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Fans criticise Gorillaz for selling NFT after impact on climate change revealed
Fans have criticised Gorillaz for launching an NFT (non-fungible token) after it was revealed selling the digital items has a huge effect on climate change. Gorillaz announced yesterday (March 26) that they would be selling an NFT to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their debut album. READ MORE: Gorillaz live at Kong: virtual party is like a AAA pass to the glitziest celebrity shindig However, in a recent report by Wired, the impact of selling NFTs on climate change and the environment could be hugely negative. According to the publication, the 10 seconds it took for cryptocurrency website Nifty Gateway...
Watch Olly Alexander and Jools Holland play ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered’ on ‘Later’
Last night’s (March 26) episode of Later… with Jools Holland saw the host joined by Years & Years‘ Olly Alexander for a special performance – watch below. READ MORE: Olly Alexander on ‘It’s A Sin’: “There’s not been a British Aids drama on this scale ever” As part of the show the pair ran through a rendition of the classic Stevie Wonder track ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered’. For the new 57th series of the long-running BBC show, remote performances are teamed with one guest per episode, who joins Jools in his studio to run through their favourite moments from the history...
Dave performs snippet of new song from the studio
Dave has shared a clip of himself mouthing along to a new track from the studio. READ MORE: Dave at the Brits – how his searing performance of ‘Black’ took on every racist tosser in the country The artist, who released his Mercury Music Prize-winning debut ‘Psychodrama‘ in 2019, raps about his success and the sticking points that come with it. “I’ve got a house in the sticks it’s awkward/ I know that my neighbours are voting Tory,” he spits on one bar as he circles in front of a desktop displaying the track’s digital composition. Advertisement See the...
Miguel announces details of new ‘Art Dealer Chic Vol. 4’ EP
Miguel has announced details of a new EP, ‘Art Dealer Chic Vol. 4’, which is set to arrive in just a few weeks. READ MORE: Miguel interview: From teenage preacher to California R&B star The new EP is the fourth edition in the ‘Art Dealer Chic’ series from the singer, and to mark the announcement he has also reissued Volumes 1-3 this week. Speaking of the upcoming project, which lands on April 9 via ByStorm/RCA, Miguel said: “I’ve been doing a lot of work to consider and refine my beliefs in the last few years. Inevitably, this brought me back...
Watch Rico Nasty’s trippy, X-rated style ‘Pussy Poppin’ video
Rico Nasty has shared the music video for ‘Pussy Poppin’, the latest single from her debut album ‘Nightmare Vacation’. READ MORE: Rico Nasty: “I definitely resonate with being a pop-punk princess” The Emma Westenberg-directed clip uses sexualised Adam and Eve references and reimagines Nasty as something of an anthropomorphised penis amid bold colour saturation. Nasty lives up to the lyrics “This pussy don’t purr/ This pussy’ll bite back” with trippy visuals of an animated mouth rapping from her crotch. ‘Pussy Poppin’ is the latest song taken from Nasty’s debut record, following on from ‘Own It’, ‘Don’t Like Me’, ‘OHFR?‘...
Sports Team announce new B-sides and rarities vinyl for independent record shops
Sports Team have announced details of a new B-sides and rarities vinyl being sold exclusively through independent retailers. READ MORE: Sports Team – ‘Deep Down Happy’ review: A flag in the ground from a band dedicated to extremes ‘Plant Test’ features music from 2016 to 2021, including unmastered new material following on from the band’s 2020 debut album ‘Deep Down Happy’. Announcing the new record, exclusive to vinyl, the band wrote on Instagram: “We are releasing a single-pressing 12” vinyl of rarities, b-sides and unmastered new material. Available exclusively from indie retailers. No restocks. No represses.” Advertisement Pre-order ‘Plant Test’...
San Francisco is trialling giving local artists $1,000 monthly basic income
The city of San Francisco will run a six-month trial this year, paying local artists $1,000 (£725) a month in a bid to better support its creative community. The money is to be paid in cash from May this year to 130 local artists “whose artistic practice is rooted in a historically marginalised community,” reports The San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the pilot program on Thursday (March 25), saying it’s to help artists survive the coronavirus crisis and embolden their work moving forward. Advertisement “This new program is an innovative effort to help our creative...
Previously unreleased Joe Strummer recording of ‘I Fought The Law’ used for song’s new music video
A previously unreleased live recording of ‘I Fought The Law’ has been released for a new version of the song’s music video as part of Joe Strummer‘s ‘Assembly’. The posthumous compilation of Strummer’s career-best work, including The Clash rarities and re-mastered tracks, was released yesterday (March 26). With the compilation comes a new music video for ‘I Fought The Law’, The Clash’s 1979 cover of The Crickets’ 1961 original song. Animated visuals accompany a freshly unearthed live recording of the track performed by Strummer and his backing band The Mescaleros at London’s Brixton Academy on November 24, 2001. You...
Courney Love teases new collaboration with The Big Moon
Courtney Love is set to release a new song with The Big Moon that also appears to feature Aimee Mann – listen to a teaser of ‘Roses’ below. READ MORE: Courtney Love: “I feel like the luckiest motherfucker in the history of rock’n’roll” The teaser sees the Hole vocalist play the acoustic track with The Big Moon singer Juliette Jackson. Posting the snippet to Instagram yesterday (March 26), Love teased that “Roses coming… With bruises.” Mann doesn’t feature in the new teaser video but her appearance on the track appears to be confirmed by Love tagging her in...Recent Posts
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