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Beck says he was planning to sample Labi Siffre’s ‘I Got The…’ before Eminem beat him to it.Marshall Mathers famously used the track in his massive 1999 hit ‘My Name Is…’, but wasn’t the first to think about sampling the 1975 song.Speaking to Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music to mark 25 years of his fifth album ‘Odelay’, Beck revealed that his producers the Dust Brothers were planning on sampling ‘I Got The…’ for him for the follow-up to his 1999 record ‘Midnite Vultures’.However, in a meeting with

Noel Gallagher has shared his thoughts on the upcoming new Oasis documentary about the band’s legendary Knebworth gigs.The new film – which is being released to mark the 25th anniversary of the August 1996 shows – will “lean heavily on never-before-seen archive footage that was shot at the time of the legendary shows,” Gallagher told Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2 back in April.Now, speaking in a new interview with Matt Wilkinson on his Apple Music Hits show, Gallagher said he was impressed with the

Noel Gallagher has said that he is contemplating selling the rights to his back catalogue in 2025.A number of major artists have sold the rights to their music, either in part or in full, in recent times, including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Neil Young.Gallagher was asked in a new interview with Apple Music Hits’ Matt Wilkinson – where he was promoting ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 – 2011-2021’, a ‘Best Of’ album by his High Flying Birds project – if he would ever consider selling the rights to

Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has reacted to Daft Punk‘s surprise split, likening it to the emotional impact of a death.The Parisian duo left fans shocked on Monday (February 22), when they confirmed their split in an eight-minute video.Reflecting on their split, Parker told Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson how he first came across their music while watching TV as a child.“I think I was sitting in front of the TV as a kid watching like Saturday morning video clips,” he said.“In fact, definitely.

the 2020 Ivors were cancelled last June, and the winners were instead announced by Matt Wilkinson on his Apple Music radio show.Announcing the cancellation of their physical ceremony in 2020, Davies and Crispin Hunt, chair of The Ivors Academy, said: “As a community of music creators, The Ivors Academy has presented awards continuously for 64 years and 2020 will be no different.

The NME 100 – our round-up of the essential artists to look out for in 2021.Premiering on Matt Wilkinson’s Apple Music 1 show today (January 27), new single ‘FYO’ deals with MICHELLE’s experiences of growing up with mixed-race identities.“‘FYO’ is about belonging to different worlds but feeling rejected by both,” explained the band’s Jamee Lockard.

Romy Madley Croft has confirmed that The xx will return in the future, saying in a new interview that “there’s more xx music to come for sure”.The guitarist and vocalist is currently focusing on her solo material, and last week shared the single ‘Lifetime’.Speaking in a new interview with Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson, Romy said that ‘Lifetime’ was a “more instantaneous” type of release than what she’s used to doing with The xx, given that she released the song ahead of finishing her debut solo

Chris Willman Music WriterPostponed from May and then canceled as a ceremony due to the pandemic, the U.K.’s Ivor Novello Awards were revealed Wednesday in an announcement made by Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1 Radio.The awards, selected by juries of the winners’ peers, celebrate British songwriting and scoring for film and television.

Little Simz, Dave and Calvin Harris were among the winners at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards.The prestigious songwriting and composing ceremony was due to take place today (September 2) at Grosvenor House Hotel in London, having been postponed from May due to the coronavirus crisis.The Ivors 2020 were then cancelled in June, and the winners were instead announced by Matt Wilkinson on his Apple Music radio show.Dave won the Best Contemporary Song award for ‘Black’ along with co-writer/producer

Dave Grohl has reflected on making Foo Fighters’ self-titled debut album, 25 years after its release.The band’s frontman recorded an initial tape version of the album almost entirely by himself “for fun” before record labels expressed interest in releasing it.Speaking to Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music’s Beats 1, Grohl recalled the process of making the album. “I actually recorded the whole thing in sequence,” he said.

Dave Grohl has reflected on how writing some of Foo Fighters‘ earliest songs proved to be an “exorcism” of the grief he experienced after the death of Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain.Speaking to Apple Music‘s Matt Wilkinson to mark Foo Fighters’ 25th anniversary, Grohl said that writing ‘This Is A Call’ – the band’s first major single – allowed him to go through an “awakening” after Cobain took his life in April 1994.“Most of the songs on that first record had been around for a while.

Parker did add that the Arctic Monkeys frontman "can't play drums as good as me"

Our new columnist Matt Wilkinson is one of the U.K.’s best known new music tastemakers, presenting a daily show on Apple Music where he reports on artists who are changing the way we listen. Having originally made his name as New Music Editor of NME, Matt continues to mine the best new music, chronicling the whole of the U.K. scene, and telling the stories behind the songs of the day.