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ANOHNI has shared a new single, “Why Am I Alive Now?”, Off their new album “My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross” out July 7th via Secretly Canadian / Rough Trade.

The video for the song was directed by Hunter Schafer and he shared this about it: “I started listening to ANOHNI in high school, so it’s a huge honor to help her build a visual world for WAIAN. This music video was an honest attempt to answer the question that WAIAN begs, Why Am I Alive Now? I wanted to focus on the idea of finding sisterhood in a world that does nothing to help – I hope the direction, choreography, and tone conveys a small piece of that journey.”

ANOHNI will perform live and do a Q&A with Schafer during an early album playback on YouTube on Thursday (July 6th) at 3pm ET, with special guest Nomi Ruiz.

MALVINA has shared her new single, “BRAT”, out now via Pop Noire.

The video was directed by Antoine Carlier.

MALVINA has been touring with Jehnny Beth and Johnny Hostile in their current tour having supported Depeche Mode on some dates, also opening for Interpol, while playing some festival shows. MALVINA has previously released a couple of albums and a couple of EP’s, she is now signed to Pop Noire which is the label Jehnny Beth, Johnny Hostile and Antoine Carlier founded.

Blonde Redhead have shared the second single, “Melody Experiment”, off their upcoming 10th album “Sit Down For Dinner” out September 29th via Section1.

TRACKLIST:

1. Snowman
2. Kiss Her Kiss Her
3. Not for Me
4. Melody Experiment
5. Rest of Her Life
6. Sit Down for Dinner Pt 1
7. Sit Down for Dinner Pt 2
8. I Thought You Should Know
9. Before
10. If
11. Via Savona

Kazu Makino shared this about the song: “This song is a conversational piece between two people. One is questioning the intentions, integrity, and consequences of one’s emotions and actions. She is hypersensitive. The other keeps things simple, allowing himself to go with the flow. Musically, I was able to find something that is quite true and natural to myself, and now I want to continue on this path.”

Simone Pace shared this about the album title: “I know a lot of people eat and run, eat in front of their TV, or don’t care about it too much, and that’s OK, but we really do. It’s a moment for us to sit down and have time with each other.”

The band will go on a tour that will cover some of the USofA and parts of Europe as well.

Suki Waterhouse and Belle and Sebastian have shared a new single, “Every Day’s A Lesson In Humility”.

Suki Waterhouse wrote the song with the band, with Belle and Sebastian producing the track.

A physical version of the single will only be available via the Sub Pop Single Series.

Family Matter have shared the first single, “Matter”, off their upcoming EP titled “Matter” out August 15th.

The video for the song was directed by Hal Winston-Fletcher.

For those not familiar with the band, the lead singer Blake is the son of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl.

He has some live dates lined up around the UK, but no dates have been announced for the USofA (nor Tijuana) yet.

Spoon have released a new EP, “Memory Dust EP”, via Matador.

TRACKLIST:

01 Sugar Babies
02 She’s Fine, She’s Mine
03 Silver Girl

The band has shared all 3 songs, starting with “Sugar Babies”.

The band will be busy in the upcoming weeks going on tour with The Black Keys, Weezer, White Reaper, the War on Drugs, Indigo Reaper.

The Smile have shared a new single, “Bending Hectic”.

It’s not known if this will be part of the new album the band intends on releasing this year or if its a stand alone single.

The song was produced by Sam Petts-Davies and it features strings by the London Contemporary Orchestra. The song sounds as if Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead made a song together that would sound like a clash between early Radiohead (pre-OK Computer) and Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke film scores, only not produced by Nigel Godrich this time around.

The band will start a tour tomorrow by playing two nights in Mexico City and will end with them playing the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL on July 21st:

Tour Dates:
June 21 – Mexico City, Mexico – National Auditorium
June 22 – Mexico City, Mexico – National Auditorium
June 23 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
June 26 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
June 29 – Miami, FL – James L. Knight Center
June 30 – St Augustine, FL – The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
July 2 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center
July 3 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
July 5 – Richmond, VA – The National
July 7 – Forest Hills, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
July 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
July 10 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
July 11 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
July 14 – Quebec City – Festival d’été de Québec
July 15 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
July 16 – Ottawa, ONT – Bluesfest Festival
July 19 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
July 20 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory
July 21 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival

ANOHNI and The Johnsons have shared a new single, “Silver Of Ice”, off their new album “My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross” out July 7th via Secretly Canadian and Rough Trade.

ANOHNI shared this about the song and inspiration: “A friend of mine expressed to me in the final months of his life that the simplest sensations had begun to feel almost rapturous; a carer had placed a shard of ice on his tongue one day and it was such a sweet and unbelievable feeling that it caused him to weep with gratitude. He was a hardcore kind of guy and these moments were transforming the way he was seeing things. I wrote ‘Sliver of Ice,’ remembering those words of his.”

Blur have shared the first single, “The Narcissist”, off what will be their new album “The Ballad Of Darren” out July 21st via Parlophone.

The album was produced by James Ford who’s worked previously with Albarn on the album “The Now Now” by Gorillaz.

Each band member released a statement on the album and what has lead them to this point in their long career.

Graham Coxon shared this: “The older and madder we get, it becomes more essential that what we play is loaded with the right emotion and intention. Sometimes just a riff doesn’t do the job.”

Damon Albarn had this to say: “This is an aftershock record, reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now.”

Alex James said this: “For any long term relationship to last with any meaning you have to be able to surprise each other somehow and somehow we all continue to do that.”

Dave Rowntree shared: “It always feels very natural to make music together. With every record we do, the process reveals something new and we develop as a band. We don’t take that for granted.”