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LCD Soundsystem are teasing something in London
LCD Soundsystem appear to be teasing something after logos of the band’s record label, DFA Records, were spotted in London along with slogans reading “You are here”. READ MORE: From The NME Archive – Celebrate 15 years of LCD Soundsystem’s debut with this classic interview: “Most live bands today are horrible” The lightning bolt logo belongs to DFA, the label co-founded by LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy, and was the same image (and accompanying phrase) that was used to provide hints about the band’s Brooklyn Steel shows in NYC last year. The Brooklyn residency news arrived only months after Murphy...
A fan has recreated Blink-182’s ‘All The Small Things’ video as a LEGO set
A fan of Blink-182 has created a custom Blink-182 LEGO set based on the band’s video for their 2000 single ‘All The Small Things’. READ MORE: Tom DeLonge on his directorial debut: “A coming of age film with dick jokes” You can see pictures of the set below, which was created by a fan via the LEGO ideas page. Fans are able to vote for the design to potentially be turned into an actual product by the company. It features the band, a jet plane and a number of other characters from the original video recreated in LEGO form....
Belle And Sebastian talk new album ‘A Bit Of Previous’ and share lead single ‘Unnecessary Drama’
Belle And Sebastian have announced their 10th studio album ‘A Bit Of Previous’, and shared an offbeat video for the first single ‘Unnecessary Drama’. You can find the therapy-themed visuals below, along with our interview with frontman Stuart Murdoch. The Scottish indie veterans’ first full album in seven years – not including 2019’s soundtrack album for the film Days Of The Bagnold Summer – was recorded in Glasgow, after plans for sessions in Los Angeles were scuppered by the pandemic. It’s the first time the band have recorded in their native city since 2000’s ‘Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk...
The Beatles’ ‘1’ compilation album remastered by Giles Martin for spatial audio
The Beatles‘ ‘1’ compilation album has been remastered for spatial audio by Giles Martin, the son of the band’s late producer George Martin. READ MORE: Mark, My Words: Macca’s right – The Beatles were better than The Stones Giles said in an interview last year that he was a fan of the immersive 360-degree sound technology launched in 2021 by Apple Music, as well as the Dolby Atmos that it is built on, but said that it doesn’t always “sound quite right”. He revealed that he intended to remaster The Beatles’ 1967 album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’...
Cherry Bullet unveil elegant music video for new single ‘Love In Space’
Cherry Bullet have premiered the music video for their newest single, ‘Love In Space’. READ MORE: STAYC – ‘YOUNG-LUV.COM’ review: a mature, ambitious return that ups the ante In the elegant visual, the septet performs the choreography for their latest release in front of a birthday party venue. The scene later cuts to the girls dressed in sparkling cocktail dresses, following around a black cat. “Across time / Beyond another universe / I see you, love in space, space, space,” the group sing on the chorus. Advertisement ‘Love In Space’ is a cut from Cherry Bullet’s second mini-album, ‘Cherry...
Khruangbin confirmed to headline Bigfoot Festival 2022 with Happy Mondays and Caribou
Khruangbin have been confirmed as the final headliners for the second annual Bigfoot Festival, joining previously announced headliners Happy Mondays and Caribou. READ MORE: Bigfoot Festival 2021 review – Primal Scream reign supreme in festival’s superb debut year The Texan trio will top the bill on one of the evenings between June 17-19 at the craft beer and music festival’s new location, the Claydon Estate in Buckinghamshire. Also joining the final line-up is Maya Jane Coles, Bradley Zero, And So I Watch You From Afar, Pulled Apart By Horses, Bo Ningen, Puppy, Island Of Love and Wych Elm. Advertisement...
Chance The Rapper raps about George Washington’s death in new track snippet
Chance The Rapper has shared a snippet of political new music, which hears him rap about the death of the first US President George Washington. READ MORE: Chance The Rapper – ‘The Big Day’ review The track begins with a symbolic narrative based around Washington’s death and his ownership of slaves. “George Washington died at the dentist getting fillings/ He had slave teeth by the hundreds but bacteria by the millions,“ Chance raps. It then pivots into modern subjects of violence, Black wealth, voting and more. You can hear the 43-second clip below, which Chance uploaded to Instagram with the...
Dua Lipa sued by reggae band who accuse her of stealing ‘Levitating’
Dua Lipa is facing legal action from the Florida reggae band Artikal Sound System, who claim that her hit 2020 single ‘Levitating’ copied their 2017 song ‘Live Your Life’ READ MORE: Dua Lipa: “If somebody told me not to discuss issues I’m passionate about? I wouldn’t listen” As reported by TMZ, a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Federal court accuses Lipa and her label Warner of copyright infringement. The band are reportedly asking for any profits made from ‘Levitating’, plus damages. Although the suit contains little detail about how or why she allegedly copied them, it said the two tracks were...
EXO’s Kai says luxury fashion brands “keep an eye” on K-pop stars
EXO’s Kai has shed some light on how K-pop stars and luxury fashion brands tie-up on global brand endorsements. READ MORE: NMIXX try to transcend genres on their debut single ‘O.O’, but the effort doesn’t quite land Kai, who notably became a global ambassador for Gucci in 2019 and is also the ambassador for Seoul Fashion Week 2022, recently shared insight on how luxury fashion brands work with K-pop celebrities and what they look for. “Foreign brands keep an eye on us,” he explained in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. “They look at our popularity, the characteristics of the...Recent Posts
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