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See: Holly Miranda reveals new video for Exqusite, featuring Kyp Malone
Holly Miranda is readying herself for the release of her new album ‘Mutual Horse’ on February 23rd on Dangerbird. It’s the fourth studio album from the former member of Jealous Girlfriends, and Karen O sidewoman, and on it she’s collaborated with a number of artists, including My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Nova and Grandaddy/Modest Mouse’s Jim …
See: Diplo releases new video for new single ‘Get it right’ featuring MØ
Diplo has revealed a new video for ‘Get it Rigt’ featuring MØ, directed by Brantley Gutierrez and with choreography from longtime collaborator Sara Bivens and Calvit Hodge, here. “Get It Right was one of those songs that was written within a very short amount of time—where you hear the beat, you feel inspired, you sing …
News: Charlotte Gainsbourg announces European/Japanese tour dates
With the sound of her current single ‘Songbird in a cage’, co-written by Sir Paul McCartney, rattling around your radios, Charlotte Gainsbourg had revealed a run of European and Japanese tour dates, including a show at London’s Village Underground on March 29th. It’ll be her first appearance on the capital since her acclaimed performance at …
See: Shopping release video for new single Wild Child
Out on January 19th via FatCat Records is the new album from Shopping, titled The Official Body. Recorded and produced by Edwyn Collins, it’s the follow up to 2015’s Why Choose. From it, the band have released a second single, Wild Child. It’s angular, driven by this bass riff and a vocal line overflowing with …
News: The Fallen State announce March/April UK tour
Fresh from successful tours with Black Stone Cherry, US Grammy winners Halestorm, 3 Doors Down and fellow UK rockers Young Guns and Heavens Basement, UK five piece The Fallen State are proud announce a full UK tour in March/April 2018. ounded in the autumn of 2013, The Fallen State brings together five young men with …
See: Nightmares on Wax release new video for Shape the Future, plus tour dates
It’s been five years since we had a Nightmares on Wax album to get our teeth into, but that wait is about to come to an end with the release of Shape the Future, which drops on January 26th via Warp Records. It’s features NOW mainstay George Evelyn on vocals, something of a rarity in …
Not Forgotten: Lowell George – Thanks I’ll Eat it Here
One of the things that is most often remembered about Thanks I’ll Eat it Here is the fact that it was released just ten days before the Little Feat frontman’s early death. What is remembered less frequently is that Lowell George’s only solo album is very good indeed. Given that George had slowly been losing …
Album Review: Hockey Dad – Blend Inn
The town of Windang in New South Wales, Australia is just south of the somewhat gritty industrial port of Port Kembla in the city of Wollongong, and paradoxically the gateway to the extraordinarily beautiful South Coast of NSW. This is also the home of one of the most exciting new bands coming out of Australia: …
Obituary: Motorhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke dies at 67
And so the so-called classic trio is no more. The last remaining member of iconic heavy metal band Motörhead best known line up, ‘fast’ Eddie Clarke has died, aged 67. He was being treated in hospital for pneumonia and was confirmed by the band’s manager Todd Singerman. It follows the death of Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister …
Say Psych: Video Exclusive: The Oscillation – Paranormal Non-Activity
In autumn last year, Wrong Way Records put single ‘Evil in the Tree’ out by London outfit The Oscillation. Music videographer Julian Hand has long been associated with the band and BSM are delighted to present the worldwide exclusive of the video he has put together for B-Side ‘Paranormal Non-Activity’. The track was written, recorded …