Pussy Riot have shared a new song called ‘Punish’, which was co-written with Tove Lo. The track comes paired with a visual courtesy of Berlin-based 3D artist Ksti Hu. Check it out below.
“‘PUNISH’ is the first audio-visual artwork from Pussy Riot’s upcoming cycle that introduces a super(s)hero character who owns magic superwoman-like qualities & uses these powers to fight sexism,” Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova explained in a statement. “She’s a strong dominatrix figure, and serves justice by punishing Weinsteins of the world. Talks about the vengeful shero are spreading, and now men are scared to misbehave, because they’re well aware that revenge is coming.”
Tove Lo added: “Getting to enter Nadya’s world and be a part of this project is my pussy power passion project! She’s an iconic artist with an incredible life story who goes into everything with a bigger purpose. I hope we all get to live in the Pussyverse!”
‘Punish’ arrives ahead of Pussy Riot’s upcoming US tour supporting MARINA in February and March.
Vundabar have shared an alternative version of their track ‘Alien Blues’, featuring additional vocals from Indigo De Souza. As a press release notes, the track, originally released in 2013, started trending on TikTok in November of last year. Check out ‘Alien Blues (Redux)’ below.
“People seem to be really enjoying ‘Alien Blues’ as of late – it’s been charting around the world the last couple months – and that is nice and kind of nutty!” singer/guitarist Brandon Hagen said in a statement. “We’ve decided to revisit the song and record an alternate version of it with guest vocals from Indigo De Souza and some new bells and whistles. Frankly I think this new version is a certified hemmy heater banger track. Additionally, there is still a global pandemic happening right now. With the rise of Omicron we’re option to move our February and March tour dates to May and June of 2022. With the recent spikes in cases and general difficulty of safely navigating live events it feels like the best option.”
Vundabar are gearing up for the release of a new album called Devil For the Fire, which has been pushed back and is now set to arrive on April 15 via Amuse. It features the early singles ‘Ringing Bell’, ‘Aphasia’, and the title track. They’ve also moved their full US tour back to May and June 2022; find the full list of dates below.
Vundabar 2022 Tour Dates:
May 16 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
May 17 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
May 18 – Durham, NC – Motorco
May 20 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade – Purgatory
May 21 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar
May 22 – Orlando, FL – Heano
May 24 – Houston, TX – Secret Group
May 25 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Group
May 26 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips
May 28 – Mesa, AZ – Underground at the Nile Theater
May 29 – San Diego, CA – Quartyard
May 31 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
Jun 1 – Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater
Jun 2 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Jun 3 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium
Jun 4 – Sacramento, CA – Starlet Room
Jun 6 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
Jun 7 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
Jun 9 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Jun 10 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
Jun 13 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
Jun 14 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
Jun 16 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
Jun 17 – Detroit, MI – El Club
Jun 18 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Jun 19 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
Jun 21 – Montreal, ON – Bar Le Ritz
Jun 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Foundry at the Fillmore
Jun 24 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Made
Sep 15 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Sep 16 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Sep 24 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen has announced his debut solo album. You Belong There is due for release on April 8 via Warp. Along with the news, he’s also shared a new single called ‘Shadow in the Frame’. Check it out below, and scroll down to find the album artwork and tracklist.
According to a press release, the 10-track album explores “the uncharted territory of adulthood,” as Rossen considered “what comes after the restless enthusiasm and public fanfare of your youth.” Following Rossen’s 2012 EP Silent Hour/Golden Mile, the record finds him “re-energised by the act of unfettered expression and newfound self-sovereignty.” Grizzly Bear’s last album was 2017’s Painted Ruins.
Rossen will head out on a tour of North America, the UK, and Europe this spring to support the new album. Find the full itinerary below.
You Belong There Cover Artwork:
You Belong There Tracklist:
1. It’s a Passage
2. Shadow in the Frame
3. You Belong There
4. Unpeopled Space
5. Celia
6. Tangle
7. I’ll Wait For Your Visit
8. Keeper and Kin
9. The Last One
10. Repeat the Pattern
Daniel Rossen 2022 Tour Dates:
Mar 27 – Austin, TX – Antone’s
Mar 30 – New Orleans, LA – Toulouse Theatre
Apr 1 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
Apr 2 – Nashville, TN – Exit/in
Apr 3 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Apr 5 – Washington, DC – Miracle Theatre
Apr 6 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
Apr 8 – Somerville, MA – Crystal Ballroom
Apr 9 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Made
Apr 11 – Montreal, QC – Le Ministere
Apr 12 – Toronto, ON – Great Hall
Apr 14 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Apr 15 – Minneapolis, MN – Icehouse
May 7 – Hamburg, DE – Kulturkirche Altona
May 8 – Berlin, DE – Passionskirche
May 10 – Munich, DE – Freiheitshalle
May 11 – Zurich, CH – Bogen F
May 12 – Turin, IT – Circolo della Musica
May 14 – Paris, FR – Le Café de la Danse
May 15 – Amsterdam, NL – Het Zonnehuis
May 16 – Cologne, DE – Kulturkirche Köln
May 17 – Ghent, BE – Handelsbeurs
May 20 – London – UK, Union Chapel
May 23 – Dublin, IE – Pepper Canister
May 25 – Glasgow, UK – St Luke’s
Jun 9 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Jun 10 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
Jun 11 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s
Jun 14 – Big Sur, CA – Henry Miller Memorial Library
Jun 15 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Jun 17 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Jun 18 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Jun 19 – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret
A new trailer for the Super Bowl LVI halftime show has been released. The F. Gary Gray-directed clip, titled ‘The Call’, features appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige, who are set to perform at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Sunday, February 13. Check out a preview of the Roc Nation-produced event, which will follow last year’s the Weeknd set, below.
“Each time I collaborate with Dre, it seems to mark an important moment in entertainment history, from projects like Friday, Set It Off, Straight Outta Compton, to now the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI halftime show,” Gray said in a statement. “As a super fan, I consider it an honor and privilege to authentically build and create this moment with five of the most legendary artists in music history. It’s been a blast!”
Fred Again.. has enlisted the xx’s Romy and London-based electronic artist HAAi for a new song called ‘Lights Out’. Listen to it below.
“I started this song on my laptop on a train up to the Scottish Highlands and immediately sent it to Romy and Teneil (Haai) because it felt super special to me,” Fred Again.. said in a statement. “Romy’s lyrics and voice are just like a hug from a rave angel.”
Back in 2020, Fred co-produced Romy’s first solo single, ‘Lifetime’, which HAAi remixed. He also recruited Jamie xx for ‘Smoke’, off his collaborative mixtape with Headie One.
Nation of Language made their debut TV appearance last night, performing the song ‘Across That Fine Line’ on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Check it out below.
‘Across That Fine Line’ is taken from the Brooklyn trio’s sophomore LP, A Way Forward, which arrived in November of last year. Read about the inspirations behind the record in our interview with frontman Ian Richard Devaney.
Melody’s Echo Chamber has returned with a new song called ‘Looking Backward’. It’s taken from her upcoming third album Emotional Eternal, which arrives on April 29 via Domino. The new single is accompanied by a video Melody Prochet made in collaboration with Unreal Engine specialist 3D artist Hyoyon Paik (Chlöe). Check it out and find the LP’s cover artwork and tracklist below.
As with her previous album, 2018’s Bon Voyage, Emotional Eternal was initially recorded in the outskirts of Stockholm, with multi-instrumentalist Reine Fiske, a member of Swedish rock band Dungen who has worked with the likes of Travis Scott and Anna Järvinen, and Fredrik Swahn, the musician, producer and engineer best known for his work with Swedish indie rock outfit The Amazing.
“I hope the record has that uplifting quality,” Melody said in a press statement. “I wanted to be more grounded and mindful through the process. I guided the sessions with simplicity—a contrast with the maximalism of Bon Voyage and the wilderness of my delusions. I made some big and impactful decisions and changes to my life. It took me to where it is peaceful, and I think the record reflects this. It’s more direct.”
Speaking about the new track, Melody commented: “’Looking Backward’ is a vivid, nonchalant, poetic march to the Unknown. I wrote the lyrics on my way to Stockholm, in transit at the airport, there was a man creating light reflections with his watch and playing with light on the floors and walls. It felt like an act coming from a source of pure creativity, it made me happy to catch it and inspired me to write the song.”
Hyoyon Paik added of the video: “It was a truly joyful experience to tap into Melody’s world and use my CGI skill to visualize it. This piece demonstrates how artists can utilize digital avatars and CGI to deliver a grander and more immersive narrative in this exciting time, where the digital world and reality are integrated more than ever before.”
Emotional Eternal Cover Artwork:
Emotional Eternal Tracklist:
1. Emotional Eternal
2. Looking Backward
3. Pyramids in the Clouds
4. The Hypnotist
5. Personal Message
6. Where the Water Clears the Illusion
7. A Slow Dawning of Peace
8. Alma_The Voyage
Swedish heavy metal band Ghost have shared the details of their new album, Impera, previewing it with a video for the new single ‘Call Me Little Sunshine’. The follow-up to 2018’s Grammy-nominated Prequelle is out March 11 via Loma Vista Recordings. It was produced by Klas Åhlund and mixed by Andy Wallace. Check out the visual for the new single, directed by Matt Mahurin and starring Ruby Modine, below.
Impera Cover Artwork:
Impera Tracklist:
1. Imperium
2. Kaisarion
3. Spillways
4. Call Me Little Sunshine
5. Hunter’s Moon
6. Watcher in the Sky
7. Dominion
8. Twenties
9. Darkness at the Heart of My Love
10. Griftwood
11. Bite Of Passage
12. Respite On The Spitalfields
Pedro the Lion have surprise-released a new album titled Havasu. Out today via Polyvinyl and Big Scary Monsters, it’s the second in a series of five albums that started with 2019’s Phoenix. Stream it below.
Havasu sees the band reuniting with co-producer and engineer Andy D. Park, who also worked on Phoenix. Band leader David Bazan wrote, arranged, and performed most of the instruments on the record himself, with contributions from live drummer Sean T. Lane on every track, synths from longtime collaborator Andy Fitts, and a guitar riff on opener ‘Don’t Wanna Move’ from live guitarist Erik Walters. “I was psyched to open this record with it,” Bazan said in the press bio, which was penned by Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis. “I’m trying to have a flow between the records, so if people want to engage with that, there’s something there.”
Although the last three albums in the series are not fully written, Bazan sees Phoenix and Havasu together as a “completed exposition in a traditional three-act structure,” according to press materials. “I want to paint a picture of how my family and parents and everyone I love got co-opted by nationalistic, authoritarian religion,” he explained. “I’m planting the seeds for that, and my own culpability is part of it.”
To support the album, Pedro the Lion will embark on a US tour later this spring. Find the full itinerary below.
Pedro the Lion 2022 Tour Dates:
Apr 12 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar #
Apr 13 – Tulsa, OK – The Vanguard #
Apr 14 – Dallas TX – Granada Theater #
Apr 15 – Austin, TX – Mohawk #
Apr 16 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall #
Apr 18 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn #
Apr 19 – Nashville, TN – Basement East #
Apr 20 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West #
Apr 21 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle #
Apr 23 – Washington, DC – Black Cat #
Apr 24 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer #
Apr 25 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
Apr 26 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall #
Apr 28 – Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre #
Apr 29 – Columbus, OH – Skullys #
Apr 30 – Indianapolis, IN – The HI-FI #
May 1 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall #
May 3 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line #
May 22 – Boise, ID – Neurolux &
May 23 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge &
May 25 – Denver, CO – The Gothic &
May 27 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom &
May 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room &
May 29 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory &
May 31 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent &
Jun 2 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall &
Jun 3 – Seattle, WA – Showbox &
