Fleetwood Mac‘s Mick Fleetwood surprised TikTok star Nathan Apodaca during a BBC interview yesterday (October 8) as Fleetwood showed his gratitude for the clip helping the band’s song ‘Dreams’ earn its biggest ever week on streaming services. Apodaca (AKA @420doggface208) has shot to fame around the world since posting his viral clip on TikTok on September 25, which saw him longboarding to work while sipping from a bottle of Ocean Spray cranberry juice and singing along to ‘Dreams’. @420doggface208 Morning vibe #420souljahz #ec #feelinggood #h2o #cloud9 #happyhippie #worldpeace #king #peaceup #merch #tacos #waterislife #high #morning #710 #cloud9 ♬ Dreams...
CupcakKe has shared new single ‘Elephant’, her fourth for the year thus far. The namedrop-heavy new cut sees the Chicago rapper reference the likes of Nicki Minaj, (“Man Nicki ain’t won a Grammy yet? That ain’t sittin’ right, that’s hate“) and Tory Lanez, (“They all wanna flex in they shitty clothes/ Whole time money shorter than Tory Lanez on his tippy toes”) among others. Stream ‘Elephant’ below: Advertisement ‘Elephant’ follows CupcakKe’s previous single ‘Discounts’, which arrived back in June. A month earlier, the rapper shared the track ‘Lemon Pepper’ to benefit the Minnesota Freedom Fund, with proceeds from the...
Soccer Mommy has shared two new remixes of tracks from ‘color theory’ – this time by Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Actress. Unknown Mortal Orchestra reworked ‘circle the drain’, adding his signature glitchy drums over a filtered and sped up version of the track. Actress turns ‘crawling in my skin’ into a brooding synth pop number. Hear both new remixes below. Advertisement Following the release of her second album ‘color theory’ in February, Soccer Mommy ran the Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series. It featured cover versions and remixes from her and friends, including MGMT singer Andrew VanWyngarden, Jay Som...
Smashing Pumpkins have shared two more new singles ahead of forthcoming double-album ‘Cyr’ arriving next month. ‘Anno Satana’ and ‘Birch Grove’ will both appear on the band’s 11th studio album, which is due for a November 27 release. Stream the new songs below – ‘Anno Satana’ is accompanied by an animated music video that serves as the third episode of the band’s five-part animated series, In Ashes. Advertisement ‘Anno Satana’ and ‘Birch Grove’ are the fifth and sixth tracks the band have previewed ahead of ‘Cyr’ dropping. The alt-rock icons returned in August with the album’s title track along...
Bruce Springsteen, Miley Cyrus, St. Vincent and more are set to appear in the forthcoming Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2020 special, going ahead next month. The event, premiering on November 7 via HBO and HBO Max, will see Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G. and T-Rex inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Other artists set to feature at the event are Dave Grohl, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Ringo Starr, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani and more. Advertisement View the full list of special guests below: The #RockHall2020...
Lykke Li has today (October 9) made her return with the release of her new single, ‘BRON’. The song, sung entirely in Swedish, was written by Li in collaboration with fellow Swedes, artist Little Jinder and composer Ludwig Göransson, most famous for his work with Childish Gambino. Listen to ‘BRON’ below: Advertisement Li had previously teased the opening lyrics to the song on Instagram, with the location set as ‘Bron’. Producer Rostam commented “they ain’t ready” with three fire emojis, which might suggest the two have worked together on more new music of Li’s. View this post on Instagram...
The Flaming Lips have a novel idea for bringing back live music in the time of COVID-19, with the band planning a hometown performance in Oklahoma City in which each audience member will be in a giant bubble. Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has long utilised a plastic bubble in order to walk on top of crowds during the band’s shows. For their remotely-filmed performances on Fallon and Colbert earlier this year to support new album ‘American Head’, each member was separately housed in their own bubble. For the Colbert performance, a small audience was present, each of whom was also inside a...
Tory Lanez has been charged with assault over the incident of a shooting involving “a female friend” in July. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced the felony charges in a media release on October 8. “The rap artist known as Tory Lanez has been charged with assaulting a female friend in the Hollywood Hills earlier this year,” it reads. Though the LA County District Attorney’s Office did not name the victim, the sequence of events the release describes aligns with Megan Thee Stallion‘s account of a similar incident. Advertisement “On July 12, the defendant and the 25-year-old...
Portugal. The Man have shared a stripped-down “36% Is Not Enough” version of their 2017 hit ‘Feel It Still’ to encourage voter participation in the upcoming US federal election. The remix, by Sean Harvey, removes several prominent elements from the original – leaving only 36 per cent of it behind. It arrives alongside a video edit by Stephan Gray in which only 36 per cent of the original clip is visible at any one time. Watch it below: Advertisement The band shared the rework to draw attention to the fact that, according to the Census Bureau, only 36 per...
Nick Cave has teamed up with Belgian composer Nicholas Lens to release ‘L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S’, his self described “lockdown opera”. Lens, who is known internationally for his 2012 opera ‘Slow Man’, began working on the project after he found himself at a loose end during lockdown and began exploring his home city of Brussels by bike. According to an official release, the city’s eerie stillness reminded him of a past visit he made to Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, home to some of the most ancient and highly treasured Buddhist temples in the world. Advertisement He explained: “The initial idea for L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S was...
