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News: Goldfrapp announce Supernature reissue as tour sells out
There’s something always ok in the world when Goldfrapp are in it, and so the news that Mute / BMG have announced the long-awaited vinyl reissue of Goldfrapp’s third album, Supernature – out on 15 May 2020 is very welcome indeed. The additional news that the new edition of the album will be available on …
News: Björk announces Björk Orchestral tour
After Björk’s most elaborate stage performance to date, ‘Cornucopia’, she announces today that she will embark on a new tour in 2020, ‘Björk Orchestral’. Unlike Cornucopia’s elaborate stage production, Björk orchestral will focus on Björk’s acoustic string arrangements of her works so far. Starting in Moscow on 2nd July before heading to Helsinki, Berlin, Paris, and Cheshire to headline the …
See: Metronomy launch video for new single Lately, plus album and tour news
Metronomy are gearing up for their new, sixth album, in the Autumn and have released their first new music since 2016’s ‘Summer 08’ album in the form of a new track, Lately. It’s classic Metronomy, with the eerie Stranger Things like synths at the start, taking more of a back seat as these sparkling chords …
Track: Underworld – Listen to their No, plus Drift Songs album news
Legendary electronic pioneers Underworld, aka Rick Smith and Karl Hyde have just released a new double A side single: Listen to Their No. It brings to an end the pairs fifty-two week DRIFT series, and is accompanied by news of a new album and their biggest ever headline shows. The bands DRIFT series saw pieces of …
Track: Com Truise – Ultrafiche of you, plus European Tour Dates
Com Truise, aka Seth Haley, has released a new single ‘Ultrafiche of You’, taken from his mini-album ‘Persuasion System’, which is out now on Ghostly International. As is his want, it’s this sort of semi-retro sci-fi synth heavy instrumental that slips backward but looks forward, with layers of echoey lines bleeding into eachother to create …
See: Tycho reveals new video for Pink & Blue, plus new album news
Following on from their Grammy nominated album Epoch, San Francisco’s Tycho have announced their new album ‘Weather’ is out on July 12th via the ever brilliant Ninja Tune. The electronic soundscapes are still there, but now they’ve introduced vocals into the mix. On new single ‘Pink & Blue’, Hannah Cottrell aka Saint Sinner takes the …
See: FKA Twigs reveals new video for ‘Cellophone’, plus tour news
FKA twigs has returned with her first new music in over three years. Written and produced by FKA twigs with Jeff Kleinman and Michael Uzowuru, ‘Cellophane’ is twigs’ most vulnerable song to date and is an enticing first glimpse of what to expect from her second album; the follow up to her Mercury Prize and Brit Award nominated 2014 debut, LP1. Talking about …
See: ALDO release new video for Trembling Eyelids, sign to Full Time Hobby
The Brazilian duo ALDO, formed of brothers Andre and Mura Faria, release their new single, ‘Trembling Eyelids’ via Full Time Hobby. The track is the first from an upcoming EP. ALDO was formed by the Faria brothers in honour of their Uncle Aldo. A once wayward character, Aldo lived an edgy lifestyle in 1990’s Brazil. He …
See: TVAM release new video for ‘These are not your Memories’, plus album and tour news
From behind his TVAM moniker, producer Joe Oxley reappears with his debut album ‘Psychic Data’ which will be released on Friday 19th October 2018. The first single from the upcoming album is ‘These Are Not Your Memories’, a crushing yet soft approach to synth and guitars. As if Godflesh had started a pop act. Crafting …
Track: Braids share two new tracks and start US tour
BRAIDS are a Montreal-based, three-piece band composed of Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Taylor Smith and Austin Tufts. Formed in 2007, BRAIDS have solidified a decade-long reputation for their musical ingenuity and established themselves as one of Canada’s most acclaimed art rock bands, releasing three albums: Deep In The Iris (2015), Flourish // Perish (2013), Native Speaker (2011), …