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One Liners: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Torres, Travis Scott, more
By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 11 June 2019
DEALS
Music rights firm Reservoir has signed A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie to a worldwide publishing deal. “My team and I are THRILLED”, says the rapper.
Torres has signed a new record deal with Merge. She will release her fourth album next year, the follow-up to 2017’s amazing ‘Three Futures’. “I feel like I’ve lived an entire lifetime in the three years since recording ‘Three Futures'”, she says. “This new record documents the significant fruits, for better or worse, of some terrifically delusional pursuits”.
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LABELS & PUBLISHERS
Inspired by Warner Music’s admittedly inspirational new logo for what was Warner Bros Records – you know, the circle with a bit sliced off – BMG’s production music division – aka BMG Production Music – has also had a rebrand, employing the always popular red arrows in a square concept. What a time to be alive!
Trade bodies BPI, AIM and MPA have announced details of this year’s UK trade mission to India, supported by the government’s Department For International Trade. It takes place from 26-30 Aug and will coincide with the All About Music conference in Mumbai. British music firms interested in participating should download this form here.
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RELEASES
The Raconteurs have released new single ‘Bored And Razed’. New album ‘Help Us Stranger’ is out on 21 Jun.
Bat For Lashes has announced her fifth album, ‘Lost Girls’, the follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Bride’. Set for release on 6 Sep, the album’s first single, ‘Kids In The Dark’, is out now.
Jorja Smith has released the video for ‘Goodbyes’, from her ‘Lost And Found’ album.
Clutch have released new single ‘Evil’, a cover of the song originally made famous by Howlin Wolf in the 1950s. The track is the first release as part of the band’s new ‘Weathermaker Vault Series’. “We’ve had a good amount of downtime since our last tour”, says frontman Neil Fallon. “And since the devil finds work for idle hands, we kept ourselves busy by recording some tunes. ‘Evil’ is the first of them, a song we’ve loved for many many years”.
Pixx has released the video for ‘Funsize’ from her latest album ‘Small Mercies’, which came out last week.
Babii has released new single ‘Poiison’. Her debut album, ‘Hiide’, is out on 5 Jul.
Empara Mi has released an orchestral version of her latest single ‘Blood In The Water’.
Tolliver has released the video for ‘Twisted’, from his 2018 EP ‘Rites’.
Momoiro Clover Z’s Ayaka Sasaki has released solo single ‘Bunny Gone Bad’.
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GIGS & TOURS
Travis Scott has announced that he will play the O2 Arena in London on 16 Jul. Tickets go on general sale on Friday.
The Chemical Brothers have announced new UK arena tour dates in November, winding up at the O2 Arena in London on 30 Nov. They’ve also put out the video for ‘Eve Of Destruction’, the opening track from new album ‘No Geography’.
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