McFly drummer Harry Judd has recalled in a new interview with NME a particularly frightening drive he took with Harry Styles in LA some years ago. Judd was speaking along with his McFly bandmates for the latest edition of Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, which saw the pop band looking back over memorable moments in their career. Read more: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – McFly After mentioning how McFly penned a number of One Direction songs during the boy band’s time together, NME asked if any of the McFly members had any memorable stories about Styles....
Grimes has taken to a YouTube livestream Q&A to give an update on her new album, tease a project with Caroline Polachek and more. The fan Q&A took place to promote Grimes’ collaboration with tech company Endel, where she produced an ‘AI Lullaby’ using her production and vocals to create a mammoth 90-minute ambient track. The chat covered a wide range of topics, as reported by Stereogum, but she did give an update on the follow up to 2020’s ‘Miss Anthropocene’, saying that she is currently in the process of finishing vocals and mixes. Advertisement Grimes also teased the potential...
Madlib has discussed the death of collaborator MF DOOM in a new interview, following the rapper’s passing in October of last year. The producer, who teamed up with DOOM as Madvillain on 2004’s critically acclaimed collaborative project ‘Madvillainy’, told NPR that he learned of the rapper’s death the same way as the rest of the world – via social media on December 31 last year. “His family’s very private, so they probably didn’t know how to approach that one. I still can’t believe that he died. That’s weird,” he said. Advertisement The producer also said he had occasionally been...
Khruangbin have shared two new music videos for their song, ‘Dearest Alfred’ – one for the original, and another for a new Knxwledge remix of the same track. Both music videos were created by The Kennedys, a tutored internship program held at creative agency Wieden+Kennedy London. To create the clip for the original version of ‘Dear Alfred’, eight program participants shot, animated and edited their own separate parts of the film from home which involved writing, sending and receiving letters. Advertisement The Kennedys then took the original music video and re-edited it, producing a monochrome version with animation overlays...
The Killers have shared unreleased track ‘C’est La Vie’ from the new deluxe edition of their acclaimed 2020 album ‘Imploding The Mirage‘. Check it below. The NME Big Read cover story – The Killers: “Music made it possible for me to dream” ‘C’est La Vie’ adds more of a lilt and carefree bounce to the cosmic Americana sound and feel of ‘Imploding The Mirage’, but finds frontman Brandon Flowers in his full vividly poetic flow as he sings “it’s not about how you get lost, it’s what you do to find the trail, sometimes you’re Ahab, and sometimes you’re...
Jenny Lewis and Serengeti have teamed up for another collaboration. The pair, who as Consequence Of Sound reports first met in Berlin in 2018 and bonded over Tom Selleck, Indiana Jones and boxing, have reunited back in the US for five songs. ‘Unblu‘, their first song, was released last month. Now the duo are back with ‘Vroom Vroom’, a curious track that hears Chicago rapper Serengeti drum his spoken-word poetry over slinky percussion and Lewis’ breathy singing. Listen below. Advertisement The track details going for a drive. “The Autobahn is at a creep“, states Serengti, and: “The river rise...
Thom Yorke has shared a new Radio Hour mix for Sonos, with Ennio Morricone, Yaeji, Mark Pritchard and Luke Abbott featuring in his playlist. READ MORE: 10 things in the new Radiohead Public Library that are getting fans very, very excited The mix, officially titled ‘In The Absence Of’, follows a trio of 60-minute playlists made for the audio brand in 2020 which included James Blake, Nicki Minaj and JPEGMAFIA. Now, the Radiohead frontman and soloist has delivered a longer edition clocking in at 1 hour 16 minutes, with a typically eclectic selection of music. Advertisement SonosMx4 playlist here-...
Julia Stone has shared her newest single, ‘We All Have’, featuring The National frontman Matt Berninger. A music video, filmed off the coast of Tasmania’s Southport, is set to premiere today (January 29) at 7pm AEST/8am GMT on YouTube. Stone, video director Gabriel Gasparinatos and crew members will join the live chat around 30 minutes before the premiere to interact with fans and discuss the new song. Stream ‘We All Have’ below: Advertisement Stone took to social media earlier this week to announce the single, which was co-produced by St. Vincent and Thomas Bartlett – aka Doveman. ‘We All...
Justin Bieber has shared an alternative video for his recent single ‘Anyone’ – you can watch it below. READ MORE: Justin Bieber kicks off another ‘new era’ with vaguely ‘Holy’ new song The singer recently debuted the new track during his “arena sized” New Year’s Eve performance, which was his first full-length live concert since 2017. “I can’t think of a better way to close out 2020 and kick off 2021 than celebrating with my fans all over the world and sharing this new music with them,” Bieber said of releasing ‘Anyone’ at the time. Advertisement “Music has gotten us...
Electronic music promoter LWE has shared details of a new experience arriving next month called Tobacco Dock Virtual. The VR initiative will allow users to step inside the venue virtually to attend club nights and gaming events in the absence of venues being open. Tobacco Dock Virtual, created in partnership with virtual live events platform Sansar, recreates the London venue in fine detail, with participants able to roam the building’s rooms and dancefloors via mobile, Mac, tablet, PC or VR through the Sansar app. Advertisement Pre-parties and after-parties will surround the yet-to-be-announced main shows, and a number of gaming...