Baby Keem has unveiled details of his 2022 tour dates. READ MORE: Baby Keem – ‘The Melodic Blue’ review: Kendrick’s protege forges his own path on exhilarating debut The ‘Melodic Blue’ tour will see Baby Keem hit the road this spring for a North American tour in support of his debut album. The rapper took to social media last week to announce the tour, which will begin on March 7 in Cincinnati and will continue through New York, Atlanta, New Orleans an Chicago before concluding with an appearance at Coachella on April 22. Advertisement Tickets for the 28-date run...
Phoebe Bridgers, Mac DeMarco, Animal Collective and more have been announced for Utah festival Kilby Block Party. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers interviewed: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” The third edition of the festival will take place in downtown Salt Lake City at Library Square on May 13 and 14 with tickets going on sale Tuesday (February 1). You can purchase tickets here. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kilby Court (@kilbycourt) Advertisement Mac DeMarco, Clairo, and Mild High Club will headline Friday, with Pheobe Bridgers, Steve Lacy, and Animal...
Lewis Capaldi has announced a huge concert in Cardiff in the summer. READ MORE: The Big Read – Lewis Capaldi: “I make jokes because I’m comfortable with who I am” The singer-songwriter is set to play at Alexandra Head in Cardiff Bay on July 20 as part of The Bay Series. Tickets go on sale this Friday (February 4) at 10am and can be purchased here. The date comes in the middle of a busy UK tour in the summer, which will see him perform at Manchester Castlefield Bowl, along with dates in Glasgow and Ireland before wrapping up...
Kim Petras is teasing more new music after sharing several clips of a new song – check it out below. READ MORE: Kim Petras live in Manchester: larger-than-life pop star wows with parallel universe mega-hits It comes after Petras shared new song ‘Coconuts’ last month and shared a teaser of a different track ‘Something About U’ in December. Petras shared this latest new snippet last Friday (January 28), which was also linked to a new website about the single, which you can view here. The site lists pre-save options for the new song that has yet to be announced. Advertisement...
Puppy have unveiled details of a new album today (January 31) – listen to blistering new single ‘…And Watched It Glow’ below. READ MORE: “We aim for somewhere between Teenage Fanclub an Black Sabbath”: an interview with Puppy, your new favourite rock band Their second album, ‘Pure Evil’ will be released on May 7 via Rude Records. Pre-orders for this will launch soon. ‘…And Watched It Glow’ is the third track following on from previously released singles, ‘Angel’ and ‘The Kiss’, both of which were released last year. Advertisement You can listen to the new track here: Speaking...
Machine Gun Kelly has changed the name of his forthcoming new album just months after he got a matching tattoo with Travis Barker of the original LP’s title. READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever” Back in August, the rapper/rocker shared a video of himself and Barker, the album’s executive producer, both brandishing new tattoos of the title ‘Born With Horns’. “‘Born With Horns’ the album. we’re back for round two…” Kelly captioned the short clip, at the time. Advertisement Now, the pair have appeared in a new...
A former BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ has been fined £1000 for supplying an illegal rave with a soundsystem during the second lockdown in 2020. READ MORE: The Tories’ funding cuts threaten to make the arts (even more of a) playground for the rich Maressa Innerarity, who is also known as Carmen London, provided equipment at a warehouse rave for 200 people in Bethnal Green, City of London Magistrates’ Court heard. Although she was not the event organiser, she arrived at the event with her own sound system, reports The Mirror. Despite that, prosecutor Nathan Paine-Davey said that her offence was enough...
The Black Keys have announced details of their ‘Dropout Boogie’ US tour – the duo’s first outing since their 2019 studio album ‘Let’s Rock’. Check out full dates and ticket details below. READ MORE: The Black Keys on LP ‘Delta Kream’: “We never thought of it as an album” Band of Horses will be supporting on all 32 dates of the expansive North American tour, with Ceramic Animal, Early James, and the Velveteers opening select performances. The Live Nation produced tour kicks off July 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Dropout Boogie tour will...
Alice Glass has revealed that the title of her forthcoming album is a nod to her former band Crystal Castles. READ MORE: Alice Glass: “I never thought I would be talking openly like this… about anything” Glass was speaking to NME for last week’s Big Read and reflected on her time leaving Crystal Castles after the release of their third album ‘III’. Three years after that in 2014, Glass released a statement about bandmate Ethan Kath, alleging that she’d been physically, sexually, and psychologically abused by her former bandmate. Kath has consistently denied the allegations. “Leaving Crystal Castles was the single most...
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has built a streaming platform to host thousands of Weezer demos. The tracks were originally released in 2020 as part of Cuomo’s “web programming class”. READ MORE: Weezer: “’Ok Human’ is about feeling isolated, alienated and secluded – it’s perfect for now” Available to buy in era-bundles, the demos range from Cuomo’s musical ventures pre-Weezer all the way through to 2017’s ‘Pacific Daydream’. Now, he’s built an app to play those demos and called it Weezify. It’s available on the Apple Store and through Google Play. Advertisement “A Spotify-like player for all of Rivers Cuomo’s...