CHVRCHES singer Lauren Mayberry has shared her second solo single, “Shame.” Listen to the track below. You never know what you’re going to get when the frontperson of a band branches out into a solo career, but “Shame” immediately feels like a Mayberry song, beginning with disjointed, industrial-sounding synths and…
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Phoenix are keeping their collaboration kick going with a remix of their Alpha Zulu cut “All Eyes on Me” that features unlikely guest Pusha T. Check out the track below. In addition to Pusha’s verses, the “All Eyes on Me” remix features vocals from Benee and production from Chad Hugo. The band…
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††† (Crosses) — the band comprised of singer Chino Moreno (Deftones) and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez — have announced a 2024 North American tour. It comes in support of the duo’s first full-length album in nine years, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., which is out today. The “Familiar World Tour”…
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It’s been a decade since CHVRCHES first released The Bones of What You Believe. Now, the band is honoring their celebrated debut album with a 10th anniversary reissue, which features four previously-unheard songs and five live recordings from 2013. “It feels quite strange that Bones is almost a decade old,”…
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Future Islands have readied their seventh studio album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore. The full project arrives January 26th, while new single “The Tower” is out now. The follow-up to 2020’s As Long as You Are, People Who Aren’t There Anymore was produced by Future Islands alongside Steve Wright, while Wright mixed the…
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Depeche Mode were back on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night for its Halloween episode, performing “My Favourite Stranger.” Like “Wagging Tongue” — which Depeche Mode performed on Fallon last Friday — “My Favourite Stranger” comes from the synth-pop icons’ most recent album Memento Mori. No obvious Halloween costumes were…
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Artists from across Canada and industry pros from across the globe met in Montreal for an enriching four-day event.
M for Montreal 2023 Put a Musical Metropolis on Display: Recap + Photos
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Future Islands have returned with “The Fight,” the latest single from their forthcoming album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore. Built around a down-tempo beat, “The Fight” is colored by an ethereal synth soundscape of hazy chords and glistening counter-melodies. Underneath, a deep, steady bass line holds down the bottom end,…
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Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Vince Clarke joins Kyle Meredith to talk Songs of Silence, his first-ever solo album. Taking inspiration from a variety of unlikely sources, the record finds the Erasure (and Depeche Mode, and Yaz) legend pointing towards drone and ambient music. The synth-pop artist…
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Indie veterans Future Islands have returned with their seventh studio album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore. People Who Aren’t There Anymore — which we named as one of the most anticipated albums of 2024 — finds the synth-pop quartet exploring an even moodier palate than prior records. It was produced by the…
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Future Islands have mapped out a 2024 North American tour in support of their new album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore. Kicking off in Boston on June 19th, the trek includes stops in New York City, Nashville, Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles, and more before wrapping up on September 28th in…
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The James Ford-produced album arrives in April through Parlophone.
Pet Shop Boys Announce New Album Nonetheless, Reveal First Single “Loneliness”: Stream
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††† (Crosses) — the duo of Chino Moreno (Deftones) and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez — recruited Run the Jewels rapper El-P for the track “Big Youth” on their 2023 album, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. Now they’ve teamed up for the song’s music video. The clip arrives a day…
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OMD, aka Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, have mapped out a North American tour for Fall 2024 in support of their latest album, Bauhaus Staircase. Kicking off on September 11th in Vancouver, the North American leg will continue with dates in Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago, Toronto, New York City, and…
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Pet Shop Boys covered David Bowie’s “All The Young Dudes” for the BBC Radio 2—with a little help from the BBC Concert Orchestra. Vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe performed the rock anthem at Maida Vale Studios (London, England) on February 23rd, along with their new single “Loneliness” and…
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