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Olivia Rodrigo announces new Disney+ documentary ‘Driving Home 2 U (A Sour Film)’
Olivia Rodrigo has announced a new documentary that follows the writing of her debut album ‘Sour‘. Watch the teaser trailer for Driving Home 2 U (A Sour Film) below. READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” The singer-songwriter revealed details of the film on her Instagram, alongside the teaser clip. The film is set to premiere exclusively on Disney+ on March 25. Directed by Stacey Lee, Driving Home 2 U follows a road trip that Rodrigo took from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, during which time she was writing ‘Sour’. The film will...
Bring Me The Horizon and Ed Sheeran release new version of ‘Bad Habits’
Bring Me The Horizon and Ed Sheeran have today (February 17) released an alternative studio version of ‘Bad Habits’ together – listen to it below. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bad Habits’ is an on-trend bop from one of the savviest men in pop On February 8, Sheeran teamed up with the metal group for a reworked version of his 2021 track ‘Bad Habits’ to open the BRIT Awards 2022. Earlier this week, the pair also teased a studio release of the song, after Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes shared a FaceTime call he had with Sheeran in which the pair...
Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein to get statue in Liverpool
A statue of The Beatles manager, Brian Epstein, has been given planning permission by Liverpool council. READ MORE: The Beatles’ split 50 years on: the best songs from the solo careers The statue of the famous manager, who also worked with acts including Cilla Black and Gerry and The Pacemakers, will be positioned near his family’s former record shop in Whitechapel. Epstein discovered the Beatles in 1961 after seeing them perform at The Cavern Club. He died at the age of 32 in 1967 following an accidental overdose. Advertisement Jane Robbins, one of the statue’s sculptors and Paul McCartney’s cousin,...
Listen to Fontaines D.C.’s passionate new single ‘I Love You’
Fontaines D.C. have shared their brand new single ‘I Love You’ – listen to the track below. READ MORE: Fontaines D.C. on their “poppy” yet “extremely dark” third album The song is the latest to be taken from the Dublin band’s upcoming new album ‘Skinty Fia’, which is set for release on April 22 via Partisan Records. The five-piece’s follow-up to the record’s lead single ‘Jackie Down The Line’ has been released today (February 17). ‘I Love You’ is described by Fontaines frontman Grian Chatten as “the first overtly political song we’ve written”. Advertisement Written from the perspective of an...
New York rappers meet with Mayor Eric Adams after he labels drill music “alarming”
A group of New York rappers have met with the city’s mayor Eric Adams after he recently spoke out against “alarming” drill music. Adams, who took office last month as the 110th mayor of New York City, said last week that he wanted to sit down with social media companies to “state that you have a civic and corporate responsibility” in regards to promoting drill music. “You know, I mean, we pulled Trump off Twitter because of what he was spewing, yet we are allowing music – displaying of guns, violence – we’re allowing it to stay on these...
JennyLee announces second solo album ‘Heart Tax’
JennyLee has shared details of her second solo album, ‘Heart Tax’, made in partnership with Record Store Day 2022. READ MORE: Check out the full list of Record Store Day 2022 releases The musician, who is also the bassist/backing vocalist in Warpaint, will release her new album on April 23 (pre-order here). ‘Heart Tax’ comprises the six singles JennyLee has released over the the last two years and is completed by six new songs for Record Store Day (April 23). See here for a full list of releases for the annual event. Advertisement The follow-up to 2015’s ‘Right On!‘...
Foals on no longer feeling competitive with other bands like Arctic Monkeys
Foals have spoken about how they now feel comfortable being “in a lane of one”, adding that they no longer feel competitive with other bands. READ MORE: Foals on the cover: “Life is something to be cherished and enjoyed” The Oxford band were speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story to launch their upcoming new album, ‘Life Is Yours’. While this upcoming record will be Foals’ seventh album, frontman Yannis Philippakis “balked” at the suggestion that the band were now “indie statesmen”. “I mean, I don’t agree with the ‘indie’ bit, I guess, weirdly – or the statesmen bit,” Yannis...
Cradle Of Filth are “looking at some options” for their Ed Sheeran collaboration
Cradle Of Filth are “looking at some options” for their forthcoming Ed Sheeran collaboration, according to the band’s frontman Dani Filth. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘=’ review: the millennial Lionel Richie indulges his saccharine streak The unlikely team-up was first mooted last summer after Sheeran said that he “was really into death metal as a kid”, adding: “I listened to Cradle of Filth and Slipknot and all that stuff.” Filth subsequently revealed that he and Sheeran had been in touch about a potential collaboration, and that the Suffolk singer was “a massive fan” of the band. Advertisement Speaking...
Broods Welcome You To Grieve On Space Island
By Gabriel Aikins As much as it can hurt, grief is a necessary part of life. It allows for the processing of loss and can be a reminder of cherished memories that will never be forgotten. Most importantly, it spurs growth and introspection. Joy may spring from sorrow, and that’s where its true value lies. Siblings Georgia and Caleb Nott, better known as New Zealand pop duo Broods, have been through much turbulence over the last couple years. They’ve since transformed it into their new album Space Island, and they’re inviting listeners to take the journey with them. After...Recent Posts
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