Dixie D’Amelio hits the stage for a private performance and meet and greet at the PUMA Flagship store in New York City on Friday (June 10).
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Suede have performed their new single ‘She Still Leads Me On’ live for the first time, as well as sharing insight on their their ninth album ‘Autofiction’. See footage below, along with our interview with frontman Brett Anderson.After announcing their new album and sharing the single yesterday (Monday May 23), the NME Awards’ Godlike Genius alumni then debuted the song live a show in Brussels last night that was also live-streamed online.In contrast to Suede’s recent trilogy of ambitious and expansive albums – 2013’s ‘Bloodsports‘, 2016’s ‘Night Thoughts‘ and 2018’s ‘The Blue Hour‘ – ‘Autofiction’ saw the band consciously seeking a stripped down sound, as Anderson explained.“Every record is a reaction to the last record to some extent. You don’t want to just keep going in the same direction,” Anderson told NME shortly before the band went onstage in Brussels.
“I wanted to come back and make something that felt a little bit more raw, a little bit more angry, a little bit more nasty. ‘Autofiction’ is our punk record, and we’re fucking proud of it.”He continued: “As a band evolves, you’re looking for new ways to keep yourself excited. Audiences aren’t stupid, they can see through stuff.
As soon as you get bored of what you’re doing, the audience get bored. You’ve got to find different definitions of what makes your band your band without self parody or drifting into pastiche. It’s a tricky balancing act.”Tonally, Anderson said that ‘She Still Leads Me On’ represents a centre ground when it comes to the rest of the album’s emotional range.
“If you’ve got a dial from mellow to angry, it’s somewhere in the middle,” he said. “Sometimes you write a song and it just seems to sum the whole record up. It just sounded really good!
.Dixie D’Amelio hits the stage for a private performance and meet and greet at the PUMA Flagship store in New York City on Friday (June 10).
Steve Aoki and Taking Back Sunday have teamed up on an unexpected new joint single called ‘Just Us Two’ – check it out below along with the two acts telling NME about what they learnt from each other and their newfound brotherhood.The track marks Taking Back Sunday’s second release of the year, following frontman Adam Lazzara featuring on The Maine’s ‘Loved You A Little’ in January. It’s Aoki’s fourth single of 2022, succeeding ‘Welcome To The Playhouse’, ‘Da Homies’ and ‘KULT’.“I was talking with our manager one day and she’s like ‘Hey, Steve Aoki’s camp reached out – would you like to write a song with him?’ My first reaction was, ‘Wait, do they know who they’re reaching out to? Did they get the wrong guys?’” explained Lazzara.
BTS have released the music video for ‘Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)’, the title track of their new compilation album ‘Proof’.The visual opens with Jungkook sitting alone in a desert, looking out into the vast open land. It then cuts to the septet sitting together as they perform ‘Yet To Come’, which finds the boyband looking back at their nine-year-long career so far.It later cuts to individual shots of BTS performing their different parts, before they reunite and run towards a yellow school bus in the middle of nowhere.
Asylums have announced details of a new album called ‘Signs Of Life’ – get all the details on the record below.The follow-up to the Southend band’s Steve Albini-produced LP ‘Genetic Cabaret’ from 2020, will come out on October 14.Back in April, the album was previewed by new single ‘Crypto Klepto’, the four-piece’s first new music in two years.The album was recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales and produced by Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild, The Proclaimers).Speaking to the Southend Echo, vocalist and guitarist Luke Branch said: “So many iconic pieces of music have been made in the room at Rockfield Studios which we recorded in, Yellow by Coldplay, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and many more.“”We brought in a string quartet for a day to play and it was one of the most creative and rewarding musical experiences we have shared.”Listen to ‘Crypto Klepto’ below.“I can honestly say this is one of the most unhinged songs I’ve ever produced and up above 215bpm one of the fastest too,” Eringa said of the track.
Lana Del Rey’s follow-up to last year’s ‘Blue Banisters’ is “coming soon”, according to her manager Ben Mawson.The star released ‘Blue Banisters’ in October 2021 and since then has only shared one new track – the Euphoria soundtrack contribution ‘Watercolor Eyes’.On Sunday (June 5), Mawson shared a screenshot of an article rounding up “20 unforgettable Hollywood Bowl concerts”, which included Del Rey’s 2019 show at the venue. “A true star,” he wrote in the caption. “one of the greatest living female songwriters that will influence for decades to come and a real performer that has inspired multiple generations.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced details of ‘Cool It Down’, their first new album in nine years – watch the video for its first single, the Perfume Genius-featuring ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’, below.The New York City trio will follow up 2013’s ‘Mosquito‘ with the new eight-track album on September 30 via their new label home of Secretly Canadian.“To all who have waited, our dear fans, thank you, our fever to tell has returned, and writing these songs came with its fair share of chills, tears, and euphoria when the pain lifts and truth is revealed,” Karen O said of the band’s return in a statement.“Don’t have to tell you how much we’ve been going through in the last nine years since our last record, because you’ve been going through it too, and we love you and we see you, and we hope you feel the feels from the music we’ve made. No shying away from the feels, or backing down from what’s been gripping all of us these days.
Ray Liotta’s New Jersey hometown will pay tribute to the late actor in a significant way after his death.
Pizza House/Pizza Chef in Newark in the 1950s before relocating the business to Cranford in 1970.Liotta worked at the pizzeria during his high summer vacations from 1971 to 1973. “We were making $3.50 an hour back then,” Preziosi Jr. recalled.“Ray was a great worker.
Tom Grennan has spoken to NME about his recent attack ordeal in New York, as well as revealing that work is almost complete on his third album.Last month, the singer-songwriter was the victim of an “unprovoked attack and robbery” in the US, which led to him suffering a ruptured ear, torn ear-drum and issue with his previously fractured jaw – forcing him to postpone a number of shows.After telling fans that he was in “good spirits” and that “the show must go on“, Grennan last week told NME that he was feeling “positive” and looking to move past the incident.“To be honest, I’m trying to take positives from it,” he said. “The guy was obviously in ill health.
Lorde has praised Kendrick Lamar‘s new album ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, particularly noting the record’s emotional maturity and attempt to process difficult subjects through creative expression.“I’m loving Kendrick,” the singer-songwriter said in the latest instalment of her fan newsletter.
Rico Nasty has shared a brand new single, ‘Intrusive’ – listen to it below.Rico started teasing the song on social media earlier this month before finally unveiling the distortion-heavy track earlier today (May 24).In a statement, the rapper said of the song: “This song tells the story of intrusive thoughts with some industrial elements.“The song is a true free style for me and takes you for a ride through my mind.”The track is expected to feature on what is described in a press release as a “very personal upcoming project.” Rico’s last album was 2020’s ‘Nightmare Vacation’, her studio debut. The rapper teased the new track earlier this month in multiple social media posts, tweeting to fans: “I have a new song coming out very soon”. Rico also told fans that the vibe of the track would be “intrusive”. She then later dropped a video clip of the song, with the caption ‘Black Punk’.This new music follows the release of her single ‘Vaderz’ featuring Bktherula back in April.
Olivia Wilde steps out for a stroll through New York City on Friday (May 20).
Mike Wass Never one to rehash the past, Madonna is taking a two-pronged approach to celebrating the 40th anniversary of her debut album — nodding to the past with two career-spanning remix collections, while remaining rooted in the present by remixing Sickick’s mega-viral reimagining of “Frozen.”For the third and final iteration, dubbed “Frozen on Fire,” Madonna added new lyrics to the song and invited the masked producer to contribute his own vocals. The result is a trap-tinged adventure that rounds out a trilogy of free-wheeling remixes that began with an Afrobeats overhaul, featuring Nigeria’s Fireboy DML, and then a genre-blurring collaboration with New Jersey’s 070 Shake.While Sickick tinkered with “Frozen” independently, Madonna was quick to realize its potential.
Harry Styles‘ new album is about to be released and he surprised some lucky fans at a Spotify Album Celebration Party!
It seems that it's time once again to prepare ourselves for the release of a new Lana Del Rey record.
Nia Archives has teamed up with Watch The Ride to release a new joint single, ‘Mash Up The Dance’ – listen to the song below.Co-produced by Nia, who won Best Producer at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 in March, the track also features the Bradford-born, London-based producer/DJ on vocals.“I was so gassed to make this one with DJ Die, Randall and Dismantle and be part of the Watch The Ride family,” Nia said about the collaboration, which you can hear in the below Geeneus (founder of Rinse FM) and Nia Archives-directed video.“Have seen this one going off in my sets for a minute now and I know it’s gonna mash up dance for the summer of jungle.”Watch The Ride, a dance supergroup comprised of Randall, DJ Die and Dismantle, added: “The track’s creation was really natural, sometimes everything just clicks in the session and this was one of those moments.
P1Harmony and American singer-songwriter Pink Sweat$ are set to collaborate on the upcoming single, ‘Gotta Get Back’.Yesterday (May 16), the boyband announced the upcoming digital single on Twitter, and also released the song’s pastel-coloured cover art. According to Korea JoongAng Daily, Pink Sweat$ composed the forthcoming collaboration, while P1Harmony members Intak and Jongseob helped pen lyrics for the track.
Rina Sawayama has announced plans to release a new album and teased the record with a short trailer – you can view it below.Entitled ‘Hold The Girl’ the follow up to her debut, 2020’s ‘SAWAYAMA’, is set to drop on September 2.It comes after she shared a series of banners and leaflets to fans featuring the words “Rina Is Going To Hell” before wiping and updating her Instagram page last week.She also closed her final ‘Dynasty Tour’ show last Friday (13 May) at New York’s Terminal 5 by teasing a new song.Now, she has shared a dramatic trailer which features snippets from her forthcoming record.Hold The GirlThe new albumSeptember 2 2022https://t.co/1r1X9PKSmk pic.twitter.com/nw59Im5ra4— RINA SAWAYAMA (@rinasawayama) May 16, 2022Reviewing her debut, NME awarded the record five stars and said it was a “deeply personal self-portrait that lays waste to genre constraints.”Sawayama, meanwhile, performed as part of the BandLab NME Awards 2022 earlier in March, where she was also awarded the iconic middle finger for Best Live Act Supported By Grolsch.In her acceptance speech, Sawayama spoke of how she posted an ad in the back of NME trying to get some bandmates when she was 15 years old.
Jack Johnson has shared the title track from his upcoming new album, ‘Meet The Moonlight’ – listen to it below.The US singer-songwriter’s eighth studio album – the follow-up to 2017’s ‘All The Light Above It Too’ – will arrive on June 24 via Brushfire/Republic Records.Johnson announced the album last month alongside its lead single, ‘One Step Ahead’, a plucky, acoustic guitar-driven cut rich with texture and insightful lyrics.He’s now dropped off the title tack from the forthcoming project. The tranquil number hears Johnson’s guitar weave in and out of a soothing instrumental dreamscape as he repeats the same verse and chorus over.“It’s funny how blind dreams can be/ It seems like they look off too far/ But it’s good to be right here/ It’s good not to miss too many chances to follow love,” he sings on the chorus.You can listen to the track below:Johnson made his upcoming new album with acclaimed producer Blake Mills (Lana Del Rey, Weezer, Norah Jones), recording it at Sound City and EastWest Studios in Los Angeles and Johnson’s Mango Tree studio in Hawaii.“When Blake and I first got in touch we’d send each other playlists, and over time we realised we were drawn to music that sounds effortless despite all the effort put into making it,” Johnson said in a statement.