News

post image

ACDC’s Angus Young played Rolling Stones records to Malcolm Young during dementia battle

AC/DC‘s Angus Young has opened up on how he played music to his brother Malcolm, while visiting him in the later stages of his battle with dementia. Malcolm, who founded the Australian band with Angus in 1973, died in November 2017, some three years after he was diagnosed with the neurological condition. Speaking to NME, Angus described how music proved to be one of Malcolm’s greatest comforts as he lived out his final days in a Sydney care home. Advertisement “I’d play him a bit of guitar, andhe was happy whenever we were doing that,” Angus recalled of later...
post image

Lokoy announces debut album ‘Badminton’ and shares high-flying video for ‘Both Eyes’ with Safario

Producer and Sløtface bassist Lokoy has announced details of his debut solo album ‘Badminton’, as well as sharing the high-flying video for new single ‘Both Eyes’ featuring Norwegian rapper Safario. See it first on NME below. READ MORE: Meet Lokoy – the Sløtface bassist who’s going solo with Gorillaz-y pop bangers Having previously collaborated on Safario’s ‘Go Crazy Go Stoopid‘, the duo have teamed up again for ‘Both Eyes’ – a Blur and Beastie Boys inspired track recorded and mixed in just eight hours at Lasse Lokoy’s home studio on their mission to “make a banger in one day”....
post image

Tupac Shakur estate encourages Americans to vote by quoting ‘Me Against The World’ lyrics on social media

Tupac‘s estate has drawn on the late rapper’s own lyrics in social media posts encouraging Americans to vote in the upcoming November 3 election. The lyrics come from Tupac’s 1995 track ‘Me Against The World’, lifted from the album of the same name. The record was Shakur’s third studio album and penultimate release before his death. The lyrics are: “Always do your best, don’t let this pressure make you panic / And when you get stranded / And things don’t go the way you planned it / Dreamin’ of riches, in a position of makin’ a difference / Politicians...
post image

Hayley Williams affirms Paramore’s stance against homophobia: “There’s a reason there are only three people left in Paramore”

Hayley Williams has taken to social media to reaffirm Paramore‘s stance against homophobia, suggesting that the band’s intolerance for anti-LGBTQ views was a reason why former members left the group. As Stereogum reports, Williams’ remarks came after a recent comment allegedly made by former member Josh Farro, in which homosexuality is called “a perversion”, circulated on social media. pic.twitter.com/CN5LJKDVIC — DRAGONPSY ᵕ̈ (@werjustdreamers) October 29, 2020 Josh and his brother Zac Farro both left the band in 2010, with Zac rejoining in 2017. Paramore’s current line-up is Williams, Zac Farro and Taylor York. Advertisement On October 28, Williams sent...
post image

Bill Callahan covers Billie Eilish’s ‘Wish You Were Gay’

Indie-folk maestro Bill Callahan has dropped a cover of the Billie Eilish single ‘Wish You Were Gay’ today (October 29). Callahan’s cover gives the originally stripped back and sensual song a folky quality.  Enlisting the help of singer-songwriter Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Sean O’Hagan of avant-pop group The High Llamas, Callahan intersperses the track with 90s techno-pop stylings and drum machine beats. Listen to his version below: Advertisement The surprise drop comes a month after the release of ‘Gold Record’, Callahan’s seventh studio album under his own name, in September. ‘Gold Record’ itself came barely a year after its...
post image

Deftones tease arrival of ‘White Pony’ remix album ‘Black Stallion’

Deftones have teased the release of their highly-anticipated ‘White Pony’ remix album, ‘Black Stallion’. READ MORE: “This record embedded in our brains”: the endless power of Deftones’ ‘White Pony’ In a tweet yesterday (October 28), the band shared a brief video featuring the initials ‘WP’ and ‘BS’ along with the image of a horse. pic.twitter.com/3v0WYnf769 — Deftones (@deftones) October 28, 2020 Advertisement The ‘Black Stallion’ album has been on the cards for some time now. In May, the band suggested a 20th-anniversary re-issue of ‘White Pony’ could arrive this year. After being confirmed in June, Deftones said the special...
post image

Khruangbin release cover of Kool & The Gang’s ‘Summer Madness’

Khruangbin have shared a cover of Kool & The Gang’s track ‘Summer Madness’ as part of their forthcoming ‘Late Night Tales’ compilation. Listen to the cover below: Advertisement Khruangbin’s ‘Late Night Tales’ compilation will arrive on December 4. Much like the psych-rock band’s music in general, the forthcoming record will contain influences from countries around the world. “We definitely wanted to cover as much global territory as possible; so it was the globe and then home,” the band said. “We wanted to show the treasures from our hometown, or people from our hometown that the rest of the world...
post image

The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne recounts first acid trip in new video: “I never ordered cheeseburgers on LSD ever again”

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips has recounted his first experience taking acid as part of Comedy Central’s Tales From The Trip series. “Whatever anxiety people feel when they talk about an acid flashback, I’m feeling it a little bit right now,” Coyne said as he began to recount the trip. Coyne recalls the trip taking place in 1977, when he was a 16-year-old youth living in Oklahoma City. Sometime after dropping, Coyne and his friends went to a local drive-thru to get some food. Advertisement “I’m driving even though I shouldn’t be driving,” Coyne said. “They’re all coming...
post image

Bree Runway announces new mixtape ‘2000AND4EVA’, with guest artist Rico Nasty

Bree Runway is set to capitalise on a big year for her career with the forthcoming release of her new mixtape ‘2000AND4EVA’, announced today (October 29). The Hackney rapper took to Instagram to announce the mixtape and share the tracklist, which includes features from Rico Nasty, Maliibu Miitch and Yung Baby Tate. ‘2000AND4EVA’ is set for release on Friday November 6. View Runway’s announcement and mixtape artwork below: View this post on Instagram 2000AND4EVA THE MIXTAPE OUT FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER A post shared by ☆ Bree Runway ??✨ (@breerunway) on Oct 28, 2020 at 1:05pm PDT Advertisement There’s also...
post image

Crowded House team up with Mac DeMarco for ‘Whatever You Want’, their first song in a decade

Crowded House have released their first single in ten years, entitled ‘Whatever You Want’. The track arrives with a humorous music video, directed by Nina Ljeti and starring Mac DeMarco. Watch it below: Advertisement Per a press release, frontman Neil Finn said that the song focuses on “waking up with the fear after last night’s revelry. We can all relate to that.” “Thanks to Mac for working through the pain and showing us redemption,” he added. Alongside the single’s release, Crowded House have announced that they will tour New Zealand in 2021. There is no word yet on whether...
1 … 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 … 285