Bosses at some of the UK’s biggest music venues are asking the government to consider a range of new measures to ensure gig-goers can safely attend gigs this autumn. Read more: Why your local venue needs you, but not as much as you need it...
Toro y Moi has announced he is set to release an instrumental version of his debut album. The new re-work of 2010’s ‘Causers Of This’ will come out on June 27. In addition to the new release, Chaz Bear has also shared a new...
A guitar used by Prince on his ‘Purple Rain’ tour has fetched over £450,000 ($563,000) at auction on Friday (June 19). Read more: 20 things you didn’t know about ‘Purple Rain’ The custom electric blue instrument was one of four ‘cloud’ guitars used between 1984...
TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe has shared a powerful new protest song to mark Juneteenth – the annual commemoration day to mark the emancipation of slavery in the US. Read More: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t...
Beyoncé has surprise-dropped a new single, entitled ‘Black Parade’. The track was released for Juneteenth (June 19), the day commemorating the end of slavery in the US. ‘Black Parade’ is co-written by Jay-Z, as well as longtime collaborators Derek Dixie, Caso and Kaydence. It...
Julianna Barwick has shared her latest single, ‘In Light’, featuring Sigur Rós’ frontman Jónsi. The single premiered with an accompanying music video, directed by Joel Kazuo Knoernschild, which you can watch below: Advertisement ‘In Light’ is lifted from Barwick’s forthcoming album ‘Healing Is a...
Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, has released a cover of Cassius‘ 2006 single ‘Toop Toop’ as a tribute to member Philippe Zdar on the first anniversary of his passing. READ MORE: Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip and Phoenix lead tributes to producer and Cassius member...
Hayley Williams has shared another remix from her ‘Petals For Armor’ solo debut. This time, it’s a glitchy Hot Chip rework of ‘Dead Horse’. READ MORE: Hayley Williams: “Women’s rage has been such a catalyst for beautiful things” Glass Animals remixed the same song...
The Chats have rescheduled their UK and European tour dates for the second time. READ MORE: The Chats – “We’re self-aware. We know we’re not cool” The Australian ‘shed rock’ trio pushed their European tour back to late October 2020 during the early stages of...
Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Arcade Fire and more will perform as part of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band live-stream tomorrow (June 20). Read more: The show must go online: inside the rise of virtual gigs during the coronavirus crisis The band will take their...