Mura Masa has enlisted Lil Uzi Vert, PinkPantheress, and Shygirl for a new song called ‘bbycakes’. The track “further introduces the dazzling world of Mura Masa’s third studio album,” according to a press release. Take a listen below.
Back in November, Mura Masa released his single ‘2gether’, which marked the UK musician’s first new music since the 2020 LP R.Y.C. He also produced PinkPantheress’ ‘Just for Me’.
Regina Spektor has announced the follow-up to 2016’s Remember Us to Life. It’s called Home, before and after, and it will be released on June 24 via Warner. Spektor recorded and co-produced the album with producer John Congleton in upstate New York. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the lead single ‘Becoming All Alone’. Check it out below and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.
Along with the album news, Spektor has announced a hometown show at New York’s Carnegie Hall on April 11, as well as additional concerts in Salt Lake City, Aspen, and Denver. Later this year, she’s set to release a special limited-edition box set of her debut album, 11:11, to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Home, before and after Cover Artwork:
Home, Before and After Tracklist:
1. Becoming All Alone
2. Up the Mountain
3. One Man’s Prayer
4. Raindrops
5. SugarMan
6. What Might Have Been
7. Spacetime Fairytale
8. Coin
9. Loveology
10. Through a Door
Not long ago, Solid Homme presented their Fall/Winter 22 menswear collection at Paris Men’s Fashion Week. The collection took inspiration from Bauhaus, an iconic art school in Germany that ran from 1919 to 1933. Designer Woo Youngmi was also inspired by Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson and Icelandic architect Einar Thorsteinn.
The catwalk was enclosed in a box with one-sided mirrors for the audience to see through. It was a performative presentation. Some models even danced, whilst others walked the catwalk. Colour-wise the palette for this collection employed neutral, with pops of red, yellow, pink, and blue colours. Talking about the collection, the creative director stated: “…the silhouette is upgraded to include a semi-oversized, relaxed top fit, and slimmer pants draped over shoes that peep out from the beneath buttons and zip slits. Classic pieces are cropped, reshaped, or cut from improved materials, while technical and casual wear are given an old-school touch with the use of vintage-esque fabrics.”
Homme Plisse, founded by Issey Miyake, presented its Fall/Winter 22 collection at Paris Men’s Fashion Week. The collection named A work of Arc was beautifully curated. The key aesthetic looks were the finely crisp pleated and voluminous silhouettes. In addition, stunning patterns were evident in the garments’ curvatures. The base structure frame of garments was developed to add character, making them memorable and adding a subtle touch of style.
Daniel Rossen has released his new single ‘Unpeopled Space’, taken from his upcoming debut solo album You Belong There. The track features Rossen’s Grizzly Bear bandmate Christopher Bear on drums and percussion as well as Amber Wyman on bassoon. Check it out below.
Set for release on April via Warp, You Belong There was led by the single ‘Shadow in the Frame’.
Toro y Moi, the project of Bay Area-based artist Chaz Bear, has shared a new single, ‘The Loop’, lifted from his forthcoming album Mahal. It’s the third preview of the LP, following previous offerings ‘Postman’ and ‘Magazine’. Check out its accompanying video below.
Mahal, Bear’s seventh studio album under the moniker, is due for release on April 29 via Dead Oceans.
The Afghan Whigs have returned with ‘I’ll Make You See God’, their first new song in 5 years. Listen to it below.
“That’s one of the hardest rock songs we’ve ever done,” frontman and guitar Greg Dulli remarked in a statement. “It was written and performed on sheer adrenalin.”
‘I’ll Make You See God’ marks the band’s first new music since their 2017 album In Spades. The track will also be featured in the PlayStation video game Gran Turismo 7, which is out March 4.
Cola – the new project of former Ought members Tim Darcy and Ben Stidworthy and US Girls/The Weather Station drummer Evan Cartwright – have announced their debut album. Deep in View is set to arrive on May 20 via Fire Talk Records. The announcement comes with the release of a new single, ‘So Excited’, which follows their debut track ‘Blank Curtain’. Check it out and find the album’s cover artwork and tracklist below.
“We would talk about this track as the ‘capstone’ of the Cola record,” Darcy explained in a statement about ‘So Excited’. “It was that song that we would warm up with and get tight on since it was one of the first to really come together, plus it’s fun to play. There are Cola songs of mine that predate this one but this was the one I was working on when Ben told me he was going to come back from grad school and we talked about jamming together. It clicked when we played it out with Evan and from there we decided to work on songs for a new project.”
“The first song Tim showed me, I had this special bassline which I had been playing at Ought soundchecks and was saving for the right moment,” Stidworthy added. “It fit perfectly in the first phrase of the chorus and felt like it was a sign.”
Deep in View Cover Artwork:
Deep in View Tracklist:
1. Blank Curtain
2. So Excited
3. At Pace
4. Met Resistance
5. Degree
6. Water Table
7. Gossamer
8. Mint
9. Fulton Park
10. Landers
Mdou Moctar have released a new track titled ‘Nakaneg Dich’, a studio outtake taken from the upcoming deluxe edition of their 2021 LP Afrique Victime. Out on February 24 via Matador, the expanded version of the album features nine previously unreleased songs. Listen to ‘Nakaneg Dich’ below.
“These are a mix of demos from Niger and some live tracks from touring around the world, when we were still working out the songs together as a band,” bassist and producer Mikey Coltun said of the collection in a press release. “These are fun and different early versions of the songs.”
Commenting on ‘Nakaneg Dich’, which was recorded during the album sessions in Los Angeles with Rob Schnapf, Coltun added: “This is Mdou’s very first time using a wah pedal. At some point, Mdou called Rob into the studio and asked him to control the wah with his foot while Mdou shredded a solo.”
Mdou Moctar are set to embark on a North American tour this month before heading out on an extensive UK/EU tour in April.
Momma, the Brooklyn-based band led by Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman, have released a new single called ‘Rockstar’. The track arrives with an accompanying video directed by Batshit!, the LA-based duo of filmmakers Ben Joyner and Henry Drayton. Check it out below, along with Momma’s upcoming tour dates with Snail Mail and Wet Leg.
“Etta and I wanted to write a song about making it big, and becoming rock stars. We didn’t want to take anything too seriously, lyrically, or musically. We just wanted the song to sound big,” Weingarten said of ‘Rockstar’ in a statement. “We thought it would be cool to have our own little rockumentary condensed in a 3-minute music video. It’s also kind of like a manifestation – I think we shamelessly want all of these things to happen in our careers.”
‘Rockstar’ follows Momma’s November single ‘Medicine’, their first for new label home Lucky Number.
Momma 2022 Tour Dates:
26 Mar – Seattle, WA, US – Crocodile ^
16 Aug – Portland, OR, US – Wonder Ballroom ^
17 Aug – San Francisco, CA, US – Bimbo’s 365 Club ^
19 Aug – Los Angeles, CA, US – The Fonda Theatre ^
6 May – Leeds, UK – Headrow House +
10 May – London, UK – Brixton Windmill
14 May – Manchester, UK – Yes
12 Aug – Providence, RI, US – Fete Music Hall *
16 Aug – New Haven, CT, US – Toad’s Place *
17 Aug – Asbury Park, NJ, US – The Stone Pony *
19 Aug – Richmond, VA, US – The National *
20 Aug – Norfolk, VA, US – The NorVa *
21 Aug – Charlotte, NC, US – Neighborhood Theatre *
23 Aug – Orlando, FL, US – The Beacham Theatre *
24 Aug – Tampa, FL, US – The Ritz Ybor *
26 Aug – Birmingham, AL, US – Saturn *
27 Aug – Knoxville, TN, US – The Mill & Mine *
28 Aug – Louisville, KY, US – Headliners Music Hall *
30 Aug – Bloomington, IL, US – The Castle Theatre *
31 Aug – Madison, WI, US – Majestic Theatre *
2 Sep – Milwaukee, WI, US – Turner Hall *
3 Sep – St Louis, MO, US – The Pageant *
4 Sep – Columbus, OH, US – The Athenaeum Theatre *
6 Sep – Detroit, MI, US – Majestic Theatre *
7 Sep – Millvale, PA, US – Mr. Smalls Theatre *
9 Sep – Silver Spring, MD, US – The Fillmore *
^ supporting Wet Leg
+ supporting illuminati hotties
* supporting Snail Mail