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Marina shares snippet of new music and announces ‘Man’s World’ remix
Marina has shared a brief preview of what appears to be the melody of an upcoming track, and announced an Empress Of remix of her November single ‘Man’s World’. The artist shared the news on social media, along with artwork depicting herself, Empress Of, and Brazilian pop star and drag queen Pabllo Vittar, who features on the new version. The remix will arrive this Thursday (February 4), a month after a separate remix by American pop trio MUNA was released. Coming Thursday. @empressof @pabllovittar !!! pic.twitter.com/sNsnQNnxaq — Marina (@MarinaDiamandis) February 1, 2021 Advertisement Following the announcement, Marina also posted...
Billie Eilish touches on connection with fans in second ‘The World’s A Little Blurry’ trailer
Billie Eilish has shared a second trailer for her upcoming documentary The World’s A Little Blurry. The film will premiere on Apple TV+ on February 26, as well as being shown in some cinemas in the States. Read more: Billie Eilish’s new song ‘Therefore I Am’ is an existential banger (and might boast her best chorus yet) In the new trailer, Eilish touches on her relationship with her fans. “I look into the crowd and I see every single person in there is going through something,” she said at one point. “I have the same problem. I was like,...
Late ‘Saved By The Bell’ star Dustin Diamond’s dying wish was to meet Tool bassist
The dying wish of late Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond was to meet Tool bassist Justin Chancellor, a close friend has revealed. Diamond, who played Screech in the iconic sitcom, died this week aged 44 after a three-week battle with cancer. “He was diagnosed with this brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer only three weeks ago,” Diamond’s agent Roger Paul said in a statement. “In that time, it managed to spread rapidly throughout his system; the only mercy it exhibited was its sharp and swift execution. Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in...
Snoop Dogg on who would play him in a biopic: “It would have to be someone who could win me over”
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 sign to Mexican Summer and share new track ‘The Holding Hand’
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 announces new EP ‘Fresia Magdalena’ and shares ‘La Perla’
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 to perform this weekend as part of a special pre-Super Bowl NFL show
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...
Puma Blue’s Dreamland Dispatches
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...
Win the Gretsch drum kit played by Royal Blood in their new ‘Typhoons’ video
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”...Recent Posts
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