Grimes has shared a new track called ‘Player Of Games’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Grimes – ‘Miss Anthropocene’ review: an iconoclast continues to march to the beat of her own drum The Canadian artist – real name Claire Boucher –...
The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This...
Isle Of Wight Festival has announced a new wave of acts for 2022, including The Charlatans, Wet Leg and The Kooks. READ MORE: Isle of Wight Festival 2019: ten of the best performances from Seaclose Park The event will return to Seaclose Park in...
Elton John and Ed Sheeran have released their new charity Christmas single, ‘Merry Christmas’ today (December 3). Listen to the song and watch its accompanying video below. READ MORE: Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past” Written by...
Country music has always been partial to a concept album, from Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash through to Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris and beyond. But sci-fi concept works are thinner on the ground, a rare recent example being Sturgill Simpson’s imperious Metamodern Sounds In...
There’s a risk with any collaboration between players who each have a strong profile that it will be nothing more than the sum of those parts. Not so Springtime, which sees guitarist Gareth Liddiard, former helm of The Drones, now Tropical Fuck Storm, teaming...
All too often a star-crossed collaboration can end up diminishing both parties, but when Robert Plant and Alison Krauss came together for 2007’s multi-award-winning Raising Sand, it had the opposite effect. The record’s rich and subtle readings of deep blues and country cuts allowed...
In 2020, with their flow of inspiration from new experiences staunched, some singer-songwriters and musicians found themselves turning to their own archives, finding not only purpose in the reassessment process but potential for new projects, too. Azniv Korkejian was one of them. The former...
In late 1985, Echo & The Bunnymen released a singles compilation, Songs To Learn & Sing. The album provided a glorious summary of the band’s fertile early years: anthemic choruses, haunting vocals, big hair. But Songs To Learn & Sing also included one new...
K-pop powerhouses BTS have released a “holiday remix” of their chart-topping English single ‘Butter’. READ MORE: Seven must-watch K-dramas to look forward to in December 2021 The “holiday remix” of ‘Butter’ is now the fifth version of the original song, which was first released...
