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MGMT have announced their fifth studio album ‘Loss Of Life’ and shared its first single – listen to ‘Mother Nature’ below.The duo – comprising Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasser – are set to release the 10-track follow-up to ‘Little Dark Age’ (2018) on February 23, 2024 via Mom + Pop. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Today (October 31) MGMT have previewed the forthcoming record with a nostalgic guitar-based song titled ‘Mother Nature’, which arrived with an animated video directed by Jordan Fish.In a joint statement, the band explained that the single “outlines the archetypical MGMT mythology of one hero attempting to get the other hero to come on the journey that they ‘must’ go on”.They went on to explain that “one part” of ‘Mother Nature’ “sounds like Oasis“.The accompanying video sees two animal friends, Dog and Turtle, join forces to take down an evil pet collector.“I hope the story makes people happy and feel connected to family, friends and the animal kingdom as well,” said Fish, who has worked with MGMT since their debut album ‘Oracular Spectacular’.

Christine And The Queens – has paid tribute to SOPHIE with a moving cover of her song ‘It’s OK To Cry’. Check it out below.The track was originally shared by the visionary music producer, songwriter, and DJ as part of her 2018 debut album ‘Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides’ – the only album to be released in her lifetime, ahead of her untimely death in 2021.With his cover, Rahim Redcar, channels the same emotive and loving atmosphere as captured in the original.

Tove Lo and SG Lewis have teamed up for a new collaborative EP ‘Heat’ – inspired by their fans in the queer community. Check out our interview with the duo below.Released yesterday (June 14), the four-track dance project came with four interlinked music videos directed by David Wilson, who has previously worked with Lady Gaga and Christine And The Queens.

Charli XCX has revealed that new song ‘Talk Talk’ was written about nearly following The 1975’s George Daniel into the toilet at the 2020 NME Awards.The singer released her sixth studio album ‘Brat’ last week (June 5), and just a few days later shared the deluxe edition, which included three extra tracks in the form of ‘Hello Goodbye’, ‘Guess’ and ‘Spring Breakers’.Included on the album is ‘Talk Talk’, which Charli has now disclosed was inspired by a moment at the 2020 awards ceremony, at which she was nominated for Best Solo Act In The World, Best British Solo Act and Best Collaboration. She also presented the Songwriter Of The Decade Award to Robyn that night, alongside Christine And The Queens.“’Talk Talk’ is about a very specific moment where me and my fiancé,” she has said in a post on her TikTok account.

MGMT have shared a ’90s-themed video for their new single ‘Bubblegum Dog’.The track is the second single to be taken from the duo’s recently announced fifth album ‘Loss Of Life’, which will land on February 23, 2024 via Mom + Pop. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.The video finds MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser paying tribute to numerous scenes from classic ‘90s alternative videos.“We all saw the video for ‘Bubblegum Dog’ as an opportunity to combine the charming, DIY, surreal, cardboard craft aesthetic of shows like Yo Gabba Gabba and The Mighty Boosh with these ultra-serious grunge videos we grew up watching on MTV – all that heavy, brooding angst smashed up against absurd childlike fun,” said the video’s directors Julia Vickerman and Tom Scharpling.“Ben and Andrew are legitimately funny guys, so we were excited they got to really go for it with their acting, paying homage to the eternally moody mid-90’s rock stars they looked up to when they were kids,” they continued “They were completely game for everything, playing around with different wigs/costumes/personas/facial hair and continually chiming in with new ideas along the way.“That was a wonderful feeling, because it let us know they were having a good time.

Christine And The Queens have dropped a surprise remix of the track ‘To Be Honest’, featuring SG Lewis.The surprise announcement arrived earlier today (August 31), When Chris simply dropped an image of one of their promotional shots on X (formerly Twitter), bearing handwriting across the image reading: “To Be honest SG Lewis remix out now”.The caption of the image also read the same, but also featured a link to the surprise release, allowing fans to stream the reimagined track immediately.‘To Be Honest’ was first released by Christine And The Queens earlier this year, as the lead single to their latest LP: ‘PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE’.The album was the follow-up to last year’s album ‘Redcar les adorables étoiles’, and was released on 9 June via Because Music.

Bat For Lashes debuted songs from new album ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ at her Nottingham gig on Monday (June 12).Natasha Khan opened with three currently unnamed new songs from the forthcoming album (via setlist.fm), before going on to perform tracks including ‘Daniel’, ‘What’s A Girl To Do?’ and ‘Laura’.Back in August, the singer said the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Lost Girls’ was “almost ready” and that she had “recorded the final song”.You can check out clips of the songs below.Speaking at Christine And The Queens‘ Meltdown Festival for a behind the scenes interview, Khan explained how embodiment and embracing physical landscapes was key to her creativity in creating the album and her accompanying show.She started the album in the middle of lockdown when she was breastfeeding her daughter, Delphi, when she would spend windows of time improvising in the studio.“There’s definitely spontaneity and a meditative quality to the music,” she explained, “because it was just my emotion coming through into my hands and out into the musical instruments I chose that day.”She continued: “[The album] is about the conception and growing and birthing of this human being onto planet earth, and sort of the cosmic resonance of that, and the deep animalistic, raw aspects of being a mother, and I’m sort of bowing at the feet of this miraculous event.”The singer also performed in Leeds this month along with her sold out Meltdown show tonight (June 15).“For fans who want to see the new material up close, these are not ones to be missed,” she shared on social media.Her next live performance will be at new concert series On The Mount on July 2 where Sigur Rós, Primal Scream and Gabriels will perform throughout the multi-day event.

APPOINTMENTSVV Brown, Laura Mvula and John Truelove have all been reappointed to the Members Council of UK collecting society PRS. Meanwhile, Dru Masters is standing down after six years on the committee. And Tom Toumazis has been reappointed as an independent non-executive council member.

LEGALA judge has dismissed the majority of Marilyn Manson’s defamation claims against actor Evan Rachel Wood under California’s so-called anti-SLAPP free speech laws. Wood’s attorney, Michael Kump said that Manson had “failed to show that his claims against her have even minimal merit”.

Benefits, Cavetown, Big Joanie, Cassyette and more have been announced for Glastonbury‘s 2023 Left Field line-up.Other acts announced on the line-up, which spotlights “voices from the front line of the struggle in debate and performance”, include Deadletter, Crawlers, Billy Bragg, Delilah Bon, Kid Kapichi, Dréya Mac, Tom A. Smith, Lime Garden, Jamie Webster and Will Varley.“Recharge your activism with this year’s @glastoleftfield line-up,” the festival posted on Instagram, which hosts “purveyors of pop and politics at Glastonbury since 2002”.“As the shape of the post-pandemic world begins to form, it’s clear that people are more willing to stand up and be counted,” stage host Bragg wrote in a statement.

Glastonbury Festival is giving away tickets to the 2023 event, via limited edition Tony’s Chocolonely bars.Glastonbury 2023 is set to take place June 21 – 25. Elton John, Guns N’Roses and Arctic Monkeys are set to headline the Pyramid Stage, while the likes of Lana Del Rey, Lizzo, The War On Drugs, Chvrches, Lil Nas X, Christine And The Queens and Manic Street Preachers will also appear across the weekend.As it stands, tickets for the 2023 festival are completely sold out.

Glastonbury Festival to reveal its line-up for 2023 – see the full list of names below.As has become customary in recent years, the festival has begun revealing new names for the event stage by stage over the last week.After beginning with West Holts last week, where Kelis, Loyle Carner and Rudimental will deliver headline sets, the festival then revealed its Silver Hayes area line-up yesterday (April 14).Now, they have announced that the Field Of Avalon area will host Will Young, The Damned, Melanie C, Jake Shears, Laura Mvula and more in 2023.See the full announcement below.We're pleased to reveal the 2023 line-up for the amazing @FieldOfAvalon! pic.twitter.com/k8JSF5qrTQ— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) April 14, 2023The first wave of acts for this summer’s event arrived early last month, with Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses joining Elton John at the top of the bill.Other confirmed names for this year’s edition include Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, Lana Del Rey, The War On Drugs, Lil Nas X, Chvrches, Christine And The Queens, Thundercat, Carly Rae Jepsen and Manic Street Preachers.This week, Glastonbury confirmed the ticket re-sale dates for this month – find out how to purchase yours here.Tickets for Glastonbury 2023 sold out last November. General sale tickets were snapped up in one hour, while coach packages went in under 25 minutes.

Bob Dylan, Janelle Monáe, Wet Leg, Iggy Pop and Sam Smith all set to perform.Idles, Lil Nas X, Maisie Peters and Christine And The Queens will also perform alongside the likes of Lionel Richie, Simply Red and Seal.Taking place on the Lake Geneva shoreline between June 30 and July 15, the 57th Montreux Jazz Festival is set to “exemplify what the festival is all about; curating an eclectic, free-flowing programme that invites artists to come and perform with full creative freedom, generating unforgettable moments and legendary stories that are immortalised in music culture.”“Across two weeks at Montreux, music lovers can enjoy a dizzying panorama of sound at its two venues, the Stravinski and the Montreux Jazz Lab, in what is truly the pinnacle for live music,” said a press release.The complete lineup for the Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 is as follows:30 JuneJimi JulesSimply RedTom Odell1 JulyBob DylanRÜFÜS DU SOLKhaliSo La LuneKerchakSDMZola2 JulyBastian BakerChris IsaakStacey RyanCalum ScottDean Lewis3 JulyLionel RichieGayleCavetownCaroline Polachek4 JulyLil Nas XArya StarrRema5 JulySam SmithChristine and the Queens6 JulyGeneration Sex (Billy Idol, Steve Jones, Tony James & Paul Cook)Iggy PopEthan BortnickMaisie PetersThe Rose7 JulyRoberta Sá SambasáGilberto Gil & Family Aquele Abraço TourGuillame PonceletWorakls Orchestra8 JulyChilly GonzalesSofiane PamartKatie Gregson-MacleodHermanos GutiérrezTamino9 JulyJacob CollierJon BatisteFreya RidingsJuliette Armanet10 JulyMavis StaplesNorah JonesLovejoyWet LegIdles11 JulyEmiliaMalumaJoy OladokunJacob BanksThe Teskey Brothers12 JulySealLa ZarraAva Max13 JulyPat Metheny Side-Eyewith Chris Fishman & Joe DysonMarcus Miller European Tour 2023Olivia DeanGabrielsLoyle Carner14 JulyBudd

Lizzo, Latto and Loyle Carner to its huge 2023 line-up – see the full list below.The festival will return to Denmark between June 24-July 1 this year, with the list of headliners including Blur, Queens Of The Stone Age, Christine And The Queens, Rosalía and more.Alongside global superstars, the list of new names also include UK acts Caroline, Big Joanie, Sorry and Biig Piig.Roskilde Festivals head of programming, Anders Wahrén, said in a statement: ”Following last year’s huge celebration with the 50th edition of Roskilde Festival, we now kick off a new phase.“This year’s line-up is put together to show that positive change is possible, which makes Lizzo the perfect act to headline our festival and close down our main stage. There is a spiritual connection between her ultimate love party and all the nooks and nuances in our overall line-up, which is notoriously world-class and always exceeds expectations.”See the full Roskilde 2023 line-up below.A post shared by Roskilde Festival (@roskildefestival)The non-profit Danish event is due to return for “an eight-day exploration of music, art, activism and community” between June 24 and July 1 this year.

The Regrettes have shared a cover of Robyn‘s 2010 hit single ‘Dancing On My Own’.The clip, which you can watch below, features a 3D glittery amorphic character dancing along to the track.The LA band often came on to the song at the start of their shows on tour.They added: “We wanted to keep that energy going and give it our own creative spin and to make sure that we did the song justice by keeping its special identity with a lil ‘Regroots flavaaaa’ as we like to say.”The band recently shared a new deluxe version of their 2022 album ‘Further Joy’, which featured three extra tracks.In a four-star review of the band’s second album, NME said, “There’s not an ounce of that fear on ‘Further Joy’. Across the record’s energetic, ever-shifting 13 tracks, Night sings about anxiety, body dysmorphia, being head-over-heels in love, embracing her sexuality and the occasional existential crisis.

Christine And The Queens has spoken about recruiting Madonna to feature on the follow-up to his 2022 album ‘Redcar les adorables étoiles’.‘PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE’ was confirmed earlier this month. Due for release June 9, the album is the “second part of an operatic gesture” that takes inspiration from the “glorious dramaturgy of Tony Kushner’s iconic play, Angels In America.”According to the tracklisting for the album, Madonna features on several tracks.

Glastonbury Festival 2023 have revealed the line-up for the West Holts Stage at this year’s event – see it in full below.As has become customary for the legendary event, after the full line-up drops they then announce new names stage-by-stage.In 2023, the West Holts Stage will be headlined by Kelis, Loyle Carner and Rudimental, all of whom were previously announced for the festival. The first 2023 line-up poster landed last week, confirming that Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses will join the previously announced Elton John as the festival’s final two headliners.Others including Young Fathers, Mahalia and Joey Bada$$ were also previously announcement, but now have had their stage confirmed.Alongside the existing names, the West Holts announcement also welcomes a number of new names to the Glastonbury line-up, including with other names including Black Country, New Road and Gabriels.See the full West Holts line-up for Glastonbury 2023 below.For the first of our Glastonbury 2023 area announcements, here's the amazing @WestHoltsGlasto line-up for this year's Festival! pic.twitter.com/8Vvs0zLMpj— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) March 14, 2023Other confirmed acts for Glastonbury 2023 include Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, The War On Drugs, Chvrches, Christine And The Queens, Thundercat, Carly Rae Jepsen and Manic Street Preachers.Fifty-two per cent of the 54 names on the initial line-up are male.

The first acts set to play the Christine And The Queens-curated Meltdown Festival at London’s Southbank Centre this June have been announced. And it’s a good list, mate. Real good.There’ll be two performances from Christine And The Queens for one thing.

Primavera Sound festival has spoken to NME about the ambitious launch of their new sister event in Madrid, as well as what goes into putting the line-up together and what caused the issues with last year’s Barcelona return.Primavera had previously announced a stacked line-up with the likes of Depeche Mode, Blur, Kendrick Lamar, Rosalía to headline, along with the likes of Halsey, FKA twigs, Skrillex, St. Vincent, The Moldy Peaches, Calvin Harris, Le Tigre., Turnstile, Arlo Parks, Måneskin, PinkPantheress, Christine And The Queens, Fred again.., and many more – before revealing New Order as the final headliner last week.Asked what considerations are made with regards to what it takes for an act to be considered fitting for the festival’s character and atmosphere, organiser Joan Pons told NME: “We know what feels like ‘Primavera’ and what does not.

Fever Ray has shared a new video for ‘Even It Out’, featuring a cameo from the song’s producers, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.The Nine Inch Nails pair worked on the song with Karin Dreijer, and it appears on the Swedish artist’s new album ‘Radical Romantics’.The track’s official video, an homage to the work of John Waters, was written and directed by Martin Falck.Watch the official clip, which sees Reznor and Ross appear on a television screen, below.‘Radical Romantics’, the third Fever Ray album, was released this week (March 10). Reviewing the album, NME wrote: “‘Radical Romantics’ ability to communicate Dreijer’s perspective on love and relationships exquisitely is thanks largely in part to its inventive production.

Christine and the Queens has confirmed details of his fourth studio album. PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE will be released on June 9 via Because Music with lead single "To Be Honest" released today. Check out the self-directed video for that song below.