Sam Smith faces new legal challenges for ‘Stay With Me’
Songwriter Mark Halper is suing Smith and is seeking his own Grammy Award
10th April 2015
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10th April 2015
Drake announced as new addition for Open’er
Headlining the Polish event will be Mumford & Sons and Kasabian.
10th April 2015
Ryn Weaver confirms UK release of debut album ‘The Fool,’ shares title track
Due in the UK on August 7th, ‘The Fool’ is co-produced by Benny Blanco and Passion Pit mastermind Michael Angelakos.
10th April 2015
The Vaccines test ‘English Graffiti’ at Electric Brixton date
The Vaccines’ swagger is justified.
10th April 2015
Tracks: Tame Impala, Mumford & Sons, & More
The DIY writers pick out the biggest and best new tracks from the last seven days.
10th April 2015
Deafheaven: Defying Perceptions
The black-metallers went into fourth album ‘New Bermuda’ feeling more cohesive and confident than ever before.
10th April 2015
Flying Lotus interviews Kendrick Lamar, shares collaboration ‘Eyes Above’
Steve Ellison invited Kendrick Lamar to his BBC Radio 1 Residency. Brainfeeder’s Lapalux also played a guest mix on the show.
10th April 2015
9th April 2015
Fist City announce new album, share track ‘Fuck Cops’
The band’s second album will be titled ‘Everything Is A Mess’. It hits shelves on June 22nd.
9th April 2015
Watch Mark Ronson and Mystikal bring ‘Feel Right’ to Ellen
Terrace Martin, Dontae Winslow and Ryan Porter made up a backing band for the performance.
9th April 2015
Alkaline Trio set to headline 2000trees
Mclusky* (asterisk important) are also set to appear.
9th April 2015
Clipping. share video for ‘Intro’
The track features on last year’s sort-of self-titled record.
9th April 2015
Alcopop! Records announce ‘The Wit and Wisdom of Nigel Farage’ 7″ details
Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari fame has also offered up a remix for the label’s new offering.
9th April 2015
Tyler, The Creator shares ‘Fucking Young’ video
The track features on new album, ‘Cherry Bomb’, released next week.
9th April 2015
Coachella shares set times
St. Vincent or Jamie xx? The Cribs, Jenny Lewis or Marina and the Diamonds?
9th April 2015
Boston mayor proclaims 9th April ‘Riot Grrrl Day’
It’s in honour of Kathleen Hanna, who’s giving a lecture and performance today in the city.
9th April 2015
Los Campesinos! win at merch with their new t‑shirt
All profits from ‘Never Kiss A Tory’ will be shared between three charities.
9th April 2015
Samantha Urbani shares debut solo track, ‘1 2 3 4’
The Friends member posts her first track online.
9th April 2015
Black Sabbath pull out of ‘farewell show’
Ozzy Osbourne will still perform on the Tokyo leg of Ozzfest.
9th April 2015
Black Honey — Spinning Wheel
Spaghetti-western twangs and gun-toting guitars hit like a house falling from the heavens — we’re not in Kansas anymore.
9th April 2015
Tyler, the Creator to release new ‘Cherry Bomb’ album next week
Hear two tracks from the ‘Wolf’ follow-up — ‘DEATHCAMP’ and ‘FUCKING YOUNG / PERFECT’.
9th April 2015
Brand New debut first new song in six years live
Titled ‘Don’t Feel Anything,’ the band played the new song at a show in Denver.
9th April 2015
Björk’s summer house in Iceland is up for sale
Icelandic retreat in Selfoss is on the market for £140,000.
9th April 2015
The Neu Bulletin (9th April 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Yak, Day Wave and Lung Dart.
9th April 2015
Ryn Weaver: “I’m at a free time in my life; I’m powerful on my own”
After a tumultuous few years, including a move to California, Ryn Weaver is putting her problems behind her.
9th April 2015
SILICON shares debut track, ‘God Emoji’, ahead of debut album in 2015
Kody Nielson will release the single on Domino imprint Weird World
9th April 2015
Mumford & Sons air new song ‘The Wolf’
Ahead of forthcoming album ‘Wilder Mind,’ the track got its first play from Huw Stephens, sitting in for Annie Mac.
9th April 2015
Bully — Trying
‘Trying’ is a lesson in actually giving a shit, and it proves that ultimate effort tends to pay dividends.
9th April 2015
Frank Ocean to join James Blake’s UK tour
Ocean is joining Blake’s ‘Measure of Albion’ tour as BOYSDON’TCRY tonight.
9th April 2015
Jackson Scott shares new single, ‘Ripe For Love’
New track is the third pulled from Scott’s upcoming album ‘Redux’
9th April 2015
Flying Lotus to interview Kendrick Lamar on Radio 1 tonight
Lamar will drop in on FlyLo’s Radio 1 Residency show
9th April 2015
AUTOBAHN share new single, ‘Beautiful Place To Die’
Leeds-based group air new track ahead of expected debut album.
9th April 2015
Watch Tame Impala play new material live for the first time in California
Group gave live debuts to ‘Let It Happen’ and ‘Cause I’m A Man’.
9th April 2015
Miguel to feature in a new film produced by John Legend
Untitled romantic drama is to be directed by Nabil Elderkin.
9th April 2015
Lykke Li and FKA Twigs will not feature on A$AP Rocky’s new album
Rapper confirms previous stories are not correct at London lecture.
9th April 2015
St Vincent explains how she wrote new song ‘Teenage Talk’
Annie Clark performed the song on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show this week, before opening up about her creative process.
9th April 2015
8th April 2015
Hear TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe collaborate with Sinkane and Sal P
New ‘Speedline Miracle Masterpiece’ track is inspired by Grand Theft Auto V.
8th April 2015
Freddie Gibbs and Kaytranada team up for ‘My Dope House’
Collaborative single is coming out on 7” next month.
8th April 2015
Torres shares video for ‘Sprinter’
It’s the title track to her new album.
8th April 2015
York trio JUNK take a sweet trip with new ‘Dirt in My Eye’ track
Hear the latest work from a ridiculously exciting new band.
8th April 2015
Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons to appear on new series of Later.. with Jools Holland
New series starts next week, with Blur, The Vaccines and Laura Marling all performing.
8th April 2015
Rustie announces American tour
The Scottish musician will also play a show in his hometown of Glasgow, as well as Denmark’s Roskilde Festival.
8th April 2015
St Vincent — Teenage Talk
A self-contradictory elegy for nostalgia, this might’ve drowned on ‘St Vincent’. Alone it’s the musical equivalent of a self-contained short story.
8th April 2015
Heaven for the Weather: Pulled Apart By Horses talk new members and next steps
Group are readying a Record Store Day live album, ‘One Night in Heaven’.
8th April 2015
Ryan Adams announces new 7”, ‘I Do Not Feel Like Being Good’
The single is set for release at the end of April.
8th April 2015
Metz — Spit You Out
Matching the sheer velocity of the live Metz experience is a gargantuan task, yet ‘Spit You Out’ does just that.
8th April 2015
Shunkan gets Hitchcockian with thriller ‘Our Names’ video
Get ready for the gore — Connor Strati directs a clip for the New Zealander’s new single.
8th April 2015
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard share animated ‘The River’ video
It’s the opening track on the band’s new record, ‘Quarters’.
8th April 2015
Samantha Cameron’s a fan of Poliça and listens to Radio 6 “all day long”
The First Lady hawks her indie credentials in an entirely coincidental interview that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the forthcoming General Election.
8th April 2015
Big Deal preview third album with new ‘Veronica’ track
London group’s thrashing sound keeps on getting bigger.
8th April 2015
T in the Park organisers assure ticket-buyers that 2015 fest will take place
New Strathallan Castle location is putting a protected species — ospreys — under threat.
8th April 2015
Listen to Jack Garratt’s new ‘Synesthesiac’ EP in full
The follow-up to the multi-instrumentalist’s first EP, ‘Remnants,’ is streaming online in full
8th April 2015
Rainer unveil new single, ‘Marry’
It’s taken from the band’s debut album, out in May.
8th April 2015
Mac DeMarco announces huge London show
Mac’s coming to the Roundhouse this September.
8th April 2015
Palace unveil new single, ‘Kiloran’
Serene song is taken from band’s second EP, ‘Chase The Light’.
8th April 2015
Banks performs ‘Begging For Thread’ on Letterman
The Californian singer brought along a human-sized kalidoscope to perform the single from her debut album ‘Goddess’.
8th April 2015
The Maccabees unveil ‘Marks To Prove It’ video
Group reside in their South London studio for a new clip.
8th April 2015
A$AP Rocky shares new track, ‘M’s’
Rapper confirms that Mos Def will feature on his new album, ‘At.Long.Last.A$AP’
8th April 2015
Gengahr and Spring King join the bill for Sound City 2015
Liverpool fest takes place this May, with Fucked Up, Peace and Swans playing the DIY Stage.
8th April 2015
The Neu Bulletin (8th April 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Black Peaks, No Vacation and Tomboy.
8th April 2015
Billboard Music Awards finalists announced, lots of names appear many times
Sam Smith, Bastille, Lorde and Drake are among those listed.
8th April 2015
Hundred Waters, How To Dress Well, and Majical Cloudz to play FORM Festival
Hundred Waters’ curated event — set to be held in the Arizonan desert — also includes The Antlers and Mutual Benefit
8th April 2015
CHROMATICS share new single, ‘In Films’
New track is the third preview of upcoming album ‘Dear Tommy’
8th April 2015
Caribou remixes Pick A Piper’s Braids-featuring track ‘Once Were Leaves’
Dan Snaith’s remixed a track by his drummer Brad Weber’s electronic project.
8th April 2015
Sharon Van Etten announces new EP ‘I Don’t Want To Let You Down’
The New York singer’s new release is set to feature guest appearances from members of The War on Drugs.
8th April 2015
Madonna unveils new ‘Ghosttown’ video
Jonas Åkerlund directs the cape-centric new clip.
8th April 2015
Florence + The Machine — Ship to Wreck
One of Florence’s best examples of matching brutal honesty with euphoric pop.
8th April 2015
Florence + the Machine debuts new single ‘Ship To Wreck’
The second single to be taken from ‘How Big How Blue How Beautiful’ is streaming now.
8th April 2015
The Japanese House shows her ‘Teeth’ with new track
Debut EP ‘Pools to Bathe In’ is coming out on Dirty Hit.
8th April 2015
Frances Bean Cobain speaks publicly about Kurt for the first time
Daughter claims she doesn’t “really like Nirvana that much.”
8th April 2015
Doldrums shares new video for latest single, ’Loops’
New album ‘The Air Conditioned Nightmare’ is out now via Sub Pop
8th April 2015
Nick Cave shares new trailer for ‘Sick Bag Song’
Hardback edition of Cave’s 2014 tour memoir was released today.
8th April 2015
Jack White announces new documentary, ‘American Epic’ with Robert Redford and T Bone Burnett
Three-part documentary series is out in late 2015.
8th April 2015
Teleman share ‘Strange Combinations’ video
The track features on a Speedy Wunderground 7”.
8th April 2015
Jay Z removes debut album ‘Reasonable Doubt’ from Spotify in North America
Move follows the rapper’s launch of rival service TIDAL.
8th April 2015
Wilsen shares new track ‘Garden’
It’s the first preview to come from her as-of-yet-untitled debut album.
8th April 2015
Noah and the Whale’s Fred Abbott announces solo album, ‘Serious Poke’
The record will be released in July.
8th April 2015
Jay Z reveals he no longer has a record deal
Despite owning Roc Nation, Jay Z is currently without a contract.
8th April 2015
Tall Ships air new track ‘Will To Life’
Phil Taggart played the band’s new track last night sitting in for a poorly Annie Mac.
8th April 2015
Black Honey share new track ‘Spinning Wheel’
The flip-side single to previous release ‘Madonna’ sees the Brighton band fall headlong into a world of film-noir gone batshit crazy.
8th April 2015
Panda Bear unveils ‘Tropic Of Cancer’ video, directed by Avey Tare
Animal Collective bandmates collaborate on an outlandish clip.
8th April 2015
Rising Chicago rapper Towkio shares ‘Heaven Only Knows’
The track features a dizzying verse from fellow Chicagoan Chance the Rapper, along with Lido’s production and vocals from Eryn Allen Kane.
8th April 2015
Natalie Prass adds new dates to UK and European tour
Newly announced dates in Denmark, Spain and UK begin in August.
8th April 2015
TV on the Radio get emotional for ‘Trouble’ video
‘Seeds’ highlight checks in with strangers on the street.
8th April 2015
Drenge hit Top Ten in midweeks with ‘Undertow’
They’re the second-highest new entry in the Official Charts update.
8th April 2015
7th April 2015
Joan Jett calls for more women in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
She’s also after more women in rock, full stop.
7th April 2015
MS MR announce new UK date alongside ‘Painted’ track
NYC duo play Dalston Victoria ahead of their new album release.
7th April 2015
Is Kendrick Lamar set to feature on a Kanye West ‘All Day’ remix?
Tiny snippet of the potential collaboration has appeared online.
7th April 2015
Ben Browning of Cut Copy announces solo album, ‘Turns’
Hear lead track ‘Make It Easy’ right now.
7th April 2015
Sharon Van Etten, Julia Holter, more contribute covers to Karen Dalton compilation
Artists will perform previously unreleased tracks from the late folk star.
7th April 2015
Gambles returns with ‘New Moon Move’ and ‘Vicious Times’
Folk songwriter is following up debut album ‘Trust’.
7th April 2015
Total Babes share album title track, ‘Heydays’
The LP is released in May.
7th April 2015
Slime shares new single ‘My Company’
Will Archer’s signed to Domino imprint Weird World for a new release.
7th April 2015
Don Broco announce new album, ‘Automatic’
Hear brand new track, ‘What You Do To Me’.
7th April 2015
Liverpool’s The Kazimier to close its doors in 2016
New Year’s Day will host the last ever event in the Liverpool venue.
7th April 2015
Todd Terje brings album art to life with ‘Alfonso Muskedunder’ video
Watch an animated blitz through the producer’s work.
7th April 2015
Nosaj Thing previews new album with ‘Don’t Mind Me’
Giddy cut features the vocals of Whoarei.
7th April 2015
Brandon Flowers previews ‘Still Want You’ track with new trailer
20-second clip follows new single ‘Can’t Deny My Love’.
7th April 2015
Tennis share new track, ‘Easter Island’
It’s about ‘places Patrick would like to sail to’, apparently.
7th April 2015
Track By Track: Gallows — Desolation Sounds
The band’s Laurent ‘Lags’ Barnard runs through their latest release, from front to back.
7th April 2015
The Neu Bulletin (7th April 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring KLOË and Fufanu.
7th April 2015