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Bebe Rexha Unveils ‘Dirty Blonde’ Album With Groundbreaking 13-Song Supercut

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Bebe Rexha Unveils ‘Dirty Blonde’ Album With Groundbreaking 13-Song Supercut

Bebe Rexha launches her new album ‘Dirty Blonde’ with a revolutionary four-minute supercut that combines 13 upcoming singles and their video elements into one high-octane visual experience. The multi-platinum artist delivers the first official drop from her forthcoming album through this adrenaline-packed mashup, offering a bold glimpse into her most fearless creative chapter. The supercut marks a radical departure from traditional album rollouts, embracing a digital-first strategy built around how listeners discover music today.

The release represents a new partnership with independent label Empire, granting Rexha unprecedented creative freedom to reimagine how music reaches audiences. Designed for maximum social media impact, the supercut invites fans to clip, remix, and share moments across platforms while building anticipation for the full singles. The approach prioritizes engaging storytelling and tailored trends over conventional promotional cycles, creating an immediate and direct connection with her audience.

“This next chapter is about creative freedom – trusting my instincts, trusting my voice, and finally doing things the way I’ve always wanted to,” Rexha shares. “I’ve learned a lot, I’ve lived a lot, and I’m fully tuned into myself now. Following my gut has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in my career. This era is fearless, loud, and unapologetic – no filters, no limits. ‘Dirty Blonde’ is me owning exactly who I am.”

The supercut establishes the tone for an album rollout that refuses to follow industry conventions. Rexha delivers music on her own terms, blending fearless experimentation with unfiltered authenticity. ‘Dirty Blonde’ positions the artist at the forefront of a new era where creative vision drives the release strategy, and the music speaks directly to fans without traditional gatekeeping.

Humble Pie’s ‘Live In Cincinnati 1983’ Captures Steve Marriott’s Electrifying Final Shows

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Humble Pie’s ‘Live In Cincinnati 1983’ Captures Steve Marriott’s Electrifying Final Shows

Cleopatra Records brings Humble Pie’s ‘Live In Cincinnati 1983’ to CD and vinyl for the first time on March 13th. The album captures one of Steve Marriott’s final performances with the band at Annie’s on Kellogg Avenue in Cincinnati on December 7, 1983. The set blazes through career highlights like “30 Days In A Hole,” “I Don’t Need No Doctor,” and “Hallelujah I Love Her So,” plus two bonus studio tracks from 1982. Music historian Dave Thompson provides liner notes that trace the journey to this electrifying show.

By early 1982, Marriott had relocated to Atlanta and formed a new lineup with bassist Jim Leverton and drummer Fallon Williams. Despite years of setbacks, including a collapsed Small Faces revival and a doomed 1980 Humble Pie reformation plagued by record label inactivity and health issues, Marriott was ready to reclaim the stage. This version of the band refused to deliver simple nostalgia. “I don’t want to get sunk in nostalgia,” Marriott explained. “[But] I don’t think you can escape your history, and I don’t even want to.”

The Cincinnati recording demonstrates how Marriott reimagined his catalog with fresh arrangements and unexpected covers. Songs like “Five Long Years” showcase his fiery guitar work, while tracks such as “Whatcha Gonna Do About It” and “Walking The Dog” pulse with renewed energy. The performances crackle with the spontaneity and swagger that defined Marriott’s stage presence, transforming familiar material into something immediate and vital.

This album stands as a powerful document of an artist who remained uncompromising until the end. Marriott’s ability to balance humor with virtuosity, crowd interaction with intense musicianship, makes every moment compelling. ‘Live In Cincinnati 1983’ proves that even in his final chapter, Steve Marriott commanded the stage with the same fire that made him a legend.

  1. Track Listing:
  2. Whatcha Gonna Do About It
  3. Fool For A Pretty Face
  4. Hallelujah I Love Her So
  5. Five Long Years
  6. 30 Days In The Hole
  7. I Don’t Need No Doctor
  8. Big Train Stops At Memphis
  9. Walking The Dog
  10. Trouble You Can’t Fool Me [Studio Bonus Track]
  11. Lonely No More [Studio Bonus Track]

The Hold Steady Celebrate ‘Boys and Girls in America’ With Constructive Summer 2026

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The Hold Steady Celebrate ‘Boys and Girls in America’ With Constructive Summer 2026

The Hold Steady are marking 20 years of ‘Boys and Girls in America’ with Constructive Summer 2026, a multi-city celebration packed with rock shows, Storytellers sets, and community-driven events. The series begins in Boston April 30 through May 3 at The Sinclair before heading to Chicago June 11 through June 13 for a weekend finale that brings the album’s spirit roaring back to life.

Boston features three full rock shows and a special Sunday matinee Storytellers performance, alongside a Friday Soundcheck and Happy Hour and a Saturday Pub Quiz. In Chicago, the band delivers a seated Storytellers set at Thalia Hall, a sweat-soaked night at Empty Bottle, and an all-day outdoor event at The Salt Shed with special guests Built To Spill, Bully, and Titus Andronicus.

The celebration extends overseas with The Weekender 2026 in London March 5 through March 8, featuring performances at The Dome, Electric Ballroom, and Dingwalls. Constructive Summer captures everything that has made The Hold Steady enduringly vital: big songs, loyal fans, and weekends built for singing every word.

THE HOLD STEADY – LIVE 2026:

THE WEEKENDER 2026 – LONDON
March 5 – The Dome (Special “Storytellers” Show)
March 6 – Electric Ballroom
March 7 – Electric Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
March 8 – Dingwalls (SOLD OUT)

CONSTRUCTIVE SUMMER 2026 – BOSTON
April 30 – The Sinclair
May 1 – The Sinclair
May 2 – The Sinclair
May 3 – The Sinclair (Special “Storytellers” Matinee)

CONSTRUCTIVE SUMMER 2026 – CHICAGO
June 11 – Thalia Hall (Seated “Storytellers” Show)
June 12 – Empty Bottle
June 13 – The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) *

  • w/ Special Guests Built To Spill, Bully, and Titus Andronicus

Sparta Announce Scenic Drive Documentary With Jim Ward On VEEPS

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Sparta Announce Scenic Drive Documentary With Jim Ward On VEEPS

Sparta and VEEPS have unveiled the world premiere of Scenic Drive, a striking new documentary centered on frontman Jim Ward. Shot in stark black and white, the 40-minute film captures Ward returning home to El Paso, retracing formative steps while preparing for the next chapter of the band’s journey. The result is intimate, reflective, and quietly powerful.

Scenic Drive follows Ward on both a literal and emotional road trip. Revisiting songs from earlier in Sparta’s catalog, he connects past and present as the band moves toward a forthcoming record. The film acknowledges that growth does not erase history. It honors it. Watching Ward revisit these spaces and songs feels deeply human and unexpectedly moving.

The global premiere is streaming now on VEEPS, with a limited edition Scenic Drive t-shirt and bundle available for pre-order. The documentary stands as a poetic meditation on time, memory, and creative evolution.

Soft Top Share “Your Aching Words” As Brighton Indie Rock Collective Return

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Soft Top Share “Your Aching Words” As Brighton Indie Rock Collective Return

Brighton indie collective Soft Top return with their new single “Your Aching Words,” out February 13 via Crafting Room Recordings. Led by songwriter Miles Goodall, the project blends classic soft rock warmth with modern indie intimacy, drawing inspiration from Andy Shauf, Matt Maltese and Steely Dan. Early support from BBC Radio 6 and BBC Introducing Sussex has positioned Soft Top as one of Brighton’s most intriguing emerging voices.

Recorded during an intense three-day session at Brighton Electric before being shaped further in home studio spaces across the city, “Your Aching Words” layers orchestral flourishes, vocal harmonies and richly textured arrangements around a deeply personal narrative. The conceptual track explores love, jealousy and mortality, following a central character caught between emotional fallout and a life-altering accident, closing with a fourth-wall-breaking confession.

Beyond the studio, Soft Top have built a strong live presence, sharing stages with George Bloomfield, World News, Jaakko Eino Kalevi and Honeyglaze. The seven-piece outfit continues to anchor itself in Brighton’s creative community, with Goodall also organizing Mumfest, an annual festival supporting the Clatterbridge Cancer Unit.

War On Women Announce ‘Time Under Tension’ And Share “Messages Unsent”

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War On Women Announce ‘Time Under Tension’ And Share “Messages Unsent”

War On Women and Smartpunk Records kick off a major new chapter with the announcement of the band’s fifth full-length album, ‘Time Under Tension,’ arriving May 8th, 2026. Known for pairing razor-sharp advocacy with explosive punk energy, the band stretches into alt-rock and indie textures on the new record, signaling both evolution and urgency.

The lead single, “Messages Unsent,” reveals a more vulnerable side. Vocalist Shawna Potter calls it the first true love song she has written for the band, reflecting on mortality, devotion, and the fear that comes with having something real to lose. The accompanying video revisits their first post-2020 tour, capturing the fragile joy of live music’s return and mirroring the song’s bittersweet emotional core.

With 11 new tracks blending muscle and melody, ‘Time Under Tension’ promises both catharsis and reflection. The band will support the release with a run of headline shows this spring, followed by dates alongside Subhumans in May.

TIME UNDER TENSION TRACK LIST:

  1. Precious Problem
  2. Spun Sugar
  3. Messages Unsent
  4. More Than Muscle
  5. Serve
  6. Shapes
  7. Feels Good
  8. Malevolence
  9. Balance
  10. The Movie Fear Starring Reese Witherspoon
  11. Hunger Stones

TOUR DATES:

03/18 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Little Giant
03/19 – Columbus, OH @ Used Kids Records
03/20 – St Louis, MO @ Duck Room
03/21 – Kansas City, MO @ Recordbar
03/23 – Denver, CO @ HQ
03/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Beehive
03/25 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Fest*
03/26 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
03/27 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s
03/28 – Arcata, CA @ Rampart Skatepark
03/29 – Oakland, CA @ Doll Fest*

*No Oceanator

TOUR DATES (w/ Subhumans):

05/06 – Houston, TX @ Bad Astronaut
05/07 – Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock
05/08 – San Antonio, TX @ Rah Rah Room
05/09 – Austin, TX @ 29th Street Ballroom
05/10 – Dallas, TX @ AM/FM

Melissa Aldana And Gonzalo Rubalcaba Illuminate Cuban Tradition On ‘Filin’

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Melissa Aldana And Gonzalo Rubalcaba Illuminate Cuban Tradition On ‘Filin’

Melissa Aldana has released her third Blue Note album, Filin, a stunning ballads album that presents a collection of songs drawn from Cuba’s Filin music tradition. The album features the Chilean-born saxophonist in a remarkable quartet with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Kush Abadey, as well as special guest vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant on two songs.

For as long as she’s been a recording artist, Aldana has wanted to make a ballads record. With archetypes like John Coltrane’s classic 1963 LP Ballads as her North Star, Aldana saw a slow-tempo project as a way to advance her lifelong quest for sound.

“I transcribe Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, and Don Byas, among many others. For them the sound itself is a tool to express an emotion,” she explains. “Every single note is a whole world. So there is a technical side to playing, but then there is this mystical side of sound that… I still don’t know exactly what it is.” A ballads record, she believed, would help her burrow deeper into the essence of her sound.

To start, she reached out to Rubalcaba, a revered pianist and one of her “biggest heroes” who she has longed to work with at project-length. His suggestion proved a revelation: Aldana should interpret the Filin music of his native Cuba, a gorgeous yet still-unheralded tradition of richly arranged romantic song that thrived between the late 1940s and early 1960s. Filin — the word derives from “feeling” — “created a dialogue between traditional Cuban trova, the bolero and jazz, redefining Cuban musical identity,” Rubalcaba explains. “Filin elevated lyrics to a level of greater poetic and colloquial intimacy, and gave rise to instrumentalists and singers of great virtuosity and creative elegance.”

To Aldana, Filin songs presented a deeply meaningful new ideal: They reminded her of the lovelorn standards she’d internalized as a jazz saxophonist, but with lyrics sung in her native tongue. “They felt like the ballads that I love from the Great American Songbook,” she says, “but because the lyrics are in Spanish, I was able to connect to these songs in a way that I never thought I could.”

With Rubalcaba as her guide, she began exploring the history of Filin music and working with him to pare down the songs that spoke to her. A plan coalesced: Rubalcaba would craft the arrangements and play piano alongside the rhythm tandem of Washington and Abadey. Aldana’s dear friend McLorin Salvant, would sing on two numbers, and Blue Note Records President Don Was would produce, offering his trademark oversight, at once discerning, empathic and open.

The end product is, in a word, stunning. It’s also unlike anything else in Aldana’s catalog — or in 21st-century jazz on the whole. Throughout these eight tracks, the ensemble enacts a kind of stirring and emotional minimalism — a quiet intensity that places paramount importance on Aldana’s radiant delivery of the melody. This music moves slowly, simmering forward with great deliberation and restraint, which is all the more impressive once you consider the runaway virtuosity these players are capable of.

Perhaps most remarkable, however, is the fact that this incredibly patient program is never less than compelling; like great cinema, it holds its audience rapt without bells and whistles. When Aldana solos, she plays in a way that contrasts the longform harmonic probings she’s best known for. Her improvising here is mellifluous and moves like gossamer, with a newfound focus on accenting the core tunefulness. “I wasn’t trying to play the perfect jazz solo,” she says. “I was just trying to play inside the band — to leave space and be as present as I could, let the songs breathe. I’m older too, so I might be feeling less like I have something to prove. I also just felt in my gut that I wanted to do a ballads record,” she adds, “that I have something to say.”

MELISSA ALDANA – TOUR DATES:
Feb. 14 – Festival de Jazz de San Juan – San Juan, Argentina
Feb. 16 – Teatro Nescafe de las Artes – Santiago Chile
March 17 – Music Center De Bijloke – Ghent, Belgium
March 18 – Fasching – Stockholm, Sweden
March 19 – Teatro Sociale – Bergamo, Italy
March 20 – Zig Zag Bar – Berlin, Germany
March 21 – Köln Philharmonie – Köln, Germany
March 24 – Teatro Metropolitan – Catania, Italy
March 25 – Teatro Golden – Palermo, Italy
March 27 – Menorca Jazz Festival – Menorca, Spain
March 28 – Clarence Jazz Club – Málaga – Spain
May 12 – Jazz Sous Les Pommiers – Coutances, France
May 31 – Jersey City Jazz Festival – Jersey City, NJ
June 5-7 – Jazz Showcase – Chicago, IL
June 11 – Keystone Korner – Baltimore, MD
June 19-21 – Birdland – New York, NY
July 10 – Jazz à Vienne – Vienne, France

Visit melissaaldana.net for a full list of Aldana’s tour dates including performances with the Gerald Clayton Quintet at the Village Vanguard (Feb. 24-March 1) and the all-star tour Coltrane 100: Both Directions At Once featuring Joe Lovano, Nduduzo Makhathini, Linda May Han Oh, and Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts (April 8-18).

: Irreversible Entanglements And MOTHERBOARD Ignite ‘Future Present Past’

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: Irreversible Entanglements And MOTHERBOARD Ignite ‘Future Present Past’

Free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements announces their return with their fifth studio album, Future Present Past, out March 27th via Impulse!. The announcement comes alongside the release of two singles, “Don’t Lose Your Head” and “Vibrate Higher” both featuring friend and frequent collaborator MOTHERBOARD.

Don’t lose your head messing with the gods is the imperative that kicks off Irreversible Entanglements’ new double single. “Don’t Lose Your Head” serves as a rallying cry, with vocalists Camae Ayewa and featured guest MOTHERBOARD both offering up subdued yet passionate deliveries. Where DLYH features a tight arrangement over an agile Tcheser Holmes groove, “Vibrate Higher” answers in a more brooding and looser vein, reflecting its genesis as a live recording for a capacity crowd at Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works (recorded on bassist Luke Stewart’s birthday). It opens with Keir Neuringer’s atmospheric synth drones punctuated by Stewart’s expressive bass, growing into a barrage of percussion, as voices and horns alike enjoin the listener to make like its title. As the music’s uneasy density seems to reach its breaking point, Ayewa calls for a “different atmosphere,” and trumpeter Aquiles Navarro shifts the song with dissonant perfection as though through a portal into an entrancing rhythmic vamp. It’s the type of composed-in-the-moment journey that leaves Irreversible Entanglements’ audiences feeling truly transported.

For their fifth album, the band gladly returned to historic Van Gelder Studio in October of 2024 to record most of the main tracks. Future Present Past sees the quintet at the height of its group improvisational-compositional-rhythmic powers, weaving diasporic liberation music into our shared story of existence – futures full of possibility, the present with all its uncertainties, and strands of the past as wellsprings of ancestral wisdom. To flesh out this more complex sound, additional recording and production took place over the following nine months. Jonathan Schenke worked closely with the band editing and arranging in his Brooklyn studio in the summer of 2025 and Andrew Lappin returned to mix the collection. Guests MOTHERBOARD and Helado Negro seamlessly blend into the collective sound. The result is a call to action by the band, who recognize that no one is coming to save us; we must look after each other.

The band shared this statement about the record:

The weight of a certain world can feel cruel and unusual. Another world uplifts. We form as five and transform into billions. Billions of us on this planet sharing this journey through existence—futures full of possibility and potential, the present with all its anxieties and uncertainties, pasts as wellsprings of ancestral wisdom and histories’ warnings.

This album is five standing on the shoulders of legions. The healers, the alchemists, the rebels, the mothers and fathers who have fought and weaved and invented new ways of being, seeing, and balancing the frequencies of this planet towards trans-dimensional liberation and universal understanding.

We assume our role in this music as messengers, continuing in the tradition’s long march along the arc of the universe. Freedom fighters telling us not to lose our heads amidst imposed chaos. It is our duty to vibrate higher, beyond the noise, above the hype, away from the novelty, over the walls, across the borders: to keep going.

The spirit moves us to sing these fight songs, to sing fight songs, we overcome. To hold on, to keep going, together we overcome.

Future Present Past comes out on March 27th via Impulse! and you can preorder or save it HERE.

Irreversible Entanglements Live
Thursday, March 26th – Queens, NY – Knockdown Center (co-release show with Shabaka))
Friday, March 27th – Philadelphia, PA – Solar Myth
Saturday, March 28th – Philadelphia, PA – Solar Myth
Friday May 1st – Turin, IT – Torino Jazz Festival
Saturday May 2nd – Cagliari, IT – Teatro Massimo
Tuesday May 5th – Innsbruck, AT – Treibhaus
Wednesday May 6th – Antwerp, BE – De Roma
Thursday May 7th – Liege, BE – Jazz à Liège

About Irreversible Entanglements

Irreversible Entanglements (IE) is a free-jazz quintet with an experimental punk mentality, consisting of poet/vocalist Camae Ayewa (often known as Moor Mother), bassist Luke Stewart, trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, saxophonist Keir Neuringer, and drummer Tcheser Holmes.

It is an award-winning band together for a decade playing deeply improvised, rhythm music full of love and social commitment. IE came together spontaneously, organically, in April of 2015 at “Musicians Against Police Brutality,” a day of protest, sound and discussion in Brooklyn. All were artists and activists of varying degrees: Philadelphia-based Ayewa and Neuringer and DC-based Stewart as veterans of the Mid-Atlantic noise-hardcore-experimental scene, while Holmes and Navarro as recent New England Conservatory grads. Each of the studio albums that followed – 2020’s Who Sent You? and 2021’s Open The Gates – developed this legend further.

In 2023, IE signed to the fabled Impulse! Records and released the album Protect Your Light, a collection of eight examples of how IE’s collaborative composition strategies and Ayewa’s in-communion verses result in some of the most potent music being made in the 21st century. The album landed in several ‘best of’ end of year lists, including The New York Times, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Paste, Vulture and others.

Recently, IE returned to Van Gelder to record their most accomplished work to-date, Future Present Past, due March 27, 2026. Their second recording for the Impulse! label, it is an album of five standing on the shoulders of legions: the healers, the alchemists, the rebels, the mothers and fathers who have fought and weaved and invented new ways of being, seeing and balancing the frequencies of the planet towards trans-dimensional liberation and universal understanding.

Irreversible Entanglements Future Present Past (Impulse!)
Tracklisting
1. Juntos Vencemos (feat. Helado Negro)
2. Don’t Lose Your Head (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
3. Vibrate Higher (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
4. Panamanian Fight Song
5. We Know (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
6. Hold On (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
7. Keep Going (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
8. The Messenger
9. The Spirit Moves
10. We Overcome (feat. Helado Negro)

BUNT. And The Temper Trap Soar With “What If You Fly (Sweet Disposition)”

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BUNT. And The Temper Trap Soar With “What If You Fly (Sweet Disposition)”

Today, stutter house and “in the round” touring pioneer, BUNT., returns with his heartfelt spin on the beloved global phenom “Sweet Disposition” by Australian rockers The Temper Trap, “What If You Fly (Sweet Disposition),” out now via Arista Records. Today also brings the news of his remix with superstar Taylor Swift of her worldwide smash “Opalite” coming soon.

On the reason behind “What If You Fly (Sweet Disposition), BUNT. shares,

“I don’t think there’s a phrase I connect with more: ‘What if you fall? … But what if you don’t? What if you fly?’ We’re so scared of the unknown, of failure. We’re used to asking about the worst possible outcome instead of the best one and that mindset quietly dictates our lives and the decisions we make. There’s something incredibly hopeful about this quote. Some of you have heard my speech at the end of every show. It’s always been about the same thing: encouraging you to try, to explore, to really experience life. It’s not success I wanna praise. It’s just life on its own. you will fall probably more than once. Hopefully, you do. because that’s part of it. Trust me, it feels even better when you’ve fallen a few times before. And last year was my „what if you fly?“ moment. A sold out stadium show for 9000 people in a very early stage of my career. We didn’t know if we were gonna sell the tickets. We didn’t know if we would have a proper show for 9000 people. It was all question marks. And Imagine I wouldn’t have tried it. I would have missed one of, if not the, best moments of my life.. playing this record for the first time in Mexico City in that stadium.”
 
BUNT.’s ethos has always been to bring everyone together and he continues to do that not only with these new tracks, but with his impressive and continuous global touring. Having played over 156 shows and moved over 150,000 tickets in 2025, it was his biggest year yet which included shows on 5 out of 7 continents and his signature pop-ups in NYC, LA, Mexico City, Hamburg, London, Berlin and more. 2026 is already on track to surpass last year with 100+ more dates on the calendar including a 20k cap venue in Cologne GER, 30k tickets in Munich, headlining Electric Love Festival in Austria, Under the K In NY, a Vegas residency at Wynn, and shows across North America, South America, Europe and Australia in addition to his Coachella debut and stops Lollapalooza South America, India, EDC Las Vegas with more pending announce.
 
“What If You Fly (Sweet Disposition)” follows a string of successful releases and collaborations from BUNT. including his hits with Elley Duhé, Tom Odell, The Chainsmokers and Tiësto, cementing his position as one of the most exciting acts of the present, living up to Spotify’s choice to include him among “10 Dance Artists to Watch.”
 
Earlier this year, BUNT. was featured in the Rolling Stone x Sonos collaboration in which he discusses his humble and impressive road to success while dissecting his hit song “Clouds” which currently sits at over 450 million streams worldwide! With over 1 billion streams spanning across BUNT.’s catalog, he continues to create a positive atmosphere and community amongst his listeners and at every live performance. 

Full tour routing HERE.
 

 

Photo Credit: Louis Kortmann

BUNT.’s story isn’t one of overnight success. It’s a testament to resilience, dedication, and an unshakable belief in his craft. For over a decade, he worked in the background, shaping his sound without major recognition. Eight years into his journey, everything changed. In January 2023, his track Clouds became a global phenomenon, proving that persistence pays off even when the odds are stacked against you.

His path to success was anything but conventional. After finishing high school, BUNT. trained at a car company and explored advertising work, but music was always his true calling. A video shoot opportunity in the U.S. became a turning point. He left his job, moved stateside, and went all in. He contributed productions for legendary artists like Avicii and toured alongside Gryffin, but just as things were gaining momentum, the pandemic forced him back to Germany. With touring income gone and an uncertain future ahead, BUNT. worked three jobs to support himself. Yet even in the toughest moments, he never stopped making music. Unknowingly, he was crafting the foundation for what would soon be known as Stutter House.

Then came Clouds. What started as a snippet on TikTok in December 2022 exploded into a movement. By its official release in January 2023, the track had already amassed 50 million impressions, debuting at #15 on the Billboard Hot Electronic Songs Chart. Since then, it has garnered over 350 million streams, cementing BUNT. as one of dance music’s most exciting new forces.

BUNT. isn’t just redefining electronic music in the studio. He’s changing the way it’s performed. Breaking the traditional DJ mold, he plays IN THE ROUND, removing barriers and immersing himself fully with his audience. His shows aren’t just events. They’re communal experiences, raw, intimate, and electric. From pop-up gigs in a car wash and a luchador arena in Mexico City to a London mash-and-pie shop and a NYC barbershop, he’s proving that dance music doesn’t need a club to thrive. It belongs everywhere.

Since Clouds’ release, BUNT. has surpassed 750 million streams, performed more than 350 shows across the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe, Southeast Asia, India, and South America, and sold over 200,000 tickets worldwide. In 2025, he reached a new milestone with his first stadium headline show at Mexico City’s Velódromo Olímpico, selling out in just two weeks. Along the way, his forward-thinking sound and boundary-pushing live approach have led to collaborations with Ellie Goulding, The Temper Trap, Sam Tompkins, Tom Odell, Elley Duhé, and Tiësto.

Now, with 2026 underway, BUNT. is entering a new era. With major festival appearances at Coachella and Lollapalooza across South America and India, alongside the debut of his Open Air IN THE ROUND series, the momentum is undeniable. What began as a decade of quiet persistence has become one of the most exciting breakout stories in electronic music, and BUNT. is only getting started.

Sarah Kinsley And Paris Paloma Shine On New EP ‘Fleeting’

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Sarah Kinsley And Paris Paloma Shine On New EP ‘Fleeting’

 Today, New York-based singer-songwriter Sarah Kinsley shares her new EP Fleeting via Verve Forecast/Fontana. The stunning EP features breakout singles ‘Lonely Touch’ and ‘Fleeting,’ and Sarah’s first studio collaboration on “After All” with British artist Paris Paloma. The Fleeting EP marks Sarah’s first body of work since her acclaimed debut album, Escaper (2024). Listen to Fleeting here and order the EP, including exclusive Blueberry Jam color vinyl, here.

Yesterday, Sarah’s “Truth of Pursuit” video was released, directed and edited by Sarah, the video finds her surrounded by a collection of keyboards and blueish hues, as she dances to an imagined future with a new crush. But soon, a scream, and Sarah returns to the truth, reaching out for what could have been.

Written in the back of cabs zipping across New York City and produced alongside friend and collaborator Jake Aron, the Fleeting EP captures both the pain and beauty of impermanence. Over five powerful tracks, Sarah explores what it means to “to feel deeply and truly, despite knowing everything is fleeting.”

This spring, Sarah will head out on the road for a 30-date headline tour of North America and the UK/Ireland, kicking off in Seattle on March 25th and closing out at London’s KOKO on May 28th. Full tour listings can be found below, with tickets available here.

Sarah’s last full album, Escaper, was incredibly well received and turned not only the heads of the critics, but of superstar Chappell Roan, who put the spotlight on Sarah’s talent via Instagram. The album was a razor-sharp, leftfield pop record sculpted by a bright new talent. Now, Fleeting is no different: five melody-rich pop songs that weave through dreamlike imagery and cosmic instrumentation. 

Tracklist:
Lonely Touch
Truth Of Pursuit
Reverie
After All (with Paris Paloma)
Fleeting

Sarah Kinsley Live 2026:

March 25 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
March 26 – Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre
March 28 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
March 30 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall
March 31 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda
April 1 – San Diego, CA – Music Box
April 3 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
April 4 – Denver, CO – Marquis
April 7 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
April 8 – Houston, TX – House of Blues – Bronze Peacock Room
April 9 – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
April 11 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft At Center Stage
April 12 – Orlando, FL – The Abbey
April 14 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
April 15 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
April 17 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
April 18 – Columbia, MO – Blue Note Columbia
April 19 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
April 21 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club
April 22 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club
April 23 – Quebec, QC – Le Studio TD
April 25 – Washington, DC – The Howard Theatre
April 26 – Boston, MA – Royale
April 28 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
May 20 – Dublin, IE – The Button Factory
May 22 – Glasgow, UK – The Garage
May 23 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
May 25 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute 2
May 26 – Bristol, UK – The Fleece
May 28 – London, UK – KOKO

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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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