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The UK five-piece have warmed up their fans with the release of previous singles “Dancer,” (with backing vocals by James Murphy and Nancy Whang), “Gift Horse” and just this week dropped the music video for “Grace.” The video is effectively a recreation of Coldplay's iconic “Yellow” video. Check out tour dates!

IDLES have shared the official music video for “Grace'' ahead of their fifth studio album TANGK. The concept for the video came to IDLES frontman Joe Talbot in a dream. It's effectively a recreation of Coldplay's iconic “Yellow” video, but with deepfake AI tech used to give the impression that Chris Martin is instead singing “Grace”. 

Fresh off ringing in 2024 with an epic two-night stand at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, LCD Soundsystem has announced 12 new shows in five North American cities, including a four-night residency in Seattle at the historic Paramount Theatre, presented by Seattle Theatre Group (STG) this Spring from May 16 - 19.

Schande announces their new album 'Once Around' via Thurston Moore's label, The Daydream Library Series. Alongside this announcement, Schande has shared “Relevant Campaigns,” a poignant and restrained piece of guitar ambience written by frontwoman Jen Chochinov (and mixed by French musician Nopse). 

IDLES have shared their new single 'Grace' and announced their upcoming album 'TANGK.' As with the rest of the upcoming album, “Grace” was produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, The Smile, Beck), Kenny Beats (Denzel Curry, Vince Staples, Benee) and the band's Mark Bowen. Plus, check out tour dates!

IDLES have announced a huge run of new 2024 tour dates, including a North American tour with stops across the US, Canada and Mexico. Known for one of the most life affirming live shows of any band out there, they’ll kick off the first leg in Vancouver, BC at PNE Forum on May 3rd.

The 11-track followup to their Grammy-nominated CRAWLER, TANGK was co-produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, The Smile, Beck), the band's Mark Bowen and Kenny Beats (Denzel Curry, Vince Staples, Benee). In an explosive run of unerringly stirring albums, TANGK—pronounced “tank” with a whiff of the “g” and an onomatopoeic reference.

Their upcoming album features an astonishing list of guest vocalists and musicians including The Edge (U2), Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Civil Rights avant-garde artist Lonnie Holley, Mary Lattimore, Starcrawler wild child Arrow de Wilde, Mark Bowen (IDLES) and more. Check out the track list!

The upcoming appearances come on the heels of the band’s widely talked about performance at Cruel World Festival in Los Angeles, CA in May and the recently completed recording of its forthcoming album produced by Mario J. McNulty (David Bowie, Lou Reed, Nine Inch Nails). Support on select dates will be provided by Korine.

Bad Colours is back with his sophomore album, 'Always With U,' out on Bastard Jazz Recordings in November 2022.

The London-born, Maryland-raised, Brooklyn-based DJ, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist - aka Ibe Soliman - continues to build on the well-deserved acclaim from his 2021 debut LP, “PINK,” as well as a slew of standalone singles and collaborations with the likes of Shabazz Palaces, Jarv Dee, and Stas THEE Boss.

Bad Colours is back with his sophomore album, 'Always With U,' out on Bastard Jazz Recordings in November, 2022.

Driveaway’s first release since their May EP Feel Better Soon, the band decided to embrace the discomfort of giving up their instinctual tendency to create perfectly polished music. This approach to surrendering control paid off in spades as the band recently entranced the crowd at Playground Music Festival with their new unrestrained approach.

The project is set for release on October 29, 2021 through their new label.

His full-length Slumberland debut, 2018’s Aloha Hola, is an impressive collection of ornate, hook-laden power-pop.  Its proficiency and economy of writing recalls R.E.M. or Big Star, while its simultaneously wry and introspective lyrics evokes Harry Nilsson.

16 composers aged 24 to 63 have been chosen as winners of Wigmore Hall's 'Lockdown Commissions Scheme.'  Chosen from over 700 applications that responded to Wigmore Hall's October 2020 call-out, each winning composer, over the age of 18 never before commissioned by Wigmore Hall, will write new music to be premiered at the hall over the next four years.

The tour, which will follow all COVID-19 restrictions and safety protocols, will visit additional markets such as Milwaukee, WI for Summerfest on September 3, New York, NY on September 8, Asbury Park, NJ on September 10, Pittsburgh, PA on September 14 and more.

In the middle of quarantine, Nina often ventured outside for walks with dramatic Dutch podcasts piping through her headphones. 'I noticed these little sounds illustrate the narrative,' she observes. 

The 2021 Association of British Orchestras Conference is to take place online from Wednesday to Friday (10-12 March), hosted in partnership with Classic FM, Help Musicians, Classical Music and the British Council, and featuring speakers and panellists including Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister of State for Digital & Culture and Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair, Arts Council England.

After having to recently cancel its summer North American 40th anniversary tour – a run that was to also feature a front-to-back performance of its breakthrough 1982 album After the Snow – legendary British band Modern English will provide fans with a broadcast performance.