Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós have announced the Asia leg of their upcoming world tour. READ MORE: Jónsi – ‘Shiver’ review: Sigur Rós frontman lets his hair down with a little help from Robyn The Asia leg of the upcoming tour will take place in August with shows in Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Thailand. Venues
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The Fratellis have opened up about their music being described as “indie landfill” in a new interview. Speaking to NME, the band were asked about Vice rating their hit song ‘Chelsea Dagger’ number one on a list entitled ‘Top 50 Greatest Landfill Songs Of All Time’. Discussing the list and the term, frontman Jon Lawler
Damon Albarn and Flume have collaborated on a new single, ‘Palaces’, giving the slick track its live debut at Coachella over the weekend. During the second weekend of the festival, Albarn – who had joined Billie Eilish onstage the previous weekend – joined Flume to deliver the live debut of ‘Palaces’, an atmospheric and emotive
Hard-Fi have revealed that they will be making an announcement later today (April 24). In a clip shared on social media, Hard-Fi confirm that they will be going live here at 6:30pm tonight with a “big announcement”. The video also displays the cover art for their 2005 debut album ‘Stars of CCTV’ alongside a date
Vinyl lovers have been flocking to independent record shops across the UK today (April 23) for Record Store Day 2022. As part of RSD’s 15th anniversary, hundreds of exclusive physical releases – including vinyl, CD and cassette – were made available at over 260 participating indie retailers nationwide. Fans can get their hands on special
Mick Jagger has praised Yungblud and Machine Gun Kelly, saying that the two artists bring “life” to a new generation of rock music. Speaking to Swedish radio station P4 recently, the Rolling Stones frontman explained (via The Independent): “In rock music you need energy and there have not been a lot of new rock singers around.
Fontaines DC have said they think they could do “a really good tune” with Lana Del Rey. Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, the band’s vocalist Grian Chatten said he wanted to write songs with Rey when discussing some possible future collaborations. “I just want to write some tunes with her,” Chatten told NME. “Her music
Rage Against The Machine have announced details of a huge outdoor summer show in Edinburgh. The returning four-piece will play the gig two days before the first of their two headline dates at Reading & Leeds Festival on August 26 (Leeds) and 28. RATM will perform live at the Royal Highland Showgrounds on August 24
The Kid LAROI has shared his first new music of 2022 – a single entitled ‘Thousand Miles’. The song, released today (April 22), is the official follow-up to last July’s ‘Stay’ with Justin Bieber. That song went on to be the most successful of LAROI’s career, hitting Number One in over 20 countries and achieving
Foals kicked off their 2022 tour in Edinburgh last night (April 20) and gave live debuts to their tracks ‘2am’ and ‘2001’ – you can see fan-shot footage from the gig below. The three-piece are set to continue their ‘Life Is Yours’ UK tour throughout this month and into May, with headline dates in Manchester
Rush’s Geddy Lee has revealed that bandmate Neil Peart wanted to keep his cancer diagnosis a secret prior to his death. The visionary Hall of Fame drummer died on January 7, 2020, after quietly battling brain cancer for three years. Speaking in a new interview, Lee and Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson discussed Peart’s final years and how
The Smile have announced their debut album, ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’, alongside the release of a brand new track called ‘Free In The Knowledge’. READ MORE: The Smile live in London: Radiohead side project prove they’re human after all The band – comprising Thom Yorke, his Radiohead bandmate Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – formed
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have shared ‘Kepler-22b’, another new single from forthcoming album ‘Omnium Gatherum’ ahead of its arrival this Friday (April 22). The blissed out, kaleidoscopic new song samples Barney McAll’s ‘Yemaya One’, a track from the Australian jazz pianist and composer’s 2005 album ‘Mother of Dreams and Secrets’. “I actually found
Wu-Tang Clan and Nas have announced details of a joint North American tour which will begin in August. The co-headline ‘N.Y. State Of Mind’ tour will visit 25 cities from August through to October, kicking off in St. Louis on August 30. READ MORE: Re-Enter The Wu Tang: RZA on the past, present and future of
INXS have released an immersive new mix of their album ‘Kick’, which turns 35 this year – watch band members Tim Farriss and Kirk Pengilly plus engineer Giles Martin talk about the new version in the NME-exclusive video below, and read on for NME‘s interview with Farriss about the new mix and uses of INXS’s
Sydney Minsky-Sargeant has revealed that he’s been working on a solo album that he has “very nearly finished”. The Working Men’s Club frontman told fans via his band’s official Twitter account today (April 18) that his debut record is on the way. “Been working on a solo record for quite some time now. It’s very
Maggie Rogers performed her latest single, ‘That’s Where I Am’ live for the first time during her Coachella 2022 set. READ MORE: Maggie Rogers – “My story is the story of the internet” The track is the lead single from her yet to be released album ‘Surrender’, which is due out on July 29 on Polydor.
King Crimson founder Robert Fripp has dressed up as Guns N’ Roses‘ Slash with his wife Toyah Willcox to cover Michael Jackson’s ‘Give In To Me’. READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked! The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020 due to Fripp missing live performance as a
The Killers debuted several songs for the first time in Las Vegas last night (April 15) – check out some footage of the moment below. The group kicked off their ‘Imploding The Mirage’ tour in Vegas and opened with the live debut of ‘My Own Soul’s Warning’, later followed by ‘Running Towards A Place’, ‘Fire
Norah Jones has finally released her cover of Ray Charles‘ ‘Hallelujah, I Love Him So’ – listen to it below. Released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her landmark debut ‘Come Away With Me’, Jones originally recorded her rendition of the 1956 song during one of her very first demo sessions for Blue Note Records back