Architects‘ ninth album ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’ has become the Brighton metal band’s first UK Number One, beating Maximo Park to the top spot. Read More: Architects: “People will recoil in horror at this record – and then find they actually like it”...
Independent festival bosses and industry insiders have warned that their 2021 events risk cancellation if they fail to receive Government-backed insurance by the end of the month. The government recently outlined plans for England to gradually exit lockdown by the end of June, with...
Ladyhawke has shared her new single ‘Guilty Love’, which features BROODS’ Georgia Nott – you can hear the track below. The song follows on from December’s ‘River’ collaboration between Ladyhawke (AKA Pip Brown) and PNAU, and is a preview of the New Zealand artist’s forthcoming...
Olivia Rodrigo has revealed that Taylor Swift sent her a ring matching the one she wore around the time of her 2012 album ‘Red’, along with numerous other gifts. READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo: inside the Taylor-endorsed mega-hit ‘Drivers License’ Rodrigo, whose hit ‘Drivers License’ is...
A collaboration between the critically acclaimed producer Jlin and the late SOPHIE has been released as part of a new compilation from the left-field music festival Unsound. The two producers teamed up for the hypnotic track ‘JSLOIPNHIE’ as their contribution to Unsound’s new simultaneous...
Rock In Rio‘s 2021 Lisbon and Brazil festivals have both been cancelled. After the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of both events last year, the global health crisis has once again prompted Rock In Rio’s organisers to act. Read more: European festivals on returning...
Despite a spate of European festival cancellations already this summer, a number of other European festival organisers have now spoken about their hopes of going ahead with their events this year and what safety measures might be involved. After festival season was essentially wiped...
The Streets have shared a new end-of-lockdown song ‘Who’s Got The Bag (21st June)’ – you can hear the celebratory track below. Mike Skinner’s latest Streets offering is an ode to the potential lifting of coronavirus-enforced restrictions in the UK on June 21 –...
By Erica Russell Love is the “röd tråd” — literally, “red thread,” a Swedish expression meaning throughline — on Zara Larsson’s new album. Whether it’s toxic infatuation, heartache, self-love, or the bliss of burgeoning romance, love serves as the thematic connective tissue at the...
Jay-Z has spoken out on the sale this week of his majority stake in the Tidal streaming service. Earlier this week, it was revealed that the rapper has sold his controlling stake in Tidal to Square, the mobile payments firm run by the Twitter...
