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Talk Show have released a new live video for the second part of their Eli Brown collaboration ‘Trouble’.Hot Chip‘s Joe Goddard produced the track, which follows last month’s Brown-led electronic version.Speaking on the new track, Talk Show singer and guitarist Harrison Swann said: “Getting into the studio to record the track with Joe and Al at the helm was a really great progression. The track evolved to become a different kind of beast.“I did feel like I had to step up and deliver.

Xiu Xiu have shared a new video for ‘Sad Mezcalita’, featuring Sharon Van Etten – check it out below.The track appears on ‘OH NO’, a new album of duets that Xiu Xiu released on Friday (March 26).In a statement about the new visual, Xiu Xiu’s Angela Seo, who directed the video, said it represents a “tribute to the loss, crime, bleakness, dreams, and tensions”.The band’s Jamie Stewart added: “Angela said to me, ‘you never write love songs’. This song tried to do that and failed.

Jay Som and Palehound’s Ellen Kempner, have announced their debut album ‘Doomin’ Sun’.The duo have shared an official music video for new single ‘Stay In The Car’, which sees Jay Som – real name Melina Mae Duterte – and Kempner playing with a variety of gadgets and instruments in a car.In a statement regarding the new single, Kempner explained: “I wrote the lyrics to ‘Stay In the Car’ back in December of 2019 when I was in Florida for my partner’s top surgery.

Weezer have announced details of a new livestream show that will see the band backed by an orchestra.The gig will take place next month and be held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.Weezer will perform at the venue on April 16 and will be joined by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Youth Orchestra Los Angeles. The band will premiere songs from their new album ‘OK Human’ at the show, alongside “some of the classics”.The gig will be livestreamed three times to encompass different time zones – first at 6pm PT (2am BST) on April 16, followed by 6pm AEST (9am BST) and 6pm BST.Tickets for the show cost $20 (£14.50) each and can be purchased here.‘OK Human’ was released in January.

coronavirus pandemic. At the time of writing, the crowdfunder now stands at £91,153.The team explained on the page that although they had been able to receive some grants to help with the loss of business, they were unable to apply for the Arts Council Cultural Recovery Fund because they are not a limited company.

Phoebe Bridgers has shared a new collaboration with Luminous Kid, aka Olof Grind, the photographer behind her ‘Punisher’ album cover.New song ‘Mountain Crystals’ appears on Luminous Kid’s forthcoming debut album ‘at the end of the dream’, due out on April 23.“I think the more role models and queer experiences that exist in popular culture, the better,” Luminous Kid said in a statement about his forthcoming album.“If a song or a work of art can make a sad and trapped young queer person feel better about themselves, then it is a step in the right direction.”Listen to ‘Mountain Crystals’ below.The new Luminous Kid collaboration is the latest in a line of link-ups Bridgers has appeared on in 2021.

Kele has announced details of his fifth solo album ‘The Waves Pt. 1’ and shared a new single in the form of ‘Smalltown Boy’.The track is a cover of Bronski Beat’s 1984 song and follows the March release of ‘The Heart Of The Wave’, which also features on the new album.‘The Waves Pt.

Wolf Alice have added new dates to their 2022 UK and Ireland tour due to demand – see the updated list of shows below.The January tour dates will come on the back of the band’s forthcoming third album ‘Blue Weekend’ (out June 11 via Dirty Hit), which was previewed last month with first single ‘The Last Man On Earth’.After the band’s gigs at London’s Hammersmith Apollo and Glasgow’s Barrowlands sold out immediately after going on sale this morning (March 26), second shows have been added in both cities.The band will now play Glasgow on January 8 as well as the previous night, while an extra London show comes on the 19th of the month.➕ Due to phenomenal demand, @wolfalicemusic add a new date at @EventimApollo #London – tickets available

The Streets have announced details of a week of intimate gigs to celebrate the end of social restrictions from June 21.

The Fratellis frontman Jon Lawler has recalled the time he “destroyed” the stage during a Royal ball in Monaco after demanding to be paid in casino chips.The musician was speaking to the Daily Record about the band filming a new performance for The Late Late Show With James Corden and The Kelly Clarkson Show in promotion of their upcoming new album, ‘Half Drunk Under A Full Moon’ (out April 2).During the chat, Lawler looked back on playing a show with “Chuck Berry and the Fratellis on the bill” at Princess Caroline’s annual Rose Ball in 2009.

Foals and Bombay Bicycle Club are among the latest acts to be announced for All Point East 2021 – check out the full line-up below.The east London festival, which was cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis in 2020, has confirmed its plans to return to Victoria Park across the August Bank Holiday Weekend (27-30).After unveiling the bill for the Saturday event (co-headlined by Jamie XX and Kano) as well as Sunday’s Field Day, organisers have this morning (March 25) unveiled the line-up for APE’s Bank Holiday Monday edition.Headlining the main stage that night will be Foals, who last month revealed to NME that they were in the early stages of writing new music.“We’re super happy to be playing at APE this summer.

Beabadoobee has shared a new track called ‘Last Day On Earth’ – you can listen to it below.The song was co-written and produced by The 1975‘s Matty Healy and George Daniel, who have also worked on Bea’s forthcoming new EP, ‘Our Extended Play’ (out this spring).“‘Last Day On Earth’ is about all the things I would have done had I known we were going into a lockdown and the world was going to change the way it has,” Beabadoobee explained.“It was written shortly after the first main lockdown and lyrically it’s me reflecting on how it would feel if we all knew ahead of time what was going to happen.

Metronomy have shared a new MGMT remix of their 2011 single – hear the atmospheric reworking below.The news comes after the band revealed this month that they will be reissuing their third album ‘The English Riviera’ in April to mark the milestone, before taking it on a 10th anniversary UK tour in 2022.Discussing writing ‘The Look’, the band’s most popular single to date, in a press release, Metronomy’s Joe Mount said he “came up with the bit that gets stuck in your head; the der-de-der-der bit. I played around with it a little, hit a wall and thought ‘it’s not really Metronomy, is it’.“Four months later, we finished recording ‘The Look’ at the Smokehouse in London.

Nick Cave has revealed the songs he wants played at his funeral.Taking once again to his Red Hand Files website, Cave answered a question from a fan who had recently lost his father, and gave him an Elvis-themed funeral.“No, we didn’t dress up in white jumpsuits, but his coffin had Elvis pictures and lyrics, and Elvis songs were played for him,” the fan wrote. “I don’t know if anyone has asked you this before in The Red Hand Files, but what songs would you like played at your own funeral?Cave replied: I was very moved by your letter.

Alex Somers has released a pair of debut albums called ‘Siblings’ and ‘Siblings 2’ – listen to them below.The US musician and visual artist, who’s known for his work with Sigur Rós and their frontman Jónsi, wrote most of the material for the double album project between 2014 and 2016.“I’ve carried this music for a long time – so long that it’s become two albums,” Somers explained last month when he shared the tracks ‘Deathbed’ and ‘Sooner’, adding that he “abandoned [the work] at different stages, thinking nobody else would want to hear it….

The Knocks and Foster The People have shared a new covers EP of huge ’90s hits including The Verve‘s ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’.The ‘Melody & Silence’ EP also sees the bands take on tracks by Beck, and Moby and Gwen Stefani – listen to it below.Production duo The Knocks and Foster The People’s Mark Foster have shared a number of tracks together in recent years, with the most recent track ‘All About You’ coming out in January.Alongside ‘Bittersweet Symphony’, the EP features versions of Beck’s ‘Devils Haircut’ from 1996 and Gwen Stefani and Moby’s duet on ‘South Side’ from 1999.Listen to all three cover versions below.Back in 2019, The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft won back the rights to ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ from The Rolling Stones after a

Squid have reflected on the “insane” amount of independent music that is reaching the top end of the charts in the UK this year.So far in 2021, both Mogwai and Architects have scored Number One albums released on indie labels, while Maximo Park pushed the latter band all the way for a top-two finish.Speaking in a new NME cover feature, Squid – who release their debut album ‘Bright Green Field’ on May 7 via Warp – say it’s “amazing to see” so many independent artists getting chart success this year.“It really is just insane at the moment, the amount of good independent music that’s coming out and is getting into the charts,” drummer and singer Ollie Judge told NME.“Mogwai were Number One – I don’t think there’s ever been an instrumental

Alfie Templeman has announced a UK and Ireland tour for spring 2022, which includes his biggest headline show to date.The news of the tour, which will see Templeman travelling up and down the UK next year as well as to Dublin, follows on from the recent announcement of the 18-year-old artist’s mini-album ‘Forever Isn’t Long Enough’, which is set for release on May 7 this year.Templeman’s 2022 tour plans, which includes his biggest headline show to date at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London, also come after he was forced to axe a number of gigs back in January due to the coronavirus pandemic.“It was a real bummer having to cancel so many sold-out shows last year and the start of this year but now things are looking more hopeful and

Jake Bugg has announced details of a new album – get all the info on ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ below.The album, which was recently previewed by the single ‘All I Need’, will be taken on the road across the UK and Ireland next spring.Bugg says the ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ is “the most fun he’s ever had making a record,” and is set to land on August 20. Pre-orders for the album are available here.The tour for the album will begin in mid-March 2022 with a show in Newcastle, before running until the start of April, and concluding with a huge London show at Brixton Academy.My new album ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ is coming out on 20 August and I can’t wait for you all to hear it.

The Cribs have announced a set of new and rescheduled UK tour dates for 2022 – see their updated schedule below.The announcement comes alongside a new video for ‘Siren Sing Along’, taken from the band’s recent album ‘Night Network’.Speaking of the new video, directed by Nick Scott, the band said: “The music weeklies were always a lifeline to isolated kids like us – a window into a more exciting and vibrant life that we were cut off from…so it was really a perfect time for Nick to pay homage to this nostalgia, given that we have been working and shooting whilst cut off from each other and fantasizing about being able to be back being a band again!“It may be a little early for easter…but as we all have a bit more time on our hands at the

Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek has given an update on the status of the band’s new album, revealing that it’s “pretty much done”.Speaking to Guitar.com in a new interview, Meek revealed that the band have been quietly working on their fifth album over the past year.“Lockdown was a well-needed respite, I needed a break,” he said.