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Vended say they didn’t get help from their dads in Slipknot: “We learned this shit by ourselves”

Vended have spoken of how they’ve carved out their own path in the music industry, without the help of their dads from Slipknot. Corey Taylor and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan are the fathers of the rising metal band’s members Griffin and Simon, respectively. The group is completed by Connor Grodzicki, Jeremiah Pugh and Cole Espeland. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Slipknot: “I’m just going to tell you the facts: ‘We Are Not Your Kind is a masterpiece” During a new interview with Kerrang!, Vended opened up about how some people assume that they’re at a significant advantage compared to other...

Danger Mouse & Black Thought share dizzying new ‘Strangers’ video

Danger Mouse & Black Thought have shared the official video for their latest collaborative single, ‘Strangers’ – check it out below. The song – featuring contributions from A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels – appears on the pair’s new joint studio album ‘Cheat Codes’, which came out today (August 12) via BMG. READ MORE: Danger Mouse & Black Thought: “You can’t name a classic song that’s not sad” To coincide with the record’s arrival, Danger Mouse & Black Thought have also posted a black-and-white official video for ‘Strangers’ that was shot in an iPhone-style vertical orientation. Advertisement The dizzying, lo-fi...

Liam Gallagher shares hip-hop-infused ‘Diamond In The Dark’ remix by DJ Premier

Liam Gallagher has shared a new remix of his track ‘Diamond In The Dark’ by DJ Premier – you can listen to it below. The original version of the song appear’s on the former Oasis frontman third solo studio album, ‘C’mon You Know’, which came out in May. READ MORE: Liam Gallagher live in Knebworth: rock’n’roll star takes a leap of faith – and somehow pulls it off Premier’s spin on ‘Diamond…’ marks Gallagher’s first official remix. The legendary Gang Starr producer has previously worked with the likes of Dr Dre, Jay-Z, Nas and Notorious B.I.G.. Advertisement “I have always...

The Mars Volta say they’re not afraid of “losing fans” with their new style

The Mars Volta have said that they’re not afraid of “losing fans” due to the new direction they’ve taken on their recent comeback tracks. The Texas-formed band – comprising Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López – returned in June with their first new song in 10 years, ‘Blacklight Shine’. They followed it up with ‘Graveyard Love’ last month, and have since announced a self-titled seventh album while sharing ‘Vigil’. READ MORE: The Mars Volta – ‘Octahedron’ review During a new interview with The Guardian, The Mars Volta spoke about how they’ve adopted a more pop-orientated sound this time around, compared to...

Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie on post-Brexit touring: “We could lose this world-leading position if we don’t act now”

Wolf Alice guitarist Joff Oddie has written an op-ed for NME regarding the ongoing problems for UK artists wishing to tour Europe post-Brexit, arguing that action is needed now for Britain to retain it’s “world-leading position” in music. READ MORE: UK touring bands are suffering due to “Brexit fuck-ups and a lack of government control” Last year, the UK music industry spoke out together on how they had essentially been handed a “No Deal Brexit” when the government failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew. As a result, artists attempting to hit the road...

Brexit is “strangling the next generation of UK talent in the cradle” in returning summer of touring

Figures from the UK music industry have spoken to NME about how the first summer of post-pandemic touring has shown that the complications of Brexit are “strangling the next generation of UK talent in the cradle”. READ MORE: UK touring bands are suffering due to “Brexit fuck-ups and a lack of government control” Last year, the UK music industry spoke out together on how they had essentially been handed a “No Deal Brexit” when the government failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew. As a result, artists attempting to hit the road again after...

Listen to Enter Shikari’s new single ‘The Void Stares Back’ featuring Wargasm

Enter Shikari have shared a new single featuring Wargasm – listen to ‘The Void Stares Back’ below. READ MORE: Wargasm: “We love being validated by all the nu-metal daddies” The collaborative track is said to signal “a new beginning” for Enter Shikari, whose sixth and latest album ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’ came out in April 2020. Speaking about the song, frontman Rou Reynolds explained: “It is with elation, and more than a little nervousness, that we release this; our first track after over two years of dormancy. It is a roisterous journey made all the more so...

Junny releases saccharine music video for new single ‘Not About You’

Junny has unveiled his new single ‘Not About You’, the title track off his newly released album ‘blanc’. READ MORE: Chung Ha – ‘Bare & Rare, Pt. 1’ review: Surprising vulnerability though the songs don’t always stick the landing On August 12 at 6pm KST, the Korean-Canadian musician dropped the full-length record alongside an accompanying music video for ‘Not About You’, which features Junny and a love interest going through the highs and lows of a romantic relationship. “I ain’t talking about you / Are you still wishing that I’ll be / Writing about all of our memories? /...

Phoebe Bridgers in court: judge leans towards throwing defamation case out

Phoebe Bridgers appeared in court yesterday (August 12) in an ongoing defamation lawsuit and the judge in the case appears to be leaning towards throwing the case out. READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers on the cover: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” The lawsuit was filed against Bridgers by the producer Chris Nelson last year. It came about following an October 2020 social media post in which Bridgers directed her followers on Instagram to a thread written by her friend Emily Bannon, which Nelson has claimed was defamatory. Nelson subsequently sued the singer for defamation and is...

Ari Lennox unveils details of new album with soulful new single, ‘Hoodie’

Ari Lennox has today unveil details of her new album and has shared a video for her soulful new single, ‘Hoodie’. The track, which has been produced by her Dreamville colleague Elite, is a preview of her second album titled ‘Age/Sex/Location’ that arrives on September 9 via Dreamville/Interscope. Previously, Lennox wrote on Twitter that she’d finished a new full-length project. ‘Age/Sex/Location’ is the follow-up album to her 2019 debut ‘Shea Butter Baby’. Advertisement Another single, ‘Pressure’, was released last year. In March, Lennox also appeared jumped on two tracks for Dreamville’s D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, appearing on ‘Coming Down’ and ‘Blackberry Sap.’...