Rapper Pa Salieu has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of Fidel Glasgow in 2018. Glasgow, the grandson of The Specials’ Neville Staple, was killed outside Coventry’s Club M three-years-ago. He was 21-years-old. According to reports at the time, a mob were alleged to have gathered outside the club on September 1 2018. Following a lengthy police investigation, ten people have been charged in relation to the incident, but none with murder. Pa Salieu, 23, who has recently been nominated for a BRITs rising star award, is one of the ten who were arrested and he has...
Cattera, a metal band made up of actual cats, have released their debut singe, ‘Hunger Of The Beast’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: 100 greatest heavy metal albums The single, which features thundering guitars alongside lots of meows, is all in aid of a good cause: all the profits from the single will be donated to Whiskers-A-GoGo, a non-profit, volunteer-run cat rescue group in Brooklyn. The feline four-piece are fronted by Roope-Shakir who was once a resident at the cat rescue shelter before finding a home with Anna Mrzyglocki, a product manager with Fearless Records. Advertisement You can...
Snoop Dogg has announced his next album will be called ‘From Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites’. READ MORE: Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’: A 4/20 deep dive into the album that changed hip-hop forever Taking to social media earlier this week to share news of his next single, the legendary rapper revealed the title of his 18th studio album – the follow up to 2019’s ‘I Wanna Thank Me’. “NEW SINGLE ALERT OFF NEW ALBUM ‘From Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites’,” he wrote on Instagram. “‘Roaches In My Ashtray’ new single + video dropping this Friday, April 2.” Advertisement ‘Roaches...
Radiohead have joined TikTok today (April 1) and have shared a cryptic new video. READ MORE: 10 things in the Radiohead Public Library that are getting fans very, very excited A verified account for the group appeared on the video app for the social media site earlier today. The group shared a short clip of mysterious Radiohead associate, Chieftain Mews, who can be seen delivering a dystopian news broadcast at a desk which has the words ‘Mews’ displayed and Radiohead’s logo in the background. Advertisement The black-and-white, low-fi video has a grainy filter and a ‘Mews’ sign can be seen...
Nas has shared a luxurious video for his new track ‘EPMD’ – you can watch it below. READ MORE: Nas on being a hip-hop legend: “I’m rapping the same way I did when I was on the block” Taken from the soundtrack to Judas And The Black Messiah, the biographical drama about the betrayal of Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton, the Hit-Boy-produced cut hears Nas pay homage to New York rap duo EPMD (Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith). “EPMD, we back in business,” he raps on the chorus, referencing the former Def Jam group’s 1997 comeback album. “I visualise what it...
BBC Three has commissioned a new drama series based on Grime Kids by DJ Target. The show, a six-part original series, will focus on the emergence of grime in the early 2000s and is set to air on the network in 2022. Radio 1Xtra host DJ Target, who wrote the book in 2018, shared the news on Instagram, calling the announcement “nuts”. READ MORE: “‘Rocks’ is for young Black women who go through hardship – and still boss it”: inside 2020’s best teen drama Advertisement “I wrote this book to celebrate and document the journey of UK music over the...
PJ Harvey’s ‘The Peel Sessions 1991-2004’ is getting a vinyl reissue. READ MORE: PJ Harvey — The evolution of an icon The record, which was originally released in 2006, is a collection of Harvey’s sessions with the late BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. The recordings span from the very beginning of her career in 1991 up until 2004. The record was released just two years after Peel’s death in 2004 and included a tribute from Harvey to Peel in the album’s linear notes. Advertisement It read: “More than I would ever care to admit for fear of embarrassment to both...
Major Lazer have shared a sci-fi inspired video for their new song ‘Titans’ featuring Sia and Labrinth – watch it below. READ MORE: Music review: Sia’s clumsy autism drama hits all the wrong notes Taken from ‘Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded)’, the deluxe edition of the dance trio’s latest album, the video finds Major Lazer on a mission to defeat two giant monsters with the help of puppet versions of Sia and Labrinth. Directed by Ernest Desumbila, the clip features a number of nods to sci-fi epics Star Wars and Alien, as well as other movie blockbusters such as Jurassic Park, King...
The origin story of Chicago band Moontype goes like this: A trio of music conservatory graduates set out on a journey together. Along the way, they learn how to bend three distinct sources of sound — bassist-vocalist Margaret McCarthy, guitarist Ben Cruz, and drummer Emerson Hunton — into harmonious unity. But that version doesn’t tell the full story of how Bodies of Water, their yearning, personal, excellently crafted debut album out tomorrow (April 2), came to sound as versatile as it does, spanning folk, post-punk, fuzzy rock, and chillingly confessional songwriting across 12 distinct tracks. While the closer stretches out...
Ice Cube is reportedly suing the popular stock trading app Robinhood for allegedly using his likeness without his permission. As TMZ,reports, the NWA icon filed the suit earlier this week after being made aware of a newsletter which is said to have featured his face and a play on his ‘Check Yo’Self’ phrase, to endorse their new brand of financial news. “Correct Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself”, the newsletter reportedly stated. According to TMZ, Cube has described Robinhood’s services as “horrible” and said they are the “antithesis of everything he stands for”. He has also suggested that the firm has an issue...
