Pond have shared the video for their sprawling new track ‘Take Me Avalon I’m Young’ and announced a run of UK headline shows. READ MORE: Pond face the chaos on new album ‘9’: “The world’s getting real fucking scary” Filmed in Hastings, England, and directed by Bunny Kinney, the music video sees frontman Nicholas Allbrook try his hand at a variety of sports. Allbrook described the music video – the song for which is lifted from Pond’s recently released ninth album ‘9’ – as “no joke” and “the most fun video I’ve ever been a part of”. Advertisement “I spent...
Ibeyi have released a brand new single called ‘Made Of Gold’ featuring Pa Salieu – you can watch the song’s hypnotic video below. READ MORE: Pa Salieu: “I’ve been cut from the system, but I will rise up like a phoenix” The Afro-French Cuban musical duo – comprising twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz – shared the track on social media yesterday (November 17) alongside news of “a new beginning”. This new beginning includes the follow-up to their 2017 album ‘Ash’, which they say they’ve started working on. Advertisement “The first song we produced in the studio was...
Bad Boy Chiller Crew have announced their ‘Disrespectful’ mixtape and shared new track ‘Messages’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Bad Boy Chiller Crew: “We’re not a proper boyband. There’s nothing normal about us” The 16-track mixtape is due for release early 2022 and follows on from their ‘Charva Anthems’ EP which came out in May. ‘Disrespectful’ is out January 21 2022 and can be pre-ordered here. It includes previous singles ‘Bikes N Scoobys’, ‘Don’t You Worry About Me’ and the Jordan McCann featuring ‘Footsteps To My Shoes‘. Advertisement The band have also released new track ‘Messages’ alongside...
Placebo have shared the video for new song ‘Surrounded By Spies’, plus announced details of a UK and Ireland tour. The longstanding band released their first single in five years in the form of ‘Beautiful James’ in September. READ MORE: Placebo explain how they wrote their new album “backwards” Now, they’ve followed it up with ‘Surrounded By Spies’, which frontman Brian Molko said was inspired by discovering his neighbours were spying on him “on behalf of parties with a nefarious agenda”. Advertisement “I then began to ponder the countless ways in which our privacy has been eroded and stolen since...
Poppy has launched a brand new Metaverse app for iOS and Android called ‘PoppySphere’. READ MORE: Poppy – ‘Flux’ review: determined, fun-filled and perception-defying alt-rock Developed in partnership with HIFI Lab, the pop star’s new app presents “a virtual 8-bit universe for fans to explore, with dynamic rooms and secrets to uncover as they navigate a realm of iconoclastic creation”. Users can customise their own avatar and text chat as they explore the depths of Poppy’s virtual space, playing games and making connections with fellow fans around the world. Advertisement “I am overjoyed to be launching my very own Metaverse,”...
Drake and French Montana‘s new track ‘Splash Brothers’ will no longer be released as part of the latter’s forthcoming album, ‘They Got Amnesia’. The collaboration was originally announced alongside the LP earlier this month but ahead of its release tomorrow (Friday 19), the track has been removed from the tracklist on streaming services. It’s been replaced by the French Montana solo track ‘Fraud’. #FrenchMontana reveals tracklist for album dropping Friday, featuring #Drake, #PopSmoke, #DojaCat, #FivioForeign, and more pic.twitter.com/OSGWGyubjf — No Jumper (@nojumper) November 8, 2021 Advertisement Sources have told TMZ the decision to pull the track came from Drake, who...
A snippet of Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi‘s upcoming collaborative track ‘Just Look Up’ has emerged online – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Ariana Grande – ‘Positions’ review: lots of banging, but not so many bangers The pair will appear in the Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence-starring film Don’t Look Up, which is set to land on Netflix on December 24. An official trailer arrived earlier this week (November 16). A clip of the movie was then shown during the Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2021 last night (November 17), soundtrack by ‘Just Look Up’ by...
Foo Fighters have shared the official video for their latest single ‘Love Dies Young’ – you can watch it below. READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music” The track appears on Dave Grohl and co’s 10th studio album ‘Medicine At Midnight’, which arrived back in February. Written and directed by Grohl, the new visual stars Ted Lasso‘s Jason Sudeikis as a swimming coach who’s giving his team a stern telling off ahead of a synchronised swimming championship. Advertisement “Your toe points suck… stink… doodoo,” he shouts. “I have seen diarrhoea with more consistency.” He adds: “Today is the most...
The family and collaborators of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison have spoken to NME about new book The Work – collecting the late singer’s lyrics and artwork together for the first time. READ MORE: “We’ll always miss him” – Frightened Rabbit, their closest friends and collaborators celebrate the beauty of Scott Hutchison Hutchison, who died by suicide in 2018, is celebrated in the new book, gathering the band’s complete lyrics (including B-sides and rarities) with handwritten excerpts by Scott, alongside his illustrations – many of which have never been seen before. Released this week, the book has been described by the...
Warren Ellis has said that he thought Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds‘ ‘Ghosteen’ would mark “the end” of his long-term creative partnership with Cave. Co-produced by Cave and Ellis, the Bad Seeds’ 2019 studio effort was described by NME as “the most devastatingly accurate accounts of grief that you’ll ever listen to” in a glowing five-star review. READ MORE: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis live in London: Minimal elements for maximum impact During a new interview with Stereogum, Ellis explained that “‘Ghosteen’ felt like such a bold exercise, this commitment to something”, adding: “I got spooked by it and...