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Mogwai have released an archival music video for single ‘Ceiling Granny’, taken from their latest album, ‘As The Love Continues’.Released today (April 8), the clip for ‘Ceiling Granny’ was filmed and edited by filmmaker and skateboarder Jon Miner, and features images from his own archives dating back to 1995, the year of the Mogwai’s formation.In a press release, Miner said of the project, “Having a career in skateboarding for the past 25 years I’ve had the pleasure of working with Mogwai on a variety of skate video projects, their music has always been a huge inspiration.“Last year I had time to organise some of my film archives, going back to Super 8 reels from 1995.“Being a young skateboarder with a camera there’s a playfulness in the

St. Vincent has criticised the idea of cancel culture and social media-shaming, claiming that we should be able to use information “in a way that causes less human suffering, [rather] than more”.Annie Clark, aka St.

La Roux has requested that Lava La Rue changes their name because it sounds “exactly the same” as hers.The pop star (real name Elly Jackson) contacted Lava La Rue via direct message on Instagram, with the latter subsequently sharing a screenshot of Jackson’s request on her Stories feed.“I would really appreciate it if you got a name that didn’t sound exactly the same as mine, good luck in everything you do but I don’t think this is cool,” Jackson wrote.Lava La Rue replied by telling Jackson they “absolutely love” her music before explaining that their moniker “is an anagram of my real name” (Ava Laurel).“The spelling of La Rue translates to ‘the street’ in French so has a totally different meaning but it’s literally an anagram of the name I

The Clash and The Cranberries after teaming up with War Child to raise funds for the second consecutive year.The second drop of the year will arrive on July 17, with four limited edition releases being unveiled to raise money for War Child.The Clash’s ‘If Music Could Talk’, Miles Davis’ ‘Miles Davis Champions From The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions’ The Cranberries’ ‘Stars: The Best of 1992–2002’ will all arrive on July 17.The ‘HELP EP’ featuring tracks by Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Guru, Portishead and more is also set to arrive on 12 June, the first Record Store Day drop of the year.The Cranberries’ Fergal Lawler said: “We are very honoured that Universal have chosen Stars as a special Vinyl release for Record Store Day.

Radiohead have announced a live-streamed series of rarely-seen shows from the archive.The seven-week run of broadcasts will begin this coming Friday (April 9) with a stream of Thom Yorke and co’s impromptu performance at London’s 93 Feet East, which took place back in 2008.Fans will be able to catch a recording of the intimate show via Radiohead’s official YouTube channel at 8pm BST – you can see the premiere video below.Details on the remaining editions of the live-streamed series have not yet been revealed.Announcing the project, Colin Greenwood wrote: “We rummaged in the Radiohead Public Library and found a few more concerts from a life we all yearn to return to.

The Snuts have announced that they’re about “to embark in the biggest fight” of their lives this week as they hope to bag the top spot on the UK album chart.The Scottish indie rockers, who have been making music since they were teenagers, released their debut album ‘W.L.’ on Friday (April 2), which features the singles ‘Elephants’, ‘Always’ and ‘Somebody Loves You’.Hoping the album lands at Number One on the UK album chart, the band look like they will be battling it out with Demi Lovato, whose comeback album ‘Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over’ was also released last week.“Today we found out that we are about to embark in the biggest fight of our lives (square go),” The Snuts wrote on Twitter. “This Friday the count is in

last year’s ‘Uh-huh’ – sees her collaborate with one of her favourite artists.“I just adore Oscar,” Litany (real name Beth Cornell) said in a press release.

Dinosaur Jr. have released a new single, ‘Garden’ – you can listen to it below.The song is their latest from their upcoming new album, ‘Sweep It Into Space’, their twelfth studio album, which is set for release on April 30 via Jagjaguwar.Back in February, the group shared the first single from the album, ‘I Ran Away’ featuring Kurt Vile.

The Voidz have shared a new extended version of their 2019 track ‘The Eternal Tao’.‘The Eternal Tao 2.0’ has been released in line with its appearance in a new promo video for Julian Casablancas‘ beloved New York Mets baseball team.The video was shared this weekend (April 1) to mark the start of the new Major League Baseball season in the United States.“I was pretty excited to finally work with the Mets under this new ownership,” Casablancas said of the collaboration.“The fact that they reached out made me feel good about the new energy there.

Radiohead have joined TikTok today (April 1) and have shared a cryptic new video.A verified account for the group appeared on the video app for the social media site earlier today.The group shared a short clip of mysterious Radiohead associate, Chieftain Mews, who can be seen delivering a dystopian news broadcast at a desk which has the words ‘Mews’ displayed and Radiohead’s logo in the background.The black-and-white, low-fi video has a grainy filter and a ‘Mews’ sign can be seen on the desk.

PJ Harvey’s ‘The Peel Sessions 1991-2004’ is getting a vinyl reissue.The record, which was originally released in 2006, is a collection of Harvey’s sessions with the late BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. The recordings span from the very beginning of her career in 1991 up until 2004.The record was released just two years after Peel’s death in 2004 and included a tribute from Harvey to Peel in the album’s linear notes.It read: “More than I would ever care to admit for fear of embarrassment to both sides, but I sought his approval always. It mattered.

The Killers have set a new record in the UK singles chart after their song ‘Mr. Brightside’ surpassed 260 non-consecutive weeks – or five full years – in the top 100.First released as a single in 2003 before it was re-released the following year in promotion of their 2004 debut album ‘Hot Fuss’, ‘Mr.

Courtney Barnett has once again partnered with Vagabon to cover Sharon Van Etten’s track ‘Don’t Do It’.The track is lifted from the forthcoming anniversary edition of Van Etten’s 2010 album, ‘Epic’.

Tame Impala will perform their debut album ‘Innerspeaker’ in its entirety during an upcoming live-streamed show.The group will continue celebrating the record’s 10th anniversary by playing a special online gig at Wave House, the Western Australia studio where Kevin Parker recorded the LP over 10 years ago.Fans can tune into the broadcast from a choice of three timezones – Australia/New Zealand/Asia, UK/Europe, and North/South America – on April 21. Viewers in the UK will be able to watch the hour-long show at 10am BST.Tickets are available to buy now for £7.34 (plus a £1.35 service fee) here.

Echo And The Bunnymen co-founder Will Sergeant has announced a memoir, Bunnyman.The guitarist, 62, will detail “what it was really like to be part of one of the most influential and important British bands of the 1980s” with the forthcoming book, as per a press release.He’ll also look back on growing up in Liverpool during the 1960s and ’70s while recalling personal experiences of the city’s emerging punk scene, before his fortuitous meeting with Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch.Bunnyman: A Memoir is set to be released on July 15 via Constable/Little Brown.

IDLES and Black Country, New Road are among the latest additions to the line-up for the inaugural Wide Awake festival.The one-day London event is set to take place in Brockwell Park on September 3.

Easy Life have confirmed that they’ll hit the road later this year for their biggest UK headline tour to date, before following it with European dates in early 2022.The Leicester band will kick things off with a show at Bristol’s O2 Academy on November 1, before following it up with a string of dates that also includes a homecoming show at Leicester’s Morningside Arena on November 5.Elsewhere on the tour, they’ll play their biggest headline show to date at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on November 16.The European dates will then take place across March 2022, and you can view them in full below.A post shared by easy life (@easylife)The tour announcement comes after the band announced details of their long-anticipated debut album ‘Life’s A

Squid will take part in a special vinyl recording challenge next week to help launch Record Store Day 2021.This year’s annual celebration of vinyl and record stores will take place in the UK over two dates, June 12 and July 17.Squid will complete their live-to-vinyl recording challenge on April 7 at Metropolis Studios in London, where they will record two new songs onto a two-track EP live and direct to vinyl – with the band needing to get the recording right first time.Metropolis have recreated the original set-up of recording live-to-vinyl for the band to make use of on the day, with the end product set to be released on 12” vinyl on July 17 for the second part of Record Store Day 2021.Steve Lamacq will broadcast his BBC Radio 6 Music

Angel Olsen has announced a new box set, ‘Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories’, and shared a previously unreleased track – you can listen to ‘It’s Every Season (Whole New Mess)’ below.The box set features Olsen’s two most recent studio albums, 2019’s ‘All Mirrors’ and last year’s ‘Whole New Mess’, as well as a bonus LP and a 40-page book collection which includes unseen photos, handwritten lyrics and original song sketches.‘Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories’ is set for release on May 7 via Jagjaguwar, but will be limited to just 3,000 physical copies.

For Those I Love has announced that his first ever live show will take place later this year.The Dublin producer and songwriter (real name David Balfe), who released his self-titled debut album last week, will be performing at Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland on October 1.Taking to social media earlier today (March 29), For Those I Love wrote: “Performing on Jools and Other Voices gave me a taste of what playing live could do for me, a temporary escape, a chance to bellow loud from my lungs, a way to let some of that pain out for good.”He added: “I’m happy to be able to take this step now, surrounded by family and friends in Dublin.”Pre-sale tickets for the show will be available from 9am tomorrow (March 30), while general sale tickets go

Fred again.. has announced his debut solo album ‘Actual Life (April 14 – December 17 2020)’.The London-based artist and producer, who won the esteemed Producer of the Year award at the 2020 BRITs, is set to release the record on April 16 via again..