Dsquared2 was the second show that kicked off Milan Men’s Fashion Week. Dean and Dan, the designers, decided to showcase their creations in a physical show with an audience, even with COVID-19 still being prominent.
The themes of camping and mountaineering recurred throughout the Fall/Winter 22 collection. There was great attention to detail throughout, from the thick fur-lined boots to the accessories, which gave a clear indication of the current trend. Bright colours like yellow, pink, blue, orange, and some neutrals like green appeared in the collection. Each outfit stood out thanks to the variety of patterns, textures, colours, and volumes used.
Bnny, the Chicago-based band led by Jess Viscius, has released a new single. ‘I’m Just Fine’ arrives ahead of their upcoming run of US dates with Ian Sweet. Check out the track below, and scroll down for the list of dates.
“‘I’m Just Fine’ is about the sensation of time moving slowly when you are missing someone,” Viscius explained in a press statement. “It’s about attempting to deny that you are heartbroken in order to protect yourself.”
Feb 18 – Sioux Falls, SD – Total Drag Records
Feb 21 – Seattle, WA – Barboza*
Feb 22 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir *
Feb 24 – San Francisco, CA – Noise Pop Festival
Feb 27 – San Diego, CA – Whistle Stop
Mar 2 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo *
Mar 4 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Mar 7 – Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel
Apr 28 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar ^
Apr 29 – Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel ^
Apr 30 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line ^
May 1 – Milwaukee, WI – Colectivo ^
May 3 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall ^
May 4 – Ferndale, MI – Loving Touch ^
May 5 – Toronto, ON – Great Hall ^
Toro y Moi has announced a new album called Mahal. Chaz Bear’s seventh LP under the moniker and first for Dead Oceans, the LP is due out on April 29. It includes the new tracks ‘Postman’ and ‘Magazine’, both of which arrive with accompanying visuals. Below, check out the video for ‘Postman’, directed by Kid. Studio, and ‘Magazine’, directed by Arlington Lowell, and scroll down for the album artwork and tracklist.
Mahal was mostly completed last year in Bear’s Oakland studio and includes collaborations with Sofie Royer, Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Neilson, Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo, and the Mattson 2. “I wanted to make a record that featured more musicians on it than any other record of mine,” Bear explained in a press release. “To have them live on that record feels grounded, bringing a communal perspective to the table.”
Mahal Cover Artwork:
Mahal Tracklist:
1. The Medium [feat. Unknown Mortal Orchestra]
2. Goes By So Fast
3. Magazine [feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis]
4. Postman
5. The Loop
6. Last Year
7. Mississippi
8. Clarity [feat. Sofie
9. Foreplay
10. Déjà Vu
11. Way Too Hot
12. Millennium [feat. The Mattson 2]
13. Days in Love
Steve Gunn has today released a new collaborative EP called Nakama, which includes reinterpretations of six songs from the guitarist’s latest full-length, 2021’s Other You. It features contributions from Mikey Coltun and Ahmoudou Madassane of Mdou Moctar, Natural Information Society, as well as remixes by Circuit des Yeux and Bing & Ruth. The project’s cover artwork was shot and sequenced by American photographer Duane Michals. Check it out below.
“It touches on a lot of music that I love, but that I might not necessarily translate with the proper album,” Gunn said in a statement. “To give these songs to people that I admire and to see how they would return, knowing that their music is an inspiration to me, was really a cool opportunity. Joshua Abrams’ bass playing, his group Natural Information Society, and his film soundtrack work have been an inspiration to me for some time now. I am grateful that I was able to travel to Chicago and work closely with Josh in his studio on ‘Good Wind’ and ‘On the Way’. Reimagining these songs with Josh, along with Lisa Alvarado’s accompaniment, was a total joy. I arrived with the intention of keeping these songs open in seeing where they would go in working with Josh, and am very happy with the results.”
Mikey Coltun of Mdou Moctar commented on their collaboration: “Ahmoudou and I wanted to give ‘Protection’ a Tuareg feel. We knew we wanted to use field recordings from Niger and specifically Tende music, which is the drums and chanting you hear. We used drum machines which is an homage to Abdallah Oumbadougou, the first Niger Tuareg artist to do that in the ’90s.”
Of her contribution, Circuit des Yeux’s Haley Fohr explained: “By stripping back his guitar and adding some horns and effects, I worked to bolster his narration atop a pillowy and nocturnal environmetn. The result is quiet and intimate. It is a serenade for one that lays close to the heart.”
Bing & Ruth’s David Moore said: “It was a joy to get inside of Steve’s music and rearrange the furniture. ‘Reflection’ struck me instantly as a classic song that I wouldn’t want to stray too far from the original, so I added some piano and moved around a lot of the pieces until I found something somewhere between sunshine rock and a psychedelic opium den. Such a pleasure to get this one where it ended up.”
Nakama EP Cover Artwork:
Nakama EP Tracklist:
1. Protection – Steve Gunn with Mikey & Ahmoudou (from Mdou Moctar)
2. Good Wind – Steve Gunn with Natural Information Society
3. On The Way – Steve Gunn with Natural Information Society
4. Ever Feel That Way – Circuit des Yeux Remix5. Reflection – Bing & Ruth Remix
Warpaint have announced their first full-length album in six years: Radiate Like This arrives on May 6. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Champion’. Check it out below and scroll down for the LP’s cover artwork and tracklist.
In a press release, the band – Emily Kokal, Jenny Lee Lindberg, Stella Mozgawa, and Theresa Wayman – said the new song is about “being a champion to oneself and for others. We are all in this together, life is too short not to strive for excellence in all that we do.”
Radiate Like This follows Warpaint’s debut EP Exquisite Corpse, 2010’s The Fool, 2014’s Warpaint, and 2016’s Heads Up. The band have also announced a run of shows in the UK and Europe this spring, with global dates to follow. Find their tour schedule below.
Radiate Like This Cover Artwork:
Radiate Like This Tracklist:
1. Champion 2. Hips 3. Hard To Tell You 4. Stevie 5. Like Sweetness 6. Trouble 7. Proof 8. Altar 9. Melting 10. Send Nudes
Warpaint 2022 Tour Dates:
May 9 – La Cigale – Paris, France May 11 – O2 Academy – Bristol, United Kingdom May 12 – Albert Hall, Manchester – United Kingdom May 13 – SWG3 Galvanisers – Glasgow, United Kingdom May 14 – National Stadium – Dublin, Ireland May 17 – De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill, United Kingdom May 18 – The Roundhouse – London, United Kingdom May 20 – Huxleys – Berlin, Germany May 21 – Live Music Hall – Cologne, Germany May 22 – Fabrik – Hamburg, Germany May 24 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands May 26 – Ancienne Belgique – Brussels, Belgium May 28 – Progresja – Warsaw, Poland June 1 – Zorlu Performing Arts Center – Istanbul, Turkey June 3 – Primavera Sound – Barcelona, Spain
elkyn, the project of Leeds’ Joey Donnelly, has released a new single called ‘talon’, taken from his forthcoming debut album holy spirit social club. Check it out via the accompanying video below.
“talon’s about being thrown a bit more into adulthood and trying to form different relationships,” Donnelly explained in a statement. “It’s from a perspective from me now after finishing uni and the years before feeling pretty meaningless now. The song starts off from a place of feeling comfortable with someone whilst being pretty uncomfortable with everything else going on. Then moves onto losing that from not being able to speak or communicate anything and doing the classic of just pushing everything away instead.”
Imagined and curated by Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard, Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono contains 14 new versions of Ono’s tracks performed by artists including Sharon Van Etten, US Girls, Jay Som, Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields, Thao, and more. The project, which is set to arrive on February 18 via Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records, was announced earlier this month with the release of David Byrne and Yo La Tengo’s rendition of ‘Who Has Seen The Wind?’.
Florence + The Machine have been announced as the latest headliners of Øya Festival 2022, which will take place in Oslo, Norway from August 9-13. Fontaines D.C., Parquet Courts, and Porridge Radio have also joined the bill today, with AJ Tracey, girl in red, Pa Salieu, Michael Kiwanuka, Yard Act, Princess Nokia, and beabadoobee already set to perform. This year’s previously announced headliners include Gorillaz, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and Aurora. The rest of the Øya bill is split 50/50 between male and female artists.
Hayden Dunham, the multidisciplinary artist who was formerly the face of A. G. Cook and SOPHIE’s QT project and is currently known as Hyd, has shared a cover of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ ‘Into My Arms’. Give it a listen below.
Leon Vynehall has announced his contribution to the Fabric Presents compilation series. It will be released on March 25 via Fabric on 2xLP, CD, and digital platforms. The mix features an introduction by Wesley Joseph as well as exclusives from Skee Mask, Or:la, Gaunt, Avon Blume, and Ehua. Along with the announcement, Vynehall has shared a new track called ‘Sugar Slip (The Lick)’. Check it out below.
Speaking of the mix, Vynehall said in a press release:
The output of fabric’s label holds a special place for me. During my teens into early twenties the musical landscape I was exposed to broadened, and my taste diversified greatly; going to shows, making music, and swapping new finds with friends. fabric had a huge part to play in shaping what I heard and was exposed to via their mix & compilation series. The first two I heard were Swayzak’s ‘fabric 11’, and James Murphy & Pat Mahoney’s ‘FABRICLIVE 36’. Both these CDs helped open the door to a wider palette of sounds. Not only did I delve deeper into the compilations post & prior, but I learned about what I enjoyed when it comes to Djing – dynamics. That was the aim of my entry into the fabric discography. A dynamic mix with a cohesive sonic narrative running through it with the club in mind. I feel incredibly lucky to be putting forward my take on something that helped to shape how I approach what I do when I DJ.
Of the new track, he added: “I wanted ‘Sugar Slip (The Lick)’ to embody what this fabric presents mix was about – far-out, but playful.”
Leon Vynehall released his last album, Rare, Forever, last year.
fabric presents Leon Vynehall Cover Artwork:
fabric presents Leon Vynehall Tracklist:
1. Leon Vynehall – Climb Into The Cistern [feat. Wesley Joseph]
2. Zebrablood – Whatcomesup96
3. Newworldaquarium – Star Power
4. Lo Jack – Virgin Traff 22
5. Lady Blacktronika – Good Dick
6. Mute – Never
7. Louise Bock – Horologic
8. Or:la – Allaballa (Exclusive)
9. Pole – Überfahrt
10. Gombeen & Doygen – D’Americana
11. Round Four – Found A Way
12. Woo – Wah Bass
13. Mosca – This Branch Is Weak
14. Steevio – Syzygy
15. A2 – Midsummer Misery
16. DJ Deep & Traumer – La Valle La B (La Deep Mix)
17. DB Selective – Dub Train
18. Wax – Switch
19. Hagan – FWD
20. Bubas Produçoes – Padjinha Pt 3
21. A.k.Adrix – FL Studio, Obrigado
22. Skee Mask – Untitled 279 (Exclusive)
23. Avon Blume – South Bermo (Exclusive)
24. Sector Y – Road To World Cup
25. Innersphere aka Shinedoe – Phunk
26. Gaunt – Raw Cartoon (Exclusive)
27. Piero Umiliani (Zalla) – Produzione
28. Commodo – Scabz
29. Leon Vynehall – Sugar Slip (The Lick) (Exclusive)
30. Mala – Misty Winter [feat. Crazy D]
31. Ehua – Helios (Exclusive)
32. N-ERGY – The Mad 808
33. Ana Roxanne – Suite Pour L’Invisible
