Global Music Releases & News

Biffy Clyro announce huge Cardiff show for September

Biffy Clyro have announced they’ll be playing a huge Cardiff show set to take place in September. READ MORE: In Conversation with Biffy Clyro: “We’ve already got a sprawling new sister record coming” The Scottish trio, who released their most recent album ‘A Celebration...

Record Store Day UK’s official beer, ‘Meantime 33:45’, launches today

Record Store Day UK has today (June 4) launched a new beer, ‘Meantime 33:45’. READ MORE: Here’s the full list of Record Store Day 2021 releases The annual celebration of independent record stores across the UK is due to take place on June 12...

Lorde and Taylor Swift songwriter Joel Little sells back catalogue to Hipgnosis

Joel Little, who has written hits for artists including Lorde and Taylor Swift, has become the latest songwriter to sell his back catalogue to the Hipgnosis Song Fund. The London-listed songs investment fund has purchased his entire back catalogue of hits, which includes Lorde’s...

Wolf Alice’s new album ‘Blue Weekend’ is 2021’s highest-rated album on Metacritic so far

Wolf Alice’s new album ‘Blue Weekend’ is currently 2021’s highest-rated album on Metacritic. READ MORE: Wolf Alice: “We’re a tiny bit more comfortable in the world” The London band’s third studio album, their first since 2017’s ‘Visions Of A Life’, was released today (June...

Listen to Orville Peck’s ‘Country Road’ version of Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’

Orville Peck has shared his ‘Country Road’ cover of Lady Gaga‘s ‘Born This Way’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Orville Peck: “Female rappers like Doja Cat have a lot of cowboy energy” Peck’s cover is the second record to be...

Olivia Rodrigo scores second UK Number One double for ‘Sour’ and ‘Good 4 U’

Olivia Rodrigo has claimed her second week at Number One on the official UK albums chart for ‘Sour‘ alongside ‘Good 4 U‘ in the singles chart. The NME Big Read: Olivia Rodrigo – “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” The US...

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker teases SZA and Mark Ronson collaboration could be coming soon

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has teased that a track he and Mark Ronson worked on with SZA could be getting a release soon. READ MORE: Every Tame Impala song ranked in order of greatness Parker and Ronson debuted the untitled track during a DJ battle...

Watch Dua Lipa become a cowgirl in new video for ‘Love Again’

Dua Lipa has shared the music video for ‘Love Again’, the latest single from her 2020 album ‘Future Nostalgia‘. READ MORE: Dua Lipa – “If somebody told me not to discuss issues I’m passionate about? I wouldn’t listen” In the Elderkin-directed video Lipa is...

Chvrches on the “stabilising” power of writing a new album when “the whole world was on fire”

Chvrches have spoken about the grounding experience of writing their fourth album ‘Screen Violence’ during the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE: Chvrches on the cover of NME – “Are the machines evil, or are we?” The Scottish trio spoke to NME for this week’s Big...

Art Brut’s Eddie Argos looks back on past scuffles with Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party and The Bravery

Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos has shared tales of the band’s previous indie scuffles in the ’00s with the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, The Bravery and The Magic Numbers. Argos was speaking to NME for this week’s edition of Does Rock ‘N’...