Paramore today released their brand new album, 'After Laughter' - their first album since the return of drummer Zac Farro, and their first album that the band have recorded in their hometown of Nashville. To celebrate the arrival of Paramore’s new album, we’ve compiled a list of important recent happenings...
Ahead of the upcoming release of his sophomore album as Bleachers, Jack Antonoff’s project has dropped a new song in the form of ‘Everybody Lost Somebody’.
The song opens with a female voice proclaiming, “I gotta get myself back home soon,” and is an anthemic story of loss and being lost - with Antonoff showcasing the relatable sentiment off grief in his own unique way.
Since dropping the live version of ‘Right Now’ a couple weeks back - we’ve been anticipating the official recorded version of the song, and it is now here, and everything we hoped it would be.
It has added production, and the drumming sounds just as good as it does on the live version. This version notably also features a spoken bridge - which sounds like: “Somehow it’s so clear now / What’s that sound? / That’s you fading / Away.”
Everyone’s favourite mophead (and king of pink suits) Harry Styles has today released his debut self-titled solo album, and in celebration of this important event, we have compiled a handy list of five recent Harry-related-happenings that reminded us why he is one of our all-time favourite humans...
#1. if you use Snapchat, there’s a fun pink-bath filter available now, which features a 30 second clip of Harry-album song, 'Woman'.
The National have today announced that their seventh studio album is titled 'Sleep Well Beast', will be released on September 8th, and was produced by the band’s Aaron Dessner with co-production from Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger.
The band have also released a music video for first track, 'The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness'.
Recorded at Ben Edwards' The Sitting Room Studios (which has brought us the likes of Julia Jacklin and Nadia Reid), comes The Miltones’ first ever commercial single, ‘Wildfire’. The song is an ode to the strength of those around frontwoman Milly Tabak, and the video was filmed at her family farm.
We spoke to Tabak about the band's upcoming debut album, songwriting, and more…
Sigrid appeared on Later... with Jools Holland this week to perform a magical stripped-back version of her single, 'Don’t Kill My Vibe', accompanied only by a lone pianist.
Watch the performance below...
While in San Diego recently on their current North American tour, The 1975’s Matty Healy and Adam Hann performed a stripped-back live session for a local radio station that included renditions of 'A Change Of Heart' and 'Somebody Else'.
Watch both performances below, as well as an interview...
P.S. Click here to read our latest The 1975 interview.
Marika Hackman has released a music video for 'My Lover Cindy' - the latest single from her upcoming second album, 'I’m Not Your Man' (out June 2nd) - which was shot in Ingress Abbey and directed by Sam Bailey.
Ten Tonnes takes his new single 'Born To Lose' to a pet shop in this just released music video - lifted from his forthcoming EP of the same name, which was produced by Hugo White (of The Maccabees) and is out on June 9th.
In an interview with DIY, Ethan Barnett said about the song: "This song is about being down your luck, never being able to get the upper hand over somebody, no matter how much you want to. I’m really pleased with it."
Watch the 'Born To Lose' music video below...