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James Blake says he wants to make “plenty more” music with Dave
James Blake has praised Dave after the pair worked together on the latter’s recent album ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’. Blake contributed vocals and production to the record, which came out this summer and followed on from Dave’s 2019 debut ‘Psychodrama’. READ MORE: James Blake: “There’s always been more to me than sadness” Speaking to GQ, Blake said that his role in ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’ evolved during the recording process, with the pair working together in Los Angeles and London. Advertisement “I think kind of wanted me to executive produce the record, but in...
Aaron Dessner discusses new song about Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison: “He was encouraging me to sing”
Big Red Machine‘s Aaron Dessner has discussed ‘Hutch’, a new song he wrote about the late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison. The track appears on ‘How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?’, the recent second album by Dessner and Justin Vernon‘s band, and was written by Dessner for Hutchison, who died by suicide in 2018. READ MORE: Big Red Machine: “We find solace when we bring people together” “I wrote the music not long after Scott passed away and I was, like everyone, so incredibly sad,” Dessner told NME in a new interview. Advertisement “I’ve lost other friends...
Listen to Big Thief’s soothing new single ‘Certainty’
Big Thief have shared their latest new single ‘Certainty’ – you can listen to the track below. The song follows on from last month’s release of ‘Little Things’ and ‘Sparrow’, which were the band’s first new tracks since 2019. READ MORE: Big Thief live in London: the Brooklynites channel their inner grungers at biggest show yet Written and recorded directly to 4-track during a three-day power outage while recording at Sam Evian’s Flying Cloud Studios, ‘Certainty’ also features harmonies from Hannah Cohen. Advertisement “On the third day of the outage, I found Adrianne on the porch writing a...
Hot Chip, Brian Eno and more announced for Cardiff’s Festival of Voice
Hot Chip and Brian Eno are among the artists who will appear at the Festival of Voice in Cardiff in November. The international arts event, which is usually held biennially at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, is returning this year after its 2020 edition was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE: End Of The Road Festival 2021 review: despite difficulties, this miracle event turns back the clock Festival of Voice organisers are promising a “more intimate edition of the festival this year”, which will run from November 4-7 at the Millennium Centre. Advertisement Eno will...
Jack Harlow, The Kid Laroi, Ozuna, Tainy To Perform At The 2021 VMAs
Jack Harlow, The Kid Laroi, Ozuna, and Tainy are the latest musicians tapped to perform at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. They will join a star-studded lineup of fellow performers including Camila Cabello, Chlöe, Doja Cat, Lil Nas X, Machine Gun Kelly, Shawn Mendes, Kacey Musgraves, Olivia Rodrigo, and Twenty One Pilots at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Sunday, September 12. The Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Ozuna is returning to the VMAs stage for the first time after setting it ablaze with Spanish pop star Rosalía in 2019 for a performance of “La Funka,” while the other three performers in...
Yungblud adds more UK tour dates with renforshort as support
Yungblud has added another date to his imminent ‘Life On Mars’ UK tour, and confirmed that renforshort will support on the dates. The shows, which follow a recent run of festival slots, will begin at the end of September and continue throughout the whole of October. READ MORE: Yungblud at Reading Festival 2021: Gen-Z’s rock’n’roll star makes his bid for the top Following a set at Glasgow’s TRNSMT Festival this weekend (September 10-12), Yungblud will begin a run of headline shows on September 27 at the Brighton Dome. A huge London date comes at Alexandra Palace on October 1....
Artist vows to fix his Eminem mural in Detroit after it was vandalised
The US artist behind a new Eminem street mural in Detroit has vowed to return to the artwork to fix it after it was defaced with graffiti. Chris Devins painted the mural, which was not commissioned or authorised by the rapper, in the Cass Corridor neighbourhood of the Michigan city during a six-hour stint on Saturday (September 4). READ MORE: Eminem’s ‘Music To Be Murdered By – Side B’: the big talking points By the next day, however, the Eminem mural had been defaced, with 18 bird-like sketches being drawn with a Sharpie pen over the six-foot-tall artwork of...
STAYC reveal ‘Stereotype’ had been written for the group before their debut
STAYC have revealed that their newest title track ‘Stereotype’ had been written prior to their debut as a group. READ MORE: NCT’s Ten and YangYang on new single ‘Low Low’: “At first we were like, ‘we didn’t ask for this’” During a recently online press conference, the K-pop act spoke about their latest release and how ‘Stereotype’ had been written specifically for the group even before their debut. “This is a song that we received when we had been chosen for the debut lineup,” Seeun said, as translated by Soompi. “It felt too much of a waste to keep...
Iron Maiden lead Drake in battle for UK Number One album
Iron Maiden and Drake are going head-to-head for a UK Number One album this week, as they release highly-anticipated new records. The metal icons released new album ‘Senjutsu’ on Friday (September 3), the same day that Drake dropped the highly-anticipated ‘Certified Lover Boy’. READ MORE: Iron Maiden – ‘Senjutsu’ review: an imaginative instant classic According to the Official Charts’ midweek update, Maiden currently lead drake by 8,000 sales, with the metal band leading on physical sales and downloads, while ‘Certified Lover Boy’ has gained significantly more streams. Advertisement New NME cover star Little Simz currently sits at Number Three in...Recent Posts
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