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Massive Attack Guitarist Angelo Bruschini Dead From Lung Cancer

Massive Attack guitarist Angelo Bruschini has died after a battle with lung cancer. Massive Attack shared the news on social media, writing, “RIP Angelo. A singularly brilliant & eccentric talent. Impossible to quantify your contribution to the Massive Attack canon. How lucky we were to share such a life together.”

The Blue Aeroplanes, another band Bruschini was in, confirmed the news in a Facebook post yesterday. “We’re devastated to announce the passing of our brother Angelo Bruschini,” the post read. “Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time. Rest In Peace Ange.” Bruschini’s wife, Jessica, wrote in a Facebook post that he died on October 23 at 12:15 a.m. “from a rare and aggressive cancer — pleomorphic carcinoma.”

Bruschini announced his lung cancer diagnosis back in July, writing on Facebook: “Twice now I have been told ‘Good luck’ by specialist’s at the hospital over lung cancer, I think I’m fucked! Had a great life, seen the world many many times, met lots of wonderful people, but the door is closing, think I will write a book.”

Raised in Bristol, Bruschini joined Massive Attack in the 1990s and played on records such as 1998’s Mezzanine and 2003’s 100th Window. He was also a member of bands including the Numbers and Rimshots, produced Strangelove’s self-titled album in 1997, and played on Jane Taylor’s 2005 single ‘Blowing This Candle Out’.

The Kills Release New Single ‘Wasterpiece’

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The Kills have dropped a new single, ‘Wasterpiece’, ahead of the release of their new album God Games this Friday (October 27). It follows previous cuts ‘New York’, ‘LA Hex’, and ‘103’. Today, the band has also announced 30-date tour across North America. Check out a video for the new song find the list of tour dates below.

The Kills 2024 Tour Dates:

Feb 2 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Feb 3 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
Feb 5 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
Feb 6 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Commodore Ballroom
Feb 7 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Feb 9 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
Feb 10 Denver, CO – Summit
Feb 12 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Feb 13 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Feb 14 Chicago, IL – The Riviera Theatre
Feb 16 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
Feb 17 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
Feb 18 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Feb 20 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
Feb 21 Montreal, Quebec – M Telus
Feb 23 Boston, MA – Royale
Feb 24 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Feb 26 New York, NY – Webster Hall
Mar 1 Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
Mar 2 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Mar 4 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
Mar 5 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
Mar 7 Houston, TX – House of Blues Houston
Mar 8 Austin, TX – Stubb’s
Mar 9 Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas
Mar 11 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
Mar 12 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Mar 14 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Mar 15 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Mar 16 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater

Watch Arlo Parks Perform ‘Weightless’ on ‘Colbert’

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Arlo Parks appeared on last night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where she performed the song ‘Weightless’. Watch a replay of the performance below.

‘Weightless’ is lifted from Arlo Parks’ sophomore LP, My Soft Machine, which came out in May. In September, the singer-songwriter published her debut book, The Magic Border: Poetry and Fragments From My Soft Machine.

Charly Bliss Share Video for New Single ‘I Need a New Boyfriend’

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Charly Bliss have dropped a new single, ‘I Need a New Boyfriend’. Following previous single ‘You Don’t Even Know Me Anymore’, the track comes paired with a video directed by the band’s Dan Shure, as well as the Bliss Finder website, a dating profile generator that fans can play around with. Check it out below.

“I think the best breakup songs are celebratory. Thankfully, decades of dating the wrong people has prepared me to write the emo, palm-muted breakup song of my dreams,” Eva Hendricks explained in a statement. “I was in Australia when Dan had the idea for this video, so we had to create a fictional Bliss Bar where we could all be together for Speed Dating Night. I bought the entire clay aisle of our local craft store and had a lot of fun creating a miniature version of the set that we could all be green screened into. Dan is the world’s best director and editor and did an incredible job pulling everything together. Please contact CB Worldwide if you believe you may be entitled to a new boyfriend.”

Water From Your Eyes Announce ‘Crushed By Everyone’, Share Mandy, Indiana Remix of ‘Remember Not My Name’

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Water From Your Eyes have announced Crushed By Everyone, a song-by-song rework of the duo’s latest album Everyone’s Crushed. It’s out November 17 via Matador. Today, they’ve shared Mandy, Indiana’s remix of ‘Remember Not My Name’, Sword II’s take on ‘Open’, and fantasy of a broken heart’s version of ‘Buy My Product’, as well as their own reimagining of ‘Barley’. Take a listen below.

“It’s amazing to live at a time in which so many incredible musicians have the ability not only to inspire us, but to envision our existing works in their own unique practices,” Water From Your Eyes said in a statement. “We are so grateful that all of these talented artists spent their invaluable time and energy on this project. We hope that you enjoy listening to these remixes as much as we have.”

Check out our Artist Spotlight interviews with Water from Your Eyes and Mandy, Indiana.

Crushed By Everyone Cover Artwork:

Crushed By Everyone Tracklist:

1. Structure (The Cradle Version)
2. Crushed Barley
3. Out There (The Dare Version)
4. Open (Sword II Version)
5. Everyone’s Crushed (Kassie Krut Version)
6. True Life (Nourished by Time Version)
7. Remember Not My Name (Mandy, Indiana Version)
8. 14 (Jute Gyte Version)
9. Buy My Product (fantasy of a broken heart Version)

Coco Announce New Album, Unveil Video for New Song ‘Mythological Man’

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Coco – the project of Maia Friedman (Dirty Projectors), Oliver Hill (Pavo Pavo), and Dan Molad (Lucius) – have announced their new LP, 2, which is out March 1 via First City Artists. The follow-up to the band’s 2021 self-titled debut is led by the single ‘Mythological Man’, which comes with a self-directed video. Check it out below, and scroll down for the album cover, tracklist, and Coco’s upcoming tour dates.

“This song sprang from nothing while we were cooking dinner in Joshua Tree,” the band said of ‘Mythological Man’ in a statement. “Danny was playing a little eight-note tongue twister on the piano, and we were joking about a familiar archetype: the man who projects consummate togetherness. He carefully self-curates and jumps through all the proper hoops to receive affirmation, but his deepest desire, companionship, is tragically elusive. With delight we realized that the piano melody mapped neatly onto the lyric ʻsee the mythological man,ʼ and the rest of the story and music quickly snowballed.”

Talking about 2, the band explained: “When we started, we were all either single or in old relationships, living in different places, with different haircuts, priorities and perspectives. Though it’s only been a few years, the band has seen us through fundamental transformations in each of our lives, which we are fortunate enough to process together.”

Cover Artwork:

Tracklist:

1. Any Other Way
2. Moodrings
3. For George
4. Mythological Man
5. Precious Things
6. Wheel
7. The Swimmer
8. Cora Lu
9. Do This Right

Coco 2024 Tour Dates:

Tue Apr 9 – Boston, MA – 939 Cafe
Wed Apr 10 – Philadelphia, PA – Milkboy
Fri Apr 12 – Washington, DC – Atlantis
Sat Apr 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Babyʼs All Right
Thu Apr 18 – Chicago, IL – The Hideout
Sat Apr 20 – Davenport, IA – Racoon Motel
Sun Apr 21 – Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
Tue Apr 30 – Seattle, WA – Sunset
Wed May 1 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Fri May 3 – San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord
Sat May 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan Lounge

Green Day Announce New Album, Release New Song ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’

Green Day are back with news of their next album, Saviors. The follow-up to 2020’s Father of All… is due to arrive on January 19 via Reprise/Warner. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new song ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’, alongside a video featuring the band in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. It was directed by Brendan Walter and Ryan Baxley and shot in Los Angeles. Check it out below, and scroll down for Saviors‘ details.

‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’ was one of the last songs Green Day wrote and recorded for Saviors, according to a press release. “As soon we cut it, we said, ‘Okay, that’s going first,” Billie Joe Armstrong said in a statement, describing the song as “a look at the way the traditional American Dream doesn’t work for a lot of people – in fact, it’s hurting a lot of people.”

Green Day recorded Saviors with producer Rob Cavallo, who produced 1994’s Dookie and 2004’s American Idiot.

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Chelsea Wolfe Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Single

Chelsea Wolfe has announced her new album, She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She, with a video for the new single ‘Whispers in the Echo Chamber’. Featuring the previously released single ‘Dusk’, which we named a Song of the Week, the follow-up to 2019’s Birth of Violence arrives February 9 via Loma Vista. Below, check out the new visual, directed by Geoge Gallardo Kattah and filmed in Colombia, and scroll down for the LP’s cover art and tracklist.

Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She was produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek and mixed by Shawn Everett. “It’s a record about the past self reaching out to the present self reaching out to the future self to summon change, growth, and guidance,” Wolfe explained in a press release. “It’s a story of freeing yourself from situations and patterns that are holding you back in order to become self-empowered. It’s an invitation to step into your authenticity.”

Of the ‘Whispers in the Echo Chamber’ video, Wolfe added: “This video feels like a love story between myself and my sleep paralysis entity, who, for the sake of this video, represents a calm inner voice cutting through mental chatter and anxiety to help guide me towards a more authentic path. From the inward to the outward, this entity shows me the expansiveness of new possibilities, if only I’ll take the first difficult steps.”

She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She Cover Artwork:

She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She Tracklist:

1. Whispers in the Echo Chamber
2. House of Self-Undoing
3. Everything Turns Blue
4. Tunnel Lights
5. The Liminal
6. Eyes Like Nightshade
7. Salt
8. Unseen World
9. Place in the Sun
10. Dusk

Future Islands Announce New Album, Share Video for New Single ‘The Tower’

Future Islands have announced a new album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore, which is slated for release on January 26 via 4AD. The follow-up to 2020’s As Long As You Are includes the previously shared tracks ‘Peach’, ‘King of Sweden’, and ‘Deep in the Night’, as well as a new single, ‘The Tower’. The track comes with a music video directed by Jonathan van Tulleken, who worked with singer Samuel T. Herring on the Apple TV+ series The Changeling. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.

“Anyone who’s seen Sam on stage shape shift with his whole body and voice from heart wrenchingly tender to fantastically ferocious knows that he is a truly, magnetic, performer,” van Tulleken said in a statement. “This was no small reason why he was cast for a role in The Changeling, where he plays a complex character who appears to be one thing whilst actually another. It was a role that would be no easy task for even the most seasoned actor, but Sam, applying all his stagecraft, charisma, smarts, and natural empathy, absolutely nailed it, producing a riveting performance. I loved working with someone who came to acting via this persona they had built in their music. To then get to collaborate on a music video with him was a delight, especially one which explores that duality of light and dark literally and metaphorically. Finding that same captivating, haunting, performance but this time with the track as script.”

People Who Aren’t There Anymore Cover Artwork:

People Who Aren’t There Anymore Tracklist:

1. King of Sweden
2. The Tower
3. Deep In The Night
4. Say Goodbye
5. Give Me The Ghost Back
6. Corner Of My Eye
7. The Thief
8. Iris
9. The Fight
10. Peach
11. The Sickness
12. The Garden Wheel

Katy Kirby Announces New Album ‘Blue Raspberry’, Shares Video for New Song

New York-based singer-songwriter Katy Kirby has announced her second album and first for ANTI- Records, Blue Raspberry. It’s out January 26, 2024, and it includes the previously shared single ‘Cubic Zirconia’, as well as a new song called ‘Table’. The track arrives with a music video directed by Lane Rodges. Check it out and find Blue Raspberry‘s details below.

According to Kirby, ‘Table’ is “a thematic outlier on this record, and more of a lighthearted leftover from my god-haunted past life – it’s the last on the album and sort of serves as an epilogue or outro for the rest of the songs. Most importantly it’s quite fun to sing.”

Blue Raspberry is the follow-up to Kirby’s debut Cool Dry Place. “This record is much more personal than I intended it to be. I was in a period of experimenting with how I write, and what came out was a song about a woman, about an imagined her – I didn’t think I was writing as or about myself, but these kinds of songs kept coming out, with fragments of overlapping lyrics linking them together like beads on a string. They seemed to inhabit the same world.”

“I felt like I was intending to write love songs for the first time. Once I realized they were queer love songs and celebrating artificiality, I wanted them to sound like they were bidding for a spot in the wedding reception canon,” she added. “It was more fun to just go for it than to try to restrain ourselves. Especially if we were just accepting the fact that we were trying to make objectively beautiful music, whatever that means.”

Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with Kary Kirby.

Blue Raspberry Cover Artwork:

Blue Raspberry Tracklist:

1. Redemption Arc
2. Fences
3. Cubic Zirconia
4. Hand to Hand
5. Wait Listen
6. Drop Dead
7. Party of the Century
8. Alexandria
9. Salt Crystal
10. Blue Raspberry
11. Table