Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced details of ‘Cool It Down’, their first new album in nine years – watch the video for its first single, the Perfume Genius-featuring ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’, below. READ MORE: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 10 best songs The New York City trio will follow up 2013’s ‘Mosquito‘ with the new eight-track album on September 30 via their new label home of Secretly Canadian. “To all who have waited, our dear fans, thank you, our fever to tell has returned, and writing these songs came with its fair share of chills, tears, and euphoria...
Foals‘ Yannis Philippakis has recalled a drunken encounter between himself and The Cure‘s Robert Smith at the NME Awards in 2020. At the awards, which took place just before the first COVID lockdown, Foals won Best Live Act while The Cure picked up Best Festival Headliner. READ MORE: The story of the NME Awards 2020 – in stunning photos As he recounted to Shaun Keaveny on his podcast The Line-Up, Philippakis encountered Smith backstage at the Brixton Academy event. Advertisement “We were at the NME Awards, which is famously sloppy,” he began. “And I think that I’d quit smoking,...
Måneskin have spoken about their love of playing covers and riling up rock purists with their takes on pop hits. The Italian band won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 with their own song ‘Zitti e buoni’, but have had their rise to fame accelerated with the help of covers of songs including The Four Seasons’ ‘Beggin’’, The Killers’ ‘Somebody Told Me’ and Franz Ferdinand’s ‘Take Me Out’. A live recording of the former was released on Spotify in 2021 and recently reached one billion streams on the platform, while it has also gone viral on TikTok. READ MORE: Måneskin:...
The 1975 are set to return with new music next month, if posters spotted by fans are to be believed. READ MORE: The 1975: “I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent” Today (June 1) is an important day for the band, who chose their name based on a poem including the date, and often release new music or share future plans with fans on the day. For 2022, they appear to have put up posters featuring a black-and-white photo from a distance that appears to be frontman Matty Healy, and a date of July 7. It...
NME have an exclusive new clip of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis‘ film This Much I Know To Be True, featuring Marianne Faithfull – check it out below. READ MORE: This Much I Know To Be True review: an engrossing and intimate portrait of Nick Cave The film came to cinemas for one night only last month, and the new clip arrives alongside the announcement that This Much I Know To Be True will be available to watch on the MUBI streaming service from July 8. In the new clip, Faithfull reads the poem ‘Prayer Before Work’ by May Sarton before...
Australian actor Hugh Jackman has praised Stray Kids’ Hyunjin for a painting the K-pop idol uploaded to the group’s Instagram. READ MORE: Stray Kids – ‘Oddinary’ review: a reflection of their extraordinary passion and growth Yesterday (May 31), the K-pop idol had taken to the boyband’s shared Instagram account to upload a timelapse video of him working on a new painting. The oil-on-canvas piece is titled ‘공중(空中)’, translated to mean ‘in the air’. Hyunjin also included a picture of the final product in his post. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stray Kids (@realstraykids) Advertisement Shortly...
Pale Waves are set to top the line up for 2022’s Live At Leeds: In The City – get all the details below. READ MORE: Live At Leeds 2021: up-and-comers showcase their post-pandemic potential This year, the traditional multi-venue festival in Leeds will be split into two events – an outdoor event in June dubbed Live At Leeds: In The Park which will feature Bombay Bicycle Club, Arlo Parks, Sea Girls, Easy Life, The Vaccines and more, and the usual inner-city festival, now called Live At Leeds: In The City, on October 15. Alongside Pale Waves at the October event...
Tim Burgess has launched a jacket inspired by the one he wore in the video for The Charlatans’ single ‘How High’ to mark the song’s 25th anniversary. The track was released in 1997 and appeared on the band’s fifth album ‘Tellin’ Stories’. In the music video, the frontman donned a yellow and black jacket. READ MORE: ‘Tim In Listening Party Land’ – inside the retro-aesthetic game based on Tim Burgess’ Twitter phenomenon “The question I get asked the most about The Charlatans isn’t ‘How does it feel to headline a festival?’ or ‘What was it like writing a banger like...
SEVENTEEN have revisited multiple fan favourite songs from their discography in a new medley for Dingo Music. READ MORE: SEVENTEEN – ‘Face the Sun’ review: seven years in, the K-pop stars are determined not to flame out The 13-piece recently made a guest appearance on Dingo Music’s Killing Voice, where artists are invited to perform a medley of their hit tracks. On SEVENTEEN’s 20-minute rendition of the medley, the group performed snippets from their debut song ‘Adore U’ and 2016 hit single ‘Pretty U’, to more recent tracks such as ‘Clap’, ‘Home’ and their new single, ‘Hot’. Aside from title tracks,...
Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to share a new song this week – listen to a preview of ‘Nerve Flip’ below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Red Hot Chili Peppers: “We feel fresh, like a new band” The song originally existed as a Japanese bonus track from the band’s new album ‘Unlimited Love’. This Friday (June 3) it will now come to all streaming services. Advertisement Preview ‘Nerve Flip’ below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Red Hot Chili Peppers (@chilipeppers) Since its release in March, ‘Unlimited Love’ has gone on to become the best-selling rock album...