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Tegan & Sara have announced a reimagined version of their 2004 album ‘So Jealous.’The album has been re-imagined and includes an updated version of ‘Where Does The Good Go.’Writing about the new project on Twitter, Tegan wrote: “6 [months] into the Pandemic, we reimagined our album So Jealous.“Sara covered my songs, I covered Sara’s. Reimagined & acoustic #StillJealous will be out 2/11.”The release arrives on February 11.6 mos into the Pandemic, we reimagined our album So Jealous. Sara covered my songs, I covered Sara's. Reimagined & acoustic #StillJealous will be out 2/11.

Wallows have announced details of their sophomore album ‘Tell Me That It’s Over’ and released a video for its upbeat track, ‘Especially You’. Check it out below.Produced by Ariel Rechtshaidm ‘Tell Me That It’s Over’ arrives on March 25 via Atlantic Records and will be the follow-up to the Los Angeles trio’s 2019 debut album, ‘Nothing Happens’.

The Cure have added a third London date to their 2022 UK and Ireland headline tour – find all the details below.Robert Smith and co. are due to hit the road this October for a lengthy run of European concerts, which wraps up on November 28 in Paris.In December, the band will make stop-offs in Dublin and Belfast before returning to the UK for gigs in Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham and Cardiff.

Courtney Barnett has self-confirmed for this year’s Glastonbury festival after announcing her 2022 UK and European tour dates.The Australian singer-songwriter, who released ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’ last November, will hit the road in the UK and Europe in between festival slots and her shows supporting The National and Foo Fighters.You can see the full list of UK dates belowJUNE26 – Glastonbury Festival29 – Cardiff – Tramshed30  – Liverpool – Invisible Wind FactoryJULY 1 – Nottingham, Rock CityYou cans see Courtney’s full list of EU dates, and gigs supporting The National and the Foo Fighters here:A post shared by courtneymelba (@courtneymelba)The news about Barnett appearing at Glastonbury comes after Little Simz was yesterday (February 2) announced as a headliner of the West Holts stage at Glastonbury.This year’s Glastonbury will take place from June 22-26. So far, Billie Eilish has been confirmed to headline the Pyramid Stage on June 24 while Diana Ross will play the ‘Legends’ slot on the Sunday (June 26).Emily Eavis has confirmed that the full line-up for Glastonbury 2022, as well as its accompanying poster, will be announced in March, and that the festival “will give you some news” regarding the line-up “by the end of the month”.

Liam Gallagher has shared a teaser of his upcoming new single ‘Everything’s Electric’ – listen to it below.Gallagher shared the post on TikTok and wrote: “‘Everything’s Electric’ Midnight Tonight, C’mon You Know.”Gallagher previously announced details of the new single last month. After teasing some “fucking massive” news on Twitter on January 19, the former Oasis frontman confirmed a day later that the track will arrive tomorrow (February 4).It’ll be the first preview of his third solo album ‘C’mon You Know’, which is out on May 22.You can listen to the clip here, which Gallagher shared along with a short video.EVERYTHING’S ELECTRIC MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis-featuring film This Much I Know To Be True has been released – you can watch the clip below.The Andrew Dominik-directed film is set for release later this year, and will be a companion piece to the 2016 music documentary One More Time With Feeling. It’ll premiere at the Berlin Film Festival later this month.This Much I Know To Be True will explore Cave and Ellis’ creative relationship and feature songs from their last two studio albums, 2019’s ‘Ghosteen’ (by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) and last year’s ‘Carnage’ (Nick Cave and Warren Ellis).The first clip from This Much I Know To Be True has been released today (February 3), and begins with Cave discussing his own definition of his artistry.The clip concludes with Ellis conducting a string quartet as Cave performs the track ‘Lavender Fields’ – you can watch the first teaser video for This Much I Know To Be True above.The film was shot on location in London and Brighton last year, and will “document the duo’s first performances of the albums and feature a special appearance by close friend and long-term collaborator, Marianne Faithfull“ (via Deadline).It’ll also visit the workshop where Cave is “creating a series of sculptures depicting the life of the Devil”.

Independent Venue Week 2022 and why it’s more important than ever to shine a spotlight on these live music spaces.Between lockdowns, last-minute cancellations, high rents, Brexit uncertainty, and the  battle for meaningful government support, the last two years have seen the UK’s grassroots music scene endure unprecedented levels of instability. As the most recent wave of coronavirus starts to recede, it’s tempting to view 2022’s Independent Venue Week as something of a victory lap for those that have endured.“Now more than ever, it’s more and more important for small venues to be shouted about,” Julian Ive of Newcastle venue The Cluny told NME.

Boardmasters festival has been announced, with the likes of Bombay Bicycle Club, The Wombats and Self Esteem joining the 2022 line-up.Cornwall’s surf and music event will return between August 10-14, and will be headlined by Kings Of Leon, Disclosure and George Ezra.It’s been announced today (February 3) that they will be joined by The Lathums, Greentea Peng, Mimi Webb, Kurupt FM and Enny.In total, over 60 new names have been added to the Boardmasters bill, joining the already announced likes of Bastille, Declan McKenna, Sam Fender and Idles.Check out the complete line-up so far below:A post shared by Boardmasters (@boardmasters)Weekend camping tickets are on sale now, and tomorrow (February 4) day tickets will be made available following a pre-sale today.Boardmasters returned in 2021 following a two-year hiatus. The 2020 instalment was scrapped due to the coronavirus crisis, while severe weather caused a last-minute cancellation in 2019.It was headlined by Foals, Gorillaz and Jorja Smith alongside Sam Fender, Loyle Carner, Blossoms, Slowthai, The Kooks, Jamie xx, Beabadoobee, The Big Moon, Basement Jaxx (DJ set), Alfie Templeman and Georgia.

The Horrors are among the 20 new additions to the 2022 line-up of London’s Wide Awake festival.The event, which made its debut last year, will return to Brockwell Park in south London from May 27-28.After recently announcing Primal Scream and Bicep as their 2022 headliners, Wide Awake has now added 20 more names to their bill for this year.As well as The Horrors, the likes of Dream Wife, Alex Cameron, Grove, Harry James, Katy J Pearson, KEG, Sorry, The Golden Dregs, The Lounge Society and The Umlauts have all joined the line-up for Wide Awake 2022.Croatian Amor, Elena Colombi, Fulu Miziki, Identified Patient, Kiara Scuro, Marcus Harris, Melts, Modern Woman and Vladimir Ivkovic round off the other new additions to the bill.These acts join the already confirmed likes of Caribou, Working Men’s Club, Leon Vynehall, Floating Points and Yard Act on the Wide Awake 2022 line-up.Tickets for this year’s festival are on sale now, and you can find them and more information about Wide Awake 2022 by heading here.

Rex Orange County gave three songs from upcoming album ‘Who Cares’ their live debut on TikTok – check them out below.During a livestream, Rex Orange County (real name Alexander O’Connor) performed recent single ‘Keep It Up’ live for the first time, before premiering two unreleased tracks from ‘Who Cares?’.“How would you feel about hearing a song from ‘Who Cares?’ that’s not out,” asked O’Connor before showing off a vinyl copy of the record. “You need that, I need that, we will need that,” he continued.

Luna Li has shared new single ‘Silver Into Rain’, a collaboration with Beabadoobee, and shared details around her forthcoming debut album ‘Duality’.“‘Silver Into Rain’ is about longing to become a better self,’ the Toronto songwriter (and NME 100 member) explains in a statement.“In the song I’m lamenting all of the things about myself that I feel are holding me back in life, and how sometimes it can feel like everything you touch turns bad, turns to rain. Bea came in with the most angelic voice and perfect sentiment for the song, and brought it to a really brilliant place.”Watch the video for ‘Silver Into Rain’ below:Speaking to NME earlier this month, Luna Li – real name Hannah Bussiere – spoke about the transformation of the song, an early recording of which was released in 2018.“We decided to redo it for the album because I really like the song and wanted it to be part of the project, so we went back into the studio.

here.Joseph has her first co-production credit on the new album, which was recorded with producer Lomond Campbell in a converted old school-house over the course of a week. It’s described in press material as being “a statement of abuse observed; its narrative woven with pain’s complexities, futility and stasis”.Alongside the album announcement Kathryn has shared the new single ‘What Is Keeping You Alive Makes Me Want To Kill Them For’. Watch the accompanying video below.For You Who Are The Wronged track list:01. ‘What Is Keeping You Alive Makes Me Want To Kill Them For’02. ‘The Burning Of Us All’03. ‘Only The Sound Of The Sea Would Save Them’04. ‘How Well You Are’05. ‘Until The Truth Of You’06. ‘The Harmed’07. ‘Bring To Me Your Open Wounds’08. ‘Flesh And Blood’09. ‘Of All The Broken’10. ‘For You Who Are The Wronged’11. ‘Long Gone’Joseph will head out on a UK tour this spring and autumn in support of her third album.

Alice Glass has said she’s the most consistent songwriter of her ex band Crystal Castles, explaining that it’s the reason why the title of her debut solo album nods to the group.The musician, who left the group in 2014 shortly after the release of their third album ‘III’, said that ‘PREY//IV’ is a deliberate reference to the numbering scheme that Crystal Castles used on 2010’s ‘Crystal Castles II’ and 2012’s aforementioned ‘III’.She explained in this week’s NME Big Read interview that the move was an act of reclamation, after alleging in 2017 that she had no choice but to leave the band following claims that bandmate Ethan Kath had physically, sexually, and psychologically abused her. (Kath has consistently denied the allegations).“This is my fourth full release,” Glass told NME as she prepares to release her debut solo full-length.

Lucy Dacus has shared the nostalgic music video for her new single ‘Kissing Lessons’. Check it out below.The song made its debut via a hotline last week, when fans were able to get a first listen by calling a phone number they found on flyers scattered across US cities.The music video features a pre-teen playing with a Gameboy, dancing in her bedroom, and has plenty of hand-drawn hearts, Polaroids, and nostalgia inspired by memories from Dacus’ childhood.With the new video announcement, Dacus also shared plans to release ‘Kissing Lessons’ and ‘Thumbs Again’ as a 7” on June 3.

Richard Ashcroft has announced that he’ll be performing a massive show at Leeds’ Millennium Square this summer.The former Verve frontman will take to the stage at the Leeds city centre venue on July 16 in support of his most recent record, ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.1’.The Millennium Square show will follow Ashcroft’s previously confirmed appearance at Highest Point Festival in Lancaster in mid-May, and comes ahead of his sets at CarFest North and Splendour in Nottingham later in July.Tickets for the Leeds show go on sale this Friday (February 4) at 9:30am – you can get them here.Richard Ashcroft will headline an outdoor Summer show at @millsqleeds on 16th July 2022. Tickets go on sale this Friday 4th February at at 9.30am https://t.co/6rjHhq6Fb8 pic.twitter.com/c917hX83vg— Richard Ashcroft (@richardashcroft) February 1, 2022Last month, Ashcroft shared a new remix of ‘C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)’ featuring Liam Gallagher. The original collaboration appeared on ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol.

Alfie Templeman has announced details of his debut album ‘Mellow Moon’ and shared lead single ‘Broken’. Check it out below, alongside an interview with Templeman.Following on from 2021’s mini-album ‘Forever Isn’t Long Enough’ which blended rowdy festival anthems with funk and disco, debut album proper ‘Mellow Moon’ is a mix of “R&B, pop, folk and rock”, according to the 19-year-old, along with “crazy guitar solos but also little bits of jazz”“Everything I’ve been working towards for the past few years has led to this record but I think it’s great,” he told NME.

Wunderhorse, the solo project of former Dead Pretties frontman Jacob Slater, has released a brand new single called ’17’ – check it out below.Coming off the heels of recent tracks ‘Teal’ and ‘Poppy’, Slater’s latest offering hears him not only broaden his sonic catalogue with a melody-rich slice of Americana-kissed indie rock but also show-off his top-tier songwriting talents.Written when he was 17 (hence the title), the Wunderhorse musician said the lyrics “just kind of fell out” of him.“I remember coming back from a party and feeling a bit shit and the song just kind of fell out,” he said of the track.

Mitski has got candid about her decision to take a hiatus from music and how “absolutely terrible” it feels to be releasing new music.In 2019, the indie star announced on Twitter that a gig in New York’s central park would be her, “last show indefinitely”. When a fan responded to her now-deleted account, asking “You’ve been on the road for what…five years?” she responded, “Yeah.

New Order to release a second collaborative line.The Manchester sports brand has joined forces with the Manchester-based band for new items that celebrate the synth-pop legends’ influence on uniting indie, dance and football fans in the early ’90s.A football shirt featuring Umbro’s iconic all-over jacquard pattern is included, which features an England ’90 woven tape along the sleeves. The £50 football shirt is emblazoned with an Umbro logo as well as the New Order logo.There is also a ‘World In Motion’ globes motif on the chest, referencing the fact that New Order’s song, ‘World In Motion’, was often sung by English fans at the 1990 World Cup.Also available is a New Order training-top (priced at £55), a New Order Celebration Jacket (£65) and a New Order Bobble Beanie (£20).

Empire Of The Sun‘s Luke Steele has announced his forthcoming new solo album.This latest music project from Steele, who is also the leader of The Sleepy Jackson, follows on from ‘No One Defeats Us’, his 2018 collaborative album with Silverchair‘s Daniel Johns as DREAMS, and his side project H3000’s self-titled debut, which arrived last year.Posting on Empire Of The Sun’s Instagram account overnight, Steele revealed that his next music venture will be a solo album.“Hey everyone, it’s been a while,” he wrote in the post’s caption. “My first solo record is done.“It was a wild ride but I survived.

Arctic Monkeys have been announced as one of the headliners of Lowlands Festival 2022.The Netherlands festival, which takes place at Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, is set to return this year from August 19-21.Arctic Monkeys lead the 68 new additions to the Lowlands 2022 line-up which have been announced today (February 2).The bill, which you can view in the below Instagram post, also includes the likes of Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi, Arlo Parks, Bring Me The Horizon, Aurora, Slowthai, Wet Leg and Yard Act.A post shared by Lowlands (@lowlands_fest)Pre-sale tickets for Lowlands 2022 will be available from 11am on Saturday (February 5), and will be open to those who bought tickets for Lowlands in either 2020 or 2021.Any remaining tickets will then go on sale on February 12 at 11am. You can find out more information about this year’s festival by heading here.Arctic Monkeys’ latest festival booking has further expanded their summer tour schedule, with a number of gigs in Europe planned as well as a headline slot at Reading & Leeds Festival.