Dev Hynes‘ Blood Orange and producer 박혜진 Park Hye Jin have linked up to release a new track titled ‘CALL ME (Freestyle)’. The song features Hynes’ signature vocals over a melody that interpolates Park’s 2018 track ‘Call Me’. An accompanying music video was also released, directed and self-shot by Hynes in early March of this year, as he rides around New York City at night time. Watch the video below: Advertisement The release of ‘CALL ME (Freestyle)’ follows Park’s second EP ‘How Can I’, which dropped earlier this year. In a four-star review of the EP, NME said that...
London singer-songwriter Puma Blue will release his debut album, ‘In Praise of Shadows’, on January 29, 2021. The record will hit shelves via indie label Blue Flowers and is comprised entirely of new music. To celebrate the announcement, Puma Blue — real name Jacob Allen — has dropped the album’s first single. The track, ‘Velvet Leaves’, comes with a new music video, which riffs on the Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice. Watch the Harvey Pearson-directed clip below: Advertisement Per a press release, Puma Blue said that a personal tragedy inspired ‘Velvet Leaves’. “On the summer of 2015, my...
The organisers of Bonnaroo have announced a virtual streaming event in lieu of their cancelled 2020 festival. Virtual Roo-Ality will take place from September 24-26 and will feature a mix of archival performances and live appearances. Charli XCX, Action Bronson and Denzel Curry are among the artists set to make “appearances” at the festival. Exact details as to their involvement in the live-stream have not yet been revealed. On top of that, the festival will broadcast archival performances from Beastie Boys, Alabama Shakes, Jack White, My Morning Jacket, Run The Jewels and more. View this post on Instagram Announcing...
Stevie Nicks has announced the forthcoming release of a live album and concert film, based on her ’24 Karat Gold’ Tour. The ’24 Karat Gold’ Tour took place between 2016 and 2017 in promotion of Nicks’ eighth solo studio album, released in 2014. Footage from the film was recorded during her shows in Pittsburgh and Indianapolis, produced and directed by Joe Thomas. In addition to tracks from the studio album, the live album and concert film features classic hits including ‘Gypsy’, ‘Edge Of Seventeen’ and ‘Rhiannon’, among others. READ MORE: Stevie Nicks fears she “will probably never sing again”...
We Were Promised Jetpacks have shared details of their plans to tour the UK and Europe next year. The Scottish rockers will stop by Aberdeen, Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff, Bristol and London between April 8 and 13. They also stop in European cities including Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and Zurich. Read more: Coronavirus – every cancelled gig, festival and tour – and how to get your ticket refund Tickets go on general sale at 10am this Friday, September 18. “Our new album will be finished and it’ll be great and go quadruple platinum and the world will be back to normal...
The new series of Art Zoom has been launched by Google Arts & Culture, featuring contributions from The 1975‘s Matty Healy, Grimes, and FKA Twigs. Read more: From meditation sessions to corona-covers – the artists making the most of self-isolation Twigs’ episode sees her discuss Artemisia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene In Ecstasy, while Grimes takes on Pieter Bruegel’s The Fall of Rebel Angels. Healy, meanwhile, delves into Piet Mondrian’s The Foundation Of Things. Advertisement Twigs spoke of the effect Gentileschi’s portrait had on her album, ‘MAGDALENE‘, in her episode. “When I was researching about Mary Magdelene…she seemed so poised and...
The first official The Beatles book since the turn of the millennium has been announced, telling the story of the band’s final studio album ‘Let It Be‘. READ MORE: How Peter Jackson’s new version of ‘Let It Be’ will shatter your view of The Beatles The Beatles: Get Back, a 240-page hardback, will be published worldwide on August 31, 2021. You can see a trailer for it below. The book begins at the start of 1969, shortly after the release of their chart-topping ‘The White Album’, and covers sessions for their final LP as well as their now-iconic rooftop...
The team behind much-loved Sheffield venue The Leadmill have announced that they will officially re-open next week after five months of closure. READ MORE: “Live music, but don’t have it loud?”: UK venues react to the latest performing arts guidance The Leadmill will host a series of student events from next Monday (September 21), with the venue newly adapted to comply with coronavirus restrictions. Due to the pandemic, capacity has been reduced for a seated audience, and only pre-booked tickets will be accepted. Guests will be required to wear a face covering while exiting and entering the venue, but...
Angel Olsen has shared her rendition of ‘Mr. Lonely’, as featured on the soundtrack for Miranda July’s forthcoming film Kajillionaire. The collaboration with composer Emile Mosseri is a haunting take on the Bobby Vinton classic, which was released in 1964. Read more: Angel Olsen: “I’m just as lost as everybody else” After Mosseri and July met and decided to collaborate on the score, Rolling Stone writes, the writer and director contacted Olsen. Advertisement “Suddenly there she was,” Olsen said in a statement. “THE MIRANDA JULY in my text messages. She was working on songs with Emile for the upcoming...
iDKHOW, the new project from former Panic! At The Disco bassist Dallon Weekes, have revealed the title track from their forthcoming debut album, ‘Razzmatazz’. The glossy, piano-driven song was inspired by classic rock LPs such as The Beatles‘ ‘Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club Band’ and David Bowie‘s ‘The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’, with lyrics concerning Weekes’ disillusionment with Hollywood. ‘Razzmatazz’ follows the first single from the duo’s album ‘Leave Me Alone’, which appeared earlier this month alongside a video inspired by “Kubrickian 70s sci-fi”. Advertisement The band – the full name of...
