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Failure feature Hayley Willams, Maynard James Keenan and more in documentary trailer
Hayley Williams and Maynard James Keenan are among several artists to feature in the new trailer for the upcoming documentary centred on Failure. The as-yet-to-be-named documentary has been in the works since 2018, when the cult alt-rock outfit asked fans to send them live footage of themselves from the ’90s. Yesterday (March 31), Failure released a seven-minute extended trailer for the film, which includes talking head snippets of Paramore frontwoman Williams, Tool and A Perfect Circle frontman Keenan, Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe, Butch Vig of Garbage, Troy Sanders of Mastodon, actors Jason Schwartzman, Margaret Cho, Troy Van Leeuwen...
New Death Row Records owner Snoop Dogg teases label’s first NFT release
Snoop Dogg has shared plans for his newly acquired Death Row Records, including the potential release of the track ‘Nuthin’ But A G Thang’ as an NFT. The lead single from Dr. Dre’s 1992 debut album ‘The Chronic’ featured Snoop, and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993. READ MORE: Snoop Dogg – ‘Algorithm’ review: Snoop’s shot at making old-school hip-hop great again On Thursday (March 31), Snoop was joined virtually by Ice Cube for a YouTube Live conversation, where they discussed the digital future of his new record label. “I just might sell ‘Nuthin’...
Annie Mac announces new club night “for people who need sleep”
Annie Mac has announced the launch of a new club night, Before Midnight, dedicated to “people who sleep”. READ MORE: Annie Mac’s bidding farewell to Radio 1 after 17 years. Here’s why we’ll miss her “I can’t tell you how excited I am about this,” the DJ said. “I know there’s an appetite for it because I’ve had so many messages from you who’ve grown up with me and listened to me on the radio every Friday night, who adore the clubbing experience but don’t want to wait until 1am to see me play, who need to be sharp...
Pabllo Vittar teams up with Rina Sawayama on sultry new single ‘Follow Me’
Brazilian singer-songwriter and world-renowned drag queen Pabllo Vittar has teamed up with Rina Sawayama to release a dazzling new single, ‘Follow Me’. READ MORE: Rina Sawayama at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: an exhilarating performance of extremes Released today (April 1), the club-ready pop number boasts a wild guitar riff and fierce vocals from both artists as well as a vibrant music video to match the track’s carefree yet exotic direction. Speaking on the track in a press release, Vittar – who is a noted activist – called Sawayama “an icon”, adding that the merging of their musical styles...
Ukrainian band Antytila share footage of “one day from the war” in Kyiv
Ukrainian band Antytila have posted a video with footage they’ve captured from the frontlines during “one day from the war” in Kyiv. Watch the video below. The pop-rock band are currently serving as soldiers in their war-torn country. “We are driving from our positions in the frontline directly to our base to do one important thing,” frontman Taras Topolia says at the start of the video adding: “We are situated in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and I wanted to show one day from the war”. READ MORE: Ukrainian band Antytila talk to us from the frontline ahead of...
Patti Smith says she plans to release one last album
Patti Smith has said she has plans to release “one more album”, with the 75-year-old punk poet laureate revealing she’s been working on new material toward a 12th studio effort. READ MORE: Patti Smith live in London: punk’s poet laureate claims legend status In an interview with The Guardian published today (April 1), the esteemed singer said, “I do have plans” when asked if there would be a follow-up to her latest album, 2012’s ‘Banga’. “I’ve written a lot of songs,” Smith said. “I’d like to do one more album and my record company, Columbia, has very generously left...
Willow releases video for raucous new single ‘Purge’ featuring Siiickbrain
Willow has released a new track ‘Purge’ featuring Siiickbrain along with a self-directed music video. Watch the video below. The new single follows the pop-punk singer’s recent collaboration with Machine Gun Kelly, for the track, ‘Emo Girl’. MGK and Willow Smith are set to hit the road together on a summer tour that includes dates in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and more. READ MORE: Willow: “Humans have never been good at accepting that people are different” Smith is also set to make multiple festival stops, including Lollapalooza in Chicago, Reading & Leeds, Loveloud in Salt Lake City, Summerfest in Milwaukee....
Phoebe Bridgers must face deposition in libel lawsuit
Phoebe Bridgers must sit for a deposition in the defamation lawsuit that’s been filed against her by the producer Chris Nelson. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” In a ruling issued on Tuesday (March 29) a Los Angeles judge agreed with Nelson that the deposition would be necessary before deciding whether or not the lawsuit could be dismissed. “Because the subjective belief of is critical, the defendant herself is necessarily the primary, if not sole, source of evidence regarding actual malice,” Judge Curtis A. Kin said, according to court documents...
Listen to Kehlani and Justin Bieber team up on ‘Up At Night’
Kehlani and Justin Bieber have shared their brand new collaboration ‘Up At Night’ – you can listen to the song below. The track is taken from Kehlani’s forthcoming new album ‘Blue Water Road’, which is set for release on April 29. READ MORE: Kehlani live in Los Angeles: a slick celebration of the R&B star’s second album ‘Up At Night’ has been released this week (March 30), marking the two artists’ first collaboration since Kehlani guested on Bieber’s track ‘Get Me’, which featured on his 2020 album ‘Changes’. Advertisement “It’s about having a healthily obsessed relationship,” Kehlani explained in...Recent Posts
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