Green Day‘s Mike Dirnt has teased that new music could be on the horizon. The NME Big Read: Green Day: “We live our lives as if we have nothing” The pop-punk trio – completed by Billie Joe Armstrong and Tré Cool – returned with the single ‘Pollyanna’ last month, which followed on from February’s ‘Here Comes The Shock’. Their latest album, ‘Father Of All Motherfuckers’, came out in early 2020. Speaking to the band’s own Oakland Coffee company for its ‘Morning Roast’ interview series, Dirnt was asked what he had coming up that he was most looking forward to....
Big Red Machine have shared a new track called ‘The Ghost Of Cincinnati’ – listen below. The NME Big Read: The National: ‘Sex, death and losing. What else is there?’ The collaborative project from The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon announced their second album ‘How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?’ yesterday (June 29) with the song ‘Latter Days’, which features Anaïs Mitchell. Today (June 30) the band dropped the second preview of the record, an acoustic solo number from Dessner, along with an artistic official lyric video. Advertisement “I park at this spot and stare at the...
Butthole Surfers have become the latest band to join forces with Supreme for a new clothing collection. The co-branded range of t-shirts are inspired by the artwork for the Texas rock band’s albums ‘Psychic… Powerless… Another Man’s Sac’, ‘Rembrandt Pussyhorse’ and ‘Locust Abortion Technician’. Announcing the series, which will be available to buy from tomorrow (July 1), Supreme wrote on Instagram: “Over nearly four decades, Butthole Surfers have developed an experimental, darkly humorous sound that incorporates punk, psych, sludge metal, electronic noise and non-traditional instruments. Advertisement “Butthole Surfers are known for their chaotic live performances, absurd lyricism and album artwork...
Saweetie has revealed how meeting Cher led to her debut album being delayed. The California rapper was initially due to drop ‘Pretty Bitch Music’ last Friday (June 25) via Warner, having recently shared her latest single ‘Fast (Motion)’. READ MORE: The BET Awards 2021: the big talking points, from Cardi B’s bump to a poignant DMX tribute Last Sunday (June 27), Saweetie was nominated in the Best Female Hip Hop Artist category at the BET Awards 2021 (she lost out to Megan Thee Stallion) and spoke to Billboard about the “surprise” nod. Advertisement She went on to say that...
K-pop girl group OH MY GIRL have made their first appearance on ELLE’s popular video series ‘Song Association’. READ MORE: OH MY GIRL on their growth: “We’ve told our story from various perspectives and situations” During the segment, the K-pop act revisited songs from their debut self-titled mini-album, including the title track ‘Cupid’ and the intro song ‘Oh My Girl!’. Elsewhere in the video, the girl group also performed hit songs from Western pop stars such as ‘We Walk’ by British duo The Ting Tings, ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ by Rhianna and Beyoncé’s ‘End Of Time’. OH MY GIRL...
Britney Spears‘ ex-husband Kevin Federline has voiced his support for the singer as she attempts to end her controversial conservatorship. READ MORE: Framing Britney Spears: when will female stars get the duty of care they deserve? Federline, who was married to Britney from 2004-2007, explained that the singer’s best interests will also benefit those of their two children, 15-year-old Sean and 14-year-old Jayden. Asked about the children, Federline’s lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan said: “The best thing would be for their mom to be healthy and happy. “And if either of those things aren’t true, it doesn’t provide for the best setting...
Inhaler have announced a special edition of their debut album featuring artwork by Noel Fielding. READ MORE: Inhaler talk debut album and new single ‘Cheer Up Baby’: “It’s a love letter to all our fans who are feeling isolated” The Dublin band took to Twitter yesterday (June 29) to share the news of an “extremely limited version” of ‘It Won’t Always Be Like This’, which is available to purchase via The Sound Of Vinyl. Captioning a trio of preview photos, Inhaler said they were “honoured” that their “hero” Fielding had reimagined the official cover art in paint. “Thanks to the Lord of...
K-pop boy band Stray Kids are currently working on new music, their agency JYP Entertainment has confirmed. READ MORE: Watch 2PM survive an apocalypse in dramatic music video for ‘Make It’ Yesterday (June 29, South Korean news outlet SPOTV News originally reported that the boyband would be making their return in late August. According to the report, the comeback will coincide with the release of their forthcoming Kingdom Week TV special, which is the group’s prize for winning the Mnet reality TV competition Kingdom: Legendary War. In response, the group’s label later confirmed in a statement to Newsen that Stray...
A Tribe Called Quest have announced plans to sell off a portion of their song royalties as an NFT (non-fungible token). READ MORE: Burning Banksys and rubbish tweets: these are the most WTF NFTs so far The iconic hip-hop group have joined forces with music royalties marketplace Royalty Exchange for their first foray into the world of cryptocurrency. The sale, which starts at $35,000, will encompass 1.5 per cent of sound recording royalties from the group’s first five albums, which starts with their 1990 debut ‘People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm’ and runs through to 1998’s ‘The...
Stormzy has celebrated England’s 2–0 win over Germany in the UEFA Euro by attending an afterparty hosted by a stranger, making good on a promise he’d made to the fan earlier. A video that’s since gone viral shows the rapper enjoying a beer with a group of revellers in one of their houses, after having reportedly promised he’d attend the post-match celebrations if England won while watching the game at Boxpark yesterday (June 29). READ MORE: Stormzy – ‘Heavy Is The Head’ review: a broad-reaching, genre-buckling romp The clip shows Stormzy chatting as well as engaging in a spirited...