Indie: Last News

Morrissey saw in the New Year with a show at the Hollywood Palladium last night – see footage from the show below.The former Smiths frontman first announced the show in early December, the final of a run of four gigs the singer played between New York and Los Angeles to round out the year.On the night, Morrissey ended the show shortly before midnight, before a countdown played and ‘Auld Lang Syne’ kicked in to mark the start of 2025.

Wunderhorse’s 2024 album ‘Midas’ – check it out below.The Sunderland artist shared a Soundcloud link to his reworking of the album on his social media on Wednesday morning (January 1), alongside a video of him performing the track ‘Arizona’ solo on acoustic guitar.“Every year I reinterpret one of my favourite albums,” Smith wrote in the post. “This year I chose Midas by Wunderhorse.”Every year I reinterpret one of my favourite albums.

Pete Doherty has shared his New Year’s Resolutions for 2025 and reflected on how far he’s come over the past 24 years.The Libertines frontman recently sat down with NME as part of our In Conversation series and opened up about the changes he plans to implement in his life during 2025. “I don’t know what you mean really, by that. I do make resolutions, but really just to keep on this path that I’m on.

Beabadoobee has shared her opinions on creating perfect songs, declaring that she would rather have her music be imperfect.In an interview with Cosmopolitan, the ‘Beaches’ singer discussed how she believes that songs should reflect “real life”, adding that what makes a song special are the slip-ups and stumbles that may not make sense.“I think about beauty standards and how people botch their faces to be perfect,” she told the publication. “They lose their uniqueness.

Doves have spoken about performing without frontman Jimi Goodwin, with drummer Andy Williams adding that he is “proud of him for doing really well” with his sobriety.The British indie rock trio have performed a series of shows sans Goodwin, who has taken a break from the band in order to focus on his recovery.“I’m not going out live this time,” Goodwin told NME in November. “The door’s not closed on that chapter; I just have to honour my sobriety and do what I need to in order to maintain that.

MJ Lenderman joined Yo La Tengo on stage in New York on Sunday (December 29) to cover Bob Dylan – check out footage below.The collaboration took place at the latest night of Yo La Tengo’s Hannukah residency at the Bowery Ballroom in the city, which sees the band play every night until January 1.Lenderman and his band The Wind were the opening act on the night and he later popped up again during Yo La Tengo’s set to play a version of ‘Something There Is About You’, a track from Dylan’s 1974 album ‘Planet Waves’.Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley was also on drums for the performance, and you can watch footage captured from the show below.@stevenhyden.bsky.social something there is about you featuring MJ, yo la tengo, Steve shelley— (@tinymontgomery.bsky.social) 2024-12-30T06:05:59.962Z‘You Are Here’ ‘Ohm’ ‘The Ballad Of Red Buckets’ ‘Tonight’s Episode’ ‘Let’s Do It Wrong’ ‘Something There Is About You’ ‘Don’t Have To Be So Sad’ ‘Nowhere Near’ ‘Deeper Into Movies’ ‘Drug Test’ ‘Out The Window’ ‘Sudden Organ’ ‘Sugarcube’ ‘Mushroom Cloud Of Hiss’ It is not the first noteworthy event to have taken place during Yo La Tengo’s current residency – on Saturday, the post-punk band The Soft Boys reunited to open the show and later joined Yo La Tengo for an encore that included songs by The Beatles and The Velvet Underground. Other guests to have joined them so far in the residency include Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, Wilco’s Pat Sansone and comedian Fred Armisen.

The Santa Clause franchise, 10 Things I Hate About You, Oppenheimer), Shannon, (Revolutionary Road, Nocturnal Animals, Groundhog Day) and Corrigan (Goodfellas, Superbad, Pineapple Express) alongside Superchunk drummer Wurster, who’s also performed and recorded with the likes of Katy Perry, The New Pornographers and R.E.M.The debut gig was announced by Wurster on Instagram, who referred to Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon as “an exciting musical concept” bringing “improvised #rocknrollweirdness”. He went on to invite an audience to “bathe in the hypnotic improv grooves” provided by himself, Corrigan, and Shannon, which Krumholtz freestyle rapped over.Post-show, Krumholtz shared a clip alongside the caption: “I have no idea what I’m doing but I’m doing it.” Check it out, and other footage from the gig, below.A post shared by David Krumholtz (@davidkrumholtz)A post shared by Emily Faith (@shedropsjoy)A post shared by Jon Wurster (@jonwurster)A post shared by Neil Marks (@filmcraver)A post shared by Marc Leibowitz (@mjleibo)It’s not the first time the three actors have delved into music, with Shannon occasionally fronting an R.E.M.

The View frontman Kyle Falconer has announced plans for a new acoustic album ‘The One I Love The Most’.The record, which is out on February 7, features acoustic versions of his songs from The View and his solo LPs, inspired by women. It is available to pre-order here.It also features brand new track, ‘Angelina’, which you can listen to below.Of the album, Falconer said: “‘The One I Love The Most’ came from an idea I had after getting my own studio in Spain. I thought about all the girls’ names I had written about and thought it would be a great romantic idea to put them all in one place and release the record for Valentine’s Day.

Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones and Blur‘s Damon Albarn are set to read the Shipping Forecast – a Met Office broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the UK.Jones will make her final appearance as Nessa from the BBC sitcom on Radio 4 on New Year’s Day (January 1) to celebrate 100 years of the weather service.She said: “Nessa has got quite a colourful history and one of her jobs was on the high seas. The Shipping Forecast was always very important and useful to her.”It comes following the finale of Gavin & Stacey which aired on Christmas Day (December 25) which saw Smithy (James Corden) stopping Nessa from going back to work on the ships after chasing her down to Southampton dock.

MJ Lenderman treated his fans to a cover of Counting Crow‘s ‘A Long December’ at his show last week.The musician took over The Orange Peel in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina last Friday (December 20), as one of his rescheduled shows due to the damage caused by Hurricane Helene back in October.The show was in support of his latest album ‘Manning Fireworks‘ and saw him and his band – The Wind, which features Lenderman’s Wednesday bandmate Xandy Chelmis – play a string of tracks from that LP including ‘Joker Lips’, ‘Rudolph’, ‘Wristwatch’ and more.To close out the gig, Lenderman treated the crowd to a rendition of Counting Crows‘ 1996 track ‘A Long December’, a fitting song considering the natural disaster North Carolina had recently faced.As per Stereogum, his cover followed his other Wednesday bandmate, vocalist Karly Hartzman performing her own rendition of ‘A Long December’. The moment took place during a gig at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina on December 17, where she was joined by Wednesday bassist Ethan Baechtold.Unlike Lenderman’s version, which felt true to the original song, Hartzman took a stripped-back approach and performed an acoustic version of the track, making the song much more emotional than it already is.The track was first released on December 2 1996 as the second single from Counting Crows’ second album ‘Recovering the Satellites’.

Blur‘s Alex James has weighed in on Labour’s planned changes to the inheritance tax policy for farms.The bassist of the Britpop group, who released the memoir Over The Rainbow: Tales Of An Unexpected Year earlier this month, turned to farming during their hiatus in the 2000s. He’s since carved a name for himself in the cheese world, even launching one named after New Order’s Blue Monday.In a new interview with Channel 4 News‘s Krishnan Guru-Murthy, James has reflected on his “cliche” decision to buy a farm post-Blur, as well as the recent news that the government would be introducing an inheritance tax on some farmer’s assets.James recalled entering the industry during a precarious era.

Benefits have shared ‘Missiles’, a powerful new anti-war single. Check it out below.The track is taken from the Teesside duo’s upcoming second album ‘Constant Noise’, which will arrive on March 21 via Invada Records and serves as the follow-up to 2023’s ‘NAILS’.So far, they’ve shared lead single ‘Land Of The Tyrants’, as well as ‘Relentless’, which features Pete Doherty of The Libertines.Now, on Christmas Eve, they’ve shared their ominous, “wildly angry” and “anti-war” single ‘Missiles’.

Reverend & The Makers‘ Jon McClure has opened up about his ADHD diagnosis and his past “jealousy” over his friend Alex Turner.The frontman of the Sheffield rock band spoke to NME about the group’s new festive single ‘Late Night Phone Call’ and opened up about how he used the Samaritans charity’s services himself, sharing: “The Samaritans save people’s lives 365 days a year, and they’re even more important this close to Christmas.“They’ve done stuff for me, and I wanted to do stuff for them,” referring to how proceeds from the single will be going to the Samaritans, whose services of helping vulnerable people are particularly in demand over the festive period.He also opened up about his recent ADHD diagnosis. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can impact focus, organization and self-control.

Robbie Williams has shared how he thinks Liam and Noel Gallagher will react to their depiction in his upcoming biopic Better Man. Williams and the film’s director Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) have spoken to NME about the biopic, which will be released on Boxing Day.

Happy Mondays have announced they have parted ways with vocalist and percussionist Rowetta after 34 years.Taking to social media today (December 23), both the singer and Happy Mondays shared a statement sharing the departure of Rowetta from the group. “Happy Mondays and Rowetta announce that Rowetta will no longer be performing with the band,” it read.It continued: “Happy Mondays thank Rowetta for her services and wish her the best for the future.” The vocalist joined the band back in 1990 and was featured on the band’s single ‘Step On’ which peaked at Number Five on the charts.

Pete Doherty has teased a Babyshambles reunion for next year to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their debut album, ‘Down In Albion’.The band has been largely inactive since 2014 thanks to The Libertines re-forming. However, during a Pete Doherty solo gig in Northampton in August, bassist Drew McConnell and drummer Adam Ficek joined him on-stage for the first time in a decade. Sources told NME that guitarist Mik Whitnall was at the venue before the show too, but was unable to stay for the gig.The band played a version of The Libertines’ ‘Don’t Look Back Into The Sun’ before performing hits including ‘Baddie’s Boogie’, ‘Back From The Dead’ and ‘Albion’ before finishing off with ‘Time For Heroes’ and ‘Killamangiro’.Following the show, Ficek hinted the band could reunite properly.

Suki Waterhouse brought out TOPS’ Jane Penny at a recent gig in Montreal. Check out footage below.The moment occurred during Waterhouse’s show in the city’s MTELUS Performing Arts Centre on December 14.Ahead of welcoming the TOPS vocalist to the stage, Waterhouse referred to the Canadian indie-rock band as “the coolest band in Montreal” and their 2015 single ‘Anything’, as “one of my favourite songs”.She went on to say: “Honestly I have such a crush on this whole band,” before officially introducing Penny to perform the track alongside her.

Hozier performed ‘Too Sweet’ and a cover of The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’ on Saturday Night Live – watch footage of the performance below.Last night (December 21), the singer-songwriter appeared on the show for the first time since he debuted on the series in 2014. Introduced by Martin Short, he performed his runaway hit ‘Too Sweet’, taken from this year’s surprise release ‘Unheard EP’.The March record featured four previously unreleased songs, all of which were recorded during the sessions for ‘Unreal Unearth’.

Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten joined Kneecap on stage to perform ‘Better Way To Live’ in Belfast last night (December 21).

its owners the Electric Group issued an eviction notice in March 2022, which sparked an outcry across the music industry and from gig-goers.Electric Group, a joint venture between Dominic Madden and Jacob Lewis that also owns London’s Electric Brixton, Bristol’s SWX and Newcastle’s NX, bought the site’s freehold in 2017 and shortly afterwards said they had no intention of closing the venue when they ended the current occupiers’ lease.However, the site’s management soon hit back, arguing that they were being “exterminated by the landlord”.

four of his band’s guitars, as well as pedals, a laptop, a cajon, a live amp and essential medication was stolen from their van at a service station.Among the missing possessions was a prized guitar that was gifted to Smith by his grandad six years ago. “Absolutely devastated,” was Smith’s response to the theft. “Don’t know what to do.