R&B crooner Marr Grey first landed on our radar back in the summer when OVO Sound Radio shared the unreleased Safe House. Captivating us back then, Maryland-based Grey has now returned with the shimmering Say Something. Produced by Stwo, the song has once again been given props by Drake’s Beats 1 show, and it’s mighty-appetising to say the least!
Vibe out below:
Jax Jones has followed the success of his Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don-featuring Instruction by announcing his headline UK and Ireland tour.
Set to kick off on 1st December at London’s Electric Brixton, the South Londoner will then travel across the country, stopping at Newcastle, Glasgow and Manchester. He will also play a show at Dublin’s Button Factory on 8th December.
Tickets are onsale now – hit the link below for more info. The full tour schedule follows:
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01/12 – Electric Brixton, London
02/12 – O2 Academy, Newcastle
08/12 – The Button Factory, Dublin
09/12 – TV Studios, Glasgow
15/12 – Warehouse Project, Manchester
Mike Skinner has announced plans to reform The Streets for a one-off greatest hits tour next year.
Dubbed The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light, the six-show stint will see Skinner and co hit Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds. The shows will then conclude with a double helping at London’s Brixton Academy on 25/26th April. **UPDATE: third date added for 27th April**
Skinner’s last tour as The Streets was six years back, in support of their final album Computers and Blues.
Announcing the news earlier this evening, Mike said “I’ve missed tour buses very much. Which is the least of the reasons why I have decided to tour The Streets again. The other thing I’ve missed is trying to think up what I’m going to say in the gap between the songs. When you DJ they tell you that you don’t need a tour bus and you don’t need to think up things to say between the songs. But seriously, it’s been long enough. With my Tonga parties, the new rap and grime MC’s I have been producing and the DJing, I have been living with music since making The Streets for nearly as long as I made The Streets. I’m not the guy smoking in the car anymore though, I have become the guy in the club, so I hope I will be excused for putting on after parties in nightclubs after every show”
Tickets go onsale this coming Friday, 13th October. Hit the link below for more info – full schedule follows:
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19th April – Birmingham O2 Academy
20th April – Glasgow O2 Academy
21st April – Manchester O2 Apollo
23rd April – Leeds O2 Academy
25th April – London O2 Academy Brixton
26th April – London O2 Academy Brixton
27th April – London O2 Academy Brixton **NEW**
Clearly one of the many anthems nestled within Flume’s striking 2012 self-titled debut, the Moon Holiday-featuring Insane has received an amped-up futuretronic remix courtesy of LA-based Kaivon. Sink your teeth into this one; we thought the original was excellent, but Kaivon’s edit takes things further into post-3am clubland.
Listen below:
Chicago duo Robby Hauldren and Freddy Kennett, aka Louis The Child, have announced their new single, teaming up with San Diego-native Ashe for the vibey Right To It.
Of the sun-drenched single Hauldren says: “Freddy started playing this bass line and everyone was like, ‘Yes, that.’ It’s crazy when you have that kind of energy in a room where all of a sudden everyone is instantly inspired. We wrote the entire song a couple of hours later. It has a Sunday barbeque, day-drinking type of vibe. We were like, ‘Let’s just write a song that would feel incredible when you’re hanging out, just kicking it on a beautiful day.’”
Listen below:
Sam Smith has made a triumphant return to US TV’s Saturday Night Live, delivering two songs from his forthcoming album The Thrill Of It All.
Opening his appearance with his current No.1 single Too Good at Goodbyes, Sam then returned for a second stint with his recently-released, Timbaland-penned Pray.
The Thrill of It All, which lands on 3rd November, follows Smith’s hugely-successful 2014 breakthrough album In The Lonely Hour, and seems him reunite for a vast majority with close friend Jimmy Napes.
Catch both SNL performances below:
Belgian talent Aeroplane, and OWSLA-favourite Alex Metric, join forces once again under their Metroplane moniker, this time to remix Becky Hill’s Unpredictable. Firmly delivering an infectious club banger, the duo’s edit is a full-on groove-filled party, complete with chopped vocals, hi-hats, hands in the air builds and perfectly timed claps!
Listen below:
Off Bloom have shared another track from their upcoming Lover Like Me EP, delivering the groovy Hey Bae.
Complete with Little Mix/HAIM-inspired subtle “hey”(s), the joint hears a return of Mette onto vocal duties, with Mads and Alex on the production side of things.
Off Bloom have previously worked with the likes of Two Inch Punch, Kid Harpoon and AlunaGeorge, and with more exciting collaborations promised, Lover Like Me certainly sounds like a project to get excited for.
Listen to Hey Bae below:
UK-based HICARI have dropped off a sparkly gem by way of the synth-led, sun-soaked You Lost Me.
Doing the rounds now on their Soundcloud, the joint from the international three-piece (part England, part Japan, part India) sounds like a fusion of The 1975 old and new alongside some early-HAIM to boot too.
Catch it below:
Admittedly, the press release for this one was pretty vague when it came to describing who the mystical LUME is/are, however the track itself is so solid that we couldn’t help but share.
Magnets is one of those brooding electro-pop ballads that come few and far between; Dan Holloway’s production credits are second-to-none, whilst the vocals themselves are as intimate as they arresting. The whole concept just seems to work so effortlessly.
Listen below, and watch out for future new tracks from LUME soon: