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News: Brian Eno announces ‘Music For Installations’ Box Set
Brian Eno has announced details for the box set release of his ‘Music For Installations’, which comes out via UMC on May 4th, 2018. It is a collection of new, rare and previously unreleased tracks, all of which will be available on vinyl for the first time. All of the material was recorded by Eno for …
Track: Ladytron – The Animals
Electro-pop pioneers Ladytron make their long-awaited return with shimmering single ‘The Animals’. Ladytron – Helen Marnie, Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu – were formed in Liverpool back in 1999. Combining electro, pop, new wave and shoegaze elements they released five records over a ten-year period, went on a succession of world tours and …
Track: Bicep – Opal (Four Tet Remix), plus live dates
Belfast duo Bicep have revealed a new Four Tet remix of ‘Opal’, taken from their self titled debut album, which came out last year on the vaunted Ninja Tune label, and was rightly heralded as one of the dance music albums of the year. Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) gently rubs the rough edges off …
Track: Pinkshinyultrablast – In the Hanging Gardens (Ice Choir Remix), plus album and tour news
IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PINKSHINYULTRABLAST SHARE ‘IN THE HANGING GARDENS’ REMIX BY ICE CHOIR ALBUM ‘MISERABLE MIRACLES’ RELEASED ON CLUB AC30 MAY 4TH To celebrate exactly 10 years since Russia’s finest export, Pinkshinyultrablast, played their first show at the Money Honey Club in Saint Petersburg, the band have shared a new remix …
See: Soft as Snow reveal new video for Pink Rushes
The Norwegian-born, Berlin-based duo Soft as Snow will release their debut album ‘Deep Wave’ on April 6th, via Houndstooth. It was created by Soft as Snow members Oda Egjar Starheim and Øystein Monsen, with additional mixing and production by WIFE (of Tri Angle Records). Their oblique leftfield pop recalls Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, deep Detroit …
Meet/Live Review: A-ha Unplugged: Bedsit to the O2
I interviewed Pål Waaktar-Savoy before he played guitar for the A-ha MTV unplugged acoustic gig at the O2. That gig was half concert, half band history. Before A-ha, Mags and Pal had been in a band called Bridges. Morten heard them play a song called ‘Sox of the Fox’ and realised he wanted to join …
Track: Jon Hopkins – Emerald Rush, plus tour dates
Jon Hopkins has announced that his first album since 2013’s breakthrough record Immunity is out via Domino Records on May 4th. Called Singularity, Hopkins explores the dissonance between the urban (or at least a dystopian view of it) and the green forest dystopian urbanity and the green forest, rather than the nightlife/night out of Immunity. …
See: Millionyoung reveals new video for ‘Never be the Same’
Millionyoung, the pseudonym for Miami’s Mike Diaz, has released his latest music video for his track “Never Be The Same” on MXDWN. “Never Be The Same” is the first single from his upcoming album ‘Rare Form’ which is due April 13 on Mishu Records. Finding itself at a unique intersection of house music rhythms and …
Track: Zola Jesus – Bound, plus new album news
Out right now via the Adult Swim Singles Program is a new track from singer, songwriter and record producer Zola Jesus. It’s taken from a new album of previously unheard tracks and remixes titled Okovi: Additions, due out April 6th, which is an experiential interpretation of her 2017 critically acclaimed Okovi album released on Sacred Bones Records. It features …
Track: Mouse on Mars – Foul Mouth featuring Amanda Blank, Zach Condon
Berlin duo Mouse on Mars, aka Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner, are preparing to release their new album, Dimensional People on April 13th through Thrill Jockey records. Following on from the release of the lead single ‘Dimensional People III’ featuring Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, new track Foul Mouth features Amanda Blank and Zach Condon …