Artist News Gigs & Festivals One Liners Releases

CMU’s One Liners: Wiley, Nils Bech, Phil Collins, more

By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 9 November 2016

Other notable announcements and developments today…

• Ah well, it may not have influenced the outcome of the big vote, but at least the 30 Days, 30 Songs project has a ready-made collection of anti-Trump songs to get the next four years started.

• Wiley’s bloody brilliant new single with Devlin, ‘Bring Them All/Holy Grime’, has a video now.

• Idiosyncratic wonder Nils Bech has a new album out called ‘Echo’. From it, here’s the video for new single ‘Glimpse Of Hope’.

• Daniel Woolhouse (aka Deptford Goth) has released the video for new single ‘Soup For Brains’.

• Here’s Sohn’s new single, ‘Conrad’. He’ll play Electric Brixton on 1 Mar next year.

• MJ Hibbett & The Validators have released the video for new single ‘Can We Be Friends?’ The song, says Hibbett, “is about meeting people as a grown-up, and having to remember how you go about making new friends”.

• Bayonne has released a live video of himself performing ‘Living Room’ in his living room. “My goal was to make a video that demonstrates the general recording process, while also maintaining a linear performance”, he explains.

• Trudy And The Romance have got another new single out. Here’s ‘Sandman’. They’ll play The Finsbury in London on 25 Nov.

• Phil Collins will headline the British Summer Time festival in Hyde Park on 30 Jun. This video confirms it. “I can’t wait to play Hyde Park and see everyone there”, says Collins, also confirming it. I already mentioned the video thing, Phil. Move faster next time.

• White Lies will tour the UK in February and March next year, including a show at The Troxy in London on 4 Mar.

• Already due to tour in November and December, Blossoms have announced more UK dates for March and April next year.

• Joan As Police Woman and Benjamin Lazar Davis will begin a UK tour next week, finishing up at Heaven in London on 21 Nov.