After writing to fans last week with an update via Reddit, The 1975's Matty Healy has now taken to his Instagram in support of human rights organisation Amnesty International's campaign for justice for Gustavo Gatica who was blinded after he was shot by the police during a protest in Chile.
Sign a petition to demand justice for Gustavo here.
"I’m trying to recreate that feeling we all get when we see an old film on TV from our childhood, or hear an old song / smell / see someone we used to know," says Thea of her soul-searching debut mini album, 'Land Of Nod', which includes the poignant chapter 'Place At The Table', and the exemplarily moving 'Homecoming'.
"We laze down this river, punting, giving it a go and seeing what sticks," say South East London-based band SCORS of their magnificent new EP, 'Punting', which follows a recent rework with Clairo of The Strokes' track 'I'll Try Anything Once', and includes highlights such as the evocative 'Forgetting How To Speak' and nostalgic 'Perpetuated Waltz'.
About their EP, the band (who are frequent tour mates of Declan McKenna) say:
Following the excellent bop that is 'Take Me Where Your Heart Is', Q has shared a second single from his upcoming EP, which arrives accompanied by a visual in which Q showcases his self-taught musicianship as a one-man band.
“I love holiday movies, but I’ve never seen my own experience represented in one. Most romantic comedy holiday movies tend to revolve around a heterosexual couple, and if there are LGBTQ characters, they’re in the background.
'Hiding Place' is an important moment for 17-year-old Auckland-based artist Ahlei - it's her first full-length song release, the musical equivalent to a warm embrace, and makes the artist absolutely one to keep an eye on.
Ahlei only just started releasing short snippets of songs this year, but already her previous releases - 'Birds', 'Only For You', and 'Constellations' (as well as acoustic renditions of each) - have garnered her close to 50,000 streams on Spotify.
Due to the continuing global health crisis, Bon Iver has today cancelled his postponed/rescheduled 2021 tour of New Zealand and Australia.
Lorde has today taken to her newsletter to announce to fans that she has created a book in collaboration with photographer Harriet Were, documenting her 2019 travels in Antarctica which she describes as "this great white palette cleanser, a sort of celestial foyer I had to move through in order to start making the next thing".
Not content with simply bestowing the world the gift of 'folklore', Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner, and Jack Antonoff (along with a guest appearance by Justin Vernon / Bon Iver) have teamed up together again for a concert film, 'folklore: the long pond studio sessions', which was filmed in upstate New York in September 2020 and will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on Wednesday, November 25th, from 9.01pm NZDT / 7.01pm AEDT.
Watch the trailer below...
Marvel has announced that their studio's first sitcom, 'WandaVision', will premiere via Disney+ next year on January 15th, with Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprising their roles as Wanda and Vision from the Marvel cinematic universe.