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Watch the first trailer for upcoming Neil Young documentary ‘Harvest Time’

The first trailer for upcoming Neil Young documentary Harvest Time has been shared – check it out below. READ MORE: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – ‘Barn’ review: rugged and rural beauty, with a sense of hope Announced last week, Neil Young: Harvest Time features never-before-seen footage that was filmed in northern California, London and Nashville and documents the writing and recording of Young’s classic 1972 album ‘Harvest’. The film is being released to celebrate the record’s 50th anniversary this year, and will be screened in cinemas on December 1 and be preceded by a personal introduction from Young about the film and album. Advertisement Check out the first trailer for the documentary below. The premiere of the film will coincide with the arrival of a special 50th anniversary edition box set of ‘Harvest’, which is set for release on December 2. You can pre-order/pre-save the record here. “Created between January and September 1971, this docu-film takes viewers on an intimate journey to Young’s Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California for the ‘Harvest Barn’ sessions, to London for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra, and to Nashville where the then 20-something Neil Young worked on various tracks of this signature album,”… Read More →

12NOVNews

Sault release four of their five new albums on streaming services

Sault have released four of their five recent surprise albums on streaming services – you can listen to them all below. READ MORE: SAULT – ‘Nine’ review: anonymous British collective weave tales of hope and pain Earlier this month (November 2), the mysterious UK collective simultaneously released five new albums as a free digital download, all of which are contained in a password-protected folder that disappeared five days’ later. The albums are titled ‘(Untitled) God’, ’11’, ‘Aiir’, ‘Earth’ and ‘Today & Tomorrow’. “Here are 5 albums released as an offering to God,” read a message on the mysterious group’s website alongside the link to download the albums. “Available for free download for 5 days. The password to unlock all 5 albums is in the message.” Advertisement Now, all the albums except ‘(Untitled) God’ are available on streaming services. Listen to ’11’, ‘Aiir’, ‘Earth’ and ‘Today & Tomorrow’ via Spotify below. The release of the albums follows on from their only other full-length project this year, ‘Air’, which arrived in April. Last month, the group shared a new single, the 10-minute-long ‘Angel’. Advertisement Sault first emerged in 2019, when they dropped their first two albums, ‘5’ and ‘7’. They released another two LPs the… Read More →

10NOVNews

Sam Smith shares full details on new album ‘Gloria’

Sam Smith has shared full details on their new forthcoming album ‘Gloria’. READ MORE: Sam Smith – ‘Love Goes’ review: pop balladeer leans even further into heartbreak than before This evening (November 10), Smith took to Twitter to share a short video detailing the tracklisting and collaborators on their fourth studio LP. Artists confirmed on the record include Ed Sheeran, Jessie Reyez, Koffee and Kim Petras who featured on their recent single ‘Unholy’. That track recently ensured they became the first openly non-binary and transgender artists, respectively, to top the Billboard Hot 100. Advertisement Reyez is set to appear on two of the album’s tracks – ‘Perfect’ and ‘Gimme’. Koffee also makes an appearance on the latter song while Sheeran helps close out the album on ‘Who We Love’. You can view the full tracklisting in the clip below. GLORIA ft @Jessiereyez, @originalkoffee, @kimpetras and @edsheeran!! ?https://t.co/pOxl6VGwdx #GLORIA pic.twitter.com/Y0gPqoE8Bw — SAM SMITH (@samsmith) November 10, 2022 The album is due for release on January 27, 2023 (pre-order/pre-save here). Meanwhile, Smith also recently shared details of a UK and European tour for next year. Any remaining tickets are available here. They are due to perform at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball with Barclaycard 2022 alongside Coldplay and… Read More →

10NOVNews

Paul McCartney announces career-spanning ‘7″ Singles’ vinyl boxset

Paul McCartney has announced a new vinyl boxset called ‘The 7″ Singles’ – find all the details below. The former Beatle turned solo icon is due to release the special collection on December 2 (pre-order here). Limited to 3000 copies, the product comprises 80 career-spanning 7″ singles personally curated by McCartney. READ MORE: Paul McCartney live at Glastonbury 2022: history-making rock’n’Grohl with The Boss ‘The 7″ Singles’ features 163 tracks overall, totalling 10 hours of music from Macca’s half-century as a solo artist. Additionally, each box contains a randomly selected exclusive test pressing of one of the singles. Advertisement Fans will also get a 148-page book with a personal foreword by McCartney, essay by music journalist Rob Sheffield, extensive chart information, liner notes, and official artwork, per a press release. As well the planned physical release, ‘The 7″ Singles’ is set to arrive on major streaming platforms on December 2. To preview the new boxset, Macca has today (November 10) shared the 2022 mono remasters of ‘Uncle Albert’/Admiral Halsey’ and ‘Too Many People’. You can listen to the songs above. “I hope the songs in this boxset bring back fun memories for you too,” McCartney said in a statement. “They… Read More →

09NOVNews

Nick Cave says death of his son Arthur inspired Earl Cave to pursue acting

Nick Cave has opened up about how the death of his son Arthur led to the latter’s twin brother, Earl, finding a “sense of purpose” through acting. Arthur Cave tragically died after he fell from a cliff in Ovingdean, East Sussex in 2015. He was 15 years old. READ MORE: Earl Cave: “I’d love to play Neil Young in a film” For the latest entry into his Q&A site Red Hand Files, Cave replied a letter from a fan, Madeline, who spoke of the “pain, anxiety and sadness” they’re experiencing due to their twin brother being terminally ill. Advertisement In his response, the Bad Seeds frontman wrote: “When Arthur died, one of our biggest fears was how it would affect Earl. The twins had never been apart and were extremely close to each other. Susie [his wife] and I were poised to pick up the pieces of a boy we thought would disintegrate under the devastating weight of the death of his brother.” The singer went on to say that Arthur passed away in the school holidays, and recalled how the teachers “set up a support network of therapists and counsellors in preparation for Earl’s return”. He and Susie were “braced… Read More →

08NOVNews

Noel Gallagher reveals when his new album is being released

Noel Gallagher appears to have let slip when his new album is likely to be released. READ MORE: Watch Noel Gallagher’s track-by-track guide to ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021)’ The former Oasis chief shared new song ‘Pretty Boy’, which features Johnny Marr on guitar, from the follow up to his 2017 LP, ‘Who Built The Moon? last week. Now, according to The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column (via Contactmusic), he revealed when his new album will be out after discussing his football team Manchester City’s form in the current Premier League season. Advertisement “The team is doing good, we’re having a good season. Hopefully we will be in Istanbul [for the Champions League final] around when my new album is out next May, so that would be good,” he said. “I can’t say what the album is called yet though.” Noel Gallagher and Craig David CREDIT: Getty Images. Earlier this year, Gallagher explained that NGHFB’s fourth full-length effort had a largely “orchestral” sound. “There is a track on the album called ‘Dead To The World’, which is one of the best songs I have ever written,” he said. In a further interview, he went on to reveal that he impersonated David Bowie… Read More →

07NOVNews

Artifacts rapper Tame One has died aged 52

Tame One, the New Jersey rapper known for his work with Artifacts and the rap supergroup The Weathermen, has died at the age of 52. As reported by NJ.com, the rapper whose real name was Rahem Brown died on Sunday (November 6). Brown’s mother announced the death of her son in a Facebook post. “I can‘t express this any other way,” she wrote. “My son, Rahem Brown, Tamer Dizzle, is dead. The medical examiner says the six pharmaceutical drugs that Trinitas hospital prescribed to him last Friday, combined with the weed he smoked over this weekend…his heart simply gave out.” She continued: “I will not be responding to all the posts for a bit, but the hardest words I will ever post or say is, my son, my heart, is dead.” Artifacts in 1993. CREDIT: Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives Tame One founded Artifacts in 1988,alongside El da Sensei and DJ Kaos. The group released their debut album ‘Between A Rock And A Hard Place’ in 1994, which included their breakout singles ‘Wrong Side Of Da Tracks’ and ‘C’Mon With Da Git Down’. They went on to release one more album in 1997, ‘That’s Them’, and broke up shortly after…. Read More →

07NOVNews

The Lumineers announce ‘climate positive’ 2023 UK and European tour dates

The Lumineers are set to return to the UK next summer for a huge run of outdoor tour dates – see the list of shows below and buy tickets here. The folk band released new album ‘Brightside’ in January of this year, and will bring it across the pond in the summer of 2022. “We are so excited to return to Europe and the UK again and to reconnect with our amazing fans,” the band said in a statement. “We’ll see you out there!” Advertisement The tour, which is dubbed ‘climate positive’ and features a host of environmental measures, begins in Dublin on June 2, heading through Europe before reaching the UK on July 5 for a gig at Edinburgh Castle. Further gigs in Cardiff and London will follow, before the tour wraps up at Halifax’s Piece Hall on July 9. See the full list of dates below. Tickets go on sale here from 10am local time on Friday, November 11. JUNE 2023 2 – Dublin, St Anne’s Park 5 – Berlin, Verti Music Hall 6 – Warsaw, Cos Torwar 7 – Prague, Sportovni Hala Fortuna 9 – Copenhagen, Falconer Hall 12 – Stockholm, Annexet 14 – Bergen, Bergenfest 16-18… Read More →

06NOVNews

Phoebe Bridgers and Paul Mescal are engaged

Phoebe Bridgers and Normal People star Paul Mescal are engaged, according to a new interview with the latter. The pair first began interacting in the first 2020 lockdown, with Bridgers remarking in an NME cover feature that “the cute boy” from Normal People (Mescal) followed her on Instagram, saying: “I got a little pitter-patter in my heart when I saw.” Mescal then interviewed Bridgers for a lockdown livestream, and went on to star in her video for ‘Savior Complex’. Advertisement Now, in a new interview with Mescal in The Guardian about his upcoming film Aftersun, the pair’s engagement was confirmed. Phoebe Bridgers. Credit: Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images The Recording Academy New film Aftersun sees Mescal play young father Calum and his relationship with his 11-year-old daughter. It comes to UK cinemas from November 18. A synopsis reads: “Twenty years after their last holiday at a fading vacation resort, Sophie reflects on the rare time spent with her loving and idealistic father Calum. At 11-years-old, as the world of adolescence creeps into Sophie’s view, Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. “Sophie’s recollections become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father… Read More →

06NOVNews

Gorillaz share ‘Baby Queen’, inspired by a stagediving Thai princess

Gorillaz have shared another preview of their new album – listen to the woozy ‘Baby Queen’ below. READ MORE: ‘Gorillaz’ at 20: how Damon Albarn’s virtual band shaped music history The cartoon band will release new album ‘Cracker Island’ on February 24, 2023 via Parlophone (pre-order here) and announced the record recently by sharing latest single ‘New Gold’, featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown. ‘Baby Queen’, the latest preview of the record, was inspired by a Blur gig from 1997 which was attended by a stagediving Thai princess. Advertisement Damon Albarn explained the origins of the song in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times: “‘Song 2’ started and she stood on her throne and stage-dived into the crowd. “The reason I’ve written a song about it is because I had a dream about this princess very recently; she’d grown up and we spent time in my dream together, her as a woman.” Listen to ‘Baby Queen’ below. The virtual band has a host of collaborators on ‘Cracker Island’, their eighth studio album including Stevie Nicks, Bad Bunny, Adeleye Omotayond and more, as well as the aforementioned Tame Impala and Bootie Brown. Back in September, Gorillaz and Beck debuted a new collaboration from the album, titled ‘Possession Island’,… Read More →

06NOVNews

Shygirl announces 2022 and 2023 ‘Nymph’ world tour dates

Shygirl has announced 2022 and 2023 world tour dates behind her debut album ‘Nymph’ – see the dates below. READ MORE: Shygirl – ‘Nymph’ review: pop rulebreaker shines with a little help from her friends The dates begin next month in the UK, with gigs in London and Manchester, before the pop star will head to mainland Europe for a handful of shows. December and January will then see her head to Australia, before playing a series of headline dates across the United States and Canada in March and April of 2023. Advertisement General sale tickets are available from November 10 here, with pre-sales for her mailing list on November 7. See the full list of Shygirl’s tour dates below. ✨Nymph World Tour PT.1 ✨First access will be for my subscribers on Nov 4th Second round will be for mailing list on Nov 7th And finally general on sale drops Nov 10th!https://t.co/B34AFvQG7E Subscribe via the link for first access or https://t.co/iknT7kMwSe for mailing✨ pic.twitter.com/YEwFDhub3X — SHYGIRL (@0800shygirl) November 2, 2022 DECEMBER 2022 1 – London, Printworks 2 – Manchester, Albert Hall 6 – Berlin, Astra 7 – Amsterdam, Melkweg 10 – Paris, Trianon 31 – Perth, Beyond the Valley Fest… Read More →

05NOVNews

Kalush Orchestra share powerful new single ‘Nasze Domy’

Kalush Orchestra have shared powerful new single ‘Nasze Domy’. READ MORE: Kalush Orchestra: “It’s amazing that we can perform our music at Glastonbury” The Eurovision 2022 winners have teamed up with Polish rapper Szpak for the track which “addresses the pain and struggles felt in Ukraine while conveying a message of hope at its core.” You can listen to the song below. “The idea for this track arose in my head when I was visualising the war in Ukraine. Although we all now live in fear of what Russia has unleashed, God will not forget about us, and in the end good will definitely win,” Szpaku said in a press release. Advertisement “I believe that this is a very important song, and I hope that it will become another bridge between our two countries – Poland and Ukraine.” It comes after the band collaborated with The Rasmus on a new version of the latter’s hit single ‘In The Shadows’, which was their first release since their their Eurovision 2022-winning song ‘Stefania’. Kalush Orchestra embarked on a North American headline tour last month and along the way met up with Arnold Schwarzenegger to discuss the current situation in Ukraine and thanked him for… Read More →

05NOVNews

Watch The Cure debut heartfelt new song ‘A Fragile Thing’ in Italy

The Cure have continued to tease their fans will live previews of their upcoming 14th album, performing a new song called ‘A Fragile Thing’ in Assago, Italy. READ MORE: The Cure give us an update on their “relentless” new album – and when to expect it The legendary goth-rockers played at the Mediolanum Forum di Assago last night (November 4), delivering a set of 27 songs that spanned seven of their 13 studio albums (as well as a handful of their standalone releases). ‘A Fragile Thing’ arrived halfway through the set, sandwiched between the four other songs from their next album – revealed in March to be titled ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ – that have been premiered across The Cure’s ongoing UK and European tour. Advertisement At the first show of the tour – which took place in Latvia on Thursday October 6 – the band debuted ‘Alone’ and ‘Endsong’, marking their first new material since 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’ album. ‘And Nothing Is Forever’ was then debuted in Sweden, before Polish fans were introduced to ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’ some three weeks ago. ‘A Fragile Thing’ is a fittingly melancholic tune, with Robert Smith singing wistfully over a melody… Read More →

05NOVNews

Fever 333 cancel all tours until next March “in order to give everyone the best experience possible”

Fever 333 have paused their touring plans for the next five months, citing a need to “reset” after the band lost two of its three members at the start of October. READ MORE: Fever 333 on becoming pals with heroes Deftones and their “genre-defining” new album On Tuesday October 4, Aric Improta (drums) and Stephen Harrison (guitars) both made statements confirming they’d quit the political punk outfit – the sole remaining member of which is frontman Jason Aalon Butler – with Harrison alleging that “things were pretty bad internally” between the trio. In response, Butler assured fans that he’d solider on with a new “era” of Fever 333. It’s not yet known who Butler will recruit to fill the gaps left by Harrison and Improta, or if the frontman instead plans to continue Fever 333 as a solo project; a statement shared on social media yesterday (November 4) doesn’t use any pronouns or terms hinting in either direction, with Butler simply referring to Fever 333 as a “project”. Advertisement “As difficult as this decision was to make,” he wrote, “Fever 333 will be placing all live activity on hold until spring 2023 in order to give everyone the best experience possible…. Read More →

04NOVNews

Jarvis Cocker on Pulp reunion tour: “I’m sure we’ll probably play in places around the world”

Jarvis Cocker has said that Pulp will “probably play” more shows worldwide, following the announcement of their UK and Ireland reunion tour. READ MORE: Pulp’s 10 best songs – as voted by you Over the summer, Cocker confirmed that the Sheffield band would be hitting the road next year for their first gigs together since 2012. He then teased last week that “big” news was coming, before Pulp detailed a run of UK and Ireland shows for summer ’23. When asked how extensive their touring plans were by BBC Radio 6 Music‘s Lauren Laverne, Cocker said, “This country is the country that made Pulp famous, where we sold most records and where we knew most people.” He added: “I’m sure that we’ll probably play in other places around the world, but it just seemed appropriate to do it here first.” Advertisement Elsewhere in the interview, he discussed how his view of Pulp has changed over the years. “I suppose I had some difficulty when we first became really famous because I wanted that since being a little kid so there was no way it was going to match up to what I imagined it to be,” he said. “I try not to think… Read More →

04NOVNews

Liam Gallagher responds to Robbie Williams’ claim Oasis were “bullies”

Liam Gallagher has responded to Robbie Williams’ recent comments that Oasis were “bullies” during their heydey. Williams was speaking to Apple Music‘s Zane Lowe as part of a new interview about his recent Number One album ‘XXV’ and his music career. Asked about his relationship with Gallagher and Oasis, Williams said: “Ultimately, I’m a huge fan of Oasis and [always] was. I was there and I was part of it, and it was fucking unbelievable: incredible hedonism, reckless abandon and rock’n’roll, and ‘let’s turn it to 11, 12 and let’s see where this goes’. It’s part of that competitive nature of me, too.” He continued: “Also they were gigantic bullies too, to the whole industry, everybody in it – and I didn’t like that. A lot of that still remains inside me. They’re probably different people now but there’s a lot of me that’s like, ‘They’re fucking bullies, them. I don’t like bullies’.” READ MORE: Robbie Williams on Damon Albarn, Morrissey and the dark side of Take That: “I have a cannon-full of quotes” Advertisement Gallagher took to Instagram today (November 4) to respond to Williams’ comments and deny any accusations of bullying. “I agree with him on the vital… Read More →

04NOVNews

Listen to Maruja’s “ear-splitting” new single ‘Thunder’

Maruja have shared a new single called ‘Thunder’ – you can listen to it below. The Manchester jazz-punk band’s latest offering marks their third song of 2022, following on from ‘Blind Spot’ and ‘The Tinker’. READ MORE: Inside the alarming rise of tour van thefts: “Why should new bands be more at threat of a robbery?” “‘Thunder”s bold, distinct, and formidable nature, exhibits our live performances better than any of our tracks have to date,” Maruja explained of the ferocious cut in a joint statement. Advertisement “Whilst it provides ear-splitting riffs, industrious waves of noise and an infectious EDM element, it also displays the dynamism and passion of our ever-developing sound.” Sharing the single on social media, the rising group wrote: “This one has been a long time coming, enjoy the carnage.” Listen here: Maruja – who’ve previously supported The Lounge Society, L.A. Witch and Enola Gay – are scheduled to play their debut headline show on November 18 at YES Basement in Manchester. They’ll then head down to London to perform at The Windmill in Brixton January 7, 2023. You can find ticket information here. Speaking to NME recently, Maruja frontman Harry Wilkinson recalled Louis Tomlinson quietly donating £4,000 to… Read More →

04NOVNews

Drake pays fresh tribute to “legendary, unprecedented” Takeoff

Drake has paid fresh tribute to late Migos rapper Takeoff, describing him as “legendary” and “unprecedented”. Takeoff, real name Kirsnick Khari Ball, was shot and killed at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas in the early hours of Tuesday morning (November 1). He was 28 years old. READ MORE: How the understated Takeoff became the real superstar of Migos It has since been confirmed by a preliminary autopsy report that Takeoff died as a result of “penetrating gunshot wounds of head and torso into arms”. The full report is not yet complete. Advertisement In the wake of Ball’s passing, Drake shared an image of himself performing live on-stage with the artist on Instagram. “I got the best memories of all of us seeing the world together and bringing light to every city we touch,” he wrote as the caption. “That’s what I’ll focus on for now […] rest easy space man.” As Complex reports, the ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ star eulogised Takeoff during the opening segment of his Table For One radio show on SiriusXM last night (November 3). View this post on Instagram A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) “Before I get into the pleasantries, I’d just like to send our deepest condolences from… Read More →

03NOVNews

Pulp confirm support acts for select dates of 2023 reunion tour

Pulp have announced the first support acts for select shows on their 2023 reunion tour – see the post below. Over the summer, frontman Jarvis Cocker confirmed that the Sheffield band would be hitting the road next year for their first gigs together since 2012. Cocker then teased last week that “big” news was coming, before Pulp detailed a run of UK and Ireland shows for summer ’23. READ MORE: Pulp’s 10 best songs – as voted by you The tour is set to kick off in Bridlington on May 26, with further dates scheduled for Dublin (June 9), London (July 1), Scarborough (9), Cardiff (11) and Sheffield (14, 15). Additionally, Pulp will headline Isle Of Wight Festival, TRNSMT, Latitude and Neighbourhood Weekender. Advertisement Tickets for the group’s 2023 headline concerts go on general sale at 9am GMT tomorrow (November 4) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Today (November 3), Pulp confirmed that Wet Leg will be joining them at their huge Finsbury Park show. There are likely to be further acts announced for that outdoor date in the coming months. Richard Hawley, who was briefly a member of Pulp in the early ’00s, is due to open for Cocker and… Read More →

02NOVNews

Stormzy, Future, Burna Boy, PinkPantheress and more set for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ soundtrack

Stormzy, Future, Burna Boy, PinkPantheress and many more acts are set to feature on the soundtrack for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. READ MORE: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever first reactions – “A beautiful tribute to Chadwick Boseman” In addition to Rihanna’s contribution ‘Lift Me Up‘, which was co-written with Tems (who, separately, has a cover of ‘No Woman No Cry’), the official soundtrack also features songs by Fireboy DML, Ckay, E-40 and Rema. The soundtrack album has been produced by the film’s director Ryan Coogler along with the composer Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis (chief creative officer at Def Jam) and Dave Jordan. Advertisement Göransson said in a statement [via Pitchfork]: “Ryan and I talked about the importance of creating an immersive journey of sound and voice. If we used a song in the film, we wanted it to be the entire song, and to be connected to the story. Letitia Wright in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ CREDIT: Marvel “Thematically, we wanted to move the audience from grief to celebration. When you listen to the soundtrack, you can close your eyes and relive the experience of the movie. That was the intention.” ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From And Inspired By’… Read More →

02NOVNews

Vended return with intense music video for new song ‘Overall’

Vended have accompanied the release of their latest single ‘Overall’ with a new set of visuals. The band, which includes Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor‘s son Griffin and Slipknot percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan’s son Simon among its bandmembers, have released an intense video directed by Derek Rathbun. The video shows Griffin, Simon and their bandmates Jeremiah Pugh, Cole Espeland and Connor Grodzicki performing the track in a warehouse. Advertisement “’Overall’ is a song about getting trapped in your own head and having your thoughts self-sabotage you,” Griffin said in a statement. “And how sometimes YOU are the only person who can help yourself get out of that headspace. ‘I salt the wound myself‘ has a double meaning; you either feel the pain from bad thoughts, or you lean into it and embrace them.” ‘Overall’ is the follow-up to Vended’s July release ‘Ded To Me’, which came ahead of their European tour that included headline shows in London and Bournemouth. The band also made an appearance at Bloodstock Festival in Derbyshire. They are due to hit the road tomorrow to support Ukrainian metal band Jinjer on their US tour. Although the group includes the sons of two members from Slipknot, Vended spoke recently… Read More →