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Ben Howard Announces New Album ‘Is It?’, Shares New Song

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Ben Howard Announces New Album ‘Is It?’, Shares New Song

Ben Howard has announced his fifth album, Is It?, which will be out June 6 via Island Records. Howard and his band recorded the LP last summer at Le Manoir de Léon studios in the South of France. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the lead single ‘Couldn’t Make It Up’, which was produced by Bullion. Check it out and find the album’s cover art (designed by Portuguese graphic designer and illustrator Bráulio Amado) below.

Is It? was written after the Howard experienced two TIAS (transient ischemic attacks, also known as mini strokes). “I found it impossible not to dwell on the absurdity of it, that with one tiny clot, one can lose all faculties,” the singer-songwriter shared in a a press release. It really ate into the writing of the record.”

Howard’s last album was 2021’s Collections From The Whiteout.

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12 Rods Announce First Album in 21 Years, Release New Song

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12 Rods Announce First Album in 21 Years, Release New Song

Minneapolis-based rock band 12 Rods have announced their first new album in 21 years. The follow-up to 2002’s Lost Time is called If We Stayed Alive, and it arrives July 7 via American Dreams and Ryley Walker’s Husky Pants Records. Today, they’ve shared the record’s lead single, ‘My Year (This Is Going To Be)’, which you can hear below.

The new album came together after frontman Ryan Olcott found some of the band’s unfinished demos during lockdown. “These are songs that I forgot about,” Olcott said in a statement. “It took a couple days to get my voice back with that range and that power, but I can do it!” He added, “To be honest, I think it’s the best material I’ve had to offer so far.”

If We Stayed Alive Cover Artwork:

If We Stayed Alive Tracklist:

1. All I Can Think About
2. My Year (This Is Going To Be)
3. Private Spies
4. Comfortable Situation
5. The Beating
6. Hide Without Delay
7. Twice

CMAT Releases New Song ‘Whatever’s Inconvenient’

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CMAT Releases New Song ‘Whatever’s Inconvenient’

CMAT has unveiled a new single called ‘Whatever’s Inconvenient’. Following January’s ‘Mayday’, the track was produced with Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. It’s accompanied by a music video shot in Kos, Greece by Collective Film. Check it out below.

“’Whatever’s Inconvenient’ is a bit of a mission statement for me (and for my second album),” CMAT explained in a statement. “It’s a big question mark over why I am so unendingly bad at entering and maintaining romantic relationships. I don’t really answer the question here, because I can’t and probably never will, but it’s always helpful to acknowledge your own uselessness (I find).”

CMAT’s debut full-length, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead, arrived last year.

Bully Shares Video for New Song ‘Hard to Love’

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Bully Shares Video for New Song ‘Hard to Love’

Bully has shared a new track, ‘Hard to Love’, taken from her upcoming album Lucky for You. Following previous entries ‘Lose You’ (featuring Soccer Mommy) and ‘Days Move Slow’, the track arrives with an accompanying self-directed video. Check it out below.

“Growing up never fitting into society’s constructed gender stereotypes and expectations, I often felt as though different equals bad or wrong,” Alicia Bognanno shared in a statement about ‘Hard to Love’. “I was confused about my place in the world, not fully identifying with any one particular gender or sexuality. I was ashamed, and I blamed myself. Though I’m still in the process of understanding and accepting my identity, I’m glad to be surrounded by people who love and accept me for who I am regardless of the clothes I wear and the labels others use to define me.”

Lucky for You is set to land June 2 via Sub Pop.

Killer Mike Announces New Album ‘MICHAEL’, Shares New Song ‘Don’t Let the Devil’ With El-P

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Killer Mike Announces New Album ‘MICHAEL’, Shares New Song ‘Don’t Let the Devil’ With El-P

Killer Mike has announced MICHAEL, his first solo album in over a decade. The follow-up to 2012’s R.A.P. Music drops on June 16. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Don’t Let the Devil’, which features his Run the Jewels partner EL-P and thankugoodsir, as well as production by El-P, No I.D., and Little Shalimar. Give it a listen below.

Last year, Killer Mike released the singles ‘Run’ (featuring Young Thug and Dave Chappelle) and ‘Talk’n That Shit!’. Run the Jewels are set to embark on a 10th anniversary tour this fall.

Watch Gorillaz and Beck Perform ‘Possession Island’ on ‘Kimmel’

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Watch Gorillaz and Beck Perform ‘Possession Island’ on ‘Kimmel’

Gorillaz appeared on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, where they were joined by Beck for a performance of ‘Possession Island’. Watch it happen below.

‘Possession Island’ is the closing track on Gorillaz’s latest album Cracker Island, which was released in February. A deluxe edition of the LP, featuring five bonus tracks, arrived later that month.

Clairo Joins beabadoobee on New Version of ‘Glue Song’

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Clairo Joins beabadoobee on New Version of ‘Glue Song’

beabadoobee has tapped Clairo for a new version of ‘Glue Song’, which originally came out on Valentine’s Day. Check it out below.

Last month, Clairo joined Phoenix on a new version of their Alpha Zulu song ‘After Midnight’. More recently, she shared the charity track ‘For Now’ and hopped on Synthia’s new single ‘So Low’. beabadoobee’s latest album, Beatopia, came out in July.

Frank Ocean Pulls Out of Coachella Weekend 2

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Frank Ocean Pulls Out of Coachella Weekend 2

Frank Ocean has pulled out of his scheduled headlining slot at Coachella 2023 this Sunday, April 23. In a statement, Ocean’s representatives wrote: “Frank Ocean will not be performing at weekend 2 of Coachella. After suffering an injury to his leg on festival grounds in the week leading up to weekend 1. Frank Ocean was unable to perform the intended show but was still intent on performing, and in 72 hours, the show was reworked out of necessity. On doctor’s advice, ARTIST is not able to perform weekend 2 due to two fractures and a sprain in his left leg.”

Ocean added: “It was chaotic. There is some beauty in chaos. It isn’t what I intended to show but I did enjoy being out there and I’ll see you soon.’ Frank Ocean.”

While Coachella has not yet announced a replacement headliner, Variety reports that Blink-182, who played a surprise set during the first weekend of the festival, will fill in.

SBTRKT Enlists Sampha and George Riley for New Song ‘LFO’

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SBTRKT Enlists Sampha and George Riley for New Song ‘LFO’

SBTRKT has teamed up with Sampha and George Riley for the new song ‘LFO’, which is taken from his first new album in seven years, The Rat Road. It follows the early singles ‘Forward’, ‘Waiting’, and ‘Days Go By’. Listen to it below.

Discussing the new song, SBTRKT said in a statement:

L.F.O began with me messing around with an analogue synth about 6 years ago – the track title stuck (L.F.O. – Low Frequency Oscillator demo 1).

The opening chords became my breakthrough moment, which captured that feeling when chords and melodies feel like they float.

Sampha dropped by my studio around 2018 – was excited by the sonic palette of it and so we laid down some vocal ideas.

Over the time since, I have probably past 70 different versions of this song!

Late 2022, I got in touch with George Riley after following her music and the rest started to drop into place! Sometimes songs take 5 minutes and some 5 years to find the right components!

Much love to Sampha for getting involved and being a constant through all my albums – over more than a decade on from our first work together – and to George Riley for being up for experimenting and creating music that doesn’t have to fit any rules. Sometimes the pieces find their way together and make sense texturally without forcing a concept on it.

The Rat Road is due for release on May 5.

Arlo Parks Shares Video for New Song ‘Blades’

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Arlo Parks Shares Video for New Song ‘Blades’

Arlo Parks has shared another preview of her upcoming sophomore album, My Soft Machine. It’s called ‘Blades’, and it follows previous cuts ‘Weightless’ and ‘Impurities’. The track was produced by Paul Epworth and comes with a video directed by Bedroom. Check it out below.

“Paul is just a wizard; he has this childlike spirit that I’ve always really loved and he brought that to ‘Blades’,” Parks commented in a statement. “I wanted to make something that I can dance to, finally, because I feel like my songs don’t really have that quality in general. So, I took inspiration from bands like ESG, artists like Kaytranada, and a lot of the kind of 70s Zambian psychedelic rock that I love.”

She added, “I imagine this moment at a party where you see someone across the room that you haven’t seen in a while, you felt yourself growing apart, and you’re like, should I, should I not? And then you find the courage to approach them. That’s the story of that song.”

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