Indie: Last News

Porridge Radio have written a new original Christmas song – listen to ‘The Last Time I Saw You (O Christmas)’ below.The new track, out today (December 8) via Secretly Canadian, follows the band’s second album ‘Every Bad’ and recent follow-up single ‘7 Seconds’.“It’s a song about having a miserable time every Christmas and the same cycles of heartbreak and depression endlessly repeating themselves,” vocalist Dana Margolin said of the new track, adding: “We had a lot of fun with it – enjoy.”Listen to ‘The Last Time I Saw You (O Christmas)’ below.Porridge Radio’s second album ‘Every Bad’, which came out in March, was nominated for the 2020 Mercury Prize.

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Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has shared a clip from his new film Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day, as well as revealing the trauma behind the band’s album last year and his solo tour.In the new tour documentary Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day, accompanying a live solo album of the same name, Kelly reveals he had throat surgery on a vocal polyp – which could have left him unable to sing ever again.

Circa Waves have shared a new Christmas song – listen to ‘Miss Christmas’ below.The track is the latest in a host of new music from the band in 2020. Releasing their latest album ‘Sad Happy’ back in March, the four-piece then shared a surprise new EP called ‘Sadder Happier’ and an Alfie Templeman collaboration called ‘Lemonade’.Discussing ‘Miss Christmas’, frontman Kieran Shudall said: “As no one’s been able to hug their family for half a year we wanted to give you this song.

Andy Burrows and Editors‘ Tom Smith have announced their second collaborative album as Smith & Burrows.‘Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough’ will come out on February 5, 2021 via PIAS, a decade after the pair’s Christmas-themed debut ‘Funny Looking Angels’.Ahead of the release of the album, the pair have shared new track ‘Parliament Hill’.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have cancelled their 2021 UK & European tour due to ongoing coronavirus concerns.The tour, in support of the band’s acclaimed 2019 album ‘Ghosteen’, was initially set for spring 2021 before they were forced to postpone the upcoming shows due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.Rescheduled dates for spring 2021 were then announced in April, but the tour has now been called off entirely.“We are very disappointed to announce that the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 2021 UK and European tour can no longer go ahead due to the ongoing situation with Covid-19,” the band wrote in a statement online.“The complexity and scale of the tour we had planned, combined with the continued uncertainty around the pandemic means that despite

Damon Albarn has said the UK government’s response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic shows they have “no empathy with the arts.”Speaking to PA News ahead of a series of virtual Gorillaz gigs, Albarn said: “This present government has no empathy with the arts whatsoever and sadly that is a really important part of British culture. It is an essential part of British culture.“We live in a pretty fucking miserable country at times and we need our arts to uplift us.

100 gecs have shared a new Christmas song called ‘sympathy 4 the grinch’ –  listen below.Laura Les and Dylan Brady share vocal duties on the track, which tells the story of a person who is so disappointed with their gifts that they find Santa and steal his bag.“Never gave me a goddamn thing that I want,” the pair sing.

The Avalanches have announced a plans to play a livestream DJ show to celebrate the release of their forthcoming album ‘We Will Always Love You’.Filmed on the rooftop of Melbourne institution Curtin House, the duo will be spinning tunes from their own back catalogue, along with tracks from their eclectic record collections on Saturday, December 19.The performance will be streamed three times across three time zones, including a performance at 8pm GMT in the UK.

Noel Gallagher has recalled a past run-in between his brother Liam and Sex Pistols‘ John Lydon.The High Flying Birds musician was speaking to the Daily Star when he claimed that Liam had a tendency to act like a “tough guy” when he had his security guard beside him during Oasis‘ earlier years.Gallagher then remembered one particular evening spent with Lydon in the US.“I was out with him one night in LA and he wouldn’t talk directly to Liam, he would say to me, ‘Ask your singer what kind of make-up he’s wearing’,” he said (via Music-News.com) Liam was literally six inches from him.’“I’ve had a few nights out with John Lydon, he’s also one of my heroes, but I’ve also seen him be a fucking ****, he just doesn’t take shit off anyone.”During

Liam Gallagher and Damon Albarn once shared a peaceful drink with him “at the height of Britpop” – a story that the former Oasis frontman disputes.Both Lucas and Gallagher appeared as guests on The Jonathan Ross Show this weekend (November 28), when the host brought up Lucas’ friendship with Oasis rivals Blur, including the time he supported the band following the release of ‘The Great Escape’.Lucas went on to praise the 1995 album – which is set to receive a special, limited edition vinyl release to celebrate its 25th anniversary – to which Liam responded: “Didn’t sell much though, did it?”When Ross pointed out that the pair had met at the time, Lucas told the singer that he was at London’s The Groucho Club with Albarn when they spotted

This Is The Kit have performed a live set for US radio station KEXP.Originally recorded on November 19, the live set sees singer-songwriter Kate Stables perform three tracks from the band’s latest LP, as well as a cover of The National’s track ‘Lemonworld’. Stables is backed by a six-person band for the performance.Watch the set below:This Is The Kit released their fifth album, ‘Off Off On’, in October.

Kurt Vile appeared on The Late Show with Seth Myers last week to perform a touching cover of John Prine’s ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’.He performed the rendition live from the show’s studio on Thanksgiving night (November 26), playing alone with just a guitar and microphone.Introducing his musical guest, host Myers said “this is a perfect song for anyone who’s not with their loved ones this year”.Watch Vile cover ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’ below:Vile’s version of the song appears on his latest EP ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep)’, which he released in early October.

Liam Gallagher has spoken of his aversion to playing gigs on Zoom. “It’s ridiculous,” he has said.The Oasis frontman, who shared a new festive single called ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ today (November 27) was appearing on the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.“You got to go big all the time, I’m not into doing gigs on Zoom,” Gallagher said.

Liam Gallagher says he and Noel are “both the problem” in their ongoing Oasis feud.Earlier this year, Noel denied Liam’s claims that he turned down £100million to reunite the band.Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show on ITV, which airs tomorrow (November 28), Liam referenced the reported offer, saying: “When someone offers you 100 million pounds to do a few gigs and that man, you’re going to go, ‘Alright then yeah…’ there was a lot of money knocking about.“It was 100 million pounds to do a tour and that and I’m thinking, ‘I’m not a d***head, know what I mean? I’ll have a bit of that.’ He’s not into it is he? He’s after a knighthood isn’t he?”While saying “never say never” regarding a reunion, Liam said that both he and Noel have to “take

Johnny Marr has praised New Order‘s synth player Gillian Gilbert, and said the appointment of a female musician was a monumental if not “overlooked” part of the band’s history.The former The Smiths guitarist, who last released a solo album in 2017, ‘Call The Comet‘, said that Gilbert was role model for young people – particularly girls – in the early ’80s when the Manchester band had formed from the ashes of Joy Division.Speaking on New Order’s new Transmissions podcast, Marr said people may wonder why having Gilbert in the band was such a big deal, but he highlighted that “this was 30 odd years ago” when there were far fewer female musicians in world famous bands.“She was very enigmatic,” Marr said of Gilbert.

Lokoy has shared a new single called ‘A Mistake’ – you can listen to it below.Following on from ‘Both Eyes’, the song will feature on the producer and Sløtface bassist’s debut solo album, ‘Badminton’, which is due to arrive on January 22 via Propeller Recordings.‘A Mistake’ emerged out of a demo from Oslo-based musician Emilie Østebø, who lends vocals and guitar to the three-minute indie-rock number.

Circa Waves frontman Kieran Shudall has launched a new solo project, Ven – listen to first single ‘H8 Lovin’ below.Taking to Twitter this week (November 24), Shudall told fans he’d been “writing lots of really personal and electronically experimental music” since the release of Circa Waves’ surprise EP ‘Sadder Happier’ in May.“I finally feel like now is a good time to put it out,” he said, “and I’m SO f*ckin excited to show you all. It’s called VEN.” He added that further announcements would be made via the project’s new social media pages.Hey! Kieran here. I’ve been writing lots of really personal and electronically experimental music.

Phoebe Bridgers has revealed that she was “in bed with a migraine” when she received the news of her Grammy nominations this week.The Los Angeles singer-songwriter is nominated in four categories at next year’s ceremony: Best New Artist, Best Rock Performance (‘Kyoto’), Best Rock Song (‘Kyoto’) and Best Alternative Music Album (‘Punisher’).Following the announcement, Bridgers was asked by The New York Times how she found out about the prestigious nods.

Bombay Bicycle Club are set to play their debut album ‘I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose’ in full in a new live-streamed gig next month.The gig comes as the band prepare to release a new live album on December 11, recorded at their Brixton Academy gig last year where they played the 2009 debut in its entirety.For the livestream, the band will return to London’s Konk Studios on December 15, where they recorded the debut album in 2008 and 2009.

Noel Gallagher has revealed that he’s written a new song that “sounds like The Cure“.The former Oasis musician released his third High Flying Birds album, ‘Who Built The Moon’, back in 2017. He later told NME that he the music he’d been working on since sounded like “if The Police and The Cure were in a band together”.Speaking to the Daily Star, Gallagher has now mentioned a new track called ‘Pretty Boy’ which he likened to the work of Robert Smith and co.“The stuff I’ve been working on is fucking great, really great,” he told the newspaper (via Music-News.com).“I’ve written a tune that sounds very much like The Cure, and I didn’t even have to dial back the copyright, it just sounds like The Cure.