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5,000 people attend COVID-19 experiment gig in Barcelona
Five thousand people attended a concert in Barcelona last night (March 27) as part of a COVID-19 experiment. The show, which saw Spanish rock band Love of Lesbian playing at the Palau Sant Jordi arena, is said to be the biggest concert in Europe since the pandemic began last year. READ MORE: Restarting live music in 2021: Gig and festival bosses on what to expect All attendees at the gig, which went ahead with the permission of health authorities in Spain, were tested ahead of the gig at three locations across Barcelona, with three of the first 2,400 people...
Jay Som and Palehound announce debut album as Bachelor and share ‘Stay In The Car’
Bachelor, the new collaborative project of Californian indie rock artist Jay Som and Palehound’s Ellen Kempner, have announced their debut album ‘Doomin’ Sun’. The duo have shared an official music video for new single ‘Stay In The Car’, which sees Jay Som – real name Melina Mae Duterte – and Kempner playing with a variety of gadgets and instruments in a car. READ MORE: Jay Som – ‘Anak Ko’ review In a statement regarding the new single, Kempner explained: “I wrote the lyrics to ‘Stay In the Car’ back in December of 2019 when I was in Florida for my...
Sharon Van Etten makes a cameo in Xiu Xiu’s new ‘Sad Mezcalita’ video
Xiu Xiu have shared a new video for ‘Sad Mezcalita’, featuring Sharon Van Etten – check it out below. The track appears on ‘OH NO’, a new album of duets that Xiu Xiu released on Friday (March 26). In a statement about the new visual, Xiu Xiu’s Angela Seo, who directed the video, said it represents a “tribute to the loss, crime, bleakness, dreams, and tensions”. Advertisement The band’s Jamie Stewart added: “Angela said to me, ‘you never write love songs’. This song tried to do that and failed. To me, it became about how the fear of someone...
The Joy Formidable share video for powerful new single ‘Into The Blue’
The Joy Formidable have returned with a music video for ‘Into The Blue’, their first new music in three years. The Welsh rock band released their fourth studio album ‘AAARTH’ in September 2018, after originally forming in Flintshire in 2007. ‘Into the Blue’ sees singer Ritzy Bryan share lead vocal duties with bassist Rhydian Dafydd. In a statement, Bryan said the new song was about “surrendering to love and magic” and “having the courage to enjoy a new journey and the mystery and excitement of something unexpected.” Advertisement “It’s about opening your eyes to beauty and love again,” she...
Wiz Khalifa shares unheard ‘Hopes & Dreams’ featuring Nipsey Hussle verse
Wiz Khalifa has released a 10-year anniversary deluxe edition of his debut album ‘Rolling Papers’. The release includes a previously unreleased version of ‘Hopes & Dreams,’ featuring a verse from late rapper Nipsey Hussle. READ MORE: Nipsey Hussle, 1985-2019: a musician who gave a voice to the voiceless and changed the face of indie rap According to Khalifa’s team, Nipsey was featured on the original ‘Hopes & Dreams,’ but his verse never made it to the final cut due to clearance issues. Khalifa was among several stars from the hip-hop world who paid tribute to the West Coast rapper...
Maya Rudolph plays Beyoncé taking on ‘Hot Ones’ challenge on ‘SNL’
Maya Rudolph returned to host Saturday Night Live last night (March 27), playing Beyoncé in a themed sketch. In the scene, Rudolph’s Beyoncé took on the popular YouTube challenge Hot Ones, which sees celebrities chatting while eating increasingly hot chicken wings. Rudolph’s most notable previous appearance as Queen Bey on the show came back in 2012, in a sketch about her son Blue Ivy that featured Justin Timberlake as Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and Kristen Wiig as Taylor Swift. Advertisement Watch last night’s sketch below. Last year, Rudolph won an Emmy Award for her regular guest role on SNL portraying...
Alabama Shakes drummer Steven William Johnson arrested on child abuse charges
Steven William Johnson, the drummer of rock band Alabama Shakes, has been arrested on child abuse charges. As local news outlet WHNT reports, Johnson was arrested last Wednesday (March 24) after a grand jury indicted him on charges of wilful torture, wilful abuse, and cruelly beating or otherwise wilfully maltreating a child under the age of 18. The drummer was taken to Limestone County Jail and had his bond set at £15,600 ($21,500). His arraignment is currently scheduled for April 7. NME has contacted representatives for Alabama Shakes for comment. Alabama Shakes’ last album was ‘Sound and Color’, released...
Watch Jack Harlow perform ‘Tyler Herro / Whats Poppin’ medley on ‘SNL’
Jack Harlow made his musical debut on Saturday Night Live last night, performing his recent singles ‘Tyler Herro’ and ‘Whats Poppin’ back to back. READ MORE: SNL heroes: stunning Saturday Night Live performances by your favourite stars The rapper appeared on the long-running comedy sketch show on March 27 alongside actor Maya Rudolph, back on hosting duties for her first episode after a month-long hiatus. Harlow had spoken about the honour of performing on the long-running show on Twitter when the news was announced last month (Febuary 28). “I grew up watching SNL with my family every weekend,” Harlow wrote. “I vividly remember...
Watch The Weather Station perform songs from their latest album live
The Weather Station have performed three songs on CBS This Morning from their latest album, ‘Ignorance’, released earlier this year. Performed yesterday (March 27), the band gave live renditions of their tracks ‘Tried To Tell You’, ‘Parking Lot’ and ‘Loss’. Watch the clips below: Advertisement ‘Ignorance’ was released back in February through Fat Possum. NME gave the album four stars upon its release, describing it as “the soundtrack to a very private kind of dancefloor”. “ an album that pulses with energy, one that’s not a dancefloor record in the traditional sense – we can’t see Diplo dropping...Recent Posts
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