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Vic Mensa releases surprise mixtape ‘V Tape’
Vic Mensa has released a surprise new mixtape, entitled ‘V Tape’. The seven-track project features guest appearances from BJ The Chicago Kid, Eryn Allen Kane, Peter CottonTale, SAINt JHN and more. Mensa debuted the new project with a music video for the track ‘MACHIAVELLI’ featuring Eryn Allen Kane, set in Chicago’s South Side. Watch it below. Advertisement The video is set to be part of a forthcoming visual project from director Andre Muir, which a press release says will “evoke west African imagery and Gordon Parks-esque street photography to weave a complex narrative of redemption and rebirth”. The tape...
Troye Sivan drops new concept EP ‘In A Dream’
Troye Sivan has released his new, six-song concept EP ‘In a Dream’ today (August 21). The EP features lead single ‘Take Yourself Home’, which Sivan shared back in April, calling it one of his favourite songs he’s ever written. “The song is kind of a pep talk with yourself and the place you’re from. Grappling with your place in the world,” Sivan commented in a statement at the time. Advertisement Stream the EP below: ‘In A Dream’ also features singles ‘Easy’ and ‘Rager teenager!’. Both dropped with self-directed videos and were written and produced with Oscar Görres, aka OzGo....
Megan Thee Stallion says it was Tory Lanez who shot her: “Stop lying”
Megan Thee Stallion has confirmed rumours that it was Tory Lanez who shot her in the foot last month. Taking to Instagram Live on August 21, Megan called out Lanez directly and claimed his publicist and team of pushing another story to the press. Watch snippets of the broadcast, posted to Twitter and YouTube, below. “Since y’all hoes so worried ’bout it,” Megan said, “yes, this n**** Tory shot me.” Advertisement She continued, “You shot me. And you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying and shit. Stop lying. Why lie? I don’t understand. I...
Listen to Four Tet’s ethereal remix of Tame Impala’s ‘Is It True’
Four Tet has given his spin on a recent Tame Impala cut, remixing ‘Is It True’ from the band’s latest album ‘The Slow Rush’. READ MORE: Tame Impala – “This band is the fantasy of music. It’s The Lord Of The Rings” On his rendition, Four Tet – real name Kieran Hebden – strips Kevin Parker’s psych-pop original of its blissed-out groove. Instead, Hebden’s take on ‘Is It True’ is an ambient, ethereal and somewhat discordant mix. Listen below: Advertisement The remix arrives just a couple of weeks after Tame Impala shared a retro-styled video for the track. Last...
Headie One, Stormzy and AJ Tracey come together on new single, ‘Ain’t It Different’
Rap kings Headie One, AJ Tracey and Stormzy have come together on a brand new single, ‘Ain’t It Different’. It’s the first official release from Headie’s forthcoming album, ‘EDNA’, due out later this year. The new track samples two iconic songs, the Red Hot Chili Pepper‘s ‘Pretty Little Ditty’ and M-Dubs’ ‘Bump and Grind’, and was produced by FRED and Toddla T. An official music video was released alongside the new track, directed by Taz Tron. The visual sees Headie, Tracey and Stormzy as members of an elite secret society and features cameos from RV and OFB. Advertisement Watch...
Listen to Moses Sumney cover Ariana Grande’s ‘thank u, next’
Moses Sumney has performed a rendition of Ariana Grande‘s 2018 hit ‘thank u, next’ exclusively for Amazon Music and the platform’s ‘The High End’ playlist. Transforming the pop mega-hit completely, Sumney’s take on the song is a woozy, delicate and soulful performance, complete with complex layers of Autotune. This is the first song Sumney has delivered since his rendition of the Olympic Hymn in one-off release ‘monumental’, released in collaboration with designer Thom Browne. Advertisement Sumney’s second studio album, ‘græ’ was released in two parts earlier this year, with the first half dropping in February and the second half...
Queen and Adam Lambert to release first live album together
Queen and Adam Lambert are to release their first live album together later this year. Read More: Queen – Rank the Albums The announcement follows a series of cryptic social media posts from the group’s Brian May after the guitarist teased an announcement in a new video earlier this week. Posting on Instagram on Wednesday (August 19), May shared a brief clip which saw him performing to thousands of fans, alongside drummer Roger Taylor and the band’s current vocalist, Lambert. The band had also been hinting at an incoming announcement in some recent interviews. Advertisement The new album, ‘Queen +...
Metallica share ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ from upcoming ‘S&M2’ live album
Metallica have shared another preview of their upcoming ‘S&M2’ live album – hear their version of ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ below. The forthcoming live album/concert, which lands later this month (August 28) was recorded at two shows that took place in 2019 to mark the 20th anniversary of the metal band’s seminal live album ‘S&M’. So far, the band have shared renditions of ‘Nothing Else Matters’, ‘All Within My Hands’ and ‘Moth Into Flame’ from the film. Watch the ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ performance below. Advertisement The new film will be released in a variety of formats...
Beggars Group CEO to swim English Channel to raise money for struggling musicians
The CEO of the Beggars Group is set to swim the English Channel to raise money for musicians struggling because of the coronavirus. Paul Redding will embark on the challenge in September, and hopes to raise £200,000, which will be split between the PRS Foundation (UK) and the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund (USA). The fundraising page (which has already received nearly £30,000 in donations), says that Beggars themselves will donate £1,000 for every mile that Redding swims, and an extra £25,000 if he completes the challenge and makes it to France. Advertisement The Beggars Group encompasses the labels 4AD,...Recent Posts
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