Sufjan Stevens releases first Christmas song in 15 years
Around half come from Songs for Christmas , a box set released in 2006 that covered five years of EPs. Silver & Gold , a second box set, arrived in 2012 and covered a second set of five EPs. The songs were initially…
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Gee Vaucher Foundation launches campaign to archive work of seminal protest-artist
Now in her eighties, she has retained much of her original work – which the newly established foundation said is a reflection of her resistance to the commercialisation of art and her belief that it should remain…
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Roscoe Roscoe announce debut album and share “Bossa 916”
The new song takes its title from an AIR b-side, cited by the band as a key influence on the forthcoming new record. According to vocalist/guitarist Charlie Read Clarke, “It’s a journey – there is an obvious bridge…
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Tomb Raider’s creators on how the game changed their lives: ‘Skint staff were suddenly pulling up in sports cars’
He'd already come up with the title and drawn a mock-up box cover with a woman holding two pistols. I was working on a golf game called The Scottish Open when Toby persuaded me that we should pitch his idea to Jeremy…
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Bess Atwell Introduces New Album ‘Cut A Figure’
The UK artist has a yearning to travel, with The National’s Aaron Dessner overseeing her ace 2024 album ‘Light Sleeper’. “The songs I really enjoyed performing from my last record were the rare moments where I put down…
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Ashanti: ‘I’ve had a bodysuit snap off on stage. That was not my coolest moment’
How do you feel about that album now? We are re-recording it so I will own my masters. Sonically, it will be a lot clearer. It was 25 years ago so it'll sound a little more new, obviously, but with the same classic vibe.…
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Melt-Banana's remix of Salvo Beta finally arrives on streaming
For the original release, he handed tracks from his debut, Abrasive Stuttering , to 16 artists working across IDM, noise, post-rock, and industrial. The resulting record captured a specific moment of laptop-core music…
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Two Shell would rather soothe a frightened world than soundtrack its collapse
“It's almost like a new thing for us with this album, doing that, and, yeah, it's felt pretty good,” they reveal. “It's like the future nostalgia, almost, is how we thought about it at times. Everything is kind of a…
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Is Callum Turner actually the next James Bond? Latest 'sign' a confirmation could be imminent explained
It was previously reported that Callum Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O'Connor were among four stars taking part in final screen tests for the highly sought-after role in Denis Villeneuve's upcoming reboot film. Now, the…
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Fortnite Pirate Shop token: How to get it, and how rare is it?
However, this season has also introduced the Fortnite Pirate Shop Token, which will allow players to claim all item shop cosmetics entirely for free – and who doesn’t love free? So, if you want to learn how to can get…
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