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Mandy Moore announces her new album ‘In Real Life’ and shares title track

Mandy Moore has announced details of her new album ‘In Real Life’ and shared the record’s title track – you can hear the new song below. The record will be the follow-up to Moore’s March 2020 album ‘Silver Landings’, and is set for release on May 13 via Verve Forecast. Produced by Mike Viola, ‘In Real Life’ – which has been previewed today (March 8) by the title track, which you can hear below – features a host of collaborators, including Moore’s husband, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, and his brother/bandmate Griffin Goldsmith, Lucius’ Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, keyboardist Lee Pardini (The War On Drugs) and bassist Sebastian Steinberg (Sharon Van Etten, Phoebe Bridgers). Advertisement “So much of this record came from future-tripping on the next chapter of my life and what it might look like: what parenthood would feel like, how it would change everything, and all the excitement and trepidation that comes with that,” Moore said of ‘In Real Life’ in a statement. “At the same time it was about celebrating and acknowledging where we were at the moment and really trying to be completely present in the everyday — which is maybe the hardest part of the human… Read More →

08MARNews

Corey Taylor brands Kanye West a “fucking moron” for making ‘DONDA 2’ exclusive to Stem Player

Corey Taylor has called Kanye West a “fucking moron” over the rapper’s decision to make ‘DONDA 2’ available exclusively through his Stem Player. Released last month, West’s 11th studio album – a direct follow-up to last year’s ‘DONDA’ – can currently only be accessed via his $200 (£150) device, which was created by the star’s Yeezy Tech enterprise. READ MORE: ‘Donda 2’: Kanye West’s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songs Four tracks from the record were made available to Stem Player owners on February 23 following a listening party and live performance in Miami the night before. An additional four songs arrived the next day, with a further 12 cuts landing on February 25. Advertisement During a recent interview with Metro.co.uk, Slipknot frontman Taylor suggested that West’s method of putting out ‘DONDA 2’ was out of touch with his audience. “It’s like releasing all the parts for a car and sending them to people’s houses and going there, you got a free car, now you’ve got to figure out how to build the goddamn thing,” Taylor told the outlet. “You’re assuming that the audience has the access and same technology that you have but you’re a fucking moron for doing that…. Read More →

08MARNews

Watch David Byrne and the ‘American Utopia’ cast perform ‘Like Humans Do’ on ‘Fallon’

David Byrne performed ‘Like Humans Do’ with the cast of his American Utopia show on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (March 7) – you can watch their performance below. American Utopia, the hugely successful stage production of the Talking Heads musician’s 2018 solo album of the same name (which also features songs from across his back catalogue), is currently playing at Broadway’s St. James Theatre in New York City until April 3. READ MORE: David Byrne: “I have a little bit of hope. Not every day, but some days” Byrne and the current cast of American Utopia visited The Tonight Show yesterday to perform ‘Like Humans Do’, which originally featured on Byrne’s 2001 album ‘Look Into The Eyeball’. Advertisement You can watch Byrne and the cast of American Utopia perform ‘Like Humans Do’ below. The Tonight Show performance follows on from Byrne’s recent appearance on CBS Saturday Sessions, where he and his band performed Talking Heads’ 1983 hit ‘Burning Down The House’ and ‘Marching Through The Wilderness’. The Spike Lee-directed concert film version of American Utopia was released in 2020, which NME described as “a rare concert film that packs in brilliant music, incredible visuals, a vital political… Read More →

08MARNews

Watch the new video “commercial” for Vince Staples and Mustard’s ‘Magic’

Vince Staples has shared the video “commercial” for ‘Magic’, his recent collaboration with Mustard – you can watch the clip below. The track was released last month as the first preview of the Long Beach rapper’s forthcoming new album ‘Ramona Park Broke My Heart’, which is set for release in April (date to be determined) via Blacksmith Recordings and Motown Records UK. READ MORE: Vince Staples: “It’s important for me to tell the truth about my experiences” “It’s symbolic of home,” Staples has said of the album’s title, which is dedicated to the Ramona Park neighbourhood of Long Beach, CA where the rapper grew up. Advertisement “And everyone has a home. Even though it’s very personal to me, everyone can relate to it. That’s why I thought it would work for this chapter.” The video – or “commercial”, as Staples has described it – for ‘Magic’ has now been released, which begins with Staples going to a store to buy a bag of frozen peas to treat his facial injuries. The clip then goes back in time to show Staples at a house party, where he gets into a confrontation with a fellow guest which then turns violent. Explaining that ‘Ramona… Read More →

07MARNews

Kanye West’s new album ‘DONDA 2’ ruled ineligible for Billboard charts

Kanye West’s new album, ‘DONDA 2’ has been ruled ineligible for inclusion in the Billboard charts. READ MORE: ‘Donda 2’: Kanye West’s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songs As West, who is now officially known as ‘ye’, decided to sell his album exclusively via his Stem Player device, it violates Billboard’s merchandise bundle policy. As per an article in Billboard, albums sold with merchandise are ineligible for inclusion. The album – West’s 11th, and a direct follow-up to last year’s ‘Donda’ – is only available exclusively via the platform and unique to the $200 (£150) device made by the rapper’s Yeezy Tech enterprise. Advertisement Four songs from the record – ‘Security’, ‘Pablo’, ‘Broken Road’ and ‘We Did It Kid’ – were made available to Stem Player owners on Wednesday (February 23), following a listening party and live performance in Miami the night prior. Four more songs followed the next day, then a further 12 more songs on February 25. Over the weekend, West said he had made over $2.2million (£1.6m) in Stem Player sales in the 24 hours following his announcement that it would be the only way to listen to ‘Donda 2’. Last year, ‘DONDA’ debuted at Number 1… Read More →

07MARNews

Phoebe Bridgers announces UK and European ‘Reunion’ tour

Phoebe Bridgers has announced a new run of live shows as part of her ‘Reunion’ tour, including her first full UK tour dates since 2018. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” The singer-songwriter kicked off the US leg of her ‘Reunion’ tour last September, following the release of her 2020 album ‘Punisher’. Today (March 7), she’s unveiled more US dates as well as gigs in Canada, Europe, and her first UK and Ireland dates in almost four years. Advertisement Beginning in Phoenix, Arizona on April 13, Bridgers tour will cross over to the Atlantic on June 20 for a show at Fairview Park in Dublin, Ireland. She will then take in Glasgow and Birmingham, followed by her previously announced Glastonbury performance, before heading out to mainland Europe. Bridgers will then come back to the UK on July 22 for Latitude Festival and couple of dates in Manchester and London; she will close out the tour with a few dates back in the States. “See you soon,” she wrote, sharing the dates on Instagram. Tickets go on sale at 10am GMT on Friday (March 11). You can get them here and see… Read More →

07MARNews

Charli XCX says she felt “honoured” when Cardi B called her “Charli STD”

Charli XCX has recalled the time that Cardi B called her “Charli STD” on Twitter – check out the clip below. Charli appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on Friday night (March 4), having released her latest single ‘Baby’ last Tuesday (March 1). READ MORE: Charli XCX live in London: isolation anthems finally get their special airing At one point in the conversation, the singer looked back on her collaborative track with Cardi B and Bebe Rexha, ‘Girls’, which came out in 2018. Advertisement “It was one of those scenarios where we never actually met when we made the song,” Charli told Fallon. “We shot the music video separately, and we were sending verses and whatever.” She continued: “And then she tweets the song, and I’m like, ‘Oh my god, Cardi B tweeted my name! This is huge!’ And then I check the tag, and instead of ‘Charli XCX’ it’s ‘Charli STD’ [Laughs]. “There is an account [on Twitter] called Charli STD… I think Cardi tagged it not once, but twice.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charli (@charli_xcx) Charli went on to say that she “felt honoured” by the rapper’s mishap, adding:… Read More →

07MARNews

Pete Doherty and Frédéric Lo share new single ’The Epidemiologist’

Pete Doherty and Frédéric Lo have shared another collaborative single, ’The Epidemiologist’ – check out the official video below. The Libertines and Babyshambles frontman teamed up with the French musician for a new joint album, ‘The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime’, which comes out next Friday (March 18) via Doherty’s own Strap Originals label. READ MORE: Pete Doherty and Frédéric Lo on how French serenity and being drug-free shaped their new album Having previously released the record’s title track and the song ‘You Can’t Keep It From Me Forever’, Doherty and Lo have today (March 7) further previewed their debut LP with ’The Epidemiologist’. Advertisement “When Frédéric and I were sat at the kitchen table writing with guitars, we wanted the feel of ‘The Last Of The International Playboys’ or ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’ [Morrissey],” Doherty explained of the duo’s latest offering. “There are a number of references in the lyrics to films, writers and books. It’s about hope when things are a mess.” Lo said: “It was one of the first songs I played to Peter but it was the last one we finished. Pop and a bit classical.” Over the first piano-led verse, Doherty sings: “The best-laid plans can oft… Read More →

06MARNews

Yungblud teases new music by inviting fans to his ‘funeral’

Yungblud has begun teasing a new era and forthcoming music, inviting fans to his ‘funeral’. READ MORE: Yungblud at Reading Festival 2021: “I’ve got two new albums ready to go” The Doncaster artist is working on the follow-up to his December 2020 studio album ‘Weird!’, which followed his 2018 debut ‘21st Century Liability’. After wiping his social media accounts and profile pictures – a widely-used tactic with which to begin teasing new material and beginning a new era – Yungblud wrote: “and so it begins…” asking fans to RSVP to an event dubbed ‘funeral’. Advertisement “To whom this may concern,” a hand-written message began. “For those I let down I’m sorry, for those who let me down, fuck you but I forgive you.” It concluded: “You are cordially and graciously invited to my funeral.” See the posts below and you can RSVP to Yungblud’s ‘funeral’ here. and so it begins … RSVP ? https://t.co/uzb2XDJpj4 pic.twitter.com/en8MAnpvS4 — YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) March 5, 2022 After previously telling NME that he had “album three and four done and ready to go”, Yungblud then elaborated further on his upcoming third LP in a new interview with Apple Music’s Hanuman Welch, saying that the new record features “the most personal… Read More →

06MARNews

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’

King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ – watch it below. READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked! The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel. In recent weeks, they’ve covered ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by the Smashing Pumpkins and gave a special Valentine’s Day performance of ‘Too Drunk To Fuck’ by The Dead Kennedys; last week’s cover saw the pair deliver their take on The Black Keys’ ‘Lonely Boy’. Advertisement For their reworking of ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’, taken from Young’s 1989 album ‘Freedom’, the pair take to the kitchen once more, with a backdrop which includes a poster that reads: “A free world for all is the dogs bollocks.” Fripp, donning a blue waistcoat, yellow tie, and a black stripe of makeup across his eyes, plays guitar at the front of the screen, while Willcox, wearing a Black… Read More →

06MARNews

Courteney Cox reflects on auditioning for Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’ video

Courteney Cox has reflected on auditioning for her iconic cameo in Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’ video. READ MORE: Friends: The Reunion: the best moments – and how old they’ll make you feel The Friends star made a legendary appearance in the 1984 video, which saw Cox be invited on stage to dance with The Boss. Speaking to Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show this week (March 2), Cox reflected on her nerves about the appearance, and remembered her audition for the part. Advertisement “Bruce Springsteen is such an amazing… God, he’s so incredible. I love that song,” Cox told Stern. “I get a little embarrassed because I do feel like when I watch the video, when I see it…I mean, God. Did you see my dance? It was pathetic. I’m not a bad dancer, but that was horrible. I was so nervous.” Of her audition, she added: “I thought I was in the wrong place. I was like, ‘I don’t know what they’re doing but I can’t even bend my leg. This is it.’ I went into on Brian De Palma’s office. He put on the music and said, ‘Well, you dance.’ And I thought, ‘Right now?… Read More →

06MARNews

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Californication’ has been turned into a video game

Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ 1999 hit ‘Californication’ has been turned into a video game. RED MORE: Red Hot Chili Peppers: “We feel fresh, like a new band” The new game, based on the official video for the title track from the band’s seventh album, is the brainchild of developer Miquel Camps Orteza. Speaking about his inspiration for creating the game, Orteza said: “I wanted to play that game so bad! It’s 2022 and I haven’t seen anyone [make] the game, so I challenged myself to create it.” Advertisement Of what to expect, he added: “I have selected some epic moments from the video and turned into 7 levels each one with different game mechanics, I hope you like this game.” The game is available to download on both Windows PC and mac0S here, and you can reacquaint yourself with the iconic 1999 video below. Elsewhere this week, Red Hot Chili Peppers shared new song ‘Poster Child’, the second to be lifted from their forthcoming album ‘Unlimited Love’. The band announced ‘Unlimited Love’ last month alongside lead single ‘Black Summer’. The follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Getaway’ is set to arrive April 1 via Warner Bros, and will mark the band’s first since the return… Read More →

06MARNews

Foo Fighters tease fully fledged Australian tour for November 2022

During their one-off show in Geelong on Friday (March 4), Foo Fighters revealed their plans to embark on a full-scale tour of Australian capital cities this November. READ MORE: Foo Fighters live in Geelong, Australia: A life-affirming celebration of rock ’n’ roll Dave Grohl mentioned the tour several times during the Foos’ two-and-a-half hour set, first in a speech building hype for their performance of ‘Shame Shame’ (from last year’s ‘Medicine At Midnight’ album). “You know we’re coming back here in November for a real tour,” he quipped to the crowd, after getting booed for telling them the Foos were about to play a shorter-than-usual set. “We’re just getting warmed up tonight!” The band have since begun teasing cities and venues for the run on social media, hinting that a formal announcement is imminent. They started by teasing a show for Sydney yesterday morning (March 5), posting a photo of fans lined up at Olympic Park with the caption, “Pulling up to the venue now! Let’s gooooooo!” Advertisement The shot appears to be taken out the front of Qudos Bank Arena, though it’s more likely the Foos will play Accor Stadium (which is adjacent to the arena), where they’d held… Read More →

05MARNews

Watch Dua Lipa surprise an 80-year-old superfan on ‘The Tonight Show’

Dua Lipa surprised an 80-year-old superfan on The Tonight Show after he went viral on TikTok – check out the video below. READ MORE: Dua Lipa: “If somebody told me not to discuss issues I’m passionate about? I wouldn’t listen” Late last year, footage of Papa Richy receiving tickets for his 80th birthday to see Dua Lipa on her ‘Future Nostalgia‘ tour was uploaded to TikTok by his grandaughter. The clip, which sees Richy exclaim “Dua Lipa in concert? Are you shitting me?” soon went viral and has racked up almost 2million likes since. And earlier this week (March 3) Papa Richy got the chance to meet the pop star during her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DUA LIPA (@dualipa) Advertisement “We reached out to him, pretending that we were a radio station in New York and told him that he won a contest for the number one TikTok video of the year — he believed this, he loved it,” Fallon explained to the audience. “Yesterday, we flew him and his granddaughter to New York and he thinks he’s about to be interviewed on a radio show and… Read More →

05MARNews

Smash Mouth reveal new singer via Rick Astley cover

Smash Mouth have revealed their new singer via a cover of Rick Astley‘s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ – watch that below. Late last year, the band’s vocalist Steve Harwell announced that he was retiring due to ongoing health issues that he’s been battling for several years. With the new Astley cover, Smash Mouth have revealed that Zach Goode will be their new singer. Advertisement As Stereogum point out, his previous gigs include roles in bands called Ghoulspoon, Divided by Zero and Secret Seven, and a job fronting a “mock-senior citizen Weezer/Beastie Boys performance art band” called Geezer. Hear his first performance as vocalist of Smash Mouth below. When leaving the band, Harwell told fans: “Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of being a Rockstar performing in front of sold-out arenas and have been so fortunate to live out that dream. To my bandmates, it’s been an honour performing with you all these years and I can’t think of anyone else I would have rather gone on this wild journey with. “To our loyal and amazing fans, thank you, all of this was possible because of you. I’ve tried so hard to power through my physical and mental… Read More →

05MARNews

Foo Fighters pay tribute to late Mushroom Group founder Michael Gudinski during Australian show

One year since his death, Foo Fighters have paid tribute to late friend and Mushroom Group founder Michael Gudinski during a recent Australian performance. The concert took place last night (March 4) at GMBHA Stadium in Geelong, Victoria, just a few hours out of Melbourne. It marked the first time an international act has played a stadium show in the country since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rock legends played a series of hits including ‘The Pretender’, ‘Times Like These’, ‘My Hero’, and more, finishing their set with a tribute to Gudinski, a leading Australian promoter and record executive who brought a host of international acts to the country during his career. Advertisement “I would like to dedicate this last song to an old friend, who’s not here with us tonight – a person that always brought us over here, took care of us and made us happy – a sweet man, who made everything fun Down Under,” frontman Dave Grohl said. Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl during the performance. Credit: Rick Clifford for Frontier “Coincidentally, we managed to get down here about… Almost exactly a year since his passing. But we would not be the band that we… Read More →

04MARNews

New York Pop Collective Michelle Muses Over Meals And In Google Docs

“Michelle loves some Guy Fieri.” This is one of the first things said on a Zoom call with the six members of Michelle, a New York City-based pop group. To clarify, no one in the band is actually named Michelle (and they style their group name, album titles, and songs in all caps). But as Sofia D’Angelo, a vocalist and songwriter, points out, their collective affinity for the Mayor of Flavortown is one element that unites them. “One of my favorite pieces of food journalism is the review of his restaurant that’s just, like, a series of questions,” she admits, sitting in front of a large digital backdrop of Fieri himself clad in a flame shirt. “Have you read that?” The resonance goes deeper than obvious meme status and the general Fierification of the internet. All six members — vocalists/writers D’Angelo, Emma Lee, Jamee Lockard, and Layla Ku; producers/instrumentalists Julian Kaufman and Charlie Kilgore — began creating music for Michelle separately, before they’d ever met in person altogether. Shortly after they completed a full LP in 2018, they finally gathered to begin touring to support it. To cut through that initial awkwardness around getting to know each other, they employed… Read More →

04MARHit Singles

Duncan Marquiss – Wires Turned Sideways In Time

When an album’s press release promises a blend of two iconic Michaels – in this case Rother and Chapman – well, that’s promising a lot. But Wires Turned Sideways In Time, Duncan Marquiss’ debut solo album, manages to deliver the kosmische-folk goods throughout its seven expansive and inventive instrumentals. Marquiss occasionally treads upon familiar ground, but the Glasgow-based guitarist is an expert synthesist, finding new angles from which to approach classic sounds, layering one texture upon another until something brand new appears. ORDER NOW: Kate Bush is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut You may recognise Marquiss’ name from Scottish rockers The Phantom Band, who recorded several LPs of underrated, experimental-leaning indie before going on hiatus in the middle of the last decade. If the six-piece group had a fault, it was an overabundance of ideas. Wires Turned Sideways In Time, which Marquiss recorded entirely on his own, doesn’t have that problem. Instead, it feels sharply focused and purposefully minimal, even when the songs drift into expansive, exploratory territory. To wit, things kick off with a nine-and-a-half-minute epic – “Drivenhalle” – which despite its length is a captivating ride from start to finish. The song features spare… Read More →

03MARNews

Dave shares video for wavy new track ‘Starlight’

Dave has dropped off his first music of 2022, a wavy new track titled ‘Starlight’ – you can watch the song’s video below. READ MORE: Dave – ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’ review: stunning sequel lives up to his debut The self-produced track, which follows the rapper’s 2021 album ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’, hears him celebrate his life’s wins over a hummed rendition of ‘Fly Me To The Moon’, the 1954 classic made famous by the likes of Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra. “It’s hard to hate on the truth I’m livin’/ Enough man hate with the lies instead/ Countin’ cash with the phone to my ear/ I feel like Meek on the private jet/ Life or death, five-five, eyes, thighs, potential wifey/ Industry, respected highly, in the street, protected,” Dave raps on the track’s chorus. Advertisement Released alongside a video directed by Dave and Nathan Tettey, it sees the rapper deliver his bars from what looks like his living room. As the clip progresses, it cuts back and forth between a professional studio space and catwalk, the latter of which is occupied by a number of models. Watch the ‘Starlight’ video below: During the first of his two gigs at… Read More →

03MARNews

Iron Maiden’s summer Ukraine and Russia shows cancelled due to ongoing conflict

Iron Maiden have announced that their upcoming summer shows in Ukraine and Russia have been cancelled due to the ongoing conflict between the neighbouring countries. READ MORE: Iron Maiden – ‘Senjutsu’ review: an imaginative instant classic The band were set to perform at VDNG in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 29 before visiting VTB Arena in Moscow Russia on June 1 as part of their 2022 ‘Legacy Of The Beast’ world tour. Sharing a statement on social media, Iron Maiden said “the promoters have cancelled the two Iron Maiden shows” due to the “ongoing situation in Ukraine”. Advertisement “We are very sorry to announce that due to the ongoing situation in Ukraine, the promoters have cancelled the two Iron Maiden shows scheduled for May 29th in Kyiv and June 1st in Moscow on the 2022 Legacy Of The Beast World Tour,” the band tweeted. The band added that ticket-holders would we informed by the respective promoters on refunds, and concluded by stating: “Our priority is, and will always be, the safety of our fans.” Ticket-holders for both shows will be informed by the respective promoters on refunds at the appropriate time. Our priority is, and will always be, the safety of our… Read More →

03MARNews

The Vaccines, Holly Humberstone and The Snuts for Live At Leeds: In The Park

The Vaccines, Holly Humberstone and The Snuts have all been announced for Live At Leeds: In The Park. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with The Vaccines The new outdoor festival is organised by the same team behind inner-city multi-venue festival Live At Leeds and is set to take place June 4. It was announced last year that the festival would be headlined by Bombay Bicycle Club and also feature appearances from Arlo Parks, Sea Girls and Easy Life. Advertisement Nothing But Thieves were also announced but have had to cancel their set and will be replaced by The Vaccines. Also joining them at Temple Newsam Park in Leeds are Holly Humberstone, The Snuts and Sports Team. Alfie Templeman, Cassia, Lauran Hibberd, Tribes, The Pigeon Detectives and Dream Wife have also been confirmed alongside The Mysterines, Zuzu, Kid Kapichi and Coach Party. Check out the full lineup so far below and pick up tickets here. We’re over the moon to reveal our huge line-up announcement for Live at Leeds In The Park! @thevaccines, @TheSnuts, @SportsTeam_, @DreamWifeMusic & 2022 BRITS rising star @HolHumberstone are some of the amazing acts joining us this summer at Temple… Read More →