Gunna dropped his star-studded third album ‘DS4Ever’ earlier today (January 7), though it’s missing a previously announced Drake feature. READ MORE: Young Stoner Life – ‘Slime Language 2’ review: follow-up record doesn’t quite stick When the Young Thug-signed rapper shared the album’s tracklist earlier this week, Drizzy was listed as a featured artist on a track called ‘Pussy Power’. It appears to be only song on ‘DS4Ever’ scrapped from its streaming release – which spans a weighty 19 tracks – with the likes of 21 Savage, Kodak Black, Lil Baby and Roddy Ricch all appearing as promised. It wouldn’t be the first...
Elvis Costello And The Imposters have shared a brand new track titled ‘Farewell, OK’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Mark, My Words: my weird weekend of gigging on the edge of lockdown The energetic new single is the third preview of Costello’s upcoming album ‘The Boy Named If’, which is set to arrive next Friday (January 14). It follows the tracks ‘Magnificent Hurt’ and ‘Paint The Red Rose Blue’. “Like a lot of good rock and roll songs this began with a drummer down in a basement and a singer howling outside the backdoor”, Costello...
Yard Act have returned with the final preview of their imminent debut album, ‘The Overload’, a buzzy new tune titled ‘Rich’. READ MORE: Yard Act – “‘Fixer Upper’ was kind of a joke that got out of hand” Vocalist James Smith explained that the new track deepens the album’s overarching narrative, using sharp sarcasm and dry wit to wage war against capitalist shills. He described ‘Rich’ as “the natural successor” to the album’s lead single ‘Payday’, quipping in a press release: “That’s the end of the story right? Success! Status! Security! Except, there’s always more money to be made, and...
Bree Runway has expressed that she would love to work with Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker, calling the psychedelic wunderkind’s music “magical”. READ MORE: Bree Runway: “There’s no one else out there like me. My time is now” The London artist sat down with NME for this week’s Big Read cover feature. It comes alongside her inclusion in this year’s NME 100, a bumper list of the most exciting new artists on the planet right now. During the interview, Runway talked about some of her previous collaborators, including her “lifelong hero” Missy Elliott. “Missy is now like a great big sister to...
Willie Nelson has been honoured with his own Chia Pet novelty terracotta planter. READ MORE: Willie Nelson – ‘The Willie Nelson Family’ review: a tender passing of the torch The US company, who have been making the figurine-style planters since the 1980s, have added the country musician to their existing range of famous faces, which include former US presidents, movie characters and emojis. Nelson’s Chia Pet invites its owner to grow chia seeds in the grooved sections of the planter, with the desired end result – which is achieved in a couple of weeks – being the green chia...
North London’s Mae Muller started writing songs by trying to emulate her heroes. First up, when she was much younger, was Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine . “I was obsessed,” she tells MTV. “I tried to write like her. I think I was 19 when I put my first song on SoundCloud.” But unlike Flo and other artists whose identities and artistic visions are clearly defined from the start, Muller began her own journey with plenty of questions. “I was like, I don’t really know who the hell I am. I really don’t. And I think just...
Fontaines D.C. have appeared to confirm that they will be releasing new music next week. The Dublin band released their last studio album ‘A Hero’s Death’, the follow-up to their 2019 debut ‘Dogrel’, back in July 2020. READ MORE: Fontaines D.C. live in London: a victory lap that hints at greatness to come Fontaines D.C. previously told NME back in September that they were readying the release of their third album after they finished recording it in March 2021. Advertisement “The third album is really good,” bassist Conor Deegan III told NME. “We all thought the songs were quite...
Muse have announced details of their return with their new single ‘Won’t Stand Down’. Check out a teaser below. The Teignmouth space-rockers excited fans over the Christmas period when frontman Matt Bellamy teased and leaked part of the song on Instagram live during footage of him playing the hard rock-leaning ‘Won’t Stand Down’ on his car stereo. The trio have now revealed that the first taster of the follow-up album to 2018’s ‘Simulation Theory’ will be released on Thursday (January 13). As well as a link to pre-save the song on streaming services, the British trio have also shared...
Nile Marr has shared a new single called ‘Only Time Can Break Your Heart’ – you can listen to it below. The Manchester singer-songwriter – who is the son of Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr – released the track from his new ‘How We Drift’ 7″, which is available digitally and on vinyl via Bandcamp. READ MORE: Man Made interview: Nile Marr on Manchester, debut albums and dishonesty in music It follows the 29-year-old artist’s 2020 debut solo EP, ‘Still Hearts’. He dropped his first full-length effort, ‘Are You Happy Now’, that same year. Advertisement The jangly and upbeat ‘Only...
By Athena Serrano The Weeknd, whose given name is Abel Tesfaye, knows the feeling of being stuck in limbo during a two-year pandemic, and of remaining in the dark for far too long. On his new fifth studio album Dawn FM, he steps boldly into the light. “It’s the album I’ve always wanted to make,” Tesfaye teased GQ in August. Tesfaye delivers on this grand claim, filling the collection with so many psychedelic disco, dance-pop, and funk-pop party tracks that, listening to them, you feel absorbed in overwhelming emotion. And he’s also gotten some help from all-star rappers like Lil...