Shaun Ryder and Bez have launched a new YouTube channel called Call The Cops – check out the trailer below. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Shaun Ryder The first instalment of the Happy Mondays bandmates’ video venture will arrive on the platform this Sunday (October 25). In a trailer for the project, soundtracked by the Mondays’ ‘Step On’, Ryder explains: “We’ll be looking back at our lives but fuck knows what else we’ll be looking back at.” Advertisement Later in the clip, the pair discuss forming the Happy Mondays in 1980. “I mean, we were making...
Bruce Springsteen has released his Apple TV documentary Letter To You early. The musician took to Twitter to call out to Apple TV to push forward the release by a day, with the film initially due to premiere tomorrow (October 23) Read more: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Letter To You’ review: a powerful synthesis of past and present “Alright, E Streeters… enough waiting! @AppleTV, how about we release #LetterToYouFilm a little early?” Springsteen wrote, to which the streamers replied, “Anything for Bruce’s fans.” Alright, E Streeters… enough waiting! @AppleTV, how about we release #LetterToYouFilm a little early? — Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) October...
50 Cent has doubled down on his support for Donald Trump, after after voicing his concerns about proposed tax increases for top earners under Joe Biden. In an Instagram post earlier this week, the rapper conceded that “Trump doesn’t like black people”, but went on to share a screenshot from CNBC to illustrate his concern over apparent tax raises. Confirming his support once more, he shared a Fox News clip about his Trump endorsement. Advertisement “Yeah, i don’t want to be 20cent,” he captioned the post. “62% is a very, very, bad idea. i don’t like it!” View this...
DJ Drist released two of his latest and much-anticipated tracks titled “City Lights” and “Not Enough,” both via the Spanish label United Music Hits. Dropping “City Lights” by the end of September, Drist made a great surprise for his fans by releasing his brand new project “Not Enough” at the beginning of October. “Not Enough” is another one of Drist’s bops with various genres blended into his own signature sound running through. The tune has got hooks in all the right places with infectious lyrics laced up with a feminine touch by the vocalist and needless to say this delivery...
With protests against police brutality ongoing across Nigeria, Afrobeats star Davido has told NME there’s much more at stake in his country than just reforming law enforcement. With pressure mounting, the likes of Rihanna and Beyoncé are among the artists to have expressed their support for the #EndSARS campaign – after a number of citizens and police officers were killed in the African country’s largest city Lagos with protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) intensifying. “It’s about a lot of things now,” Davido told NME. “The government just has to do better.” Advertisement Davido was speaking before the...
A Diversity Taskforce led by the trade body UK Music has called on the music industry to dump the acronym BAME – describing it as an “outdated and offensive term”. The term, which refers to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnics, is set to be ditched as part of a new ten-point plan to boost diversity and inclusion in the music industry. The move follows focus groups and wide-ranging discussions across the music industry, and has received backing from UK Music – which is considered to be the collective voice of the UK music industry. Advertisement It is hoped that...
Trent Reznor has shared a first glimpse of the score for David Fincher’s Mank. The Nine Inch Nails musician has composed the music for the upcoming Netflix film alongside his longtime collaborator Atticus Ross, after scoring several of Fincher’s previous films. Read more: Nine Inch Nails – ‘Ghosts: V-VI’ review: a timely two-part dip into daydreams and nightmares Reznor pointed fans in the direction of a website titled ‘The White Wine Came Up With The Fish’, which contains a 210-page slide show of images from Mank while a preview of the score plays in the background. Advertisement “Here’s a ‘secret site where...
Easy Life have released their new single ‘Daydreams’ — check out the song below. The track, which was first announced last week on social media, is the first preview of the Leicester band’s forthcoming debut album, which will follow on from their acclaimed January mixtape ‘Junk Food’. Read more: Easy Life – On the road with the carnage-creating Leicester gang: “It’s like we’re in Metallica!” ‘Daydreams’ re-imagines the 1972 Aretha Franklin song ‘Day Dreaming’ “into a soundtrack of modern-day escapism”, according to a press release. Advertisement You can hear Easy Life’s new song ‘Daydreams’ below. Frontman Murray Matravers said...
Bring Me The Horizon have teased the arrival of their new track ‘Tear Drops’, which is set to arrive later tonight (October 22). A mysterious 13-second teaser posted on the band’s social media pages yesterday (October 21) shows a clip from a dark and mysterious music video, with singer Oli Sykes remarking at the end: “Tear drops.” The teaser comes after ‘Tear Drops’ was confirmed as the third track on the metalcore band’s upcoming ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’ EP. tomorrow? pic.twitter.com/xj4vOwQOGI — Bring Me The Horizon (@bmthofficial) October 21, 2020 Advertisement It follows their collaboration with Yungblud on ‘Obey’...
By Gabriel Aikins When it comes to how the human brain works, nostalgia is one of the most powerful forces. The movies and shows we watch, the video games we play, and the music we listen to in youth will always hold a special place in our minds, and inevitably spring back up in pop culture. Think Billie Eilish sampling The Office on When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? or Ariana Grande recreating iconic early 2000 rom-coms for the “Thank U, Next” video. Nostalgia isn’t just a backward-facing experience, though. Those memories and works of art...