Carly Rae Jepsen has unveiled details of her upcoming new album, ‘The Loneliest Time’. READ MORE: Carly Rae Jepsen: “My relationship with ‘Call Me Maybe’ was a rollercoaster” The album will arrive on October 21 via 604/Schoolboy/Interscope and collaborators on the new project include include Tavish Crowe, Rostam Batmanglij, Bullion, Captain Cuts, John Hill, Kyle Shearer, and Alex Hope. Announcing the album on social media, Jepsen wrote: “I’m quite fascinated by loneliness. It can be really beautiful when you turn it over and look at it. Just like love, it can cause some extreme human reactions.” Advertisement You can pre-order the new album here. Check out the tweet and...
Hot Chip have shared the latest single from their upcoming new album today (August 2) – check out the glitchy ‘Freakout/Release’ below. READ MORE: Alexis Taylor – ‘Silence’ review: the Hot Chip frontman shows his sensitive side The latest single follows on from the previously released ‘Eleanor‘ and ‘Down‘ and is the title track from their upcoming album, which is due on August 19. A statement about the song says: “Freakout/Release is more akin to their brilliant cover of Beastie Boys’ Sabotage which is what kickstarted the writing process of the new album.” Advertisement Talking about the song, singer Alexis...
Frank Turner has spoken to NME about the “brutal” experience of playing shows in 50 US states in 50 dates. The punk troubadour told us how he became the third artist ever (and first non-American) to complete the challenge of playing 50 states in the space of 50 days, after George Thorogood did so in 1981 and The Melvins in 2012. Speaking to NME from an airport in Hawaii after he and his band The Sleeping Souls finished the trek this week, Turner described his mood as “shell-shocked”. Advertisement “I had the idea of playing 50 states in 50 days...
The 1975 have shared a short clip of their new song and video for their upcoming release, ‘Happiness’. Check it out below. READ MORE: New song ‘Part Of The Band’ finds The 1975 ripping up their own rule book The band shared the clip on Twitter and confirmed that the new song would be arriving tomorrow (August 3) at 5:30pm. The Manchester group returned earlier this month with the track ‘Part Of The Band’, which served as the first taste of their fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ (out October 14 via Dirty Hit). Advertisement The latest...
ABBA’s Benny Anderson and Elton John have worked together on a new song mash-up for TikTok. READ MORE: Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past” The pair remotely performed a live rendition of each of their songs before they were blended in the TikTok audio app. Anderson played ABBA’s 1979 hit ‘Chiquitita’ while John played his 1973 smash, ‘Bennie And The Jets’. Advertisement Anderson can be seen sat at his piano playing the opening bars to ‘Chiquitita’ before it later pans to John who is sat at his piano playing ‘Benny And The...
Jamal Edwards died of a cardiac arrest after taking cocaine, a coroner has ruled. The DJ and founder of SBTV passed away on in Acton, west London on February 20. He was 31 years old. READ MORE: RIP Jamal Edwards, an inspiration who turned SB.TV into a Black British cultural dynasty Back in June, his mother Brenda Edwards said that her son’s death was the result of him taking recreational drugs. “I wanted to address this myself to everyone who loved, admired and respected my son,” she wrote on social media. A coroner has now confirmed that there was evidence...
Central Cee has announced a world tour for later this year, which includes a London and Dublin show – tickets will be available here. The rapper, who released his second mixtape ’23’ in February, will hit the road for a run of North American headline shows in October before heading to Europe at the end of that month. READ MORE: Central Cee: Big Sean-endorsed west London rapper whose career finally thrived during lockdown His European leg includes stop-offs in cities such as Madrid (October 31), Barcelona (November 1), Paris (7), Amsterdam (10), Berlin (13) and Stockholm (17). Advertisement On November...
Craft Recordings has announced the release of an album and documentary concert film of Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s 1970 performance at the Royal Albert Hall. The restored album will be released on September 16, alongside the film Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival At The Royal Albert Hall, which is narrated by Jeff Bridges and directed by Bob Smeaton (The Beatles Anthology). Featuring the whole performance in its entirety, the never-before-released recording includes hits such as ‘Fortunate Son’, ‘Proud Mary’ and ‘Bad Moon Rising’, the last of which is now available to stream and download. Advertisement Creedence Clearwater Revival At The Royal...
David Baddiel has said that his ‘Three Lions’ football anthem with Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds could be “put to bed” after the England Women’s team’s Euro 2022 victory. READ MORE: Why ‘Three Lions’ is still the ultimate football anthem The comedian said in a new interview that the song, which had become part of the fabric of English football culture after decades without an international tournament win, could be less of a staple in cheering on players in future fixtures. “The women have reset the clock,” Baddiel told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme (via The Guardian) after the...
Chuck D joined Anthrax onstage for a performance of ‘Bring The Noise’ – watch fan-shot footage of the moment below. READ MORE: The Roots Of… Public Enemy The Public Enemy rapper joined the metal band last Friday (July 29) at the Hollywood Palladium in LA after Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian teased the collaboration to fans. “Imagine if you guys could fucking yell so loud, it could fucking conjure Chuck D on this stage,” Ian shouted into the mic. “Let me ask you again Los Angeles… can you bring the noise?!” Advertisement Watch footage below. ‘Bring The Noise’ was originally...