Birmingham MC Mist has been bubbling on the underground for some time now – hotly anticipated with every release, today marks a major turning point in the rapper’s career with the unveiling of his new 9-track ‘Diamond In The Dirt’ EP.
Featuring a wealth of collaborators, including Nines, Not3s, Mr Eazi and MoStack, today we’re brining you one of our favourite tie-ups, which hears MIST hook up with Jessie Ware on ‘Wish Me Well’.
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Having already stirred up a solid fanbase with a host of remixes and originals on his Soundcloud, Endor has now dropped his first release of 2018 with ‘Gunna Be Mine’.
Already receiving strong support from the likes of Danny Howard, MistaJam, Rudimental, TCTS and Shift K3Y, the track will instantly feel familiar thanks to the catchy Jocelyn Brown sample of ‘Love’s Gonna Get You’ (later reworked by Bizarre Inc).
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Jorja Smith’s eagerly-awaited contribution on the new Black Panther soundtrack has finally arrived, by way of the smokey ‘I Am’.
Released alongside the rest of the project (which features appearances from SZA, The Weeknd, James Blake and more), the sultry track lands midway during her multi-date UK tour – she will also perform a sold-out headline show at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire next Wednesday.
Listen to ‘I Am’ below:
George Kwali and Kideko seem to have such a great winning formula.
Having set the club world alight with 2016’s huge ‘Crank It’, the two have now reconnected with ‘All On Me’, released via Danny Howard’s ever-expanding Nothing Else Matters imprint.
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2017 was an absolute breakout for the elusive Marshmello; rarely disappointing with his regular release of new music, this year seems to continue that theme and having already dropped a new track last week, featuring on Slushii’s ‘There x2’, today he drops a new collaboration, hooking up with Anne-Marie on ‘FRIENDS’.
Grab a listen below; the track follows Mello’s 2016 rework of AM’s ‘Alarm’, which to-date has already amassed almost 12 million streams. **Now updated with video.**
Khalid has given his 2017 debut ‘Location’ a fresh lick of paint, hooking up with Wretch 32 and Jorja Smith on new verses of the breakout track.
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After cryptically teasing new music earlier in the week, Calvin Harris has released his new single ‘Nuh Ready Nuh Ready’.
Featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR (who collaborated with Calvin on last year’s ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1’), the song feels a continuation of the producer’s last studio project – oozing ‘tropicality’ much like his about-turn from his more EDM-focused stance of recent year. PARTYNEXTDOOR recently gave fans an early preview of the new song during last night’s headline show at London’s O2 Brixton Academy – whether this is the start of another collection of co-productions remains to be seen, but in the meantime, watch the trippy new video in full below:
**This post has been updated from its original content, following a new reveal from Victoria Beckham that the Spice Girls will not be reuniting on stage. Full story continues below:
Mere days after sharing a reunion picture which saw all five members announce plans to “explore some incredible opportunities together”, rumours have now started pointing to the Spice Girls embarking on a series of shows across the US and the UK later this year.
According to TMZ, a meeting with former manager Simon Fuller has already taken place, with “rough planning” for a world tour that will start in the late summer.
Sources for the website have confirmed there are no plans for new music, however the five-piece will reportedly kick off their tour with shows in the UK, followed by appearances in the US. Further regions have not been discussed.
**UPDATE: Victoria Beckham has now denied plans for live shows, confirming to Vogue “I’m not going on tour. The girls aren’t going on tour”. In a new interview during a preview of her autumn/winter 2018 collection today (10th February), Beckham shared that plans for any further Spice Girls activity was still in early discussions – There’s something so strong in the message of what the Spice Girls stood for. What is that in the future? What does that look like? We were just bouncing ideas around. Brainstorming”.
The 90s group had previously reunited in 2012 for the London Olympic Games – since then plans for any kind of reunion had always been vehemently refuted.
More as we hear it.
Calvin Harris has revealed a new single will land later this week.
Titled ‘Nuh Ready Nuh Ready’, the song will apparently drop this coming Thursday, 8th February, and will see Calvin reunite with PARTYNEXTDOOR one year on from Harris’ about-turn project ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1’ – (PND joined ScHoolboy Q on the record’s ‘Cash Out’).
Calvin has also quashed speculation that the song will continue the themes of ‘Funk Wav’, instead teasing the song will fall part of an “all new experience”. Guess we’ll find out Thursday then!
Check the ‘Nuh Ready Nuh Ready’ artwork below:
Thursday
Nuh Ready Nuh Ready
w/ @partynextdoor pic.twitter.com/16EcGeDpE8— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) February 6, 2018
No sir, a whole new experience ⬆️ https://t.co/cFrpJ8z9Ed
— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) February 6, 2018
London Grammar, M.I.A. and Plan B are among the names announced in Bestival 2018’s first wave line-up reveal.
Returning to Dorset’s Lulworth Estate for the second time, Bestival 2018 will also see the likes of Grace Jones, Mura Masa, Chaka Khan, Jorja Smith, House Gospel Choir and Goldie grace the annual event’s new home across 2nd-5th August.
Additional names on the line-up include Not3s, Mabel, Mike Skinner, Mr Jukes and Rudimental. The Friday night headliner is still being kept under-wraps, expected to be announced in the coming weeks. London Grammar will headline Saturday with M.I.A closing the event on the Sunday night.
Of the line-up, Bestival founder Rob da Bank says: “Here come the girls…and a few boys too! Yes, it’s Bestival 2018 and we’re here with the first wave of our all-singing all-dancing line-up. With UK festival exclusive headliners London Grammar and Jorja Smith to legends in the game Chaka Khan, Jimmy Cliff and Grace Jones, and always representing the new blood from Mura Masa and IAMDDB to Mabel and Idles, we’re covering all bases. As any Bestival veteran knows we don’t just do music, so come and check our Hot Yoga, Dubstep Dodgem rides, wood-fired hot tubs, AmbientLand craft tent, East 17’s Christmas Party!, and loads of circus-based trickery, including a Human Cannonball, high wire fire walking and a pretty buff strongman popping up on the Main Stage.”
Check the full line-up below – story developing:
