Chicago producer Smoko Ono has shared a luminous new single titled ‘Winners’, linking up with local rappers Chance The Rapper and Joey Purp, plus London’s Yxng Bane, for the afrobeat-inspired track. READ MORE: Chance-approved rapper Joey Purp: “European audiences are more turnt up!” Over a minimalistic soundscape built on bright, tropical synths and breezy percussion, Chance, Purp and Bane all muse on their resilience as artists in a merciless industry. Chance’s verse stands out on the track, with the Savemoney stalwart rapping: “Man I swear this shit is cutthroat, even though I give no fucks though / They claimed...
The first teaser clip from the first-ever authorised Led Zeppelin documentary, Becoming Led Zeppelin, has been shared online, after the full film was premiered at the Venice Film Festival this weekend. The one-minute clip includes archival footage of the band performing ‘Good Times Bad Times’, stitched with black and white footage of a zeppelin. READ MORE: Led Zeppelin – rank the albums Watch the teaser video below: Advertisement Guitarist Jimmy Page was interviewed on the film festival’s red carpet, where he told Associated Press the band had received multiple film pitches over the year, but “they were pretty miserable”. “Miserable...
André 3000 has shared his thoughts on ‘Life Of The Party’ – an unreleased collab track he made with Kanye West – being leaked by Drake earlier this weekend. READ MORE: Divorce, Drake disses and problematic features: 10 talking points from Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ Though West had previewed the track earlier this week in an interview with Germany’s Bild, the full version remains officially unreleased. Drake leaked it on SiriusXM yesterday morning (September 4), however, appearing on the station’s Sound 42 program as a guest DJ to celebrate the release of his new album, ‘Certified Lover Boy’. The track,...
DJ Shadow has announced a 25th anniversary reissue of his landmark album ‘Endtroducing’. READ MORE: DJ Shadow – ‘Our Pathetic Age’ review: a muddled concept album rescued by powerhouse guests The remastered edition of Shadow’s debut album – which was first released on September 16, 1996 – will arrive on September 24 along with a new 7″ featuring Cut Chemist’s remix of ‘The Number Song’. ‘Endtroducing’ received a 20th anniversary edition in 2016. What separates this new version is that it has been remastered at London’s Abbey Road Studios at half speed from Shadow’s original DAT recording tapes. Advertisement “I was...
Phoebe Bridgers kicked off the first date of her US tour last night (August 3), and during her set she performed a cover of Bo Burnham‘s ‘That Funny Feeling’. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” Burnham’s original song features in his Netflix comedy special Inside and on its accompanying album ‘Inside (The Songs)’, which landed in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 in June. According to Stereogum, Burnham and Bridgers performed one of the songs off the album, ‘That Funny Feeling’, together in Los Angeles last month. Advertisement Last night, Bridgers shared a solo cover...
Jack Antonoff and Lucy Dacus have announced that proceeds from their upcoming Texas shows will be donated to abortion charities following the introduction of the state’s new anti-abortion bill. READ MORE: Bleachers: “This album is about wanting to hold joy, and not understanding why you can’t” The new legislation, Senate Bill 8, bans most abortions in Texas and makes the state the most restrictive in the US in terms of access to abortion services, according to the New York Times. It prohibits aborting a foetus once cardiac activity can be detected, which is generally around six weeks – a...
Lorde‘s scheduled performance at next weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards has been cancelled, organisers have announced. READ MORE: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now” Set to take place next Sunday (September 12) at the Barclays Center in New York, marking the first time the awards have taken place at the venue, the VMAs will be hosted by Doja Cat. Performers on the night will include Machine Gun Kelly, Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Polo G, Twenty One Pilots, Swedish House Mafia and more. Advertisement Lorde, who recently...
The beef between Kanye West and Drake doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime soon after the latter has leaked an unreleased Kanye record featuring Andre 3000. READ MORE: Kanye West – ‘DONDA’ review: some gems among lots – and lots – of filler Early this morning (September 4), in celebration of the release of his new album ‘Certified Lover Boy’, Drake appeared as a guest DJ on SiriusXM’s Sound 42 radio show. During his set, he played an unreleased song by West called ‘Life Of The Party’. The track, which was reportedly recorded for West’s recently released 10th...
Jon Hopkins has announced details of a new album called ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’ – listen to its first song, ‘Sit Around The Fire’, below. The producer’s follow-up to 2018’s ‘Singularity’ will come out digitally and on CD via Domino on November 12, with a vinyl release following on February 11, 2022. READ MORE: Jon Hopkins – ‘Singularity’ review “‘Sit Around The Fire’ exists from one of the deep synchronicities that ushered this thing (‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’) into being,” Hopkins said of the new song in a statement. “I was contacted by East Forest, who had spent some...
Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus has finished his chemotherapy treatment, according to text messages from former bandmate Tom DeLonge. Back in June, Hoppus confirmed his cancer diagnosis and said he’d begun undergoing chemotherapy for what he later clarified was stage four diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Following Hoppus’ initial statement, both blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and former guitarist Tom DeLonge voiced their support for their friend, and DeLonge has now shared text conversations with Hoppus online, appearing to confirm that the band’s bassist has finished his treatment. Advertisement “I wanted to be a good friend to Mark Hoppus and just give some modest advice on...