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Joni Mitchell has spoken about the impact of her songwriting and her legacy in a rare interview, sharing the reaction to her evolution into a more personal songwriting style.The folk icon was speaking at a virtual Grammys party hosted by Arista Records founder Clive Davis, which was due to be held in March but was delayed after Davis was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy.“My early work is kind of fantasy, which is why I sort of rejected it,” Mitchell told Davis about her views on her own work. “I started scraping my own soul more and more and got more humanity in it.

St. Vincent has shared a new enhanced version of new album ‘Daddy’s Home’, as well as her own newspaper.The extended version of Annie Clark’s new album and the publication of the St.

Shannon and the Clams have announced details of a new album – get all the info on ‘Year Of The Spider’ below.The Oakland, California band’s sixth album will come out via Easy Eye Sound, the label of The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach, who also plays on the album.The record, due out on August 20, follows 2018 record ‘Onion’ and is being previewed by first song ‘Midnight Wine’.Discussing the new single in a statement, guitarist/vocalist Cody Blanchard said: “When I wrote this song, I was thinking of friends I’ve had that have died from drug addiction and that feeling of desperation that drives you to seek shelter from reality in drugs.“I’ve watched so many artists and outsiders around me struggle and flounder in this way.

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has shared a new song – listen to ‘From A Place Of Love’ below.The new track is the latest preview of the singer’s upcoming solo album ‘The Waves Pt. 1’, due out on May 28 via his own KOLA Records label and !K7.After sharing a cover of Bronski Beat’s 1984 song ‘Smalltown Boy’ and releasing another single called ‘The Heart Of The Wave’, which also features on the new album, Okereke has now returned with another new song, inspired by a film he watched.He explained: “The idea for this song came when I was watching the animated remake of She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power with my daughter.

The Vaccines have returned with ‘Headphones Baby’, their first new music since 2018. Check out the video below along with our interview with frontman Justin Young.Marks their first original release since 2018 single ‘All My Friends Are Falling In Love’, the single is the first taster of the band’s forthcoming fifth album.“I wanna live inside your headphones baby/ I wanna live inside a world wherever you are,” Young sings on the track, which began life with the two words that make up its title written in his phone notes app.

Martha Wainwright has released the title track from her upcoming new album ‘Love Will Be Reborn’ – you can listen to it below.The follow up to 2016’s ‘Goodnight City’, Wainwright’s first album in five years will arrive on August 20 via Pheromone Records/Cooking Vinyl.Speaking about the album’s title track, Wainwright revealed: “I wrote the song in its entirety within 10 or 15 minutes. I was bawling.”You can listen to Martha Wainwright’s ‘Love Will Be Reborn’ below.‘Love Will Be Reborn’ tracklist1. ‘Middle Of The Lake’2. ‘Getting Older’3. ‘Love Will be Reborn’4. ‘Being Right’5. ‘Report Card’6. ‘Body and Soul’7. ‘Hole in My Heart’8. ‘Justice’9.’ Sometimes’10. ‘Ranbow’11. ‘Falaise de Malaise’Wainwright will also tour the UK in September – you

Duran Duran are set to perform with Blur‘s Graham Coxon at this year’s Billboard Music Awards.The band will appear as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations and will premiere a new single at the awards event, which takes place on May 23.

Sleaford Mods frontman Jason Williamson is set to voice an audiobook version of Alan Moore’s first novel, Voice Of The Fire.The singer will narrate two stories from the 1996 book – Chapter 3: In The Drowings, Chapter 10: The Sun Looks Pale Upon the Wall – alongside a cast including the actors Mark Gatiss, Maxine Peake and Toby Jones.Williamson portrays an ancient fisherman in his first reading, before taking on the role of poet John Clare in his second.Released next Thursday (May 20) to mark to novel’s 25th anniversary, the audio edition’s 12th and final chapter, Phipps’ Fire Escape, will be read by Moore himself.

St. Vincent has said that she would “probably be dead” without music.In a new interview with the BBC, the artist, AKA Annie Clark, was asked how her life would’ve been different had she not been making music now.“I’d probably be dead,” Clark said, adding: “Dead literally or dead inside.”“I mean, no,” she continued “after a pause,” the BBC notes.

Manic Street Preachers have shared a trailer for their upcoming new album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ – you can watch it below.Frontman James Dean Bradfield can be heard in the opening moments of the album teaser singing the lines “We live in Orwellian times” from the new song ‘Orwellian Times’, which Nicky Wire spoke to NME about earlier this year.“We’ve written one really brilliant Manics song called ‘Orwellian’,” Wire told NME. “We’ve demoed that and it feels like a bit of a signpost to where we’re going.

Torres has announced details of a new album called ‘Thirstier’ – listen to first single ‘Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head’ below.‘Thirstier’ is Mackenzie Scott’s second album on Merge Records, following last year’s ‘Silver Tongue’, and will come out on July 30.“I’ve been conjuring this deep, deep joy that I honestly didn’t feel for most of my life,” Scott said of the new album in a statement. “I feel like a rock within myself.

Weezer delivered a performance of ‘All The Good Ones’ during their latest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – you can see it below.Taken from their latest album, ‘Van Weezer’, the song combines the band’s indie roots with more 80’s-inspired rock riffs.You can watch Weezer’s full performance on The Tonight Show below.Last month, the UK and European leg of Weezer’s tour alongside Green Day and Fall Out Boy – the ‘Hella Mega Tour’ – was rescheduled to 2022.After all of the dates were pushed back due to ongoing pandemic-related restrictions, new dates were announced for summer 2021 in the UK and Europe, along with US dates also set for summer.In a joint statement, the bands said: “Europe + UK – this past year has been chaotic

Easy Life have announced a run of special record shop shows for this summer – check out the full schedule below.The Leicester band, who release their debut album ‘Life’s A Beach’ on May 28, will take to the stage at various venues across the UK in partnership with stores such as HMV, Rough Trade and Leeds’ Crash Records.Beginning at The Waterfront in Norwich on July 8 (through HMV), Easy Life’s ‘record store tour 2021’ will also include stop-offs in Bristol (July 11), Brighton (July 13), London (July 14), Leicester (July 19), Liverpool (July 24) and other cities.Ticket/album bundles go on sale tomorrow (May 12) at 11am BST – get yours here and see the official tour poster below.A post shared by easy life (@easylife)It comes after the group

Wolf Alice have shared a new track called ‘No Hard Feelings’ – listen to it below.The delicate single is the third taste of the London band’s forthcoming third album ‘Blue Weekend’ (out June 4 via Dirty Hit), following on from ‘The Last Man On Earth’ and ‘Smile’.Premiering on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music show this evening (May 11), the song tackles the feelings experienced following a break-up.

Iggy Pop‘s pet parrot has given the Sleaford Mods song ‘Tweet Tweet Tweet’ an unexpected boost in popularity through a viral dancing clip – you can watch the video below.The singer’s cockatoo, named Biggy Pop, has attracted a healthy online following in recent years and was named as an honorary patron of Australia’s Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital last summer.One of Biggy’s recent dancing videos – which typically feature Iggy playing a song on his speakers to get the parrot dancing – sees the bird reacting to Iggy putting on some “UK music”.The clip, which has been viewed over three million times on Twitter alone and was filmed earlier this year, sees Biggy moving as the sounds of Sleaford Mods’ 2014 song ‘Tweet Tweet Tweet’ ring out.Don’t be

Arlo Parks has performed a piano cover of Frank Ocean‘s ‘Ivy’ for her recent piano session on BBC Radio 1’s Chillest Show.The musician appeared on the program yesterday (May 9) for her intimate, stripped-back rendition of Ocean’s 2016 track, lifted from his album ‘Blonde’.Without the spacious production elements of the original, Parks’ version is slower and sadder, carried by her breathy vocals and gentle piano.Watch it below.Speaking to host Sian Eleri prior to the performance, Parks touched on her relationship with the instrument.“I started off playing classical piano when I was like seven or so and it always became the foundation of my music,” she said.“It’s just been an instrument that has just kind of accompanied me through my musical

Wolf Alice have announced the release details for ‘No Hard Feelings’, their next single from their upcoming third album.The band have previously shared the tracks ‘The Last Man On Earth’ and ‘Smile’ from ‘Blue Weekend’.Now, they have confirmed on their social media accounts that ‘No Hard Feelings’ will arrive this week. The song will premiere on Tuesday (May 11) on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music show New Music Daily at 5pm BST.A music video will follow at 6pm BST on the same day.

Noel Gallagher has discussed his time in lockdown, saying that the “biggest benefit” of the period was all the new music he wrote.Last week, Gallagher announced details of a Greatest Hits album from his High Flying Birds, with ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021)’ celebrating a decade of the band and being revealed alongside a brand new song called ‘We’re On Our Way Now’.In a new interview with BBC Radio 6 Music, Gallagher discussed the new album and how, despite “hating every single day of lockdown,” he enjoyed using the time to be more creative.“I’ve hated every single day of lockdown and what it’s done to society and people and children, and all that, it’s been dreadful,” he said (per Contact Music).

Inhaler have shared their new single ‘Who’s Your Money On?’ – you can listen to it below.The Dublin band, who announced their debut album ‘It Won’t Always Be Like This’ earlier this year, have given fans a further taste of what to expect from their upcoming LP.Produced by Antony Genn and recorded at London’s Narcissus Studios, the energetic indie anthem hears frontman Elijah Hewson sing: “Who’s your money on?/ Who you gonna put your money on?/ Who’s gonna keep you alive?/ I’ll put myself on the line.”You can listen to ‘Who’s Your Money On?’ below:‘Who’s Your Money On?’ comes after the band previously shared the video for ‘Cheer Up Baby’ and told NME that the lead track captures the essence of their sound.“It’s always been a cornerstone song

The Snuts have revealed that they received death threats from Demi Lovato fans during their chart battle with the pop star.The Scottish rockers took the top spot on the UK album chart back in April with their debut ‘W.L.’, beating out Lovato’s comeback album ‘Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over’.Speaking in a new interview, frontman Jack Cochrane said that although the band received a lot of support from the likes of Lewis Capaldi and Louis Tomlinson, they had to deal with some of Lovato’s passionate fans.“It was also a really intense week because she’s got some serious fans,” Cochrane told Radio X. “Like we’ve got some serious fans, like they back us up, but Demi Lovato has got some serious fans.

Arlo Parks has rescheduled her upcoming UK and Ireland headline tour.The London artist had been hoping to play live in support of her January-released debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ later this month, but the current coronavirus-enforced restrictions on large-scale gatherings have forced a rethink of the touring plans.“It’s with a heavy heart that I’m having to postpone my original May & June UK/EU tour to September,” Parks said in a statement on her Twitter this afternoon (May 7) about the postponement.“We will dance again when it’s safe, we will cry and shout and buzz with adrenaline!!”You can see Parks’ rescheduled UK and Ireland tour dates – including upgraded shows in Dublin and Edinburgh – below.It’s with a heavy heart that I’m