R.E.M. have announced details of a 25th anniversary reissue of their acclaimed 1996 album, ‘New Adventures In Hi-Fi’. READ MORE: R.E.M. tell us about 25 years of ‘Monster’: “We needed swagger – to be loud and raw” The reissue, set to be released on October 29, comes as part of the band’s 40th anniversary celebrations, and is being previewed by an alternate version of the song ‘Leave’, originally recorded for the soundtrack of A Life Less Ordinary. The new expanded edition of ‘New Adventures In Hi-Fi’ comes in a 2CD/1 Blu-Ray Deluxe Edition format, as well as an Expanded Edition...
Saint Etienne have shared a new track called ‘Penlop’ – you can check out its official video below. The song will appear on the London trio’s 10th album ‘I’ve Been Trying To Tell You’, which is due for release on September 10 via Heavenly Recordings. “‘Penlop’ is one of my favourite songs on the album,” said the group’s Bob Stanley. “Sarah’s vocal makes me think of a travel guide, walking you around your half-remembered memories of the late nineties. Advertisement “Pete’s production on this is wonderful, I like the way it bursts wide open at the end,...
SHINee member Key has announced that he will return with new solo music later this month. READ MORE: SHINee – ‘Don’t Call Me’ review: an identity crisis hidden behind a mostly solid album At midnight KST on August 23, the K-pop idol released a series of teaser images on his social media accounts for his upcoming solo single ‘Hate That’. The song, which will drop on Augsut 30 has been dubbed a “pre-release” single, in anticipation of a solo mini-album due out in September. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SHINee KEY (@bumkeyk) Advertisement According to...
Ahead of its debut later this week, Halsey has shared a new trailer for their film If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. READ MORE: The Big Read – Halsey: “I can be feminine and delicate but also really fucking dangerous” The new trailer runs exactly a minute long, snapping quickly between a wide range of bold and evocative shots from the film, debuting tomorrow (August 25). It comes as trailer number three for the hourlong film, following one in mid-July and another two weeks later. Take a look below: If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power August...
Eric Wagner, the former lead singer of Chicago doom metal pioneers Trouble, has passed away. He was 62 years old. The news of his passing, as reported by Blabbermouth, was confirmed on Facebook by his eldest son, Luke Wagner. “Hey all this is Luke Wagner his oldest son,” Wagner wrote in a comment, “Eric Wagner has passed away.” The comment was posted on a post made by Eric Wagner’s band The Skull, which had revealed that Wagner had been admitted to hospital with pneumonia induced by COVID-19 and thus their current tour had to be paused. Hey All.More bad news….We will...
Brave Girls have returned with a video for their brand-new single, ‘After We Ride’. READ MORE: Brave Girls – ‘Summer Queen’ review: resurgent girl group make a euphoric bid for the throne The city pop-inspired song is the sequel to their 2020 track ‘We Ride’, which became a sleeper hit earlier this year after the sudden viral success of their 2017 single ‘Rollin’’. Meanwhile, the accompanying video captures the quartet dealing with the aftermath of a bad break-up. “We thought that ‘We Ride’ would be our last album. But due to the resurgence of ‘Rollin” and later ‘We Ride,’...
DMA’s have shared the video for new singe ‘We Are Midnight’ from their surprise new EP. See it first on NME below along with our interview with guitarist Johnny Took. Last week saw the Aussie trio share surprise new EP ‘I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going To Miss You’ as an unexpected follow up to the band’s third album ‘The Glow’, which hit Number Four in the UK charts in 2020. Leading single ‘We Are Midnight’, as Took told us, is a “deeply innocent” track and one of the first love songs he’s written. “I just remember sitting...
Phoebe Bridgers has announced that all outdoor shows on her upcoming US tour will now take place inside “in the interest of safety”. The news comes as coronavirus cases continue to rise in the US. The seven-day average on new cases in the country through August 22 is 149,675. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” “Let’s try this again…” the musician tweeted earlier today (August 23), sharing an amended poster for the ‘Reunion Tour’. Advertisement “In the interest of safety, I’ve decided to only play outdoors for the upcoming tour. We...
Olivia Rodrigo has shared an angst-filled new video for her song ‘Brutal’ – scroll down the page to watch it now. The track features on the US pop star’s debut album ‘Sour’, which was released earlier this year. READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” The ‘Brutal’ video was directed by Petra Collins and takes inspiration, in part, from Clueless. It also features Rodrigo breaking her ankle in a ballet lesson, being dragged down the hallways of a high school and having a meltdown on Instagram Live. Advertisement The visuals begin with the...
Ed Sheeran has shared a video of him re-recording his vocals for Taylor Swift’s ‘Everything Has Changed’, ahead of ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’. The British singer-songwriter featured on the original version of the record, which was released back in 2012 and was Swift’s fourth album. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran’s new song ‘Bad Habits’ is an on-trend bop from one of the savviest men in pop Sheeran posted the video on his Instagram page to coincide with the US star’s announcement about the new version of the album’s vinyl release. “Here’s a video of me rerecording my bit for a song you...