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January 22, 2025
Anna Shoemaker is "Back Again," today!
ANNA SHOEMAKER RELEASES “BACK AGAIN”
LISTEN HERE
WATCH VISUALIZER HERE
UPCOMING ALBUM SOMEONE SHOULD STOP HER SET TO RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 21, 2025
PRE-ORDER HERE
Photo credit: Josefine Cardoni
"Her synth-pop sound with incredible vocals to match combines to create a cathartic outlet for heartbreak and other messy emotions." –V Magazine
“This impulse to feel is evident in Shoemaker’s lyrics, which are always self-aware, confessional, and utterly unafraid to lean into — even celebrate — the ugly feelings that come with relationships. –NYLON
“Indie-pop icon Anna Shoemaker looks to the serenity of nature on her cathartic new hit, ‘Fields’… when everyone’s making resolutions and seeking betterment, she wants to remind us that looking toward the future doesn’t always have to be so anxiety-inducing.”
— Notion
January 22, 2025 (Los Angeles, CA) – Today, rising indie-popstar Anna Shoemaker is “Back Again” with her latest fresh and electrifying single, via +1 Records. This catchy track captures the emotional push-and-pull of relationships, exploring the yearning to rekindle love while emphasizing the need to get it. With its irresistible melody, pulsating beats, and heartfelt lyricism, "Back Again" strikes the balance in the chaos. It’s a no-nonsense anthem for anyone boldly (or awkwardly) diving into starting over because let’s face it, we’ve all been there….
Listen to “Back Again” HERE
Watch the visualizer for “Back Again” HERE
About the song, Anna says, “Back Again is about wanting to get back together and do things the right way. I love the ending where I just repeat over and over “we’re gonna get it right, we’re gonna get it right, we’re gonna get it right” because it almost felt like a manifestation or prayer in that moment while writing it. Sometimes you want it to work so bad you have to trick yourself into thinking it will.”
Anna is set to release her sophomore album, Someone Should Stop Her, on February 21, 2025. Known for her alt-leaning production, intoxicating pop melodies, and unflinching lyricism, Anna’s music vividly captures the turbulence, charm, and self-reflection of young adulthood. This album candidly chronicles her journey of personal evolution. The new record embraces a stripped-back production, offering listeners the intimacy of a late-night conversation with a bestie.
Pre-order Someone Should Stop Her HERE
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Leonard Cohen Cover by Modern Day Torch Song Crooner L.C. Franke Out Today
MODERN DAY TORCH SONG CROONER
L.C. FRANKE SHARES LEONARD COHEN COVER
"I'M YOUR MAN" OUT TODAY - LISTEN
"I'M YOUR MAN" LYRIC VIDEO STREAMING NOW - WATCH
TAKEN FROM NEW COVERS EP, L.C. FRANKE LOVES YOU MADLY,
OUT FEBRUARY 12 VIA SIDE HUSTLE RECORDS
Download Hi-Res EP Cover
"A Little Touch of L.C. Franke in The Night?...
effervescent, ornately orchestrated instantly likable...Harp glissandos, sweeping, swelling strings, whispering flutes—arranger John Mills hits all of the sentimental orchestral cues buoying Franke's gentle, uplifting lyrical sentiments sung with sweet but not saccharine sincerity. Franke knows how to turn the chords in his emotional favor."
– Tracking Angle
Modern day torch song crooner L.C. Franke has shared the first song of his soon-to-be-released covers EP, L.C. Franke Loves You Madly. A stunning cover of Leonard Cohen's masterful "I'm Your Man" is streaming everywhere now. A lyric video is streaming on YouTube. The EP, which also features covers of Prince and The Divine Comedy, will be released on February 12, 2025, via Side Hustle Records.
LISTEN TO "I'M YOUR MAN"
WATCH "I'M YOUR MAN LYRIC VIDEO
"L.C. Franke Loves You Madly is a love letter to some of my favorite songs and the craft of songwriting itself," says Franke. "The EP features reimagined interpretations of Prince’s 'I Would Die 4 U,' Leonard Cohen’s 'I’m Your Man,' and Divine Comedy’s 'Tonight We Fly.' I love the mystery, passion, and provocative ambiguity of each of them lyrically. I’ve been putting these songs on mixes and playlists my entire life, with different intentions and interpretations every time. But the one thread that always remains between them is that these are inspiring, perfect songs of devotion.
'I’m Your Man' - I don’t know who I would be, or if I would be if I had never found Leonard Cohen in my late teens. I would spend many late-night hours pouring over his lyrics and poetry. An intimate world where beautiful losers and loners long to become lovers. It defined what a bare soul in written form looked like to me. We’ve been playing this cover since my first show ever last year, opening for my pals The Walkmen on their reunion tour. I think it was Paul Maroon, their guitar player, who tweeted the day before the show that he hated it when artists cover Leonard Cohen, as it's impossible to do justice. So, since we only had 35 minutes of original music at that point and a 45-minute set, I thought it would be hilarious to add a Cohen cover. That morning we worked up a smoldering bolero-inspired version and it went over amazingly. (Paul may have still hated it, but I'd understand completely.)"
Franke will follow the release of the EP with a show in his hometown of Austin, TX - KUTX Presents: A Valentine's Date With L.C. Franke and The Best Lil' Orchestra in TX on Feb 14 at 29th Street Ballroom.
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The L.C. Franke Loves You Madly EP follows the release of his debut full-length album Still in Bloom last year. Easy listening for anxious times, orchestral pop for the algorithm age: this is the twilit milieu of L.C. Franke. The album builds a bridge between 20th-century nostalgia and our modern alienation. Across 10 tracks of pure mood-indigo music, inspired by the jazz-club savoir-faire of artists like Frank Sinatra, Scott Walker, and Ella Fitzgerald, Franke’s barstool croon smolders against a backdrop of woodwind trills and string quartet swells. It’s a musical tonic that pairs equally well with gin and general malaise — light on the ears, heavy on the heart.
PURCHASE/STREAM STILL IN BLOOM
WATCH "WISH THE WORLD" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
WATCH “YOU AND ME AND US AGAINST THE WORLD” LYRIC VIDEO
WATCH “YOU AND ME AND US AGAINST THE WORLD (LIVE FROM AUSTIN)”
Photo Credit: Bill Reynolds / Download Hi-Res Image
L.C. FRANKE
L.C. FRANKE LOVES YOU MADLY
(Side Hustle Records)
Release Date: February 12, 2025
Tracklisting:
1. I Would Die 4 U
2. I’m Your Man
3. Tonight We Fly
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Penelope Trappes shares transcendent new single 'Red Dove'
Album ‘A Requiem’ out April 4th via One Little Independent Records
Single ‘Red Dove’ out now
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“Trappes has centered herself in the narrative while solidifying a sound that was already spellbinding to begin with” – Pitchfork
“A striking work of evolution and deconstruction… meticulous with fine detail, and trusting of the supernatural forces that elevate it.” – The Wire
“Starkly intimate and surreal - like watching yourself mourn intense tragedy from an outsider’s vantage point... unsettling in a way that feels magical” – Bandcamp On April 4th, Brighton-based Australian vocalist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Penelope Trappes will release her fifth full-length album ‘A Requiem’. It comes alongside news of her signing to London imprint, One Little Independent Records. ‘A Requiem’ collects ten haunting, ambient soundscapes - incantations of dreams and nightmares, of death and grief, as well as power and autonomy. Carnal, transcendent cello drones are used to exorcise historical and generational traumas in an evocative and macabre piece of gothic experimentalism.
New single ‘Red Dove’ is melancholic but aerial, recalling an “Armageddon dream” of Penelope’s that ended with the vivid image of a boy holding a red dove. She tells us; “I felt like this dream was about humanity becoming numb, stripped of emotion, and completely lost in their pain. Sleepwalking. Swallowing the Bitter Pill. The general acceptance of destructive, violent and toxic social norms. The Red dove being a conduit of the world's negativity, yet held peacefully in the hands of an innocent child”.
The track’s accompanying video by Agnes Haus was inspired by Werner Herzog’s 1993 documentary, ‘Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia’. Penelope says; “A distinct feeling about the fraught existential enigma of the human experience was hanging in the desolated air. For the music, I wanted ultra-soft vocals to say harsh things like a kind of beautiful decay. Months later, I was digging through old Werner Herzog documentaries and came across ‘Bells from the Deep’. In one of the chapters, Yuri Tarassov, a travelling sorcerer and exorcist, absolutely entranced me into the world of cult leader behaviour and I really wanted Agnes Haus and I to create a visual around the aura of 90s evangelical superstars. I was fascinated by the intensity of Yuri’s followers’ hysterical reactions - and I think there are correlations to modern politics in 2025. The followers have complete faith that Yuri can relieve their emotional and psychological distress. The collective power of persuasion, no matter how outlandish, feeds the hunger for a sense of belonging… which leads to the potential for power-hungry personalities to convince others to gather under the damaged wings of the world – A violent hope”.
Agnes Haus, fresh from directing Mogwai’s ‘Fanzine Made Of Flesh’ which also guest starred Penelope, adds; “Penelope showed me the Herzog documentary, and we had this idea that Penelope would play the cult leader of a sect called Red Dove. We filmed the cult footage in a bizarre old Glasgow lawn bowls club, and then bought an old VCR /TV and filtered video through it, recorded footage to videocassette and re-filmed the TV. It was a longer process than anticipated, but well worth it to really try to send Penelope back through time as an evangelical leader filled with regret over a dark event.”
Penelope has also announced further EU and UK live dates including an appearance at Roadburn Festival.
‘A Requiem’ is a musical service in honour of the dead, a sanctuary Trappes built for herself to explore familial chaos and history. “I was looking for an equilibrium between a ‘heaven' and a ‘hell’” she explains, “screaming out to the wisdom of our foremothers - surfacing and leading me into true strength and beauty. I listened to the sorrow closely. Death is a part of our reality. Inevitable. Omnipresent. But nightmares can be beautiful”.
Seeking solitude for what she knew would be an intense and cathartic writing experience, Trappes travelled to Scotland and isolated completely. Amidst meditative and psychedelic states, she channeled demons and accessed parts of herself she’d long desired to cleanse. During candle-lit recording sessions she found herself drawn to cello, an instrument she has no formal training in, she explains, “I always felt an affinity toward the cello, I embraced it, held it, and became one with it as a way to accompany my voice. The nerve-like strings of the cello became external chords of my vocal folds… I scratched on them, leaned into them, and conjured all of the textures I could muster”.
‘A Requiem’ is a raw, spiritual journey. Astonishingly vulnerable, and a compelling examination of loss - the threat of it, the meaning of it, the coming to terms with it. Across an album of breathtaking compositions, we are asked to bear witness to a sacred personal experience like no other.
Despite formal vocal training in opera and jazz when she was younger, it wasn’t until after her daughter was born that Penelope began writing her own music. She says coming into music later has been eye opening, and she laments the fact that women past 30 are too often discarded by the music industry; “Creativity doesn’t go away when you get older, it flourishes, changes, grows like all of life,” she says, “it amazes me that this is still something for society to wrap their heads around.”
Penelope released her acclaimed trilogy, ‘Penelope One’, ‘Two’ and ‘Three’, on Fabric’s Houndstooth label. In between instalments of her ambitious trilogy, Penelope released a clutch of both experimental and more dreampop-oriented EPs. She demonstrated her versatility in the extended 25-minute deep-listening composition ‘Gnostic State’, and the arpeggiated electronics and minimalist songwriting on the ‘Eel Drip’ EP, which was accompanied by image and film inspired by Francesca Woodman’s 1970s series of nude self-portraits with eels. She also released an album of reworks, ‘Penelope Redeux’, with contributions by Cosey Fanni Tutti, Mogwai, and Nik Colk Void, and the cassette, ‘Mother’s Blood,’ a vocal-free meditative reinterpretation of 'Penelope Three’ concluding with the live-scoring of a 1-hour film at Sonica Festival.
Penelope’s fourth album, ‘Heavenly Spheres’, was released in 2023 on her own Nite Hive imprint, was composed using just piano, voice and an old reel-to-reel tape deck during a two-week artist residency for Britten Pears Arts at the house where the composer, teacher and musicologist Imogen Holst lived in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Most recently, 2024’s ‘Hommelen’, the austere and beautifully severe result of her Halldorophone residency at EMS Stockholm was released on Paralaxe Editions.
In the live realm, Penelope’s music expands into tidal waves and surges of tension with hypnotising gothic live visuals by Agnes Haus. Select shows are accompanied by a live band, and other times performing solo, she has shared the stage with the likes of William Basinski, Mary Lattimore, and NYX drone choir, and she has extensively toured the UK, Australia, and Europe over the last five years, including a pivotal live performance with the London Contemporary Orchestra at Southbank Centre.
Live dates
17.04 – Stoke Newington Old Church, London, UK
19.04 – 4AD, Diksmuide, BE
20.04 – Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, NL
25.04 – Sacred Trinity Church, Manchester, UK
26.04 – The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, UK
02.05 – Alphabet, Brighton, UK
Lola Young smashes U.S. TV debut on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'
LOLA YOUNG SMASHES U.S. LATE NIGHT TV DEBUT
PERFORMS “MESSY”
AND JOINS JIMMY ON THE COUCH ON
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON
THIS WASN’T MEANT FOR YOU ANYWAY OUT NOW
VIA ISLAND RECORDS
photo credit: Todd Owyoung/NBC
“Messy” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
https://youtu.be/ogBmPeZ73CQ?si=GWVeQYzQXt_uTErs
This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway
https://lolayoung.lnk.to/twmfya
(January 22nd, 2024) - Last night, South London singer/songwriter Lola Young made her U.S. late night TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where she performed her hit single “Messy” and joined Jimmy on the couch to discuss her debut album This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway, collaborating with Tyler, The Creator and her upcoming Coachella performance.
Lola’s late night appearance closely follows the release of her track “Charlie” featuring Lil Yachty along with Lola’s vocal assistance on Tyler, the Creator’s track “Like Him” from his recently released new album, CHROMAKOPIA.
Lola released her much-lauded album This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway last year, which was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by friend and collaborator Solomonophic (Remi Wolf, BROCKHAMPTON, Dominic Fike). Lola’s body of work is home to her previous singles including, “Wish You Were Dead,” “Conceited” and “You Noticed,” with the album crackling with kinetic energy and lyrically fueled by rage, passion, narrative flair and comedy derision.
Armed with a phenomenal live plot for 2025, Lola will head out on her headline European run this February ahead of her sold-out hometown show at O2 Kentish Town Forum (upgraded from Brixton Electric) on March 3rd in London. Tickets available HERE. Lola will also make her debut at Coachella this April ahead of performances at Rock Werchter, Lollapalooza Paris, and Reading and Leeds Festival this summer.
Watch the performance of “Messy” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon above, see below upcoming live dates and stay tuned for more from Lola Young coming very soon.
Upcoming Live Dates
2/13 - Paris, France @ Alhambra
2/14 - Bruxelles, Belgium @ Le Botanique
2/15 - Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit 36
2/17 - Berlin, Germany @ Huxleys Neue Welt
2/18 - Köln, Germany @ Live Music Hall
2/19 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
2/24 - Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Glasgow Garage
2/25 - Manchester, United Kingdom @ New Century Hall
2/28 - Brighton, United Kingdom @ Chalk
3/2 - Bristol, United Kingdom @ SWX
3/3 - London, United Kingdom @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
4/11 - Indio, USA @ Coachella
4/18 - Indio, USA @ Coachella
7/4 - Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter 2025
7/18 - Paris, France @ Lollapalooza Paris 2025
8/22 - Reading, United Kingdom @ Reading Festival 2025
8/23 - Leeds, United Kingdom @ Leeds Festival 2025
photo credit: Todd Owyoung/NBC
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January 21, 2025
Billy Idol sets tour dates with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS KICKS OFF
APRIL 30 IN PHOENIXPROCEEDS FROM LOS ANGELES SHOW AT KIA FORUM TO BENEFIT AMERICAN RED CROSS, LOS ANGELES REGION
January 21, 2025—Rock legend Billy Idol is returning to the road for It’s a Nice Day To…Tour Again! Fellow superstar Joan Jett & the Blackhearts will join Idol on all shows. Produced by Live Nation, the run of arenas and amphitheatres kicks off at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix on April 30 and includes stops at an array of storied venues including New York’s Madison Square Garden, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD and more. See below for a complete list of dates.Artist pre-sales begin Wednesday, January 22 at 9 a.m. local time, with local presales beginning Thursday, January 23 at 9 a.m. local time. The general onsale begins Friday, January 24 at 9 a.m. local time. Additional info and tickets will be available at
billyidol.net/tour
. Five dollars from every ticket sold to the Los Angeles show at Kia Forum will be donated to the
American Red Cross
to support Southern California Wildfire Relief. Billly Idol will also personally match this donation.In anticipation of the upcoming tour, Idol stars in a short video featuring his iconic catalog; the clip also stars comedian Matt Rife with cameos from longtime Idol collaborator and guitar player Steve Stevens and tourmate Joan Jett. Watch/share the video
HERE
.Idol will soon share details of the forthcoming release of his new LP, due later this year on Dark Horse Records.Last year, Idol celebrated the 40th Anniversary of his landmark sophomore album
Rebel Yell
with a Deluxe Expanded Edition out now via Capitol/UMe. He also appeared at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducting Ozzy Osbourne alongside Jack Black, Jelly Roll, Tool frontperson Maynard James Keenan and more.Idol also recently released the concert film
Billy Idol: State Line
, a Vertigo Live concert film documenting his April 2023 show at the famed Hoover Dam—the first-ever concert performed at the location. The film highlights the history and significance of the Hoover Dam and includes two unique sets of Billy Idol’s iconic hits: a full band concert at sunset with special guests that electrified and illuminated the surrounding Black Canyon, and an acoustic duo set on the roof of the powerhouse at the foot of Hoover Dam straddling the Colorado River, directly on the Nevada/Arizona state line.ABOUT BILLY IDOLFor 46 years, Billy Idol has been one of the definitive faces and voices of rock’n’roll. Between 1977 and 1981, Idol released three albums with Generation X as their camera-ready frontman. In 1982, he embarked on a transatlantic/trans-genre solo career that integrated the bold and simple lines of punk and rock’n’roll decadence. Touring consistently around the world for the last ten years and showing no signs of slowing down, Idol released both The Roadside EP in 2021 and The Cage EP in 2022 on Dark Horse Records, earning praise from fans and critics alike.ABOUT JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTSJoan Jett grew up during a time when rock ‘n’ roll was off limits to girls and women, but as a teenager, she promptly blew the door to the boys’ club right off its hinges. After forming her band the Blackhearts in 1979, with whom Jett has become a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, she has had eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 singles, including the classics “Bad Reputation,” “I Love Rock 'N' Roll,” “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” and “Crimson and Clover.” With a career that has spanned music, film, television, Broadway, and humanitarianism, Joan Jett remains a potent force and inspiration to generations of fans worldwide. As a producer, she has overseen seminal albums by Bikini Kill, and the Germs’ LA punk masterpiece GI. Jett and Kenny Laguna (her longtime producer and music partner) co-founded Blackheart Records from the trunk of Kenny’s Cadillac after rejections from no less than 23 labels. 40 years later, Blackheart is a thriving entertainment company producing music, film and television, and continues to champion emerging bands. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts continue to tour the world with headlining shows alongside fellow rock legends like The Who, Green Day, Heart and Foo Fighters. Bad Reputation, a documentary about Jett’s life, premiered to critical acclaim at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. For more information visit joanjett.com.BILLY IDOL: IT’S A NICE DAY TO…TOUR AGAIN!April 30—Phoenix, AZ—Talking Stick Resort AmphitheatreMay 3—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
May 4—Austin, TX—Moody Center
May 7—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena
May 9—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
May 10—Tampa, FL—MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 13—Sunrise, FL—Amerant Bank Arena
May 16—Charlotte, NC—PNC Music Pavilion
May 17—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena
May 20—Tinley Park, IL—Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
May 21—Cincinnati, OH—Riverbend Music Center
May 23—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage
August 16—Philadelphia, PA—TD Pavilion at The Mann
August 17—Saratoga Springs, NY—Broadview Stage at SPAC
August 20—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden Arena
August 22—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 23—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center
August 26—Bangor, ME—Maine Savings Amphitheatre
August 28—Clarkston, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 30—Noblesville, IN—Ruoff Music Center
August 31—Milwaukee, WI—American Family Insurance Amphitheatre
September 3—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 5—Salt Lake City, UT—Utah First Credit Union Amphithatre
September 12—Palm Springs, CA—Acrisure Arena
September 14—Berkeley, CA—Greek Theater*
September 17—Wheatland, CA—Toyota Amphitheatre
September 19—Ridgefield, WA—Cascades Amphitheater
September 20—Seattle, WA—Climate Pledge Arena
September 23—Chula Vista, CA—North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
September 25—Los Angeles, CA—The Kia ForumAll dates with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts*Non-Live Nation Date BILLYIDOL.NET
K R A F T W E R K Announce Additional West Coast Dates for North American 'MULTIMEDIA TOUR 2025' Celebrating 50 Years Of Autobahn
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND
ELECTRO PIONEERS
K R A F T W E R K
ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL WEST COAST DATES
FOR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
WITH LAS VEGAS, SEATTLE, RENO,
PHOENIX & BERKELEY
SHOWS SELLING QUICKLY FOR
KRAFTWERK: MULTIMEDIA TOUR 2025
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF AUTOBAHN
GENERAL ON-SALE BEGINS FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 AT 10AM LOCAL
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
WATCH KRAFTWERK HERE AS FEATURED IN THE DOCUMENTARY
“GOD SAID GIVE ‘EM DRUM MACHINES”
Photo courtesy of KRAFTWERK
In 2025, KRAFTWERK, with legendary electro pioneer Ralf Hütter, will return to North America to commemorate their breakthrough album Autobahn and their first U.S. Tour, which took place in 1975. KRAFTWERK are pleased to announce five additional dates for Las Vegas, Seattle, Reno, Phoenix and Berkeley, CA celebrating their 50 Years of Autobahn with their MULTIMEDIA CONCERTS. Tickets for the new shows go on sale this Friday, January 24 at 10AM local at www.kraftwerktour25.com.
The new dates are:
Friday, April 4, 2025
Las Vegas, NV
Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Seattle, WA
Moore Theatre
Friday, April 11, 2025
Reno, NV
Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
Monday, April 14, 2025
Phoenix, AZ
Orpheum Theatre
Friday, April 18, 2025
Berkeley, CA
The Greek Theatre
Bringing together music, visuals and performance art, Kraftwerk concerts are a true “Gesamtkunstwerk - a total work of art.” The new dates join previously announced shows to be held across America and Canada starting on March 6, 2025 in Philadelphia. Other markets planned for the tour include Memphis, Nashville, Chicago and more with shows in Pittsburgh, Miami, Orlando, Dallas, Toronto, New York (with dates in Brooklyn and Manhattan), Atlanta and Detroit with limited tickets remaining and Montreal already sold-out. Alongside the tour, look for Kraftwerk to make their third Coachella festival appearance on April 13 & 20 in Indio, CA. All confirmed dates follow below.
To accompany today’s MULTIMEDIA TOUR announcement of
additional tour dates, comes a special video featuring Kraftwerk
as featured in the documentary
“God Said Give ’Em Drum Machines."
WATCH IT HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd4UknEi7mI
Last year Kraftwerk completed an extraordinary nine-night concert series celebrating 50 years of Autobahn–which was composed, produced, and recorded by founders Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1974–at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The shows garnered rave reviews in the press, a compass for what’s in store for the MULTIMEDIA TOUR:
“...the central appeal of an in-its-entirety performance is getting to sift through the deep cuts, and ‘Autobahn’ had plenty to offer beyond the still delightful 20-minute title track. The meditative, two-part ‘Kometenmelodie’ offered a lovely little breather amidst all of the kling und klang of the heavy-hitters, while ‘Mitternacht’ felt like something out of a horror movie, with video screens zooming in and out on an unnervingly placid nocturnal residential scene.” – Variety
“In the 50 years since Kraftwerk released Autobahn, which opened this residency on Tuesday, the alchemy they discovered – coaxing beauty and emotion from cold, lifeless technology – has filtered down through hip-hop and post-punk, synth-pop and ambient music and more.”
“Looking like something out of the TRON movie in lit-up circuitry-embellished jumpsuits (which was fitting considering the concert took place at a Disney venue) Kraftwerk presented a unique concert experience…You didn't have to be a huge Kraftwerk fan to appreciate the immersive color-changing visuals and robotic flair of the show…” - Los Angeles Magazine
“...a sophisticated night which showcased a band that has disrupted modern music more than anyone else in the last fifty years.” - MAGNETIC
Tickets for the new MULTIMEDIA TOUR 2025 - 50 Years of Autobahn dates for Las Vegas, Seattle, Reno, Phoenix and Berkeley, CA go on sale to the general public this Friday, January 24 at 10AM local. All other previously announced dates are on sale now.
KRAFTWERK MULTIMEDIA TOUR 2025 DATES:
**Indicates new dates
DATE – CITY – VENUE
MAR 06 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
MAR 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE - Limited Tickets Remain
MAR 08 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall - Limited Tickets Remain
MAR 10 – Montreal, QC – Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts - SOLD OUT
MAR 11 – Boston, MA - Boch Center Wang Theatre
MAR 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre - Limited Tickets Remain
MAR 14 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre - Limited Tickets Remain
MAR 16 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
MAR 17 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium
MAR 19 – Orlando, FL – Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center - Limited Tickets Remain
MAR 20 – Miami, FL – Adrienne Arsht Center - Limited Tickets Remain
MAR 23 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern- Limited Tickets Remain
MAR 24 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater
MAR 25 – Memphis, TN – Overton Park Shell
MAR 26 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle
MAR 28 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral Theatre - Limited Tickets Remain
MAR 29 – Chicago, IL – The Auditorium
MAR 30 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
MAR 31 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland Theatre
APR 02 – Denver, CO – Ellie Caulkins Opera House
APR 04 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas**
APR 06 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium
APR 07 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
APR 09 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre**
APR 11 - Reno, VN - Grand Sierra Resort & Casino**
APR 13 - Indio, CA – Coachella*
APR 14 - Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theatre**
APR 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
APR 18 - Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theatre**
APR 20 - Indio, CA – Coachella*
APR 23 – Austin, TX – Bass Concert Hall
APR 24 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre - Limited Tickets Remain
*Festival appearance
About Kraftwerk:
The multi-media project Kraftwerk was started in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. They set up their electronic Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Germany, where they conceived and produced all Kraftwerk albums. By the mid 1970’s Kraftwerk had achieved international recognition for their revolutionary electronic ‘sound scapes’ and their musical experimentation with robotics and other technical innovations. With their visions of the future, Kraftwerk created the soundtrack for the digital age of the 21st century. Their compositions, using innovative techniques, synthetic voices and computerized rhythms, have had a major international influence across an entire range of music genres: from Electro to Hip-Hop, from Techno to SynthPop. In their live performances, Kraftwerk composer, author and producer Ralf Hütter illustrates his belief in the respective contributions of both man and machine.
Starting with the retrospective of their catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2012, in recent years Kraftwerk have returned full circle back to their origins within the Düsseldorf art scene of the late Sixties. The concert series at MoMA were followed by further presentations at Tate Modern Turbine Hall (London), Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo), Opera House (Sydney), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris), Neue National Galerie (Berlin), and Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao). Most recently KRAFTWERK played 8 nights with their 8 Catalogue Albums at LA’s famed Walt Disney Hall. In 2014, Ralf Hütter and his former partner Florian Schneider were honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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SUMAC + Moor Mother Announce Debut Collaborative Album, ‘The Film’
SUMAC + Moor Mother announce debut collaborative album, The Film
Out April 25 on Thrill Jockey // Stream first single “Scene 1”
SUMAC and Moor Mother announce special collaborative performances in Berlin and at Roadburn Festival
SUMAC and Moor Mother by Paulo Gonzales | Hi-res here
SUMAC and Moor Mother have announced their debut collaborative album, The Film, to be released on April 25th. Along with the album's announcement, the group have shared the album's first single and opening track "Scene 1." The track serves as a mere fragment of a work meant to be taken as a whole, but is nonetheless overwhelming in its musical prowess. Moor Mother's singular delivery and dynamics are on full display, gliding and puncturing through SUMAC's waves of textural distortion.
The Film is a singular work between SUMAC – a band that uses the volume, distortion, and guitar-centric approach of metal to make music that has the malleability of jazz and textural exploration of noise – and the visionary award-winning avant-jazz poet, scholar, activist, and punk rocker Moor Mother. Guitarist/song-writer Aaron Turner, Nick Yacyshyn writing on synth and drums, and primordial bassist Brian Cook as SUMAC, had visions of working with Moor Mother– across the liminal, gossamer thin barrier of space time, Moor Mother had the same idea. At Studio Litho where the record was recorded with engineer/mixer Scott Evans, she laid down the vocals, her words written to the sparse, yet dense and entropic sonic miasma SUMAC conjured for her.
The Film draws from the group’s more strained, airier moments as well as their more improvisational aspects; the stark, industrial entrancing rhythms and chaos are amplified with radio-signal static and washy swells. For her part, Moor Mother’s prescient omnipotence that anchors projects like her free jazz band Irreversible Entanglements or even her hardcore punk records like Moor Jewelry’s True Opera is mirrored by her presence here. In the cinematic dreamspace invoked by SUMAC and Moor Mother, through futurist vocal manipulations and heavy metal, the truth is finally out there.
Listen / share The Film album opener "Scene 1" on Bandcamp
Around the record's release, SUMAC and Moor Mother will be premiering their collaborative performances in Berlin and at Roadburn Festival. Additionally, SUMAC will be heading out on a European tour this Spring with special guests, Japan's ENDON.
Pre-order SUMAC and Moor Mother's The Film here.
SUMAC and Moor Mother tour dates
Apr. 17 - Berlin, DE - Festsaal Kreuzberg *
Apr. 19 - Tilburg, NL - Roadburn Festival *
SUMAC on tour
Apr. 15 - Warsaw, PL - Hydrozagadka
Apr. 16 - Poznań, PL - 2Progi
Apr. 20 - Tilburg, NL - Roadburn Festival performing 'The Healer'
Apr. 21 - Brussels, BE - Botanique ^
Apr. 22 - Koln, DE - Bumann & Sohn ^
Apr. 23 - Karlsruhe, DE - Jubez ^
Apr. 24 - Fribourg, CH - Fri-Son ^
Apr. 25 - Innsbruck, AT - PMK ^
Apr. 26 - Munich, DE - Strom
Apr. 28 - Athens, GR - Kyttaro Live Club
* Moor Mother collab set
^ with Endon
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Scene 1Scene 2: The RunHard TruthScene 3Scene 4CameraThe Truth is Out ThereScene 5: Breathing FireLUST FOR YOUTH + CROATIAN AMOR announce collaborative album 'All Worlds', out March 7 on Sacred Bones. Hear "Dummy Ft Purient" now
- Out March 7th on Sacred Bones
- Share new track & video “Dummy ft Purient”
In June 2023, Lust For Youth and Croatian Amor shared the stage at the iconic Sydney Opera House during the Vivid Live Festival. This encounter reignited their creative partnership, laying the foundation for ‘All Worlds’, their forthcoming collaborative album, announced today for release on March 7, 2025 via Sacred Bones.Loke Rahbek, who used to be a member of Lust For Youth, left the group to focus on his solo project Croatian Amor and the Posh Isolation record label. His departure coincided with the release of Lust For Youth’s self-titled album in 2019. With ‘All Worlds’, Rahbek’s collaboration with Lust For Youth marks a poignant reunion for the band’s core creative forces, where the differing sonic palettes of the Lust For Youth and Croatian Amor projects meet again in the form of a full-length album.
Drawing inspiration from the Golden Record sent into space as humanity's message to the unknown, 'All Worlds' mirrors this longing for connection and understanding. Each track captures a fragment of emotion, culture, or memory, offering a kaleidoscopic view of the human experience.
Today, they share a first look at the album with the track “Dummy” – a pivotal track borne of the creative spark set between the three in Australia and featuring Kate Durman (Purient, Acopia) with her poignant hook, “these hearts were built to fight,” which drives the song’s emotional core.
“Dummy” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e7iff227D0
‘All Worlds’ pre-order info: https://lnk.to/AllWorlds
The album’s title ‘All Worlds’ reflects the idea of collecting fragments from disparate places, feelings, and stories. Each song unveils a unique “world,” contributing to overarching themes of exploration and introspection. These “worlds” represent the inner landscapes we carry, shaping our identities. The title also gestures toward connection—as if these worlds float through space, waiting to be discovered and understood. Ultimately, ‘All Worlds’ embodies the quest for belonging and meaning.
Through a sonic journey of isolation, resilience, and wonder, introspective lyrics intertwine with lush, evocative soundscapes. Retaining the dreamy atmospheres characteristic of both Lust For Youth and Croatian Amor, the album’s reverb-drenched production lends it an ethereal, nostalgic quality. While themes of melancholy and longing are central, energetic beats and uplifting arrangements introduce a bittersweet harmony that oscillates between vulnerability and euphoria.
The album marks a shift in tone, moving away from Lust For Youth’s synth-driven post-punk roots. Instead, ‘All Worlds’ embraces a dance-oriented aesthetic, weaving pulsating rhythms and techno-inspired motifs with layered vocal samples. The result is a textured soundscape—an exploration of emotional fragility through shimmering production and introspective melodies.
Celebrating twelve years since their 2013 ambient-industrial album ‘Pomegranate’, ‘All Worlds’ reflects the evolution of Lust For Youth and Croatian Amor. This album serves as both a response to their earlier work and a progression informed by a decade of growth and change. It deepens their exploration of sound and meaning, speaking directly to the present moment.
Like the Golden Record adrift in space, ‘All Worlds’ is a collection of moments waiting to connect with those who choose to listen.
“I'll be looking for you, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that nothing and no one'll ever tear us apart. Every atom of me and every atom of you…
...And when they use our atoms to make new lives, they won't just be able to take one, they'll have to take two, one of you and one of me, we'll be joined so tight…” - Philip Pullman His Dark Materials / The Amber Spyglass (2000)
‘All Worlds’ is set for release on March 7th via Sacred Bones. Pre-order/pre-save here.
‘All Worlds’ track list:
1. Friendzone
2. Passerine Ft. Emma Acs
3. Dummy Ft. Purient - video
4. Akkadian
5. Light In The Center
6. Kokiri
7. Nowhere Ft. YL Hooi & 3ndles5
8. Fleece
9. Velella Velella Wind Sailors
10. Still Here
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Nicolas Bougaïeff Shares New Track "Necessary Machinery" || Announces New EP 'Primal Extensions' Out 2/20 On NovaMute
NICOLAS BOUGAÏEFF SHARES NEW TRACK “NECESSARY MACHINERY”
OUT 2/20 ON NOVAMUTE
Photo credit: Barbara Mühlstädt
Today Berlin-based, Canadian artist Nicolas Bougaïeff has announced a new EP, Primal Extensions, that will be released on February 20th, 2025 via NovaMute. It is the first in a trilogy of EPs exploring complex rhythmic structures and theoretical concepts with the aim to challenge the conventions of electronic music. Known for blending academic rigor with sonic innovation, Bougaïeff continues to push the boundaries of techno by introducing advanced polytemporal techniques inspired by prime number ratios.
Listen to the hypnotic new track “Necessary Machinery” HERE.
Building on the success of his previous Number EP series, which won support from artists like Chris Liebing, Charlotte De Witte, Dubfire, Gigi FM, and Bloody Mary, Bougaïeff continues to merge intellectual exploration with pure dancefloor energy. This series, titled the Prime series, explores what Bougaïeff calls “temporal liberation”, where intricate rhythms break the constraints of traditional techno and serve as a symbolic metaphor for broader notions of personal, social, and metaphysical freedom.
The four-track EP starts with “Necessary Machinery”, featuring Bougaïeff’s signature mastery of polyrhythms. Hypnotic, shadowy, and introspective, “Necessary Machinery” is a profoundly intense trip marked by alien signals.
Drawing from his PhD in minimal techno and decades of experience, Bougaïeff continues his quest to expand the possibilities of electronic music. This series introduces listeners to prime rhythms, polyrhythms derived from prime number ratios that challenge traditional binary subdivisions, as well as his pivot mixing techniques that allow seamless integration of tempos.
Beyond his releases on labels such as Mute and NovaMute, Bougaïeff co-founded Liine, creators of the Lemur music app, famously used aboard the International Space Station. He founded the Berlin Academy of Electronic Music and reaches a global audience through his online tutorials, where he explains innovative production techniques. His videos on pivot mixing have gained notable recognition among industry peers.
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s Primal Extensions EP will be released on NovaMute on February 20, 2025.
Primal Extensions track listing:
1. Necessary Machinery
2 . Harvest
3. Emergence
4 . Macrophage
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SCOWL ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM VIA DEAD OCEANS + DROP NEW SONG AND VIDEO
SCOWL ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
ARE WE ALL ANGELS
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “NOT HELL, NOT HEAVEN”
DEAD OCEANS DEBUT TO ARRIVE APRIL 4TH
Santa Cruz hardcore band Scowl have announced a new album, Are We All Angels, for April 4th via Dead Oceans, their first with the label, whose roster includes Phoebe Bridgers, Mitski, Japanese Breakfast, etc. Produced by Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight, Mannequin Pussy, etc.), who worked on their most recent project, the Psychic Dance Routine EP, Are We All Angels finds the venomous and antagonistic band funneling their aggression through a more expansive version of themselves. The album was mixed by Rich Costey (Fiona Apple, My Chemical Romance, Vampire Weekend, etc..). An album marked by alienation, grief, and the loss of control, much of it grapples with their newfound place in the hardcore scene, a community that has both embraced the band and made them something of a lightning rod over the past few years. The first single, “Not Hell, Not Heaven,” outright rejects the narratives cast onto them by outsiders. “It’s about feeling victimized and being a victim, but not wanting to identify with being a victim,” explains vocalist / front woman Kat Moss. “It’s trying to find grace in the fact that I have my power. I live in my reality. You have to deal with whatever you're dealing with, and it ain’t working for me. The song arrives with a Sean Stout-directed video, filmed at 924 Gilman in Berkeley—the venue where Moss, guitarist Malachi Greene and drummer Cole Gilbert first met, planting the seed for what would become Scowl a year later. The album will include the previously released “Special,” a song that boasts big, anthemic energy while retaining Scowl’s raw intensity. ”Special” arrived with a video you can see here.
At every turn on Are We All Angels, the band explores ambitious new directions and bends genre norms. Moss makes the most immediately noticeable evolution, dropping some of the gnarly bite of the band’s previous work in favor of a more textured and sometimes delicate approach. She flexes harmonies and melodic sensibilities that might surprise even the most dedicated Scowl fans. Moss cites a wide array of influences outside the realm of hard rock—everything from Billie Eilish to Radiohead, Car Seat Headrest to Julien Baker. “The majority of us were really not proficient musicians when this band started,” she admits. “It was very Germs-esque in that way, like baby’s first hardcore band, which is awesome. But now, we still might not know what we’re doing, but we have a better idea of what we want to do.” Instrumentally the band cites influence from Negative Approach, Bad Brains, Hole, Mudhoney Garbage, Ramones, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Rocket From The Crypt among others. Bassist Bailey Lupo notes “The song writing on the new record was the most collaborative to date in Scowl’s history. Everyone brought so many ideas to the table and we were able to dissect it all and take our time. We all have such eclectic tastes, influences and personalities and you can really hear that in every corner on this album.”
Even through this more eclectic approach, Scowl loses none of their edge and still manages to convey the anger and frustration that lies underneath. They are deeply committed to carrying the ethos of punk and its sense of community. “Hardcore and punk have sculpted how we operate, what we want to do as a band, and how we participate,” says Greene. “At our core, we are a punk and a hardcore band, regardless of how the song shifts and changes.”
Are We All Angels Tracklist
Special
B.A.B.E
Fantasy
Not Hell, Not Heaven
Tonight (I’m Afraid)
Fleshed Out
Let You Down
Cellophane
Suffer The Fool (How High Are You?)
Haunted
Are We All Angels
ABOUT SCOWL
Scowl has quickly established themselves as one of the most dynamic and hard-working acts in rock, touring extensively in the U.S. and internationally with the likes of Limp Bizkit, Destroy Boys, The Bronx, Militarie Gun, Show Me The Body, Zulu, Touche Amore, A Day To Remember, Speed, Sunami and many more, along with festival appearances at Coachella, Reading & Leeds, No Values, Outbreak, Primavera, and Sick New World to name a few. The band—Malachi Greene (guitar), Bailey Lupo (bass), Cole Gilbert (drums), Mikey Bifolco (guitar), and Kat Moss (vocals)—formed in 2019 and broke out in 2021 with their debut album How Flowers Grow, and they’ve been on a non-stop rise ever since garning cover stories from Alternative Press and Revolver and support from Pitchfork, FADER, Stereogum, Spin Magazine and much more . With 2023’s Psychic Dance Routine, Scowl pushed the boundaries of punk, blending aggressive hardcore with lush alternative melodies.
Photo Credit: Silken Weinberg
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