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Listen to Tones & I’s uplifting new single, ‘Cloudy Day’
Tones & I has shared an uplifting new single called ‘Cloudy Day’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: The story behind Tones And I, the Australian busker topping the charts with ‘Dance Monkey’ The Australian musician, real name Toni Watson, also unveiled details of her debut album, ‘Welcome To The Madhouse’, which arrives on July 16. It will feature previously released singles ‘Fly Away’ and ‘Won’t Sleep’ alongside the newly released ‘Cloudy Day’. Speaking about her new track, Tones & I said: “After my friend T passed away I was struggling to write any songs that...
Bandcamp announce second annual Juneteenth fundraiser
Bandcamp have announced details of their second annual Juneteenth fundraiser, raising money for anti-racism causes. Last year, the music platform launched a new initiative inspired by ongoing worldwide protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death and other instances of racial injustice. The initiative took place on Juneteenth, the anniversary of enslaved African Americans being informed of their liberation in the former Confederate States of America in 1865, with 100% of Bandcamp’s profits made on June 17 going to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. This year, the initiative will return, with the NAACP once again receiving every penny spent on...
Skin, Lulu, Alison Moyet and more among Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Skunk Anansie‘s Skin, Lulu, Alison Moyet and more are among the musical stars to receive honours from The Queen in the 2021 Birthday Honours list. The annual list of recipients was announced yesterday (June 11) to mark the monarch’s birthday, and also sees England footballers Raheem Sterling and Jordan Henderson nominated for their services to the game. 1,129 people have been honoured in the list, with 50% of those nominated (567) being women. Advertisement Alison Moyet and Engelbert Humperdinck both receive MBEs for their services to music, while Skin receives an OBE and Lulu a CBE. “The face you...
Barbican Centre staff allege the venue is “inherently racist”
Staff at London’s Barbican Centre have alleged that the venue is “inherently racist”. The claims arrived in a new dossier, Barbican Stories, which was released on Thursday (June 10). The dossier contains over 100 stories of “first-hand and witnessed accounts of racism and discrimination” by both current and former staff. The authors of the report allege it came about because of the venue’s “inadequate response to the Black Lives Matter movement and protests of June 2020”. They went on to say that the venue’s “working culture is inherently racist,” and needed “radical change”. They continued: “It is insidious and incredibly...
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie to release memoir, ‘Tenement Kid’
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and Echo And The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant will both release their debut memoirs on Third Man Records’ book imprint. Gillespie’s book will be titled Tenement Kid, while Sergeant’s will be called Bunnyman: Post-War Kid To Post-Punk Guitarist Of Echo And The Bunnymen. READ MORE: From Primal Scream to New Order: the mighty Andrew Weatherall’s finest ever remixes In a synopsis, the Primal Scream frontman’s work was described as “a righteous path through a decade lost to Thatcherism and saved by acid house”. Over four parts, it will explore Gillespie’s childhood in working-class Glasgow, the formative years...
Watch Mac DeMarco make an “Italian-American gangster rap” freestyle with Kenny Beats
Mac DeMarco and Kenny Beats tried to make an “Italian-American gangster rap” freestyle on the latest episode of the producer’s series The Cave. The YouTube series sees Beats and a guest, including the likes of Slowthai, Thundercat and Danny Brown in the past, make a song from scratch. READ MORE: Mac DeMarco: “I would love to make my own fucked up version of a Michael Bublé album” Asked by the producer what he wanted to make, DeMarco replied: “We’re smoking cigars. I am 25 per cent Italian. People talk a lot about ‘gangster rap.’ A lot of Italian-Americans in the...
Listen to Years & Years’ sultry cover of Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’
Years & Years’ Olly Alexander has covered Lil Nas X’s recent chart-topping single ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’. The British musician took on the hit track as part of a new Home Session recorded for Apple Music, alongside a new version of his own song ‘Starstruck’. READ MORE: The CALM Lock In live on Instagram: online fest offers joy from Years & Years, Declan McKenna and more Backed by acoustic guitar and simple piano chords, Alexander put a sultry, sexy spin on Lil Nas X’s song. “When I first heard ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’ I wanted...
Listen to Zuzu’s dreamy new single, ‘Timing’
Zuzu has released a dreamy new single called ‘Timing’ today (June 11) – check it out below. READ MORE: Zuzu on new #SaveOurVenues cover, “bananas” Liverpool pilot and “very Scouse” new music Her first release since last year’s ‘How It Feels’ EP, a statement about the new song says: “Under a wall of fuzzed-up guitars and twinkling synths, Zuzu plunges emotional depths and considers the creeping sense of ‘what if…?’ as lives take opposing paths and differing destinies play out.” You can listen to the new song here: Advertisement Speaking about the new song, the Liverpool singer-songwriter said: “This song...
Olivia Rodrigo makes UK chart history with three Top 5 singles
Olivia Rodrigo has today (June 11) made UK chart history in the Official Singles Chart. READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Sour’ review: this year’s breakout star channels ’90s alt-rock Rodrigo has become the first female artist to have three singles in the top five slots of the singles chart in the same week. As OfficialCharts.com reported, ‘Good 4 U‘ remains at Number 1 following 96,000 chart sales, including 11.2 million streams. ‘Deja Vu’ meanwhile is at Number 4 whilst ‘Traitor’ reached Number 5. Advertisement Other male acts to have achieved this in the past include John Lennon, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, and...Recent Posts
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