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Black Country, New Road Announce 2022 Tour Dates

Black Country, New Road have announced their first tour dates since the departure of founding vocalist and guitarist Isaac Wood. “We’re incredibly pleased to announce our touring dates for 2022,” the band wrote on social media. “We’re looking forward to sharing what we’ve been working on with you. The six of us will be performing a set of brand new music.” Tickets go on sale on Thursday, April 7 at 10am BST here. Check out the list of dates below.

The band noted that they won’t be playing any music from their debut LP For the first time and the recently released Ants From Up There. “Although the majority of our performances will be at festivals, we’ve arranged a short run of smaller shows around the UK in May to debut and road-test this new material,” they added. “We hope to see as many of you as we can over the summer.”

Black Country, New Road 2022 Tour Dates:

May 19 – Brighton, Patterns
May 20 – Manchester, YES (Pink Room)
May 21 – Bristol, Strange Brew
May 22 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
May 23 – Glasgow, King Tut’s
May 26-28 – Germany, Immergut Festival
Jun 3 – France, Levitation Festival
Jun 4 – Barcelona, Primavera Sound
Jun 5 – Switzerland, Bad Bonn Kilbi
Jun 10-12 – Oxfordshire, Kite Festival
Jun 17-19 – Lithuania, 8 Festival
Jul 7-9 – Slovakia, Pohoda Festival
Jul 13-17 – Belgium, Dour Festival
Jul 16 – Latvia, Positivus Festival
Jul 23 – London, Visions Festival
Aug 5-6 – Czech Republic, Beseda U Bigbitu
Aug 11 – Sweden, Way Out West Festival
Aug 15 – Switzerland, Winterthurer MusikFestwochen
Aug 18-21 – Wales, Green Man Festival
Aug 28 – Scotland, Connect Festival
Sep 2-5 – Netherlands, Into The Great Wide Open Festival

Companion Unveil Video for New Song ‘Snowbank’

Companion, the Fort Collins, CO-based duo of identical twin sisters Sophia and Jo Babb, have shared a new song called ‘Snowbank’. Following previous singles ’23rd Street’ and ‘How Could I Have Known’, the track is taken from their forthcoming debut LP. Check out a video for it below.

“In the snowy depths of a few Februarys ago, I found myself star-crossed with another, pining for something that would never come to be,” Jo Babb explained in a press release. “‘Snowbank’ was written the morning after a blustery night that left me confused, while certain at the same time. I was full of feelings and this song was born out of them in an instant. Writing it out was extremely cathartic and to this day, playing it feels like an outlet for displaced longing.”

Companion’s Second Day of Spring is due for release on May 27.

Melody’s Echo Chamber Shares Video for New Single ‘Alma’

Melody’s Echo Chamber has shared a new single, ‘Alma’, lifted from her upcoming third album Emotional Eternal. The track arrives with a music video directed by Hyoyon Paik (Chloë), who also helmed the visual for lead cut ‘Looking Backward’. Check it out below.

“To me this song is a butterfly,” Melody Prochet remarked in a statement. “It feels more like a little poem to life than a song; it was the first song to arise from the echoes of silence since Bon Voyage. I think I recorded the emotion of that kind of spiritual experience of the essential yet heart-breaking separation from the pure love bubble to the world of others.”

She continued: “We recorded ‘Alma’ in Swahn’s studio in Stockholm again; I remember we gave special attention to the groove, to give it a swing and emphasis on the light side, with a minor sound of danger in the veil of the mist somewhere. Johan Holmegaard played drums, Gustav Estjes played the piano and little velvet flute; Josephin Runsteen created transcending strings and noises directed by Reine and Swahn.”

Emotional Eternal is out April 29 via Domino. Along with ‘Alma’ and ‘Looking Backward’, it includes the previously released single ‘Personal Message’.

Hercules & Love Affair and ANOHNI Share New Song ‘Poisonous Storytelling’

Hercules & Love Affair and ANOHNI have shared ‘Poisonous Storytelling’, the second single from the upcoming album In Amber. Following previous offering ‘Grace’, the track finds the two artists reuniting for the first time since Hercules & Love Affair’s self-titled 2008 debut. Check it out below.

Hercules & Love Affair’s Andy Butler said in a statement about the track: “‘Poisonous Storytelling’ started as a song called ‘Sacral’ – The music evoked sacred rites, but the word “Sacral” also speaks to one of the sources of our rootedness and stability.” ANONHI added: “We must be careful with new narratives, because everyone is rotted out from poisonous storytelling.”

Also out today are two remixes of the track by Justin K Broadrick (Godflesh) and techno duo Giant Swan, which you can find below, too. In Amber, Hercules & Love Affair’s first new album since 2017’s Omnion, arrives on June 17 via Skint/BMG.

Grace Ives Announces New Album ‘Janky Star’, Shares Video for New Song ‘Lullaby’

Brooklyn-based artist Grace Ives has announced her new album Janky Star with a video for the new single ‘Lullaby’. The follow-up to 2019’s 2nd drops on June 10 via True Panther/Harvest/EMI. Check out the Logan White-directed visual for ‘Lullaby’ below, and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.

Speaking about the new track, which follows February’s ‘Loose’, Ives explained in a statement: “Living the same day over and over again. This song is about the comfort and anxiety that comes with isolating yourself. Homebody’s anthem.“

Ives made Janky Star with co-producer Justin Raisen in Los Angeles. “Some people go through a version of something called rejection therapy, where they ask for things they simply can’t have,” Ives said, adding: “Everyone has a shitty star tattoo/stick n poke, that’s never perfect, or is rough around the edges. A beautiful thing to think about is that stars on earth look like blobs but in space really defined structures.”

Janky Star Cover Artwork:

Janky Star Tracklist:

1. Isn’t It Lovely
2. Loose
3. Burn Bridges
4. Angel Of Business
5. Lazy Day
6. Shelly
7. Back In LA
8. On The Ground
9. Win Win
10. Lullaby

Pinegrove Cover Radiohead’s ‘Let Down’

Pinegrove performed a cover of Radiohead’s OK Computer song ‘Let Down’ for SiriusXMU. Check it out below.

The Montclair, New Jersey band released their latest album, 11:11, via Rough Trade earlier this year. They’re currently on an extensive tour in support of the album, which will take them to the UK and Europe in May before heading back to North America in July. Last month, they performed the track ‘Cyclone’ on Corden.

Prince Daddy & the Hyena Share Video for New Song ‘Shoelaces’

The Albany, NY band Prince Daddy & the Hyena have shared a video for their new song ‘Shoelaces’. It’s taken from their forthcoming self-titled LP, which is set to arrive on April 15 (via purenoisestoreuk.com/) and includes the previously released singles ‘A Random Exercise In Impermanence (The Collector)’ and ‘El Dorado’. Check  out ‘Shoelaces’ below.

Prince Daddy & the Hyena was recorded by Nick “Scoops” Dardaris at the Barber Shop Studios in New Jersey. It follows the band’s 2019 record Cosmic Thrill Seekers.

Schoolboy Q Releases New Song ‘Soccer Dad’

Schoolboy Q has released a new song called ‘Soccer Dad’. Co-produced by Fu, Skyehutch, and TaeBeast, the track marks the Los Angeles rapper’s first new material as lead artist since 2019. Check it out below.

Schoolboy Q’s most recent album was 2019’s Crash Talk. Back in August, he previewed a series of unreleased tracks from an upcoming project, including a collaboration with Rico Nasty.

Florist Announce New Album, Release Video for New Song

Florist – the New York quartet of Emily Sprague, Jonnie Baker, Rick Spataro, and Felix Walworth – have announced their new self-titled album. Florist is set for release on July 29 via Double Double Whammy. They’ve also shared a video for the new single ‘Red Bird Pt. 2 (Morning)’, which you can check out below.

“This song is the introduction to Florist, an album journey very much about the celebration of the people in our lives and the massive importance of connection,” Sprague explained in a statement. “It is lyrically and spiritually a continuation of where Florist left off 5 years ago at the end of If Blue Could Be Happiness. We recorded the song to 1/2” tape on a screened-in porch in June. The nature sounds are live. The birds really sang along.”

A press release describes Florist as a companion to 2019’s Emily Alone, which was “essentially a [Sprague] solo album released under the Florist moniker.” Sprague added, “We called it Florist because this is not just my songs with a backing band. It’s a practice. It’s a collaboration. It’s our one life. These are my best friends and the music is the way that it is because of that.”

Florist Cover Artwork:

Florist Tracklist:

1. June 9th Nighttime
2. Red Bird Pt. 2 (Morning)
3. Duet for Guitar and Rain
4. Spring in Hours
5. Bells Pt. 1
6. Two
7. Variation
8. Organ’s Drone
9. Duet for 2 Eyes
10. Reprise
11. 43
12. Bells Pt. 2
13. River’s Bed
14. Sci-Fi Silence
15. Finally
16. Dandelion
17. Bells Pt. 3
18. Feathers
19. Jonnie on the Porch

Pusha T and Jay-Z Join Forces on New Song ‘Neck & Wrist’

Pusha T and Jay-Z have teamed up for the new song ‘Neck & Wrist’, which is produced by Pharrell Williams. Give it a listen below.

‘Neck & Wrist’ marks Pusha T and Jay-Z’s first collaboration since 2016’s ‘Drug Dealers Anonymous’. Before that, the two rappers appeared together on Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy track ‘So Appalled’.

‘Neck & Wrist’ follows the recently released singles ‘Diet Coke’, produced by Kanye West, and the Nigo-assisted ‘Hear Me Clearly’. Pusha T has been teasing the release of a new album, which will follow 2018’s Daytona. Speaking to Complex about the project, the rapper said: “I really want to get this album out. I want people to love it. Then I want to get onto the next because I’m on my next shit already.”

UPDATE: Pusha T has revealed that the title of his new album is It’s Almost Dry. He’s also announced a string of US tour dates, which you can find below.

Pusha T 2022 Tour Dates:

May 29 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
Jun 1 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
Jun 2 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues Anaheim
Jun 4 Los Angeles, CA – The Novo by Microsoft
Jun 5 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
Jun 7 Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
Jun 8 Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
Jun 15 Boston, MA – Big Night Live
Jun 16 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Jun 21 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage Theater
Jun 22 Charlotte, NC – The Underground – Fillmore Charlotte
Jun 23 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Aug 19 London, England – All Points East