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Charli XCX has shared a new song, “House”, it is off the soundtrack she did for Emerald Fennell version/vision of “Wuthering Heights”.

The video for the song was directed by Mitch Ryan.

Charli XCX shared this about the song, the collaboration with John Cale and the inspiration for the soundtrack: “I got a call from Emerald Fennell last Christmas asking whether I would consider working on a song for her adaptation of Wuthering Heights. I read the script and immediately felt inspired so Finn Keane and I began working on not just one but many songs that we felt connected to the world she was creating. After being so in the depths of my previous album I was excited to escape into something entirely new, entirely opposite. When I think of Wuthering Heights I think of many things. I think of passion and pain. I think of England. I think of the Moors, I think of the mud and the cold. I think of determination and grit. A few years ago I watched Todd Haynes’ documentary about The Velvet Underground. As many of you know I’m a huge fan of the band and was really taken by the documentary. One thing that stuck with me was how John Cale described a key sonic requirement of The Velvet Underground. That any song had to be both ‘elegant and brutal.’ I got really stuck on that phrase. I wrote it down on my notes app and would pull it up from time to time and think about what he meant. When working on music for this film, ‘elegant and brutal’ was a phrase I kept coming back to. One day whilst on tour in Austin, Finn and I went to the studio and wrote the bones for a song that would eventually become House. When the summer ended I was still ruminating on John’s words. So I decided to reach out to him to get his opinion on the songs that his phrase had so deeply inspired, but also to see whether he might want to collaborate on any.

We got connected, we spoke on the phone and wow… that voice, so elegant, so brutal. I sent him some songs and we started talking specifically about House. We spoke about the idea of a poem. He recorded something and sent it to me. Something that only John could do. And it was… well, it made me cry. I feel so lucky to have been able to work with John on this song. I’ve been so excited to share it with you all, sitting quietly in anticipation.

Love you all, let’s fall in love again and again <3”

Mariachi El Bronx have shared the first single, “Forgive Or Forget”, off their upcoming fourth album titled “IV” out February 13th via ATO.

TRACKLIST:
1. Forgive or Forget
2. Bandoleros
3. Songbird
4. All Things
5. El Dorado
6. Fools Gold
7. The Takers
8. RIP Romeo
9. Gambler’s Prayer
10. El Borracho
11. Tie You Down
12. Into The Afterlife

Matt Caughthran said this about the song: “…it’s about someone who’s completely disheveled and a little washed out, looking back on their life in a way that’s kind of hazy. There’s a little bit of hope there, but it’s pretty dark.”

To celebrate the release of the album Mariachi El Bronx will do TIJUANA QUATRO, hitting 4 select stages across Southern California and Mexico. Each show will be $4 to celebrate our 4th record, and tickets are on-sale NOW. Presented by liquid death.

1/8: La Cita | LA – 12/6: La Santa | Santa Ana – 1/17: Corazon Del Barrio | San Diego 2/14: Black Box Tijuana | Tijuana, MX.

bar italia have shared the fourth single, “omni shambles”, off their album “Some Like It Hot” which came out October 24th via Matador Records.

A press release from the label said this about the song: “‘omni shambles’ is a taut rocker veering between syncopated, angular riffs and cathartic singalong within an action-packed 2 minutes.”

Smerz have shared a new album, “Big City Life EDITS”, which is a sort of re-imagining of their latest. It is available now via escho.

“Big City Life EDITS” features Clairo, ML Buch, Astrid Sonne, Erika de Casier, Fine, They Are Gutting a Body of Water, MIKE, Zack Sekoff, Elias Rønnenfelt, Fousheé and more.

TRACKLIST:

1. Big dreams Yrdloop EDIT
2. Easy – Astrid Sonne EDIT
3. Imagine this – NEW YORK EDIT
4. What – haloplus+ EDIT
5. Roll the dice – Molina EDIT
6. Feisty – Erika de Casier EDIT
7. A thousand lies – Fine EDIT
8. Big city life – They Are Gutting a Body of Water EDIT
9. You got time and got money – MIKE + Zack Sekoff EDIT feat. Elias Rønnenfelt & Fousheé 10. But do ML Buch EDIT
11. Close – Clarissa Connelly EDIT
12. Dreams – Cezinando EDIT
13. Street style Toxe EDIT
14. You got time and got money – Smerz & WIZJ EDIT feat. Clairo

Below is a link to Bandcamp because fuck Spotify.

https://smerzforyou.bandcamp.com/album/big-city-life-edits

Anna Calvi has shared a cover of the Bonnie “Prince” Billy song “I See A Darkness” and it features Perfume Genius.

The video for the song was directed by Alexander Brown.

Anna Calvi shared this about the song: “So many songs are about romantic love. But I wanted to highlight the romance of the chosen family, the depth of connection that isn’t tethered to heteronormative ideals. It’s such a powerful song about the yearning for intimacy. I love inhabiting other people’s songs. When I sing someone else’s words, I feel like I’m getting closer to myself somehow, because the songs I choose express something I can’t articulate.”

The Dare played a whole 50 minute set at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday October 25th to what felt like a sold out crowd.

Seeing The Dare live is as if James Murphy was skinny with no band/friends onstage playing with him and instead it’s just a tracking tune that plays some sort of b-side versions of Soulwax songs (Nite Versions) remixed by 2manydjs and he does karaoke to them with a tower of Marshall stacks and strobe lights to help with the stage presence.

Sleaford Mods have shared the first single, “The Good Life” feat. Gwendolyn Christie and Big Special, off their upcoming album “The Demise Of Planet X” out January 16th via Rough Trade.

TRACKLIST:

1. The Good Life (feat. Gwendoline Christie + Big Special)
2. Double Diamond
3. Elitest G.O.A.T. (feat. Aldous Harding)
4. Megaton
5. No Touch (feat. Sue Tompkins)
6. Bad Santa
7. The Demise Of Planet X
8. Don Draper
9. Gina Was
10. Shoving the Images
11. Flood the Zone (feat. Liam Bailey)
12. Kill List (feat. Snowy)
13. The Unwrap

The video for the song was directed by Ben Wheatley.

Jason Williamson shared this about the song: “’The Good Life’ talks about slagging bands off and the joy and misery that causes me. I’m asking myself why am I slagging bands off? Why is it a continuing thing with me? My inner voices are brought to life by Gwendoline and Big Special, debating that internal tension between me enjoying a good life or submitting to the mayhem.”

Williamson shared this about the album:  “The Demise of Planet X represents a life lived under immense uncertainty, shaped by mass trauma. When we wrote the last album, it was about stagnation, a country that felt like a lifeless corpse. Three years later, that corpse has been split open by war, genocide, and the lingering psychological fallout of Covid whilst social media has mutated into a grotesque, twisted form of digital engineering. It feels like we’re living among the ruins. A multi-layered abomination etched into our collective psyche. I don’t want to pat myself on the back while the rest of the world falls to shit, but we’re really happy with “The Demise of Planet X”. The music and ideas are fresh and it’s in your face, but it pays to put your glasses on to look at the ingredients.”

Ashes And Diamonds have shared the fourth single, “On”, off their upcoming debut album “Ashes And Diamonds Are Forever” out October 31st via Cleopatra Records.

Daniel Ash shared this about the song: “This song is about having an extreme passion for life/love. It’s the antithesis of complacency…Go for it forever.”

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist have shared the first single, “Super Nintendo”, off what will be their new album “Mercy” to be released November 17th via Backwoodz Studioz / Rhymesayers Entertainment.

The video was co-directed by ELUCID and billy woods.

A press release said this of the album: “The new record is made out of blood and empire, children’s laughter, unpaid parking tickets and unkept secrets”.