NME Radio Roundup 13 July 2020: Christine and the Queens, Sufjan Stevens and more

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Sufjan Stevens, ‘Give A Little Love’.The new track is lifted from Tindle’s forthcoming album, ‘Sister’, due for release October 9. The track also comes with an accompanying music video, which features dancer Moira Cappilli.Watch the clip for ‘Give A Little Love’ below: “I have always deeply loved Sufjan Stevens’ music,” De Lassus said in a statement on the collaboration.“His words and melodies have resonated in me for the last 15 years.

Streaming services continue to leave their mark on award season as the 2020 Emmys announces its nominees.

Michael Kiwanuka, whose outstanding third album ‘KIWANUKA’ has been nominated.

Beabadoobee’s ‘Care’, the wonderfully breezy first alt-rock offering from the Dirty Hit artist’s upcoming debut album ‘Fake It Flowers’, comes on. It’s a perfect opportunity to drop all your worries and revel in Bea’s emotive songwriting might — even if it is only for three minutes and 15 seconds.

Sufjan Stevens has shared ‘My Rajneesh’, the B-side to last week’s 12-minute comeback single ‘America‘.The new track, clocking in at 10 and a half minutes to rival its A-side, is about the Rajneesh cult movement founded by Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The sect of Hinduism attracted controversy when they founded a utopian community in the US state of Oregon, which they militaristically patrolled.

Kanye West is running for US President. The rapper, who’s often teased the possibility of throwing his hat in the ring for the top job, tweeted his plans last week (on US Independence Day, no less), saying: “we must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future.

Miranda Lambert, Bethenny Frankel and Chrissy Teigen celebrated the 4th of July with fun in the sun and plenty of red, white and blue.Lambert, 36, shared a photo via Instagram on Saturday, July 4, of herself and her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, hanging out at the pool. The “Bluebird” singer sat in a flamingo floatie as she held her dog, Delta Dawn.

Just like us, our favorite stars are celebrating the 4th of July! With the outbreak of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement, celebrations are looking a little different this year, but that didn’t stop stars like Miranda Lambert, 36, from celebrating America’s 244th birthday! The Wildcard singer went for a dip in her pool, posing on a Flamingo floatie next to hunky husband Brendan Mcloughlin.