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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs the nation and the globe wake up each morning asking, “Is 2020 over yet?,” the search for the next great new song is one thing that makes getting out of bed a worthy endeavor.We’ve already covered the Taylor Swift, Avalanches, Kid Cudi and Chris Cornell albums as well as the 20-years-late Britney Spears-Backstreet Boys tag team, and fittingly for this odd week, the top songs are an odd batch …James Blake “When the Party’s Over” We don’t usually go for covers in

James Blake has released his new EP ‘Covers’, which sees the producer debuting his take on tracks by Billie Eilish and Frank Ocean.As well as Blake’s acclaimed version of Frank Ocean’s ‘Godspeed’, the new offering sees Blake delivering a stirring piano-driven take on Eilish’s ‘When The Party’s Over’ – which you can listen to in full below.Other tracks include Blake’s take on Joy Division’s ‘Atmosphere’, Stevie Wonder’s ‘Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer’, an impressive interpolation of

Billie Eilish has revealed some of her top songs of the year, giving a special shout out to The Strokes and their latest album ‘The New Abnormal‘.Speaking to Australian broadcaster triple j in promotion of their annual public-voted countdown, The Hottest 100, Eilish shared a list of nine songs from the past year that she loved.They include The Strokes’ ‘At The Door’, James Blake‘s ‘Are You Even Real?’ Phoebe Bridgers‘ ‘Savior Complex’, Jorja Smith‘s ‘By Any Means’ and Dominic Fike‘s ‘Chicken

Arlo Parks, James Blake and Beabadoobee have released new festive covers on Apple Music.The three artists’ renditions come as part of the streaming platform’s Christmas singles series, which was launched yesterday (November 30).Parks took on Wham!‘s ‘Last Christmas’, reimagining the 1986 hit as a minimal, soulful number.

James Blake has written a new ambient album, which has been co-signed by Brian Eno.The prospective new album joins a flurry of new material from the Los Angeles-based producer.Last month, Blake released a surprise EP called ‘Before’, which saw him “paying homage to his London club days,” while another upcoming ‘Covers’ EP is due in December, and will feature his acclaimed version of Frank Ocean’s ‘Godspeed’.Speaking on Radio.com’s New Arrivals show, Blake revealed the news that he’s been working

James Blake has released his stirring take on ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ from his forthcoming new ‘Covers’ EP.The ‘Covers’ EP will arrive on December 11 and is set to feature his acclaimed version of Frank Ocean’s ‘Godspeed’.“One of the things keeping me going mentally throughout lockdown has been the requests from fans for different covers and performing them on Instagram,” Blake said of the ‘Covers’ EP.

James Blake has spoken about his “yearning” for the return of the clubbing scene, which has been broadly shut down in 2020 by the coronavirus pandemic.The live music and nightlife sectors have been decimated by the pandemic, with lockdown and quarantine measures forcing the closure of many venues, clubs and festival spaces throughout the world this year.Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, Blake was asked about how he felt about releasing his recent ‘Before’ EP — which sees the London

I can't scroll through TikTok's For You page without seeing at least one heartstring-tugging video soundtracked by James Blake performing "Godspeed," a song from Frank Ocean's album Blonde. Sensing a hit, Blake's label has been pushing the piano-driven song hard recently with an official single release in September, and last night, a performance of the cover on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

James Blake has revealed that he intends to release a new EP of music in the coming weeks to swiftly follow up his most recent release, the ‘Before’ EP.Blake dropped the four-track EP on October 14, marking the latest release in what has already been a productive year of singles and guest features by the London musician and producer.Speaking to NME in this week’s Big Read, Blake admitted that making “an album would be cool” when asked about his future release plans — before then adding that a

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhat a week, huh? We’ve already written at length about Demi Lovato having her “VOTE” message muzzled by NBC after she performed her new song “Commander in Chief,” which slams President Trump and his policies — you can read about that semi-censorship here but here’s the performance, and a photo of how it was supposed to end.On a lighter note, we also already wrote about James Blake’s excellent new EP, “Before,” which is a throwback to his earlier club-oriented

James Blake has released his new EP ‘Before’ — you can listen to the four-track record below.The EP is Blake’s first new collection of music since the release of his 2019 album ‘Assume Form’, although he has released a small number of singles, including ‘You’re Too Precious’ and ‘Are You Even Real?’, since.‘Before’ is described in a press release as Blake “paying homage to his London club days”.

James Blake's new EP Before, announced yesterday with a Cadillac commercial, is out now. A press release describes the EP as an "homage to [Blake]'s London club days," a vibe all us quarantined clubbers can appreciate right now.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“It’s a strange time to release music,” James Blake says in the Cadillac Escalade ad below that includes a preview of his new EP, “Before,” which drops Wednesday. “I still want to give people music — I still want to have that release myself,” he continues.

James Blake has revealed the full tracklist for his new EP ‘Before’, plus artwork, and details of a live-streamed DJ set featuring material from the release.The EP was first teased yesterday on Blake’s Instagram story, where two phone numbers were featured, one for the UK and another for the US.When called, an automated voice directs the caller to beforeep.com, which shows a timer counting down to Wednesday, October 14.Now, Blake has revealed the four tracks from the EP, and confirmed its

James Blake has hinted at the release of a new project later this week, titled ‘Before’.Blake teased ‘Before’ in an Instagram story, which also promotes a UK and US phone number. When called, an automated voice directs the caller to beforeep.com, which shows a timer counting down to Wednesday October 14.Posters have also been sighted promoting the new music.

Mustafa is a Toronto-based artist who made waves locally as a spoken word poet and founding member of the Canadian rap group Halal Gang before going on to co-write on songs by The Weeknd and Camila Caballo.

Flatbush Zombies’ new track ‘Afterlife’ sees the Brooklyn rap trio team up with James Blake for the first of a number of collaborative tracks.

Slowthai has shared new single ‘feel away’, a collaboration with James Blake and Mount Kimbie – watch the video below.The track was teased yesterday (September 14) alongside an emotional tribute to the Northampton rapper’s younger brother, Michael John.“today is the anniversary of my baby brother passing,” Slowthai said in a social media post.

Slowthai has announced that he’s releasing a new single tomorrow (September 15) called ‘Feel Away’.The new track, which is set to feature James Blake and Mount Kimbie, is dedicated to Slowthai’s younger brother, Michael John.“today is the anniversary of my baby brother passing,” Slowthai said in a social media post.

DEALSWarner’s Atlantic Records UK has signed rapper Tion Wayne. “Tion is one of the most exciting new voices in the UK today”, says the label’s co-President Briony Turner.

James Blake has dropped a video for the official version of his take on Frank Ocean song "Godspeed." Blake produced and played on the 2016 original, which appears on Ocean's Blonde, and first performed his take on the song as part of an Instagram Live when the world went into lockdown as Covid-19 hit earlier this year. He also covered the Billie Eilish song "when the party's over" during the same period.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter a comparatively slow week leading into the long weekend — which means we only scanned around 100 songs last week instead of the usual 130! — the avalanche of songs is back with a bang.

James Blake‘s haunting cover of Frank Ocean‘s 2016 track ‘Godspeed’ has finally hit streaming services today (September 11).Fans of Blake are no strangers to the cover, since he debuted it live over three years ago at Arizona’s FORM Arcosanti festival.Following that, at the beginning of the year, Blake performed the cover on Instagram Live.Listen to the official release of the cover below:Blake actually helped arrange the stunning Frank Ocean track, appearing on the latter’s seminal 2016 album

Jameela Jamil wants to make a few things absolutely clear: Meghan Markle isn’t in her quarantine bubble and the Duchess of Sussex certainly isn’t controlling her every move. After the Good Place actor was pictured strolling a beach with her boyfriend, musician James Blake ― near Prince Harry and Meghan’s new Montecito home ― British tabloids reported that the couples were hanging out and even hinted that they were quarantining with each other.But Jameela took to Twitter this week to clear up the

James Blake has shared a new video for his recent single ‘Are You Even Real?’ – watch it below.The track, Blake’s second of the year following recent single ‘You’re Too Precious’, came out last month.The trippy, partly animated new video sees Blake’s face contorted in strange new shapes.

Flatbush Zombies have shared a new song, ‘Afterlife’, produced by James Blake.The new track is the first material released by the Zombies from a series of recording sessions with Blake, which started after Erick The Architect reached out to ‘I’ll Come Too’ musician upon hearing he was a fan of theirs.They all met in person after a Flatbush Zombies show in Los Angeles in 2018 and started collaborating on music shortly after.The haunting record is broken up by a silvery piano arrangement as it

Thom Yorke has shared his third and final Sonos Radio mix – you can listen to it now exclusively on Sonos Radio.The Radiohead frontman has presented the last of his Radio Hour sessions, which features some of his influences and modern favourites, including Laurie Anderson, Fontaines D.C., Armand Hammer, James Blake, Nicki Minaj, and more.Currently only available for Sonos users to listen to, the mix will be uploaded to the Sonos Sound System Archive on Mixcloud tomorrow (24 hours after its

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James Blake has said the lyrics to Nirvana classic ‘Come As You Are’ are “potent” in the current climate, suggesting that he chose to cover the song to reflect the times.The musician provided his own rendition of the US band’s hit 1991 single last month as part of a fundraiser for The Loveland Foundation.Now, Blake has spoken to Zane Lowe on Apple Music about his decision to cover that song in particular.

DEALSSony/ATV has signed rapper and songwriter Bobby Sessions to a global co-publishing deal. Among his credits is a co-writer stamp on Megan Thee Stallion and Beyonce’s ‘Savage Remix’.

On Wednesday, English singer-songwriter-producer James Blake shared a new song called "Are You Even Real." Listen below via Spotify. The swooning and ornate ballad, ready for any left-of-center wedding playlist, was co-written by Starrah and Ali Tamposi.

James Blake has announced the forthcoming release of a new track, ‘Are You Even Real?’.The track was first teased on Twitter on Sunday (July 5), when Blake shared a 20-second audio excerpt.pic.twitter.com/zPsRPQyzbm— James Blake (@jamesblake) July 5, 2020Following that, Blake confirmed on Twitter the track would be released this Wednesday (July 8).‘Are You Even Real?’ – out on the 8th JulyCo-written by @iStarrah and @alitamposi ❤️ pic.twitter.com/M0V43d2ZAI— James Blake (@jamesblake) July 6,

James Blake – you can listen below.The collaborative track follows on from the Toronto artist’s debut single ‘Stay Alive’, which was produced by Blake alongside Frank Dukes.Yesterday (June 30) Mustafa posted a performance video of ‘Come Back’ directed by Nabil, who’s previously helmed visuals for the likes of Kanye West, Arctic Monkeys, Foals and Frank Ocean.The studio clip finds Blake behind a piano as he delivers repeated lines of “Please come back” before Mustafa sings: “If she runs her

Jameela Jamil has vowed to become a “less problematic” and “less ignorant person”.Speaking with transgender activist and model Munroe Bergdorf in an interview for Grazia magazine, the actor opened up about the things she has learned about herself during lockdown, which she has spent in Los Angeles with her boyfriend, musician James Blake.Jamil, who hosts the I Weigh podcast about mental health and body positivity, said she was grateful for the time to reflect on her past actions as she had been

James Blake has performed a “soft” cover of Nirvana’s ‘Come As You Are’ – scroll down the page to watch it now.The musician shared his version of the grunge classic as part of a piano improv concert yesterday (June 27), which raised money for The Loveland Foundation.

Tennis star James Blake told Jimmy Fallon he was once “slammed into a wall” by a police officer on Wednesday’s “Tonight Show”.