“I’ve been finding it hard to put words to how I feel in lockdown,” Lucy Dacus tells NME from her home in Richmond, Virgina. “I think a lot of people are existing in a fog and that’s where I am too. At my best, I’m focusing on work, writing and doing some other projects. The most important work going on now is educating myself further about systemic racism, how to be a better anti-racist, and how to show up for my community more tangibly.” Dacus has been unable to attend any of the Black Lives Matter protests herself due...
A fan-made mash-up of Run The Jewels instrumentals with Zack de la Rocha’s classic Rage Against The Machine vocals has been given the thumbs-up by RTJ’s El-P — you can listen to the ‘Rage The Jewels’ mix below. The mash-up follows on from de la Rocha’s recent guest appearance on ‘JU$T’, which features on the duo’s ‘RTJ4’ album. It’s the latest collaboration between RTJ and the Rage frontman, who have worked together on ‘Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)’ on ‘Run The Jewels 2’ and ‘A Report to the Shareholders / Kill Your Masters’ on 2016’s ‘Run The...
The Internet‘s Steve Lacy has shared photos of his lucky escape after he was recently hit by a drunk driver, completely destroying his car. Lacy, a solo artist and guitarist with The Internet, said he was lucky to be alive after his car was hit head on by the driver last week. Sharing photos of his damaged car, he wrote on Instagram: “That i’m still alive glow hit different. Advertisement “Please don’t drink n drive people. this drunk fuck hit me head on and ran,” he added. “Def accepted my fate, but we still here. black lives matter tho...
Machine Head have released two new songs that were finished in response to the killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery in the US — you can watch the gritty video for ‘Stop The Bleeding’, a collaboration with Killswitch Engage‘s Jesse Leach, below. ‘Stop The Bleeding’ is the A-side of the two-song digital release ‘Civil Unrest’, while ‘Bulletproof’ serves as the B-side. A significant portion of the proceeds from streams of ‘Stop The Bleeding’ will go to the Grassroots Law Project, the organisation representing Floyd, Arbery and Breonna Taylor and their families. Explaining more about their decision to release...
Manic Street Preachers have shared the trailer for their new concert film ‘Pieces Of Sleep’. See it first on NME below, along with our interview with director Kieran Evans. To celebrate the recent reissue of their second album ‘Gold Against The Soul’, the band will soon be releasing a concert movie from the era filmed on their 1993 tour of Japan. The film will be released on Youtube tomorrow, and is the latest to be made with the band’s longtime collaborator and BAFTA-winning director Kieran Evans – who also directed their acclaimed Be Pure, Be Vigilant Behave capturing of...
System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has shared an early politically charged song by the band, telling fans that if they love both that track and Donald Trump then they are “hypocrites”. The message is the latest political statement to emerge from within the band, with Tankian and drummer John Dolmayan voicing their opposing views on Trump and the politics of SOAD over the past few weeks. After previously questioning in a recent interview if certain fans really listened to his and SOAD’s lyrics, Tankian shared the lyrics to the band’s early demo ‘Temper’ on his Instagram in...
J. Cole has dropped a new surprise single today (June 17), ‘Snow On Tha Bluff’, addressing current issues associated with the Black Lives Matter movement. In the track, Cole addresses a range of topics from capitalism, social media, police to celebrities in a stripped back and thought-provoking track. It’s the rapper’s first new music this year. Watch the lyric video below: Advertisement Since Cole released his fifth studio album ‘KOD’ in 2018, he’s been teasing the release of its follow-up, titled ‘The Fall Off’, expected to be released sometime this year. It’s currently unknown whether ‘Snow On Tha Bluff’...
Elton John has dubbed Rina Sawayama‘s debut LP ‘SAWAYAMA’ his album of the year thus far in the latest episode of his Apple Music radio show, Rocket Hour. READ MORE: Rina Sawayama: “I need to get some rock’n’roll lessons from Matty Healy” Speaking with Sawayama over FaceTime, John said, “Hi Rina! It’s so wonderful to talk to you because so far you have made my album of the year. This is my favourite album of the year.” “Stop it, no way,” said Sawayama in response. Advertisement “It’s a phenomenal record. We’ve been playing a lot of it on our...
A film version of David Byrne‘s ‘American Utopia on Broadway’, directed by Spike Lee, is set to premiere on HBO later this year. The Broadway production saw Byrne perform a selection of hits from both his Talking Heads and solo career alongside an 11-person ensemble that danced and carried its instruments around the stage. It toured the world off the back of Byrne’s solo album ‘American Utopia’ before becoming a Broadway production. NME lauded the tour as “the most ambitious and impressive live show of all time”, a quote Byrne then duly named a live EP of the tour after....
(Sandy) Alex G has gone back to using his original name, Alex G, dropping the moniker he’s used for the past three years, his management recently confirmed. Alex G – real name Alexander Giannascoli – adopted (Sandy) as part of his stage name in 2017 as he was promoting his album ‘Rocket’. While he gave no explanation for the name change at the time, Alex G is also the stage name of an LA-based pop artist. Advertisement As reported by Stereogum, Alex G’s billing on Riot Fest’s 2021 lineup – headlined by My Chemical Romance, Run The Jewels and The...
