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Remi Wolf announces debut album ‘Juno’, shares two new singles
Remi Wolf has announced her debut album, ‘Juno’ is set for release later this year, sharing two new singles, ‘Quiet On Set’ and ‘Grumpy Old Man’. READ MORE: Remi Wolf: Inside her vivid tales of love and life in LA The two new tracks showcase contrasting corners of Wolf’s artistry – ‘Quiet On Set’ is a thumping, club-ready banger with a beat drawing influence from hip-hop, while ‘Grumpy Old Man’ is a much lighter, more introspective indie tune. Take a look at the music videos for ‘Quiet On Set’ and ‘Grumpy Old Man’, both directed by Haley Appell, below:...
Watch Courtney Barnett perform a dizzying rendition of ‘Rae Street’ on ‘Fallon’
Courtney Barnett has returned to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, making her sixth appearance on the show to play recent single ‘Rae Street’ alongside her backing band, the CB3. READ MORE: The Big Read – Courtney Barnett: “My goal? To make people realise they’re not so alone” Performing remotely in a dimly lit living room setup, Barnett and co. keep faithful to the slow-burning track, with the studio mix’s synthesised percussion and stacked vocal harmonies intact. Barnett herself locks into its breezy, lowkey energy, bobbing to the beat as she strums away at her Fender Jaguar. Take a...
Lizzo speaks out on abusive online comments: “This shit should not fly”
Lizzo has opened up about the abusive comments she’s received online following the release of ‘Rumors’. The Cardi B-featuring single arrived last Friday (August 13) alongside an official video, which was seemingly inspired by Disney’s animated movie Hercules (1997). READ MORE: ‘Rumors’, Lizzo’s new song with Cardi B, is a dizzying, multi-layered return Since the track and its accompanying visuals landed, however, Lizzo has been targeted with fat-shaming and racist abuse on social media. She later broke down in tears on Instagram, telling viewers on Sunday (August 15): “Sometimes I feel like the world just don’t love me back.”...
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats announce third album ‘The Future’
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats have announced the release of a new album set to arrive later this year. READ MORE: Soul sensations Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats interviewed ‘The Future’ will be the eight-piece party band’s third studio record, and follows the frontman’s 2020 solo album ‘And It’s Still Alright’. It is due to be released on November 5 via Stax. Recorded at Rateliff’s studio just outside of Denver, with Rateliff, Patrick Meese (The Night Sweats) and James Barone (Beach House) heading up production, the album was written during lockdown and finds Rateliff looking deep within himself,...
John Mayer shares comically nostalgic video for new song ‘Wild Blue’
John Mayer has shared a video for his latest single, ‘Wild Blue’ – you can watch the colourful new clip below. READ MORE: John Mayer – ‘Sob Rock’ review: guitar hero mines nostalgic gold The new track, which was produced by Don Was, is taken from the singer-songwriter and guitarist’s eighth studio album ‘Sob Rock’, which was released last month. “Wild blue deeper than I ever knew/ Wild blue on a bed of grey/ Oh baby, what a wild blue/ I found myself when I lost you,” Mayer sings on the Dire Straits-tinged track, as he walks a path of self discovery after the end...
Listen to Bastille’s new “love letter to escapism”, ‘Thelma + Louise’
Bastille have shared a new track called ‘Thelma + Louise’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: What Bastille learned from making revelatory tour doc ‘ReOrchestrated’ The song was premiered by Yungblud as the Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1’s ‘Future Sounds’ show tonight (August 18). Frontman Dan Smith explained that he penned “the bones of” the new single over Zoom during lockdown along with two other tracks, with all three set to appear on Bastille’s next album. Advertisement He went on to speak of the inspiration from the “classic” 1991 film of the same name. “It’s this...
Listen to Spector’s soaring new single ‘Bad Summer’
Spector have shared a new single called called ‘Bad Summer’ – you can listen to it below. The retrospective, emotionally charged track is the third taste of the London band’s upcoming album ‘Now Or Whenever’, which arrives on October 1 via Moth Noise. “Written in the August rain, on a summer’s day like this one. For when every night feels like a honeymoon and every morning feels like a funeral,” the band explained of the song in a joint statement. Advertisement ‘Bad Summer’ finds frontman Fred Macpherson looking back on a younger period of his life (“You were 26...
Saweetie talks homophobia in hip-hop: “We all bleed the same”
Saweetie has spoken out about homophobia in hip-hop during a new interview. Misogyny and homophobia within the culture has been a hot topic of conversation in recent weeks, following the controversial backlash to Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow‘s ‘Industry Baby’ video as well as DaBaby’s hateful remarks at Rolling Loud Miami. Speaking to People magazine, Saweetie has now weighed in on the issue, saying she believes it is necessary to “call out what we’re uncomfortable with”. Advertisement “I think that it’s important that we all respect each other. We all bleed the same,” she told the publication following her performance at Sprite’s...
Griff announces release of new single ‘One Night’ coming next week
Griff has announced the release of a new single called ‘One Night’ which is set to be released next week. READ MORE: Griff: meet Britain’s next great pop star The BRITs Rising Star winner took to Instagram yesterday (August 17) to share the artwork for her first new material since June’s ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ mixtape. “There have been alot of nights in between going to bed and falling asleep where random anxieties come rushing back and every burden you’re carrying suddenly feel more heavy, and this song is about wanting at least one night away...Recent Posts
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