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News: Defected reveals news of virtual clubbing events for June / July
Defected has revealed plans for further virtual events, introducing innovations to build on the colossal success of its 9-week Virtual Festival residency. The new Defected WWWorldwide series will see three weekly events from Friday 19th June – 3rd July, reflecting the house music heavyweight’s summer of well-loved club events that have been postponed due to the global pandemic. Partnering …
Track: Idles – Grounds, plus album news
The brutal and eminently vital IDLES have just released a video for a new song – ‘Grounds’ – and announced details of the release of their third album – ‘Ultra Mono’ – out on 25 September 2020 through Partisan Records. ‘Grounds’ is pure IDLES – swiftly moving, aggressive and sharp yet leavened by a poetic …
NEWS: Margo Price’s third gets July date: watch a taster
JULY 10th will finally see Margo Price’s hotly anticipated third studio album, That’s How Rumors Get Started, hit the shelves. With its original release date of May 8th trashed by the escalating disease crisis – and indeed, the album is still showing with that release date at some places online – the 27-year-old Illinoisan admits …
SEE: Dub Pistols lay a positive vibe with legend Rhoda ahead of autumn LP
BREAKZ and bass old hands the Dub Pistols have announced the release of their eighth studio album, Addict, which Sunday Best Recordings will unleash on the dancefloor on September 11. And last week saw the release of a single, the ska cracker “Stand Together”, led by the vocal brilliance of Two Tone heroine Rhoda Dakar …
NEWS: Lewsberg unveil new 7″, video, UK tour dates
ROTTERDAM lofi darlings Lewsberg are poised to make a three-pronged assault on your expectant guitarpop consciousnesses. First out, the band have announced the release of a new 7”: a new edit of “Through the Garden”, a pretty, declamatory essay, propelled along on a Sterling Morrison-type riff, and taken from album In This House, which is …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Listen – Jehst Shares “Wild Herb” & Rescheduled UK Tour Dates
UK wordsmith Jehst shares his new song, “Wild Herb.” The tune, released digitally in March, will also drop as a limited, 12-inch vinyl single, b/w “Autumn Nights,” on July 10th. The B-side features an assist from label mate Confucius MC. “Wild Herb,” which was produced by Jehst, opens with a squiggly G-funk vibe, perfect for …
NEWS: tickets on sale Friday for rearranged Lanterns on the Lake tour
BELLA UNION’S premiere Geordie shoegazers Lanterns on the Lake, whose spring tour was pulled due to the covid-19 virus, have announced the rearranged dates for February and March 2021. And this has given the band a chance to expand the dates. The band said: “We have upgraded some of the venues that had sold out, …