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Listen to EMA cover Modest Mouse’s ‘Trailer Trash’
South Dakota genre-bender EMA (aka Erika Anderson) has shared a dizzying cover of Modest Mouse’s 1997 track ‘Trailer Trash’. READ MORE: Modest Mouse on their most hopeful album yet: “I found optimism – because I needed it” She puts an emotive spin on the tune – which first appeared on the band’s second album, ‘The Lonesome Crowded West’ – by trading its scratchy, straightforward guitar riffs with chimey, melancholic piano chords stacked spatially under Anderson’s warm, droning vocal. Have a listen to the cover below, then compare it to the Modest Mouse version. Advertisement Anderson’s new take on ‘Trailer...
Funeral For A Friend reschedule 2022 UK tour dates
Funeral For A Friend have knocked back their forthcoming UK tour for a second time, with the run now slated to kick off in February. READ MORE: Funeral For A Friend – ‘Conduit’ review The post-hardcore outfit first announced the tour in July 2020, with hopes they’d be able to take to stages back in April. As the month approached with no hope for a breakthrough in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the band decided in February to hold off until January 2022. Now, as the Omicron variant spreads across the continent, Funeral For A Friend have once again erred...
Live music venues suffer as Wales introduces new restrictions and social distancing rules
Starting December 26, Wales will introduce new social distancing rules and restrictions on venue capacities. Among those distressed by the move are managers of live music venues, as they fear the order will place further strain on the entertainment industry’s future. READ MORE: Music venues and nightclubs “on the brink of collapse” in Omicron COVID crisis In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 as the Omicron variant continues to wreak havoc, no more than six punters will be allowed to convene in venues such as pubs, cinemas, restaurants and other hospitality and entertainment hotspots. Licensed venues that remain...
Mariah Carey surprises McDonald’s employees in Aspen
Current NME cover star Mariah Carey gave McDonald’s employees in Aspen, Colorado an early Christmas present this year, surprising them with her family to celebrate The Mariah Menu. READ MORE: 16 pretty interesting facts about the world’s biggest Christmas songs The superstar singer first headed to the drive-thru for her daughter, Monroe Cannon, to prank a disgruntled operator. After the 10-year-old bellows out a jumbled order in a gruff New York accent, she’s asked by the employee: “Ma’am, can you please just leave the store and never come back?” Carey’s assistants then head inside for a second prank, attempting...
5 Seconds Of Summer sued for $2.5million by former management firm
Australian pop band 5 Seconds Of Summer are being sued for $2.5million (£1.86million) by their former management company, YM&U Group, for an alleged breach of contract. READ MORE: Luke Hemmings: “I needed to make this album to figure out the thoughts in my head” According to court documents sighted by Billboard, the band allegedly refused to pay the YM&U Group commissions they were owed for “multiple lucrative deals it negotiated on behalf of the group”, including a record deal with BMG valued at $10million (£7.5million) and a merch deal with the Bravado International Group set at $1.5million (£1.1million). All...
MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul unveils release date of new mini-album ‘6equence’
MAMAMOO‘s Moonbyul has officially announced the release date for her third mini-album, ‘6equence’. READ MORE: MAMAMOO play it way too safe on fluffy, disco-inspired single ‘mumumumuch’ The singer-rapper had unveiled her comeback schedule leading up to the eventual release of her third solo EP so far, titled ‘6equence’, via social media on December 23. Her upcoming mini-album will be released on January 19 at 6pm KST. In anticipation of ‘6equence”s arrival in January, Moonbyul has also announced the upcoming release of a second, as-yet-unnamed pre-release track for the record featuring Seori, due out on December 30. Advertisement Tthe rapper...
Watch Ellie Goulding, Norah Jones and Brittany Howard celebrate Joni Mitchell for 2021 Kennedy Center Honors
Ellie Goulding, Norah Jones and Brittany Howard were among the artists that paid tribute to Joni Mitchell at the ceremony for this year’s Kennedy Center Honors, where the iconic singer-songwriter received a lifetime achievement award. READ MORE: Dylan Fraser: Bathgate boy fuses a love of Nine Inch Nails and Joni Mitchell All of the performers put their own spins on classics from Mitchell’s discography, which between 1968 and 2007, spanned 19 studio albums. Goulding performed Mitchell’s 1970 hit ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ (which first appeared on the honouree’s third album, ‘Ladies Of The Canyon’), while Howard and Herbie Hancock joined...
Agency behind Momoland to debut new girl group next year
Momoland‘s agency, MLD Entertainment, has announced plans to debut a new girl group next year. READ MORE: The 25 best K-pop songs of 2021 In a statement released by the label on December 23 via Sports Kyunghang, MLD Entertainment announced plans to launch a brand-new girl group sometime in the first half of 2022, marking the company’s first female idol group since Momoland’s debut in 2016. Notably, the agency announced that Girls Planet 999 contestant Nonaka Shana would be joining the line-up for the upcoming group. She had previously emerged as one of the finalists on the popular Mnet-produced idol survival reality series,...
Watch Halle Bailey from Chloe x Halle cover Radiohead’s ‘Creep’
Halle Bailey, one half of American sister singer-songwriter duo Chloe x Halle, has shared an intricate cover of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’. READ MORE: The 10 best music books of 2021 The singer-songwriter took to social media on Wednesday (December 22) to share the cover, which was originally uploaded onto her TikTok account. “My version of creepppp this song was in my head all day i had to sing it to get it out!,” Bailey said. Watch the short cover below. @hallebailey my version of creepppp this song was in my head all day i had to sing it to get...Recent Posts
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