A new posthumous single by Pop Smoke titled ‘AP’ has been released. It marks the first music released from the late rapper since the deluxe edition of his debut album ‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon’ last year. READ MORE: A year after his death, Pop Smoke’s influence lives on in drill scenes across the globe The new song features on the soundtrack to the forthcoming Eddie Huang film Boogie, in which Pop – real name Bashar Jackson – makes his first film appearance. Listen to ‘AP’ below: Advertisement Set for release next month, a trailer was...
CL has released a brand-new song dedicated to her late mother titled ‘Wish You Were Here’. READ MORE: SHINee – ‘Don’t Call Me’ review: an identity crisis hidden behind a mostly solid album The song, which was released today (February 26) on the K-pop star’s 30th birthday, was co-penned by CL with MNEK, Asia Whiteacre, Gary Hill and others. In an Instagram post, the K-pop star said she wrote ‘Wish You Were Here’ for her mother and her family. She also dedicated it to “anyone else who misses a loved one”. “Cuz it’s been 6 months since I last...
Day6 are set to make a comeback as a full group later this year, their label JYP Entertainment has confirmed. READ MORE: Day6 live in London: the Korean rock sensations dish out a dose of giddy, powerful healing In a statement to XSports News, the agency said that the South Korean rock band are currently working on material for their upcoming album, although did not specify a release window for the new project. “Day6 is preparing a new album. The release schedule will be announced once it is confirmed,” JYP said, as translated by Soompi. According to industry insiders...
NME 100 member Genesis Owusu has tackled ‘Anarchy In The UK’ by Sex Pistols for triple j’s Like A Version this morning (February 26). Owusu’s take on the 1977 track marked his first appearance as lead artist on the long-running segment. The Australian singer-songwriter’s version remains faithful to the original’s punk drive, but features altered lyrics, referencing police brutality, colonisation and racial profiling. Advertisement “Still celebrating deaths of my First Nations pals, all because of some old fuckers in a parliament house,” Owusu sings. Watch the cover in full below: “I chose to cover this song because I felt...
Slowthai has shared the video for his latest single ‘ADHD’ – you can watch it below. The song appears on the Northampton rapper’s second studio album ‘TYRON’, which was released on February 12. READ MORE: Slowthai – ‘TYRON’ review: introspection and self-discovery on an album of two halves Arriving today (February 25), the new ‘ADHD’ visuals unfold in a single slow-moving shot. We see Slowthai – real name Tyron Frampton – pacing back and forth in front of a night-time London skyline. Advertisement Towards the end of the clip, Frampton makes a phone call to an absent friend. “Yo. I...
Tom Morello is set to executive produce new Netflix comedy movie Metal Heads. READ MORE: The Big Read – Tom Morello: “If we can’t punch Nazis, who can we punch really?” The Rage Against The Machine guitarist will serve as executive music producer in what will be his first major Hollywood production credit. The film is also the first feature-length project in a partnership between the streaming giant and Game Of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff. It is part of their $300million (£233million) overall deal with Netflix. Advertisement A synopsis describes Metal Lords as a “coming-of-age comedy” which...
DMA’S have shared a retro-inspired music video for their song, ‘Appointment’. ‘Appointment’ originally appeared as an album track from ‘The Glow’, the group’s 2020 full-length release. Its music video is a montage of nostalgic clips, edited with grainy, colourful filters. Watch the video, directed by Patrick Santamaria and Eva Li, below: Advertisement Per a press release, guitarist Matt Mason said ‘Appointment’ came to be during a night at a friend’s place. “I was staying out of the city at a friend’s house when I wrote ‘Appointment’ on a very old piano,” he recalled. “The lyrics are about an early...
Radiohead are selling a new jigsaw puzzle based on their 2007 album ‘In Rainbows’. The Thom Yorke-fronted band announced the game on social media today (February 25), having released a ‘Com Lag (2plus2isfive)’-inspired puzzle last summer. Read More: Did Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ honesty box actually damage the music industry? Now available to pre-order through Radiohead’s WASTE website, the 1000-piece jigsaw takes on the aesthetic of the ‘In Rainbows’ artwork by Stanley Donwood, the group’s longtime collaborator. It measures 66cm x 50cm when completed. Advertisement According to an official description, the millboard is made from 100 per cent recycled material...
Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has shared a track by his teenage band The Living – listen below. Read More: Guns N’ Roses – rank the albums The musician, 57, formed the punk-rock group in Seattle when he was just 15 years old. On April 16, a previously unreleased album from the band called ‘The Living – 1982’ will arrive via Loosegroove Records – a Seattle label co-owned by Pearl Jam‘s Stone Gossard. Previewing the project is a rough-around-the-edges, sub-three-minute thrasher called ‘Two Generation Stand’, which begins with the lyrics: “Looking at me like I’m some sort of...
Lady Leshurr claims she turned down a “massive” record deal after a label wanted her to diss Nicki Minaj. Speaking on a recent episode of Angela Scanlon’s Thanks A Million podcast, the rapper revealed that she was offered hundreds of thousands of dollars but in the end, she turned it down. “I’ve always gone with how I feel here. There’s only one time I didn’t go with what was in my belly and it didn’t go well at all. It was really, really disastrous, so I’ve learned from my mistakes,” she said. Advertisement “It’s all about integrity. Don’t just...
