The Weeknd has shared a number of demos from his 2013 album ‘Kiss Land’, including a remix of Lana Del Rey‘s ‘Money Power Glory’. Read more: Juice WRLD’s posthumous collaboration with The Weeknd fulfils late rapper’s pipe-dream Following the surprise news that his debut album topped the US iTunes R&B/soul album charts this week seven years after its initial release, the Canadian singer-songwriter has dug up “a few songs and ideas that didn’t” end up making the album’s final tracklist. Sharing the previously unreleased songs and outtakes during episode nine of his Memento Mori radio show on Apple Music on...
Award-winning producer, songwriter and musician Fraser T Smith — renowned for producing hit records and critically acclaimed albums by the likes of Adele, Stormzy and Dave — has made excellent use of his packed contacts book in assembling ’12 Questions’, the ambitious, expansive and challenging debut album under his Future Utopia moniker. Set for release on October 23 via Platoon and Smith’s own label 70Hz, ‘12 Questions’ was built around a series of thought-provoking and universal topics, ranging from the environmental crisis to the relentless march of technology, that Smith posed to his packed cast list of collaborators which includes...
Smashing Pumpkins are teasing a new announcement, launching a series of countdown clocks on their website. The new countdown, which fans were alerted to via the band’s social media accounts, features five clocks, the first of which runs out in 12 days. The other clocks run out, respectively, in 33, 54, 75 and 96 days from now (August 15). Fans believe that the new countdown could be leading to new music from the band, with frontman Billy Corgan speaking openly about a new album across the year so far. https://t.co/Ajarfbqqak pic.twitter.com/7D9g98qK5A — The Smashing Pumpkins (@SmashingPumpkin) August 14, 2020...
The latest David Bowie rarity has landed – listen to the star’s new live album ‘Something In The Air’, recorded at a 1999 gig in Paris, below. The reissue is the latest in a string of Bowie archival titles to be released as of late, with his 1975 album ‘Young Americans’ set to receive a limited edition vinyl reissue in celebration of its 45th anniversary next month. Read more: These amazing gigs had objectively perfect set lists ‘Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)’ is a 15-track LP capturing Bowie’s 1999 performance in France as part of his ‘Hours...
The Flaming Lips have shared a new track from their upcoming album – you can listen to ‘Will You Return / When You Come Down’ below. Read More: Life, death, love, drugs and spider-bites: Wayne Coyne looks back on 20 years of The Flaming Lips’ ‘The Soft Bulletin’ The track is the fifth release from upcoming album, ‘American Head’ which is set for release next month on September 11. Other tracks shared so far include ‘You n Me Sellin’ Weed’, ‘Dinosaurs On The Mountain’, ‘My Religion Is You’ and ‘Flowers of Neptune 6.’ Advertisement You can listen to ‘Will...
Hip hop duo City Girls have said men feel “threatened” by female rappers who are “dominating” the industry right now. Read More: How Cardi B squashed the concept of the female rap beef Speaking on The Breakfast Club, the duo – Yung Miami and JT – made the comments following the current chart domination of female rappers and the recent criticism of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s lyrics for ‘WAP’ from some listeners. “I feel like men just threatened by…women kind of dominating right now because they so used to being in control of putting women on records,” JT...
Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club could close forever because of the coronavirus pandemic, the city’s Mayor has warned. It has previously been reported that the club, which became famous after hosting The Beatles’ early gigs, is losing £30,000 a week while closed because of COVID-19. Read more: Socially distanced gigs “won’t work in around two thirds of UK music venues” The Cavern Club is currently preparing to reopen at 30% of its capacity, as socially distant audiences are allowed to return to indoor venues in the UK from today (August 15). Advertisement Mayor Joe Anderson told the Liverpool Echo: “The...
Deftones have blacked out all their social media profile pictures, hinting that an announcement is on the way. The announcement could well be that of a new album – the band said back in June that their new record is finished, and could be out in September. Read more: “This record embedded in our brains”: the endless power of Deftones’ ‘White Pony’ Yesterday (August 14), the band updated their profile and header pictures on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, and a Facebook post links to the band’s website, which has now been blacked out. Advertisement When visiting the website, the URL...
Margo Price has shared a new cover of Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ – you can listen to it below. Read More: How Cardi B squashed the concept of the female rap beef On The Daily Show, host Trevor Noah and Dulce Sloan were discussing some reactions to the song’s lyrics and how it has been received since its release on August 7. ‘WAP’ came to the attention of a number of conservative figures in the US including The Daily Wire‘s Ben Shapiro, who was subsequently mocked by Cardi after he read out the lyrics to the song...
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday (August 13), and the lauded soundtrack for the film is set to be reissued to celebrate the landmark. Nigel Godrich’s original score for the movie is also set to come to vinyl for the first time as part of a series of anniversary celebrations. Read more: 10 years on, ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ is still the best comic book movie The new release will come out via ABKCO, with a release date to be announced “imminently,” according to director Edgar Wright. Advertisement As well as marking the...