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Mykki Blanco collaborates with Michael Stipe on new song ‘Family Ties’
Mykki Blanco has released a new song with R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe – watch the video for ‘Family Ties’ below. READ MORE: Mykki Blanco – ‘Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep’ review: a bold and brilliant step forward The song is out now via Transgressive, with a black and white video directed by Kit Monteith that includes a cameo from Stipe through a flickering TV screen. It follows a difficult relationship between a father and son, with Blanco playing the son’s partner. The reflective and melancholic track includes a chorus with the lyrics “Cause I hate to see you so low...
Blossoms tease new Dire Straits and George Michael inspired single ‘The Sulking Poet’
Blossoms are teasing a new single they say “sounds like Dire Straits, George Michael and Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel.” READ MORE: Blossoms and Rick Astley live in London: the best Smiths gig since December 12, 1986 Frontman Tom Ogden took to a video he posted on Twitter to share details of the track ‘The Sulking Poet’, which is due to drop tomorrow (March 24), before sharing footage of the band performing the song in the studio. Ogden said the title came from a “Blossoms fan page, which referred to me as the sulking poet”. Advertisement It follows on from...
Soccer Mommy announces new album ‘Sometimes, Forever’
Soccer Mommy has announced details of her new album ‘Sometimes, Forever’ – listen to lead single ‘Shotgun’ below and buy tickets for the tour here. READ MORE: Soccer Mommy: “I just want to feel like a Victorian vampire woman” Produced by Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never, ‘Sometimes, Forever’ is Nashville singer-songwriter Sophie Allison’s third full-length album. First single ‘Shotgun’ is an angsty indie gem, with plenty of surf-rock guitars and Allison’s wistful, emotion-filled vocals. Speaking of the track, Allison said: “‘Shotgun’ is all about the joys of losing yourself in love. I wanted it to capture the little moments in a...
Mitski postpones shows in NYC and Philadelphia due to COVID in touring party
Mitski has postponed two upcoming shows due to a positive COVID-19 test in her touring party. READ MORE: Mitski – ‘Laurel Hell’ review: meta musings set to her grandest music yet The Japanese-American artist is currently out on the road in the US in support of her acclaimed sixth album ‘Laurel Hell’, which came out on February 4. This week’s shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York tomorrow (March 24) and Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia on Friday (March 25) will now take place at a later date, according to a post on Twitter. Earlier this week, Mitski’s shows...
Maxïmo Park announce UK singles tour and share frenetic new song ‘Great Art’
Maxïmo Park have announced plans for a singles only UK tour later this year – purchase tickets here. READ MORE: Maxïmo Park v Architects marks the return of the indie chart battle. But why now? The band will be hitting the road for a series of shows for their ‘Sïngular Tour’ in the autumn, kicking off at the O2 Institute in Birmingham on September 30 with further dates in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, London, Cardiff, Nottingham and Glasgow before wrapping up at the O2 City Hall in Newcastle on October 14. The jaunt will see Maxïmo Park perform early hits such...
Billy Bragg and Beton speak out on Ukrainian band’s use of Stepan Bandera imagery
Billy Bragg and Ukrainian punks Beton have spoken out after an online debate emerged when the band were accused of co-opting far-right imagery. READ MORE: Ukrainian artists on the Russian crisis: “Now is the time to push for change” Last week, Beton reworked The Clash’s iconic track ‘London Calling’ to create ‘Kyiv Calling’, a protest song against the ongoing Russian invasion. Their rendition was then shared by The Clash’s social media accounts, as well as by Bragg. Bragg then deleted his share and issued a statement, after images were brought to his attention of Breton members wearing Ramones-inspired t-shirts, with the...
Lykke Li returns with sombre new single ‘No Hotel’
Lykke Li has shared her first new song in two years – listen to ‘No Hotel’ below. READ MORE: Lykke Li tells us about working with Mark Ronson and Courtney Love, and “going out in style” with new material The Swedish singer-songwriter’s new track is co-produced with longtime collaborator Björn Yttling, who worked with her on her first three albums ‘Youth Novels’, ‘Wounded Rhymes’ and ‘I Never Learn’. ‘No Hotel’ is a quiet, melancholic release, with Li’s gentle vocals reminiscing about a former love. The track opens with the lyrics “There’s no hotel / No cigarettes / And you’re still...
Muse’s new album “goes from metal to pop to their first version to an Adele song”
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has revealed further details of what to expect from the band’s new album ‘Will Of The People’. READ MORE: Global chaos? Corrupt politicians? Here’s why we need Muse more than ever Last week, the Teignmouth trio announced the record and shared new single ‘Compliance’. “A pandemic, new wars in Europe, massive protests and riots, an attempted insurrection, Western democracy wavering, rising authoritarianism, wildfires and natural disasters and the destabilisation of the global order all informed ‘Will Of The People’,” Bellamy said of the new album at the time. Advertisement “It has been a worrying and scary...
London’s new MSG Sphere venue given green light despite objections from The O2
The MSG Sphere, a new arena set to open in London, has been given the go-ahead despite objections from The O2 operator AEG. First announced back in 2018, the 21,500-capacity venue is the brainchild of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp (MSG), the team behind the iconic New York venue of the same name. It will become the UK’s largest concert arena. The MSG Sphere will sit on a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) site in Stratford that was purchased by MSG. The land, which is adjacent to both the Olympic Park and the Westfield shopping centre, was used as a coach park...Recent Posts
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