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Listen: Mura Masa shares new single, ‘No Hope Generation’

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Mura Masa has announced details of his much-anticipated second album, ‘R.Y.C’, alongside sharing the project’s second single, ‘No Hope Generation’.

Set for release in January, ‘R.Y.C’ (Raw Youth Collage) will span 11 new songs and include appearances from slowthai, Tirzah, Georgia and Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice. The producer (real name Alex Crossan) will also step out on several tracks as lead-vocalist too.

Fresh from headlining Manchester’s Warehouse Project and an appearance at Reading & Leeds Festival, the tease of ‘R.Y.C’ also coincides with the announcement of a huge global headline tour for 2020 – including a massive London date at Alexandra Palace on February 20th. Pre-sale for these shows is open now, with general sale beginning on November 1st.

Grab a listen to ‘No Hope Generation’ below; Mura Masa’s tour schedule can also be found underneath:

Mura Masa 2020 UK Tour Dates:
Thu 20 Feb – Alexandra Palace, London
Sat 22 Feb – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester

Hear Kanye West’s new album ‘Jesus Is King’

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Kanye West has finally released his long-awaited (and heavily-delayed) album, ‘Jesus Is King’.

The project, Kanye’s ninth solo effort, follows on from last year’s warmly-received ‘Ye’; yet this time West has put his Christian faith front-and-centre. In a recent interview with Zane Lowe on Apple’s Beats 1, the rapper/producer told the presenter that he’d been living an increasingly Christian-friendly lifestyle, including actively trying to cut back on cursing and even asking unmarried collaborators to abstain from sex while working on the project.

With his coveted Sunday Service taking inspiration here, ‘Jesus Is King’ marks the first of two quasi-religious records for Kanye; the follow-up, ‘Jesus Is Born’ is expected to land on Christmas Day. Excitably, the credit-list is one to take note of too – the likes of Ty Dolla $ign, Clipse, Kenny G, Timbaland, Labrinth and Francis and the Lights are among the heavy list of contributors.

Grab a listen to ‘Jesus Is King’ in all its glory, below [via both Spotify and Apple Music]:

Listen: Coldplay share two new songs ‘Orphans’ and ‘Arabesque’

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Earlier this week Coldplay announced their return with their forthcoming record ‘Everyday Life’.

Set for release on 22nd November, the double-album comes falls under two chapters – ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Sunset’ – eight songs will appear under each part, marking 16 new tracks in full.

Earlier today (24th October), Coldplay-frontman Chris Martin debuted the first two cuts from the record, both premiered as Annie Mac’s latest BBC Radio 1 Hottest Records.

Listen to ‘Orphans’ and ‘Arabesque’ below:

Hear The 1975’s new single, ‘Frail State of Mind’

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Source: The 1975, Twitter

The 1975 have released their new single, ‘Frail State of Mind’.

Premiered by Zane Lowe on Apple’s Beats 1, the track follows on from August’s frantic ‘People‘ and appears as the fourth single from the band’s upcoming new studio album ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’, which lands in February.

Listen below:

Hear Little Dragon’s new single ‘Tongue Kissing’

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Little Dragon - Tongue Kissing (Source: YouTube; artwork Lena Mačka)

Little Dragon have announced their playful new single ‘Tongue Kissing’ alongside a host of European and North American tour dates.

Picking up where last year’s ‘Lover Chanting‘ left off (“a song for all the lovers out there”) left off, ‘Tongue Kissing’ is four minutes of glittering, off-kilter pop, which sees frontwoman Yukimi Nagano muse on embracing life’s challenges head-on. “The song is very much about taking brave steps” explains the band – “facing your own demons and tongue kissing with life, not holding back but going all in with all that it entails, every moment in your face”.

Regarding the band’s live shows, their extensive 2020 tour will see them play multiple venues in both continents, including a headline date at London’s esteemed Brixton Academy on 26th March.

Check out ‘Tongue Kissing’, alongside their European tour dates, below:

Little Dragon – 2020 European Tour schedule
09 March – Berns, Stockholm, Sweden
10 March – VEGA, Coopenhagen, Denmark
12 March – Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
13 March – Niebo, Warsaw, Poland
15 March – Roxy Prague, Czech Republic
16 March – Flex Vienna, Austria
18 March – Mascotte, Zurich, Switzerland
19 March – Santeria Toscana 31, Milan, Italy
21 March – Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
23 March – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
25 March – Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France
26 March – 02 Brixton Academy, London, UK. >>TICKETS<<

Watch The 1975’s new lyric video for ‘People’

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The 1975 have shared the official lyric video for ‘People’.

Taken from their upcoming fourth studio record ‘Notes On Conditional Form’, expected to land in early-2020, ‘People’ marks a prelude to the album’s third single ‘Frail State of Mind’, due out Friday 25th October.

Watch the lyric video below:

Listen: Lapsley – ‘My Love Was Like The Rain’

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Photo: Lapsley official Instagram - 22nd October 2019

Lapsley has returned following a three-year hiatus with her new single ‘My Love Was Like The Rain’.

Premiered on BBC Radio 1 as the station’s latest ‘Hottest Record’, ‘My Love Was Like The Rain’ marks the firing gun for the young artist’s upcoming new body of work, preceded by her forthcoming ‘These Elements’ EP, which lands next month. Lapsley’s last studio endeavour was her 2016 debut, ‘Long Way Home’.

Listen / watch the video below; the four-song ‘These Elements’ EP lands on 22nd November:

Liam Gallagher on Glastonbury 2020: “Fuckin’ hell, why not?”

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Credit - Stefan Brending

Liam Gallagher has expressed his hopes to return to Glastonbury Festival in 2020 following his acclaimed performance earlier this summer.

In a new interview with GQ, the former Oasis-frontman was asked if, after two appearances at the festival, he’d be “looking to make it a hat-trick” for the 2020 50th anniversary. In response, Liam replied “Fuckin’ hell, why not? I’ll play it again. I’m not arsed about headlining. I’ve fuckin’ done all that. I’ll put it out there: I’ll play a tent anywhere. A little small gig in a little sweaty tent will do me, man.” Gallagher continued – “…But I’m certainly not arsed about fuckin’ headlining or being on another stage. Get me in a fuckin’ little moody tent and it’s fuckin’ sweating, it’ll go off.”

The star’s 2019 appearance on the Pyramid Stage was heralded by many publications as one of this year’s Glastonbury highlights, with the NME citing it as “pure, uncut rock’n’roll at it’s very best”.

Watch him perform ‘Roll With It’, below:

Lapsley confirms return with new music

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Photo: Lapsley official Instagram - 22nd October 2019

It’s bene three years since Lapsley last shared new music, by way of her gorgeous debut album ‘Long Way Home’. Sure, we’ve had DJ Koze’s excellent rework of ‘Operator’ to keep us company on the dancefloors since, but it’s safe to say that the young singer/songwriter/producer’s lack of presence on the scene has had us pining for more for a long while.

Never fear though, the first taste of Lapsley’s next chapter is now incoming.

Sharing a preview of her new song ‘My Love Was Like The Rain’ on Twitter earlier today, the singer also teased an imminent release of 22nd October for the first cut of what’s expected to be album number two.

Catch the teaser below; ‘My Love Was Like The Rain’ will be premiered on BBC Radio 1 at 7.30pm GMT, 22nd October.

Glastonbury 2020: Carl Cox self-confirms

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Carl Cox has confirmed he’ll be returning to Glastonbury for 2020 as part of the Festival’s 50th anniversary.

Revealing the news to DJ Mag after winning the Highest Techno gong in the publication’s annual Top 100 list, the legendary DJ/producer confirmed his 2020 tour intentions with a host of festival and live shows, saying “We’ve got 50 years of Glastonbury coming up – I’m looking forward to be playing that, something that will be a landmark of Glastonbury musical history”.

Cox has become a regular fixture at Worthy Farm over the years, recently taking to Arcadia’s new Pangea setup in summer 2019; the DJ becomes now the third big-scale act confirmed for 2020 after announcements from Wolf Alice and Diana Ross.

Glastonbury Festival returns on 24th June 2020.