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Crocodiles have share the second single, “Love Beyond The Grave”, off their upcoming album “Upside Down In Heaven” out April 7th via Lolipop Records.

The video for the song was directed by Kate Clover.

Charles Rowell shares this about the video / song: “Kate is astounding. She’s a constant inspiration, and I feel like we’ve been chasing her since we first met. For both videos she was there and her eye for aesthetics is impeccable. Amidst all the chaos of life there is one certain truth – that we will all die. Being a fan of heavy metal and books by such writers as Anne Sexton and Allen Ginsberg, I find it quite comforting to write about death. I probably have more t-shirts with skulls on them then I do any other article of clothing. I’ve lost many friends and most of my immediate family and the train never stops moving from station to station. The lyrics follow a person who’s scared by the living and revisits past haunts in an attempt to distort normality and find true love with the spirits that inhabit this world; from hometowns to historic street corners.”

Rowell shares this about the album: “Our idea was to make an energetic punk record touching upon a lot of our favorite sounds, from ’70s NYC, to ’80s/’90s UK. Our approach was more like a garage band for this album: Plug in and bash it out. Shout it loud and let the energy come across.”

The band will go on tour starting in April with the first show taking place in Tijuana on April 19th at Moustache.

Hayden has shared a single, “On A Beach”, off his new album “Are We Good” out April 5th via Arts & Crafts.

TRACKLIST:

1. “East Coast”
2. “We Danced”
3. “On A Beach” Feat. Feist
4. “Terry Cloth Blue (Every Single Thing)”
5. “Nothing Wrong”
6. “Are We Good”
7. “Window Washer Blues”
8. “Miss Fort Erie”
9. “It’s Just Me”
10. “Lay This In My Mind”
11. “Can’t Happen Now”

The video for the song was directed by Yael Staav, and it stars Steve Buscemi and Matt Berninger.

Hayden shared this about the song: “One afternoon February 2021 I was asleep at my piano when I received a text from my friend Leslie (Feist), inviting me to be a part of a songwriting workshop with several other musicians of note. I was terrified, but joined in as an attempt to jolt myself out of submission. The idea was to write a song a day for seven consecutive days, sharing them later each evening with the other writers. A great combination of pure feet to the fire expression and accountability. “On A Beach” was my “day four” submission. I continued tinkering with the song and recording in the following weeks, adding a bridge, tracking several synth lines to try to create what I thought hypnosis may sound like. A few weeks later, Leslie was in town and I invited her to sing on a newer verse I’d written to make the song more of a conversation. Who better than the best, and the one who basically made the song happen in the first place”.

Lau.Ra was invited to BBC 1 Radio to do a 2 hour show for their Essential Mix slot.

Lau.Ra Essential Mix

Lau.Ra shared this about her mixes: “My sound is rooted in big wobbly basslines and snappy vocal hooks. My Essential Mix is a journey through some of my favourite moments in dance music, old and new, that have influenced me and the music I’m producing”.

Tanya Tagaq announced that she will have a small role and more importantly will be providing “some sounds” to the 4th season of True Detective.

The 4th season of the series will center on: “In Ennis, Alaska, the men that operate a research station vanish. To solve the case, Detectives Danvers and Navarro will have to confront the darkness themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice”

The cast so far will Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, John Hawkes, Christopher Eccleston and of course Tanya Tagaq. This season was written and directed by Issa López.

For those wondering who Tanya Tagaq is and/or what sounds she makes.

Sparks have shared the first single, “The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte”, off their new album by the same name out May 26th.

TRACKLIST:
01 “The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte”
02 “Veronica Lake”
03 “Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is”
04 “Escalator”
05 “The Mona Lisa’s Packing, Leaving Late Tonight”
06 “You Were Meant For Me”
07 “Not That Well-Defined”
08 “We Go Dancing”
09 “When You Leave”
10 “Take Me For A Ride”
11 “It’s Sunny Today”
12 “A Love Story”
13 “It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way”
14 “Gee, That Was Fun”

The video for the song was directed by the Mael Brothers and Richie Starzec and it stars, arguably the greatest actor of this generation, Cate Blanchett. Sparks said this about it via a press release: “We met Cate Blanchett in Paris at the César Awards last year, little knowing that a year later, one of the great actors of our time (and a splendid person!) would graciously consent to lending her bootie-shaking skills to the first video from our new album, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte. Dreams really do come true. We will sleep well tonight knowing that forever we can say we co-starred in a film with Cate Blanchett!”

Sparks said this about the album: “This is as bold and uncompromising as anything we did back then, or for that matter, anytime throughout our career”.

The band will go on tour to support the album starting in May in the UK and coming over to the USofA before hitting Japan.

Clark has shared the second single, “Clutch Pearlers”, off his upcoming album “Sus Dog” out May 26th via Throttle Records.

TRACKLIST:

01 “Alyosha”
02 “Town Crank”
03 “Sus Dog” (Feat. Anika)
04 “Clutch Pearlers”
05 “Over Empty Streets”
06 “Wedding”
07 “Forest”
08 “Dolgoch Tape”
09 “Bully”
10 “Dismissive”
11 “Medicine” (Feat. Thom Yorke)
12 “Ladder”

The video for the song was directed by Dylan Hayes.

Clark shared this via a press release: “Set to a bright carefree ditty with Reich-ian tuned mallets, ‘Clutch Pearlers’ deals with social awkwardness and insecurity, but, as with much of the record, definitely isn’t earnest; more sideways, with a self-awareness and self-deprecation ensuring things never descend into the air violin sin bin.”

Gabriels has shared another song, “Offerings”, off their upcoming album “Angels & Queens” out June 16th via Atlas Artists.

The song was debuted during their performance on the COLORS show. “Offering” is the opening track for the upcoming album.

The band will have a show in San Diego at the Belly Up on April 12th before their Coachella performance and another one at the Glass House in Pomona before the second weekend at Coachella.

Everything But The Girl have shared the second single, “Caution To The Wind”, off their upcoming album “Fuse” out April 21st via Buzzin Fly Records.

Tracey Thorn said this about the song: “Lyrically “Caution To The Wind” is a simple song about arrival and seizing the moment, so with the music we tried to capture the feeling of a perpetual point in time”. Ben Watt shared this about it: “I let the words quickly collapse and loop inside the production. The drums emerge and repeat, and everything then starts to unfold in cycles of anticipation and release. I guess it’s just classic nightclub tension and euphoria.”

There are no current live dates that have been announced (yet), or any plans for touring in support of the album for that matter.

The National have shared the second single, “New Order T-Shirt”, off their upcoming album “First Two Pages Of Frankenstein” out April 28th via 4AD.

TRACKLIST:

1. Once Upon A Poolside (feat. Sufjan Stevens)
2. Eucalyptus
3. New Order T-Shirt
4. This Isn’t Helping (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
5. Tropic Morning News
6. Alien
7. The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift)
8. Grease in Your Hair
9. Ice Machines
10. Your Mind Is Not Your Friend (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
11. Send for Me

The video for the song was created from pictures taken by Graham MacIndoe.

Aaron Dessner shared this via a press release about the song: “To me, the line ‘I keep what I can of you’ means something about everyone I’ve ever known or loved. There’s a simplicity to ‘New Order T-Shirt’ that reminds me of our earlier records, but with the full maturity and experience we have now. It feels like a really important song for the future of our band.”

The band will go on tour to support the album, some of the shows are already sold out with a 2nd date added in some cities. Also, the band will have the honor and privilege of having Patti Smith as support when they play Madison Square Garden.