Sam Fender talks “heart-churning” new single ‘Get You Down’ and teases punk side project

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' youngest son, Joaquin, has only been away at college for a month but it turns out he's already making a big impression. The athletic 18-year-old is a keen wrestler and his latest photos in his singlet certainly got fans talking. MORE: Kelly Ripa shares cheeky confession about marriage to Mark ConsuelosJoaquin struck a series of poses wearing the Michigan State uniform and his muscular physique proved he's been working out hard. WATCH: Kelly Ripa details brutally

Sam Fender has shared the latest preview of his upcoming album ‘Seventeen Going Under’ – listen to stirring new single ‘Spit Of You’ below.The North Shields BRIT Award-winner’s latest release, which follows the tracks ‘Howdon Aldi Death Queue’, ‘Aye’ and ‘Get You Down’ as well as the album’s title track and an acoustic rendition, is a “profound and proud song” that examines Fender’s relationship with his father.“‘Spit Of You’ is a song about boys and their dads,” Fender said of the track.

Paris Texas (aka Louie Pastel and Felix) have shared a grungy new single titled ‘Girls Like Drugs’, coming hot on the heels of their debut EP from earlier in the year.Contrasting the vocalists’ sharp, swagger-inflected bars, the track rages on with barbed electric guitars and cymbal-heavy drums.

Saying that “a strike would effectively shut down California state film and television production,” IATSE has told California lawmakers that “it is both outrageous and immoral that the studios oppose basic worker rights, an opposition that may lead to a highly successful industry’s shutdown.”

Woosung, the frontman of South Korean pop-rock band The Rose, has returned with a music video for his brand-new solo single ‘Dimples’, and the Korean-American singer recently sat down with NME to tell us about the song as well as his upcoming album.For Woosung, both ‘Dimples’ and the album have been a very long time coming. The synthwave song has been three years in the making – and for those counting at home, that’s one more than his previous single ‘Lazy’.

The War On Drugs have shared their brand new single ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’ – you can listen to the track below.The song is the title track from the band’s forthcoming new album, which is set for release on October 29 via Atlantic Records.‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’ follows on from the LP’s first single ‘Living Proof’, which came out back in July.Co-produced by bandleader Adam Granduciel and Shawn Everett, the song also features backing vocals by the New York band Lucius.You can hear ‘I

Naomi Watts is opening up about her next project with Ryan Murphy.

Explosions In The Sky have shared a new track titled ‘Flying’, the latest cut from a forthcoming soundtrack the band have made for a nature documentary based on their native Texas.READ MORE: NME Recommends: the best instrumental albumsA slow-burning number, ‘Flying’ stands out with droning shoegaze guitars and a tastefully pared-back keyboard melody, washing over a cantering drum loop.

Like most 16-year-olds, Jamie New has dreams. His are a little different from his classmates’, however; he fantasizes about becoming a drag queen.

TRNSMT Festival 2021 is set to take place this weekend, and the weather isn’t looking great.The Scottish festival was rescheduled from July following concerns around the coronavirus pandemic, and will be headlined by Liam Gallagher, Courteeners and The Chemical Brothers.The three-day event at Glasgow Green will also see performances from the likes of Sam Fender, AJ Tracey, Little Simz, Becky Hill and Declan McKenna – but not a whole lot of sunshine.Apart from a brief spell on the Friday

Sam Heughan has sent his fans wild with his latest video shoot for Sassenach whisky. The Outlander actor shared the footage on his Instagram, where he can be seen riding on his Harley Davidson motorcycle through the very scenic Scottish Highlands.

Big Thief have shared their latest new single ‘Certainty’ – you can listen to the track below.The song follows on from last month’s release of ‘Little Things’ and ‘Sparrow’, which were the band’s first new tracks since 2019.Written and recorded directly to 4-track during a three-day power outage while recording at Sam Evian’s Flying Cloud Studios, ‘Certainty’ also features harmonies from Hannah Cohen.“On the third day of the outage, I found Adrianne [Lenker] on the porch writing a new song, so I

Sam Fender has postponed his Glasgow shows in order for him and his band to get tested for COVID-19.The singer’s two shows were scheduled to take place at Barrowlands on 7-8 September as part of his UK tour. However, in a post on his Instagram Story, Fender said some of his touring crew members had been experiencing a heavy cough.

Sam Fender has shared a new acoustic version of his recent single ‘Seventeen Going Under’ – you can listen to it below.The original version of the song is the title track from the North Shields singer-songwriter’s upcoming new album, which is set to arrive on October 8.The new acoustic rendition, which follows recent tracks ‘Howdon Aldi Death Queue’ and ‘Aye’, was recorded with a piano, mandolin, cello and an acoustic guitar, with help from Tender Central’s India Bourne.I’ve done a live acoustic

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s son’s band Ultra Q have shared a new single – listen to ‘Bowman’ below.The California-based four piece are fronted by Jakob Armstrong and include brothers Enzo and Chris Malaspina and Kevin Judd.The group, who have recently signed to Royal Mountain Records – the same label as Mac DeMarco, Alvvays, Orville Peck and others, have also unveiled details of their third EP, ‘Get Yourself A Friend’, which arrives on November 19.The new video for the track can be

BLACKSTARKIDS have shared another single in the lead up to their debut album ‘Puppies Forever’, out October 15.The track, titled ‘Fight Club’, sees the Kansas trio ooze confidence as they spit bars for the digital generation: talking social media (“My fit so clean it stuns you/Got lurking on my Instagram to see what I do“), confidence (“Her boyfriend wanna look like me/And she wanna be with me“) and Ye (“Like Kanye bitch I’m stronger”). In a statement, the group said “‘Fight Club’ really