By Sam Manzella From the very first verse of Jesswar’s “Venom,” we know she didn’t come to play. The rising Fijian-Aussie rapper lets the poison flow, pairing fierce beats with slick rhymes that extol her excellence. But this unapologetic self-assuredness didn’t always come so easily....
Megan Thee Stallion has launched an initiative called Hotties Helping Houston to raise funds for the rebuilding of her hometown following the recent Texas freeze. The rapper will be working alongside US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and the National Association of Christian Churches (NACC)...
Beloved children’s entertainers The Wiggles took to the studios of Australian broadcaster triple j for their first ever Like A Version performance this week, covering Tame Impala‘s ‘Elephant’. The six-piece remain mostly faithful to the psych-rock original, adding a polka rhythm on the keys...
BTS have been named the best selling act of 2020. READ MORE: BTS – ‘BE (Deluxe Edition)’ review: a sensitive, stunning document of pandemic life The K-pop outfit topped the IFPI poll – the organisation that represents the global recorded music industry, based on...
Eight years after they formally broke up, The Mars Volta have posted a mysterious six-second teaser video to social media. The clip was shared via Clouds Hill Music, a recording studio in Hamburg, Germany that Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has called his “second...
The Strokes have teased a behind the scenes video from ‘The Adults Are Talking’. Read more: The Strokes: “Journalists kiss your ass to your face and talk shit when they’re writing the article” The New York band shared the official Roman Coppola-directed video for the...
Steve Albini has hit out at Joe Rogan and “all the anti-woke comics” in a new interview. The producer/engineer was speaking to Oxbow frontman Eugene Robinson last month for the singer’s ‘5 Easy Pieces’ feature, which saw Albini label podcaster Rogan as “trash garbage”....
Arctic Monkeys have launched a new range of ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ merchandise designed by Matt Helders. READ MORE: 10 nerdy facts about Arctic Monkeys’ seminal debut album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ The limited edition merch was shared by the...
Shame have shared a new concert film called Live In The Flesh online – you can watch it below. READ MORE: Shame: “If this is a good year, everything can change around” The south London band performed a live-streamed show from London’s Electric Brixton in...
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is to buy Jay-Z’s streaming platform Tidal in a $297million (£213million) deal. Dorsey, who is also the CEO of Square, has acquired a majority stake in the service in a bid to expand his mobile payment company’s tools to emerging...