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Glass Animals announce special ‘Live In The Internet’ performance
Glass Animals have announced a special live-streamed performance for next month, Live In The Internet. READ MORE: Glass Animals: “Everything that made me who I am was taken away by the accident” The Oxford outfit will showcase their latest album ‘Dreamland’ as a full band on October 15, with the online broadcast set to feature special guests, set design and creative fan interaction. According to a press release, the band plan to “reimagine their globally renowned live show to create a one time only virtual gig/experience” with the broadcast, which will be filmed within a “striking virtual space”. Advertisement “I think...
Music Venue Trust responds to new coronavirus curfew restrictions
Music Venue Trust (MVT) has issued a statement in response to new coronavirus restrictions that were introduced earlier today (September 22). Read more: Miss going to gigs? Stream these amazing live shows, from Robyn to Radiohead Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that a spike in COVID-19 infections has prompted a new set of lockdown restrictions in England, including a 10pm curfew on a number of hospitality, leisure, entertainment and tourism businesses, as well as enforced table service across all pubs and restaurants. The new measures also saw Johnson urge people to work from home where possible again, and...
Listen to Bastille’s breezy new single ‘Survivin”
Bastille have shared a new track called ‘Survivin” – you can listen to it below. Read More: Bastille – ‘Doom Days’ album review The groove-led, hopeful song follows on from ‘What You Gonna Do???’, the band’s recent team-up with Graham Coxon, and sees frontman Dan Smith reflect on anxiety, self-doubt and the overwhelmingness of modern life. “And I’m not gonna lie/ Say I’ll be alright/ ‘Cause it feels like I’ve been living upside down“, Smith sings over breezy synth chords, before saying he’s “crawling out these sheets to see another day“. Advertisement “There’d been times when I felt like...
Rob Halford says Judas Priest “deserves to be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford thinks the English heavy metal giants “deserve to be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. Read more: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford: “I tried to throw a TV out of a hotel window once. It was like Mr Bean does Spinal Tap” Discussing his and the band’s eventful past in a new interview with NME, Halford talked about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and how he feels it needs to include more metal acts. “I’ve always admired it,” Halford said of the Hall. “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame isn’t any...
Listen to Tune-Yards’ first new song in two years, ‘Nowhere, Man’
Tune-Yards have returned with their first new music in over two years – listen to ‘Nowhere, Man’ below. The California-based duo, comprised of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, last released a studio album in the form of 2018’s ‘I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life’, which they followed up with their original score to Boots Riley’s film Sorry To Bother You. Beginning their next chapter, the band have today (September 22) shared a blaring, distorted new single, whose title references The Beatles‘ 1965 track ‘Nowhere Man’. It’s accompanied by stop-motion animated video by Japhy Riddle and Callie...
The Secretive Artist With An Orange Face, i.am.orange, Drops His Latest Song – Any Worze
I.am.orange is deemed to be a secretive artist but there are some interesting facts about his unusual character that are good to be known. He was born in 1998’s cold winter with no face and orange skin and orange bones. He fantasizes about the day when everyone in this world has orange skin and no face, just like him. Among his favorite activities are to scream loudly and hit his head against the wall. His favorite musician is PRINCE and he draws inspiration from his music. This is the brief description of i.am.orange, the fictional character that has been...
Nick Cave on his idea of freedom: “If I surrender control of life’s outcomes, things tend to work out ok”
Nick Cave has opened up on what he believes freedom to mean in a new post on his Red Hand Files website. READ MORE: Nick Cave live in London: the breathtaking ‘Idiot Prayer’ is an exorcism of death, religion and romance The Bad Seeds singer marked the two year anniversary of his official question and answer forum this week by responding to a fan called Tim, who wrote: “Nina Simone once said: Freedom means having no fear. Sometimes on stage, she added, she would reach that kind of state. How do you free yourself from fear?” In his reply, Cave...
Michael Kiwanuka delivers stirring rendition of ‘Solid Ground’ at London’s V&A
Michael Kiwanuka has delivered a stunning rendition of ‘Solid Ground’ at London’s V&A, ahead of the Mercury Prize this Thursday. Kiwanuka, who is nominated for his self-titled third album, recorded the new rendition while accompanied by a string quartet – with his efforts filmed by director Raja Virdi last week. As he performs in the hallowed annals of the London venue, Atlantan artist Makeidric Walker’s portrait of the singer is visible in the background. Advertisement Kiwanuka will find out whether he has emerged victorious in the Mercury Prize on Thursday evening (September 24), but faces stiff competition from the...
Virginia-Based Hip-Hop Duo Bossed Up Camp Release Awesome Project Titled “New Shit”
Suffolk, Virginia-based Hip-Hop duo Bossed Up Camp have just released their new project featuring another skilled artist, Wody. Along with the amazing track they have released the perplexing music video to it. The two representatives of the Bossed Up Camp duo, B Menace and Hollywood Quis are starring in the video in pleasing scenes: the hottest girls in town by their sides, fast cars and of course, tons of cash. The visuals are the perfect match for the topic of the track itself. It is safe to say that this duo is definitely going to make some noise in...Recent Posts
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