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Arlo Parks has spoken about the importance of self-care of her own mental health in a preview clip from tonight’s Channel 4 special The Whole Truth (October 9).The programme, which is hosted by Jordan Stephens and also features Kojey Radical and Che Lingo, will air tonight on Channel 4 and All4 at 11:05pm, and has been recorded to mark this weekend’s World Mental Health Day.The Whole Truth will see each artist perform one of their own songs (Parks will perform ‘Hurt’) before they join Stephens to openly discuss their mental health with one another, sharing the personal stories that have inspired them each to speak their minds through music.Ahead of tonight’s broadcast, Channel 4 have shared a short clip of Parks discussing how self-care has

Placebo are marking the 20th anniversary of ‘Black Market Music’ with a series of behind-the-scenes videos, Black Market Music Stories.The band’s third full-length record was released on October 9, 2000, and contains the singles ‘Taste In Men’, ‘Special K’ and ‘Slave To The Wage’.To mark the two-decade milestone, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal uploaded the first of four new videos detailing the album’s creation to their YouTube channel yesterday (October 7).“Here I am outside what used to be Matrix Studios in central London,” Olsdal says at the start of the clip.

Clairo has shared her rendition of The Strokes‘ ‘I’ll Try Anything Once’ – listen below.The ‘Bags’ singer, whose real name is Claire Cottrill, has covered a demo version of the ‘First Impressions Of Earth’ (2005) opener ‘You Only Live Once’, which The Strokes released as a B-side on the ‘Heart In A Cage’ single.Cottrill’s version hears her play the song as an acoustic duet with Jake Passmore of the London band SCORS.Clairo started the year off with a couple of demos, ‘february 15, 2020 london, uk’ and ‘Everything I Know’ before sharing a number of stripped back covers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Billy Bragg has announced a UK and Ireland tour for 2021 – you can see the full schedule below.The singer-songwriter and activist will hit the road for a lengthy run of shows next Autumn, taking in dates in Glasgow, Liverpool, Cardiff, Dublin, Manchester and Sheffield throughout October and November.Bragg’s headline tour will conclude with a performance at London’s Roundhouse in Camden on November 27, 2021.“In these challenging times, we all need something to hang on to,” Bragg said in a statement.

The Cribs have announced their first socially distanced show in support of their upcoming new album ‘Night Network’.The Wakefield trio will return on November 13 with their first album since 2017’s ’24-7 Rock Star Shit’, with ‘Night Network’ set to be released through Sonic Blew/[PIAS].The Cribs have already announced a set of tour dates for June 2021 in support of ‘Night Network’, but they are now aiming to make a return to the live stage in 2020 with a socially distanced show on November 15.Taking place in association with Banquet Records, the all-seated gig will be held at Pryzm in Kingston Upon Thames.

Future Islands frontman Samuel T. Herring has admitted that it has taken him six years to “come to terms” with his performance on The Late Show With David Letterman.The Baltimore band became a viral hit on the show in 2014 after they played ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’ for their TV debut, with many commenting on Herring’s dance moves across the stage and how he beat his chest repeatedly.Months after the band’s live slot, Herring told NME he was stung by the reaction. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a joke as long as it’s not a joke to everybody,” he said at the time.The singer explained that the spirit of the song “is putting forth this idea that we need to live by our own rules to get what we want out of life.

Record Store Day is set to drop a number of limited vinyl releases from the likes of Motörhead, My Chemical Romance and Beastie Boys on Black Friday 2020.More than 200 indie record shops across the UK will be participating in this year’s event on November 27.A host of artists have been lined up to deliver one-off releases, including Motörhead’s 40th anniversary edition of ‘Ace Of Spades’, a limited version of My Chemical Romance’s ‘Life On The Murder Scene’ 2006 live album, a limited version of Beastie Boys’ 1994 compilation album ‘Some Old Bullshit’ and a 40th anniversary edition of U2‘s debut album ‘Boy’.We're excited to be releasing a host of great titles as part of @RSDUK Black Friday on 27th Nov, to support independent record stores!

Kelly Lee Owens has called for more recognition for New Order‘s Gillian Gilbert, hailing her as a role model and “synth queen”.The acclaimed Welsh electronic musician, who we recently awarded a five star review for her latest album ‘Inner Song‘, was speaking to NME about the inspiration of New Order’s seminal second album ‘Power, Corruption & Lies‘ when she explained what it meant to see Gilbert behind synths at a young age.“Having Gillian as the synth queen was fucking amazing, speaking as a woman in music,” Owens told NME. “You can’t be what you can’t see, so to have a woman be a part of something like this and own her part was really inspiring.“Women are often underrated, or their part is dismissed.

Noel Gallagher is set to feature on a new song by Dizzee Rascal, the rapper has revealed.The east London artist is gearing up to release his seventh album ‘E3 AF’ this Friday (October 9), and has confirmed to the Daily Star that he’s now begun working on its follow-up.“I’ve already started on my next album,” he told the newspaper, adding that he’s “got a little something with Noel Gallagher” in the pipeline.“Right now, it’s being mixed.

Haim have shared the official video for their latest single ‘Man From The Magazine’ – you can watch it below.The track appears on the Los Angeles trio’s acclaimed third album ‘Women In Music Pt. III’, which was released in June.Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the new clip finds frontwoman Danielle Haim behind the counter at the band’s favourite LA eatery, Canter’s Deli – also seen on the ‘WIMPIII’ cover as well as in the ‘Now I’m In It’ video.Danielle begins singing the folky cut live as she reluctantly takes her first order.

The Postal Service have shared a humorous new video where the likes of Slash, Anne Hathaway and “Weird Al” Yankovic all attempt to ‘audition’ to become the next member of the band — check it out below.The clip is the band’s big reveal from yesterday’s teaser (October 6), which had led some fans to believe that new music might be on the way.Partnering with their label Sub Pop and HeadCount’s “Make Your Vote Count” campaign for the clip, the Tom Scharpling-directed video sees The Postal Service’s Benjamin Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello and Jenny Lewis reluctantly host auditions on Zoom for new bandmembers.Among the famous names to appear in the clip are the aforementioned Slash, Hathaway and “Weird Al”, as well as Kenny G, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff

Liam Gallagher and Johnny Marr are among a host of musicians who have hit back at Chancellor’s Rishi Sunak’s suggestion that people should “adapt” their jobs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Sunak told ITV News that people “in all walks of life” will have to consider changing the jobs they do in certain industries.“I can’t pretend that everyone can do exactly the same job that they were doing at the beginning of this crisis,” he said.“That’s why we’ve put a lot of resource into trying to create new opportunities.”He went on to concede that unemployment is “likely to increase” but stressed the government is “trying to do everything we can to protect as many jobs as possible.”Responding to his comments, Liam Gallagher wrote: “So the

The 1975‘s Matty Healy has shared a new acoustic rendition of ‘Be My Mistake’, marking his online return after laying low for several months.The new rendition of the ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ track was posted on Instagram overnight, and sees Healy wearing a shirt and tie as he performs from the comfort of his own home.After taking a drag on a cigarette, Healy performs a stripped-back emotional take on the track before concluding with a brief message to fans.Waving to the camera, he remarks: “Hello, miss you, love you.”A post shared by MATTY THE 1975 DIRTY HIT (@trumanblack) on Oct 5, 2020 at 3:13pm PDTResponding to the video, one fan remarked: “That was beautiful Matty, hope you are ok.”The latest performance comes after

Phoebe Bridgers has announced that she’s teamed up with Dead Oceans for the launch of her new record label, Saddest Factory.The US singer will act as the CEO of the new label, and says she plans to release music from across the music spectrum.“The vision of the label is simple: good songs, regardless of genre,” Bridgers said.In a subsequent interview with Billboard, Bridgers said that marketing music is her “secret passion”.“I love thinking of bus bench ideas and Instagram filters and stuff.

coronavirus-enforced closure.The 20,000-capacity arena will host a socially-distanced show on Saturday, December 5, headlined by Squeeze.The venue’s capacity will be reduced from 20,000 to 4,700 for the show, and tickets will be sold in groups of two, three and four.A one-way system will be in operation throughout the arena and entrances, while all separate groups of fans will have empty seats between them.

The Wedding Present are set to release a new charity album made up of covers of James Bond themes.‘Not From Where I’m Standing’, due out on December 4 via the Come Play With Me label, sees current and former members of the band taking on 20 classic Bond themes, all in aid of mental health charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).Speaking of the project, the band’s David Gedge said: “Where do ideas like this come from? Well, I can tell you that this one was born during a soundcheck in New Zealand, in 2013, when the band were playing around with the main melody of the classic Bond theme ‘You Only Live Twice’.“And then came another idea.

London Grammar have performed a dreamy live performance of ‘Baby It’s You’ – you can watch it below.The trio performed the atmospheric track on Later…With Jools Holland. It comes just days after the group announced details of their third album, ‘Californian Soil’, sharing the title track, artwork and tracklist.‘Baby It’s You’ will be the seventh track on the new album, which is due to arrive on February 12.

IDLES have shot straight to the top of the Official UK Albums Chart with their new LP ‘Ultra Mono’.The band’s third album was outselling the whole of the Top Five in the midweek chart and now has reached the summit with 27,000 sales.It also overtakes Liam Gallagher‘s ‘Why Me? Why Not’ as the fastest-selling vinyl album of 2020 so far, having shifted 15,400 copies over the past week, according to the Official Charts Company.IDLES‘ last album ‘Joy As An Act Of Resistance’ peaked at Number Five on its release in 2018 and was shortlisted for last year’s Hyundai Mercury Prize.“Thank you very much for all your support in helping us get to Number One in the album charts,” said frontman Joe Talbot.

Oasis photographer Michael Spencer Jones has recalled the band’s notorious fight during the recording of ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’, saying the band actually “split up” during the disagreement.The band were recording the huge 1995 album, which celebrates its 25th birthday today (October 2), at Rockfield Studios in Wales.Jones called the bust-up “a Victorian fistfight on Rockfield’s lawn” (via BBC), and said the disagreement was “on another level” to Liam and Noel Gallagher‘s previous fights.“It was chaos and the scene of devastation in Liam’s room afterwards was was like nothing I’d ever seen,” Jones said.

Chet Faker in five years, after having dropped the moniker in 2016.The single, ‘Low’, is also Murphy’s first single since signing to BMG Australia/New Zealand.Listen to the track below:Murphy announced his return to the Chet Faker moniker earlier this week. In an interview with NME in 2016, Murphy said the decision to drop the name had been a “long time coming”.“When I started Chet Faker it was always a project.

Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner has announced her new memoir, Crying In H Mart. The book is set to arrive on April 20th, 2021 via Knopf Publishing, and will explore how the death of Zauner’s mother forced a reckoning with the musician’s Korean-American identity.At one point in the memoir, Zauner looks back on a time she broke down in the Asian supermarket H Mart, a traumatic experience that inspired the project’s title.