Indie: Last News

The Wombats have shared a new single called ‘Everything I Love Is Going To Die’ – listen below.Premiering on BBC Radio 1 last night (November 15) as Clara Amfo’s ‘Hottest Record’, the track serves as the latest preview of the band’s upcoming fifth album ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’, which arrives on January 7 via AWAL.It follows the previous songs ‘If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming With You’, ‘Method To The Madness’ and ‘Ready For The High’, the latter of which arrived last month.“The song is about the impermanence of life, and with that in mind, the beauty of each passing second,” Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy explained of ‘Everything I Love…’ in a statement.“Key line for me is ‘Icarus was my best friend, so I’m gonna make him proud in the end‘,

Arctic Monkeys have announced their first headline shows of 2022 – see all the details below.The Sheffield band, who last performed live in 2019, will hit the road for a string of European dates next August. Tickets go on sale here at 9am GMT (10am CET) next Wednesday (November 24).Alex Turner and co.

Miles Kane as the headliner.Kane appeared at the 2021 edition of Neighbourhood Festival after the 2020 event was delayed due to COVID-19. Now the singer has announced his return to Warrington, with a headline show at Warrington Parr Hall on January 29.Support for the show comes from Brooke Combe, who made waves earlier this year with her cover of Arctic Monkey‘s ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?’.

after an alleged attack on Wargasm‘s Sam Matlock by three bouncers at a recent show.The band were playing a set at the King’s Cross venue as part of the Face Down club night earlier this month, and alleged in a statement afterwards that after the show a bouncer at the venue was “verbally aggressive” towards the band’s female tour manager, leading vocalist and guitarist Matlock to have to “step in”.They then claimed on Twitter: “After this, in a completely overzealous and unnecessary use of force, three bouncers then dragged Sam into the backstage toilets, where two of them slammed his head against the toilet seat and held his head in the toilet bowl while the third bouncer held the door closed with his foot.”Since the incident and Wargasm’s

Reverend And The Makers’ Laura McClure has responded to comments that her group is a “lad band”, pointing out that she’s often treated as lesser than her bandmates because of her gender.The keyboardist, trumpeter and vocalist has performed on all six of Reverend And The Makers’ studio albums – most recently 2017’s ‘The Death Of A King’.In a statement posted to the band’s social media earlier today (November 12), McClure said: “I am tired of explaining I’ve been in the band from the beginning, tired of saying ‘no, we’re not a lad band’, tired of making people see girls don’t always have to be the lead singers, tired of girls not being recognised as members of the band even when they’ve been in the same band for 15 fucking years…“…Tired of

NME about what’s really causing the delays in manufacturing vinyl and artists getting their albums made – arguing that the blame does not lie at the feet of Adele.Reports have emerged in recent weeks of a crisis facing vinyl-lovers, with sources telling Variety that more than 500,000 copies of Adele’s long-awaited new album ’30’ have been pressed – causing a huge backlog and problems in the production line for others wishing to get LPs manufactured with the world’s limited resources.As even Ed Sheeran told Australian radio hosts Kyle and Jackie O about getting his recent album ‘=’ pressed: “So you have to do it like really upfront — and Adele had basically booked out all the vinyl factories, so we had to get a slot and get our album in

IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has said the band will no longer play ‘Model Village’ live.The single, which featured on their 2020 album ‘Ultra Mono‘, makes scathing comments against small-town mindsets.Now speaking in this week’s NME Big Read, Talbot explained why the band won’t be playing the track again.“I don’t want to perform ‘Model Village’ live, because I’m not in that place any more,” he said. “I’m not defensive, I’m not angry.

Damon Albarn has confirmed that a feature-length Gorrilaz film is in the works at Netflix.The frontman announced in October 2020 that a “kind of abstract” animated movie based on the cartoon band was in progress. “We are supposed to be making a film while we’re doing season two [of ‘Song Machine’],” he explained at the time.Albarn said that the band had “signed contracts” and started writing scripts.

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has revealed that the band’s new album is “pretty much” finished and likely to arrive in 2022 ahead of a summer tour.Fans have been eager for news on the anticipated follow-up to 2018’s acclaimed ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino‘, with numerous reports and rumours around its recording emerging over the last year.Back in January, the Sheffield band’s manager revealed that the group had been “working on music” and had initially planned to record last summer, before Helders confirmed that they were in the “early stages” of the album while trying to overcome obstacles brought on by the pandemic.

Damon Albarn delivered a piano-led cover of The Human League‘s ‘Don’t You Want Me’ during a BBC live session last night (November 10).The Blur and Gorillaz frontman performed a special ‘Sofa Session’ on Jo Whiley’s Radio 2 show in support of his new solo album, ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’, which arrives tomorrow (November 12).“I love The Human League,” Albarn explained of his decision to take on the 1981 classic. “Although, a disclaimer: when it should go really high I don’t because I don’t have the range.”Elsewhere, Albarn offered up a stripped-back rendition of Blur’s ‘Beetlebum’.

Jarvis Cocker and Riton have shared a new collaboration based around climate change and billed as “the world’s first sustainable banger” – listen to ‘Let’s Stick Around’ below.The song arrives to mark the end of the COP26 climate change conference, which has seen world leaders converging in Glasgow over the past month to tackle the environmental issues facing the planet.“‘Let’s Stick Around’ is the world’s first sustainable banger,” Cocker said of the song, with Riton adding: “I’m really excited this track is coming out during COP26.

Nadine Shah, John Grant and Django Django will headline their 2022 event next summer.Taking place from July 29 – 31, the North Yorkshire festival will also include performances from Dry Cleaning, Yard Act, Snapped Ankles, Pip Blom, Du Blonde, Katy J Pearson, Porij, and CMAT.“While our two Base Camp events were both wonderful, there really is nothing like what we’ve come to know as ‘full-fat Deer Shed’,” co-founder Kate Webster said in a statement.

Bombay Bicycle Club, Arlo Parks and more are on the line-up for the first ever outdoor edition of Live At Leeds.It was announced earlier this month that Live At Leeds: In The Park would take place in Temple Newsam Park on June 4 next year, with the event’s regular multi-venue festival moving to October.The line-up for the first outdoor edition has now been revealed, with Sea Girls, Confidence Man and more also on board.“We’re incredibly excited to release the first ever Live at Leeds In the Park line up,” promoter Joe Hubbard said in a statement.

Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds, Two Door Cinema Club and more will headline the first edition of new Welsh festival In It Together next year – get all the details below.The festival will take place at the Old Park Farm in the town of Margam, just outside Port Talbot in South Wales, from June 3-5 next year.Billed as an all-ages festival, organisers are running a ‘bring your grandparents for free’ initiative for the event.Joining Gallagher and Two Door Cinema Club in headlining the first ever In It Together will be Clean Bandit, while The Magic Gang, The Vaccines, Editors and more will also all feature.See the full line-up for the inaugural event below.

Nilüfer Yanya has announced her second album, ‘Painless’, will be released in March next year.The record will arrive on March 4 through ATO, three years after her debut album ‘Miss Universe’ and two years after her ‘Feeling Lucky?’ EP.In addition to the album’s announcement, the London singer-songwriter has also released the quick-paced lead single ‘Stabilise’. The track arrives with a music video directed by sister and longtime collaborator Molly Daniel.

Chvrches have said it’s “inevitable” that the band will score a game in the future, having already contributed music to some big titles already.Speaking to the BBC, multi-instrumentalist Martin Doherty discussed how the band were looking for “the kind of project where music has a pivotal role”, adding that the band is keen to create their own score for a game.“I think it’s inevitable that we’re going to score a game at some point.

Richard Ashcroft has said that he wants to write hits for Rihanna.The former The Verve frontman said in a new interview that he’d like to write for the Bajan pop star – and thinks he’d be good at it because he pens “big melodies and big choruses”.He told the Daily Star‘s Wired column: “A big thing I want to do is write for other people. I want to know who writes for Rihanna and get an introduction.”The musician, who recently released an album of acoustic reworks, ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.

Amy Winehouse wore during her final stage performance has sold for more than $243,000 (£180,000) at an auction of items from her estate.The late singer-songwriter wore the halter mini-dress in Belgrade in June 2011, a month before she died aged 27.

Richard Ashcroft has said that Netflix wants to make a docudrama about the ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ copyright dispute.The Verve hit was the centre of an infamous copyright row with The Rolling Stones’ ex-manager Allen Klein over its sampling of the Stones’ ‘The Last Time’.The dispute was resolved in 2019, with Ashcroft and The Verve no longer having to pay royalties to Klein’s company ABKCO. Speaking to the Daily Express, the band’s frontman said: “The way [the song] has come back to me is fantastic.”He continued to say that Netflix was looking at making a docudrama about the dispute.

Sega Bodega has released a new look into his forthcoming album ‘Romeo’ with the single ‘I Need Nothing From You’.‘I Need Nothing From You’ premiered on Thursday (November 4) with a music video, which is a montage entirely made of close-up shots of Bodega’s face.

Richard Ashcroft has said people should “stop knocking” Ed Sheeran‘s success.Sheeran has enjoyed huge success in the UK and the US with his four albums +’, ‘x’, ‘÷’ and more recently ‘=’, which went to Number One in the album chart tonight (November 5).But he has often faced criticism over the years, most famously from Noel Gallagher back in 2015 when he heard he was playing three nights at Wembley Stadium.“I don’t think I can live in a world where that’s even possible.