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Next Jazz Legacy Opens Applications For Third Year of Mentoring Emerging Women & Non-Binary Jazz Musicians

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Next Jazz Legacy Opens Applications For Third Year of Mentoring Emerging Women & Non-Binary Jazz Musicians

Following a transformative first two years providing invaluable guidance and mentorship to emerging women and non-binary musicians, Next Jazz Legacy is thrilled to announce that they will be accepting applications for their 2024 cycle beginning on August 31st. Applications will be due by October 16, 2023, and will be submitted at New Music USA’s website here.

Focused on increasing opportunities for musicians most underrepresented in the art form, the three-year, national program launched by New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice – is a partnership between the two organizations, with funding from the Mellon Foundation, and Joe & Nancy Walker. GRAMMY-winning artist and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington is the program’s Artistic Director.

NJL’s first two cohorts of awardees gained invaluable experiences under the tutelage of some of the jazz world’s biggest names. For its 2023 cohort, NJL set up apprenticeships with Regina Carter, Makaya McCraven, Nicholas Payton, Craig Taborn, Nasheet Waits, Brandee Younger, and Miguel Zenón and recruited Tia Fuller, Christian McBride, Nicole Mitchell, Moor Mother, Meshell Ndegeocello, Patrice Rushen, and Helen Sung to provide creative mentorship. For its 2022 cohort, NJL arranged apprenticeships under Esperanza Spalding, Lizz Wright, Marcus Miller, Mary Halvorson, Tia Fuller, Linda May Han Oh and Chris Potter, while luminaries like the late Wayne Shorter, Bobby McFerrin, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Brandon Ross, Bill Stewart, Kris Davis and Jen Shyu were also brought in by NJL for mentorships. Over the past several years, NJL has also set up various seminars, from a social media crash course from Samara Joy — who was awarded the 2023 GRAMMY for Best New Artist — to a discussion on independent artistry with GRAMMY-nominated jazz vocalist Somi and the acclaimed drummer / composer Kassa Overall.

Throughout Next Jazz Legacy’s time, awardees have performed on prestigious stages at local and national jazz events throughout the country, including at Winter Jazzfest 2023, the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, and as part of a special Livestream Concert produced by WBGO. The 2023 awardees are also slated to perform at the DC Jazz Festival and Angel City Jazz Fest.

2023 NJL Awardee Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield recently performed with her NJL mentor Brandee Younger for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk. Watch that performance here.

The 2023 cohort of seven musicians spans a wide spectrum of genres, instruments, and trajectories, with personal experiences of confronting the challenges of sexism, socio-economic status, and opportunity. The cohort consists of Camila Cortina Bello (piano), Milena Casado (trumpet/flugelhorn), Liany Mateo (bass), Anaïs Maviel (voice), Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield (voice), Neta Raanan (saxophone), and Anisha Rush (saxophone).

Next Jazz Legacy launched in 2022 with seven awardees from Boston, New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati representing a wide range of instrumentation and approach to performance and composition. The 2022 awardees include Anastassiya Petrova (piano/organ), Ivanna Cuesta (drums), Lexi Hamner (voice/trombone), Keyanna Hutchinson (guitar), Alexis Lombre (piano), Loke Risberg (guitar) and Kalia Vandever (trombone).

Each Next Jazz Legacy artist benefits from a comprehensive package designed to have a deep and lasting career impact. This includes a $10,000 grant, a one-year performance apprenticeship, a two-way mentorship program pairing them with artistic and business professionals, peer-learning cohorts led by Carrington, an online learning course from Berklee, and a variety of promotional opportunities to live showcases with national presenters and more. The NJL program is managed by New York City-based emerging guitarist, composer and educator Lolivone de la Rosa. Any questions about the program should be addressed to de la Rosa at nextjazzlegacy@newmusicusa.org.

Applicants must be based in the US or a US territory, a woman or non-binary improviser in jazz, an emerging artist with substantial professional experience, 21-35 years old, and available for full participation in the program between January 2024 and December 2024.

More information on Next Jazz Legacy can be found here

New Music USA nurtures the creation, performance, and appreciation of new music in all its forms to build a vibrant and inclusive future for creators and listeners across the US. We empower and connect US-based music makers, organizations, and audiences by providing funding through our grants; offering support and fostering new connections through our programs; deepening knowledge through our online magazine, NewMusicBox; and working as an advocate for the field. New Music USA envisions a thriving and equitable ecosystem for new music throughout the United States. Newmusicusa.org.

The Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice’s mission is to recruit, teach, mentor, and advocate for young musicians desiring to study jazz in a safe, egalitarian and nurturing environment, with gender justice and racial justice as guiding principles. We share in the collective work to challenge systemic forms of oppression embedded in the art form. We believe a cultural transformation is needed and that the music itself will not reach its full potential until these issues are meaningfully addressed. Learn more at berklee.edu/jazz-gender-justice

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Learn more at mellon.org.

Say She She Calls For Gun Control Reform Through The Ecstatic and Revolutionary Sounds of Post-Disco Funk

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Say She She Calls For Gun Control Reform Through The Ecstatic and Revolutionary Sounds of Post-Disco Funk

NYC discodelic soul outfit Say She She shares “Echo In The Chamber,” the latest preview of forthcoming record Silver (out September 29 / Karma Chief Records). Crying for listeners to “usher in the change,” “Echo In The Chamber” — which premiered yesterday on WXPN — is a fiery call to action in support of increased gun control legislation in the states.

Alongside the single release, the band is working to support the Background Check Expansion Act — a bipartisan proposal widely supported by organizations like Sandy Hook Promise, Moms Demand Action, The National Education Association and others which requires background checks on all gun sales — through a record store initiative: all record stores that carry Say She She’s new album Silver will also carry and give out postcards that include a call to action against the national gun violence epidemic, meant to be sent to your local representative. From their collective backgrounds in education, speechwriting, and nonprofit work, Say She She has learned that the best ways to take action are direct, loud, and proud — just like their music.

Opening with the fiery incantation that is “Reeling,” Silver turns the dial on their anger and confidence all the way up. “Kick the door down, smash the ceiling, leave ‘em reeling!” sets the mood for a musical journey imbued with political grit. While today’s release addresses gun control, “NORMA,” the group’s protest anthem written in response to the decision to overturn Roe v Wade, is an urgent call to action to support the protection of women’s rights and preserving the right to choose. It was first released on Bandcamp, just days before the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade was made last year. “We will not go back!!,” the trio cries, channeling the revolutionary and ecstatic sounds of disco to perfect, compelling harmony.

In a new review, Uncut lauds Silver for its “eloquent excursions into vintage Philly soul (“Don’t You Dare Stop”), En Vogue operatics (“Forget Me Not”) and the cinematic funk of Curtis Mayfield (“Astral Plane”, “Passing Time”). That’s not to suggest [Silver] is an entirely retro proposition, as even on the record’s most left-field moments and historical echoes there’s a clear path being charted, expanding the grammar of R&B into the heart of the modern-day mainstream.”

In what has been a breakout year, Say She She has made their national TV debut on CBS Saturday and have emerged as darlings of tastemaker radio, performing sessions and receiving significant spins from the likes of KEXP, WFUV — which selected the group as featured performers in last year’s annual Holiday Cheer event at the Beacon Theater — and WXPN, including World Cafe and a performance at their spring NonCOMMvention. Their latest single release, “Astral Plane,” marked the groups fourth appearance at #1 on KCRW’s Top 30. Watch Say She She’s new live concert performance with WFUV here.

Plus, Say She She just announced the dates for what ill be their biggest headlining tour yet, with performances at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, LEVITATION fest, a double header at LA’s Lodge Room (9/28 + 9/29), and NYC’s Bowery Ballroom 10/17). The performances follow the group’s Hollywood Bowl debut with Portugal The Man, opening Central Park Summerstage’s 2023 season, and three sets in 24 hours at Glastonbury.

SILVER TRACK LIST
Reeling
Don’t You Dare Stop
Astral Plane
C’est Si Bon
Entry Level
Passing Time
Think About It
Questions
Forget Me Not
Never Say Never
The Water
Echo In The Chamber
Bleeding Heart
Find A Way
NORMA
Silver

DON’T YOU DARE STOP SUMMER TOUR
August 3-4 – Pickathon Festival, Portland (USA)
August 6 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles (USA)*+
August 16 – Musikfestwochen, Winterthurer (Switzerland)
August 18 – Festival Chez Hubert, Brittany (France)
August 20 – Green Man Festival, Wales (UK)
August 22. – Bla, Oslo (Norway)
August 23 – Vega, Copenhagen Denmark)
August 24 – Faschiong, Stockholm (Sweden)
August 26 – Shambala Festival, Northamptonshire (UK)
August 28 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham(UK)
August 31 – Village Underground, London (UK)
September 1 – End Of The Road Festival, Dorset (UK)
September 2 – Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester (UK)
September 3 – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (UK)
September 10 – Music At The Intersection, St. Louis (USA)
September 22 – XPonential Music Festival, Camden (USA)
* as support for St Paul & The Broken Bones
** with special guest, Abby Jeanne
*+ as support for Portugal The Man & Chicano Batman
^ as support for Shannon & The Clam

FALL HEADLINING TOUR
Thursday September 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room ^ / x
Friday September 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room x / #
Sunday October 1 – San Francisco, CA – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2023 (festival)
Tuesday October 3 – Portland, OR 10/3/23 – The Get Down *
Wednesday October 4 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern *
Friday October 6 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room *
Sunday October 8 – Boulder, CO – Velvet Elk Lounge *
Tuesday October 10 – Chicago, IL – Martyrs ++
Wednesday October 11 – Detroit, MI – El Club ++
Friday October 13 – Albany, NY – Lark Hall ++
Saturday October 14 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair ++
Sunday October 15 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge ~
Monday October 17 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom ++
Friday October 20 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live ++
Saturday October 21 – Washington, DC – Miracle Theatre ++
Sunday October 22 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall ++
Tuesday October 24 – Atlanta, GA – Vinyl Tue ++
Wednesday October 25 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room ++
Friday October 27 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
Sunday October 29 – Austin, TX – LEVITATION @ Empire Control Room & Garage (festival)
Tuesday October 31 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole ^
Wednesday November 1 – San Diego, CA – Casbah ^
Friday November 3 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel ^
Saturday November 4 – Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley ^
^ They Live
X Mestizo Beat
# Terin Ector
* Nicky Egan
++ Salt Cathedral
~ Honey & Soul

NEW 2024 EU/UK DATES
Wednesday March 6 – Brighton, UK – Komedia
Thursday March 7 – London, UK – KOKO
Saturday March 9 – Bristol, UK – Thekla
Sunday March 10 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
Monday March 11 – Edinburgh, UK – The Caves
Tuesday March 12 – Leeds, UK – The Brudenell Social Club
Sunday March 17 – Leipzig, Germany – UT Connewitz
Tuesday March 19 – Hamburg, Germany – Knust
Wednesday March 20 – Berlin, Germany – Frannz
Friday March 22 – Mannheim, Germany – Alte Feuerwache

Hayden Announces Canadian Tour Dates In Support Of New LP, Are We Good

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Hayden Announces Canadian Tour Dates In Support Of New LP, Are We Good

Legendary and heavily influential indie-folk rock artist Hayden recently released Are We Good, his hotly anticipated first new album in 8 years, today on Arts & Crafts. Introduced by “East Coast”, “Miss Fort Erie”, and “On A Beach (feat Feist)”, which earned acclaim spanning Stereogum, SPIN, Cool Hunting, Under The Radar, The Line Of Best Fit, BrooklynVegan and more, Hayden’s triumphant ninth studio album is a crowning achievement in his well-deep catalog of carefully hewn indie rock, dating back to his debut album Everything I Long For in 1996.

“On A Beach (feat Feist)” was released alongside a cinematic, star-studded official video, also featuring the inimitable Leslie Feist with cameos by Matt Berninger of The National and beloved actor Steve Buscemi (who Hayden last worked with on the music for Trees Lounge, Buscemi’s 1997 directorial debut). Today, Hayden reveals the stirring love song and album title track “Are We Good” which was co-written with Berninger.

“This song was hanging around for a while with a bunch of mumbled lyrics I had as place-setters,” recalls Hayden. “The only line that stuck was the refrain ‘are we good.’ I sent it over to Matt [Berninger of The National] and he came up with the rest. When I read the lines ‘Are you worried about the past, coming back to you too fast, Are you worried about the sea, And what’s going on underneath,’ I knew I’d sent the song to the right guy.”

A meditative and electric tune, “Are We Good” is quintessential Hayden, with unabashed nods to the fluidity of Leonard Cohen and the buzz of Crazy Horse. As the album’s namesake, “Are We Good” posits Hayden Desser, peppered and grizzled (by the pandemic or parenting), in an attic studio stand-off with writer’s block during early lockdown. The album’s eleven songs were written, produced, and mixed predominantly by Hayden at Skyscraper National Park, the attic studio of his Toronto home. A perfect combination of complex family life – he and his wife are parents to a child with developmental disabilities – coupled with the grinding halt of creative inertia, Hayden found himself trying to balance the album on an unachievable ledge of perfection. Breaking from these confines – and a decades-long career defined by his staunchly DIY approach – Hayden made an album richly inspired by collaboration, including the likes of Feist, Aaron Dessner and Matt Berninger of The National, drummer James Krivchenia of Big Thief, and engineer Jonathan Low (Taylor Swift, Big Red Machine).

Eight years in the making, Are We Good is an album dedicated to relationships, and the deep personal entanglements that help define our sense of selves. On Are We Good – an evolutionary album, “the sound of an artist who’s been learning how to challenge an aesthetic they’ve been exploring for 30 years” (sometimes past the point of perfection) – Hayden opened up to new approaches to awaken his storytelling. A statement of permanence that chases the most fleeting of emotions, on Are We Good Hayden proves that reinvention is the greatest reminder of the essence of who you are.

On November 15, Hayden and his band will bring his new album out on the road for a string of Canadian dates that promise to be as magical as the album itself. =

TOUR DATES:
(Solo)
September. 21 – Niagara on the Lake, ON – Ravine
September 22 – Meaford, ON – Meaford Hall (Four Winds Music Fest series)

(Full Band)
November 15 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom
November 16 – Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre
November 19 – Sherwood Park, AB – Festival Place
November 20 – Calgary, AB – Grand Theatre
November 21 – Regina, SK – The Exchange
November 22 – Winnipeg, MB – West End Cultural Centre
November 29 – Waterloo, ON – Maxwell’s Concerts & Events
November 30 – London, ON – London Music Hall
December 2 – Hamilton, ON – Bridgeworks
December 3 – Oshawa, ON – Biltmore Theatre

BEHIND THE SCENES: Kevin Shields and J Mascis Explore the Shields Blender Pedal

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Kevin Shields and J Mascis Explore the Shields Blender Pedal

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Fender Shields Blender Pedal with Kevin Shields and J Mascis as they take it for a test drive.

Relive Eight Decades of Iconic Songs That Hit #2 On The Charts

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Relive Eight Decades of Iconic Songs That Hit #2 On The Charts

Standing in the shadow of No. 1 are hundreds of songs that stopped just short of the top of the Billboard charts. Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits.” Madonna’s “Material Girl.” The Village People’s “YMCA.” They were all massive hits, but none of them ever made it to the top spot!

This month, in partnership with Billboard, SiriusXM is counting down the biggest hits that only got the silver medal. An exclusive limited-run channel, the Billboard #2 Countdown Channel plays songs that peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 — from the chart’s start in August 1958 through today! Hear eight decades of No. 2 hits, including songs by Taylor Swift, Elton John, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Carpenters, Drake, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and hundreds more!

The Billboard #2 Countdown Channel will be available on the SiriusXM App and satellite channel 14 from September 7–20.

Canadian Proto-Punk Greats Teenage Head Release ‘Performance: Live At Heatwave’

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Canadian Proto-Punk Greats Teenage Head Release ‘Performance: Live At Heatwave’

In the summer of 1977 when the whole punk scene was blossoming in Toronto, word hit the street that some big-time manager was looking for the best punk band in Toronto. That guy turned out to be John Brower and he decided the best Toronto punk band was Teenage Headfrom Hamilton, Ontario, and the area’s answer to the Ramones, New York Dolls, and Stooges. And Brower’s decision was a wise one – Teenage Head (comprised of singer Frankie Venom, guitarist Gord Lewis, bassist Steve Mahon, and drummer Nick Stipanitz) quickly became the most popular Canadian punk band, on the strength of such classic studio efforts as 1979’s self-titled debut, 1980’s platinum-certified Frantic City, and 1982’s gold-certified Some Kinda Fun.

But it was on the concert stage that Teenage Head was best experienced. And now, fans will be able to hear a vastly sonically improved version of one of their most popular shows recorded in 1980, with the arrival of Performance: Live at Heatwave on September 5, 2023 via SINGMarket.

“Teenage Head was never booked to play the Heatwave Festival, that’s why our name never appeared on the poster or the ticket!,” remembers Mahon. “After our infamous sell out show at Ontario Place on June 2nd, 1980, we were set to headline a festival to be called the ‘Canadian Rock Festival’ on August 20th at Exhibition Stadium during the CNE (Toronto’s annual summer fair). Alice Cooper was set to play the same venue the night before, but when it turned out that Alice was not exactly in shape to get through the show, the thousands of fans in the Stadium expressed their unhappiness and ripped the place apart and did extensive damage to the sound system, as a result our show was cancelled. Our management team contacted our early supporter John Brower who was the promoter of Heatwave and of course he offered us a slot. Our set was recorded by Doug McClement on 8-track half-inch tape on his Comfort Sound truck.”

And according to the bassist, it turns out that the performance became one of the band’s best-known out of near-tragedy. “On September 7, 1980, a little after playing Heatwave we suffered a terrible accident traveling home from a gig in Palmerston, Ontario. Gord’s injuries were devastating, he was out of commission for the better part of a year. So, knowing we weren’t able to play the 3rd annual broadcast on Halloween, we quickly went into Amber Studios, also in Toronto. There, we mixed the Heatwave show, which Q107 did broadcast on Halloween 1980 (which explains all the not-so-great bootleg versions). It’s very possible that we may have never pulled that tape from the vaults had it not been for that accident. We are really lucky to have had these tapes. Now thanks to the wizardry of Peter Moore we finally have a great version that captures the power of the day. Doug Arrowsmith used two songs in the documentary Picture My Face: The Story of Teenage Head – and here are the rest.”

Live at Heatwave will be available as a killer deluxe package (see below for details), as well as less expensive offerings that focus solely on the 1980 performance. But either way, fans of Teenage Head are in for a special blast from the past, according to Mahon – “So kick back, crank it up, grab a cold one and transport back to Mosport Park, August 23, 1980, it’s a TEENAGE HEAD PERFORMANCE LIVE AT HEATWAVE.”

SING Deluxe Package – includes vinyl and DVD documentary film
Physical Items:
• LP: pink 180g high-quality vinyl with fluorescent green and yellow splatter
• CD: of entire album w/ bonus encore C’mon Everybody
• DVD Documentary: Picture My Face – The Story of Teenage Head
• 2’ x 3’ Poster
• 2 x 8” x 10” b/w 1980s-era band glossy photos
• 4 x 4 sticker of album cover
• Actual size Heatwave ticket stub reproduction

Digital Collectable High Resolution Items:
• MP3s of all album tracks
• Audiophile WAV files of all album tracks (including the encore track C’mon Everybody)
• Front cover of album
• Back cover of album
• Front of album insert
• Back of album insert
• 2’ X 3’ Teenage Head iconic live poster
• Two vintage setlists
• Two vintage 8” X 10” photos
• Two lyric sheets
• Heatwave ticket stub

PLUS:
• Golden Ticket to win a Fender bass guitar signed by Stephen Mahon!

Beastie Boys Square Unveiling Happens In NYC On Saturday September 9

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Beastie Boys Square Unveiling Happens In NYC On Saturday September 9

In commemoration of the unveiling of Beastie Boys Square and 50 years of Hip-Hop, Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Adrock), in association with The City of New York and Council Member Chris Marte, will be celebrating in the Lower East Side on September 9 beginning at 12:00 pm. on Rivington Street between Ludlow and Essex Streets. The celebration will go on until 2:00 p.m., and will feature a special guest DJ set by Jon Bless HiFi System, pop-up activations and more.

Diamond and Horovitz will be in attendance for the dedication of Beastie Boys Square, a renaming of the corner of Ludlow and Rivington Streets, the site where the iconic gatefold cover of the band’s sophomore album Paul’s Boutique was shot.

The christening of Beastie Boys Square marks another milestone in Beastie Boys’ decades-long relationship with New York City. Beastie Boys and NYC have been inextricably intertwined since the band was formed at the late Adam “MCA” Yauch’s 17th birthday in uptown Manhattan, quickly becoming a staple of the city’s hardcore punk underground. The relationship grew in depth and complexity as the trio’s debut album Licensed to Ill became the first rap record to hit #1 on the US album chart, reaching an early apex with the 1989 release of Paul’s Boutique. Sorely under-appreciated upon its original release, Paul’s Boutique has since grown dramatically in stature — often referred to as the “Sgt. Pepper’s of hip hop,” certified double platinum by the RIAA for sales of 2 million, and appearing on all-time best-of lists including TIME, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, SPIN, and many more.

Paul’s Boutique also carries the distinction of being arguably the Beastie Boys album most steeped in New York culture (despite being recorded in Los Angeles), with lyrical references including the Ramones, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, the Village, Chrystie Street, the D Train, Ed Koch, the Knicks, the Yankees, Shea Stadium, the Palladium, Phil Rizzuto, the Atlantic Antic, the New York Post, El Diario, Bernard Goetz, Broadway, Jazzy Jay, Bad Brains, and more.

Additionally, the ongoing celebration of the 50 years of Hip-Hop includes the cinema debut of the Apple Original Film Beastie Boys Story, directed by Beastie Boys collaborator and Academy Award winner Spike Jonze, at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village with showings on both Friday, September 8 and Saturday, September 9 at 11:30pm.

And last, but certainly not least, SiriusXM will be relaunching their exclusive Beastie Boys Channel this Thursday, September 7th. Tune in to channel 105 for classics, deep cuts, live recordings and more.

Christine And The Queens Shares “Marvin Descending” Video And Details North American Tour Starting October 15

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Christine And The Queens Shares “Marvin Descending” Video And Details North American Tour Starting October 15

Christine and the Queens’ releases a stunning new music video for “Marvin descending” from his critically acclaimed fourth studio album, PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE (Because Music). The video, directed by Red (AKA Christine and the Queens) and shot between the captivating backdrops of Paris, London, and Los Angeles, is both visually stunning and emotionally charged. It takes viewers on a mesmerizing journey through enchanting choreography and insightful visuals that perfectly complement the hauntingly beautiful track.

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE was released earlier this year and highlighted by Variety as an “experimental pop masterpiece,” and Entertainment Weekly called it his “most ambitious undertaking yet.”

Christine and the Queens’ recently delighted fans with an unforgettable evening at the renowned GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, where he delivered an awe-inspiring performance followed by an intimate Q&A session moderated by Rolling Stone’s Tomás Mier.

Christine and the Queens’ is currently in the midst of an international tour which includes headlining shows and notable performances at Roskilde Music Festival, Primavera Sound, BBC’s 6 Music Festival, Meltdown Festival, and a recent set at Glastonbury. He will further solidify his status as “a new kind of global pop star” (The FADER) with a limited 6-city U.S. tour this fall. The tour includes stops in Boston, Washington D.C., New York, and more.

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE Tour Dates:
9/6 – Birmingham, UK @ Symphony Hall
9/7 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy
9/8 – Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
9/10 – Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre
9/12 – Bruxelles, BE @ Cirque Royal
9/13 – Zurich, CH @ Unique Moments Landesmuseum
9/14 – Berlin, DE @ Verti Music Hall
9/16 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
9/17 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
10/15 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
10/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
10/18 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
10/21 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
10/22 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
10/23 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
10/25 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/26 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
11/17 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
11/18 – Liege, BE @ OM
11/20 – Lyon, FR @ Le Radiant
11/21 – Toulouse, FR @ Le Bikini
11/23 – Marseille, FR @ Le Silo
11/25 – Lille, FR @ L’Aéronef

Erasure’s Vince Clarke Announces His Debut Solo Album ‘Songs of Silence’

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Erasure’s Vince Clarke Announces His Debut Solo Album ‘Songs of Silence’

Vince Clarke, the primary composer and musician in Erasure, and previous songwriter and member of Yazoo, Depeche Mode, and The Assembly, presents (unbelievably) his first ever solo album, Songs of Silence, available November 17th on heavy weight vinyl and CD.

As the album title suggests, Songs of Silence is a lyricless, instrumental album, and is hugely evocative for that. Unlike anything you’ve previously heard from Vince Clarke as an artisan of dynamic electropop, Songs of Silence has about it a more sober ambient electronic beauty, its unique characteristics put it in a category of its own.

For the creation of the record Vince set himself two rules – first that the sounds he himself generated for the album would come solely from Eurorack (a modular synthesizer format introduced in the mid-90s) and secondly that each track would be based around one note, maintaining a single key throughout. The resultant pieces, with the Eurorack sound clay then manipulated on Logic Pro, amount to wordless narratives, in which a sense of synthgenerated, cosmic remoteness is often jolted by stark interventions, reminders of the human hand at work amid this machinery.

This album sees Vince Clarke not content to rest on his considerable pop legacy, and instead open up for himself, and for the rest of us, exciting new electronic vistas in which the permutations and possibilities are limitless.

Tracklist:
Cathedral
White Rabbit
Passage
Imminent
Red Planet
The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Mitosis
Blackleg
Scarper
Last Transmission

The Rolling Stones Unveil New Single “Angry” From Hackney Diamonds, Their First Studio Album Of New Material Since 2005

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The Rolling Stones Unveil New Single “Angry” From Hackney Diamonds, Their First Studio Album Of New Material Since 2005

The Rolling Stones, come roaring out of the traps today with the release of their rocking single “Angry” (Listen Here.) It arrives alongside the announcement of their hugely anticipated new album, titled Hackney Diamonds and released on October 20th. The exciting news was shared today by Mick, Keith and Ronnie at a special media launch event at the historic Hackney Empire, East London’s epicentre of pioneering art for almost 125 years. The launch was hosted by American tv star Jimmy Fallon and streamed worldwide via YouTube.

The 12-track album, for which full track list information will be revealed in due course, was recorded in various locations around the world, including Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Metropolis Studios, London; Sanctuary Studios, Nassau, Bahamas; Electric Lady Studios, New York; and The Hit Factory/Germano Studios, also in New York.

The album is their first studio set of new material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang, coincidently released on September 6, 18 years ago. Since then, the Stones have continued to smash box office records for fun on a series of global sellout tours and released 2016’s Grammy Award winning Blue & Lonesome, which featured their brilliant versions of many of the blues tracks that helped shape their sound, and topped album charts around the world. Last year, they thrilled European audiences totalling nearly a quarter of a million on the anniversary Sixty tour.

Hackney Diamonds marks The Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood) first collaboration with New York-born producer and musician Andrew Watt, who was named Producer of the Year at the 2021 GRAMMY® Awards and has worked with Post Malone, Iggy Pop and Elton John.The exhilarating “Angry” is accompanied by a music video directed by Francois Rousselet, whose credits include work with Nike, Diesel, Pharrell Williams, and on the Stones’ “Ride ‘Em On Down,” from Blue & Lonesome. The new promo clip stars Emmy-nominated actress Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus, Euphoria, The Handmaid’s Tale). Watch Angry music video.

The bespoke artwork for Hackney Diamonds is by digital animator Paulina Almira.

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That Eric Alper

Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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