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Pa Salieu and Slowthai tease new song collaboration
Pa Salieu has teased a new song that may well feature a guest spot by Slowthai. READ MORE: Pa Salieu – Coventry’s genre-blurring rising star on his journey from the Frontline to greatness The BBC Sound of 2021 winner posted a snippet of a new track on his Twitter yesterday (June 1) in which he’s seen bouncing to the beat on a chair in a recording studio. Today (June 2) he followed up that clip with footage him and Slowthai dancing in a blue-lit room to the same music, which suggests the latter features on the song. Nothing has...
Hobo Johnson returns with new single ‘I Want To See The World’
Hobo Johnson is back with new music – listen to ‘I Want To See The World’ below. READ MORE: Hobo Johnson interview – from sleeping in a car to a rock opera about cockroaches The California rapper, who released his third album ‘The Fall Of Hobo Johnson‘ in 2019, has returned today (June 2) with what he has proclaimed is his best-ever track. “I want to see the world is my favourite song I’ve ever written because it really articulates the last year of my life. COVID really allowed me, and a lot of people it seems, the time...
Billie Eilish Throws A Gossipy Pajama Party In ‘Lost Cause’ Video
Billie Eilish is back, blonde, and bringing fresh new tunes. On Wednesday (June 2), the 19-year-old pop star released the latest single off her forthcoming album Happier Than Ever, “Lost Cause.” The track is a low-key empowerment anthem in the vein of TLC’s “No Scrubs” or Dua Lipa’s “New Rules,” in which Eilish tells off a would-be partner who “ain’t nothing but a lost cause,” as the refrain asserts. “I know you think you’re such an outlaw / But you got no job,” she repeats in her signature whisper-like vocals over a slow-moving, jazz-tinged beat. https://youtu.be/S2dRcipMCpw “Lost Cause” dropped...
Listen to King Princess’ ode to self-destruction, ‘House Burn Down’
King Princess has released a recorded version of live fan favourite, ‘House Burn Down’ – listen below. READ MORE: King Princess – “When Harry Styles tweeted about me, it was a huge deal” The song follows her recent singles ‘PAIN‘ and ‘Only Time Makes It Human‘, which marked some of her first new material since her 2019 debut album ‘Cheap Queen‘. ‘House Burn Down’ hears the musician use metaphors to detail self-destruction (“And I’m just waiting for this house to burn down“) over glam-style guitar riffs. Advertisement King Princess, whose real name is Mikaela Straus, recently enthused to Apple...
Jay-Z says his mum was reluctant to discuss her sexuality on ‘Smile’: “It changed the dynamic of our relationship”
Jay-Z has opened up about how his mother was reluctant to take a role on his track ‘Smile’, in which she publicly discussed her sexuality for the first time. The deeply personal track featured on the rapper’s 2017 album ‘4.44‘, and featured a poem that heard Gloria Carter coming out as gay. In a new appearance on The Shop: Uninterrupted, Jay-Z revealed how his mother was initially reluctant about the idea before eventually deciding to pen the personal poem for the track. Advertisement “It changed the dynamic of our relationship,” the rapper said. “When she first heard that song...
Damon Albarn, Laura Mvula, Caribou, Anna Meredith, The Snuts and more to play Edinburgh International Festival 2021
Damon Albarn, Laura Mvula, Caribou, Anna Meredith, The Snuts and many more acts have been announced for Edinburgh International Festival 2021. READ MORE: Restarting live music in 2021 – Gig and festival bosses on what to expect This year’s event, which takes place amid the Scottish city’s other arts festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is scheduled for August 7-29. A custom-built outdoor venue will host contemporary music acts in Edinburgh Park, while the University of Edinburgh’s Old College Quad will house classical music performances. Also on the bill are: tUnE-yArDs, Floating Points, Black Country, New Road, Kathryn Joseph,...
Watch the emotional video for MAMAMOO’s new single, ‘Where Are We Now’
MAMAMOO have made their long-awaited return as a group with an emotional video for ‘Where Are We Now’. READ MORE: EXO launch retro mini-game in anticipation of new album ‘Don’t Fight The Feeling’ In the cinematic clip, the girl group perform the sentimental ballad while hanging out in a run-down RV and by a large bonfire. The visual also features scenes of the members wandering through a forest on their own. “I met you as several seasons passed / Maybe I’m wandering somewhere / Where are we now? / Where are we now? / Where arе we now? /...
Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner Survived Grief. Now She Can Do Anything
By Max Freedman Michelle Zauner is a low-key professional. When I reach her via video call on an April morning, she’s sporting a black tee emblazoned with Chester Cheetah (yes, the Cheetos mascot), but her Brooklyn apartment’s Zoom setup resembles a DJ booth at a well-funded radio station. She apologizes for the blanket jumbled across the plush-looking couch behind her, but the lemon-yellow walls and neatly arranged framed prints above it (both are visible in her Daily Show appearance) showcase a love of, if not a need for, order. It makes sense: Zauner must crave some sort of balance...
Independent music venues in the US are finally starting to receive government relief
Independent music venues in the US have received a glimmer of hope after obtaining the first slice of federal relief from the Small Business Administration (SBA) despite the Save Our Stages Act passing into law five months ago. The coronavirus-enforced shutdown of live music in 2020 had sparked fears that many venues across the country would have to close permanently, but the passing of the Save Our Stages Act in December – which guarantees independent venues and theatres $16billion (£11.27million) in federal relief grants – raised hopes of a recovery for the live music sector in the US. While it...Recent Posts
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