Dave Ball, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter who carried out alongside Marc Almond within the influential synth-pop duo Gentle Cell, died yesterday (October 22). The band’s publicist, Debbie Ball, confirmed the information, writing that Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London residence. No trigger was given. The musician was 66 years previous. Raised […]

In 2023, Vampire Weekend launched a vinyl-only reside album sequence known as Frog on the Bass Drum. The second quantity arrived final yr, and the band has now detailed the sequence’ third installment. Frog on the Bass Drum Vol. 03 captures Vampire Weekend’s two concert events at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard, from their tour […]

Sampha has shared an outtake from the classes for his 2023 album Lahai. “Cumulus / Reminiscence” was co-written with the xx’s Romy, who additionally sings on the monitor. Give the music a pay attention beneath. “‘Cumulus’ was the primary music I wrote for Lahai and the final one to be completed,” Sampha shared in a […]

Cass McCombs has introduced extra tour dates in help of his newest album, Inside Reside Oak. The newly introduced exhibits happen subsequent 12 months in Europe, the UK, the US, and Canada. See the dates beneath. To go together with the tour information, McCombs has additionally shared a brand new music video for Inside Reside […]

Anna Calvi has enlisted Fragrance Genius for a canopy of the Bonnie “Prince” Billy basic “I See a Darkness.” The track accompanies the latest launch of Calvi’s new Substack, Carving Silver in Unusual Climate, a house for unreleased songs, playlists, and writings on music. Watch the quilt’s Alexander Brown–directed video, about two pals on an […]

20 years after co-founding the Dodos with drummer Logan Kroeber, singer and guitarist Meric Lengthy will launch his first solo album underneath his personal identify. The file, Kablooey, is out this Friday, October 24, through Polyvinyl. Under, take heed to the brand new album’s lead single, “A Small Act of Defiance.” Lengthy labored on Kablooey […]

Following a smattering of billboard and poster teasers world wide, Rosalía has introduced her new album—and it arrives in lower than a month. Lux, the Spanish pop star’s fourth studio album, might be launched November 7 by way of Columbia. Particulars on the follow-up to 2022’s Motomami are in any other case scarce, however you […]

Greg Freeman has shared a music video for the music “Gulch,” from his new album Burnover. The clip, directed by Adrian Rickard Ennis, splices collectively footage of Freeman performing and New Mexico’s annual Cerrillos Burro race. Watch it beneath. Burnover got here out in August. Following a run of West Coast dates set for December, […]

Avant Gardner LLC, the bankrupt proprietor of the Brooklyn membership complicated of the identical title, has utilized for a allow to demolish the Mirage venue, Brooklyn Paper studies. Having did not safe reopening permits on account of security and technical points, Avant Gardner filed for Chapter 11 chapter in August and handed its property to […]

Sabrina Carpenter was the host and musical visitor on final night time’s (October 18) episode of Saturday Night time Stay, the place she carried out songs from her new album Man’s Finest Pal. Wearing SNL-themed underwear, Carpenter sang the one “Manchild” right into a hairbrush; later, she donned a gi and did some karate for […]