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Death From Above 1979 return with dance-y single ‘One + One’ and tell us about “playful” new album ‘Is 4 Lovers’
Death From Above 1979 are back with their dancey new single ‘One + One’. Check it out below, along with the band talking to us about their upcoming fourth album ‘Is 4 Lovers’. Their first new material since 2017’s ‘Outrage Is Now‘, ‘One + One’ plays on the brutal simplicity of their earlier material but with the dancier elements elevated and a more human aspect to the lyrics. The Canadian duo explained to NME how the track is the “karmic sequel” to their early single and cult favourite ‘Romantic Rights’. “The song musically started, like everything else on this...
Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes says he went to live with monks in Brazil as “spiritual rehab” from lockdown depression
Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes has revealed that he spent a month living with monks in Brazil after sinking into depression during the coronavirus pandemic. ON THE COVER: Bring Me The Horizon: “I’m like everyone else: confused, scared and angry” The singer said he stayed at a monastery as a form of spiritual “rehab” with his Brazilian model wife, Alissa Salls, last year. Speaking to The Sun‘s Bizarre column, Sykes said: “For a while I just went into a very dark place, a place that I’ve been in before, but it was the start of a beautiful thing finding...
Julien Baker teams up with boygenius bandmates on new song ‘Favor’
Julien Baker has shared a new song, featuring her boygenius bandmates Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers – listen to ‘Favor’ below. The track is the third preview of Baker’s third album ‘Little Oblivions’, which is due out later this month via Matador. READ MORE: Boygenius – ‘Boygenius’ EP review boygenius released a self-titled EP in 2018, and have since teamed up on Bridgers track ‘Graceland Too’ from her 2020 album ‘Punisher’ as well as providing backing vocals on ‘Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris’, a track from the debut solo album by Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams. Advertisement “Julien is one of those people whose opinion you...
Glasgow venue Nice N’ Sleazy launch fundraiser following death of doorman ‘Big John’
Glasgow’s Nice N’ Sleazy venue has launched a fundraiser following the death of its beloved doorman ‘Big John Frazer’ last weekend. Tributes to Frazer, who died “peacefully in his sleep,” were shared by the likes of Franz Ferdinand‘s Alex Kapranos, Arab Strap‘s Aidan Moffat and The Twilight Sad across social media on Monday (February 1). A JustGiving page has now been set up as “people have been getting in touch wanting to contribute” to Frazer’s funeral expenses. “So we thought this would be a nice way to show support to his family with the costs involved, especially when there...
Radio stations and playlists drop country star Morgan Wallen over use of racial slur
Country star Morgan Wallen has been dropped by a number of radio stations in light of a video emerging which sees him use a racial slur. Wallen currently has the number one album in the United States with ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’, which has held the top position for three weeks. The new video, which was reportedly filmed by a neighbour in Nashville, sees Wallen greeting friends and referring to one of them as the n-word. Advertisement Responding to TMZ, who first published the video, Wallen said he was “embarrassed and sorry”. “I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial...
The Vaccines’ Justin Young shares stirring cover of ‘My Jolly Sailor’ sea shanty
The Vaccines frontman Justin Young has shared a rendition of the traditional sea shanty ‘My Jolly Sailor’. Partnering with Kraken Rum, the singer’s special performance took place at The Troxy in London where he sang “to 100 cocktails” under the moniker The Serenading Sirens. Read More: From high seas to complete shipwrecks: the best and worst sea shanty covers – rated! Young delivered his one-minute version of the song to create “the most alluring cocktail ever made” in celebration of Valentine’s Day (February 14). You can watch the black-and-white video below. Advertisement Fans of The Vaccines are in with...
India says Rihanna’s tweet about farmers’ protests was “irresponsible”
Rihanna has been branded “irresponsible” by India after the singer drew attention to ongoing farmers’ protests in the country. The pop star was joined by the likes of climate activist Greta Thunberg in supporting the farmers following new legislation put in place by the government. Yesterday (February 2), Rihanna drew attention to the protests in a tweet sharing a link to an article about the ongoing issue. Advertisement “Why aren’t we talking about this?!” she wrote, in a tweet that has since begun trending in India and beyond. why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest https://t.co/obmIlXhK9S — Rihanna (@rihanna)...
#SaveOurVenues: 13 more UK venues saved from ‘critical’ risk of closure
The #SaveOurVenues campaign has announced that 13 more UK venues have been rescued from ‘critical risk’ of imminent closure. Last year, after a number of venues were left in peril after not receiving any or enough money from the government’s £1.57billion Culture Recovery Fund, the Music Venue Trust launched the #SaveThe30 ‘Traffic Light‘ campaign to fight for those still in danger and help them weather the storm of being forced to close due to coronavirus restrictions and lockdown. Now, they’ve removed 13 from the ‘red’ list – saving them from permanent closure until venues can hopefully reopen safely in...
Lego share soothing new ‘White Noise’ playlist of the sound of Lego bricks
Lego have shared a new near-four-hour playlist featuring the many sounds of Lego bricks. The 210-minute playlist, called ‘White Noise’, comes as part of a new campaign from the company which arrives “following research that found that almost three quarters (73%) of adults are on the hunt for new ways to destress”. READ MORE: Help! I spent the hottest weekend of the year grappling with the new Lego set from The Beatles According to Lego, the playlist is “designed to help listeners find a moment of relaxation in their busy lives. Advertisement “The playlist is composed of a series...Recent Posts
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