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Troye Sivan, Tate McRae and Regard announce new single ‘You’
Troye Sivan and Tate McRae have announced details around their forthcoming, inter-continental collaboration with DJ Regard titled ‘You’. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Tate McRae The track, produced by Regard and featuring Sivan and McRae on vocals, was initially teased on Sivan’s TikTok, where he posted a duet of himself and McRae singing along to it. After Sivan posted another video of just himself singing along to the song, Regard posted an official teaser of the track on YouTube. Listen to it below: Advertisement The news of the forthcoming track, due out...
Paul Simon sells entire song catalogue to Sony Music
Paul Simon has sold his song catalogue to Sony Music Publishing for an undisclosed sum. The publishing arm of the music label giant announced Wednesday (March 31) that it now holds rights to songs such as ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘The Sound Of Silence’, ‘Mrs. Robinson’, ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’, among others. Simon’s deal with Sony covers his work in Simon and Garfunkel as well as his solo material. Simon has won 16 Grammy awards throughout his career. Advertisement This follows deals made by other established artists as of late, including Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Neil Young,...
Listen to Courtney Barnett and Vagabon cover Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Don’t Do It’
Courtney Barnett has once again partnered with Vagabon to cover Sharon Van Etten’s track ‘Don’t Do It’. The track is lifted from the forthcoming anniversary edition of Van Etten’s 2010 album, ‘Epic’. For the album, Van Etten enlisted a handful of artists to cover tracks off ‘Epic’, including Fiona Apple, Shamir, Lucinda Williams, IDLES and Big Red Machine, the project of Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. Compared to the original, Barnett and Vagabon’s cover keeps the same steady rock beat, with Barnett’s rough vocals standing front and centre. Advertisement Listen to the cover below: Speaking to Australian...
Watch Lorde and Marlon Williams cover Bruce Springsteen
Lorde took on Bruce Springsteen‘s ‘Tougher Than the Rest’ in New Zealand last night (March 31), performing a duet with Marlon Williams. Originally reported by Coup De Main, as part of the final night of his sold-out four-date stint at Auckland’s Hollywood Theatre, singer-songwriter Williams surprised his audience when he brought out fellow New Zealand native Lorde for the piano-led rendition of the 1987 Springsteen single, which appears on his album ‘Tunnel of Love’. Watch clips of the performance below: ? @lorde came out of hiding last night to cover @springsteen’s ‘tougher than the rest’ with @marlonwmusic capping off...
Listen to Bree Runway’s summer-ready new single ‘Hot Hot’
Bree Runway has shared a new track called ‘Hot Hot’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Bree Runway — Meet the Missy Elliott-approved rising star whose fearless pop is challenging colourism The rising London artist, who featured in The NME 100 2021, released her debut mixtape ‘2000AND4EVA’ last November. After teasing her first song of 2021 on social media, Runway has today (March 31) dropped the infectious, sun-tinged sounds of ‘Hot Hot’ which samples Busta Rhymes’ 2005 single ‘Touch It’. Advertisement “I feel like this is the song everyone needs to hear as it gets hotter and...
Echo And The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant announces memoir, ‘Bunnyman’
Echo And The Bunnymen co-founder Will Sergeant has announced a memoir, Bunnyman. The guitarist, 62, will detail “what it was really like to be part of one of the most influential and important British bands of the 1980s” with the forthcoming book, as per a press release. He’ll also look back on growing up in Liverpool during the 1960s and ’70s while recalling personal experiences of the city’s emerging punk scene, before his fortuitous meeting with Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch. Advertisement Bunnyman: A Memoir is set to be released on July 15 via Constable/Little Brown. You can pre-order it...
Slipknot’s Clown is auctioning off a Knotfest Electric Theater NFT featuring projectile insects
Slipknot‘s M. Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan is auctioning off his first NFT. READ MORE: WTF is an NFT? Kings Of Leon’s weird non-fungible token thing – explained! The one-off piece is an image of the original logo from Knotfest’s Electric Theater that sees projectile insects flying from Clown’s mouth from the band’s recent ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ run. The NFT (non-fungible token) also features an original piece of audio to go along with looped imagery. You can view it below. Advertisement The musician has teamed up with Zora where fans can currently bid on the exclusive NFT here. This clip...
This Feeling club night launches record label for next wave of “vital guitar bands”
Rock club promotor This Feeling has launched a new label, This Feeling Records. The NME Big Read: Blossoms: “We might be uncool, but so are ABBA and everyone loves them” The new music champions – endorsed by the likes of Blossoms, Noel Gallagher and Carl Barât – put on popular late-night events across the UK, and have previously run new music stages at Isle Of Wight Festival, Leeds Festival and YNot. Now, This Feeling has partnered with ADA (part of Warner Music Group) to set up its new label – which has been inspired by the likes of Creation Records, Rough...
London’s The Crobar is launching the world’s first digital pub
Legendary London rock watering hole The Crobar is launching the world’s first digital pub. READ MORE: “Kid Rock’s limo got stuck on a rickshaw”: the best stories from Crobar, Soho’s infamous rock and roll boozer The venue, a favourite of many rock stars including Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl, which confirmed in September it would be shutting its doors due to losses incurred during the coronavirus pandemic, recently raised £40,000 as part of a new crowdfunder. The Crobar has since raised an additional £30,000 and could yet receive a new lease of life as a result, with the aim of relaunching...Recent Posts
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