Praise for Griff
“Pop’s next powerhouse.” Vogue
“Perfection” NME *****
“Earworms and wise words to burn…Griff is a talent deserving of the hype” The Observer
29.03.22 || Dublin || Academy

Praise for Sigrid
“Sigrid is back with pop magic” i-D
“Sigrid is the kind of pop star the world needs right now” Semaine
“Siggie Stardust” Daily Star
18.03.22 || Dublin || 3Arena

Griff and Sigrid have today released a brand new, collaborative single ‘Head On Fire’, which is available now alongside a striking new video.

‘Head On Fire’ is the sound of a big, pop-girl friendship that blossomed online during the pandemic, and is now taken IRL with an empowering new anthem. Having both navigated hotly-tipped status as teens, Griff and Sigrid perfectly represent the new wave of female artists focused instead on lifting each other up.

Describing how the pair first connected, Sigrid says: “Griff and I met sharing a pizza at the Rueben Selby show at Fashion Week in London, haha. We went to the studio a while later and just had a day of talking about life, before writing ‘Head On Fire’. It’s about that feeling when you meet someone who just flips everything upside down and you can’t focus on anything else but that person. Sarah’s just lovely, and it’s been so much fun working with her.” With Griff and Sigrid’s impassioned fans often speculating on a future duet between the two, Griff comments: “I’ve looked up to Sigrid so much, especially as a young girl who broke through making powerful, credible pop music. So I was excited to hear she wanted to write. We hung out and made ‘Head On Fire’, this really fun, feel-good song, and I’m excited for the world to finally hear us on a track together.”

Griff has without a doubt been the breakthrough sound of 2021. The Brit Award-winning artist, producer, designer, and all-round star became the first female artist to go top 5 with a mixtape on this summer’s acclaimed ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’: featuring the anthemic hit single ‘Black Hole’, Griff followed up with recent single ‘One Night’, before finally taking her astonishingly accomplished live show out on the road for her first official live shows. The half-Chinese, half Jamaican artist sought early inspiration from strong female role models like Lorde, Banks, and Taylor Swift (now, famously, a fan), but is quickly using her own position to tread a new, fiercely independent path: Griff taught herself to produce music, turned a casual Textiles A-Level into making many of her own clothes (including her and her band’s performance outfits for the BRITs), and adopted an iconic bubble-ponytail before she had released her first-ever EP. Since then, Griff has – for a long time, confined from that same bedroom – found herself hailed the new queen of British Pop: she is currently working on new material for 2022, following news of a world tour (including her fourth-ever London date at O2 Academy Brixton) and the invitation to support Dua Lipa on her ‘Future Nostalgia’ EU dates.

Sigrid, meanwhile, was in LA when the pandemic hit, working on the embryonic songs that would become the follow-up to 2019’s UK top 5 albums, ‘Sucker Punch’: her critically acclaimed debut that followed the pop sensation’s BBC Sound of 2018 win and the top 10, Platinum-certified success of festival anthem ‘Stranger’s. On the flight home to Norway, Sigrid realized she had the genesis of ‘Mirror’, the immaculate disco-ball-shaped first single from her new era. Climbing to BBC Radio 1 and Capital A-List instantly, it proved the start of the extraordinary return for an artist who rewrote the rulebook on the pop-archetype and arrived onto the world stage with the unofficial feminist anthem ‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’. Since then, the 24-year-old has toured the globe, amassed over 1.2 billion streams, and sold 1 million album units, laying the foundation for a phenomenal global talent. Having soundtracked the BBC Olympic closing montage with her stunning ballad ‘Home To You’ which climbed to #2 in the iTunes charts as the UK welcomed their champions home, Sigrid’s triumphant return to the world stage continued with the release of ‘Burning Bridges’, the galloping future live favourite which premiered as Charlie XCX’s Hottest Record during artist month. One of the world’s favourite live acts – it’s hard not to forget Sigrid’s defining Glastonbury moment in 2019 – the 24-year-old has also announced her biggest ever UK, Ireland and European tour for Spring 2022.

Watch out for more from Griff and Sigrid coming soon.

Griff – Headline Shows

25.01.22 || Washington, DC || Songbyrd DC
26.01.22 || New York, NY || The Bowery Ballroom
28.01.22 || Boston, MA || The Sinclair
29.01.22 || Philadelphia, PA || The Foundry at The Fillmore
30.01.22 || Toronto, ON || Velvet Underground
01.02.22 || Chicago, IL || Schubas
04.02.22 || San Francisco, CA || Rickshaw Stop (Popscene)
06.02.22 || Los Angeles, CA || The Roxy Theatre
03.03.22 || Copenhagen || Hotel Cecil
05.03.22 || Hamburg || Bahnhof Pauli
07.03.22 || Oslo || Parkteateret
08.03.22 || Stockholm || Nalen Klubb
11.03.22 || Berlin || Lido
13.03.22 || Amsterdam || Paradiso Noord
14.03.22 || Cologne || Luxor
15.03.22 || Brussels || Botanique Orangerie
17.03.22 || Paris || La Gaite Lyrique
19.03.22 || Brighton || Chalk
21.03.22 || Bristol || O2 Academy
22.03.22 || Manchester || O2 Ritz
24.03.22 || London || O2 Academy Brixton
26.03.22 || Leeds || Stylus
28.03.22 || Glasgow || SWG3 Galvanisers
29.03.22 || Dublin || Academy

Sigrid – Headline Shows

13.03.22 || Manchester || O2 Apollo
14.03.22 || Edinburgh || Usher Hall
16.03.22 || London || SSE Arena, Wembley
18.03.22 || Dublin || 3Arena
30.05.22 || Barcelona || Razzmatazz
31.05.22 || Lausanne || Les Docks
01.06.22 || Milan || Fabrique
03.06.22 || Vienna || AT Arena
05.06.22 || Prague || Roxy
07.06.22 || Berlin || Huxley’s
09.06.22 || Cologne || Carlswerk Victoria
13.06.22 || Paris || La Cigale

Fresh off releasing the best punk album of 2021 with Glow On, Turnstile made their late night TV debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night (12/15). Not only was it a rare late night appearance by a punk band (for 2021’s standards), it was an even rarer appearance for a hardcore band, and Turnstile brought it, tearing up the Seth Meyers stage with a seamless back-to-back performance of “Mystery” and “T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection” (just like on the original Turnstile Love Connection EP). It was awesome to see, and you can watch it for yourself below.

The performance gave just a little taste of how great of a live band Turnstile are, and you can really experience it when they hit the road for a headlining tour in 2022.

EUROPE/UK DATES
Sat, JAN 29, 2022 Rock City Nottingham, United Kingdom
Tue, FEB 1, 2022 Roundhouse London, United Kingdom
Thu, FEB 3, 2022 O2 Forum Kentish Town London, United Kingdom
Sat, FEB 5, 2022 The Refectory, University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom
Mon, FEB 7, 2022 Palladium Cologne Cologne, Germany
Tue, FEB 8, 2022 Patronaat Haarlem, Netherlands
Wed, FEB 9, 2022 Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, Germany
Thu, FEB 10, 2022 Conne Island Leipzig, Germany
Fri, FEB 11, 2022 Gruenspan Hamburg, Germany
Sat, FEB 12, 2022 MOD Hasselt, Belgium
Tue, FEB 15, 2022 Élysée Montmartre Paris, France
Sun, JUN 5, 2022 Primavera Sound 2022 Sant Adrià De Besòs, Spain
Thu, JUN 23, 2022 Hellfest 2022 Clisson, France
Fri, JUN 24, 2022 Outbreak Festival 2022 Manchester, United Kingdom
Fri, JUN 24, 2022 Jera On Air Festival 2022 Ysselsteyn, Netherlands
Fri, JUL 8, 2022 Ruisrock 2022 Turku, Finland
Sat, JUL 16, 2022 Lollapalooza Paris 2022 Paris, France

Anne-Marie has dropped a brand-new video for her album track, ‘Beautiful’.

‘Beautiful’ features on Anne-Marie’s chartbusting second studio album ‘Therapy’ and was written by Max Martin, Ed Sheeran and Elvira Anderfjärd (who also produced the track). Today, the song is joined by a poignant video that follows the remarkable story of Dima – a Syrian-born woman who Anne-Marie got to know via her own involvement in refugee charity, Choose Love – the same charity that also connected Anne-Marie with up-and-coming film director, Hassan Akkad, who created the visual.

A vibrant, intelligent young woman, and avid runner, Dima tragically lost her leg after her family home, in Syria, was bombed in a war. After resettling in Bedfordshire, UK alongside her family – where she and her family now permanently reside – Dima began her long rehabilitation journey to get back running again; hers is a journey of courage and hope, and the profound video beautifully depicts Dima’s healing journey, weaving personal footage of her rehabilitation throughout.

Anne-Marie’s Silver-selling second studio album, Therapy, is out now. She will embark on her UK and Ireland ‘Dysfunctional Tour’ throughout May 2022.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse‘s new album BARN is out now on Reprise Records, their longtime home since the beginning. The band’s debut album EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE came out in May 1969.  Today, Crazy Horse features Ralph Molina on drums, Billy Talbot on electric bass and multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren. Lofgren, a founding member of the Horse, played on Tonight’s The Night, After The Gold Rush and Trans.

BARN is here!

10 new songs that capture the raw, idiosyncratic rock and roll spirit and lyrical beauty that epitomizes a classic NYCH collaboration. Recorded this summer under a full moon, in a restored off-grid 19th century barn high up in the Rockies, the Horse was right at home and the album’s stunning love songs, reflective ballads and powerhouse rockers naturally burst into life.

Produced by The Volume Dealers – Neil Young and Niko Bolas, the album will be released on vinyl, CD, cassette, and digitally, including hi-res audio on Neil Young Archives (NYA). There will also be a deluxe edition that will include the LP, CD, and Blu-ray film.

The film of the same title – BARN captures this legendary band in their element – in the wild, their easy humour, their brotherhood, their humanity, and of course, the music, live, recorded in their unique spontaneous way.  A Blu-ray of the film directed by Daryl Hannah, will be available as a stand-alone release.

Six behind-the-scenes photos will be included with the LPs sold at The Greedy Hand Store at NYA and at independent record stores! The photos will also be included in all deluxe box sets.  All Greedy Hand Store purchases of BARN (LP, CD, cassette, deluxe boxset) come with a free hi-res digital audio download from the Xstream Store © at NYA.

Musicians:

Neil Young: guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals.

Billy Talbot: bass, vocals.

Ralph Molina: drums, vocals.

Nils Lofgren: guitar, piano, accordion, vocals.

BARN Tracklisting:

1. Song of the Seasons
2. Heading West
3. Change Ain’t Never Gonna
4. Canerican
5. Shape of You
6. They Might Be Lost
7. Human Race
8. Tumblin’ Thru the Years
9. Welcome Back
10. Don’t Forget Love

GANG OF YOUTHS

ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM + TOUR

‘angel in realtime.’

out February 25^th 2022

featuring the new track ‘tend the garden’ – listen here

UK and European tour announced for March 2022

“A band who always swing for the fences.” – The Guardian

“An example of the eclectic, evolved direction in which their music is heading.” — Rolling Stone Australia

“Le’aupepe has embraced indigenous music native to his family’s Samoan culture, as well as the hip-hop and dance sounds that he grew up on.” – UPROXX

“There’s something deeply philosophical and uplifting at the heart of Gang of Youths’ songs.” – The Current

“I saw Gang Of Youths last night and would describe their energy and stage presence as “extremely not normal…” It fucking ruled.” – Ian Cohen (Pitchfork, Spin, Stereogum)

Gang of Youths today announce their biggest tour of the UK including London’s O2 Academy Brixton to launch their upcoming album ‘angel in realtime.’ which is out on February 25^th through Warner Records. The news comes as they prepare to support Sam Fender on his arena tour around the UK and play their own instantly sold-out club shows.

Gang of Youths say, “The album is about the life and legacy of Dave’s father, indigenous identity, death, grief and God. And also the Angel, Islington.”

Despite and indeed because of frontman Dave Le’aupepe’s father’s absence, his influence permeates every talking point that the album offers. At times it’s solely focused upon the precise, personal experiences of loss: the dichotomy of intensity and peace that comes as someone passes through their final days; the overwhelming feeling in the wake of their death that life will never be the same, even if the rest of the world at large remains utterly unchanged.

Following their recent singles, ‘the angel of 8th ave.’, telling of falling in love in a new city and making a home in another, and ‘the man himself’, a song created around a sample recording from the island of Mangaia in the Cook Islands that is about living without the guiding hand of your own father, today they release ‘tend the garden’.

Although the album is eclectic – influences range from American minimalism and contemporary classical, to drawing upon the legacy of Britain’s alternative/indie scenes, from drum ‘n’ bass to the most transcendent moments of Britpop — it’s equally rooted in Le’aupepe’s Samoan heritage, with the majority of tracks featuring samples from David Fanshawe’s recordings of indigenous music from the Polynesian islands and the wider South Pacific. ‘angel in realtime.’ also features contributions from a cast of talented Pasifika and Māori vocalists and instrumentalists.

Le’aupepe says, “I hope the record stands as a monument to the man my father was and remains long after I’m gone myself. He deserved it.”

‘angel in realtime.’ will be released on digital, double white vinyl and CD and is now available to pre-order here. Fans who pre-order the album will receive instant downloads of ‘tend the garden’, ‘the man himself’, ‘unison’ and ‘the angel of 8^th ave.’. HMV and select independent stores will offer a special edition of the vinyl which features an alternate cover.

Gang of Youths are: Dave Le’aupepe (vocals, guitar), Max Dunn (bass), Jung Kim (guitar, keyboards), Donnie Borzestowski (drums) and Tom Hobden (keyboards, guitar, violin).

‘angel in realtime.’ tracklist:

1. ‘you in everything’
2. ‘in the wake of your leave’
3. ‘the angel of 8^th ave.’
4. ‘returner’
5. ‘unison’
6. ‘tend the garden’
7. ‘the kingdom is within you’
8. ‘spirit boy’
9. ‘brothers’
10. ‘forbearance’
11. ‘the man himself’
12. ‘hand of god’
13. ‘goal of the century’

UK and European ‘angel in realtime.’ tour dates:

MARCH 2022

3^rd – Ireland, Dublin, Button Factory

5^th – UK, Newcastle, Riverside

6^th – UK, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom

8^th – UK, Leeds, Beckett University

9^th – UK, Bristol, O2 Academy

12^th – UK, Birmingham, O2 Institute 2

13^th – UK, Manchester, Albert Hall

15^th – UK, London, O2 Academy Brixton

17^th – Belgium, Brussels, AB Club

18^th – France, Paris, Nouveau Casino

20^th – Germany, Cologne, Club Volta

21^st – Germany, Hamburg, Mojo

23^rd – Germany, Berlin, Columbia Theater

25^th – The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso Noord

With a staggering 49M monthly Spotify listeners between them, the idea of collaborating came after Topic joined Clean Bandit as a special guest during their 12-hour live ‘House Party Against Hunger’ DJ stream with Global Citizen. Having worked with Wes previously, the visionary trio knew his voice was perfect for the track.

Stay tuned for more soon!

Coldplay have today confirmed the release of their much-anticipated new album, Music Of The Spheres. The band’s ninth LP will hit stores and streaming services on October 15th, 2021.

The band announced the Max Martin-produced album on Instagram via a handwritten note alongside an album trailer which combines an animated cosmic journey through the album’s planetary artwork with short clips of the album’s twelve tracks.

The band’s note also seemed to hint at further sci-fi themes with the phrase ‘Everyone is an alien somewhere’.

In May, the band released Higher Power – the first single from Music Of The Spheres – which has been streamed more than 160 million times. The band’s note also revealed the imminent release of an album track called Coloratura on Friday, to be followed by a new single in September.

The band have also revealed the full album tracklisting – with five of the twelve tracks represented by emojis.

Music Of The Spheres

?

Higher Power

Humankind

✨

Let Somebody Go

❤️

People Of The Pride

Biutyful

?

My Universe

♾️

Coloratura

Music Of The Spheres is available to pre-order now at store.coldplay.com

The War On Drugs announce I Don’t Live Here Anymore, their first studio album in four years, out October 29th on Atlantic Records, and a 2022 North American and European tour. In conjunction with today’s announcement, they present its first song/video, “Living Proof.” Over the last 15 years, The War on Drugs have steadily emerged as one of this century’s great rock and roll synthesists, removing the gaps between the underground and the mainstream, between the obtuse and the anthemic, making records that wrestle a fractured past into a unified and engrossing present. The War On Drugs have never done that as well as they do with their fifth studio album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore, an uncommon rock album about one of our most common but daunting processes—resilience in the face of despair.

Just a month after The War On Drugs’ A Deeper Understandingreceived the 2018 Grammy for Best Rock Album, the core of bandleader Adam Granduciel, bassist Dave Hartley, and multi-instrumentalist Anthony LaMarca retreated to upstate New York to jam and cut new demos, working outside of the predetermined roles each member plays in the live setting. These sessions proved highly productive, turning out early versions of some of the most immediate songs onI Don’t Live Here Anymore. It was the start of a dozen-plus session odyssey that spanned three years and seven studios, including some of rock’s greatest sonic workshops like Electric Lady in New York and Los Angeles’ Sound City. Band leader Granducieland trusted co-producer/engineer Shawn Everett spent untold hours peeling back every piece of these songs and rebuilding them.

https://youtu.be/B3OEofsCur8

One of the most memorable sessions occurred in May 2019 at Electro-Vox, in which the band’s entire line-up — rounded out by keyboardist Robbie Bennett, drummer Charlie Hall, and saxophonist Jon Natchez — convened to record the affecting album opener “Living Proof.” Typically, Granduciel assembles The War On Drugs records from reams of overdubs, like a kind of rock ‘n’ roll jigsaw puzzle. But for “Living Proof,” the track came together in real time, as the musicians drew on their chemistry as a live unit to summon some extemporaneous magic. The immediacy of the performance was appropriate for one of the most personal songs Granduciel has ever written.

The “Living Proof” video, directed by filmmaker Emmett Malloy, and shot on 16mm, captures Granduciel at the historic Panoramic studio in Stinson Beach, California.

The War On Drugs’ particular combination of intricacy and imagination animates the 10 songs of I Don’t Live Here Anymore, buttressing the feelings of Granduciel’s personal odyssey. It’s an expression of rock ’n’ roll’s power to translate our own experience into songs we can share and words that direct our gaze toward the possibility of what is to come.

The War On Drugs’ 2022 tour takes the band to some of the largest venues they’ve ever played, including their first headlining show at Madison Square Garden, as well as Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium, the Bill Graham Civic Center in San Francisco, the Ryman Auditoriumin Nashville, two nights at the Chicago Theatre, Philadelphia’s Metropolitan, the House of Bluesin Boston, and beyond. The full North American and European itinerary is below. Tickets are on sale here on Friday, July 23rd at 10am local time.

Pre-order I Don’t Live Here Anymore

I Don’t Live Here Anymore Tracklist
1. Living Proof
2. Harmonia’s Dream
3. Change
4. I Don’t Wanna Wait
5. Victim
6. I Don’t Live Here Anymore
7. Old Skin
8. Wasted
9. Rings Around My Father’s Eyes
10. Occasional Rain

The War On Drugs Tour Dates
(tickets on sale Fri. July 23 @ 10am local time)
Fri. Nov. 12 – Lake Perris, CA @ Desert Daze
Wed. Jan. 19 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live
Thu. Jan. 20 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live
Fri. Jan. 21 – Dallas, TX @ Toyota Music Factory
Sat. Jan. 22 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Mon. Jan. 24 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Tue. Jan. 25 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Thu. Jan. 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
Fri. Jan. 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
Sat. Jan. 29 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Mon. Jan. 31 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Tue. Feb. 1 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Wed. Feb. 2 – Washington, DC @ Anthem
Fri. Feb. 4 – Columbus, OH @ Express Live!
Sat. Feb. 5 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Sun. Feb. 6 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Tue. Feb. 8 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
Thu. Feb. 10 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
Fri. Feb. 11 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
Sat. Feb. 12 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
Sun. Feb. 13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
Tue. Feb 15 – St. Paul , MN @ Palace Theatre
Wed. Feb. 16 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
Fri. Feb. 18 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
Sat. Feb. 19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union
Mon. Feb. 21 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
Tue. Feb. 22 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
Wed. Feb. 23 – Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds
Fri. Feb. 25 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Sat. Feb. 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
Tue. March 22 – Helsinki, FI @ Helsinki Ice Hall
Thu. March 24 – Stockholm, SE @ Annexet
Sun. March 27 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
Mon. March 28 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
Wed. March 30 – Copenhagen, DK @ KB Hallen
Thu. March 31 – Copenhagen, DK @ KB Hallen
Sat. April 2 – Berlin, DE @ Verti Music Hall
Mon. April 4 – Zurich, CH @ Halle 622
Tue. April 5 – Milano, IT @ Alcatraz
Thu. April 7 – München, DE @ Zenith
Sat. April 9 – Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
Mon. April 11 – Birmingham, UK @ 02 Academy Birmingham
Tue. April 12 – London, UK @ The O2 Arena
Thu. April 14 – Dublin, IE @ 3 Arena
Sat. April 16 – Leeds, UK @ First Direct Arena
Mon. April 18 – Edinburgh, UK @ Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Wed. April 20 – Köln, DE @ Palladium
Thu. April 21 – Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof
Fri. April 22 – Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
Sat. April 23 – Antwerp, BE @ Sportpaleis