Alfie Templeman has dropped a new single titled ‘Shady’, produced by Jungle‘s Tom McFarland. The song premiered alongside a karaoke-style visualiser, featuring footage of a long drive into the horizon. Watch it below: Advertisement The new track follows previous single ‘Forever Isn’t Long Enough’, which was released in September. In a statement, Templeman said ‘Shady’ was about attempting to appreciate living in the moment. “It’s about trying to stay true to myself, doing what I wanna do in my life and trying to avoid all the arguments and shady people that come with it,” he said. “No more negativity,...
Kelly Clarkson channelled her inner rock star when she performed Aerosmith‘s ‘Dream On’ as part of the Kellyoke segment on Monday night’s edition of The Kelly Clarkson Show. The inaugural American Idol winner played with the famous falsetto bridge originally sung by Aerosmith frontman and former American Idol judge Steven Tyler, belting out a sustained high note in place of a repeated melodic bend. Clarkson smashed the 1973 hit song out of the park, closing to rapturous applause from her in-house audience. Advertisement Watch Clarkson’s rendition below: It’s not the first time Clarkson has added her touch to a...
Twenty One Pilots‘ Josh Dun and Chainsmokers‘ Matt McGuire have teamed up to perform a series of explosive drum covers. Read more: The Hunna talk revenge and their Fall Out Boy and Twenty One Pilots-assisted new album Sharing the 12-minute megamix video yesterday (November 8), the pair battle it out as they cover songs by Jay-Z, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, Paramore, N.E.R.D. and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Speaking in a post drum-off interview, Dun explained how the megmix came to be. “We thought it would be cool to do some older songs that were inspirational to us in some way or...
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 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 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...
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 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 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 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...