Bartees Strange is the latest to drop a single exclusively on Amazon Music, putting his blues-imbued folk spin on Freddie Gibbs’ ScHoolboy Q-assisted single ‘Gang Signs’. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Bartees Strange For his new take on the song, the Ipswich, England-born, Oklahoma-raised indie-rocker locks into the feel of the original track’s gentle, groove-driven instrumental. He reappropriates the melody with crisp and roomy electric guitars, noodling away while he emulates Gibbs’ biting swagger with his rapped verses. In a Tweet shared upon the track’s release, Strange said he “loved covering...
After months of teasing, the formerly mysterious L.S. Dunes – word of whom first emerged when they appeared on the Riot Fest poster back in May – have revealed themselves to be a supergroup comprised of members from some of the most iconic emo and post-hardcore outfits. READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Cornwall: giddy rock’n’roll from returning emo heroes The five-piece band is fronted by Circa Survive vocalist Anthony Green, who’s flanked on guitar by Frank Iero (of My Chemical Romance) and Travis Stever (of Coheed And Cambria). They’re joined by Tim Payne on bass, with his Thursday...
Rapper Lil Tjay has released his first music following a near fatal shooting earlier this year. On June 22, Tjay – real name Tione Jayden Merritt – was shot multiple times along with a friend, 22-year-old Antoine Boyd, at a local shopping plaza during an attempted armed robbery. Tjay underwent emergency surgery as a result of the incident. The rapper posted a video to his Instagram account earlier this week (August 24), where he spoke for the first time about the incident. The rapper said he survived “seven shots” and went on to thank fans who supported him during his recovery. “I...
Megan Thee Stallion has performed her set at Reading Festival this evening (August 26) and invited two groups of fans on stage to dance with her. READ MORE: The story of Reading & Leeds 2022 – in glorious photos At the start of the set, Stallion said security wouldn’t let any fans on stage. Later, she brought a security guard on stage and told fans he was going to help get her “hotties” on stage. Before they arrived, Stallion said there were “rules” for when they are on stage. One was “do not be on your phone the whole...
Jake Bugg has shared a video for previously unreleased track ‘It’s True’ today (August 26) – check it out below. The video is shared ahead of the previously announced 10th anniversary of his self titled debut album. The Nottingham musician released his first LP, which featured such songs as ‘Lightning Bolt’, ‘Two Fingers’ and ‘Trouble Town’, on October 15, 2012. That is now set to get a special deluxe edition release on 2LP black vinyl, Limited Edition 2LP, Gold Vinyl and a 3CD. Advertisement The CD edition will feature the remastered album, 16 unreleased bonus tracks including a Rick Rubin version of...
Michael Kiwanuka has shared a gripping new video for track ‘Beautiful Life’ – check it out below. The song was released earlier this year and featured on the Netflix documentary Convergence: Courage In A Crisis, directed by the Oscar winning director Orlando von Einsiedel. The new video is directed by the American director Phillip Youmans. Speaking of the collaboration, Youmans said: “This story is a cautionary tale about our nation’s easy access to, and fascination with, guns. Advertisement “We follow teenagers playing Russian roulette with a parent’s revolver. As each player holds the gun up to their temple, their lives flash before...
Paul Stanley has said he’s not interested in writing new KISS music because it will “never compete with the past”. Speaking on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, Stanley said he and his KISS bandmates won’t be making a follow up to 2012’s ‘Monster’ soon because new music won’t have that “connection to important times in your life”. When asked if the band were working on new music, he replied: “No. Because at this point, I came to the conclusion that it can never compete with the past. Not because it’s not as good, but it hasn’t the connection to important times in...
LCD Soundsystem are returning with their first new music in five years for an upcoming film. First reported in Variety and later confirmed to Pitchfork, the band have made a song called ‘New Body Rhumba’ for Noah Baumbach’s new film, White Noise. It’s their first new music since their 2017 comeback album ‘American Dream’ and the single will get an official release later in 2022. A date for the release has not yet been confirmed. Advertisement Netflix shared the first teaser for White Noise earlier this week. The film is based on Don DeLillo’s 1985 dystopian novel of the same name, and stars...
RAYE has returned with a new single called ‘Black Mascara’ – watch the official video for the dancefloor smash here. The singer has been teasing her debut album across 2022, and describes the new track as “the only upbeat dance track on the album.” READ MORE: RAYE: “I became a ‘rent-a-verse’. People knew my songs, but they didn’t know me” RAYE said: “This song is about another story that has contributed to my ‘blues’. I used the juxtaposition of an upbeat dance track to tell this awful story of being misled by someone I really loved and trusted. While...
Gerald Potterton, one of the animators behind The Beatles Yellow Submarine and the director of Heavy Metal has died. He was 91 years old. The death was confirmed by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in a statement to Pitchfork. In a statement, Claude Joli-Coeur, NFB chair and government film commissioner, said: “Gerald came to Canada and the NFB to be part of a new wave of storytelling, one that was fresh and irreverent, and he brought great wit and creativity to every project. He was also a builder, helping to lay the foundation for today’s independent Canadian animation industry with Potterton Productions.” Potterton...
