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Berlin clubs to be declared cultural institutions to safeguard their future
Berlin’s clubs could soon receive cultural protection after an almost unanimous vote was made in favour of changing the status of the city’s live venues from entertainment sites to cultural sites. According to the Live Musik Kommission, an overwhelming majority vote was achieved in favour of the proposal yesterday (May 5) and it will now be presented to the German federal government for final consent tomorrow (May 7). The landmark move follows a year of campaigning from the multi-party Parliamentary Forum For Club Culture & Nightlife. Advertisement As well as helping venues weather the adverse effects of the coronavirus...
Watch exclusive clip from ‘Suede: Coming Up’ classic albums documentary
A clip from Sky Arts’ Suede: Coming Up documentary is available to watch exclusively on NME. READ MORE: It’s time we recognised the genius of Suede In footage from the Classic Albums docuseries, which airs tomorrow (May 7), we see members of the band discuss the energy of Simon Gilbert’s drumming on what would become the band’s international breakthrough album. “Simon’s always been, I think, really underrated in the Suede sound. Simon injected a kind of post-punk gnarliness to the tracks,” frontman Brett Anderson says amid archive footage of the band recording the 1996 album. Advertisement Elsewhere, the band...
SHAUN drops sci-fi-inspired teaser for new single ‘Closed Ending’
South Korean singer SHAUN has unveiled a teaser for the music video of his upcoming song ‘Closed Ending’. READ MORE: Heize’s upcoming music video will feature Song Joong-ki The sci-fi-inspired snippet features a space-obsessed girl working on a strange invention. Towards the end of the clip, a mysterious force causes her workspace to tremble before she enters what seems to be an old-school television set. Advertisement ‘Closed Ending’ will be one of two songs from the singer’s forthcoming single album, ‘SHAUN #0055b7’, which is scheduled to come out on May 9. The project will also include the track ‘BLUE’,...
Wolf Alice, Ed Sheeran, Royal Blood and more to film new sets for Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2021
Wolf Alice, Ed Sheeran and Royal Blood are among the artists who will record brand new performances for Radio 1’s Big Weekend of Live Music 2021. This year’s Big Weekend festival will take place online for the second consecutive year due to coronavirus-enforced restrictions, and will run on BBC Radio 1, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds from May 28-31. READ MORE: Royal Blood: “Without sobriety, this album or this band wouldn’t exist. It was all quite scary” Radio 1 have today (May 6) confirmed eight big-name artists who will record new performances “from very special locations” for this year’s...
ONEUS release funky teaser for upcoming single ‘Black Mirror’
K-pop boyband ONEUS have released a preview of ‘Black Mirror’, the title track of their fifth mini-album ‘Binary Code’. READ MORE: IZ*ONE fans raise US$2million in hopes of keeping the group from disbanding The teaser previews the upcoming song’s funk-influenced sound and its flashy music video, which features dance moves that seem to draw inspiration from the late Michael Jackson. “I said black mirror / straight into my world,” the boyband sing in the clip. Advertisement ‘Black Mirror’ was co-written by frequent MAMAMOO collaborators Kim Do-hoon and Lee Sang-ho, as well as ONEUS member Ravn. Beisdes the title track,...
aespa hint at a “next level” comeback with cryptic new teaser
aespa have released a new teaser for the forthcoming comeback, set for later this month. READ MORE: SHINee’s Taemin reveals release date of solo mini-album, ‘Advice’ On May 4, South Korean outlet Ilgan Sports reported that the rookie K-pop girl group were in the final stages of preparation for their much-anticipated comeback. The report was subsequently confirmed by SM Entertainment, which added that other details of the comeback will be disclosed at a later date. “It is true that aespa are making a comeback in May. The exact date will be announced later,” it said, as translated by Soompi....
Mahalia, Jake Bugg and Pale Waves lead additions to Standon Calling 2021 line-up
The likes of Mahalia, Jake Bugg, Pale Waves, Griff and Georgia have all been added to the line-up for Standon Calling’s 2021 return. It comes after the Hertfordshire event previously confirmed that headliners Bastille, Hot Chip and Primal Scream will lead the line-up for the returning festival, which was previously forced to cancel in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s now been confirmed that the second wave of acts will see all the aforementioned artists heading to Standon from July 22-25, alongside the likes of hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash, Shygirl, Lava La Rue and DJ Yoda. Advertisement Describing the new additions, festival founder and director...
Marilyn Manson’s accuser Ashley Morgan Smithline details “terrifying” alleged abuse
Ashley Morgan Smithline has recounted the alleged abuse her ex-partner Marilyn Manson infected upon her, while calling the musician the “most terrifying monster in the world”. The model – aka Ashley Lindsay Morgan – is among the multiple women to have accused Manson of abuse after his former girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood claimed he had groomed, abused and manipulated her “for years”. Manson subsequently denied the allegations in February, calling them “horrible distortions of reality” and saying that his past relationships had “always been entirely consensual”. WARNING: The rest of this article contains details some readers may find upsetting...
Watch Sonic Youth cover The Stooges with J Mascis in unearthed footage from 1987
Some rare footage has been unearthed that features Sonic Youth covering The Stooges at a benefit gig in 1987 – watch it below. READ MORE: Nirvana, Sonic Youth and the cult grunge film that shook up the music industry The band were the surprise guests at an event supporting Jimmy Johnson and Byron Coley’s experimental music magazine Forced Exposure, taking place at The Rat in Boston. Joined by Dinosaur Jr.‘s J Mascis, Sonic Youth, using equipment borrowed from Dredd Foole and the Din, covered Crime’s ‘Hot Wire My Heart’ with Thurston Moore on lead vocals, followed by The Stooges’ ‘I Wanna...Recent Posts
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