Indie: Last News

Wolf Alice have signalled their live comeback by teasing an announcement for later this week.The north London band returned last month with ‘The Last Man On Earth’, the first taste of their forthcoming third album ‘Blue Weekend’ (out June 11 via Dirty Hit).Having wrapped up touring commitments for the Mercury Prize-winning ‘Visions Of A Life’ in September 2019, Wolf Alice have today (March 17) confirmed that they’ll soon be heading back out on the road.“It’s been a while…v excited to be able to share some TOUR news with you this Friday [March 19],” the group wrote on social media.

The Strokes‘ Julian Casablancas took the band’s Grammys win as an opportunity to share his distaste for blues rock.The band won their first ever Grammy on Sunday night (March 14), picking up the Best Rock Album award for their 2019 album ‘The New Abnormal’.After giving a delightfully awkward virtual acceptance speech, Casablancas spoke to journalists in the Grammys’ press room, and spoke about the state of rock music today.“I kind of always make fun of rock’n’roll so I think it’s kind of funny, or cool, or fitting, that we won the award,” he said.“I think that people that say things are dead, I just feel like their imagination, possibly, has died….

The Anchoress has shared the powerful new video for her latest single ‘5am’ – you can watch it below.The song, which tackles past experiences of trauma, appears on the musician’s (real name Catherine Anne Davies) second album ‘The Art Of Losing’.Davies posted the official visuals yesterday (March 14) amid the growing #ReclaimTheseStreets movent in London and across the UK following the abduction and murder of Sarah Everard.Here’s the video for 5AMWe made this a year ago with the help of many brave + wonderful people but I was too afraid to share it at the time.The events of this week have given me the confidence, knowing that it is not just my story, it is all of ours.

Teenage Fanclub have shared ‘The Sun Won’t Shine On Me’, a new single taken from the Scottish indie stalwarts’ forthcoming album ‘Endless Arcade’.It marks the third song fans have heard thus far from the the record, which the band announced back in November alongside lead single ‘Home’ and followed by ‘I’m More Inclined’.Frontman Norman Blake said of the new track: “This is something of a rarity for Teenage Fanclub – a song in waltz time!”Listen to ‘The Sun Won’t Shine On Me’ below:In January, the band announced they had to postpone the release of ‘Endless Arcade’ from March 5 to April 30, citing only “circumstances beyond [their] control”.In addition, they postponed their UK and European album launch tour.

Foals have rescheduled their forthcoming UK tour for a third time – see the new dates in full below.The Oxford group, who released their latest album ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt.2’ in October 2019, were originally due to hit the road in April last year. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, they were forced to reschedule their tour to April and May 2021.Now, the band have announced that the tour has been rescheduled to 2022, although their Cardiff and Swansea gigs will still go ahead later this year.

Wolf Alice have explained the story behind the title of their upcoming third album ‘Blue Weekend’.The album, which follows the band’s Mercury Prize-winning second album, ‘Visions Of A Life’, comes out in June via Dirty Hit and was announced last month with the release of first track ‘The Last Man On Earth’.In a new interview with NME the band opened up on how the album’s title came to be and how they road-tested the record’s material in their own unique way.During the interview they revealed that the title for the new album came from a cab journey in Belgium where they were recording the album.

Gruff Rhys has announced a new album – get all the details on ‘Seeking New Gods’ below.The Super Furry Animals frontman’s new record will arrive on May 21 via Rough Trade, and is being previewed by a video for first single ‘Loan Your Loneliness’.Speaking of the album, Rhys said in a statement: “The album is about people and the civilizations, and the spaces people inhabit over periods of time. How people come and go but the geology sticks around and changes more slowly.

Fiona Apple has explained that she won’t be attending tonight’s (March 14) Grammy awards in Los Angeles.Apple is nominated for Best Alternative Music Album for her lauded 2020 record ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’, while that album’s track ‘Shameika’ is up for both Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.In a video message posted via her Zelda Hallman’s Instagram today, Apple explained her reasons for not attending the ceremony, which, despite strict COVID-19 protocols, will be open for attendance by a number of nominees.“It’s not because I’m trying to protest, even though I have problems with the Grammys, it’s not because of that,” she said.“It’s really because I don’t want to be on national television – I’m just not made for that kind of stuff

Gengahr have shared a new song, written for the Amazon Prime Video TV show American Gods.It’s the London four-piece’s first new music since the release of their third album ‘Sanctuary’ early last year.Featuring “words and music directly inspired by the mythology and fantasy of American Gods,” the new track comes complete with a video featuring a series of dramatic scenes from the show’s third season.Speaking of the process of writing the track in tandem with the show, Gengahr frontman Felix Bushe said: “It was a really interesting opportunity for us and when we were asked about the project I thought immediately that I had something that would work well for this.“There was an element of re-writing that went on but essentially the world the

Fontaines D.C. have finished mixing their third album, the band’s bassist Conor Deegan has revealed.The Irish punks released second album ‘A Hero’s Death’ last July, just over a year after their 2019 debut ‘Dogrel’ came out.In a new Reddit AMA, bassist Conor Deegan revealed that work on a third album is almost finished, promising “it’s a good one”.As part of the Q&A, a fan asked the band: “You guys released two of the best records of 2019 and 2020… I hope you win and get all the accolades you deserve.

Fontaines D.C. have sponsored a new away kit from Dublin-based football club Bohemians to support a homelessness charity.The band’s name appears on the front of the new shirt, with 15% of proceeds going to Focus Ireland.

Tim Burgess has revealed that he’s currently hard at work putting together a new solo album.The Charlatans frontman’s last full-length solo album was last year’s ‘I Love The New Sky’, which he then followed up with a new EP, ‘The Ascent Of The Ascended’, in November.Speaking in a new interview, Burgess said that he’s been recording a new solo album with coronavirus restrictions in place.“I’ve been at Rockfield in Wales, all wearing masks and that. I’m doing a solo record,” he told the Rockonteurs podcast.

Spoon have shared covers of two Tom Petty classics on digital streaming platforms for the first time.The Austin band initially covered the 1976 song ‘Breakdown’ for the late rock star’s 70th Birthday Bash concert last year. The original track was the first single to be taken from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers’ self-titled debut album.In December, Spoon also put their own spin on ‘A Face In The Crowd’, which featured on Petty’s debut solo album ‘Full Moon Fever’ in 1989.

Trampolene have shared their new single ‘Oh Lover’ ahead of their forthcoming third album.You can watch a video for the anthemic new track below, which sees frontman Jack Jones revealing the tracks opening lyrics on a series of face masks as he’s pulled in a cart down a deserted road.The visuals were filmed at a Bedfordshire wind farm, and inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel The Road.“‘Oh Lover’ started as a one-way message from a boy to a girl about their long distance love affair,” Jones said of the new single.“But as the Pandemic became the new reality, it morphed into a song about being apart indefinitely… but now in a world that was unrecognisable and where nothing made sense and everything has changed.”Single out

IDLES have unveiled their powerful take on Sharon Van Etten‘s ‘Peace Signs’, taken from the upcoming anniversary edition of her 2010 album ‘Epic’.The new track sees the Bristol punks putting their typically thunderous spin on Van Etten’s original, dialling up the guitars and replacing her melodies with the imposing vocals of IDLES frontman Joe Talbot.You can hear IDLES’ cover of Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Peace Signs’ below.The new anniversary double LP is also set to include covers by the likes of Courtney Barnett, Fiona Apple and Big Red Machine – the side project of The National‘s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon.“Sharon is one of my favourite songwriters and I’ve been very lucky to get to collaborate with her many times over the

St. Vincent has revealed that she initially set out to make a “heavy”, Tool-inspired album before recording ‘Daddy’s Home’.The musician – real name Annie Clark – made her return last week with the single ‘Pay Your Way In Pain’, which she described to NME as “blues for 2021”.

The Killers have once again rescheduled their UK stadium tour dates, pushing the huge shows back to summer 2022.The band had initially been set out to hit the road in support of ‘Imploding The Mirage‘ in summer 2020, before those dates were delayed to this year and set to kick off in May 2021. However, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and with mass outdoor gatherings currently not set to return in the UK until June 21, the gigs have now been rescheduled until next summer – with an extra show added in Falkirk.“UK and Ireland friends  – we’re sorry, but there’s no way around this,” said the band in a statement.

Nick Cave has revealed that helping a friend find the drive to create art is what boosted his own songwriting for ‘Carnage’.‘Carnage’, last month’s surprise release made in collaboration with his Bad Seeds bandmate Warren Ellis, was written over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, at a time when Cave said he had “nothing in my head but a whole lot of dread and uncertainty”.

The Music have rescheduled their hometown reunion show until 2022 – get all the details about the new date below.Last September, the band announced they would return to play a huge outdoor show in Leeds’ Temple Newsam Park on May 28, 2021, supported by The Cribs, The Coral, The Snuts and The Skinner Brothers.Due to continued COVID-19 restrictions in the UK, though, the gig has now been pushed back a year to June 2022.“Following the recent government roadmap out of restrictions we have unfortunately had to reschedule The Music Reunion show to Thursday 2nd June 2022,” the band’s guitarist Adam Nutter wrote on Instagram.“The good news is both the Thursday and the Friday are bank holidays so we can celebrate the reunion in style.”Following the

The Cure’s Robert Smith is selling a piece of special artwork for the Heart Research UK charity.The piece of artwork, entitled ‘I WILL KISS YOU FOREVER…’, was originally created last year for the charity’s annual anonymous heART project, which invites a number of artists and celebrities to create original art on an A5 postcard anonymously, with buyers only discovering the identity of the creator upon purchasing.Now, Smith’s artwork created for the project, which sold for over £5,000 at the one-off event, is being reproduced and sold on eBay, with all proceeds again going to Heart Research UK.After high demand for the artwork, A4 and A3 prints are now being sold for £25 and £50 respectively.

Mitski has shared a new song, taken from her soundtrack to a new graphic novel – listen to ‘The Baddy Man’.As revealed last year, the singer-songwriter was hired by Z2 Comics to create the score, which will accompany writer Chris Miskiewicz and artist Vincent King’s forthcoming novel, called This Is Where We Fall.The soundtrack is set to arrive on May 5, and a synopsis for the novel describes it as “an innovative new science-fiction series… that delves into complex questions on science, faith and mankind’s need to believe in something bigger than itself”.Speaking about the new project to Rolling Stone, Mitski said: “It was exciting to make a soundtrack for a comic book.