Electronic music promoter LWE has shared details of a new experience arriving next month called Tobacco Dock Virtual. The VR initiative will allow users to step inside the venue virtually to attend club nights and gaming events in the absence of venues being open. Tobacco Dock Virtual, created in partnership with virtual live events platform Sansar, recreates the London venue in fine detail, with participants able to roam the building’s rooms and dancefloors via mobile, Mac, tablet, PC or VR through the Sansar app. Advertisement Pre-parties and after-parties will surround the yet-to-be-announced main shows, and a number of gaming...
Miley Cyrus is the latest act set to take on NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’, with a rendition of Mazzy Star‘s ‘Fade Into You’. READ MORE: Miley Cyrus: her best rock cover songs, from Blondie to Nine Inch Nails In the clip, which was shared earlier today (January 28), Cyrus sings from a tiny pink bedroom wearing a furry cowboy hat. As ever, she puts a gritter spin on the classic originally sung by Hope Sandoval. ‘Fade Into You’ appeared on Mazzy Star’s 1993 album, ‘So Tonight That I Might See’. Advertisement Cyrus also performed ‘Golden G-String’ and ‘Prisoner’...
The Coral have shared details of their spooky new single ‘Faceless Angel’ and talked exclusively to NME about their forthcoming thematic double album ‘Coral Island’. Fuelled by their own fairground memories and fantasies, 10th album ‘Coral Island’ sees the band soundtracking bustling seaside towns in the summer on the first half of the record before waltzing into the lonely lives of characters who inhabit the island during the cold winter on the second. To get a taster of what’s to come, the band have shared launch single ‘Faceless Angel’. “It came from this this idea, inspired by the sort...
Migos have confirmed ‘Culture III’ is officially on the way and have shared a lengthy trailer. READ MORE: We got high with Migos – kinda – here’s what happened The trio hinted at new music earlier this week as they celebrated the anniversary of their last studio album together, ‘Culture II’. The group had been promising the third instalment in the ‘Culture’ album series since the release of ‘Culture II’ back in January 2018. Their anticipated fourth studio album didn’t materialise in 2020, however, while Quavo confirmed back in May that Migos’ next studio project wouldn’t be titled ‘Culture...
Pearl Jam have shared details of two charitable causes for the Vitalogy Foundation: a box of band-themed chocolates and a stream of their 2018 Seattle concert. The rockers will be streaming night two of their August 2018 hometown dates at Safeco Field, which the band considers to be a “career highlight” for an on-demand price of $14.99. Fans will be able to relive or see the set for the first time with streaming access from February 12-16, 2021. In addition, fans can purchase a charity box of caramel chocolates made in collaboration with Theo Chocolates. Advertisement On top of...
Death Cab For Cutie have delivered their own ambitious take on TLC‘s ‘Waterfalls’ – check it out in full below. The latest offering is one of five covers recorded by the band for their ‘Georgia EP’, a digital collection which arrived to support Stacey Abrams’ voting organisation Fair Fight Action ahead of the Georgia senate runoff election earlier this month. The new EP also sees the Ben Gibbard-fronted band putting their own spin on other tracks by artists who forged their career in Georgia, including Cat Power‘s ‘Metal Heart’, R.E.M.‘s ‘Fall On Me’, Neutral Milk Hotel‘s ‘The King Of...
Billie Marten has shared details of her third album, ‘Flora Fauna’, and previewed it with zippy new song ‘Garden Of Eden’. READ MORE: Teenage folk prodigy Billie Marten on juggling A-Levels and her stunning debut album The 21-year-old singer-songwriter, whose last album was 2019’s ‘Feeding Seahorses By Hand’, will return with its follow-up on May 21. Marten has today (January 28) posted the music video for ‘Garden Of Eden’, which was made with Lydia Poole. The clip is a montage of desktop vignettes seemingly collated across the various lockdowns of the past year. Advertisement Marten explains of the song:...
Annie Lennox has shared a video of herself receiving the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a drive-thru centre in Los Angeles. The Eurythmics singer was given the Moderna jab at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium and shared a video of herself preparing for the injection. “It’s all very exciting. I’m smiling behind this mask,” Lennox says in the clip, lining up in the Dodgers Stadium carpark. Advertisement The Scottish singer, 66, also gave a shout out to “everyone who’s made it possible” to deliver the vaccine. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Annie Lennox (@officialannielennox)...
Bring Me The Horizon have announced a trio of intimate gigs in support of their resurgent October EP ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’. The Sheffield band’s EP enjoyed its physical release last Friday (January 22), which has seen the record shoot back up the UK albums chart this week where it is currently locked in a close battle with Bicep’s ‘Isles’ for the top spot. Read more: Bring Me The Horizon on the race for Number One and “emotional” new music BMTH will play ‘Survival Horror’ live and in full for the first time during three shows in September, which...
Ghetts has announced details of his new album ‘Conflict Of Interest’. The record, which is set for release on February 19 on Warner, is the follow-up to his 2018 project ‘Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament’. Read more: Channel U is back! Here are 10 of the grime mecca’s best break-out hits Billed as being the rapper’s “most ambitious, fully realised project yet”, Ghetts’ ‘Conflict Of Interest’ features guest appearances from the likes of Pa Salieu, Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Giggs, Dave, Skepta, Jaykae, Emeli Sandé, Wretch 32 and Moonchild Sanelly. Advertisement You can see the tracklist and artwork for Ghetts’...