The Proclaimers announce “political” new album ‘Dentures Out’ featuring Manics’ James Dean Bradfield

Interpol have talked NME through the writing, recording and lyrical inspiration behind each and every track on their new album ‘The Other Side Of Make-Believe‘. Watch our video interview with the band above.Frontman Paul Banks and guitarist Daniel Kessler sat down with us during a recent trip to London to give us the lowdown on what they described as “probably their most intimate and hopeful-sounding record”.With the album seeking to “underline the danceability of drummer Sam Fogarino’s rhythms and R&B influences” mixed with more uplifting moods and a wider emotional spectrum, the record was launched by the bright departure of lead single ‘Toni’.“It was a great moment during one of the two writing sessions that we had in the Catskills in Upstate New York,” Kessler of the origins of ‘Toni’.

Gogol Bordello have announced that they will release their latest album, ‘Solidaritine’, later this year.Coloured by the ongoing war in frontman Eugene Hutz’s native Ukraine, the album sees the band move back towards a harder punk sound.“This is music of survival and perseverance”, says Hutz. “That’s always been our main driving force.

Titus Andronicus have today (July 20) unveiled details of their upcoming album previewed with new single, ‘(I’m) Screwed’ – you can check it out below.The band’s seventh album, ‘The Will To Live’, will be released on September 30 via Merge and you can pre-order it here. Their last release was sixth studio album ‘An Obelisk’, in June 2019.New song ‘(I’m) Screwed)’ comes with a video directed by Ray Cencepcion, and sees the band taking part in a July 4th parade in Glen Rock, New Jersey – hometown of frontman Patrick Stickles.Speaking about the new song, Stickles said: “In ‘(I’m) Screwed,’ we are introduced to the narrator of [upcoming album] ‘The Will to Live’ at the moment he realises the walls are closing in.“Be it real or imagined, he feels the pressure building on all sides, a feeling to which many of us can relate, I imagine.

Slipknot have announced their seventh studio album, ‘The End, So Far’ with the release of a fresh new single, ‘The Dying Song (Time To Sing)’.Released on Wednesday (July 20), ‘The Dying Song (Time To Sing)’ serves as the second preview of the album following ‘The Chapeltown Rag’ late last year. ‘The Dying Song (Time To Sing)’ also comes with a music video directed by the band’s own Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan.Watch the music video for ‘The Dying Song (Time To Sing)’ below.Slipknot’s seventh studio album, ‘The End, So Far’, will be released on September 30 via Roadrunner Records.

The Subways have announced details of their fifth album ‘Uncertain Joys’ and shared new single ‘Love Waiting On You’ – check it out below.Due 13 January 2023 on Alcopop! Records, The Subways’ ‘Uncertain Joys’ is the followup to 2015’s self-titled album. It’s available to pre-order here.‘Uncertain Joys’ was recorded and produced by The Subways’ vocalist Billy Lunn, mixed by the Grammy Award-winning Adrian Bushby and mastered by Katie Tavini.The band announced their return last year with ‘Fight‘ and earlier this year, released lead single ‘You Kill My Cool’ alongside B-side ‘Oi You Boy Bands‘. The trio have now released ‘Love Waiting On You’.

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Gilla Band, who were previously called Girl Band, have today (July 14) unveiled details of a new album.‘Most Normal’ will arrive on October 8 via Rough Trade and the band have also today shared the first single from this, ‘Eight Fivers’.The video for the song, which you can watch below, was animated and directed by Mortis Studios with Ruben Hernandez.Speaking about the new song, singer Data Keily said in a statement: “‘Eight Fivers’ is about being out of touch with modern circumstances while feeling socially limited.“Never fitting in and kind of proud of it. Stuck with what I have and happy for it.

Calvin Harris has announced that his next single, ‘Stay With Me’, will arrive next week with guest spots by Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell.The superstar DJ is readying the release of ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’, his first album in five years, next month and will treat fans with another advanced preview in ‘Stay With Me’.Harris shared the news with a photo of himself posing with the single’s collaborators in a sunny spot.

Angelique Jackson Nia DaCosta is set to write and direct “Hedda Gabler,” a reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s famous play, for MGM’s Orion Pictures and Plan B.Hot off the box office success of “Candyman” and ahead of her upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe debut with “The Marvels,” DaCosta will present her fresh take on the fabled story. “Hedda Gabler” has seen numerous adaptations on stage and screen, and in several languages, since its 1891 debut, including 1975’s “Hedda,” which earned Glenda Jackson a best actress nomination at the Academy Awards.Produced by Gabrielle Nadig, who also produced DaCosta’s debut feature “Little Woods,” and Plan B, “Hedda Gabler” follows its titular character as she navigates a house she does not want, a marriage she feels trapped in and an ex-lover who has reappeared in her life. The film also marks DaCosta’s latest collaboration with MGM and Plan B.

DOMi & JD Beck have announced details of new album ‘NOT TiGHT’, featuring their label boss Anderson .Paak alongside Mac DeMarco, Snoop Dogg and more.The jazz duo will release their new album on July 29 via .Paak’s new label APESHIT, and they collaborate with their label boss on first single ‘TAKE A CHANCE’, out today (July 6).Elsewhere on the 15-track album, DOMi & JD Beck will collaborate with Thundercat, Herbie Hancock, Busta Rhymes and more.Watch the video for Anderson .Paak collaboration ‘TAKE A CHANCE’ and see the album’s full tracklist below.1. ‘LOUNA’S Intro’ 2. ‘WHATUP’ 3. ‘SMiLE’ 4. ‘BOWLiNG’ (feat. Thundercat) 5. ‘NOT TiGHT’ 6. ‘TWO SHRiMPS’ (feat. Mac DeMarco) 7. ‘U DON’T HAVE TO ROB ME’ 8. ‘MOON’ (feat. Herbie Hancock) 9. ‘DUKE’ 10. ‘TAKE A CHANCE’ (feat. Anderson .Paak) 11. ‘SPACE MOUNTAiN’ 12. ‘PiLOT’ (feat. Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Anderson .Paak) 13. ‘WHOA’ (feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel) 14. ‘SniFF’ 15. ‘THANK U’In a recent Radar interview with NME, the pair discussed how they met Anderson .Paak and ended up signing to his label.“We discovered each other on Instagram and then finally met in New Orleans in 2019 when we were touring in Thundercat‘s band,” DOMi explained.

The 1975‘s frontman Matty Healy has rejoined Reddit and shared details about the band’s new album with fans.Last week, the band revealed the title and tracklist for fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, which will be previewed this Friday (July 7) with first single ‘Part Of The Band’.A sax-flecked snippet of the track was shared on Instagram by Matty Healy last week, and lyrics to ‘Part Of The Band’ appeared on billboards. “She was part of the airforce / I was part of the band,” the song begins, with other lyrics including: “Am I ironically woke? The butt of my joke? Or I am just some post-coke, average, skinny bloke calling his ego imagination?”Commenting on a Reddit post about the band’s new album, Healy told fans: “Hey guys I’ve just started doing interviews where I explain the record and it’s context.”He went on to explain that ‘New York’, a song believed to be a new 1975 track that he performed live in Los Angeles while supporting Phoebe Bridgers last year, is actually by Dirty Hit labelmate Benjamin Francis Leftwich.“I love the song and it didn’t have a bridge.

Sampa The Great will release her second album, ‘As Above, So Below’, in September this year, she has announced. First single ‘Never Forget’ is out now.Having relocated back to Zambia from Australia during the pandemic, ‘As Above, So Below’ sees her work with collaborators in the Zambian and South African music scenes, and take influence from local sub-genres, such as Zamrock, which inspired the new single.“’Never Forget’ is an ode to Zamrock music, a genre born in the 70s combining traditional Zambian music and psychedelic rock”, she says.

Cardi B has kickstarted her second album campaign in earnest with the announce of a new single, Hot Sh*t, dropping this Friday.

Neil Young’s 2019 European tour, with Promise Of The Real as his backing band, is featured in an upcoming concert movie and accompanying album called ‘Noise & Flowers’.The film and album feature performances from various shows on the nine city tour, and include the songs ‘Helpless’, ‘Rockin In The Free World’, ‘Winterlong’, ‘Alabama’ and ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’, plus the rarely performed ‘On The Beach’.The tour followed the death of Young’s long-time manager Elliot Roberts, something the musician noted when writing about the film and album on his blog last week.“Promise Of The Real and I had a tour planned of Europe”, he recalled. “[Wife Darryl Hannah] and I were in the bus, on our way to New York to catch a plane to Europe when we got the call.

Ozzy Osbourne has announced his new album ‘Patient Number 9’ with the release of its title track ahead of the record’s release this September.The album’s title track also features guitar work from Jeff Beck, who joins an A-list cast of musicians guest-starring on the track including Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Metallica’s Robert Trujillo, Zakk Wylde, and producer Andrew Watt.A music video has also been released alongside the single that sees Ozzy portraying the titular patient, hunched over in what appears to be a room in a mental asylum before he falls into a comic-book-esque world of madness. Lights project bats all over the room as Ozzy’s iconic voice sings “When they call your name / Better run and hide / Tell you you’re insane / You believe their lies”.Watch the music video for Ozzy Osbourne’s seven-minute single ‘Patient Number 9’ below.Set to be released on September 3, the album also includes contributions from Eric Clapton, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready.

Rock band Weezer, fronted by singer-guitarist Rivers Cuomo, will stage a week-long residency on Broadway this fall, the band has announced.

Tove Lo has released a new single ‘True Romance’ and announced her fifth album ‘Dirt Femme’. Listen to the song below, and watch our video interview with the Swedish star above.The Swedish singer-songwriter recently performed two tracks from her yet-to-be-released record – ‘No One Dies From Love’ and ‘True Romance’ – live at both New York City’s Governors Ball and during her sold-out show at Irving Plaza.Speaking to NME backstage after her festival performance, Tove described ‘True Romance’ as “the one ballad I threw in there”, adding: “I’m very excited to see how my fans feel about that one.”When asked about fan reactions to hearing her new tracks live, she replied: “It was magical, I was holding back tears a little bit.

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Starcrawler have announced details of a new album called ‘She Said’ along with the release of a video for its title track – watch it below.The band’s first album for a major label will come out on September 16 via Big Machine, and follows the release of new single ‘Roadkill’ last month.The LA-based five-piece – comprising frontwoman Arrow De Wilde, guitarists Henri Cash and Bill Cash, drummer Seth Carolina and bassist Tim Franco – released their self-titled debut album in 2018, following it up the next year with ‘Devour You’.Speaking about the new song in a statement, De Wilde said: “’She Said’ was one of the first songs written for this album. It was at the beginning of the pandemic and Henri came to my window and played me the demo, and we wrote the lyrics together like Romeo and Juliet.“It’s what really kicked off the writing process of this album, and it was such a powerful moment that we wanted to name the record after that song.”Watch the band’s video for ‘She Said’ below and pre-order the album here.Starcrawler recently opened for My Chemical Romance across the band’s UK tour and will play alongside Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at their huge All Points East show in London later this summer.On August 28, Cave and his band will headline the final night of the Victoria Park festival.