Hardwell and Space 92 Join Forces for Techno Heavy-Hitter, "The Abyss"

Darkness and depth dance together in Hardwell and Space 92’s new collaboration, “The Abyss.”

Out now on Oliver Heldens’ HILOMATIK, the seven-minute record is the full-blown descent into techno that fans of Hardwell have been waiting for. Sinister and eerie, “The Abyss” plunges us into a black hole with shadowy sound design and thumping, relentless kick drums.

An ominous vocal sample in the break taunts and dares you to adventure further into Hardwell and Space 92’s dark universe. The track then rises once again, culminating in a hair-raising, nasty techno drop.

“It’s no secret I’m a fan of dirty acid sounds, pulsating basslines, and big rave
anthem energy,” Hardwell said in a press release. “I’ve been a fan of Space 92’s music for a while now, and the
prospect of combining the elements of trancey techno and distorted percussion he’s
expertly nailed in his sound made this collaboration an
exciting project.”

“Hardwell is such an industry titan, so this collaboration was definitely something I
was extremely honored and excited to work on!” added Space 92. “I am proud of what we both
achieved, as I think this track reflects both our personalities and signature sounds.”

Hardwell is currently on tour with upcoming festival dates at Mysteryland in the Netherlands and in Tokyo for Ultra Japan. Meanwhile, Space 92 is gearing up for a bevy of festivals in Europe this summer and will return to the U.S. in November for sets in Brooklyn and Austin’s Seismic Dance Event.

Check out “The Abyss” below.

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Meet Me @ The Altar cover ‘Take Me Away’ from ‘Freaky Friday’


Meet Me @ The Altar have covered ‘Take Me Away’ from the soundtrack of Freaky Friday.

The song is set to appear, alongside recent original song ‘Give It Up’, on the deluxe version of their debut album ‘Past // Present // Future’, which will land on September 29 via Fueled By Ramen.

The song is performed in Freaky Friday by the fictional band Pink Slip, which protagonist Anna (Lindsay Lohan) is a part of.

“Aside from it just being an absolutely iconic moment in pop culture, ‘Take Me Away’, Pink Slip, and Freaky Friday as a whole had a lot of influence over us growing up,” the band said in a press release. “It’s everything we love all meshed into one – female representation in punk music, and on screen! Being able to pay homage to such an endless well of inspiration to us was really gratifying. It really takes you back to an era that I think we all miss.”

Check out the video for Meet Me @ The Altar’s version of ‘Take Me Away’ below.

The deluxe version of ‘Past // Present // Future’ also includes two other previously unheard songs, ‘Strangers’ and ‘Changes’.

“We wanted the deluxe release to be a glimpse into another side of us, giving you a sound that’s fresh, new, and different,” the band said when it was announced.

They are also set to play a string of UK headline shows later this year. Originally scheduled for August, they were later moved to October and November so the band could support 5 Seconds Of Summer on their upcoming North American tour.

You can see the full list of dates below and buy your tickets here.

OCTOBER
28 – Leeds, Key Club
30 – Glasgow, King Tut’s
31 – Manchester, Rebellion

NOVEMBER
1 – London, Underworld





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Listen to Skream's Emotive New Single, "Thinking Of You"

The latest installment of Skream’s legacy is just a few months away, but he’s not done giving us a taste of the future. Ahead of the release of his Skreamizm 8 album, he’s released a new single, “Thinking Of You.” 

“Thinking Of You” is a heartfelt moment for Skream that simultaneously showcases his versatility as a producer. The song was inspired by his son and the experiences Skream himself went through in high school. The U.K. electronic music icon delivers his own monologue throughout the track, accompanied by beautiful chords and immaculate breaks. 

“My son was starting high school, the September of the second lockdown and I was thinking about the pressures that kids go under, especially what they went through lockdown and how life had been taken away,” Skream said. “Made me think of the stresses of being a teenager, thinking about my own things that I went through when I was a teenager and all the stresses of social society when your body is completely changing. After a while I started to think this could become a song.”

Skream’s long and storied career has led him to become one of the most influential producers of modern electronic music. While he rose to prominence as a dubstep pioneer, he’s now operating outside those boundaries and producing some of the most inspired music of his career. His forthcoming album, Skreamizm 8, is due out on September 15th.

Listen to “Thinking Of You” below and find the new single on streaming platforms here.

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Watch Fall Out Boy give ‘You’re Crashing, But You’re No Wave’ its live debut


Fall Out Boy gave ‘You’re Crashing, But You’re No Wave’ its live debut at a show in New York last night (August 4) – check it out below.

The song is taken from their landmark 2007 album ‘Infinity On High’ and was chosen as the night’s ‘Magic 8 Ball’ song, the part of the evening where the Chicagoans dig into their deep cuts and play one of their B-sides and rarities.

According to fans there, frontman Patrick Stump needed the use of a teleprompter to remember the words in the song’s notoriously fast pre-chorus.

Check out fan-filmed footage of the performance below.

Previous ‘Magic 8 Ball’ choices (via Setlist.fm) have included the first performance of ‘XO’ (taken from 2005’s ‘From Under The Cork Tree’) since 2007, the live debut of ‘From Now On We Are Enemies’, and the first live airing of ‘Miss Missing You’ since 2015.

Meanwhile, Fall Out Boy also played an acoustic version of ‘Get Busy Living, Get Busy Dying’ elsewhere in the show, marking its first live performance since 2006.

Last week, they also covered Sinead O’Connor‘s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ in honour of the late Irish singer, who had died earlier that day at the age of 56.

Fall Out Boy will be returning to the UK and Europe for a headline tour later this year.

The emo veterans will hit the road for a host of dates, which include shows in Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, and Birmingham and a stop at The O2 in London this October.

The ‘So Much For (Tour) Dust’ kicks off at Warsaw Cos Torwar on October 17 before wrapping up at Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle on November 8. Support will come from PVRIS and nothing,nowhere.

You can see the full list of UK and Europe dates below and buy your tickets here.

OCTOBER

17 – Warsaw, Cos Torwar
18 – Prague, Sportovní hala Fortuna
20 – Milan, Mediolanum Forum
21 – Munich, Zenith
23 – Paris, Zénith
24 – Amsterdam, AFAS Live
25 – Brussels, Forest National
27 – Leeds, First Direct Arena
28 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
29 – Manchester, AO Arena
31 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena

NOVEMBER

2 – London, The O2
6 – Oberhausen, Rudolf Weber-Arena
7 – Hamburg, Barclays Arena
8 – Berlin, Max-Schmeling-Halle





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Holy Ship! Wrecked Unveils Colossal Lineup for 2023 Festival

Widely regarded as a groundbreaking festival experience, Holy Ship! Wrecked is back with an impressive lineup for its 2023 edition.

Holy Ship! Wrecked took its unique concept to land 11 years ago, promising an even more explosive and unforgettable festival. Its 2023 edition will take place from December 12-16 at the luxurious Hard Rock Riviera Maya, situated on the idyllic Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

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With an extraordinary lineup featuring world-renowned talents and beloved fan-favorites, Holy Ship! Wrecked promises four nights of top-tier music curation and luxury accommodations. Leading the charge is house music superstar Chris Lake, who will take the decks alongside Dirtybird label head Claude VonStroke and Relief Records pioneer Green Velvet. The lattermost artists are slated to perform both solo and as their collaborative side project, Get Real.

House enthusiasts will be thrilled to witness sets from Chris Lorenzo, Cloonee, Eats Everything, Dombresky and Matroda. Meanwhile, returning festival-goers will also be able to enjoy Holy Ship! favorites such as Valentino Khan, Wax Motif, Justin Martin, Craze, Ardalan, and the beloved Desert Hearts crew of Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds, Marbs and Porky.

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Holy Ship! Wrecked offers a wide representation of various genres and styles, with bass-driven sets from Subtronics, TOKiMONSTA, Boys Noize, TroyBoi, Skream, Dirt Monkey, GG Magree, Mija, Wreckno and  Austeria, as well as soulful performances from Justin Jay and R&B singer-songwriter Rochelle Jordan.

Influential drum & bass acts like Sub Focus, Culture Shock and 1991 are confirmed to perform at this year’s fest, while melodic house fans will be treated to sets from Yotto and Cassian as well as eclectic DJ appearances from The Knocks and Channel Tres.

Take a look at the full lineup for Holy Ship! Wrecked below.

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In addition to the exceptional music, Holy Ship! Wrecked offers a wide range of amenities at the luxurious Hard Rock Riviera Maya. From nine all-inclusive restaurants to craft cocktail bars, a waterpark, a zipline and a fitness center, attendees can indulge in endless fun and adventure.

Tickets are available for purchase via Holy Ship! Wrecked’s official website.

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The 1975’s Matty Healy meets Tom Delonge during Lollapalooza


Matty Healy has met his “hero”, Blink-182‘s Tom Delonge during The 1975‘s headlining Lollapalooza 2023 set. See footage of the moment below.

While singing their eighth song of the night, 2013’s ‘Robbers’ from their self-titled debut, Healy noticed someone walking in the front pit. He quickly ran off stage while singing to hug Delonge, who was watching the set from the photo pit.

“I love you so much, I love you so so much,” Healy told Delonge before making his way back on stage to complete performing the rest of the track. Once the song was finished, Healy told the crowd how he just got to meet one of his rock heroes adding, “And the person who inspired me to talk about my dick as much as I do and I thank him for that forever.”

Elsewhere in the set, Healy poked fun at the band’s current controversy surrounding their Malaysian controversy. Before singing ‘It’s Not Living If It’s Not With You’ the frontman said: “You want my travel tip? Don’t go to…” before getting cut off by the start of the track.

Last month, while performing at Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Healy criticised the Malaysian government and its anti-LGBTQ laws onstage and then kissed bassist Ross MacDonald during their headlining set which was afterwards cut short. The next day, the remainder of the three-day festival was ordered cancelled by the authorities and the band banned from performing in the country.

In other The 1975 news, Healy shared the full audio of himself opening for The 1975. billed as ‘Matty’ – performed a 10-song acoustic set at St Anne’s Park, which included the live debuts of ‘Then Because She Goes’ and ‘Playing On My Mind’ from The 1975’s fourth album, ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’.

Earlier this week, the group announced a 10th anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut album, and will be performing the record in full at Reading & Leeds 2023.

Check back at NME all weekend for more reviews, news, interviews, photos and more from Lollapalooza 2023.





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Joanna Magik Joins Forces With Smalltown DJs for Tech House Heater, "Energy"

Whether you believe in the physics of human energy fields or not, surely we can all agree that being in the company of those we align with can induce a palpable feeling within us. A spark, if you will.

In light of that liminal sensation, rising dance music tastemaker Joanna Magik has teamed up with fellow Canadian beatsmiths Smalltown DJs to deliver a “Energy,” a bona fide dancefloor heater.

Out today by way of Claude VonStroke’s venerated Dirtybird imprint, the tech house heater features Techno Tupac and speaks to the feeling of physically connecting with someone to whom you’re deeply attracted: “Everytime you touch me I feel energy.”

With an entrancing vocal refrain, reverberating synths and a pronounced four-on-the-floor beat, “Energy” exudes a hypnotic club panache. As an amalgamation of Magik’s signature house sensibilities and Smalltown DJs’ production prowess—accrued from decades of experience in the electronic music scene—”Energy” is an ode to techno’s roots with a vivacious house infusion.

“We are stoked to collaborate on ‘Energy’ because it’s a juicy hybrid of our sounds and there’s no better word to describe the vibrancy of our respective DJ sets,” Smalltown DJs said in a statement shared with EDM.com. “It’s a dream to have it released on Dirtybird.”

Listen to “Energy” below and find the new track on your preferred streaming platforms here.

Over the years, Smalltown DJs have garnered acclaim from many of their releases, such as “Do You Want Me” (with rrotik), “Bad Behaviour” (with Dances With White Girls and SkiiTour)” and “Who U With” (with rrotik and Killa Kela). Those records dropped on Box of Cats, Fool’s Gold and House Call Records, respectively.

Meanwhile, Magik has been making waves as of late, releasing her debut EP Got Something / Dancefloor just weeks ago. She has also been a consistent name across Canada’s festival circuit and nightclubs, including Badlands and Shambhala. 

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Matty Healy shares full audio of himself opening for The 1975


Matty Healy has shared a full audio recording of his solo opening slot at The 1975‘s gig in Dublin earlier this summer, and launched a mysterious new website.

Back in June, the frontman stepped in as a last-minute support act for his own band after Caroline Polachek pulled out of the concert due to illness.

Healy – billed as ‘Matty’ – performed a 10-song acoustic set at St Anne’s Park, which included the live debuts of ‘Then Because She Goes’ and ‘Playing On My Mind’ from The 1975’s fourth album, ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’.

He also aired some of The 1975’s more stripped-back cuts – including ‘All I Need to Hear’ and ‘Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America’ – before covering tracks by Colin Hay and Donny Hathaway.

Today (August 4) Healy posted a link to the full audio of the gig on his ‘Truman Black’ blog. The show, titled ‘A Musical Performance Of An Intimate Moment’, has been uploaded to the singer’s ‘Truman Black’ account on SoundCloud.

Tune in here:

The same SoundCloud page also contains an atmospheric instrumental song called ‘And Then The Sand We Sink In’, which was uploaded yesterday (August 3).

This composition by Healy was originally featured in the 2017 short film Black Eyed Susan. Starring the frontman’s mother Denise Welch and his brother, Louis Healy, the film is described as “a 15-minute psychological drama” that portrays an episode of depression.

Welch, who previously starred in Coronation Street, has opened up about her struggles with her mental health on numerous occasions. Healy wrote The 1975’s track ‘She Lays Down’ about his mother’s battle with post-natal depression.

Additionally, Healy has today shared some new ‘Truman Black’-themed artwork on his official Instagram profile. Some fans on Reddit have noted that he’s changed his bio on the platform from ‘matty’ to ‘TRUMAN BLACK’ as well.

See that image here:

Naturally, fans are now speculating over whether the new blog and ‘Truman Black’ artwork could signal a new side-project from Healy.

The ‘Truman Black’ website also features a photo of a white ’75 boxset with the name ‘(2013-2023) Singles’. Earlier this week, the group announced a 10th anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut album, and will be performing the record in full at Reading & Leeds 2023.

Speaking to NME last year, the singer explained why he uses the alias ‘Truman Black’ on the internet.

“My transition to fame was different because my mum is famous,” Healy said. “So the reason I’m called Truman Black on the internet is because before Twitter and Instagram and all that, all you had was Facebook. If you knew someone’s name then you could find them on Facebook.

“My mum was on Celebrity Big Brother, which was just catnip for fucking nutcases, obviously, on the internet. They would just find me and send me messages. So I changed my name on Facebook to something obscure. I’d like to say I was reading In Cold Blood but I definitely wasn’t. I’d definitely just seen the film Capote recently.”

Healy went on to say that he’d always found fame to be “a bore”, adding: “I love people liking what I do, but I’m not interested in being famous. I think that’s why I try and subvert [fame] sometimes.”

You can NME‘s video interview with Healy in full above.

The 1975 were recently banned from Malaysia after Healy criticised its government’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws while on stage at Good Vibes Festival. After the speech, he shared a kiss with bassist Ross MacDonald in front of the crowd. The rest of the event was then cancelled, with The 1975 now facing legal action.





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Station Underground Collective Poised for Electric "Station Sessions" Release Party in Charlotte

You can’t muzzle Station Underground.

The collective has furiously risen from the L.A. underground, starting out by throwing clandestine warehouse raves before growing into a national promotion brand with events all over the country. Their next one is tomorrow night in Charlotte, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

Station Underground’s latest masterstroke comes in the form of a show-stopping remix bundle for “Microphone,” a freeform bass anthem from surging producer BRAINWAVEZ. Spanning seven tracks, it’s an ideal encapsulation of the sound they’re pushing: nasty, non-formulaic electronic music borne from community.

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Ozztin kicks things off by way of a wonky trap remix, where filthy saws crawl through the mix like spiders in the brain. D0min0 follows with his own heavy-hitting rework before SQUEDA stomps in with a squelchy hybrid trap rework. KRVKEN then comes in hot, dropping a no-holds-barred drum & bass rendition.

One of the EP’s surefire highlights comes from DBLCRWN. His genre-defiant remix starts with a quirky breakbeat drop before slithering into a wild trap segment where vocoded vocal chops slice through a thick low end. GREM then follows with a pulverizing riddim remix before Kinetick brings it all home with an inventive house flip.

All in all, the remixes signal a bright future for Station Underground, a powerhouse tastemaker in the making. They’re now poised to celebrate with an electric “Station Sessions” release party in Charlotte tomorrow, August 5th from 8pm to 2am.

Take a listen to the full “Microphone” remix package below.

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Karol G makes history as the first Latin female artist to headline Lollapalooza 2023


Karol G has made history by becoming the first Latin female artist to headline the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.

No Latina artist has ever headlined the famous music festival since its inception back in 1991. The first Latino artist to headline the event was J Balvin back in 2019. Taking on the first day of the four-day fest, G’s set began at 8:40 pm and went on for two hours.

The Colombian singer has reached a few other milestones this year such as being the first Latina in history to reach the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 chart with her album ‘Mañana será Bonito’. The previous Latin singer to hold the spot was Bad Bunny with 2022’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ and 2020’s ‘El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo’.

She is set to release her fifth album, ‘Mañana será Bonito (Bichota Season)’ on August 11 via Interscope. Visit here to pre-order the album.

In a five-star review of G’s history-making Lollapalooza headlining set, NME shared: “The performance and set list is perfectly edited for both old fans and new, and the importance of the history-making moment is palpable. Whether it be the doodle-like stage design that reflects her album artwork her band made entirely of talented women or her sweet interactions with the crowd, G easily cements the festival’s choice to have her close out night one.”

In other news, the singer is currently on her ‘Mañana será Bonito’ tour across North America. Her upcoming stops include two nights at New Jersey’s Metlife Stadium. Visit here for any remaining tickets.

Back in June, the singer also shared ‘WATATI’, one of the songs featured on the soundtrack to Greta Gerwig’s box office hit, Barbie. Other artists who contributed include Billie Eilish, Sam Smith, Dua Lipa, Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash.

Check back at NME all weekend for more reviews, news, interviews, photos and more from Lollapalooza 2023.





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