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Dua Lipa and FKA twigs Tease New Collaborative Track at ‘Studio 2054’ Livestream: Listen

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On Friday night (November 28), Dua Lipa hosted a star-studded livestream called Studio 2054. The virtual concert featured appearances from Elton John, Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus, Kylie Minogue, Angèle, J Balvin, and the Blessed Madonna. After revealing she’s been working on a new track with FKA twigs, Lipa also teased their collaboration – preview it below.

“Twigs and I actually know each other through a mutual friend called Billy,” Dua Lipa told KKBOX before the show. “She’s working on some new stuff and she hit me up and was like ’Do you wanna get in the studio, should we do something together?’ We made a song that we both really love.”

Earlier this week, Dua Lipa received six Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year for her single ‘Don’t Start Now’ and Album of the Year for Future Nostalgia. She was recently announced as the musical guest on an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live.

Last month, FKA twigs revealed she’s made a “whole new album” during quarantine. Her last LP was last year’s excellent MAGDALENE.

Kanye West Joins SAINt JHN on New Song ‘Smack DVD’

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Brooklyn rapper SAINt JHN and Kanye West have teamed up for a new collaborative track called ‘Smack DVD’. Check it out below, alongside an accompanying music video.

During Kanye’s new verse, which includes references to The President, Elon Musk, his wife Kim Kardashian, and Breonna Taylor, the screen turns black with a message that reads: “Kanye did not approve this video. This might be his first time watching it right now. Kanye if you’re watching please raise your right hand. Your part is almost over it was a great verse. Can I get some Yeezys in a color way for not a cult?”

Just last week, SAINt JHN released his latest LP WHILE THE WORLD WAS BURNINGwhich also featured appearances from Future, Lil Uzi Vert, 6LACK, DaBaby, and more. In addition to running for US president, West also recently dropped a new track called ‘Nah Nah Nah’.

Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein to Write and Direct New Biopic About Heart

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Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist and Portlandia creator Carrie Brownstein is set to write and direct a forthcoming biopic about Seattle rock band Heart. Frontwoman Ann Wilson revealed on the SiriusXM show ‘Volume West’ that work is already underway on the Amazon feature film, which will be centered around Wilson and her sister and bandmate Nancy’s rise to fame. Listen to a clip from the show below.

“I saw the first draft of the script,” Wilson said. “It’s really cool. [Brownstein’s] working with the movie company Amazon and with the producer, Linda Obst, who did Sleepless in Seattle.” She added that she “[doesn’t] have any idea” who will appear on the film. “I’m just as excited about finding out as you are.”

Earlier this year, Brownstein premiered The Nowhere Inn, her collaborative film with St. Vincent, at the Sundance Film Festival. Her last album with Sleater-Kinney, The Center Won’t Hold, came out last year.

 

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Melasól Release New Single ‘Trance Away’

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‘Trance Away’ the latest single by Melasól was released just yesterday. The song comes after Melasól’s self-titled EP which was published earlier this year.

‘Trance Away’ will be part of Melasól’s forthcoming EP which is due to be published in the early months of 2021. Sound-wise Melasól take on a different approach with ‘Trance Away’, engaging a more synth-layered soundscape, bringing out a new element in their signature sound.

‘Trance Away’ can now be streamed via Spotify.

Patricia Lalor Previews Upcoming EP with New Single ‘To Cope’

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Patricia Lalor has shared a new single called ‘To Cope’, taken from her upcoming EP This Is How We Connect, While You Stand So Tall. Check it out below.

Out next Friday, December 4, the 15-year-old Wexford singer’s new 4-track project also includes the previously released single ‘This Man Thought He Saved Me’. Last month, she released her Covers EP, featuring her own take on songs by Radiohead, Alex G, and more. Also this year, Lalor issued her Sleep Talk and Do It Again EPs.

Read our Artist Spotlight feature on Patricia Lalor here.

Sabrina Claudio and The Weeknd Team Up on New Song ‘Christmas Blues’

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The Weeknd and Sabrina Claudio have linked up on a festive new track called ‘Christmas Blues’. The song serves as the title track to Claudio’s new LP, which also includes a guest appearance by Alicia Keys (‘Wintertime’). Check out ‘Christmas Blues’ below.

“@nasriatweh, @kavehrastegar, & i created this Christmas album in the beginning of this summer with the intention of bringing a sense of peace, nostalgia, and/or happiness even if the feeling only lasted for the length of a song,” Claudio wrote on Instagram. “We really had no idea where we’d end up…we were just creating because it felt good.”

She added: “To @aliciakeys & @theweeknd, thank you for believing in this intention. my god, never could i have imagined that two of the most influential figures in my life & journey as an artist would be accompanying me on an album i did purely out of the desire to shine a tiny light through an incredibly dark year.”

Christmas Blues follows on from Sabrina Claudio’s sophomore album, Truth Is, which came out last year.

Earlier this week, The Weeknd accused the Grammys of being “corrupt” after receiving zero nominations for the 2021 awards.

Watch Kurt Vile Cover John Prine’s ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’ on ‘Seth Meyers’

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Kurt Vile appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform his rendition of John Prine’s ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’. Check it out below.

“My family loved John Prine and we booked this act because we thought it’d be a perfect song to listen to together on that couch,” Meyers said while introducing Vile. “But now we can’t be together, and it was unplanned, but this is a perfect song for anyone not with their loved ones this year.”

Vile’s cover of ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’ appears on his new Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep), which came out last month via Matador. The project also features a duet of ‘How Luck’ from 1979’s Pink Cadillac featuring the late Prine himself.

Alanis Morissette Covers John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’

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Alanis Morissette has shared a cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s classic ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’. It arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Victor Indrizzo and featuring Morissette and her family. Check it out below.

“It is an honor to cover this heartwarming song,” Morissette said in a statement. “The lyrics feel more pertinent than ever and this year has been a year of great resilience and adapting and feeling all the feelings. May this song serve as a big hug to you and your sweet families and friends. Everything is going to be okay in the end, and if it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”

Earlier this year, Alanis Morissette released her most recent studio album Such Pretty Forks in the Roadas well as the 25th anniversary deluxe reissue of Jagged Little Pill

Listen to Lil Wayne and Drake’s New Song ‘BB King Freestyle’

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Lil Wayne has released the third instalment of his No Ceilings mixtape series. The follow-up to 2015’s No Ceilings 2 is hosted by DJ Khaled and features guest appearances from Drake, Young Thug, and more. Listen to the full mixtape here and check out Wayne’s new track with Drake, ‘BB King Freestyle’, their first collaboration since ‘Family Feud’ in December 2017.

In an interview with Complex, Wayne said of the new tape: “The mixtape game seemed to be a dying art and since I’m one of the pioneers of the craft, and it played such a big part in my career, I felt it was only right to resurrect it.”

Lil Wayne released his latest album Funeral back in January, followed by a deluxe edition in May. That same month, Drake dropped his Dark Lane Demo Tapes. His next studio album, Certified Lover Boyis set for release in January of next year.

Rosie Carney Shares Two More Radiohead Covers, ‘Bullet Proof … I Wish I Was’ and ‘Sulk’

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Rosie Carney has shared two more tracks from her upcoming full-length cover of Radiohead’s The Bends, ‘Bullet Proof … I Wish I Was’ and ‘Sulk’. Check out both covers below, along with a self-directed video for ‘Bullet Proof’.

“The whole record is very relatable to me, but Bulletproof in particular really captured how lost I was feeling basically throughout the whole year,” Rosie Carney explained in a statement. “So many moments were spent wishing I was mentally stronger and wishing someone could just tell me what to do with my time every day.”

Co-produced by JMAC (Luz, Haux), Carney’s version of The Bends arrives on December 11 via Color Study. It includes her previously released renditions of ‘Bones’‘Black Star’, and ‘Just’.