PVRIS have delayed the release of their new album ‘Use Me’ to “make room and hold space for” Black Lives Matter. Read more: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t protest The band were initially due to release the album on May 1, but postponed it to July 10 due to “circumstances beyond control”. Now, the group have confirmed the record will come out on August 28. “I do not want to take up the space in promoting ‘USE ME’ at this moment in time therefore will be pushing the album release back...
Slash has given an update on Guns N’ Roses’ new music, confirming that the band have been working on material while on enforced downtime due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more: Sublime, meet ridiculous: Guns N’ Roses’ Download headline set reviewed The band were meant to be touring until September 2020 but were forced to cancel their dates because of the disease outbreak. During an interview with music store Sweetwater, the guitarist was asked if he’d finished any music projects while in lockdown. “I’ve been pretty much a homebody, but I’ve been back and forth between my studio in the...
Tyler Joseph has spoken about Twenty One Pilots’ next album, saying they could write “two very different records next”. Read more: The Skeleton Clique’s best fan theories about Twenty One Pilots’ next album The band are currently working on the follow-up to their 2018 release ‘Trench’, which marked their fifth studio album. Speaking to AltPress, Joseph said he wasn’t interested in reacting to current events, but admitted he wasn’t “really sure which direction we’re gonna go yet”. “There are two very different records, in my opinion, to be written,” he said. Advertisement Twenty One Pilots, Tyler Joseph CREDIT: Daniel...
The Front Bottoms have announced their new album ‘In Sickness & In Flames’, and a new single and video titled ‘Montgomery Forever’. The New Jersey duo’s seventh studio album will be released on August 21 via Atlantic Records, with the video for their new single streaming below. Advertisement The band’s two previous singles, ‘Camouflage’ and ‘Everyone Blooms’ were released in December 2019 and April 2020 respectively, and will both feature on the new record. The full tracklisting is as follows. 01. Everyone Blooms 02. Camouflage 03. Jerk 04. The Truth 05. Montgomery Forever 06. The Hard Way 07. Leaf...
Lil Wayne has shared a new version of his ‘Free Weezy Album’ on streaming services, in celebration of the project’s fifth anniversary. Read more: Lil Wayne, ‘Funeral’ review: the big kid refuses to grow up on this fitfully inspired surprise release Originally released in 2015, the new version that has appeared on streaming services features 12 of the record’s original 16 tracks, as well as a new song entitled ‘We Livin’ Like That’. A number of the 2015 songs are missing from the new version, however. They are ‘I Feel Good’, ‘Thinking About You’, ‘He’s Dead’ and ‘Without You’....
Bring Me The Horizon have shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video for ‘Parasite Eve’. Read more: Bring Me The Horizon tell us about their new “survival horror song” ‘Parasite Eve’ and ambitious ‘Post Human’ project The music video was filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, which meant the band had to stick to social distancing regulations. In the five-minute making-of video, frontman Oli Sykes takes fans through the process of making the video. “Obviously cos we’ve all got to keep six-foot distance, that makes a music video hard,” he said. “Obviously performance element of us all...
Actor, musician and DJ Idris Elba and New York producers The Knocks have shared their euphoric new single ‘One Fine Day’, which features guest vocals from South London rapper Tiggs Da Author. Read more: Friends Like These: Rising rapper Che Lingo talks life and music with his label boss Idris Elba The optimistic, house-inflected track is available to listen to below, with Elba donating 100 per cent of his royalties to the Black Cultural Archives, an organisation based in Brixton, London. Advertisement “With everything that’s going on in the world right now, this song feels very relevant. We just...
Enter Shikari have released a new live album, ‘The Last Spark (Bootleg Series Vol. 11)’, to raise money for charity. Read more: Enter Shikari – ‘Nothing is True, Everything is Possible’ review: a crash course through their best tricks The profits from the latest instalment of their ‘Bootleg Series’ will be shared between the band’s road crew to make up for some of the earnings they’ve lost due to the coronavirus pandemic. ‘The Last Spark’ is available at a pay-what-you-want rate, with a minimum donation of £3 required to purchase the album. It was recorded at the band’s show at...
Mystery Jets have discussed the writing of their track ‘Watching Yourself Slowly Disappear’, and how it serves as a tribute to late Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison. The band took part in a Twitter listening party hosted by Tim Burgess for their 2020 album ‘A Billion Heartbeats’ last night (July 2). Read more: Scott Hutchison’s brother and bandmate Grant reflects on a year of their Tiny Changes mental health charity Sharing the track’s title, the band also posted a photo of Hutchison, who passed away in May 2018 after taking his own life. pic.twitter.com/d2AbY8oR4B — Mystery Jets (@mysteryjets) July 2,...
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, companies, brands and artists, are donating proceeds to charities in order to support the fight against the novel virus. At a time when it is difficult enough to keep all afloat, bands like American Greed stay humble and donate incomes from their work to help out those in need. The music video that was recorded with the intention to cheer-up audiences, is a combination of the band’s live performance and shots of New York City’s empty streets during the lockdown. The single “Together” is featured on an album released earlier this year, labeled under...