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Watch Slowthai’s atmospheric performance of ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ by The Verve
Slowthai has covered The Verve‘s classic single ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ – check out the performance below. READ MORE: Slowthai – ‘TYRON’ review: introspection and self-discovery on an album of two halves The Northampton rapper – real name Tyron Frampton – delivered a stirring rendition of Richard Ashcroft and co’s 1997 track for a new Radio 1 live session, which aired tonight (April 28) as part of Annie Mac’s Future Sounds show. Reading the lyrics to the ‘Urban Hymns’ song from his phone, Slowthai was backed by a drummer, synth player, guitarist and saxophonist, who also played the flute for...
Babymetal to release limited edition trading cards as NFT
Babymetal are releasing a set of limited edition trading cards as an NFT. READ MORE: WTF is an NFT? Kings Of Leon’s weird non-fungible token thing – explained! The pack will be available via a WAX Blockchain for 72 hours from May 6 here and will cost £71.70 ($100) each. There will be 1000 packs in total, with 10 trading cards in each. According to a statement, each card “represents all 10 episodes of the Metal Resistance – the 10 chapters of the band that have unfolded since their inception a decade ago. Advertisement “All of those chapters are explored in...
Kurt Cobain’s ‘The Last Session’ photoshoot to be sold as NFT
Kurt Cobain’s ‘The Last Session’ photoshoot is to be sold as a Non Fungible Token (NFT). READ MORE: WTF is an NFT? Kings Of Leon’s weird non-fungible token thing – explained! The photoshoot, took place just a few months before the Nirvana frontman’s death in 1994. Photographer Jesse Frohman today (April 28) launched a website to auction more than 100 pictures from that day as an NFT. A portion of all proceeds raised will go to the JED Foundation. Advertisement A description of the collection on Frohman’s website read: “The Last Session NFT collection includes images, polaroids, and contact sheets with...
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor says Lars Ulrich was “so right” about Napster
Corey Taylor has said that Lars Ulrich was “so right” to take legal action against Napster back in 2000, while explaining that he’s now “made peace” with streaming services’ unfair payments model. READ MORE: Streaming – what happens next? Artists demand “a shift in the way business is done” Ulrich claimed over 20 years ago that Napster had “hijacked music without asking” before going to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee to speak about the issues of music downloading software. Since then, the arrival of YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and other platforms has dramatically changed how listeners consume...
Listen to Garbage’s synthy new single ‘No Gods No Masters’
Garbage have shared a new track called ‘No Gods No Masters’ – you can listen to it below. The song follows on from last month’s single ‘The Men Who Rule The World’, and is the title track of the Shirley Manson-led band’s forthcoming seventh album (due for release on June 11). READ MORE: Garbage’s Shirley Manson: “I don’t give a fuck about fame, I don’t give a fuck about legacy” Speaking about the synth-infused latest cut, frontwoman Manson explained that it’s about “re-imagining our society for the future, for our children and not making the same mistakes over and...
Over 300 from arts urge government to act over “lack of progress” on post-Brexit touring crisis
Over 300 figures the arts industry have signed an open letter to urge the government to over the post-Brexit touring crisis. READ MORE: “I don’t know if I can afford it” – artists speak out on the future of European touring post-Brexit The signatories said: “We are extremely concerned by the lack of progress which has been achieved over the last three months to unravel the mountain of costly bureaucracy and red tape which now faces the creative industries.” It added: “With scheduling already under way for creative work later this year, you have a limited window of opportunity to resolve...
Black Midi share new track ‘Slow’ and reveal dates for upcoming autumn tour
Black Midi have today shared a new track ‘Slow’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Speedy Wunderground: The cult label on working with Squid, Black Midi and more The song is taken from their upcoming new album ‘Cavalcade’ which is released on May 28 via Rough Trade. Lead single ‘John L’ was released from the record on March 23. On the day of the album’s release, the group are playing two socially distanced launch gigs at London’s Hackney Church. The shows will take place on May 28 at 5:45pm and 8:30pm BST. Further information and tickets...
Listen to a snippet of Billie Eilish’s new single ‘Your Power’, out tomorrow
Billie Eilish has shared a preview of her imminent new single ‘Your Power’ – check out the video below. READ MORE: Billie Eilish on the cover – Album Of The Year: 2019 was hers The song will appear on the pop star’s 16-track second album ‘Happier Than Ever’ (released July 30), and comes after last year’s cuts ‘Therefore I Am’ and ‘My Future’. Upon announcing the details of her ‘When We All Fall Asleep…’ follow-up yesterday (April 27), Eilish told fans that her next single from the record would arrive tomorrow (April 29) at 5pm BST. Advertisement Taking to social media this...
Fans speculate new Kendrick Lamar album on the way as Top Dawg boss teases release
Fans are speculating that a new Kendrick Lamar album could be on the way following a teaser post from Top Dawg Entertainment boss Anthony Tiffith. READ MORE: The artists we really, really want new music from in 2021 The cryptic post, shared on social media today (April 28), said “THE WAIT IS OVAH!!!” with a teaser video of a retro ‘loading’ bar. At the end of the clip, the date May 7 2021 appeared. Whilst no specifics of who might be releasing music appeared, speculation is rife that Lamar could be releasing a new album especially considering he was...Recent Posts
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