Home Blog Page 123

NAO announces 2019 UK tour dates; details new album ‘Saturn’

NAO has announced her return to the road ahead of the release of the singer’s anticipated second album ‘Saturn’.

Revealed earlier today, alongside sharing the album’s name and release date, the Londoner will hit the road next March, stopping in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol. She will conclude her UK stint at the O2 Brixton Academy on 28th March.

‘Saturn’, which follows her 2016 debut ‘For All We Know’ will be relaesed on October 26th, and has already been preceded by ‘Another Lifetime’ and ‘Make It Out Alive’. In the press release, NAO says “My friends kept telling me about the term ‘Saturn Returns’. It’s this idea that Saturn takes 29 years to orbit from when you’re born and it is the planet of blessings and growth. So by the time you’re around 29, between 27 and 32, something big happens in your life. It’s like waking up and coming of age, like: ‘I’ve been going through my twenties and what have I been doing in this relationship?’ What have I been doing in this job?’ You start to rethink everything – old stuff that your parents taught you or ideas that you believed in. It’s like a complete shedding of skin and it can be painful.”

Tickets for her UK tour are onsale now. Check the full schedule and ticket info below:

Buy NAO 2019 UK Tour tickets (incl presale)

NAO 2019 UK Tour dates:
20th March – Albert Hall, Manchester
21st March – Leeds Beckett University Students Union, Leeds
22nd March – O2 Institute Birmingham, Digbeth
26th March – O2 Academy Bristol
28th March – O2 Brixton Academy, London

Hear High Contrast’s new belter ‘God Only Knows’

High Contrast has returned, and with a banger too! Taking The Beach Boys’ classic ‘God Only Knows’ straight into Dnb/dancefloor territories, the producer releases the song off the back of a hectic touring schedule that has seen him hit international festivals and UK events across the summer.

Grab a listen to ‘God Only Knows’ below:

Stream a preview of Mark Ronson and Chaka Khan’s ‘Keep Reachin’

0

Earlier in the year, Chaka Khan revealed she had been in the studio with Mark Ronson, teasing fans to “watch out for the new stuff”. Fast-forward a few months, and Ronson has now revealed that their new collaboration is just around the corner.

Announcing via his Instagram moments ago, Ronson revealed that both himself and the soul icon had been working together on the soundtrack to ‘Quincy’, a new film documenting the life and times of Quincy Jones. Of their forthcoming song ‘Keep Reachin’, the producer says “a little while ago, i was asked to work on the end credits song for “Quincy”, the definitive documentary on the life and career of @QuincyJones -directed by @rashidajones and alan hicks. andrew wyatt (@wyattish) and i sat through a rough cut and were so moved by this film and his story, we knew we had really better come up with something seriously worthy of the legacy. so we called on one of the greatest singers of all time Chaka Khan and our good friend @jeffbhasker and we wrote a song called “Keep Reachin”, you can hear a little bit of it at the end of this trailer. and i can’t wait to bring you the whole thing very soon. Mark”

Grab a preview of ‘Keep Reachin’, below:

View this post on Instagram

a little while ago, i was asked to work on the end credits song for “Quincy”, the definitive documentary on the life and career of @QuincyJones -directed by @rashidajones and alan hicks. andrew wyatt (@wyattish) and i sat through a rough cut and were so moved by this film and his story, we knew we had really better come up with something seriously worthy of the legacy. so we called on one of the greatest singers of all time Chaka Khan and our good friend @jeffbhasker and we wrote a song called “Keep Reachin”, you can hear a little bit of it at the end of this trailer. and i can’t wait to bring you the whole thing very soon. Mark X p.s. can’t believe I nearly forgot about those amazing vocal arrangements and bvs from @yebbasmith!!!!

A post shared by Mark Ronson (@iammarkronson) on

Hear Maribou State’s new album ‘Kingdoms In Colour’

Maribou State have released their new album ‘Kingdoms In Colour’, the band’s first full-length since 2015’s breakthrough debut project, ‘Portraits’.

Featuring previous singles ‘Feel Good’ – a collaboration born of their friendship with Houston-based trio Khruangbin; ‘Turnmills’ – aimed at raising awareness for the The Night Time Industries Association’s #SaveNightlife campaign to protect the UK’s most vulnerable music venues from closure; and continues their long-standing relationship with Holly Walker (vocalist on fan favourites ‘Steal’ and ‘Midas’) on most recent single ‘Nervous Tics’.

Inspired by the field recordings they made around the world while travelling and touring ‘Portraits’- the duo describe ‘Kingdoms In Colour’ as a “sonic collage”, drawing on ideas and sketches that were written and recorded in places in Asia, Australia, Morocco, America and beyond.

“The first album felt quite insular for us” says Maribou State’s Chris, “not just in sound, but literally that it was all written in The Shack. We always had a bigger idea of what we wanted it to be, we wanted to create something that was palpable, that could in some way transport you to another country or another place entirely in your mind”. “The idea with Maribou State was always to draw on influences from different parts of the world” adds Liam “by travelling, sampling, recording, we wanted to create this all-encompassing thing. Which is what this second record has ended up being for us”.

Grab a listen below:

Cosha shares ‘Bladerunnin’ video; announces headline Hoxton show

0

Cosha has shared the visuals for her new track ‘Bladerunnin’, the latest song taken from her new ‘R.I.P. Bonzai’.

Recently transformed, waving goodbye to her artist pseudonym Bonzai, the singer has also confirmed her first headline show as Cosha, which will take place at London’s Hoxton Hall on November 29. Tickets can be purchased via Dice, here.

Watch the new ‘Bladerunnin’ video below:

Watch First Aid Kit’s new video for ‘Rebel Heart’

0

First Aid Kit has released the official video for ‘Rebel Heart’, whilst also announcing their upcoming ‘Tender Offerings’ EP.

Of their new eerie visual, which depicts the duo as the ringleaders of an entranced group of women, FAK say “Once again, we collaborated with our dearest friend and director Mats Udd. We wanted to create a dreamy and mysterious world. It’s an homage to old 70s horror films and the aesthetics of that era. ‘Rebel Heart’ was written in the desert after a night of experimenting with an Oujia Board and other occult themed board games. We thought the video should reflect that. It’s a song about identity and femininity. It’s about the destroyer we all have inside of us, that dark force that wants to take over. We wanted to only feature women in the video – the red moon represents a sense of sisterhood.

Watch below:

Watch Kanye West & Lil Pump’s nuts new video for ‘I Love It’

0

Directed by Spike Jonze, Kanye West and Lil Pump have shared their new video for ‘I Love It’ and it could genuinely be one of the most ridiculous visuals we’ve seen in years.

Premiered at the first annual Pornhub Awards in LA (yep, seriously), the video appears off the back of Kanye being announced as the ceremony’s creative director.

Watch, in awe, below:

Hear Paul Woolford and Mercer jump on the remix of Boston Bun’s ‘Spread Love (Paddington)’

Boston Bun has invited Paul Woolford and Mercer onto remix duties of this summer’s massive ‘Spread Love (Paddington)’.

Featuring Justice collaborator DVNO and released in its initial guise back in June, the song has already amassed over 10 million combined streams across the globe, having additionally received nods by the likes of Annie Mac and Zane Lowe.

Listen to Paul Woolford and Mercer’s edits below:

Listen: MØ shares brand new single ‘Way Down’

0

MØ has shared the latest single off her forthcoming album, ‘Forever Neverland’.

Set for release in October, the new project has already seen MØ reunite with Diplo (on ‘Sun In Our Eyes‘), whilst the record itself will also see an unreleased partnership with Charli XCX on ‘If It’s Over’.

Listen to ‘Way Down’ below:

Hear Childish Gambino debut new songs ‘Algorhythm’ and ‘All Night’

0

Last night saw Donald Glover launch his ‘This Is America’ tour at Atlanta’s Infinite Energy Arena. Telling the crowd “If you’re at this show know it’s the last Gambino tour ever,” Glover then reminded fans that he’d be releasing only one more album as his Childish Gambino moniker. Fittingly, he also opened the show by previewing two new tracks, ‘Algorhythm’ and ‘All Night’.

Catch the footage below:

View this post on Instagram

#childishgambino #atl #theexperience ence

A post shared by Sherry Ceo (@aries4507) on