Grimes has admitted to taking down the controversial indie blog Hipster Runoff a decade ago. As Pitchfork reports, the website in question went offline back in 2012 due to an apparent hacking. The platform’s anonymous founder and operator, Carles, told Vice at the time that there had been “signs of foul play on the server”. READ MORE: Grimes – ‘Miss Anthropocene’ review: an iconoclast continues to march to the beat of her own drum “And some of the last actions before it crashed are very suspicious.” he continued. “My server disk has crashed and remote backups were sabotaged.” Advertisement During...
Olivia Rodrigo‘s ex-parter was hospitalised with heart failure shortly after the release of ‘Drivers License’. Joshua Bassett met Rodrigo on the set of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which premiered on the Disney Channel back in 2019 before moving to Disney+. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” Although the pair have not publicly confirmed rumours that they dated, Bassett recently spoke to People about how Rodrigo’s hit ‘Sour’ single ‘Drivers License’ – released in January 2021 – brought on a bout of stress....
The Killers have shared seven new reimagined versions of songs from their 2021 album ‘Pressure Machine’ on the deluxe version of the record, which is out today (March 25). READ MORE: The Killers on the cover – “There are a lot of young people unsure of their place in this world” The expanded version, which you can listen to below, features four different versions of closing track ‘The Getting By’, plus a new version of ‘Runaway’ and two further takes on ‘West Hills’. ‘The Getting By II’ is much more rousing and characteristic of the band than the original while...
Finneas has shared his first music of 2022 with new single ‘Naked’, which sees him bust some impressive dance moves – you can view the video below. READ MORE: Finneas: “I don’t know anything as strong as mine and Billie’s creative bond” The track is the first from Billie Eilish‘s brother and collaborator since his debut album ‘Optimist’ was released last October. The song focuses on a break up as he sings: “Ended back in early ’18/ We didn’t want the same thing / I don’t like the taste of cigarettes or your complaining,” before he admits: “I can’t believe...
Childish Gambino and Lil Wayne have teamed up with Latto on her new track ‘Sunshine’. READ MORE: Latto – ‘777’ review: ‘Queen of da Souf’ digs deeper with soul-searching second album The song features on her new album ‘777’, which is out today (March 25) and also features contributions from Kodak Black and 21 Savage. The track, which you can listen to below, is the first featuring Gambino since he released his fourth album ‘3.15.20’ in 2020. Advertisement Wayne, meanwhile, recently teamed up with Machine Gun Kelly for the emo-rap track ‘Ay’, which appears on Kelly’s album ‘Mainstream Sellout’. Reviewing...
By Sarina Bhutani With over a billion streams on Spotify, over a million followers on Instagram, and an already sold-out international tour on the horizon, Keshi has all the characteristics of a star. But as the 27-year-old settles into a late-night Zoom call, dressed casually in a red hoodie and complementary blue Yankees cap, he seems more like the boy next door than music’s next big thing. Even on the brink of a breakthrough, his demeanor is confident yet somehow gentle, much like his viral music. Before he was Keshi, he was Casey Luong, a son born to two...
Charli XCX has shared the deluxe version of new album ‘Crash’, which features four additional tracks. READ MORE: Charli XCX – ‘Crash’ review: a headstrong collection of carpe-diem pop bops The expanded edition of Charli’s fifth album takes its tracklist to 16 songs, with the inclusion of ‘Selfish Girl’, ‘How Can I Not Know What I Need Right Now’, ‘Sorry If I Hurt You’ and ‘What You Think About Me’. Production on the four new tracks is handled by George Daniel, Lotus IV, Deaton Chris Anthony and A.G. Cook, each of whom contributed to production on the original version...
Dave Grohl has released metal album as the fictional band Dream Widow, who feature in the plot of the Foo Fighters‘ recent comedy-horror film Studio 666. READ MORE: ‘Studio 666’ review: Dave Grohl in a hard day’s night of the demons In the film, the band hire a mansion in Encino to record their 10th studio album, but Grohl soon becomes possessed by a curse and begins viciously attacking his bandmates. We learn that decades earlier, Dream Widow experienced a similar fate, with the band recording a “lost album” before their frontman murdered the rest of the band. Now,...
aespa members Winter and NingNing are set to contribute a new track to the soundtrack of upcoming K-drama Our Blues. READ MORE: Red Velvet – ‘The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm’ review: this is a festival you’ve been to one too many times A representative of South Korean cable network tVN shared a statement via news outlet Daily An on March 25, announcing that the two aespa singers would be contributing a brand-new song to the original soundtrack (OST) to the forthcoming K-drama. The as-yet-unnamed track will mark both idols’ first-ever K-drama soundtrack contribution since their debut as part of...
In a bid to aid Ukrainian refugees, Californian industrial/electronica label COP International have formed a supergroup featuring current and former members of Rammstein, Faith No More, Ministry and Filter, to cover The Beatles’ 1969 classic ‘Come Together’. READ MORE: Ukrainian artists on the Russian crisis: “Now is the time to push for change” In stark contrast to the ‘Abbey Road’ original’s chill, groove-inflected pop feel, the star-studded cover turns ‘Come Together’ into a bourbon-soaked swag-rock anthem, replete with a searing, overdriven riff, stomp-and-clap percussion and smoky vocal harmonies. To that end, it interpolates elements of Queen’s 1977 hit ‘We Will Rock...