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Trading Whiskey Shots for Ginger Shots: RÜFÜS DU SOL Joins The What Podcast
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Radio Public | RSS RÜFÜS DU SOL frontman Tyrone Lindqvist joins Barry, Brad, and Lord Taco of The What Podcast to discuss the band’s journey in creating their most recent studio album, Surrender. Related Video Lindqvist discusses how the band was headed for drama when they decided to trade their whiskey shots for ginger shots, but how the trio is much healthier for it. The Australian musician also talks about how the forced time off over the last few years and becoming a father changed his life. Advertisement Plus, The What hosts reveal how your artistic talent could win you tickets to Bonnaroo 2022! (You can also get tickets here!). Listen to the new episode above. Make sure yo...
Jenn Wasner’s Flock of Dimes Shares New Songs “Pure Love” and “Time”: Stream
Wye Oak singer Jenn Wasner has shared “Pure Love” and “Time,” two new songs from her solo project Flock of Dimes. “Pure Love” and “Time” arrive as part of the singles series from Sylvan Esso’s Psychic Hotline label. Co-produced by Wasner and Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn and recorded at Betty’s in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the singles offer a welcome respite from pandemic-induced darkness. “After spending so much time over the past two years sitting with my grief — both personally and creatively — I’m thrilled to offer up two songs that center joy, hopefulness, and pleasure,” Wasner said in a statement. “What can I say about ‘Pure Love’? It’s a fun pop song about how wanting more is the cause of so much suffering! To me, overall, it’s a song about reaching for a more pure way of being...
Sylvan Esso Announce 2022 Tour Dates, Perform “Ferris Wheel” on Kimmel: Watch
It’s been almost two years since Sylvan Esso shared “Ferris Wheel,” but the electro-pop jam still has plenty of life left in it, as evidenced by the duo’s performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night. In addition to their latest late-night appearance, Sylvan Esso have announced a leg of tour dates for Spring 2022. Sylvan Esso don’t need much to light up a stage, thanks to singer Amelia Meath’s singular dance moves and keyboardist Nick Sanborn’s infectious enthusiasm. Backed by little more than colored flood lights, their Kimmel performance is just one example of their consistently great live energy. The duo’s tour begins in Birmingham, Alabama on May 11th, taking them through the East Coast before they wrap up at Electric Forest Festival in Michigan this June. The 14-da...
Daft Punk Ice Dance About Alien and Astronaut Helps Team USA Win Silver Medal: Watch
Madison Chock played an alien and Evan Bates an astronaut in an epic Olympic ice dance routine set to a medley of Daft Punk songs. The pair placed first in the free dance portion of the team figure skating event, helping Team USA take home a silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Team figure skating began on February 4th and wrapped up with three events on February 7th. After Team USA had a disappointing fifth-place finish in pairs free skate and only managed fourth in women’s free skate, Chock and Bates came through with a clutch ice dance routine, narrowly pushing Team USA past Japan for the silver medal. The Russian Olympic Committee won gold by a comfortable margin. Chock and Bates’s routine began where Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories ended, with “Contact” and an astronaut n...
Flume Announces Comeback Album Palaces, Shares “Say Nothing” Featuring MAY-A: Stream
Harley Streten has announced his first album as Flume since 2016’s Skin, and his first studio set since 2019’s Hi This Is Flume mixtape. Palaces drops May 20th, and as a preview, the electronic artist has shared lead single “Say Nothing” featuring MAY-A. Palaces was written in his native Australia, with a title that’s meant to evoke the natural wonders of coastal New South Wales. It comes with an impressive roster of guest artists including Damon Albarn, Caroline Polachek, Oklau, and more. On “Say Nothing,” Flume uses some unconventional drum sounds and a squishy bass thump to push the dance track outside the realm of typical club fare. “This song is about feelings of post relationship clarity,” he said in a statement. “We wrote the song midway ...
Cut Copy Announce 2022 North American Tour
Cut Copy have announced they’re returning to North America for a spring 2022 tour across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Kicking off April 23rd at Morrison, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the jaunt will also make stops in cities like Austin, Toronto, Boston, Chicago, and Portland before wrapping up with an appearance at Just Like Heaven 2022 on May 21st. LA electronic musician Suzanne Kraft will serve as the opener for each date. See the full itinerary below. The fan pre-sale begins Wednesday, February 2nd at 10:00 a.m. local time (code: CUTTERS) via Ticketmaster. After that, tickets will be available to the general public on Friday, February 4th here. Advertisement Related Video The Aussie electronic outfit last released Freeze, Melt in August 2020. Cut Copy 2022 Tour Dates:04/23 — Morris...
Alice Glass Shares New Single “LOVE IS VIOLENCE”: Stream
Alice Glass has released her latest single, “LOVE IS VIOLENCE,” along with its accompanying music video. Check it out below. Last week, Glass teased the single on her social media accounts by revealing its artwork, featuring her off-kilter head connected to a black skeleton hand by a sort of spiked cylindrical object. The song is the fourth single off the former Crystal Castles member’s upcoming debut solo album, PREY//IV, which is due out February 16 on Eating Glass Records after being pushed back from its original release date today. Glass previously released single “BABY TEETH” and its creepily animated music video as well as “FAIR GAME.” The electro-pop singer’s 2021 track, “SUFFER AND SWALLOW,” will also be included on the album more than a year after it was first unveiled as the then...
Disclosure Announce 2022 US Tour
Disclosure are headed on the road in spring 2022 with US tour dates shoehorned amongst festival appearances. Kicking off on April 9th in Seattle, the jaunt includes shows in San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington, DC before wrapping up with a two-night stand at New York City’s The Brooklyn Mirage in May. The British electronic duo are also playing US festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Electric Forest. Tickets go on sale on January 28th at 10:00 a.m. local time. Check out the full itinerary below, and snag your tickets here. Advertisement Related Video Disclosure last released 2021’s Never Enough EP, which came on the heels of their 2020 album, ENERGY. A press statement reveals the Disclosure are “sitting on a wealth of exciting new music,” so expect to hear more from the gro...
Grimes Announces Visions 10th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue
It’s hard to believe Grimes has been around long enough to get the reissue treatment, but as her breakthrough album Visions turns 10, a new vinyl package is on the way. Today the singer announced Vinyl Me, Please would reissue Visions and make the album its February Essentials Record of the Month. Before she dated Elon Musk and became the self-appointed spokesperson for artificial intelligence, Grimes (born Claire Boucher) was a relatively unknown Canadian artist recording experimental synth pop. On January 31st, 2012, however, she released her third studio album, Visions, on renowned indie label 4AD. With the help of single/perfect song “Oblivion,” it proved the first step in cementing her place as an endlessly fascinating public figure. Grimes looked back on Visions with c...
FKA twigs’ 10 Best Songs
FKA twigs, born Tahliah Barnett, made a name for herself as a proponent of the avant garde. She’s a true multi-hyphenate — she’s a vocalist, she writes her music, she’s an incredible dancer, and a large part of her music video repertoire is self-directed. Regardless of the type of track she releases, FKA twigs has managed to find a way to ensure that a listener can immediately identify a piece of her work. She’s not afraid to explore genres and sounds, and her discography so far could be described as R&B, electronic, hyperpop, and trippy — and all of those categorizations would be true. This Friday (January 14th), she’ll be releasing a new collection of music in the form of a mixtape called CAPRISONGS. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up ten of her best tracks so far. Advertisement Check ou...
Burial Unveils ANTIDAWN EP: Stream
Burial has released his new EP ANTIDAWN via Hyperdub. Stream it below on Apple Music and Spotify. The five-song collection contains lengthy ambient tracks titled “Strange Neighbourhood,” “Shadow Paradise,” “New Love,” “Upstairs Flat,” and, of course, “Antidawn” — two of which clock in at over 10 minutes apiece. “ANTIDAWN reduces Burial’s music to just the vapours,” read a statement from the British musician’s record label ahead of the EP’s release. “The record explores an interzone between dislocated, patchwork songwriting and eerie, open-world game space ambience. In the resulting no man’s land, lyrics take precedence over song, lonely phrases colour the haze, a stark and fragmented structure makes time slow down.” Related Video Hyperdub went on to explain that Burial is “tell[ing] a stor...
Röyksopp Share New Song “(Nothing But) Ashes…”: Stream
Way back in 2014, Röyksopp announced that their fifth studio album, The Inevitable End, would be their last, but the Norwegian electronic duo have still made good on their promise to continue putting out music without the confines of an LP format. Over the weekend, Röyksopp returned with the new track “(Nothing But) Ashes…,” along with an eerie music video. “(Nothing But) Ashes…” is a wordless song that pairs droning, ambient synths with a gentle piano melody. Its music video focuses on a character wearing a helmet that looks like if Daft Punk had a steampunk phase. This anonymous character then embarks on a journey to a muggy forest, where they uncover a curious knife-like object. It’s hard to make heads or tails of any storyline here, but considering the video’s subtitle “Profound M...
