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New Billie Eilish album won’t be released during the pandemic, Finneas says

Billie Eilish‘s new album will not be released until she can safely tour, her brother and producer Finneas has said. In a new interview with Australian newspaper The Herald Sun, Finneas said he didn’t want his or Eilish’s new albums to “be a bummer COVID record”. “I have a desperate desire not to release them during COVID-19. It’s the vaccine record! I want it to be the album everyone’s out dancing in the streets to,” he said. READ MORE: Every single Billie Eilish song ranked in order of greatness Advertisement Elsewhere in the interview, Finneas provided a brief update on...
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The Mountain Goats share soulful new single ‘Get Famous’

The Mountain Goats have shared ‘Get Famous’, the second single from their forthcoming 19th album ‘Getting Into Knives’. The new “anti-fame” song is a soulful turn, fleshed out by horns and vintage organ, and references the late Chicago outsider musician Wesley Willis (“Wesley Willis told me how to write about you“). In a press statement, frontman John Darnielle said, “If I told you all how much fun we had making this one you wouldn’t even believe me, but we hope it comes through.” Advertisement Listen to ‘Get Famous’ below. ‘Get Famous’ follows the upcoming album’s more brooding first single,...
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50 Cent working on new series that looks at past beef with The Game

50 Cent is working on a new series for cable network Starz that will look at his highly publicised past beef with fellow rapper The Game. Read more: The Big Read – The Game: “Me and 50 Cent should have died in that beef” With a working title of Moment in Time: The Massacre, the seasonal anthology “will explore the true stories in which iconic hip-hop moments collided with the sensational and sometimes criminal events behind-the-scenes.” Season 1 will look at how “tension between 50 Cent and The Game led to an all-out street war, pitting G-Unit against music impresario Jimmy...
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Big Sean scores third consecutive Billboard Number One album with ‘Detroit 2’

Big Sean has scored his third consecutive Billboard Number One album with the recently released ‘Detroit 2’. Read more: Big Sean – ‘Detroit 2’ review: unreserved passion from a generational rap talent with an upbeat message Released last week (September 4), the sequel to Sean’s acclaimed 2012 mixtape features guest appearances from Anderson .Paak, Post Malone, Nipsey Hussle, Travis Scott, Stevie Wonder and more. The rapper’s sixth studio album ended Taylor Swift’s six-week run at the top of the Billboard 200 with her eighth album ‘Folklore’, selling the equivalent of 103,000 units. Advertisement Celebrating the achievement on Instagram, Sean wrote:...
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Hear Black Veil Brides’ Andy Biersack voicing Batman for DC’s ‘Dark Nights: Death Metal’

Andy Biersack, founder and vocalist of US glam metal outfit Black Veil Brides, has been tapped up to provide the voice of Batman in DC Comics‘ Dark Nights: Death Metal. The musician, who described the opportunity as a “dream come true,” has been enlisted to contribute lead vocals to a “sonic experience” that will tie into the company’s ongoing series of comic books. The project is being released episodically, with a trailer for the first instalment featuring Biersack available below. Advertisement Chelsea Wolfe also appears in the project, playing Wonder Woman, while Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde and Slayer drummer...
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Rise Against tease new single ‘Broken Dreams, Inc.’

Rise Against have shared a snippet of their upcoming new single ‘Broken Dreams, Inc.’ – you can listen to it below. Read more: Rise Against: “Ideas like racism and sexism never went away. If you ignore them, they inch forward” Joining forces with DC Comics to release the lead single for the Dark Nights: Death Metal soundtrack, the Chicago punk band shared a taste of the new track on Twitter yesterday (September 13). Listen to a clip of our new song "Broken Dreams, Inc.” now in @DCComics ‘Dark Nights: Death Metal’ Score Episode One. https://t.co/jWOQC9YKA6 — Rise Against (@riseagainst)...
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New label Criminal Records launched for inmates of Scottish prison

Musician Jill Brown has launched a new label called Criminal Records, exclusively for people currently and formerly incarcerated at HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest prison. Read more: IDK: “In prison, I made a plan to be a rapper, mapped it out and then actually executed it” The label was inspired by Brown’s time spent hosting music workshops at Barlinnie for the last decade. “My goal is to give people a voice and it’s simply that,” Brown told the BBC. “It’s to give people a voice that feel they are denied that, and it’s to plant a seed of...
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Porridge Radio unveil synth-pop inflected new single ‘7 Seconds’

Just six months after releasing their new album ‘Every Bad’, Porridge Radio have revealed a brand new single entitled ‘7 Seconds’. Read more: The Big Read – Porridge Radio: “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world” The new track hears the Brighton natives taking a turn towards synth-pop following their guitar-driven March LP, with Marta Salogni taking on production duties. Advertisement “’7 Seconds’ started out sounding really different to how it sounds now,” vocalist and lead songwriter Dana Margolin said. “A few years ago I wrote a really slow, long and drawn out song about...
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Sufjan Stevens is releasing new single ‘Sugar’ tomorrow

Sufjan Stevens is releasing a new single called ‘Sugar’ tomorrow (September 15). Read more: NME Radio Roundup: Christine and the Queens, Sufjan Stevens and more The new track is set to land on the singer-songwriter’s upcoming new album ‘The Ascension’, which is his first full solo studio album since 2015’s ‘Carrie & Lowell’. Due for release on September 25 on Asthmatic Kitty Records, the new LP has already spawned the singles ‘America’ and ‘Video Game’. Advertisement Stevens’ new track was announced by his record label on Instagram. “Who’s excited to hear Sufjan’s ‘The Ascension’ in full on Sept 25?”...
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Slowthai announces new single coming tomorrow with emotional tribute to brother

Slowthai has announced that he’s releasing a new single tomorrow (September 15) called ‘Feel Away’. Read more: The Big Read – Slowthai: “Is Britain actually great, or are you?” The new track, which is set to feature James Blake and Mount Kimbie, is dedicated to Slowthai’s younger brother, Michael John. “today is the anniversary of my baby brother passing,” Slowthai said in a social media post. “this is one of the biggest days of the year for me and my family, and with my whole heart I can say I’ve never missed anyone as much as I miss him, I...
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