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Kamasi Washington has shared the third single, “Dream State” featuring André 3000, off his upcoming album “Fearless Movement” out May 3rd via Young.

The video was directed by Kamasi’s sister Aubrinae Washington.                                   Kamasi shared this about the song: “‘Dream State’ is a celebration of life and the opportunity it gives us to explore new possibilities. We created this song together instantaneously as we improvised off the music we made in the moment. It was such an honor to work on this song with one of my heroes, the great André 3000. And what an amazing experience André 3000, Brandon Coleman, Tony Austin, Mono/Poly and I had gliding freely through this world of sound not knowing where we would end up, but joyful in the journey itself.”                                              André 3000 shared this about it: “When you receive a text from a wind friend something beautiful usually transpires. The day Kamasi invited me to a session for Fearless Movement I was so geeked and honored. Now, every time we get together something interesting happens. We first played during a recording session for New Blue Sun and it’s been fruitful ever since.”

La Luz have shared the second single, “Poppies”, off their upcoming album “News Of The Universe” out May 24th via Sub Pop.

Shana Cleveland shared this about the song: “‘Poppies’ is about the surreal feeling of going through the horror and isolation of a cancer diagnosis and treatment and then suddenly being out in the bright world again, trying to make sense of it all, feeling like I’m walking through a waking dream, seeing the first wildflowers come out and feeling a similar sense of rebirth.”

La Luz will be out on tour across the UK, Europe and most of the USofA starting in May up until November.

Violencia have shared the single “Cuerpo Dócil” off their album “Viviendo Tiempos Aún Más Oscuros” out now via Tormentas Records.

The video for the song was directed by Hugo Caro Olvera. He filmed the video while traveling with the band during a tour on the East Coast.

Violencia shared this, it could be applied to the album, as an ethos or even as a plea to everyone within earshot: “Yes, there’s always been something that is about to blow, in the act to counter back the social control system lies the challenge in destroying the cop that we each carry inside of us, hidden in our most deepest darkest of acts & thoughts, if there is something or someone to judge it has to be done in front of the mirror. Have you asked yourself yet if it’s them or us?”

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis have shared the track “A Song For Amy” off the soundtrack for “Back To Black”, the Amy Winehouse biopic.

The movie is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and it stars Marisa Abela as Amy. The movie, judging by the trailer(s) and we really hate talking bad about films, looks like it will be overshadowed by the score composers.

The director, Sam Taylor-Johnson, shared this about having Cave & Ellis composing the score: “Nick and Warren were the only musicians in my mind to score Back to Black. Over the years, I’ve listened to everything they’ve composed and longed to realize the dream of working together.  Their sensibility as well as understanding of this story has led to a profoundly deep and moving film score.”

Beth Gibbons has shared the second single, “Reaching Out”, off her upcoming album “Lives Outgrown” out May 17th via Domino Records.

The video for the song was directed by Weirdcore, who has made videos for Arca, Aphex Twin, Radiohead, etc.).

Beth Gibbons has some live dates announced in Europe and Asia, however no dates for the USofA (nor Tijuana) have been announced yet.

Olof Dreijer has shared the first single, “Coral”, off his upcoming EP by the same name “Coral” that was released March 6th via AD93.

TRACKLIST:

1. Coral
2. Flora
3. Hazel

Boeckner has shared the third single, “Dead Tourists”, off his self titled album that was just released via Sub Pop.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Lose”
02 “Ghost In The Mirror”
03 “Wrong”
04 “Don’t Worry Baby”
05 “Dead Tourists”
06 “Return to Life”
07 “Euphoria”
08 “Holy Is the Night”

The video for the song was directed by Sasha Solodukhina.

Dan Boeckner shares this about the album: “This record is like an autobiography. Atlas Strategic music concrete synth explosions, lush synth stuff from Operators, the noise guitar from Handsome Furs, drawing influence from everything from Stockhausen to Tom Waits all at the same time.”

No tour dates have been announced yet.

Agender have shared the second single, “Jeans”, off what will be their upcoming album due out sometime later this year.

The song is described by the band as: “A desperate love song drenched in denim.
Something a bit more fun, punky, grungy bubblegum pop punk?”

It was written by Romy Hoffman and produced by her and David Scott Stone. The video was directed by Romy Hoffman, and she shared this about it: “We’ve made a lot of music videos but none feature us, solely, playing as a band, in a studio. We thought it was about time we let the band shine and allow the song to pop”.

Crosses shared a new single, “Big Youth”, featuring El-P off their latest album “Goodnight, God Bless, I Love You, Delete”.

The video for the song was edited by Rizz.

Crosses have finished their USofA tour and will now be headed to the UK and Europe in the Summer.