Global Music Releases & News

Panda Bear seems to be teasing that new music is coming soon

Panda Bear seems to be teasing that new music is on the way soon. READ MORE: Animal Collective – ‘Time Skiffs’ review: adventurers get back on the right track On Twitter, the Animal Collective musician, real name Noah Lennox, shared a 13-second clip of what...

Foals clarify comments on telling Strokes tour managers to “eat my ass”, manager responds

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has clarified what happened at TRNSMT festival after rumours emerged of a rift with The Strokes following a row with their tour manager – and the manager has now responded. READ MORE: Foals on fanboying over Deftones and Dan Carey...

Listen to Waterparks’ punchy new single ‘Self-Sabotage’

Waterparks have shared the second preview of their forthcoming fifth album: a punchy, pop-leaning rager titled ‘Self-Sabotage’. READ MORE: Waterparks’ Awsten Knight: “Maybe I’ll leak our unreleased demos” True to its title, the song explores themes of anxiety and self-hatred, as frontman Awsten Knight...

Strokes fans express concern after Julian Casablancas’ performance at TRNSMT

Fans of The Strokes have expressed concerns online about frontman Julian Casablancas’ well-being following his performance at Scotland’s TRNSMT festival last night (July 9). READ MORE: The Strokes’ world-changing ‘Is This It’ at 20: “They had a ‘last gang in town’ mentality” Fans commented...

Nicki Minaj addresses rumours that she may or may not be pregnant

Nicki Minaj has officially responded to the rumour that she’s expecting her second child, taking to Instagram Live over the weekend to answer a fan’s question about it. READ MORE: Nicki Minaj: every album ranked and rated Looking surprised, Nicki exclaimed: “Am I pregnant!?”...

Tears For Fears pull out of headline performance at Lytham Festival

Tears For Fears have been forced to pull out of their headline performance at Lytham Festival tonight. It comes after Curt Smith injured his rib leading the duo to cancel their headline slot at the last minute. In a statement, the band wrote: “It’s...

Liam Gallagher forced to cancel show due to illness

Liam Gallagher has been forced to cancel a show tomorrow (July 10) in France due to illness. READ MORE: Liam Gallagher live in Knebworth: rock’n’roll star takes a leap of faith – and somehow pulls it off Gallagher played at Festival Bureaugard last night (July...

Alt-J tell us about working with Soulwax and Wet Leg at Mad Cool 2022

Alt-J spoke to NME backstage at Mad Cool 2022 about their desire to work with Belgian dance-rock heroes Soulwax, who they have described as “legends”. Watch our video interview in full above. The London-based band have spent the past few months drip-feeding new remixes...

The Cult share soaring new single ‘Give Me Mercy’, announce 11th album

Six years on from their last studio release, The Cult have revealed the details for their 11th album. Titled ‘Under The Midnight Sun’, the eight-track effort is set to land on October 7 via Black Hill Records – find pre-orders here. News of the...

The Strokes invite fan to sing ‘Ode To The Mets’ at Lytham Festival

The Strokes headlined Lancashire’s Lytham Festival last night (July 8), and during their set, they invited a woman from the crowd to sing lead vocals on ‘Ode To The Mets’. READ MORE: The Strokes’ world-changing ‘Is This It’ at 20: “They had a ‘last...