SXSW Festival has announced the first music acts for their 2022 event. The annual music, film and media event is aiming to return to action in-person next year in Austin, Texas after its 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic....
Duran Duran have released ‘Give It All Up’ featuring Tove Lo, the latest cut from the pop legends’ new album ‘FUTURE PAST‘. The song follows the previously released single ‘INVISIBLE’, the Chai collaboration ‘MORE JOY‘, the Giorgio Moroder-produced ‘TONIGHT UNITED‘ and this week’s ‘ANNIVERSARY‘. All...
A cryptocurrency group has bought Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ as an NFT for the equivalent of $4million (£2.89million) in cryptocurrency. READ MORE: The Other Kings of Staten Island – a guide to the NYC borough for Wu-Tang Clan fans PleasrDAO,...
Lil Tecca has announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for 2022 – check out the full schedule below. The New York artist and NME 100 inductee will hit the road in support of his second album ‘We Love You Tecca 2’, which arrived...
Animal Collective have shared details of their forthcoming album, ‘Time Skiffs’, and shared its lead single, ‘Prester John’. ‘Time Skiffs’ follows the band’s last record, 2016’s ‘Painting With‘, and will mark their 11th studio album to date. It’s released on February 4 via Domino...
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have covered ‘Hot Stuff by Donna Summer – listen below. The Newcastle band’s spin of the disco classic will help raise money for Sunderland record store Pop Recs, which was co-owned by the late Frankie & The...
Jeff Tweedy has shared a cover of Neil Young‘s ‘The Old Country Waltz’ – you can listen to it below. The Wilco frontman’s new take on the 1977 song will appear on a forthcoming deluxe edition of his 2020 album, ‘Love Is The King’....
A new compilation album by the Ghanaian record label Essiebons has been announced. The work, which celebrates the label’s founder, the Ghanaian producer Dick Essilfie-Bondzie, is released on December 3 via Analog Africa. It features previously unreleased Highlife instrumentals from some of his label’s...
Lana Del Rey has shared the official video for ‘Blue Banisters’, the title track of her upcoming eighth album. READ MORE: Every Lana Del Rey song ranked in order of greatness The singer-songwriter will release the follow-up to this year’s ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’...
R. Kelly‘s trial for child pornography and obstruction charges has been postponed until next summer. The disgraced artist – real name Robert Sylvester Kelly – was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York last month (September...