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Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen Announces Debut Solo Album, Releases New Song

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

Superbowl Shares New Trailer Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige

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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.. Enlists the xx’s Romy and HAAi for New Song ‘Lights Out’

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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.

Watch Nation of Language Perform ‘Across That Fine Line’ on ‘Colbert’

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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 Announces New Album ‘Emotional Eternal’, Shares New Song

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

Wet Leg Cover Madonna’s ‘Material Girl’

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Wet Leg appeared on SiriusXMU to perform a cover of Madonna’s ‘Material Girl’. Check it out below.

Wet Leg are set to release their debut self-titled album on April 8 via Domino. They’ve already shared the singles ‘Chaise Longue’, ‘Wet Dream’, and ‘Too Late Now’, all of which made our best new music segment. Last month, the duo made their debut television appearance on Seth Meyers. 

Ghost Announce New Album ‘Impera’, Share Video for New Single

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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 Release Surprise New Album ‘Havasu’: Listen

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 &

# with Oceanator
& with Charlotte Cornfield

Sigrid and Griff Team Up on New Song ‘Head on Fire’

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Sigrid and Griff have joined forces on a new track called ‘Head on Fire’. The track arrives with an accompanying video, which you can check out below.

Talking about the collaboration, Sigrid said in a statement: “Griff and I met sharing a pizza at the Rueben Selby show at Fashion Week in London, haha. We went to the studio a while later and just had a day of talking about life, before writing ‘Head On Fire’. It’s about that feeling when you meet someone who just flips everything upside down and you can’t focus on anything else but that person. Sarah’s just lovely, and it’s been so much fun working with her.”

Griff added: “I’ve looked up to Sigrid so much, especially as a young girl who broke through making powerful, credible pop music. So I was excited to hear she wanted to write. We hung out and made ‘Head On Fire’, this really fun, feel-good song, and I’m excited for the world to finally hear us on a track together.”

Griff released her debut mixtape, One Foot in Front of the Other, last year. Sigrid has been teasing the follow-up to her 2019 album Sucker Punch with the new singles ‘Mirror’ and ‘Burning Bridges’.

Arca Remixes Laurie Anderson’s ‘Big Science’

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Arca has remixed the title track from Laurie Anderson’s 1982 album Big Science. Produced in Arca’s Barcelona home studio in the summer of 2021, the reworking is out via Nonesuch Records, which recently reissued Big Science on red vinyl. Give it a listen below.

Last year, Arca released a series of albums – KICK ii, KicK iii, kick iiii, and kiCK iiiii – in the span of four days.