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Singer Julee Cruise, best known for her work with David Lynch on "Twin Peaks" and "Blue Velvet," has died at age 65. Cruise’s husband, Edward Grinnan, confirmed the news in a Facebook post Thursday night. "She left this realm on her own terms," he wrote of his late wife.

Biniki Kill have cancelled their planned European and UK tour dates for this month, due to a band member testing positive for COVID-19 as well as “other circumstances out of our control”.The riot grrrl pioneers were scheduled to perform as part of this year’s Primavera Sound festival in Spain this month. They were also set to perform headline shows in Italy, France, Belgium and the UK, after their 2020 tour was postponed due to the pandemic.

Chloë Sevigny has wed her husband Siniša Mačković for the second time in two years.The Russian Doll actress, 47, wowed in a sheer gown as she tied the knot with art gallery director husband Siniša, 39, at Talmadge Hill Community Church in Darien, Connecticut.The couple first married two years ago in March 2020, just two months before welcoming their now two year old son, Vanja, at New York City Hall – and just a week before New York went into lockdown at the start of the pandemic. Chloë wore several looks throughout the day, with the highlight being her sheer white Jean Paul Gaultier number, designed by Glenn Martins, while her husband looked dapper in a black tuxedo.

Bikini Kill’s guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle and drum tech Vice Cooler (who also drums in The Raincoats) have announced a benefit compilation featuring contributions from The Linda Lindas and Kim Gordon.Bikini Kill vocalist Kathleen Hanna features on the album’s first single ‘Mirrorball’, which can be heard below.READ MORE: The 50 best music documentaries of all time‘Land Trust: Benefit for NEFOC’ is released June 3 on Bandcamp and all funds raised will go towards Northeast Farmers Of Colour Land Trust.“This is the very, very rare benefit album where no one just sent in some crappy B-side,” Hanna said in a statement. “All the songs are fucking great and the performers really put their hearts into it.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIndie-rock pioneers Sonic Youth have released a live album recorded in 1989 in Kyiv to support relief efforts in Ukraine, in the wake of Russia’s brutal invasion of the country.To set the context of the concert — which was recorded exactly 33 years ago — at the time, Sonic Youth were one of the first bands of their ilk to play behind what was then still known as the Iron Curtain; the Berlin Wall would come down a few months later. But at the time, U.S.

Omar Apollo has shared a new track produced by Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo – check out ‘Tamagotchi’ below.Released today (March 24), trio recorded the track in Miami last year and it serves as the latest single to arrive from Apollo’s upcoming album, ‘Ivory’.The 16-track album is slated to release on April 8 via Warner Records and will include previously released singles ‘Go Away’ and ‘Bad Life’ featuring Kali Uchis.The album will also include recently released single ‘Invincible’ featuring fellow singer-songwriter Daniel Caesar.Listen to the new track here:Apollo first released ‘Go Away’ in July 2021, followed by ‘Bad Life’ with Kali Uchis in November. The latter track marked the second time that Uchis and Apollo have collaborated together, following ‘Hey Boy’ from Apollo’s 2020 project, ‘Apolonio’.‘Apolonio’ garnered a four-star rating from NME, who commented that the record “aches with unrequited feelings but, musically, sets the young star up as the new master of steamy bedroom jams”.Besides the album announcement and music video for ‘Invincible’, Omar Apollo has also announced the Desvelado tour, which kicks off in the United States in April.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCharli XCX has dropped the latest single from her forthcoming album “Crash,” just days before her appearance on “Saturday Night Live” (which was originally scheduled for December but postponed due to omicron) and will perform the song on the show.According to the announcement, the song, which is accompanied by a video directed by Imogene Strauss and Luke Orlando, is one of the first Charli wrote for the album. The disco-fied song is a collaboration with the brother team of Justin and Jeremiah Raisen (a.k.a.

initially shut in 2019 for a planned one-year refurbishment, though those plans were scuppered after a fire broke out at the venue in January 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic and “colossal water damage” then further held up progress.KOKO’s restoration and redevelopment has now been completed, and it intends to relaunch next month as a “50,000-square foot state-of-the-art live music venue and broadcasting house”.New additions to KOKO include its 200-capacity Fly Tower ‘venue within a venue’, a new shop/DJ space (which will feature “exclusive merch drops and artist collaborations”) and a morning to late-night pizzeria and tap bar, with Café KOKO also set to host intimate live performances.After Lianne La Havas recently announced a trio of shows at KOKO in May, the venue has this morning (March 1) confirmed a host of names who will perform as part of its relaunch.The likes of Pete Doherty, Jorja Smith, Kim Gordon, Tems, Portico Quartet, Omar Apollo, Remi Wolf and more have all confirmed gigs at KOKO in the coming months. You can find the venue’s calendar of events here.A new club night, KOKO Electronic, will also take place on Friday and Saturday nights until 6am, with the likes of Todd Terje, Jayda G and 2ManyDJs booked to perform so far.“It’s been a seven-year journey to bring this project to life and now, on the cusp of opening, I’m so happy to be paying homage to the cultural legacy of the building with a diverse mix of artists and contributing to arts and culture at a time when British live music needs it most,” Olly Bengough, CEO/Founder of KOKO, said in a statement.

Kim Gordon has announced details of a new US, UK and European tour in support of her 2019 album, ‘No Home Record’.The UK and European portion of the dates, which kick off in March, will mark the iconic musician’s first international solo headline tour.Gordon will first take the record across the US, beginning at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA, before venturing on to six further cities for her own shows. She will also perform at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN and Treefort Festival in Boise, ID.

Sonic Youth have announced ‘In/Out/In’, a compilation of rare tracks recorded throughout the 2000s.Due out March 11 via Three Lobed Recordings, the five-track effort bundles two songs recorded at the band’s old stomping grounds – the Echo Canyon studio in New York, which they operated before relocating to Hoboken – in 2000, one tracked during a soundcheck in 2010, and two home recordings minted in 2008.To preview the record, Sonic Youth have shared the slow-burning jam ‘In & Out’.

Kim Gordon and J Mascis have shared two collaborative tracks as part of the Sub Pop Singles Club, the seminal indie label’s subscription-only seven-inch singles series.‘Slow Boy’ was originally released in 2015 by the pair on an EP curated by shoe brand Converse, called ‘CONS EP Vol. 3’.

here.Meanwhile, it’s been announced that Primavera Sound will launch in LA next year with Arctic Monkeys, Nine Inch Nails, Lorde and more.The debut of the festival in its new location, which was meant to launch last summer before plans were shelved due to COVID-enforced restrictions, takes place from September 16-18 at the LA State Historic Park.

Primavera Sound has announced its 2022 L.A. lineup, the European festival's first U.S.

Arctic Monkeys, Nine Inch Nails, Lorde and more acts have been announced for the debut edition of Primavera Sound Los Angeles next year.The festival, which was meant to launch last summer before plans were shelved due to COVID-enforced restrictions, takes place from September 16-18 at the LA State Historic Park.James Blake, Mitski, Arca, Khruangbin, Bicep, Clairo, Darkside, King Krule, Low, PinkPantheress, Kim Gordon, Fontaines D.C., Helena Hauff, Tierra Whack, John Talabot and Dry Cleaning are also among the names announced today (December 6) for the inaugural event, which is an expansion of the original Barcelona-based festival.More acts are to be announced.For exclusive access to three-day general admission full festival and VIP passes,

Kim Gordon has shared a new track called ‘Grass Jeans’ in aid of Fund Texas Choice, an organisation that provides women in Texas with travel to abortion clinics.The song marks the first solo material from the former Sonic Youth member since her debut album, 2019’s ‘No Home Record’.“Take me downtown/ Take me downtown/ Uptown/ Take me downtown where they go,” Gordon sings at the start of the dark, distorted single as fuzzy electric guitars chime in and out.“I often get asked, ‘Can music change things for people in a political landscape?’” she explained in a statement.

Irish pop band M(h)aol have unveiled the video for their latest single No One Ever Talks To Us, and it's the perfect start to your spooky season.

Kim Gordon and avant-garde guitarist Bill Nace – have teamed up with Aaron Dilloway for a new collaborative album.Operating as Body/Dilloway/Head, the trio will release their three-track self-titled debut album on November 19.They’ve also shared a new song from the record called ‘Goin’ Down’, which you can listen to here.The track marks the first new material from Body/Head since their 2018 second album, ‘The Switch’.so psyched for this to finally come out! https://t.co/yRMCWCjvHP pic.twitter.com/pOtOY5GtFb— Kim Gordon (@KimletGordon) September 13, 2021Gordon said in a statement (via Stereoboard): “One of the things I like most about playing improvised music and especially in Body/Head with Bill is the constantly exhilarating freedom and

Kim Gordon will co-edit a new book of essays about pioneering female artists, written by female writers.This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music will be edited by the co-founding Sonic Youth member alongside former music journalist Sinéad Gibson, and is set to arrive in April 2022 via the publishing imprint White Rabbit.