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CMU’s One Liners: Spotify, Robbie Williams, Take That, more

By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 1 March 2017

Other notable announcements and developments today…

• Spotify is removing it messaging function, due to the “huge disparity between the use of the feature and the manpower required to maintain it”.

• Robbie (Williams) has released the video for new single ‘Mixed Signals’. It was written by Brandon Flowers and features musical instrument playing from all members of The Killers.

• Take That have released the lyric video for new single ‘Giants’, so you can stop going on and on about it now.

• Sylvan Esso have announced that they will release new album ‘What Now’ on 28 Apr. Here’s new single ‘Die Young’.

• Dutch Uncles have released a new video for ‘Oh Yeah’. It features frontman Duncan Wallis roller skating with Stealing Sheep. Dutch Uncles’ tour starts in Edinburgh tonight too.

• Peaking Lights have returned with a new single, ‘Little Flower’, which features actor Chloë Sevigny.

• Following on from new single ‘Swans’, White Kite have released it’s b-side, ‘Curtain Call’, which is also very good.

• Mass Of The Fermenting Dregs have released their first single for five years, ‘Slow Motion Replay’.

• Loyle Carner is going to play Brixton Academy on 6 Oct.

• 6lack will play London’s Jazz Café on 26 Mar. Tickets are available now. Here’s his new track, ‘First Fuck’, featuring Jhené Aiko.

• Parekh & Singh have announced a tour of the UK and Ireland in May, including a show at The Courtyard Theatre in London on 23 May.

• Submissions are now being taken for this year’s Scottish Album Of The Year Award. Put forward your Scottish records here. The longlist will be announced on 24 May.