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Gang of Youths Return with New Song “The Angel of 8th Ave”: Stream
Gang of Youths are back with “The Angel of 8th Ave”, the Australian rock band’s first new song in four years. The heartland rock anthem finds Gang of Youths in their element, as they channel Bruce Springsteen and U2 on a track made to be heard in an arena. “I wanna lay me down and be lover of the year,” David Le’aupepe earnestly sings. “In this strange new town/ This strange hemisphere.” In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Le’aupepe described “The Angel of 8th Ave” as “kind of a lightning strike.” He added, “I think we wanted those things that had kind of inertia and energy and to have that sensibility. But I think there was kind of a part of us that wanted to still tip the cap to what we’d been for so long, but also gestured to the future and gestures to the sounds that we’re ob...
Angels & Airwaves Announce First Album in Seven Years Lifeforms, Share “Restless Souls”: Stream
Angels & Airwaves have announced a new album called Lifeforms. It’s their first studio LP in seven years (!) and it’s due out September 24th. To celebrate, they’ve shared a new song from the record called “Restless Souls”, which you can stream below. Lifeforms spans 10 tracks in total and includes the previously released single “Euphoria”. The alt-rock group broke the news today by partnering with Sent into Space, which launched a renewable hydrogen capsule into space that played the entire album out loud, displayed the LP information, and detailed their upcoming world tour. It probably felt like the latest dream come true for Tom DeLonge considering he went from singing about aliens in Blink-182 to proving UFOs exist with the Pentagon and partnering his To the Stars Academy with ...
OMD Announce 2022 US Tour Dates
OMD — a.k.a. Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark — have announced a headlining tour for spring 2022. The “Souvenir Tour” will celebrate the British electronic band’s greatest hits over their expansive four-decade history. OMD will be hitting major North American cities in support of Souvenir, their massive 40th anniversary box set that came out in 2019. All told, the tour spans 24 dates taking place over April and May of next year. To tide fans over until 2022, OMD are also playing a livestream concert on June 19th called “You Me & OMD”. All proceeds from the livestream will be split among members of the band’s touring crew, who have been out of work since February 2020 because of the pandemic. Related Video Tickets for the “You Me & OMD” livestream are available through the band’s w...
Code Orange Are Working on “Blistering New Songs” with Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan
Code Orange are working on new songs with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan. The alt-rock vet posted a picture with members of Code Orange in the studio, though little else is known about the collaboration so far. “Excited to share I’ve been working with Code Orange some on their blistering new songs,” Corgan shared on his Instagram story. It’s possible that Corgan is helping produce or co-write a few Code Orange tracks, or maybe he’s just contributing instrumentals or vocals to some new songs. A notable caveat is that Code Orange and Corgan share the same management, Velvet Hammer. Related Video While Code Orange are rooted in metal, the band certainly take some cues from the alternative rock aesthetics that Corgan helped pioneer in the 1990s. On Twitter, Code Orange shared the...
The Strokes Open New York City with Concert Featuring John Mulaney, Blood Orange, AOC: Watch
On Saturday, The Strokes played the first full-capacity indoor concert in New York City since the start of the pandemic. The set served as a fundraiser for NYC progressive mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, and featured appearances by Dev Hynes of Blood Orange, comedian John Mulaney, and congressional representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Strokes had previously supported Wiley with their first-ever unplugged concert on May 15th. This latest fundraiser occurred 10 days ahead of early voting, and took place at the newly-renovated Irving Plaza. Before the concert, Mulaney spoke in favor of Wiley, saying, “If I derail her campaign, I am deeply sorry.” AOC joined Wiley on stage, telling the fully-vaccinated crowd to stump for Wiley with their friends and family and announcing that “Holy ...
Angel Du$t Surprise Release Bigger House EP, Share Video for “Love Is the Greatest”: Stream
Angel Du$t have surprise released their new EP, Bigger House, the follow up to last year’s Lil House EP. They also unveiled the music video to the track “Love Is the Greatest Thing” and fall tour dates with Mannequin Pussy. The song’s title suggests a ballad, and sure enough, it’s Angel Du$t unplugged, for the most part, with lush acoustic guitars and singer Justice Tripp’s clean vocal delivery. It’s surprisingly tender from the band known for mosh-ready melodic hardcore, but also displays their versatility as musicians. The track features subtle turntablism from LA producer Shlohmo. The Bigger House EP was produced by Rob Schnapf, known for his work with Elliott Smith and Kurt Vile. Perhaps the producer unleashed Angel Du$t’s inner singer-songwriter, as the lead single implies. Related Vi...
Japanese Breakfast on Her New Album, Memoir, and the “Rare Commodity” of Joy
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Japanese Breakfast catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her New York Times bestselling book, Crying in H Mart, and her new album, Jubilee. The artist aka Michelle Zauner discusses the memoir recounting her relationship with and losing her mother, and how it led her to wanting to make an album about joy. Zauner tells us about wanting to be musically ambitious and the bright sounds that touch on the ’80s, as well as being inspired by Bjork’s music videos. Related Video Take a listen to the interview above or watch video of the whole chat below. Kyle Meredith With… is an interview series in which WFPK’s Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of ...
Sleater-Kinney Share Tenth Studio Album Path of Wellness: Stream
Sleater-Kinney have released their new album Path of Wellness. Stream it below on Apple Music and Spotify. The band’s 10th LP follows 2019’s The Center Won’t Hold and includes previously released singles “Worry With You”, “High in the Grass”, and “Method”. After working with St. Vincent’s Annie Clark on their previous album, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker opted to self-produce the new 11-track LP themselves. Accompanying them in their Portland studio were an array of local musicians who helped “bring their vision to life.” Related Video To support the studio set, Sleater-Kinney will join forces with Wilco on their co-headlining “It’s Time” tour, which kicks off August 5th at Spokane, Washington’s First Interstate Center for the Arts. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or o...
David Duchovny Announces New Album Gestureland
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-09T14:35:36+00:00“>June 9, 2021 | 10:35am ET X-Files and Californication actor David Duchovny has announced his new album, Gestureland, out August 20th via GMG/King Baby. Recording for the 12-track project began in February 2020 at Outlier Studio in upstate New York and resumed after COVID-19 lockdown throughout the year at his band’s own studio in Long Island City. The album was finalized in early 2021. “The album represents three years of song writing over which time I think we developed into a band so there’s a stronger element of deep collaboration here,” Duchovny said in a statement. “The songs are obviously inspired by present day life and problems but we hope to ...
Orla Gartland Announces Debut Album Woman on the Internet, Shares “Do You Mind?”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-09T14:56:28+00:00“>June 9, 2021 | 10:56am ET The effervescent Irish songwriter Orla Gartland has announced her debut album Woman on the Internet. In anticipation of its August 20th release date, she’s shared the new song “Do You Mind?” Gartland has been buzzing around the edges of the musical zeitgeist for a couple of years, with a co-writing credit on the 2018 BTS track “134340” to her name. Now 26, she wrote Woman on the Internet during 2020 lockdown at her studio in Acton, and she subsequently recorded the album at Devon’s Middle Farm Studios in October with co-producer Tom Stafford. The LP takes takes its title from a line in previous single “More Like You...
Japanese Breakfast Brings Jubilee to CBS This Morning: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-06T01:13:52+00:00“>June 5, 2021 | 9:13pm ET Japanese Breakfast served up a delightful performance on CBS This Morning: Saturday in support of her newly released album, Jubilee. The musician aka Michelle Zauner played three album tracks: “Be Sweet”, “Kokomo, IN”, and “Tactics”. She also sat down with CBS This Morning correspondent Anthony Mason to discuss her mother’s influence on her music. Watch it all below. Jubilee was released on Friday through Dead Oceans. She also spoke to our own Annie Black about the album, writing, cooking, Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk, and everything in between. Read their conversation here. Related Video Earlier this year, Zauner announced her debut memoi...
Gary Numan Announces 2021 North American Tour
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-04T19:00:40+00:00“>June 4, 2021 | 3:00pm ET Gary Numan is ready to bring his new album Intruder to life onstage. The new-wave icon has just announced a North American tour for later this fall that will see him trekking across the US and Canada where he will finally get to play those songs for his fans in person. The tour will begin and end in California, starting on September 17th in Los Angeles and wrapping up on October 23rd in Santa Ana. In between, he will stop in major cities like Austin, Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Portland, and Seattle. Check out the complete list of dates below. Tickets for Numan’s 2021 tour are current...
