The Flaming Lips have officially announced a new album, entitled ‘American Head’. The psych legends have also shared a new single from the forthcoming album, ‘My Religion Is You’. A music video sees frontman Wayne Coyne clutching giant roses next to a prairie bonfire – watch it below: Advertisement Guitarist Steven Drozd revealed the band were working on a new album in a podcast interview in March, letting slip it would be called ‘American Head’. Read More: Life, death, love, drugs and spider-bites: Wayne Coyne looks back on 20 years of The Flaming Lips’ ‘The Soft Bulletin’ The 13-track...
Megan Thee Stallion has released her new song, ‘Girls In The Hood’ today (June 26). The new track samples the Eazy-E song ‘Boyz-N-The-Hood’, and was co-produced by Scott Storch and Eminem collaborator Illadaproducer. Hear the song below: Advertisement The rapper teased the song yesterday. “Hotties y’all ready for this new HOT SHIT…pre save GIRLS IN THE HOOD right now !!!,” she wrote on Twitter. ‘Girls In The Hood’ is Megan’s fourth single for 2020, following ‘Diamonds’ with Normani, ‘FREAK’ with Tyga and ‘B.I.T.C.H’. The third song featured on her third EP, ‘Suga’, which she released in March. ‘Suga’ garnered...
David Bowie‘s live album ‘Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)’ will be released for the first time next month, it was announced today (June 26). ‘Ouvrez Le Chien’ – French for “open the dog” – was recorded during a performance at the Starplex Amphitheatre in Dallas, Texas, October 13 1995. The show was part of Bowie’s Outside tour with Nine Inch Nails in support. Ahead of the album’s release, ‘Teenage Wildlife (Live Dallas 95)’ from the album has been made available to stream today. Find the full album tracklisting below. Advertisement Today’s announcement comes after Bowie’s previously unreleased 1999 live...
Justin Bieber is suing two social media users after they accused him of sexual assault online in 2014 and in 2015 respectively. According to Pitchfork, Bieber’s claim against both accusers – named Danielle and Kadi – is that they “fraudulently schemed to seek attention and fame by maliciously posting despicable, blatantly false, fabricated, defamatory accusations that Justin Bieber engaged in sexual assault.” The suit also claims that “it is abundantly clear that these two individuals are trying to capitalize on the climate of fear permeating the entertainment industry.” Advertisement The allegations surfaced on Twitter earlier this week, with Bieber...
The Dixie Chicks have become the latest band to undergo a name change due to potentially racist connotations, now going by The Chicks. The band released a short statement on their website regarding the name change. “We want to meet this moment.” Advertisement As per a press release, the band also said, “A sincere and heartfelt thank you goes out to ‘The Chicks’ of for their gracious gesture in allowing us to share their name. We are honoured to co-exist together in the world with these exceptionally talented sisters. Chicks Rock!” They have since changed their social...
Halsey has announced a debut collection of poetry called I Would Leave Me If I Could. Read More: The Big Read – Halsey: “I can be feminine and delicate but also really fucking dangerous” The pop star, whose latest album ‘Manic’ arrived in January, will release the hardback book on November 10 via Simon & Schuster. According to an official synopsis, the project will collate “never-before-seen poetry of longing, love, and the nuances of bipolar disorder”. Advertisement Announcing I Would Leave Me If I Could on Twitter today (June 25), Halsey said: “I wrote a few thousand sentences but...
Slipknot are set to broadcast their classic home movie Welcome To Our Neighborhood tomorrow as part of their ongoing video series. Read more: The Big Read – Slipknot: “I’m just going to tell you the facts: this album is a masterpiece” Originally released in 1999, the film contains self-shot behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and performance clips from the metal group’s early days. Featured live tracks include ‘Wait And Bleed’, ‘Surfacing’ and ‘Scissors’. To mark the 21st anniversary of their self-titled debut album (released on June 29, 1999), Slipknot will stream Welcome To Our Neighborhood on their official Knotfest website tomorrow night (June...
Max Richter has announced his new album ‘VOICES’, an ambitious project that features what’s described as an “upside-down orchestra” and hundreds of people reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in over 70 languages. Richter crowd-sourced the vocals by asking for fan submissions, while the orchestra is “upside-down” because of the number of each instrument featured – twelve double basses, 24 cellos, 6 violas, 8 violins and a harp. The album is released on July 31. The first music from the new album, released which was premiered live at a performance at London’s Barbican Centre in February, comes in...
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have discussed their mixed opinions about using their platform to push political causes. Read More: The Big Read –Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: “Lennon, McCartney, Harrison were in competition with each other. We’re not” Speaking in NME Australia‘s Big Read feature, the band discussed Black Lives Matter protests in their native Melbourne, and their decision to auction a signed test pressing of ‘Sideways To New Italy’, donating the proceeds to the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service. “We are all very politically engaged and politically aware, and it’s something we talk about a lot,” said the band’s Fran...
Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper and 9th Wonder have formed a new supergroup called Dinner Party. The collaborative project has been launched with ‘Freeze Tag’, which is set appear on the group’s forthcoming self-titled debut album. Arriving with an official studio-based video, the uplifting cut sees Phoelix provide guest vocals. “They told me put my hands up behind my head/ I think you got the wrong one/ I’m sick and tired of running/ I been searching where the love went“, he sings. Advertisement As Stereogum notes, the musicians that feature in Dinner Party go back many years: Washington and...