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March 1, 2025
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I just wanted to let you know…My new song ‘Best Be Leaving’ is coming on March 5th ♡
I can’t wait to start sharing with you a whole chapter of new music that I wrote last fall during a week spent in the backwoods of Vancouver Island, Canada.There’s much more to come but for now…pre-save Best Be Leaving for
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Cyn Launches Valley Girl Zine. Reveals Co-Directed Visual For "Love You Like I Want To."
CYN LAUNCHES VALLEY GIRL ZINEREVEALS CO-DIRECTED VISUAL FOR ‘LOVE YOU LIKE I WANT TO’
FULL-LENGTH EXTENDED VERSION OF HER DEBUT ALBUM
VALLEY GIRL (EXTENDED) – OUT NOW
[UNSUB RECORDS / CAPITOL RECORDS]
WATCH
‘LOVE YOU LIKE I WANT TO’
LISTEN
VALLEY GIRL (EXTENDED)
Losing Sleep
I Don’t Care
Lemons
The Smiths*
Be Like Her
House With a View
Drinks
Los Angeles, No Offense
Sweet*
Where Do All The Diamonds Go
Love You Like I Want To
Hard To Love
Crazy
Sink Your Teeth In Your Tongue*
Growing Up
*New Songs
Acclaimed singer-songwriter, Cyn has revealed a mesmerizing new visual for her Valley Girl fan-favorite track “Love You Like I Want To” – Co-directed by Cyn, the video comes with the launch of her Valley Girl Zine - also revealed today - a special hand-made accompaniment to her debut album Valley Girl released in November thru Unsub Records/Capitol.
“I’m so excited to share this visual for my song ‘Love You Like I Want To,’” Cyn gushes. “I feel so lucky to be able to extend the story of this song with a super cute, no strings attached performance. I had so much fun dressing up for this shot and I think we nailed it.”
Watch HERE .
Hand crafted and written by Cyn and created to provide a more tactile experience into the Valley Girl world, the Valley Girl Zine is a 20-page booklet that offers insight into the stories behind Cyn’s music and more, providing poetic blurbs, a guide to the San Fernando Valley, quizzes, style guides and more. The process of making this zine was one of scissors, paper, magazine clippings, and many glue sticks. After designing each page, laying out each paper scrap and fixing it in a viewable fashion, Cyn scanned the zine to be printed as is – the old-fashioned way.
Speaking about the zine, Cyn remarks “Creating the ‘Valley Girl Zine’ was a labor of love and I had a blast doing it! This zine is basically a love letter to anyone enjoying the Valley Girl album.”
The Valley Girl Zine is available HERE
In November, Cyn released her full-length extended version of her debut album, Valley Girl – Extended via UnSub Records/Capitol Records. Following the release of Valley Girl: Side A - Lost On Laurel in September and Valley Girl: Side B – Los Angeles, No Offense. Listen) HERE.
Speaking about the new release, Cyn reveals, “I am thrilled to stop shouting this music into my hairbrush and instead, begin shouting it to the world! I have been alone in this valley for what feels like a lifetime, and it means the world to have the opportunity to invite you in. I wrote this album to make myself feel better, and so that is what I wish for whoever listens. With this music, I hope you feel inspired to smile, dance, laugh, and to feel that you are absolutely the main character in your own rom-com. xo“
Valley Girl (Extended) features all 12 tracks from Sides A & B, including fan favorites like “Drinks,” “House With A View,” “Losing Sleep,” “Where Do All The Diamonds Go,” “Be Like Her,” “Growing Up” and “Crazy,” plus three brand new tracks, “Sweet,” “Sink Your Teeth in Your Tongue” and new single, “The Smiths.”
Cyn’s debut, full length album, ‘Valley Girl’ is available on limited edition baby pink and spring green vinyl via her official website.
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Goldie Presents: Rufige Kru. New Single with CASISDEAD Out Today. Album Forthcoming
GOLDIE PRESENTS: RUFIGE KRU –
NEW ALBUM ‘ALPHA OMEGA’ TO BE RELEASED MAY 16
[LONDON RECORDS]
NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO ‘STILL THE SAME’
FEATURING CASISDEAD - OUT NOW
GOLDIE’S RETURN TO LEGENDARY LONDON RECORDS LABEL
EXACTLY THIRTY YEARS AFTER FIRST SIGNING
LISTEN
RUFIGE KRU – “STILL THE SAME” (FEATURING CASISDEAD)
PRE-ORDER/SAVE
‘ALPHA OMEGA’ (ALBUM)
2025 NORTH AMERICAN LIVE DATES
Goldie With Live Band Tour:
04/14 - The Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
04/15 - The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
04/17 - Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN
04/18 - Metro – Chicago, IL
04/19 - Elsewhere - Brooklyn, NY
Goldie US DJ Tour:
05/16 – Cervantes Masterpiece – Denver, CO
05/17 – Metalheadz Residency at Paragon – New York, NY
Goldie in Detroit All Week as Movement’s Artist In Residence:
05/23 – Spot Lite – Detroit, MI
05/25 – Movement Festival (Goldie B2B Photek) – Detroit, MI
05/26 – Movement Festival – Detroit, MI
2025 UK & EUROPEAN LIVE DATES
02/28 - Fabric x Metalheadz Takeover – London
Goldie With Live Band Tour:
04/09 - Paradiso - Amsterdam
04/11 - Razzmatazz - Barcelona
04/12 - Magazzini Generali - Milan
04/22 - Ronnie Scott's - London
04/23 - Ronnie Scott's - London
04/24 - The Waterfront - Norwich
04/25 - Joshua Brooks - Manchester (DJ)
04/26 - Bristol Beacon - Bristol
04/27 - Castle & Falcon - Birmingham
04/28 - The Wardrobe - Leeds
29th April - Village Underground – London
J-pop superstar duo YOASOBI share English version of "UNDEAD," playing show in LA 3/16
MARCH 16
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READ HERE February 28, 2025—Today, J-pop superstar duo YOASOBI share an English version of their single, “UNDEAD” —listen/share HERE. The song was originally written as the theme song for Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season.The duo is about to travel back to the states for a performance as part of “matsuri ’25: Japanese Music Experience LOS ANGELES” at the Peacock Theater on March 16.This year will also find them playing their landmark headline show in London at OVO Arena Wembley and taking the stage at Primavera Sound in Barcelona this summer.This follows their successful trip to the U.S. last summer, with their first ever show at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, followed by Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway. They also played Chicago’s beloved Lollapalooza music festival. These performances followed their Coachella debut and sold-out in Los Angeles and San Francisco earlier in the year.YOASOBI are currently amid their largest Asia arena tour to date this winter—also the largest arena tour by a Japanese artist ever. Comprised of composer Ayase and vocalist ikura, YOASOBI are record-breaking international superstars in the making. Their first song, “Into The Night (Yoru ni Kakeru),” was released in November 2019, immediately attracting attention by achieving #1 on numerous streaming charts in Japan and appearing on viral charts in several countries. It was #1 on the 2020 Billboard JAPAN Combined Song Chart and Streaming Song Chart, and in January 2023 the total plays surpassed 900 million streams marking a first in Japan. YOASOBI gained international attention and reached #1 on the Spotify charts for the Japanese Artist Most Played Internationally in 2021. Their song “Monster (Kaibutsu)” was named one of the 10 Best Songs of 2021 by TIME.YOASOBI’s TikTok LIVE performance achieved the highest ever viewership for a Japanese artist on the platform when it was streamed by more than 630k fans with simultaneous viewers surpassing 120k. Their first arena tour “YOASOBI ARENA TOUR 2023 ‘Denkosekka’” consisted of fourteen shows in seven cities with a total of 130k attendees as the duo continues to attract attention in all directions of their career.Their global smash hit song “Idol” was named the #1 Song of the Year in 2023 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart . It smashed a multitude of records, amassing 22 consecutive weeks in the #1 spot. The song also broke the record for the fastest single to reach 100 million streams on the Billboard Japan chart and surged to #1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart .
BONNIE TRASH new album 'Mourning You' out today! Listen in full now. New video online!
- Listen in full now
- New video for "Poison Kiss" online
Photo credit: Dana Bellamy “A blend of doom, goth, shoegaze and post-punk that is moody, heady and instantly captivating… Deceptively earwormy and moreish.” - 8/10, Metal Hammer
"[An] entrancing combination of massive riffs and smoky, bewitching vocals" - FLOOD"Their most expansive and haunting songs to date" - Punk News
Today Guelph, Ontario hell-raisers Bonnie Trash release their new album, ‘Mourning You’ via Hand Drawn Dracula. Alongside the album release, they have also shared a new video for "Poison Kiss".
'Mourning You' is, put bluntly, an album about death. Not death in the macabre, violent, or outrageous sense, but death as you or I might know it. A spectre lurking around the corner. Capricious, indiscriminate, and unexpected. Ordinary and all the more terrifying for it. Real. Fear in the eyes of a loved one about to die, and the fear in your eyes – staring back. This is sorrow not as a lingering bruise, but a gushing wound.
Bonnie Trash is the project of twin sisters Emmalia & Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor, wedding post-punk’s steely-eyed austerity to goth rock’s brooding grandeur. A lifelong project christened in 2017 with the release of ‘Ezzelini's Dead’, the band's debut EP which found the pair mining the Trevisan dialect and archaic Italian folklore of their heritage to grisly effect. Where their first full length, ‘Malocchio’ (2022), shrouded Bonnie Trash's nightmares in dusky dreamlike reverb, ‘Mourning You’ is vivid and immediate. Emboldened by the addition of Emma Howarth-Withers on bass and Dana Bellamy on drums – whose thunderous rhythms sharpened 2024's ‘My Love Remains the Same’ EP into a fine-edged blade – ‘Mourning You’ is less a post-mortem fantasia than a sudden, swift dagger to the heart.
Sarafina, the band's singer and lyricist, has described the album as being about "losing someone you love. It's about the horrors of grief, haunting you every day." Inspired, largely, by the passing of Nonna Maria – who provided interstitial narration across the band's early work – it's these intimate details which render the songs on ‘Mourning You' so devastating. The record explores love and grief as kindred spirits. Grief as love with nowhere to go. Love determined by the fear of its loss. A blood pact. A life for a life. The gnarled claw of remorse gripping you in twilight's terror.
Though inspired by the shocking iconography of horrorshows, slasher flicks, and psychological thrillers, Bonnie Trash turns cinematic tropes on their head. Rather than fashioning nightmares into reality, the band paints reality as a nightmare, rife with pain, suffering, and gothic theatre. Bonnie Trash understands that everyday atrocities haunt the periphery of our lives. A black cloud looming on the edge of our vision. Curses abound. You can't ward them off. You'd best make an unholy racket.
‘Mourning You’ album listening/purchase links: https://ffm.to/mourningyou
"Poison Kiss" video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwTGtTmhD3k
Bonnie Trash live dates:
Feb 27 - Toronto, ON - Wavelength Winter Fest w/ The OBGMs, pHoenix Pagliacci, Cadence Weapon
Mar 01 - Guelph, ON - ArtBar
Mar 08 - Kitchener, ON - The Union
April 25 - Toronto, ON - The Sound Garage w/ Change of Heart
April 26 - Toronto, ON - The Sound Garage w/ Change of Heart *SOLD OUT*
‘Mourning You’ track list:
1. Grief
2. Veil of Greed - official video
3. My Love Remains the Same (Kisses Goodbye)
4. Hellmouth - official video
5. Haunt Me (What Have You Become) - lyric video
6. and in the end, I’ll wait for you
7. Poison Kiss - official video
8. Your Love is My Revenge
9. it eats shadows.
Paris Texas releases surprise second EP + on the CHROMAKOPIA world tour with Tyler, The Creator
PARIS TEXAS RELEASES SURPRISE SECOND EP
ON TOUR WITH TYLER, THE CREATOR & LIL YACHTY
THEY LEFT ME WITH A GUN OUT NOW
Paris Texas by Zhamak Fullad
"sharp, pummeling, irresistible and insistent, even in its sweetest spots"
Esquire
"bizarre and beguiling"
i-D
"a one-of-a-kind sound"
Pigeons & Planes
“Bangers geared to punch holes through concrete”
The FADER
“A blast of fresh air”
The Guardian
They Left Me With A Gun
LISTEN: https://orcd.co/tlmwag
(February 28, 2025) - Fresh off of releasing their new EP last week, Paris Texas surprises with a second new project, They Left Me With A Gun. Serving as the second of two anthologies that began with last week’s They Left Me With The Sword, the new EP takes a different sonic approach than its predecessor. Where Sword followed a fluid, linear arc to its sound, Gun tears up that script, embracing harsher, experimental sounds across six unpredictable tracks. They Left Me With A Gun is accompanied by a second music video paired with the visual for They Left Me With The Sword, completing the story of these two anthology projects. Both music videos are co-written by Louie Pastel, Felix and Dan Streit, (Charli XCX, BROCKHAMPTON, A$AP Rocky), who also directed both EP visuals.
Both EPs were made in the months leading up to Paris Texas embarking on the biggest tour of their career. Louie and Felix are currently on the CHROMAKOPIA world tour with Tyler, The Creator and Lil Yachty, playing six sold out hometown shows at Crypto.com Arena in LA last week before touring up the East Coast. The tour will play shows across North America, The United Kingdom and Europe, and Australia & New Zealand in 2025.
They Left Me With The Sword and They Left Me With A Gun are spiritual sequels to the duo’s 2021 EP Red Hand Akimbo, which included fan-favorite single “girls like drugs”. Louie and Felix are ushering in the next phase of their ever-expanding visions for Paris Texas with these two anthologies, narrated by a secret, eerily familiar voice. On both EPs, the duo took a more collaborative approach than their previous projects, with longtime friends and collaborators Billy Lemos and Dilip central to it coming together.
With the all-around world-building of their two early EPs Boy Anonymous and Red Hand Akimbo, Paris Texas cemented themselves as one of the most exciting new voices in music with MID AIR, which was critically lauded by the likes of Vulture, i-D, The FADER & more.
Listen to They Left Me With A Gun above, see more EP info and all remaining dates on the Chromakopia tour below, and keep an eye out for more from Paris Texas.
Upcoming Live Dates
North America
Supporting Tyler, The Creator
2/28 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
3/2 - Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
3/5 - San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
3/7 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
3/9 - San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego
3/12 - Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
3/15 - Austin, TX @ Moody Center
3/17 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
3/19 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
3/21 - Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
3/22 - Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
3/24 - Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
3/26 - Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
3/28 - Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
3/29 - Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
4/1 - Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena
6/27 - Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center
6/28 - Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
6/30 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
7/3 - Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
7/5 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
7/8 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden
7/11 - Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
7/12 - Raleigh, NC @ Lenovo Center
7/14 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
7/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
7/22 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
7/24 - Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
7/27 - Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
UK/EU
4/25 - Antwerp, BE @ Sportpaleis
4/27 - Paris, FR @ Accor Arena
4/30 - Milan, IT @ Unipol Forum
5/1 - Zurich, CH @ Hallenstadion
5/2 - Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle
5/4 - Cologne, DE @ LANXESS Arena
5/6 - Oslo, NO @ Oslo Spektrum
5/7 - Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
5/9 - Prague, CZ @ O2 arena
5/10 - Krakow, PL @ TAURON Arena Krakow
5/12 - Berlin, DE @ Uber Arena
5/14 - Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
5/17 - Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena Birmingham
5/19 - London, UK @ The O2
5/21 - London, UK @ The O2
5/24 - Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
5/27 - Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
5/30 - Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
AU/NZ
8/18 - Auckland, NZ @ Spark Arena
8/22 - Melbourne, VIC, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena
8/23 - Melbourne, VIC, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena
8/26 - Sydney, NSW, Australia @ Qudos Bank Arena
8/27 - Sydney, NSW, Australia @ Qudos Bank Arena
8/30 - Brisbane, QLD, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
9/4 - Perth, WA, Australia @ RAC Arena
CLOAKROOM release new album 'Last Leg of the Human Table' on Closed Casket. Headlining Spring tour starts next month.
Cloakroom Release New Album
Last Leg of the Human Table Today via Closed Casket Activities
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Headlining North American Tour Starts Next Month - Dates Added
“‘Bad Larry’ recalls the majestic country-folk of the ’60s, much closer to the post-Slowdive project Mojave 3 than Slowdive themselves. There’s a sense of comfort and ease that crawls along with each dreamy refrain, blending the existential folklore of its subject with a kind of unbroken purity.” CONSEQUENCE
“Cloakroom are catchy one moment and morose the next, but they never let their heavy aura slip.” PASTE
“hooky melodies and propulsive drums” STEREOGUM
“Meddling in new wave and dream-pop, the band trades in their normally sludgy tempos for a quicker pace that calls to mind groups like DIIV and Wild Nothing.” UPROXX
“razor-sharp songwriting and lush atmospheres that nod to classic shoegaze, midwestern emo, 60s pop, and more.” CHICAGO READER
Indiana trio discuss their new album, 'Last Leg of the Human Table', writing shorter songs for shorter attention spans, no longer embarrassing their folks, and being champions like the '90s Bulls. Cam Lindsay's First Revival (Read the Interview)
“Their songs feel as if they’re built from the ground up, able to reach cosmic heights because of the meticulous construction of their foundation.” TREBLE (Album of the Week)
“Whether its country ballad or distortion punishment, Cloakroom knows who they are...” NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS
“...atmospheric shoegaze fuzz and eerie aurora-like riffs” CVLT NATION
Last Leg of the Human Table Official Music Videos:
“Unbelonging” | “Bad Larry” | “Story of the Egg”
Cloakroom’s latest studio album Last Leg of the Human Table arrives today via Closed Casket Activities, their debut for the label. Pop, shoegaze, doom, post-punk, folk only scratch the surface on Cloakroom’s shortest, yet most essential release to date. Each song showcases the trio’s genre-bending capabilities and seemingly vast array of influences; whether it be the sampling of the post-disco Detroit group Was (Not Was) or the lifted NASA recording of the humming of Saturn’s rings. Recorded in December of 2023 at Electrical Audio in Chicago and Rec Room Recording in Des Plaines, Illinois, engineer Zac Montez (Whirr, Turnover) aided in smoothing out the rough and turning up the quiet.
For Cloakroom the world of modernity is in polycrisis and America has lost its soul. Narrative fetishism is all too usual of a literary mechanism for Cloakroom. If you listen closely you can hear the concern; not just for the teetering social structure but for what it means to be human and the high cost of the human experience. Its title Last Leg of the Human Table may sound sardonic in its nature, but this group has always found some wonder in the scurrying chaos of modern life. In 37 minutes, the album imbues a sense of responsibility to the listener as if one leg were to falter, the whole table will fall.
Listen / Share / Playlist Last Leg of the Human Table
Cloakroom’s headlining North American tour kicks off in the Midwest next month. The run hits both coasts and includes dates with support from Null and performances at Slide Away 2025 in Los Angeles and New York City. Tickets are on sale here. For a full list of dates, see below and to keep up with updates, follow Cloakroom on Instagram here.
L-R: Bobby Markos (Bass), Doyle Martin (Lyrics, Guitar), Tim Remis (Drums)
Photo By Vin Romero | Hi Res Version Here
Cloakroom Live Dates:
Mar 21: Paw Paw, MI - Lucky Wolf
Mar 22: Detroit, MI - Edgemen
Mar 23: Toronto, ON - Monarch
Mar 24: Montreal, QC - Bar le Ritz PDB
Mar 25: Kingston, NY - Tubby's
Mar 26: Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
Mar 28: Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club
Mar 29: Washington, DC - DC9
Mar 30: Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
Apr 01: Asheville, NC - Eulogy
Apr 02: Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Apr 03: Pensacola, FL - The Handlebar
Apr 05: Birmingham, AL - Saturn #
Apr 06: Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light #
Apr 08: Louisville, KY - Nachbar #
Apr 09: Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups #
Apr 10: Indianapolis, IN - Sequence #
Apr 11: Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club #
Apr 12: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle # (Album Release Show)
Apr 25: Brooklyn, NY - Slide Away 2025 at Market Hotel (Opening Show)
May 25: Los Angeles, CA - Slide Away 2025 at The Echoplex (Closing Show)
# w/ Null
Cloakroom on Instagram & Facebook
February 27, 2025
V**GRA BOYS DROPS NEW SONG + VIDEO FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM
V**GRA BOYS DROP NEW SONG + VIDEO FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM v**gr aboys
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “UNO II” + LISTEN HERE
v**gr aboys IS OUT APRIL 25TH VIA THEIR NEWLY LAUNCHED LABEL SHRIMPTECH ENTERPRISES
INFINITE ANXIETY TOUR TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Credit: Fredrik-Bengtsson
Stockholm post-punk band V**gra Boys (**= "ia" because of spam filters) announced a new album last month, and today they’re back with the next single. “Uno II” redirects vocalist Sebastian Murphy’s take on conspiratorial anxiety—shifting from human meat bags to finding it embodied in his beloved dog. The Italian greyhound, Uno II, spent a year going back and forth to the vet with dental issues, and Murphy couldn’t help but imagine what the dog must be thinking. “He goes to this place, then wakes up in some weird room, and he’s missing his teeth,” he says. While Murphy never explicitly suggests that “Uno II” is a stand-in for the anarcho-primitivist meme obsessives and conspiracy theorists he’s skewered in the past, the connection is hard to miss. Over chiming sweeps of guitar, drummer Tor Sjödén’s shimmering shuffle, and whispers of Oskar Carls’ flute, Murphy briefly turns the obsessive thoughts inward: “I seem like such a bitch / When I talk about Swedish politics.” The song arrives with a video where Shrimptech Enterprises' star journalist, Sebastian Murphy is sent on assignment to cover a seemingly innocent dog show in Eastern Europe. But as the trip unfolds, he finds himself under constant surveillance, shadowed by unseen forces, slipping deeper into paranoia and madness. His Croatian veterinarian may hold the key to his fate—but is he a sinister manipulator or a desperate ally? As reality fractures, the story spirals into a gonzo journalistic glitch, blurring the line between truth and delusion. Directed by Sebastian Murphy and André Jofré, “Uno II” was recorded guerrilla-style across Czechia, Finland, and Sweden. The track follows the first single, “Man Made of Meat.”
Watch the video for “Uno II” here.
Available April 25th via their newly launched label Shrimptech Enterprises, v**gr aboys was co-produced by frequent collaborator Pelle Gunnerfeldt with the V**gra Boys. The album channels the band’s sharp observational humor and unique ability to dismantle everything and nothing at the same time, while juxtaposing real life with high art. The album cover, featuring an original artwork painted by Leo Park, digs further into that concept.
In 2022, the band released their third album Cave World, the volcanic satire taking shots at the conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers that surrounded him. That album saw the band’s Late Night TV debut via Jimmy Kimmel Live! along with coverage from the likes of NPR, Pitchfork, Fader, V Magazine, Needle Drop, and so much more. With v**gr boys frontman Murphy has shifted focus inward. “The whole political thing was exhausting,” Murphy admits with a chuckle. “This is like a self-titled album but a bit simple and stupid—because that’s how I am.”
The band recently announced their infinite anxiety tour of 2025. The tour kicks off at Coachella on April 12, followed by a stint across Europe and the UK in April and May. They’ll then return to the U.S. and Canada for their first headline shows in the territory in two years, beginning September 10 in Vancouver. The 23-date North American leg includes stops in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and many more (full dates below). Tickets for the tour on-sale now.
v**gr aboys Tracklist
Man Made of Meat
The Bog Body
Uno II
Pyramid of Health
Dirty Boyz
Medicine for Horses
Waterboy
Store Policy
You N33d Me
Best in Show Pt.IV
River King
V**GR ABOYS - 2025 TOUR DATESCOACHELLA
Apr 12 Indio, CA, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Apr 19 Indio, CA, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
EU/UK
Apr 25 FR, Paris, Zenith
Apr 26 BE, Brussels, AB
Apr 28 UK, Bournemouth, O2 Academy
Apr 29 UK, Birmingham, O2 Academy
Apr 30 UK, Cardiff, Arena
May 1 UK, Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
May 2 IE, Dublin, Olympia
May 3 IE, Dublin, Olympia
May 5 UK, Glasgow, Barrowlands
May 6 UK, London, 02 Brixton Academy
May 8 DE, Berlin, Columbiahalle
May 9 NL, Tilburg, 013
May 10 LX, Luxembourg, Rockhal
May 11 CH, Zurich, X-tra
July 5 IT, Turin, Flower Festival
US
Sep 10 Vancouver, BC, Malkin Bowl
Sep 11 Vancouver, BC, Malkin Bowl
Sep 12 Seattle, WA, Showbox SoDo
Sep 13 Seattle, WA, Showbox SoDo
Sep 14 Portland, OR, Grand Lodge
Sep 17 St Paul, MN, Palace Theatre
Sep 18 Chicago, IL, Fairgrounds at the Salt Shed
Sep 19 Royal Oak, MI, Royal Oak Music Theatre
Sep 20 Toronto, ON HISTORY
Sep 22 Montreal, QC, MTELUS
Sep 23 Boston, MA, Roadrunner
Sep 25 Brooklyn, NY, The Brooklyn Mirage
Sep 26 Washington, DC, The Anthem
Sep 27 Philadelphia, PA, Franklin Music Hall
Oct 23 Oakland, CA, Fox Theater
Oct 25 Phoenix, AZ, The Van Buren
Oct 27 Salt Lake City, UT, The Union Event Center
Oct 28 Denver, CO, The Mission
Oct 30 Houston, TX, White Oak Music Hall
Oct 31 Austin, TX, House of Blues
Nov 1 Dallas, TX, House of Blues
Nov 3 Raleigh, NC, The Ritz
Nov 4 Asheville, NC, The Orange Peel
Nov 6 St Louis, MO, The Pageant
Nov 7 Nashville, TN, Marathon Music Works
Nov 8 Atlanta, GA, The Eastern
FOR MORE ON V**GRA BOYSNell Smith's “Boy in a Bubble” Celebrates Friendship w/ Wayne Coyne | Posthumous Debut LP out 4/11
Nell Smith
“ Boy in a Bubble ” Single + Video Out Today
A psychedelic celebration of her friendship
with Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips
Available across platforms here
Posthumous Debut Solo Album, Anxious
due out April 11 via Bella Union
Singles: “
Anxious
” “
Boy in a Bubble
”
Credit: Blake Studdard, Atria Creative
Today, Bella Union has released “Boy in a Bubble”, the latest single from Nell Smith’s posthumous debut solo album Anxious due out April 11. The song is a psychedelic celebration and thank you note to Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, who opened the doors for Nell’s first work. Synth riffs, psychedelic guitar and Lips-esque production accompany whimsical lyrics describing their collaborative journey and friendship. The accompanying video was produced by leading creative agency Firmative and features footage of Nell, Wayne and The Flaming Lips’ awe-inspiring live performances.
Listen / Share: “Boy in a Bubble”
The Nell Smith Memorial Fund set up by Nell’s family to honour her legacy and support emerging musicians has, in the past few weeks, raised $16,000. The fund aims to raise $100,000 and award $10,000 every year for ten years with profits from the release going directly into the fund’s corpus. New to the website are lovingly crafted limited edition Nell & Wayne T-shirts celebrating their creative relationship. To visit Nell’s website click here.
Credit: Alex Hanson at Hipgnosis Media
Posthumous record releases will always be charged with emotion but when the release comes from a 17 year-old artist that was just getting started it’s heartbreaking beyond expression. Anxious is a mesmerizing selection of songs that explore the highs, lows and uncertainty of teenage life through the eyes of Nell and is the follow-up to Where The Viaduct Looms, her debut collaboration with The Flaming Lips that explored the works of Nick Cave. Guided by the talented Jack and Lily Wolter of Penelope Isles, who helped shape Nell’s songs, some of which had been in the works since she was twelve years old, the result is an album brimming with emotion, playful melodies and a depth that hints at what Nell’s future may have held.
“It is still very painful when I realize Nell is gone”, says Wayne Coyne. “I keep thinking I’ll check my text messages from her. I’m sure she has a new drawing or new piece of a song or a new photo of her cat… and then I remember she is gone. Now when I’m listening to her singing these songs there is a brief fantastical joy. Her voice hits the ear, the ear tells brain this is the sound of love, the brain lets the mind fly through the billions of connections it has with Nell’s life... but as it flies it also flies to her death... there is something holy that happens now.”
A lot of Nell’s creative drive was rooted in raw teenage emotions; apprehension; love; travel; gratefulness; ambition; and grief. These moods are visited throughout the tracks on the album with an instrumental approach that brings joy into even the darkest of songs.
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ECCA VANDAL: Fearless Multi-Disciplinary Artist Shares Empowering Post-Punk Track
INTRODUCING…
ECCA VANDAL
FEARLESS MULTI DISCIPLINARY AUSTRALIA-BASED
SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN SRI LANKAN ARTIST
HEAR NEW TRACK FEATURING HER SIGNATURE BLEND OF
OUTSPOKEN NEW WAVE + COARSE PUNK
Ecca Vandal Press Photo by Sean McDonald
Introducing Ecca Vandal, the multi disciplinary artist known for her fearless genre-bending sound. She epitomizes creative multiplicity — a rebellious and tenacious voice with an explosive shot of adrenaline. Today, fresh off a recent tour supporting IDLES, she shares her bold new single, “Cruising to Self Soothe.”
Listen to "Cruising to Self Soothe” here: https://onerpm.link/cruisingtoselfsoothe.
The new song boils with Ecca Vandal’s signature blend of outspoken new wave and coarse punk. An overt display of influences in a hybrid sound entirely of her own, listeners can hear nods to Nirvana, Fugazi and Turnstile. “Cruising to Self Soothe” sees Ecca tightening the screws with sharper hooks, starker storytelling, and anthems for yelling into the night. “You look better when I don’t look back” she proclaims on the defiant “Cruising to Self Soothe,” as she continues trudging a renegade path.
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“‘Cruising to Self Soothe’ is about cultivating your inner strength when navigating life on your own, even when it feels a bit isolating,” notes Ecca. “It's about that pivotal moment when you recognize that you're stronger without the people who were weighing you down, and there's a real sense of empowerment in that for me. It captures the feeling of breaking free and moving forward, no matter the challenges that come. Even when others are waiting for you to fall, you're still rising — stronger than ever.”
Ecca’s recent releases are her first in several years and include last fall’s “BLEED BUT NEVER DIE” and “THEN THERE’S ONE.” “Cruising to Self Soothe” is her third release after “taking a bit of a breather for my heart, health and art.” In the few months since entering this new era, Ecca’s performance reels have skyrocketed her social media following and generated substantial online buzz.
A musical auteur, Ecca Vandal defies categorization, seamlessly weaving together punk, hip-hop, jazz, soul, trip-hop, and electronic influences into a sound that’s bold, dynamic, and entirely her own. Spending her formative years as a jazz musician, her passion for improvisation led her to fall in love with the DIY abandon of punk and foster an ability to effortlessly balance soulful melodies with raw, unapologetic power.
South African-born with Tamil heritage and an upbringing in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia, Ecca Vandal strutted her way onto the musical landscape in 2016 in traditional punk-style with an edgy disposition and something to say. Ecca brings unrelenting energy to the stage with a history of touring alongside global heavyweights such as Queens of the Stone Age, Incubus, Idles and The Prodigy, as well as appearances at a host of iconic festivals including Download, Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK, AfroPunk in France and Splendour in the Grass, Falls and Laneway Festivals in Australia.
Neither her sound nor persona are fixed for easy consumption. Political, rebellious and tenacious, with a voice demanding to be heard — Ecca Vandal is magnetism personified and exactly what we need right now.
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