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Mike Lindsay – Mercury Prize-winning producer, co-founder of the folk band Tunng, and one-half of LUMP with Laura Marling – has announced his debut solo album. supershapes volume 1 will be released on June 14 via Moshi Moshi Records. It’s the first instalment in a series of albums that explore “the miraculous in the mundane,”

Twin Peaks bandleader Cadien Lake James has announced his debut solo album under the moniker lake j. It’s called Dizzy, and it drops on March 1. Check out lead single ‘My Own Mess’ below, along with the album cover and tracklist. Dizzy includes contributions from a host of Chicago musicians, including Julien Ehrlich, Max Kakacek,

Following her Verizon Super Bowl ad, Beyoncé has announced the second act of her Renaissance trilogy. The country-inspired Act II will be out on March 29, and she’s already shared two songs, ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ’16 Carriages’. Check them out along with a teaser video, which features snippets of Chuck Berry’s ‘Maybellene’ and an

Damo Suzuki, the Japanese vocalist who served as the lead singer of German krautrock icons Can from 1970 through 1973, has died at the age of 74. Can’s label, Spoon Records, revealed the news on Instagram, writing, “His boundless creative energy has touched so many over the whole world, not just with Can, but also

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has announced its 2024 nominees. Two-thirds of the 15 nominees this year are up for election for the first time: Mariah Carey, Cher, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis, Sinéad O’Connor, Ozzy Osbourne, and Sade. Returning to the ballot after previously having been

Top Gun: Maverick was released more than three decades after the original storyline of Top Gun movie. Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a highly decorated test pilot is held back from being promoted to a higher rank for his insubordination. After learning that Rear Admiral Chester ‘Hammer’ Cain has axed the hypersonic Darkstar scramjet program, Maverick

Angus & Julia Stone have announced their sixth studio album, Cape Forestier, due out May 10 via Play It Again Sam. ‘The Wedding Song’ leads the follow-up to 2017’s Snow, accompanied by a video featuring a montage from the band’s fans’ weddings. Check it out below. “‘The Wedding Song’ was originally written for a friend’s

Yard Act have shared ‘When the Laughter Stops’, the Katy J Pearson collaboration that appears on their upcoming album Where My Utopia? – out March 1 via Island. It comes with a music video directed by James Slater, who also helmed the videos for previous singles ‘Dream Job’, ‘Petroleum’, and ‘We Make Hits’. Check it

The process behind Ducks Ltd.’s debut album, 2021’s Modern Fiction, was both tightly collaborative and insular. Tom McGreevy would usually demo a song before bringing it to Evan Lewis, and the pair would trade ideas back and forth until they hit a mutually (and pretty much intuitively) understood end goal. The Toronto duo composed much of

Understanding the finer nuances in the field of cosmetic surgery can be a complex endeavor. However, the demand for these procedures is constantly on the rise, particularly for breast augmentation in Turkey. The country has grown into a leading destination for international patients seeking high-quality, affordable cosmetic procedures. Here, we delve deeper into what has

Pouty is the moniker of Rachel Gagliardi, who was one-half of the brat-punk outfit Slutever when she started the project, initially as a song-a-day exercise with Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner. As Slutever became less active, Gagliardi honed her songwriting skills over a couple of Pouty EPs, 2016’s Take Me to Honey Island and 2017’s Saint Mary of

Vampire Weekend have announced their new album: Only God Was Above Us is out April 5 via Columbia. Check out the cover artwork, tracklist, and a trailer for the album below. The follow-up to 2019’s Father of the Bride was recorded in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Tokyo. The LP was produced by Ezra

Mount Kimbie have announced The Sunset Violent, their first new album in nearly seven years. The follow-up to 2017’s Love What Survives arrives April 5 via Warp. The new single ‘Fishbrain’ is out today alongside a music video directed by Tegen Williams. Check it out and find the album’s details below. The Sunset Violent was

Chelsea Wolfe has always found refuge in the darkness, but she’s never embraced it quite like she does on She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She. On her last solo album, 2019’s Birth of Violence, the genre-blending artist dialed back the distortion that pervaded her previous two records, 2015’s Abyss and 2017’s Hiss Spun,

Portishead’s Beth Gibbons has announced her long-awaited debut solo album: Lives Outgrown is set for release on May 17 via Domino. Co-produced by Gibbons and James Ford, with additional production from Talk Talk’s Lee Harris, the record features 10 tracks that were recorded over a period of 10 years. Check out Tony Oursler’s video for

Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles will be exploring the art of explores the art of Jason Rhoades through the lens of cars and car culture. The exhibition, DRIVE, will run from the 27th of February until the 14th of January 2024. The exhibition will evolve over the year, featuring thematic iterations and an evolving display

Lo Moon has announced their third LP, I Wish You Way More Than Luck. It’s set to arrive on April 5 via Thirty Tigers/The Orchard. The follow-up to 2022’s A Modern Life Both was produced by Mike Davis, with Alan Moulder on mixing duties. Today, the psych-pop quartet has shared two tracks from it, ‘Water’

Taylor Swift has revealed the tracklist for her upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department. It spans 16 tracks, plus a bonus track called ‘The Manuscript’ on physical editions. Post Malone guests on the opening track ‘Fortnight’ and Florence + the Machine appears on ‘Florida!!!’. Other track titles include ‘But Daddy I Love Him’, ‘Loml’, and

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Victoria Monét has won Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammys. She was nominated alongside Coco Jones, Gracie Abrams, Fred Again.., Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Noah Kahan, Victoria Monét, and The War and Treaty. Earlier in the ceremony, Monét picked up the award for Best R&B Album for Jaguar II. She also got nods for

Taylor Swift’s 10th studio album, Midnights, has won the 2024 Grammy Award for the Album of the Year. Celine Dion, who made a surprise appearance at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles where the ceremony was being held, presented her with the award. The record was nominated alongside boygenius’ the record, Janelle Monáe’s The Age

Boygenius have won Best Alternative Music Album at the 2024 Grammys for their debut LP, the record. They also won the awards for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song (for ‘Not Strong Enough’) at the Premiere Ceremony. Check out the updating list of winners here. Earlier in the night, Phoebe Bridgers picked up her

Jennifer Lopez was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, where she was joined by rappers Latto and Redman for a rendition of ‘Can’t Get Enough’, the lead single from her upcoming album This Is Me…Now. She also performed the album’s title track. Watch it happen below. The episode was hosted

Last Thursday, pianists Kenny Fu, Lily Petrova and Nikita Demidenko came together for a mighty showcase of Nikolai Medtner’s music. The concert was the debut for The Forgotten Melodies Society and was held at the Razumovsky Academy Recital Hall in London. The society was founded by pianist Nikita Demidenko to give a performance platform to

Usher has teamed up with Nigerian producer and singer-songwriter Pheelz for his latest single, ‘Ruin’. Dave Meyers directed its accompanying video, which you can check out below. Next week, Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas. On the same day, he’ll release his new album, Coming Home, which also features

Wayne Kramer, the co-founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist of the legendary Detroit proto-punk band MC5, has died. The news was confirmed on Kramer and the band’s social media pages. “Wayne Kramer passed away today peacefully from pancreatic cancer,” a follow-up message read. He will be remembered for starting a revolution in music, culture, and kindness.”

The Last Dinner Party understand the implications of suddenly being heralded as one of the world’s most exciting young bands. Following the success of their debut single, ‘Nothing Matters’, last April, the group – vocalist Abigail Morris, guitarists Lizzie Mayland and Emily Roberts, bassist Georgia Davies, and keyboardist Aurora Nischevi  – spent the rest of