A new Stones era
Worldwide September 6th
Join at https://t.co/09XIP65sXt
#hackneydiamonds pic.twitter.com/uV6xOXKDig

— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) September 1, 2023

The clip, which was shared on the official Rolling Stones social media accounts, features the intro to a new track that showcases a classic, rhythmically driven Stones sound, complete with snappy drums and ringing riffs. Check out the snippet below:

As well as posting on social media, the band launched a new website, dontgetangrywithme.com, which plays the audio clip – if you can get the webpage to load. Numerous reports from fans have complained of having trouble accessing the teaser, with the site requesting they refresh and try again. Each complaint, however, has been met with a reply along the lines of “don’t get angry with me”, and no offer of tech assistance has been made – indicating the glitch may have been intentional. 

Oh don’t get angry with me.. https://t.co/hHOCWBo9jq

— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) September 2, 2023

The Stones, it seems, have been particularly cryptic as of late. Only last week, a mysterious advert appeared in an East London newspaper, the Hackney Gazette. The ad, which claimed to represent a glass repair company called “Hackney Diamonds”, featured a sales blurb that referenced three song titles by the band: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, “Gimme Shelter” and “Shattered”. Other clues came in the shape of a familiar-looking font (used on the band’s 1978 album Some Girls) and the suspicious use of a certain tongue logo. 

See the Hackney Gazette ad below:

Anyone see this? An ad ran in Hackney Gazette for a company called Hackney Diamonds teasing Rolling Stones song titles. Their est. date is 1962, same year Stones formed. Website seems to be run by Universal Music, the Stones’ label. A clue their long-awaited new LP is on its way? pic.twitter.com/DFSnb2WE48

— Simon Harper (@Simon__Harper) August 21, 2023

Just a quick visit to the official Rolling Stones website does enough to suggest the existence of a soon-to-be-released album called Hackney Diamonds, and with all the hints the band have been dropping lately, even the most sceptical of fans must be at least a little excited: a new Rolling Stones album would be the band’s first full-length studio release since 2016’s Blue & Lonesome covers album, and their first album of original material since A Bigger Bang in 2005. Speculations of a new record have been circulating since January, when guitarist Keith Richards shared a 15-second video confirming that the band had new music to share:  “Hi guys, here we are again. There is some new music on the way and hopefully, we’ll get to see you, you know? Anyway, let’s keep our fingers crossed.”

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— Keith Richards (@officialKeef) January 11, 2023

The 1975 – Part Of The Band. 7 Julyhttps://t.co/tmjlHBzB3r pic.twitter.com/5YvJQ6KSgI

— The 1975 (@the1975) June 13, 2022

In true 1975 spirit, June 1^st continues to be a bit of an in-joke amongst the fandom. After deriving their name from an inscription in a poetry book that read “1st June, The 1975″, June 1^st just seems to be the date where things happen. This time around, the posters started popping up and they also started sharing new images on their socials with the caption “Your new album. Your new era. Your old friends. The 1975”. A handful of other cryptic images and captions later, we come to the present. But still, are we just supposed to believe there’s an album coming in less than a month? The link provided by the band just chucks us into a mailing list… what’s the deal guys?

Your new album. Your new era. Your old friends.
The 1975https://t.co/Tk3FMU5HLb pic.twitter.com/hY5kCLK2e5

— The 1975 (@the1975) June 1, 2022

If we want to go even further down the rabbit hole of random, and borderline pointless, speculation then look no farther than an old post on the band’s Instagram account. Prior to taking on the classic “wipe-your-socials-before-releasing-a-new-album” strategy, one of the final things to make it online was a picture with the caption “B F I A F L”. Interesting. It’s clearly an anagram, and as the band are almost famous for their obnoxiously long song and album titles… it’s probably one of them. So, after a bit of searching, we discovered that it wasn’t actually anything we know so far. Interesting. But once the superfans got involved, it was revealed to the collective consciousness that it (probably) stands for ‘Being Funny In A Funny Language’ – which is a song from the Notes On A Conditional Form sessions that never quite saw the light of day. This doesn’t actually mean very much to us… but at least it’s interesting.

Speculation aside, the trend says that we’ll probably end up having information in a week or so anyway. There’s also not long to go before the band’s live return. So far, they’re only set for 2 appearances at Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival and 1 at Mexico’s Festival Corona Capital. But as the old tale goes, a month of guerrilla marketing and album teases always ends up with an album and a few small, intimate shows to make the occasion, then a full-blown tour. Not long now.

While it has been a good while since our last new SBTRKT music – and even longer since Wonder Where We Land, which is considered his last actual album and not just a collection of offcuts – but that doesn’t mean that the announcement has come out of nowhere. Huxley, another artist floating around the same circles, posted on his Twitter on June 2^nd saying, “what happened to sbtrkt man”, SBTRKT himself quickly responded with a mysterious link – https://thevanishingpost.com. The website probably raised more questions than it actually answered. Clippings of old newspapers, blurry black and white photos of animals, and medieval tapestries all revolving around the existence of some sort of beast. The bottom of the page shows a link to the same short animation that was publicly released today. All very mysterious.

But now, we have official information, not just general ramblings of SBTRKT finally resurfacing. It’s not much but it is something. We know that there’s music, and it’s probably called BODMIN MOOR. Which fits with the animalistic theme from the Vanishing Post website. The legend of the beast of Bodmin Moor is one that has a lot of overlap with SBTRKT in terms of imagery and atmosphere, it almost makes sense.

Last year, when posting about the 10^th anniversary of his, now classic, self-titled debut, Jerome went on to comment about the future of the project. “Maybe one day I will play some of the unreleased off-cuts from the album and also perform it as one record on its own! I guess more importantly – I’ve been writing new music for quite a while… it’s been too long but good shit takes time and I can’t wait to share it with you.”

It’s true, we don’t actually have any confirmed information just yet, but if the industry and general hype-building as a whole is anything to go by… I reckon we’ll have our answers in less than a week. Whether it’s an album, a tour, or something else completely different – I don’t know a soundtrack to a movie(?) – we’ll know soon enough. The wheels are in motion.

The band also released a short statement seemingly explaining the fundamental message of the track. It reads, “Compliance is about the promise of safety and reassurance sold to us by powerful entities during times of vulnerability. Gangs, governments, demagogues, social media algorithms & religions seduce us with misleading truths and comforting fables. They want us to join their narrow worldview in exchange for obedience and turning a blind eye to our own internal voice of reason & compassion. They just need our compliance.” So, judging by this, it would seem that we’re in for another classic Muse journey. Grappling with universal maxims to try and take on whatever societal issue they’re planning on solving this time. We’ve dealt with war on Drones, I guess we got The Matrix with Simulation Theory, but this route seems to be more reminiscent of The Resistance. Considering the fact that the general census probably points towards The Resistance being the last solid Muse album; maybe this is a good thing. See the band’s latest teaser below and see what you think.

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— muse (@muse) March 9, 2022

Aside from these 2 singles, so far there have been no official announcements for when the new album will be coming out. But I think it may be safe to assume sooner rather than later considering the festival dates this year and the fact we already have these 2 tracks. A full-scale tour will also probably crop up, but until then you’ll have to make do with appearances at their only confirmed UK date at the Isle of Wight Festival alongside Lewis Capaldi and Kasabian. Fancy a trip abroad? Maybe Tempelhof Sounds in Berlin, Mad Cool Festival in Madrid and Germany’s Rock am Ring and Rock im Park are what you’re after. See Muse’s full summer roster here.

Having previously teased fans with new lyrics and snippets of new music, now the Sheffield group have announced that a new track “DiE4u” will drop on Thursday, September 16, and can be pre-saved for listening here.

The announcement was accompanied by the message “club hellhole opens September 16”, leading fans to speculate whether the choice of words may refer to possible new lyrics or a record title.

CLub H3LLh0Le OpeNS 16.09
PrE-sAVe NoW. https://t.co/LEslxgmKRT pic.twitter.com/UwWx8DjwL7

— Bring Me The Horizon (@bmthofficial) September 2, 2021

This comes after the band recently shared a video with the caption “bAck2wORk” also sharing a snippet of new music with the hashtag “#bloodbath”. They also posted on their Twitter not that long ago the phrase “i k33p h0LdiNG my breATh 4 a m1raCle. h0piNg thE hoLe iN my hEarT w0ULd oF hEaleD s0m3h0W”. Fans will be hoping that all the mysteries will be revealed in the upcoming release.

Last October, the band released their Post Horror: Human Survival EP which was meant to be the first of several releases. As revealed in an interview with NME at the beginning of the year, frontman Oli Sykes said that they were “working on parts two, three and four simultaneously” and were hoping to “get songs out as soon as we can.”

Bring Me The Horizon will also be performing at Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month this September while their Post Human: Survival Horror UK tour is set to start on September 18.

In other news, Sykes also recently appeared on a track with Australian emo artist Daine which he called his favourite collaboration to date. Sharing a video of him listening to “Salt”, Sykes admitted, “I love this song so much I headbutted my phone at the end”.

When typing in ‘The Last Man On Earth’ to Google, the 2015 sitcom is the first to appear. The sitcom is based on a deadly virus that wipes out the entire human race and focuses on those who survived. Sound familiar? The sitcoms main character, Phil, travels worldwide to find companionship and other survivors. This hints that perhaps whatever Wolf Alice have planned is something in line with the recent pandemic of COVID-19 and the hardships that came with it.

Wolf Alice broke their radio silence in 2019, after their latest album ‘Visions of Life’ in 2017, to state that they were writing new material for an upcoming album and encourage fans to register to vote. ‘Visions of Life’ gained wide critical acclaim, receiving 5 stars from NME reviews and bagged the band The Mercury Prize in the following year.

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Last year, the bands record label manager, Jamie Oborne of Dirty Hit Records, stated that Wolf Alice were working on their craft – “The guys are just writing. The demos are pretty well formed, we’ve settled on a producer and they’ll be starting in about a month’s time. It’s going to be amazing. They’re an incredible band already but seem really inspired to make their best album.”

 The bands guitar player, Joff Oddie, has been working on his own craft, creating a solo album in May 2020. ‘To Mr Fahey’ is a collection of folk instruments, named after the late, great guitarist John Fahey. All the proceeds of the album were donated to the anti-poverty charity ‘The Trussell Trust’ who support 1200 food banks across the UK.

 

 

 

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Now it seems the time has come for the bands best album to appear. The mystery surrounding ‘The Last Man On Earth’ perpetuates the gap that fans have felt from the bands lack of new music and the excitement for whatever is to come. Be sure to sign up as soon as possible to get the latest news on ‘The Last Man On Earth’ and, what will undoubtedly be, a brilliant new whatever it is!

The exclusive 7” vinyl of the “razmatazz” ‘Typhoon‘ is available to order via the band’s official website and all major physical music retailers here .

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Royla Blood have been fairly quiet ever since their last full-lenght album How Did We Get So Dark? from June 2017. The record received predominantly positive reviews and topped the UK Album Charts with an impressive 36 weeks in the chards in total. Since the release of their second album almost four years ago, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher spent some time touring but have not shared any new music since last year.

The surprising premiere of their last single ‘Trouble’s Coming’ from last September marked an exciting new chapter in the duo’s career. Following a slightly different direction, the track performed well and almost landed them a personal best chart entry. ‘Trouble’s Coming‘ peaked at #46 just few position short of their highest ever performer and platinum-certified ‘Figure It Out‘ from 2014.

‘Trouble’s Coming‘ has already passed 12 million streams in Spotify with its official video closing on 2 million views on YouTube. The track was selected by Annie Mac amongst the 20 Hottest Records of 2020 stating: “More than ever morphing into the British Queens of the Stone Age, Royal Blood pounded their way through this shimmering guitar anthem“. Moreover, the single ended at third place in the public vote for Radio X’s Record Of The Year.

Gave this playlist a refresh. Go check it out https://t.co/ik84XmA38s pic.twitter.com/kCxxrwEjKU — Royal Blood (@royalblooduk) January 14, 2021

Shortly following ‘Trouble’s Coming‘ official release and video premiere, the single was also selected for the soundtrack of both NHL 21 and Fifa 21. Royal Blood quickly followed up with the powerful collaboration with Run The Jewels for ‘The Ground Below‘, originally featured on the hip-hop duo’s latest record RTJ4 (2020). Singer and bassist Mike Kerr is due to appear on fellow Brighton heavyweights Architects’ track ‘Little Wonder‘ from their hugely anticipated upcoming album For Thos That Wish To Exist due on 26 February this year.

With regards to the still unreleased ‘King‘ and ‘Boilermaker‘, fingers crossed to hear an official studio version soon. Whether next week is going to deliver one of the two tracks or just the single ‘Typhoon’ is still uncertain but the #releaseboilermaker is still going strong even with drumer Ben Thatcher himself.

I can’t wait to get back playing shows with my best mate. Excited to thrash out these new tunes for you all and looking forward to the moment when I look down at the set list to see Out Of The Black is the next song. #releaseboilermaker @royalblooduk

— Ben Thatcher (@BenjiTalent) January 9, 2021

Gone are the shadows and the past pic.twitter.com/uEa6D1KUhJ

— London Grammar (@londongrammar) December 22, 2020

The group hinted at the track through Twitter and Instagram, posting a photo of written-down lyrics, atop a recording panel. Captioned, ‘Gone are the shadows and the past,’ the lyrics in the photo read as ‘Are you happy now? Are you one in a million/ Are you happy now? Healing all my shame.’ The group announced their upcoming album back in October, also including the artwork, and the full track list in the news. In the press release, lead singer Hannah Reid said the release would centre around ‘gaining possession’ of her life.

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“You imagine success will be amazing. Then you see it from the inside and ask, ‘Why am I not controlling this thing? Why am I not allowed to be in control of it? And does that connect, in any way to being a woman? If so, how can I do that differently?” She explained.

“Misogyny is primitive, which is why it is so hard to change. But it is also fearful. It’s about rejecting the thing in yourself which is vulnerable or feminine. Yet everybody has that thing.”

You can listen to the band’s recently released singles ‘Baby It’s You’ and ‘Californian Soil’ below.