mammoth, Blues Corp on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Advertisement At the time of writing, no official cause of death has been verified by those linked to Moore. According to Louder, however, the artist suffered from Parkinson’s Disease, and spent the last years of his life in a nursing home. Moore’s… Read More →

06AUGNews

See footage from Phoebe Bridgers’ secret acoustic show in California

Before kicking off the North American leg of her ‘Reunion’ tour in San Francisco, Phoebe Bridgers detoured through Sonoma County to perform an intimate and unplugged – and most notably, unannounced – gig for less than 100 curious fans. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers live in Manchester: voice of a generation refuses to ‘shut up and sing’ The free show – which took place on Thursday (August 4), a day before the official start of Bridgers’ latest ‘Reunion’ tour leg – was announced by the Little Saint restaurant at the start of the week, teasing a “super secret special guest” on a poster brandished with a sassy skeleton peeking out from a gravestone. Flanked by her full live band, as well as her pug Maxine, Bridgers performed a set of 13 songs including ‘Kyoto’, ‘Motion Sickness’, ‘Garden Song’ and her most recent single, ‘Sidelines’. The venue also served a range of Bridgers-themed cocktails, including one named after the ‘Stranger In The Alps’ cut ‘Smoke Signals’, and two named after Better Oblivion Community Center songs (‘Exception To The Rule’ and ‘Little Trouble’). Advertisement Have a look at some crowd-shot footage from the gig below, then see the full setlist: Punisher last night!… Read More →

05AUGNews

Beyoncé earns fourth number one album while Cribs enter top 40 with re-releases

Beyoncé has earned her fourth number one album this week with ‘RENAISSANCE‘ while The Cribs have entered the top 40 with reissues of their first three releases. READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joy Beyoncé’s ‘RENAISSANCE’ is her first number one album in six years and outsold its nearest competition by three to one, according to The Official Charts Company. Bey’s other number one albums include her debut album, ‘Dangerously in Love’ (2003), ‘4’ (2011) and ‘Lemonade’ (2016). As a member of Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé boasts another chart-topper with ‘Survivor’ reaching number one in 2001. Advertisement ‘RENAISSANCE’ also tops the Official Vinyl Albums Chart while lead single ‘Break My Soul’ becomes Beyoncé’s highest-charting solo hit on the UK Official Singles Chart in 14 years. Elsewhere in the charts, the reissues of The Cribs first three full-length albums all enter the top 40. The band, comprising brothers Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman, match their original 2007 Number 13 peak with third studio album ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever.’ Two of the indie-rock outfit’s records score new peaks on the Official Albums Chart with 2005 release ‘The New Fellas’ at number 20 and their eponymous 2001 debut ‘The Cribs’ going in at… Read More →

05AUGNews

Listen to Slipknot’s thundering new single, ‘Yen’

Slipknot have today (August 5) shared a thundering new single called ‘Yen’. READ MORE: Corey Taylor: “If I can wear a mask for a two hour Slipknot show, people can wear one for five minutes in a grocery store” The latest single is taken from the band’s upcoming new album, ‘The End, So Far’, which is released on September 30 via Roadrunner Records, marking the band’s final record with the label after first signing with them in 1998. You can pre-order the album here. This latest song is described in a press statement as “a showcase of Slipknot’s exceptional range” and a record that sees the band “charting new ground as they continue to redefine, revitalise, and reimagine the scope of rock music.” It follows on from the previous single, ‘The Dying Song’. Advertisement Listen to it here: Recently, the band’s Corey Taylor has discussed his mindset while writing the band’s upcoming album ‘The End, So Far’. Taylor spoke to Kerrang, where he also talked about the band’s previous record ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ and their latest single, ‘The Dying Song’. The frontman referred to the band’s sixth album as a “palette” cleanser before sharing that writing their seventh “felt almost like… Read More →

05AUGNews

New 30th anniversary version of ‘ABBA Gold’ coming next month

ABBA have announced a new 30th anniversary version of their greatest hits collection ‘ABBA Gold’. READ MORE: ABBA Voyage live in London – an epic avatar mega-mix from a brave new world The collection is one of the most successful releases in recorded music history, with more than 32 million sales worldwide. It’s the second highest selling album of all time in the UK, spending more than 1,055 weeks on the Official UK Albums Chart, making it the longest running album in the Official Albums Chart Top 100 ever. Advertisement Released on September 21, 1992, ‘ABBA Gold’ contains some of the Swedish pop legends’ biggest hits including ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’, ‘Take A Chance On Me’, ‘Mamma Mia’ and ‘The Winner Takes It All’. CREDIT: Press To mark 30 years since it was released, a version in new formats is being released on September 23 [available to pre-order here]. The formats are as follows: new 2LP Picture Disc in heavyweight vinyl, housed in die-cut gatefold sleeve; new gold cassette – also available in black; and gold 2LP – gold 2 x 180g vinyl. Brand new limited edition ABBA merch will also be available to pre-order soon. It follows the… Read More →

05AUGNews

Beabadoobee on The 1975’s new album: “No one’s fucking ready”

Beabadoobee has praised The 1975‘s “awesome” new album, saying that “no one’s fucking ready” for how good it is. READ MORE: Beabadoobee – “I have so much more art to share with the world. I’m not going to stop” The singer-songwriter, who is this week’s NME Big Read cover star, said in the interview that The 1975 singer Matty Healy has been sending her songs from ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ to listen to ahead of its release in October. Beabadoobee (real name Bea Lauss) was reflecting on The 1975’s help on her fifth EP, 2021’s ‘Our Extended Play’, which led to Healy co-writing ‘You’re Here That’s The Thing’ and ‘Pictures Of Us’ for her new album ‘Beatopia‘. Their friendship also secured Lauss the position of being able to hear new The 1975 music in advance. Advertisement “I’ve heard a few songs off of it – he’s [been] sending me one like every day; it’s sick,” Lauss said of Healy. “And it’s fucking awesome. No one’s fucking ready.” Beabadoobee on the cover of NME Previously uncomfortable with the idea of collaborating in general, Lauss told NME that she has since learned to embrace it and has Healy and co. to thank for… Read More →

05AUGNews

Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ hits 4.5billion views, maintains record for most-watched Korean music video

Psy’s iconic ‘Gangnam Style’ music video has hit 4.5billion views, extending its own record as the most-watched Korean music video to date. READ MORE: ZICO: “I will do everything in my power to become the pivot of the massive K-pop scene” On August 4, the music video for Psy’s 2012 breakout hit song ‘Gangnam Style’ had surpassed the 4.5billion mark in views, setting a new record as the most-watched Korean-language music video of all time, according to Soompi. The previous record belonged to the same video, which had also been the first Korean music video to breach the 4billion-mark on YouTube in March. With the new record, ‘Gangnam Style’ still retains its place among the top 10 most-viewed YouTube videos of all time. Advertisement ‘Gangnam Style’ was first released on July 15, 2012, having recently celebrated its 10th anniversary last month. In a tribute to the song, NME’s Rhian Daly wrote that ‘Gangnam Style’ had “served as an introduction to K-pop for many, curious listeners delving deeper into the Korean music scene and finding new artists they enjoyed”, with “online viewership or K-pop artists had doubled in the US since ‘Gangnam Style’ cantered onto the landscape”. Previously, BTS rapper Suga, who also collaborated… Read More →

05AUGNews

Listen to The Killers’ anthemic new song, ‘Boy’

The Killers have today (August 5) released a new song, ‘Boy’ – check it out below. READ MORE: The Killers on the cover: “There are a lot of young people unsure of their place in this world” It’s the first new music from the band since their last album, ‘Pressure Machine‘. The new track was debuted at last month’s Mad Cool festival in Madrid and sees a return to the band’s anthemic style of songwriting. Advertisement Frontman Brandon Flowers said the song was written before ‘Pressure Machine’ but the themes explored in the song’s lyrics led him to write that album. Flowers said of the song: “This was the first song written after we had to cancel the ‘Imploding The Mirage’ tour due to the pandemic. “I had recently moved back to Utah and started to make trips to Nephi, where I grew up. I found that the place I had wanted to get away from so desperately at 16 was now a place that I couldn’t stop returning to. I have a son approaching the age I was at that time in my life. With ‘boy’, I want to reach out and tell myself – and my sons – to not overthink… Read More →

05AUGNews

Watch Beavis and Butt-Head debate BTS: “J-Hope doesn’t even have the positive attitude, like Suga”

Four episodes of the new Beavis and Butt-Head revival have arrived on Paramount+, granting fans the first opportunity to see the animated show’s titular characters share their opinions on contemporary music. READ MORE: J-hope live at Lollapalooza 2022: BTS rapper arrives as true solo great in history-making headline set In the new season’s fourth episode, Beavis and Butt-Head watch the music video for BTS‘ hit ‘Dynamite’. As the song plays, Beavis heaps praise on the K-pop group, saying, “This song kicks ass. Yeah, the video kicks ass too.” Butt-Head is surprised to hear his friend’s reaction, and Beavis immediately starts backtracking. “I was just joking. You know that saying, ‘This kicks ass’? But it sucks, you know?” Advertisement Attempting to defend himself only proves what a fan he is, though, since he later reveals the names of individual members. “You know who sucks the worst, is J-Hope. He doesn’t even have the positive attitude, like Suga.” Watch below: In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, series creator Mike Judge explained that he was a genuine fan of the K-pop group. “BTS is a guilty pleasure — but maybe not even that guilty: I like them,” Judge said. “I have pretty mainstream… Read More →

04AUGNews

Palma Violets and The Big Moon’s Gently Tender share rousing new single ‘True Colours (Sometime I’ll Get Through)’

Gently Tender have shared their new single ‘True Colours (Sometime I’ll Get Through)’. READ MORE: The Big Read – The Big Moon: “Everything feels big, strange, and very scary The band, made up from ex-Palma Violets members Sam Fryer, Will Doyle and Peter Mayhew alongside The Big Moon’s Celia Archer and guitarist Adam Brown, returned earlier this year, after being away since 2019. The track, which you can listen to below, is the fourth taster to be lifted from their forthcoming debut, ‘Take Hold Of Your Promise!’ after ‘Love All The Population’, ‘Dead Is Dead’ and ‘Sunlight In Motion’. Advertisement Fryer said of the single: “‘True Colours’ is a song that on the surface seems like a conversation between two people in a relationship. It’s actually based on a conversation between myself and unwanted emotions – like feelings of anxiety and depression. This is a regular theme on the record – on this song I’m studying and welcoming thoughts as if they are a long-lost friend. “Showing interest in the feelings and showing them I’m willing to be patient with them. Once you welcome them in, they’re less of a threat. This is how I’ve learned to deal with these feelings that I… Read More →

04AUGNews

BBC launches inquiry into Tim Westwood sexual assault allegations

The BBC has launched an independent inquiry into what the corporation knew about the conduct of Tim Westwood. It recently acknowledged that six allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct were received against the former Radio 1 DJ, one of which was handed over to police. That was despite the corporation’s Director General Tim Davie saying in a statement made back in April that “no evidence of complaints” had been found. Four more allegations in 1982, 1985, 2010 and 2016 have now come to light today (August 4) with the Met confirming to the corporation it was investigating a man over over the new claims. After receiving the results of an internal review, independent director Sir Nicholas Serota told BBC News: “New allegations and issues are emerging as time passes and more people are prepared to come forward. For this reason the work must continue. Tim Westwood. CREDIT: Getty “In light of the BBC’s internal review, I believe that there may have been occasions in the past when the BBC should have further explored issues that were being raised.” The inquiry is set to last six months and the BBC wants to include Westwood’s other employers, MTV and Global – owner of… Read More →

04AUGNews

Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have been accused of stealing lyrics from a poem on their album ’18’

Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have been accused of stealing lyrics from a poem on their collaborative album ’18’. The poem Hobo featured in a 1974 book about toasts, Get Your Ass In The Water And Swim Like Me, by Bruce Jackson, reports Rolling Stone. It revolves around a man named Slim Wilson who also vocalised the poem and featured the following lyrics: “Ladies of culture and beauty so refined, is there one among you that would grant me wine?/ I’m raggedy I know, but I have no stink/ And God bless the lady that’ll buy me a drink/ Heavy-hipted Hattie turned to Nadine with a laugh/ And said, ‘What that funky motherfucker really need, child, is a bath.” Advertisement Depp and Beck’s collaboration ‘Sad Motherfuckin’ Parade’ has allegedly pulled a number of lines from the poem including: “I’m raggedy, I know, but I have no stink,” “God bless the lady that’ll buy me a drink,” and “What that funky motherfucker really needs, child, is a bath.” Jackson claims that he hasn’t been credited by Depp or Beck. Johnny Depp performs onstage with Jeff Beck CREDIT: Venla Shalin/Redferns “The only two lines I could find in the whole piece that [Depp and… Read More →

04AUGNews

Metallica and ‘Stranger Things’ launch new Hellfire Club-inspired merchandise

Metallica have teamed up with Stranger Things to launch a new line of Hellfire Club-themed merchandise. The metal band have been enjoying a huge resurgence of their 1986 track ‘Master Of Puppets’ of late after it soundtracked a pivotal scene in the finale of the Netflix show’s fourth season. READ MORE: Here’s what we know about Stranger Things season five Eddie Munson (portrayed by Joseph Quinn) plays the song on guitar in the Upside Down to distract a horde of demonic bats protecting the lair of sinister villain Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower). Advertisement Munson is the leader of the Hellfire Club, a Dungeons & Dragons group at Hawkins High that also includes Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) and Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin). The members have their own Hellfire Club shirts, which has inspired Metallica to create their own spin on the tee. “Eddie, this one’s for you,” they wrote to announce the line. “We’re having the most metal meeting ever of The Hellfire Club so we’re scouting out ‘lost sheep’ and outsiders to join. Do you think you have what it takes? Then suit up.” We’re having the most metal meeting ever of The Hellfire Club so we’re scouting out… Read More →