CupcakKe has kept herself busy in 2021 with a strong line of singles, and today she’s keeping that momentum going with new track ‘Huhhhhh’. ‘Huhhhhh’ features production from Fantom, with Cupcakke rapping over a bass-heavy beat led by loops of guitar plucks. On the song, the Chicago rapper comments on the work of her peers,
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The Pretty Reckless have unveiled their new video for ‘Only Love Can Save Me Now’, which features cameos from Soundgarden‘s Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron. Thayil and Cameron appeared on the track, which was released on The Pretty Reckless’ album ‘Death By Rock And Roll’ earlier this year, and have now appeared in the video.
Former X1 member Lee Eun-sang is set to make his long-awaited return in a new boyband next year. Lee’s agency Brand New Music announced in a statement to South Korean news outlet Hanguk Kyungje today (10 June) that the singer will be included in an upcoming boyband that company is planning to launch next year
The venue where Dimebag Darrell was shot dead is being turned into affordable housing. The former Damageplan and Pantera guitarist was killed at the Alrosa Villa in 2004 by Nathan Gale along with four other fans. Gale was shot dead by police officer James Niggemeyer during the incident. According to the Columbus Dispatch, the venue is now
MAMAMOO’s Wheein has reportedly decided to leave her longtime agency RBW Entertainment. This is according to a new report by South Korean news outlet Sports Kyunghyang, which claimed that the singer has decided not to renew her contract with the music label. The publication also noted that Wheein would continue to be a part of
A pub and grassroots music venue famous for its links to Pink Floyd is to be demolished after a decade spent fighting redevelopment plans. The Flying Pig in Cambridge was regularly visited by the band’s original frontman Syd Barrett. It is said to be the place where he first met future Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead
Snoop Dogg has been appointed by Def Jam Recordings to be their new Executive Creative and Strategic Consultant. The rapper will now work closely with the label, whose signed artists include Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Jhené Aiko. Snoop’s new role will see him “strategically working across the label’s executive team and artist roster with
The line-up for the rescheduled Cruel World festival in 2022 has been unveiled. READ MORE: Morrissey embodied a more sensitive form of masculinity for the young me – but was I just kidding myself? Morrissey, Blondie and Bauhaus will lead the line-up alongside Devo, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, Public Image Ltd and
South London-based indie-rockers Wooze have unveiled their punchy and playful new single, ‘Witch Slap (IOU)’. The track blends a silvery, upbeat pop melody with overdriven guitars and Talking Heads-esque synth leads. Vocalists Theo Spark and Jamie She (who form the band’s studio lineup, the former also on guitars and the latter on drums) make full
Blood Red Shoes have released a punchy new single titled ‘A Little Love’. Contrasting the electronica-driven dark-pop style of their recent output, the new single marks a return to the grungy, fuzz-inflicted analogue rock sound that Blood Red Shoes cut their teeth on. Listen to ‘A Little Love’ below: Advertisement [embedded content] In a press
A number of musicians have taken to social media to criticise Oliver Dowden’s recent boast that the UK government has achieved a Brexit touring breakthrough. The government’s failure to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew post-Brexit has long been a topic of discussion. This fiasco has sparked fears that artists will face huge
jxdn has announced the release of his debut album, ‘Tell Me About Tomorrow’ – listen to new single ‘Think About Me’ below. Produced by Travis Barker, the 18-track LP comprises 14 new songs, including a feature from Machine Gun Kelly on the track ‘Wanna Be’. It will be released on July 2 via DTA Records.
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 ‘Royals’ and Swifts ‘Me’. The songwriter’s works have already been streamed
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has been cast in Damien Chazelle’s forthcoming film, Babylon. Deadline reports that Flea’s casting in the film comes alongside the announcement of other new cast members Max Minghella, Samara Weaving and more. They join previously announced cast members Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo and more. Babylon is
Scooter Braun is being sued for $50million by former business partner Peter Comisar, who claims the music executive deceived him into leaving a lucrative job. Comisar, a former partner at Goldman Sachs, said in his lawsuit that Braun “aggressively courted” him from 2016 to 2017, persuading him to leave his job at investment banking company
Andy King, AKA Burning In The Skies, has just released his highly anticipated EP “Caught In The Undertow” for audiences worldwide. The new EP gives a nod to King’s biggest influence and favorite band Linkin Park. The band’s name, Burning In The Skies was taken from a Linkin Park song of the same name, and
The Cure frontman Robert Smith has further alluded to the release of a noise album in a new interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe. Smith featured in the interview alongside CHVRCHES, having just teamed up to release the single ‘How Not To Drown’, ahead of the band’s new album ‘Screen Violence’. Speaking to Lowe,
Courtney Love has said that a Hole reunion will not happen in the future. It comes after Love first mooted the idea of a reunion with The Guardian in 2019, with Love telling the publication: “We are definitely talking about it. There’s nothing wrong with honouring your past.” Then, in 2020, Love told NME she “had a good session”
D.C. singer-songwriter Bartees Strange has shared the music video for ‘Flagey God’, lifted from his 2020 album, ‘Live Forever’. The haunting black and white video stitches together scenes of Strange performing in a number of locales with brief, grainy snippets of an unidentified figure, complementing the song’s dark bass and percussion lines. Watch the clip