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Arcade Fire’s Win and Régine bought David Bowie a ‘black star’ painting before his death
Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has revealed that he and his wife and bandmate Régine Chassagne bought David Bowie a ‘black star’ painting before his death. READ MORE: Arcade Fire’s new song ‘Generation A’ is a rallying cry for a nation in turmoil Described by Butler as “a voodoo painting of a black star with rays coming out of it,” the painting was bought, Butler said, before Bowie announced details of his final album, 2016’s ‘Blackstar’. In a new career-spanning interview with Stereogum, Butler was asked about Arcade Fire’s long-running collaborative partnership with Bowie, who joined them on stage...
Frightened Rabbit to reissue ‘The Winter Of Mixed Drinks’ for its 10th anniversary
Frightened Rabbit are set to reissue their third album, ‘The Winter Of Mixed Drinks’, to celebrate its 10th anniversary. READ MORE: Scott Hutchison’s family on the rallying cry to support youth mental health The record was released on March 1, 2010 via Fat Cat, and the reissue will arrive on December 11 – get all the details below. “The Winter of Mixed Drinks, now 10 years old, is a cocktail of emotions for us,” the band wrote in the first of a series of tweets announcing the news. “Perhaps through it we will all find a little lightness to...
Slowthai announces his second album is finished
Slowthai has revealed that his second album is finished – see the rapper’s announcement below. Read more: Slowthai interview: “If you have a voice and only talk about irrelevant shit, what’s the point?” The rapper took to social media this evening (November 9) to share that he has completed the follow-up to his debut album, 2019’s ‘Nothing Great About Britain’. “ALBUM 2 DONE,” he tweeted, sharing a TikTok clip of himself dancing to Paul Johnson’s famous house track ‘Get Get Down’. ALBUM 2 DONE https://t.co/8NEfKuWY4r — TYRON (@slowthai) November 9, 2020 Advertisement Slowthai’s announcement follows the release of the...
Listen to Manic Street Preachers’ new version of ‘Spectators Of Suicide’ with Gwenno
Manic Street Preachers have shared a new version of their 1992 track ‘Spectators Of Suicide’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: The Big Read – Manic Street Preachers: “Tech companies scare me more than politicians” The band are joined by fellow Welsh artist Gwenno on the track, which was premiered earlier today (November 9) on BBC Radio 6 Music. The original version of the track appears on the Manics’ debut album ‘Generation Terrorists’, which was released on legendary indie label Heavenly Recordings. Advertisement The new version comes to mark the release of Robin Turner’s new book celebrating 30...
New Order to release 2018 Alexandra Palace concert next year
New Order have announced that they will release their 2018 sold out Alexandra Palace show across multiple formats next year. Read more: New Order: Their albums ranked from worst to best The gig, which took place exactly two years ago on November 9, was the band’s only 2018 show and saw them share covers of Joy Division songs ‘Disorder’, ‘Atmosphere’, ‘Decades’ and ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’. Due to arrive in April, 2021, New Order shared news of the release on Twitter, along with a video of their performance of ‘Sub-Culture’ from the show. Advertisement “On this day in...
Kylie Minogue to host Tim Burgess listening party to talk new album ‘Disco’
Kylie Minogue will be the next artist to join Tim Burgess for one of his listening parties to discuss her new album, ‘Disco’. Read more: The best things we’ve learned from Tim Burgess’ Twitter ‘listening parties’ The Charlatans’ frontman has been organising listening parties for various albums since the UK went into its first coronavirus lockdown earlier this year. Burgess announced this afternoon (November 9) that Minogue would be joining him and his followers for a listening party on Wednesday (November 11) for her 15th studio album, ‘Disco’, which arrived last week (November 6). Wednesday November 11th 9pm (U.K....
Billie Eilish is releasing a new single called ‘Therefore I Am’ this week
Billie Eilish is set to release a new single this week – get all the details below. Read more: Billie Eilish’s new song ‘My Future’ is a much-needed piece of positive pop The new song, called ‘Therefore I Am’, is set to come out on Thursday (November 12). Announcing the song and sharing its artwork on Instagram, Eilish revealed that the song will arrive at 10am PT (6pm BST), adding: “I’M SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE.” View this post on Instagram NEW SINGLE “Therefore I Am” OUT THURSDAY 11/12 AT 10AM PT. I’M SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE???? A...
Jarvis Cocker is reviving his Domestic Disco for new UK lockdown
Jarvis Cocker is set to revive his Domestic Disco this weekend as the UK continues its second lockdown. Read more: Jarvis Cocker on his forward-thinking new album: “‘Cool Britannia’ made me throw up” Back in April, the Pulp frontman span tunes from his living room on Saturday nights, in a bid to entertain fans during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. Now, he’s announced that it will return this Saturday (November 14), writing on Instagram: “Searching for something to do on Saturday night? The Domestic Disco returns from 8 – 10pm GMT! Advertisement “More details soon – in the meantime: put it...
The Paddingtons’ Tom Atkin goes solo: “Some of bandmates don’t get why I’m into Post Malone, but I can’t help it!”
Hull’s finest, The Paddingtons, were one of the biggest names in the 2000s’ homegrown guitar scene. Signed by legendary indie impresario Alan McGee, they toured with everyone from The Libertines to The Cribs before disappearing in a puff of smoke in the early 2010s. Now, a decade after the last Paddingtons release, frontman Tom Atkin has launched his solo project, with the brilliantly scrappy and trappy ‘Lil Fucker’ – the first track from a forthcoming EP of the same name, released November 9. We gave him a call at his home in north London to ask where the hell...Recent Posts
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