Epik High – the South Korean alt-hip-hop trio consisting of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz – have announced a new livestream concert that will take place exclusively on TikTok. READ MORE: Tomorrow X Together – ‘The Chaos Chapter: Freeze’ review: K-pop’s fourth gen leaders find love in a hopeless place Titled ‘Forest 2021’, the online performance will be held on June 26 at 7PM KST. It will also include a special appearance from South Korean singer-songwriter Ha Dong Qn. In a tweet announcing the news, Epik High’s Tablo said that the concert will feature a live band performing...
J. Cole has shared a video for his new track ‘Punchin’ The Clock’ – you can watch it below. READ MORE: J. Cole’s 10 best songs – ever! The motivational track, which samples an iconic post-game interview with Portland Trail Blazers NBA player Damian Lillard, is taken from the rapper’s latest project ‘The Off-Season’. Highlighting his hustle mentality, Cole raps: “Back on top, punchin’ the clock, clutchin’ sanity/ I got more cribs than Habitat for Humanity/ Shit profound, we propagating more profanity/ Paid off collections from recollections of calamity.” Advertisement Now, the Dreamville Records founder has shared a video for the track, directed...
Wilderness Festival has announced its line-up for this year’s edition, which will be headlined by Loyle Carner, Jamie xx and Rudimental. READ MORE: UK Festivals on COVID testing and vaccination passports this summer: “Safety is all we think about” It sees Carner return to the bill, having been booked to play the event last summer before its cancellation due to the coronavirus. This year’s Wilderness Festival will take place between August 5 and August 8 at Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire. Advertisement Also announced on the line-up are Bicep, reggae and dancehall DJ David Rodigan and his Outlook Orchestra, Holly Humberstone, Katy...
Wolf Alice have shared a new single called ‘How Can I Make It OK?’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Wolf Alice – ‘Blue Weekend’ review: a stone-cold masterpiece full of confidence and magic The enchanting track is the fourth taste of the London band’s forthcoming third album ‘Blue Weekend’, following on from ‘No Hard Feelings’, ‘The Last Man On Earth’ and ‘Smile’. The album arrives tomorrow (June 4) via Dirty Hit. Starting off without percussion, the slow-moving intro hears frontwoman Ellie Rowsell sing: “A moment to change it all/ Had life before been so slow?/ Urgency takes hold/ But to live in fear...
Scooter Braun is being sued for $50million by former business partner Peter Comisar, who claims the music executive deceived him into leaving a lucrative job. Comisar, a former partner at Goldman Sachs, said in his lawsuit that Braun “aggressively courted” him from 2016 to 2017, persuading him to leave his job at investment banking company Guggenheim Securities by promising a major role at a new boutique investment firm with a salary of £3million. According to the New York Post, Braun reportedly claimed that the new business Scope Capital Partners could raise between $500million and $700million from high-profile investors he...
Modest Mouse have shared a video for recent single ‘We Are Between’ – you can watch it below. Directed by Kyle Thrash, the video features lead singer Isaac Brock stranded amongst a field of cars, with various characters, some real and some not, flashing in and out of view. ‘We Are Between’ is taken from Modest Mouse’s upcoming seventh album, ‘The Golden Casket’, their first new album in six years; it arrives on June 25. Advertisement Produced with Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee in Los Angeles and Modest Mouse’s Portland studio, the record is said to reflect “the liminal space...
Clairo has announced that she will be debuting a new single called ‘Blouse’ on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon next week. READ MORE: Clairo: “I don’t rely on anyone else” The singer-songwriter (real name Claire Cottrill) took to Instagram this afternoon (June 3) to share the news, writing: “I’ll be performing my song ‘Blouse’ on @fallontonight next week.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Claire Cottrill (@clairo) Advertisement The performance will take place on Thursday (June 10) and will be her first new music since January’s ‘Just For Today’, a song she wrote to address depression and mental...
Wolfgang Van Halen has said that if it wasn’t for the coronavirus pandemic then maybe his late father Eddie Van Halen could have received more treatment and still might be here. READ MORE: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: a colossus who turned guitar solos into a firework display The legendary Van Halen guitarist died on October 6, 2020, at the age of 65, following a long battle with cancer. His cause of death was listed as a cerebrovascular accident, or a stroke. He also had several underlying causes, including pneumonia, the bone marrow disorder myelodysplastic syndrome and lung...
Frank Sinatra believed that Marilyn Monroe was murdered, a revelatory new book claims. Monroe was found dead from an accidental overdose in August 1962, but the book alleges that the Rat Pack icon believed her death was linked to renowned affairs with President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Bobby. In the book, titled Sinatra And Me: In The Wee Small Hours, Sinatra’s former manager and close friend, Tony Oppedisano claims: “Frank believed she was murdered, and he never got over it.” Monroe was staying at the Cal Neva Lodge before her death, part owned by Sinatra, and the book...
Drake‘s More Life Growth brand has parted ways with Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp. READ MORE: Drake – ‘Scary Hours 2’ EP review: title defender sounds ready to challenge himself again Statements from March show that both parties agreed to terminate their sublicense agreement launched in 2019, with Canopy shouldering an approximate $10.3million CAD ($8.6million USD/ £6.08million) impairment on the investment. Bloomberg reports that the partnership, in which Drake owned a 60 per stake and Canopy 40 per cent, has now collapsed. Advertisement “We have indeed divested from More Life and the facility in Scarborough which had been intended...