Snoop Dogg has shared his thoughts on how he would approach the casting process for a future biopic about himself. While a Snoop film hasn’t officially been announced, the veteran rapper spoke in a new interview about who and what he would be looking for if a biopic is ever green-lit. Read more: Remembering Larry King and his greatest music interviews Speaking to AP Entertainment, Snoop said: “There’s so many dope actors that have graced the screen and there’s so many dope actors that have yet to grace the screen. Advertisement “I don’t know who could play me. It would...
Iceage have shared a brand new song and video as they announce their signing to Mexican Summer. The Danish five-piece’s first new music for the label comes in the form of raucous new track ‘The Holding Hand’. READ MORE: Iceage – ‘Beyondless’ review “The song lives in a slurred world, movements are elastically stretched out and strength is found in weakness while you find it hard to tell the difference between fume and matter,” frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt said of the comeback single in a statement. Advertisement “Gently the swaying intensifies, feel it escalate. Reach out for the holding hand,...
Sofia Kourtesis has announced her new EP ‘Fresia Magdalena’ – you can hear the track ‘La Perla’ below. Set for release on March 19 via the Ninja Tune imprint Technicolour, the Berlin-based Peruvian artist’s new release follows on from her breakout February 2020 EP ‘Sarita Colonia’. Read more: The NME 100 – Essential emerging artists for 2021 Speaking about ‘La Perla’, which you can hear below, Kourtesis said: “Although I’ve sampled my own voice before, this is the first time I’ve really sung on a track. My dream is to develop a live show and I created ‘La Perla’...
Green Day are set to return to the live stage this weekend for a special NFL show. The trio will perform as part of the NFL Honors virtual concert on Saturday night (February 6). READ MORE: Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong: “Donald Trump is holding half of the country hostage” “Fired up to finally be back on stage!” the band tweeted to announce the show, which is the 10th annual NFL Honors gig. Advertisement The show will be broadcast on CBS from 6pm PT (2am on February 7 in the UK) on CBS, ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl between...
Saying Jacob Allen appears front and center on his new album cover isn’t technically wrong. But it’s obfuscation, much like the image of the artist himself. You can spot a foot and a baggy pant leg bent on a bed, and then Allen’s torso vanishes behind a pink curtain. Curving across the entire scene is the album’s title, In Praise of Shadows, a thesis statement for its contents taken from an essay by Japanese thinker Jun’ichirō Tanizaki. Allen, who records and releases music under the name Puma Blue, might as well count those shadows and intrigue as collaborators in...
NME are giving Royal Blood fans the chance to win the drum kit played by drummer Ben Thatcher in their new video for ‘Typhoons’. See below for details and to enter the competition. Released last week, the video for the title track from their upcoming third album was directed by Quentin Deronzier (famed for his work with Drake and Kanye West) and sees frontman Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher playing around a whirlwind of fans beneath a stormy London skyline. READ MORE – Royal Blood on the video and meaning of ‘Typhoons’: “Everyone can get lost in their own mind”...
Phoebe Bridgers has said that Big Thief‘s Adrianne Lenker would be the ideal fourth member of the supergroup boygenius. boygenius was founded by Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus in 2018, releasing a self-titled EP on Matador that year. READ MORE: Adrianne Lenker: “Writing feels like a loving gesture towards myself” Speaking on Radio.com’s New Arrivals show recently, Bridgers was asked who she would want to join the trio in the future. Advertisement “It’s Adrianne Lenker,” she replied without hesitation. “She’s out there doing her own thing. I feel like we would go on tour and every five years Adrianne...
Ben Howard has shared his new track ‘Crowhurst’s Meme’ – you can hear the song below. The new offering is the latest preview of Howard’s forthcoming new album ‘Collections From The Whiteout’ – which is set for release on March 26 via Island Records – following on from the arrival of the LP’s first single ‘What A Day’ last month. Speaking about ‘Crowhurst’s Meme’, Howard said: “This song was firstly inspired by a wonky synth guitar part that I had which had a kind of seasick quality to it, which in my head had a tenuous link to the...
Dolly Parton has revealed that she has turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice in recent years. The country star and philanthropist has been mooted for the award, which is the US’ highest civilian honour, for many years, with Barack Obama recently saying that Parton “deserves” the Medal of Freedom. Read more: The Big Read – Dolly Parton: “I take care of business” Speaking on the Today show this week, Parton confirmed that former US President Donald Trump‘s administration offered her the Medal of Freedom twice. Advertisement “I couldn’t accept it because my husband was ill, and then they...
Tim Burgess has confirmed that his Tim’s Twitter Listening Party series will pay tribute to the late SOPHIE later this month. The artist and producer passed away over the weekend. SOPHIE’s family wrote in a statement: “Tragically our beautiful SOPHIE passed away this morning after a terrible accident. True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell. She will always be here with us.” Read more: SOPHIE, your music helped me to find a kind of sanctuary. Thank you Burgess, who has hosted his online Tim’s Twitter Listening Party series since...
