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April 24, 2025
📺ISABELLA LOVESTORY DEBUTS A CAMPY BODY HORROR ON NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “TELENOVELA” 🌟
ISABELLA LOVESTORY DEBUTS A CAMPY BODY HORROR ON NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “TELENOVELA”
SPOILER ALERT: SHE GIVES BIRTH TO A TV
PLAYING AT PRIMAVERA SOUND, WE LOVE GREEN & LADYLAND FESTIVALS IN JUNE
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Credit: Kiyana Tehranitva"Lovestory has proven her star power by establishing her own lane of flirtatious and unapologetic neoperreo pop, and garnered a devoted legion of diehards across the globe." - PAPER Magazine"Isabella Lovestory is a fresh and exciting new voice bound to shake things up." - Office Magazine
"There’s something Isabella Lovestory does with her neo-perreos, they make people feel fearless." - Rolling StoneLos Angeles, CA (April 25, 2025) – Honduran pop star Isabella Lovestory brings the drama with her new single “Telenovela”. Isabella began the year with previous single “Putita Boutique” featuring Argentina’s TAICHU, and a collaboration with PinkPantheress and Shygirl on “True Religion”. “Telenovela” marries old school reggaeton drums with new wave electronic sounds akin to the likes of Depeche Mode. The accompanying music, directed by Charlotte Rutherford, fuses similar visual parallels by juxtaposing the camp of Mexican Telenovelas with the eerie absurdity of David Crongberg cinema [spoiler alert: she gives birth to a TV].
Isabella Lovestory - Telenovela (Official Video)Over the past two weeks, Isabella has teased her own telenovela style shorts over her social media channel. Isabella has been dropping hints through a series of singles teasing her chameleonic and unabashedly flamboyant sophomore album coming this summer. “Telenovela” adds more fuel to a fiery campaign that began with last summer’s standout singles “Botoxxx”, “VIP” and “Puchica”, and her Plastic Fantasy tour which hit Mexico City, Monterrey, Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo and Chile. Isabella also played a series of summer festival dates in Europe, and closed 2024 with a beloved set at iii Points Festival in Miami, which she documented in a photo diary with Interview Magazine. Announced last week, Isabella will play LadyLand Festival in Brooklyn at Under The K Bridge, joining a lineup that features the likes of FKA Twigs, Cardi B, Pablo Vittar, Eartheater, and more. Fans can also catch her at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound and Paris’ We Love Green Festival this June.
Born in Honduras before moving to the US and then Canada at 17 years old, Lovestory has positioned herself as a trailblazing force paving her own way at the cross-section of pop and reggaeton making her and icon in experimental music. In 2022, she made her mark with her debut Amor Hardcore, which Pitchfork characterized as “playful, maximalist, and flirtatious to the core.” With an experimental reggaeton sound equally influenced by Spanish trap and goth electronica, Isabella’s forthcoming body of work extends her maximalist sonic experiment even further outside the lines, drawing on her beloved Y2K pop influences, textured synth-wave, her K-pop peers, and the defiant unapologetic women she looks up to, such as Lady Gaga and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon.
Check out “Telenovela” above and stay tuned for more details on Isabella's next album coming very soon!
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KALI UCHIS RELEASES NEW SINGLE “ILYSMIH”
KALI UCHIS RELEASES NEW SINGLE
“ILYSMIH”
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FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM SINCERELY,
RELEASING MAY 9
PRE-SAVE HERE
April 25, 2025 – Today, GRAMMY®-winning global recording artist Kali Uchis has revealed her latest single “ILYSMIH” – stream HERE via Capitol Records. The record serves as the second single from forthcoming fifth studio album ‘Sincerely,’ set for release May 9th – pre-save ‘Sincerely,’ HERE.
“ILYSMIH is me sharing a piece of my heart with the world. Living a life that is rich in love and inner peace hasn’t come easy. I hope this song will find anyone who needs it.” – Kali Uchis
A delicate and heartfelt ballad inspired by the profound experience of motherhood and immeasurable love for her child, “ILYSMIH” serves as one of the most intimate and vulnerable releases to date from the Colombian-American recording artist. Throughout the track, Uchis’ brilliantly captures all the complex emotions that are related to the experience of becoming a first-time mom. With her signature ethereal vocals set against a backdrop of lush melodies and soothing instrumentation, “ILYSMIH” ultimately paints a picture of the overwhelming joy, fierce protectiveness, and transformative emotions that are felt with such a life altering event. Notably, “ILYSMIH” was one of the first songs that Uchis had written since welcoming her child into the world, marking a significant and deeply personal new chapter in her artistry.
“ILYSMIH” arrives on the heels of last month’s release of “Sunshine & Rain,” the first single from this new era of music from Kali Uchis. Stream “Sunshine & Rain” HERE, watch official music video HERE.
Adding to her recent highlights, Kali Uchis made a surprise appearance during JENNIE’s set at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1, delighting audiences by joining the singer on stage to perform their recent collaboration “Damn Right.” The unexpected performance further underscored Uchis’ versatility and solidified her position as a dynamic and influential force across all genres of music.
About Kali Uchis:
Kali Uchis has been hailed as a rare talent since she emerged, but ORQUÍDEAS launched her career to new heights. Her highest charting album to date (debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200), the critically adored record — which was her fourth album overall and second in Spanish — was led by crossover singles like the Platinum-certified “Igual Que un Ángel”with Peso Pluma (#1 on Hot Latin Songs, #23 on the Hot 100) and Gold-certified “Labios Mordidos” with KAROL G (#10 on Hot Latin Songs, #97 on the Hot 100). ORQUÍDEAS was nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 2025 GRAMMY® Awards, Best Pop Vocal Album at the Latin GRAMMYs, and took home trophies from the Billboard Latin Music Awards and Latin American Music Awards. The set closed the year on numerous “Best Albums” lists, racking up glowing praise from countless outlets including Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Complex, and The New York Times.
With artful forays into R&B, alt-pop, reggaeton, and Latin strains, Uchis has released several of the most lauded albums of the past decade: from her 2015 mixtape Por Vida, to her 2018 debut LP Isolation, her 2020 Spanish set Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios), and 2023's Red Moon in Venus, which features the 2x Platinum-certified “Moonlight,” and was regaled by TIME Magazine as the ‘Best Album of the Year.’ Amid consistent acclaim and honors — including nine GRAMMY®-nominations and a 2021 win in the category of Best Dance Song for her appearance on Kaytranada’s “10%”— Uchis’ major breakthrough came with her own 2021 smash hit “telepatía,” which has been streamed more than 2 billion times to date and was the Hot 100’s longest running Spanish-language song by a solo act this decade with a 23-week streak. Uchis is now on the way to reaching the Spotify Billions Club three times over with the smash success of songs “telepatía,” Tyler, The Creator’s “See You Again” (featuring Kali Uchis),” and soon to be “Moonlight.” Raised between Virginia and Colombia, Uchis has gone on to collaborate and share the stage with the likes of SZA, Tyler the Creator, Lana Del Rey, Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg, Rauw Alejandro, and her longtime partner Don Toliver, with whom she welcomed her first child last year. Uchis has toured the world over on multiple sold-out headlining runs, the most recent of which saw her playing arenas, as well as celebrated sets at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Austin City Limits, Tropicalia, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and many more.
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SERVICE by John Tottenham Semiotext(e) May 6th 2025 A book review by Alexander Laurence
SERVICE by John Tottenham
Semiotext(e)May 6th 2025
Abook review by Alexander Laurence
Serviceis the first novel by John Tottenham. He is known for his four booksof poetry. Service is a plain title that doesn’t give much away.Service? I was guessing that it was supposed to be a neutral titlelike Post Office or Closer. But it turns out that it is named afteran obscure song by The Fall.
Thenovel begins with what I call “a bookstore set piece” where themain character, Sean, a writer and journalist, interacts withcustomers at a bookstore/cafe. It’s a section that shows him in thewild. Bookstores are a place where lonely people and misanthropesmeet. There are fake smiles, unwanted phone calls, stupid questions.In this toxic situation I suppose that Sean provides a “service.”He spends most of his time worrying about yelp reviews and beingcompetitive with other budding writers. In this first section, heencounters a dandy writer named Cyrus Fapper who is currently writinga memoir. Many writers and books are mentioned. Sean thinks it’sall crap. He likes Barbara Pym though. As it says in this book: “Lifeis plotless.”
ThePart B that follows here talks about how writing is useless. If the“Set Pieces” take place in the bookstore, there is anothercontrasting part, that takes place in the narrator’s apartment. Heoften meditates about living as a writer and money and bills. Inthis first Part B section, Sean notices a drunk Mexican who is passedout on the lawn. He talks to a neighbor who is on the cell phone. Hethinks about the neighborhood and gentrification, and young peoplemoving in, and joggers everywhere. He can’t relate to it.
Hewalking and ends up at the bookstore again for Set Piece 2. This timehe meets his boss Gilbert. They talk about the yelp reviews. Acustomer talks about a “man with gray hair.” Sean doesn’t careabout the reviews. Gilbert is off to an AA meeting. Sean then has anencounter with Greg Roach, who is an old musician who now works atthe cafe. Sean seems disappointed that this guy has some minorsuccess in music, and gets to go to Japan.
Thesecond time we go to Part B, now Sean is thinking about his lack ofsuccess as a writer, and the dying art of journalism and magazines.He looks as his life as a slope. Writing was a “service” thatpeople used to be paid for. Then comes all the credit card debt. Seangot a part time job at this bookstore. He thought it was a temporarything, but he is still here after five years. His friend Mitchellcalls and tells him he’s going out with an actress Lyn Lamrock.Sean is a flaneur and lives a bohemian life.
SetPiece 3 starts with a litany of book names and questions: “D’youhave the new Patti Smith book?” etc.
Seandecides that he is going to give up writing.
Afriend Jackson Valvitcore wrote a book The Death of The Novel.
SetPiece 4 starts with making coffee. Sean pushes the book cart out thedoor. He makes a 200 song mix of Bob Dylan. He thinks about Dylan.People comment on the songs. Some homeless guy tries to sell somemediocre books. The set pieces take place in the bookstore. Part Btakes place outside the store. It gets more complicated as he hasreveries about writing and music.
Thenext Part B takes place during a hangover at home. He starts to walkaround in Downtown LA and Grand Central Market. He thinks about food.He worries about creditors and credit cards. Most of this part isabout Downtown.
SetPiece 5: we are back in the store. He thinks about the singer JacksonC. Frank. He decides that he only likes dead artists. He thinks thatonly young people romanticize the dead. Sean buys some drugs and triesto write. He reads more yelp reviews about himself. He notices somewoman from Brentwood. A friend talks about having a sexual encounterwith another girl.
Inthis part the narrator is worried about gray hairs and being old. Ashe gets older all his friends are getting into long termrelationships and having kids. He runs into Bill and his wife. She ispregnant. He later goes to a Whole Foods and sees a friend of hisex-girlfriend. He avoids her. He celebrates writing 20K words. It’sa third of a potential novel. Maybe the one we are reading now?
SetPiece 6 starts out with twenty boxes of used books. Some friend diedand this is his collection that Gilbert buys. There is talk about anold friend Joe who went to Portland and now has a kid. He encountersTeddy Morbid who wrote a memoir about addiction.
Hehas a drink with Jackson Valvitcore. He starts worrying about writingand getting writer’s block.
Backat the bookstore for Set Piece 7, he notices a friend named Cindy. Heis visited by Paul the millionaire. This is a wild part of the bookwhere almost all the previous characters come in the bookstore or arementioned. That ends part one.
Sectiontwo begins at home. Weeks have passed. More time spent writing. Hestarts to calculate page counts. He pads the story.
SetPiece 8 he is back at the bookstore. He meets Greg Roach and hisJapanese girlfriend. He thinks about Robert Walser and someminimalist writers that he likes. This is a very long section withconversation that would happen in a bookstore.
Hebegins to review what he has written. He think of ways to waste timeat home.
InSet Piece 9, he meets a successful writer, Melinda Waterform. She isa name dropper and just back from Italy. He begins to start thinkingabout writers and their travel. Did they have to work? Were they allrich? How could they all afford to live? Later, a young person wants to read his novel in progress.
Heis back at home. He looks at old notebooks and writings and becomesdepressed.
SetPiece 10 takes place at a bar. He talks to a kid about his novelwhich the kid has suggestions about. He meets with Mitchell. Mitchellis complaining about his relationship with the famous actress.Jackson Valvitcore talks about how easy it is for him to write. Seanbecomes jealous and competitive. JV will help Sean get published. Hethinks “Damaged Goods” is a good title for the novel. He readsabout an old friend, Bob McGilt, who is rich and bought an expensivehouse nearby and is moving to LA.
SetPiece 11: back at the bookstore. Gilbert tells Sean that he iswasting his time working at a bookstore. Sean needs the money.Gilbert thinks he should focus on being a writer. Sean notices onlinethat Teejays is closing and he’ll have to go elsewhere to buy food.
Athome, Sean worries about debt collectors, after defaulting on severalcredit cards three years previous. Mitchell is freaking out. He istrying to write a script and continue going out with an actress. Hegives the drugs to Sean.
SetPiece 12 at the bookstore. He gets a threatening letter. Thebookstore is filled with loud annoying people. Aaron complains aboutdogs. A successful journalist from the LA Weekly recognizes Sean andthey have a chat. Sean and the kid go to the bar and talk about thenovel again. The kid wants to know where all the sex scenes are?
Seanthinks that this is his last chance to write a book.
SetPiece 13 at the bookstore: Sean is getting annoyed with people’squestions. He think that it’s a dumb idea to get a liquor license.No one wants to drink in a bookstore. The kid mentions that there istoo much complaining in the book. End of part two.
Hehas his 49th birthday. He starts counting words again. Hegets locked out of the house. He finds a letter from a debt attorney.He thinks about hiring an attorney himself.
SetPiece 14: Bob McGilt has visited the bookstore. He doesn’t care.
Hetalks to a lawyer about how much money he owes and whether he shoulddeclare bankruptcy. He talks to the kid about the novel again. Hestarts to have first novel syndrome. He thinks about selling stuff onebay.
InSet Piece 15, Sean talks to an author who is reading at the bookstorethat night. He helps set it up. He is distracted by a Fall fan whoclaims to have all their early shows on tape. The chapter is moreabout The Fall. There is a bit about Narcotics Anonymous and recentlydead musicians. There are more yelp reviews.
Thereis a literary conversation with Jackson Valvitcore.
Seanstarts to feel lost as a writer. He has fears of debt. He talks aboutthe novel with the kid.
InSet Piece 16, he receives a late night email from Gilbert. There issome bookstore banter. He thinks about writers who start later inlife. Three people call about Yerbe Mate. It turns out to be a prank.
Seantries to write.
InSet Piece 17 Bob McGilt shows up and Sean avoids him. Mitchell callsand says he’s unable to deliver the drugs.
InSet Piece 18, Gilbert is looking for a fridge. He has bought a house.
Seantries to write the novel. He gets two negative emails from Gilbertabout work.
InSet Piece 19, Sean and Gilbert argue about the emails. Gilbertsuggests that he take off Sunday. He comes in anyway.
Seancalls a few people. He calls up Mona. They try to have sex. He thinksof deleting some descriptions of people in his novel.
InSet Piece 20, they discover that Mike Supper has written a book. Seangets switched to the Sunday night shift. Aaron is planning his ownsuicide.
Seanstarts to worry about his debt and his upcoming court appearance. Hecalls Mitchell about the drugs. He needs them to finish the novel.Mitchell has become friends with Bob McGilt who is his neighbor. Hetalks to the kid about the novel. He calls Mitchell’s friend to getsome drugs.
InSet Piece 21, he gets a slice of pizza. He notices the new book byJackson Valvitcore. Sean confronts a customer.
Seangets the drugs and tries to start writing again.
InSet Piece 22, Sean apologizes to Gilbert. There has been 25%reduction on wages by a debt collector. People start askingquestions. Sean starts throwing books at people and telling them toleave. Gilbert comes in, sees what happened, and tells Sean to go home.
Seancalls up a few lawyers. Gilbert sends him an email to confirm that hehas been fired. He has finished his novel, and he thinks about theending. He sells some books. He sells some to the bookstore andGilbert gives him some money. Another employee offers to help himpublish his book. It ends.
Thisbook is about bookstores and what it’s like to be a writer. It’sa satire. Bookstores are horrible places. The workers are unhappy.They are failed writers. Even the writers who are successful seemlike they are lucky and out of touch elites. To be a writer thesedays is to be disrespected. Bookstores are full of mediocre books andpeople who don’t read. It’s a losing battle. But this book takesall that on, and it is probably the most realistic portrait of what it’slike to be in the literary game these days.
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SONS OF RAPHAEL RETURN WITH THOMAS BANGALTER-PRODUCED “NIGHTS ARE FOR LOVE”
SONS OF RAPHAEL RETURN WITH THOMAS BANGALTER-PRODUCED “NIGHTS ARE FOR LOVE”
NEW SINGLE APPEARS AS MAIN TITLE THEME IN AMAZON PRIME SERIES “ÉTOILE”
Sons of Raphael photo by Nikolaj Møller
Sons of Raphael, the duo comprised of brothers Loral & Ronnel Raphael, have returned with the double single "Nights Are For Love” / "At Dawn I Look For You" produced by Thomas Bangalter and released today on his label Alberts & Gothmaan.
"Nights Are For Love” also serves as the main title theme for the newly released Amazon Prime series "Étoile" by Amy Sherman-Palladino & Daniel Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel / Gilmore Girls) starring Luke Kirby, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Gideon Glick. Watch the trailer HERE.
The show also features music from Sons of Raphael’s 2021 debut album Full-Throated Messianic Homage. Most recently, Sons of Raphael wrote original music for Sofia Coppola's film Priscilla.
For more information on Alberts & Gothmaan : WEBSITE / INSTAGRAM
Bad Suns Announce New Album 'Accelerator', Share Lead Single "Slow Karma"
Bad Suns Announce New Album ‘Accelerator’ Out August 8th via Epitaph
Share Reassuring Lead Single “ Slow Karma ”
Bad Suns by Sarah Eiseman
Today, indie-pop mainstays Bad Suns announce plans to release their new album ‘Accelerator’ out on August 8th via Epitaph Records. More than a decade after their debut, on their joyous fifth album the Los Angeles trio are taking stock of everything they’ve been through together as a band and pushing into a bright future with a renewed sense of purpose. PRE-ORDER HERE
Bad Suns also share the hook-packed gem “Slow Karma” which doubles as frontman Christo Bowman’s mission statement for Accelerator. An intimate and cathartic track, the album opener finds Christo at a personal and professional crossroads as he confronts old habits and makes a life-changing decision.
“I was at a point in my life where it was becoming abundantly clear to me that I needed to make some changes in order to progress and live the life that I really wanted,” Christo says. “Getting sober is really hard, but then it quickly becomes the most rewarding thing in the world. ‘Slow Karma’ is about accepting that this is gonna be difficult. And I don't know exactly what's ahead, but I know this is the direction I'm supposed to be moving down. I can't control the world around me, but I can control the way that I react to the events taking place and the way that I move through the world.”
“Slow Karma”
Since 2012, Christo Bowman (vocals/guitar), Gavin Bennett (bass) and Miles Morris (drums) started making music together as teenagers and went viral almost immediately with their magnetic blend of indie-rock and ‘80s synth sheen. After four hit albums, the trio reached a point where they needed to recalibrate and recenter if they wanted to continue. Recording their exuberant 2023 EP Infinite Joy was a cleansing experience that served as fuel for Bad Suns and set them on a thrilling path forward into making Accelerator, which comprises 12 new tracks brimming with dance-pop hooks and poignant lessons learned.
“We saw the Infinite Joy EP as a new beginning for the band. I felt this yearning once again,” reflects Christo Bowman. “'Accelerator' being our fifth album, our first studio album as a trio, and the first album of my 30s, we knew that this was going to be really important. We didn't want to take that lightly. We asked ourselves, how do we live up to the occasion? We saw this album as a mountain we wanted to climb.”
Following the lead of previously released track “Communicating” (currently #30 on the alternative rock charts), anthemic opener “Slow Karma” reveals a riveting pop turn for the band, showing how Accelerator is still steeped in the original DNA that made Bad Suns a feel-good viral sensation with early hits like “Cardiac Arrest.” The rushing pop melodies may mirror Accelerator’s title, but its lyrics are filled with stop-and-think moments where Christo surveys his past actions and makes the intentional choice to embrace personal growth and impending fatherhood.
“My 20s were a challenging time with a lot of peaks and a lot of valleys,” he says. “There's a lot of joy, a lot of mistakes. This album is ultimately about finding the strength within yourself to assess the damage that's been done and make the changes that you need to in order to take control of your own life.”
As Bad Suns move into their latest era, one filled with exciting personal and professional milestones, they’ve never been more harmoniously aligned. “While making this album, I turned 30, I got married, I found out I was having a kid,” the frontman muses. “Going to the studio every day and being in the room with the guys, I had this sense that I'm going to look back and know that was probably one of the best times of my life.”
Accelerator Tracklisting
1. Slow Karma
2. Ready To Take Flight
3. Mystery Girl
4. Communicating
5. Why Am I Like This?
6. Madeline
7. Just Like Magic
8. Back To Zero
9. What’s Best For You
10. Postcard
11. Wait In The Car
12. Do The Twist Of Fate
Bad Suns On Tour
Apr 25 – Addison, TX – Taste of Addison
May 3 – Liverpool, NY – Sharkey's Event Center
May 28 – Fresno, CA – Strummer’s
May 29 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
June 1 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
June 3 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
June 4 – Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium
June 6 – Detroit, MI – El Club
June 7 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop
June 8 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
June 9 – Albany, NY – Empire Underground
June 11 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
June 12 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
Loyle Carner announces new album due 6/20 + world tour
LOYLE CARNER ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM HOPEFULLY ! OUT JUNE 20TH ON ISLAND EMI
ANNOUNCES WORLD TOUR
NEW SINGLES “ALL I NEED / IN MY MIND” OUT NOW
hopefully ! album art
“A beautiful, blistering masterpiece” -
THE OBSERVER
“Loyle Carner is opening himself up to the world”
NME
“His most essential album to date”
THE WIRE
“all i need / in my mind”
LISTEN:
https://loylecarner.lnk.to/twosongs
hopefully !
PRE-ORDER:
http://loylecarner.lnk.to/hopefully
(April 24th, 2025) - Today, Loyle Carner announces his new album hopefully ! releasing on Island EMI on June 20th. The news comes on the heels of two new songs “all i need / in my mind,” the A-side oscillating between images of rage and hope, while the B-side combines a hazy, sun-warmed classic of languid sounds and lyrical soul-searching.
Loyle Carner is also announcing a global tour today kicking off with dates across Europe beginning in October, continuing on to the UK in November and following with North American dates in February 2026. The world tour follows his 2023 debut sold out North American tour and will also come after his upcoming headline Glastonbury set. Album pre-sale opens on April 30th at 9AM local time, with Live Nation and SJM pre-sale on May 1st (9AM), Spotify pre-sale beginning on May 1st (12PM), and tickets available for general sale on May 2nd (9AM).
A life-affirming exploration of fatherhood and childhood, hopefully ! is buoyed by a positivity and lightness of touch achieved in large part by stepping out of his comfort zone. In a series of firsts - singing, producing, accidentally forming the band of his dreams - Loyle Carner cultivates healthier boundaries, whilst also allowing his audience in - the album’s moving artwork features his muse of a son, who can also be heard throughout the record.
hopefully ! signals a new era in which Loyle Carner continues to push the boundaries of his art and himself. A passionate advocate around his experiences of dyslexia and ADHD - notably founding the Chilli Con Carner cookery workshops - last year he received an honorary doctorate from UAL in recognition of his powerful rise thus far.
A musician, writer, director, producer, entrepreneur and actor, Loyle Carner first emerged with A Little Late EP, and has since forged a signature blend of unflinching, diaristic lyricism with ambitious, genre-disruptive sounds. His debut album, Yesterday’s Gone, untangled personal experiences of grief, and the pressures of coming-of-age; follow-up, Not Waving, but Drowning, further showcased Loyle’s ability to set lithe rap against old-soul wisdom. A cathartic turning point proved to be 2022’s hugo: a taut, textured exploration of Black identity and anger, which also secured his second Top 3 album. Having been twice shortlisted for the Mercury Prize - and scored further BRIT and NME Award nominations - Carner has earned an impassioned worldwide following, with 1.1B streams, campaigns with global brands (YSL, New Balance, Nike) and sold-out shows including Alexandra Palace, Wembley Arena, Eventim Apollo, O2 Academy Brixton and Royal Albert Hall in his beloved London hometown alone. This journey climaxed in a headline appearance at All Points East’s 35,000 capacity Victoria Park last summer, which hopefully ! emerged in the wake of.
Loyle Carner was also recently confirmed to make his acting debut in Mint, a BBC drama from BAFTA-nominated Scrapper director Charlotte Regan, with further exciting visual projects to follow.
Listen to “all i need / in my mind,” pre-order hopefully ! and stay tuned for more from Loyle Carner soon.
Upcoming Headline Tour
10/7 - Stockholm, SE @ Annexet
10/8 - Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
10/11 - Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live
10/13 - Copenhagen, DK @ KB Hallen
10/15 - Berlin, DE @ UFO im Velrodrom
10/16 - Hamburg, DE @ Sporthalle
10/18 - Munich, DE @ Zenith
10/19 - Zurich, CH @ Hall 622
10/21 - Frankfurt, DE @ Jahrhunderthalle
10/22 - Cologne, DE @ Palladium
10/24 - Paris, FR @ Zenith
10/25 - Brussels, BE @ Forest National
11/2 - London,UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
11/3 - London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
11/4 - London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
11/5 - London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
11/7 - Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Arena
11/9 - Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
11/12 - Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
11/13 - Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
11/14 - Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
11/17 - Newcastle, UK @ O2 City Hall
11/18 - Newcastle, UK @ O2 City Hall
11/19 - Newcastle, UK @ O2 City Hall
11/20 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy
11/21 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy
11/23 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
11/24 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
11/25 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
12/2 - Brisbane, AUS @ Fortitude Music Hall
12/4 - Sydney, AUS @ Sydney Opera House Forecourt
12/6 - Melbourne, AUS @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl
12/9 - Perth, AUS @ Metro City
2/19 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
2/21 - Toronto, CAN @ History
2/22 - Montreal, Canada @ Beanfield Theatre
2/24 - Boston, MA @ Royale
2/26 - Washington DC, WA @ The Fillmore
2/27 - Brooklyn, New York @ Brooklyn Paramount
3/3 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
5/3 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
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Ezra Furman Unveils “Power of the Moon” Single/Video | Nat'l Tour | LP out May 16
Ezra Furman
Unveils “ Power of the Moon ” Single + Video
Available across platforms here
10th Studio Album, Goodbye Small Head
due out May 16 via Bella Union
Goodbye Small Head album pre-order
North American Tour
Tour dates below + here
Photo credit: Eleanor Petry
Renowned multi-disciplinary artist Ezra Furman has released the new “Power of the Moon” official video, an existentialist wrestling match with whoever’s in charge of the universe. Tinged with psychedelic 60s guitar licks, bouncing percussion and Ezra’s signature lyrical poetry, this is the latest cut off her 10th studio album Goodbye Small Head due out May 16 via Bella Union and available to pre-order here.
Watch + Share: “Power of the Moon” video
Ezra shares about “Power of the Moon”: “I took over five years writing this song. I’m not saying that makes it good, but it does mean that it means a lot to me. It’s another in my series of songs that make sweeping declarations about “the human mind” (cf. “Ordinary Life,” “Poor Girl A Long Way From Heaven”).
The lyric is me taking on a problem I’ve had all my life: I believe in God and I can’t explain why to anyone; I don’t even understand it myself. I have no evidence, no argument and no doubt. I think it might just be the kind of brain that I have, one with a need to “take the frame from the painting / and let the colors bleed out into the room.” I love a diffuse God, one who is everywhere, underlying everything, and who absolutely does not fit into my little consciousness with all its rational rules. My God makes no sense. That’s one thing I love about her. That’s how I know she’s much bigger than anything we could have invented.
When things stop making sense, that’s when the world of night has its hooks in you. That’s when the moon takes over. You wake up one day and you realize you can never really understand anything, and then you’re into the poetic, under the power of the moon.
This spirituality of mine has, annoyingly, not alleviated the existentialist nausea I’ve always felt. I’m overwhelmed by this God-haunted world. The train is on its way to flatten you. The blues come around to devastate you. But I find myself enjoying this nauseous life anyway. Especially when we get a good drum machine going and Jorgen plays a hypnotic bass line and then Sam and Ben come in with their perfect parts and existence feels like a real cool time.
Amazingly, somewhere within me I believed that this could add up to a hit song. God, what’s my problem?”
Written during a maelstrom of overwhelm, the album title is a nuanced homage to the 1999 Sleater-Kinney single “Get Up”. Many songs on the new album are steeped in the helpless transcendence of being suddenly overcome, undone. Over the course of her illustrious career, Furman has scored Netflix’s Sex Education, authored Lou Reed: Transformer for the 33 ⅓ series, became a mother and most recently collaborated with Sharon Van Etten to cover Sinead O’Connor’s “Feel So Different” for the TRANSA benefit compilation by the not for profit organization Red Hot – just to name a few.
Ezra Furman North American Tour - TICKETS
4/24: Lowell, MA @ The Town and The City Festival (solo)
7/8: Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
7/9: St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam
7/10: Des Moines, IA @ Lefty’s Live Music
7/13: Indianapolis, IN @ Turntable
7/14: Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
7/15: Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
7/16: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
7/17: Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
8/3: San Diego, CA @ Music Box
8/5: Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
8/6: Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley
8/7: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
8/10: Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
8/12: Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
8/13: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/20: Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theatre
10/21: Toronto, ON @ The Axis Club
10/22: Troy, NY @ No Fun
10/23: Portland, ME @ State Theatre
10/26: Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
10/27: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/28: Washington, DC @ Union Stage
10/29: New York, NY @ Webster Hall
ALISON WONDERLAND UNLEASHES NEW SINGLE "GET STARTED"
UNLEASHES NEW SINGLE "GET STARTED"
LISTEN HERE
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERES TONIGHT AT 8PM ET
WATCH HERE
Photo Credit: Jared Tinetti Trailblazing electronic artist Alison Wonderland ignites 2025 with the release of her blistering new single "Get Started". The track serves as the first glimpse into her highly anticipated album slated for release in fall 2025.
Listen to “Get Started” HERE
Watch Official Video HERE
"Get Started" showcases Wonderland at her most fearless – a masterclass in tension and release featuring dizzying vocals layered over crushing synths and kick drums that solidify her reputation as a boundary-pushing force in electronic music. Recorded in Los Angeles, the track demonstrates Wonderland's continued evolution as both an artist and producer. In addition to the single, tonight (8PM ET) Wonderland will premiere the official music video for “Get Started,” directed by award winning filmmaker Connor Pritchard.
ABOUT ALISON WONDERLAND
Alison Wonderland has established herself as one of electronic music's most influential and innovative figures. With over 1.1 billion global streams, multiple platinum certifications, and more than 800,000 headline ticket sales across four U.S. tours alone, Wonderland has transformed from Sydney club scene fixture to international festival headliner.
In 2018, Alison made history as the highest-billed female DJ in Coachella's storied history, performing to a crowd of over 50,000 people. Her impressive touring resume includes multiple sold-out shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (7x between 2019-2024), headline performances at Lollapalooza's Perry's Stage, and appearances at premier festivals including Tomorrowland, Electric Daisy Carnival, Ultra, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, and Life Is Beautiful across five continents.
Known for her unmatched stage presence, Wonderland's live shows combine spectacular visuals with live vocal and cello performances, creating immersive experiences that have garnered her a devoted global following. Her chart-topping singles like the double-platinum "I Want U" and "Church," along with high-profile collaborations with artists like Trippie Redd and her celebrated Dua Lipa remix, have cemented her status as a genre-defying powerhouse.
Named Electronic Artist of the Year by Forbes in 2022, Alison Wonderland continues to push boundaries and share her message of hope and healing through both her music and expansive creative ventures. With "Get Started" marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter and her forthcoming album on the horizon, 2025 promises to be Alison Wonderland's most groundbreaking year yet.
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Tonight! "Benders Circuit" presents experimental music at LACDA (Thursday April 24, 7:30pm — free)
TONIGHT!
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 7-11pm,
FREE!
LACDA 2025LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES
A/V Performances: A series of live performances by electronic artists pushing the boundaries of audio-visual experimentation.
"DISASTER AREA" performance series at LACDA
Presented by The Benders Circuit & Sleep Dep Productions
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art is set to host DISASTER AREA, a groundbreaking performance series featuring experimental electronic audio visual music. The Benders Circuit, is shooting a documentary set to be released on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video directed by Angela Izzo and Eric A. Zimmerman.
The event provides an experience of the boundary-pushing work of The Benders Circuit and their collaborators, and is a must-see for fans of experimental art, electronic music, and avant-garde visuals. List of performing artists and full schedule on thebenderscircuit.com
More information and schedule
About The Benders Circuit:
The Benders Circuit is a creative collective and docuseries that celebrates the world of circuit bending, experimental music, and the avant-garde electronic arts. Their mission is to document and promote the underground innovators shaping the future of sound and art.
About Sleep Dep Productions:
Sleep Dep Productions is a multimedia production company known for its work in experimental electronic music and video, bringing together cutting-edge technology with innovative storytelling.
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April 23, 2025
Miki Berenyi Trio x Lol Tolhurst x Gray Unleash Collaborative New Single, “Stranger”
Miki Berenyi Trio
Unleashes Collaborative New Single “ Stranger ”
(Miki Berenyi Trio x Lol Tolhurst x Gray)
Available across platforms here
European Tour Dates Kick Off This Weekend
North American Fall Tour
Tour dates below + here
In Spring 2024, Miki Berenyi Trio (MB3) toured the US with Lol Tolhurst x Budgie as support. Terrific times were had, bonds were formed and fast-forward a year MB3 will be playing a six-date tour in Europe with Lol and his son Gray which begins this weekend. In celebration, Miki Berenyi Trio share a brand new standalone single made in collaboration with alt-rock legend and old friend Lol Tolhurst and his son Gray. Billed as Miki Berenyi Trio x Lol Tolhurst x Gray, the new single titled “Stranger” is streaming HERE. It is a sublime slice of shoegazing psychedelic beauty, recorded in Los Angeles, London and St Leonards, and produced by MB3’s Oliver Cherer. Miki Berenyi Trio will continue on to tour the UK this Spring and North America this fall.
Watch / Share: Miki Berenyi Trio x Lol Tolhurst x Gray - “Stranger” Video
Oliver Cherer comments, “Stranger arrived as a demo from Lol/Gray, with guitar, synth and drums, with loads of room to develop riffs, hooks and melodies. I liked the insistent repetition of the long outro and was instantly minded to explore a Talk Talk approach, which is where the piano line with the Ashes to Ashes flanger wobble came from. The outro was extended to make a virtue of the repeated progression and the strings synths were added to help swell that into a wall of crescendo. Miki then took over adding lyrics and the gorgeous vocal melodies. Moose added layers of shimmering guitars and a rough mix was sent to Lol who added drum parts, recorded by Martin Fleischmann in Los Angeles, before it all came back to St Leonards for a mix where I also sneaked in a nice fat, squelchy Moog part. It developed quite naturally and easily, with each person’s contribution making the song bigger and more beautiful at every turn.”
Miki Berenyi adds, “The lyrics are about being a friend to a long-term couple splitting. The tragedy at the centre is the people actually breaking up, but the repercussions ripple outward.”
Lol shares, “Sadly, Budgie couldn’t make this tour, but my son Gray is taking time out of his band Topographies to perform my set with me. ‘Stranger’ will feature all five of the touring party playing live together, and we’re excited to have a unique song for the shows”.
Miki Berenyi Trio Tour Dates - TICKETS
EU/UK
4/27: Arlon, Belgium @ L’Entrepôt (with Lol Tolhurst)
4/28: Colmar, FR @ Le Grillen (with Lol Tolhurst)
4/29: Paris, FR @ FGO Barbara (with Lol Tolhurst)
4/30: Lille, FR @ L’Aéronef (with Lol Tolhurst)
5/1: Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat (with Lol Tolhurst)
5/3: Liege, Belgium @ Reflektor (with Lol Tolhurst)
5/9: London, UK @ Moth Club
5/10: Norwich, UK @ Voodoo Daddy
5/11: Brighton, UK @ DUST
5/18: Reading, UK @ The Facebar
5/22: Cambridge @ The Portland Arms
5/24: Leeds, UK @ Lending Rooms
5/31: Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Petes
6/1: Newcastle. UK @ The Cluny
7/5: Cheshire, UK @ Pop at the Lock
North America
10/10: Washington DC @ Pearl Street Warehouse
10/11: Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/12: Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
10/13: Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
10/15: Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
10/16: Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag
10/17: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/18: St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
10/20: Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
10/21: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
10/23: Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
10/24: Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
10/25: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
10/27: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10/28: West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
