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20 Years Later, Life Without Buildings Share Their Voice With A New Generation
By Loren DiBlasi Two decades have passed, and Life Without Buildings still sound like freedom. Hear the band’s sole full-length record, Any Other City, once and it’ll never leave you — its lush, syrupy warmth oozes from your ears to your insides and stays there, like a glowing flame that never goes out. What keeps it crackling? Soft, sustained rhythms that toss and turn with gentle fervor, snaps of sharp, sparkling guitar, and a voice — a bizarre, beautiful cadence unmatched then and now — that’s strikingly naive yet bursting with profound wisdom. “No details! But I’m gonna persuade...
Reading & Leeds will go ahead this August: “We can’t wait to get back to the fields”
Reading and Leeds Festival has confirmed that it will be going ahead this summer, after the government outlined plans for England to gradually exit lockdown by the end of June. READ MORE Restarting live music in 2021 – Gig and festival bosses on what to expect Posting on social media, festival organisers told fans they “can’t wait to get back in the fields”, alongside a clip which shared footage of classic performances from past years. “Reading and Leeds 2021. Following the government’s recent announcement, we can’t wait to get back to the fields this summer. LET’S GO,” they wrote...
‘Matilda’ actress shares support for Britney Spears and “sexualised” child stars
Matilda actress Mara Wilson has written an essay voicing her support for Britney Spears and the dangers of being a child star. Wilson, who played the titular prodigy in the 1996 film, wrote a piece in the New York Times responding to new documentary Framing Britney Spears and empathising with the singer. Read more: ‘Framing Britney Spears’ review: heartbreakingly human story that still lacks a happy ending Commenting on scenes of the film in which Spears is interrogated on her personal relationships and sexual activity, Wilson said she recognised the levels of sexualisation. Advertisement “I never appeared in anything more revealing...
Ellie Goulding reschedules upcoming UK and Ireland tour dates
Ellie Goulding has rescheduled her upcoming UK and Ireland tour dates to October 2021. The singer, who announced her pregnancy earlier this week, had been set to embark on a series of live dates from April 28 until May 12 in support of her July-released album ‘Brightest Blue’. Those gigs have now been pushed back to October, with the coronavirus-enforced shutdown of live music not expected to end in the UK until May at the very earliest. Advertisement Ellie Goulding (Picture: Getty) Goulding will now embark on her planned tour dates later this year, kicking off in Dublin on...
Watch the thrilling video for Tiggs Da Author and Nines’ collaboration ‘Fly ‘Em High’
Tiggs Da Author has shared the new video for his recent collaboration with Nines, ‘Fly ‘Em High’ – you can watch the video first on NME below. The track is taken from Tiggs’ upcoming debut album ‘Blame It On The Youts’, which is out on March 12 via Alacran Records. Read more: The NME 100: Essential emerging artists for 2021 The clip for ‘Fly ‘Em High’ was directed by Shan Phearon and features both Tiggs (as a storytelling preacher) and Nines, who is portrayed as a victim of two bloodthirsty teen vampires. Advertisement “The video is a...
Queen’s Roger Taylor responds to rumours that George Michael was considered as Freddie Mercury’s replacement
Queen drummer Roger Taylor has quashed long-established rumours that George Michael turned down the chance to become the band’s new frontman after Freddie Mercury‘s death. The late singer fronted the group for three songs during 1992’s Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, leading to speculation that he would become the band’s full-time vocalist. While the prospect never materialised, Taylor has insisted that Michael was never offered the gig and wouldn’t have suited the group as a long-term replacement. Advertisement “I remember hearing the rumours but it wouldn’t have suited us,” he told Classic Rock. “George wasn’t really used...
Sunmi reveals the inspiration behind her latest comeback, ‘Tail’
Sunmi has shared what inspired her to write ‘Tail,’ the brand-new single she released yesterday (February 23). READ MORE: Sunmi unveils feisty video for new single, ‘Tail’ During a live-stream press conference for the song’s release, the former Wonder Girls member revealed that she drew inspiration from how “animals use their tails to express their emotions,” per The Korean Herald. “They’ll shake their tails gently when they’re in a good mood and flick it hard if frustrated. I liked the frankness of this instinctive behavior and the word ‘tail’ just left a huge impact in my mind,” she explained. Advertisement...
Travis Scott teases new album ‘Utopia’: “I’m trying to expand the sound”
Travis Scott has continued to tease his fourth album ‘Utopia’, ahead of its anticipated release later this year. The rapper, who seemingly revealed the album title last summer, opened up in a new interview with pioneering film director Robert Rodriguez for i-D Magazine. “I never tell people this, and I’m probably going to keep it a secret still, but I’m working with some new people and I’m just trying to expand the sound,” Scott said about his new album. Advertisement “I’ve been making beats again, rapping on my own beats, just putting everything together and trying to grow it...
Watch Iggy Pop recite Dylan Thomas in ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ video
Iggy Pop has shared a new video for his 2019 ‘Free’ track ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’, which sees Pop reading the famous Dylan Thomas poem over music composed by Noveller. READ MORE: The Big Read – Iggy Pop: “Punk has to have a sense of hopelessness about it” The simple but effective new visuals, directed by Simon Taylor, feature an intense close-up shot of Pop reciting the lyrics. Watch the clip below: Advertisement ‘Free’, Pop’s eighteenth studio album, arrived back in September of 2019. The largely ambient record featured significant songwriting and performance contributions from...Recent Posts
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