bar italia – the London-based trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, and Sam Fenton – have signed to Matador, marking the announcement with the new single ‘Nurse!’. Check it out below.
bar italia released their first album, Quarrel, in 2020 via Dean Blunt’s World Music label, following it up with 2021’s bedhead. Last year, they shared a series of singles, including ‘Banks’, ‘miracle crush’, and ‘Polly Armour’.
The Cure have announced their first North American tour dates since 2016. Their Songs of the Lost World tour, which took the across Europe last year, will come to North America this summer, with the Twilight Sad opening all shows. Find the list of dates, which include three nights at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl and New York’s Madison Square Garden, below.
Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster Verified Fan on March 15 at 10am local time. “THE CURE HAVE AGREED ALL TICKET PRICES, AND APART FROM A FEW HOLLYWOOD BOWL CHARITY SEATS, THERE WILL BE NO ‘PLATINUM’ OR ‘DYNAMICALLY PRICED’ TICKETS ON THIS TOUR,” the Cure noted in a statement.
The Cure 2023 Tour Dates:
May 10 – New Orleans, LA – Smootie King Center *
May 12 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center *
May 13 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion *
May 14 – Austin, TX – Moody Center *
May 16 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater *
May 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena *
May 20 – San Diego, CA – NICU Amphitheatre *
May 23-25 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl *
May 27 – San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre *
Jun 1 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena *
Jun 2 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena *
Jun 4 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena *
Jun 6 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre *
Jun 8 – Minneapolis, MN – XCel Energy Center *
Jun 10 – Chicago, IL – United Center *
Jun 11 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center *
Jun 13 – Detroit, MI – Pine Knob Music Center *
Jun 14 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage *
Jun 16 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre *
Jun 18 – Boston, MA – Xfinity Center *
Jun 20-22 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
Jun 24 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Arena *
Jun 25 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion *
Jun 27 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena *
Jun 29 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena *
Jul 1 – Miami, FL – Miami-Dade Arena *
* with the Twilight Sad
On March 31, Concord Jazz will release a new album inspired by Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew titled London Brew, which features contributions from Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings, Dave Okumu, Tom Skinner, Benji B, Theon Cross, and more. Today, we get to hear the second single from it, ‘Raven Lies Low’, following ‘Miles Chases New Voodoo in the Church’. Check it out below.
Violinist Raven Bush commented in a statement: “Being able to play in a beautiful studio with this amazing group of musicians was an honour. With this type of record-making process, the music is just constantly unfolding in the room, so many brilliant moments are passing you by. I’m always somewhere else during improvisations… It was great to be reminded of this vibe we had going, I’m into it.”
“When a recording session like this happens, the amount of ideas that gets generated is considerable,” he continued. “I don’t know how Martin [Terefe] and Bruce [Lampcov] managed to choose what made the album, there were so many dope moments!”
Producer and guitarist Martin Terefe added: “When I started mixing the section that became ‘Raven Flies Low’ I fell into focusing on the continuous flow Raven’s violin melodies and electronic pedal orchestrations. His mini compositions moved so brilliantly under the radar and this one blew my mind. I chose the title inspired by the track ‘John McLaughlin’ on Bitches Brew. Simply a hats off to a maestro at work.”
Silver Moth, a new collective that involves Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, have shared the latest single from their debut LP, Black Bay. Following lead cut ‘Mother Tongue’, the track was written in tribute to Elisabeth Elektra and Stuart Braithwaite’s close friend, Alanna, who passed away suddenly. Listen to it below.
Black Bay is set for release on April 21 via Bella Union.
Tiny Ruins have shared a new single, ‘Dogs Dreaming’, the latest preview of their upcoming album Ceremony. It follows previous offerings ‘The Crab / Waterbaby’ and ‘Dorothy Bay’. Take a listen below.
Ceremony, the follow-up to the New Zealand band’s 2019 record Olympic Girls, is due out April 28 on Marathon Artists.
Moreish Idols have released a new track, ‘Between These Ears’, via Speedy Wunderground. It follows the South London band’s recent single ‘Nocturnal Creatures’. “‘Between These Ears’ is a silhouette of someone not quite at home anywhere, wading in the mud, somewhere in-between making and missing the point,” the band remarked in a press release. Check it out below.
Christine and the Queens has announced a new album called PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE. Out June 9, the follow-up to last year’s Redcar les adorables étoiles (prologue) features guest appearances from Madonna and 070 Shake as well as production from Mike Dean. Check out the Chris-directed video for the new single ‘To be honest’, and scroll down for the LP’s cover artwork (by Paolo Roversi) and tracklist.
“This new record is the second part of an operatic gesture that also encompassed 2022’s Redcar les adorables étoiles,” Chris explained in a press release. “Taking inspiration from the glorious dramaturgy of Tony Kushner’s iconic play, Angels in America, Redcar felt colourful and absurd like Prior sent to his insane dream-space. The follow-up PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE is a key towards heart-opening transformation, a prayer towards the self – the one that breathes through all the loves it is made of. Prior’s real agony in Angels in America is a deep, painful becoming, a shedding of all waters and memories, that then allows angels to immerse deep too, and offer back profound, narrative-altering love – a rest in true love.”
PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE Cover Artwork:
PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE Tracklist:
1. Overture
2. Tears can be so soft
3. Marvin descending
4. A day in the water
5. Full Of Life
6. Angels crying in my bed [feat. Madonna]
7. Track 10
8. Overture [feat. Mike Dean]
9. He’s been shining for ever, your son
10. Flowery days
11. I met an angel [feat. Madonna]
12. True love [feat. 070 Shake]
13. Let me touch you once [feat. 070 Shake]
14. Aimer, puis vivre
15. Shine
16. We have to be friends
17. Lick the light out [feat. Madonna]
18. To be honest
19. I feel like an angel
20. Big eye
Running your own company can give you a great amount of freedom and control over how you spend your day. However, this may also mean that you need to deal with the responsibility of making money, and distributing it where you see fit. Considering how to make better choices with this could make your business more profitable, and even potentially make it a nicer place to work.
You may already have savings for your personal life, but you might want to consider how you could use them within your business as well. Should you pay yourself a salary out of profits, you might want to think about putting some of that money into an ISA. Using one, such as the provider found here, could allow you to increase your capital, giving you more to potentially put back into your business. It could also be a good idea to discuss the importance of saving with your team, so that they can also learn to make better financial decisions. There may be a limit to how much you can save within this type of account so, should you wish to save more, you might want to look into different types of business savings that could help you to grow even more.
Within your business morals and values, you might also want to try and be an integrated part of your community, helping others while still getting on with your daily jobs. Some of these strategies could help your business itself, whereas others might help others around you. The benefit of this can be that it might improve public opinion of your brand. Donating to charities may make people think more highly of you. In addition to this, you might be able to offset some of your business tax. You may also prefer the idea of giving some of your profits to those who could really benefit from it, rather than paying it in taxes.
There can be a number of benefits to keeping a good team within your company. This can help with client liaison, especially if they build up that rapport with the employee they speak to. There may also be some financial benefits that you might not have previously considered. Recruiting new staff can be costly, from needing to put up advertisements, to spending time interviewing. In addition to this, you might also need to pay or spend time training new recruits. Having a dedicated team and a happy workplace may make it less likely that people want to leave. The experience that employees can get from working for you for a long time may also aid them in being better at their job, which could also lead to a higher number of sales, or even returning clients.
Looking after your business can involve a lot of financial consideration. Whether you want to build up your savings, or even find ways to better spend your money, it could be a good idea to really think about some positive changes you could make.
NOIA has offered another preview of her upcoming debut LP, gisela. It’s called ‘verano adentro’, and it follows the previously released songs ‘eclipse de amor’, featuring Ela Minus, and ‘didn’t know’, featuring Buscabulla. Give it a listen below.
“‘Verano Adentro (Summer Inside)’ is a song about a suspended feeling of quiet and peace, about those small moments when no one can take away your joy or your feeling at peace with the world,” Gisela Fullà-Silvestre explained in a statement. “The song is also a small ode to the rooftops of Barcelona. laying in the sun near the laundry drying. To me the beat feels a bit deconstructed, half done, and somehow it has a woody texture. I hope that the song brings a bit of warmth, the kind of warmth that a mid afternoon ray of sun coming through the window feels when you’re taking a nap on a winter day.”
gisela is set to drop March 31 on Cascine.
Lucy Dacus has shared the official music video for ‘Night Shift’, a single from her 2018 sophomore LP Historian. The clip is directed by Jane Schoenbrun (We’re All Going to the World’s Fair) and featuring Dacus, Jasmin Savoy Brown (Yellowjackets), E.R. Fightmaster, Liza Anne, and more. It was filmed at the Poconos Palace in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Watch it below.
Matador will be celebrating the fifth anniversary of Historian with a vinyl reissue, which is due out May 26 and will feature Dacus’ first draft of the original album artwork. Its follow-up, Home Video, came out in 2021. boygenius, Dacus’ group with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, are releasing their debut full-length, the record, on March 31.
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