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One Liners: Arctic Monkeys, Bandcamp, Yungblud, more
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 31 August 2022
APPOINTMENTS
Music charity Help Musicians has named cellist Abel Selaocoe as a new ambassador and Abbey Road Studios MD Isabel Garvey as a new trustee. “Abel and Isabel are two of the very best in their respective fields. With very different backgrounds and careers, they both understand how to harness the power of music to delight and unite audiences the world over”, says chief exec James Ainscough. “Both have strong track records in opening up music and careers in music to an increasingly diverse array of music-lovers and we are honoured to have Isabel and Abel with us as we continue to help musicians to recover and rebuild after the pandemic”.
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DIGITAL & D2F SERVICES
Bandcamp Fridays will return this week, and will see Bandcamp waive its fees on the first Friday of each month to the end of the year.
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RELEASES
Arctic Monkeys have released new single ‘There’d Better Be A Mirrorball’, the first from their upcoming new album, ‘The Car’, out on 21 Oct.
Yungblud has released new single ‘Tissues’, which samples ‘Close To Me’ by The Cure.
Confidence Man have released a new version of their song ‘Angry Girl’, featuring Chai. The track is taken from a new remix EP, titled ‘Re-Tilt’, which is out on 30 Sep and will feature reworks of tracks from their ‘Tilt’ album by Tame Impala, Daniel Avery, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Erol Alkan and more.
Architects have released new single ‘Deep Fake’. The band’s new album, ‘The Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit’, is out on 21 Oct.
Enter Shikari have released the video for Wargasm collaboration ‘The Void Stares Back’.
Låpsley has released new single ‘Dial Two Seven’, and announced that she will release new album ‘Cautionary Tales Of Youth’ on 20 Jan. She is also set to play her first headline show since before the pandemic at Oslo in London on 16 Nov.
Goat will release new album ‘Oh Death’ on 21 Oct, and have put out its first single ‘Under No Nation’. “This year Goat were invited to the gods’ annual feast at the ‘Round Table Of Funk’”, say the band. “After a very wet evening, and after Goat was pretty funked up, we were handed the manuscript to ‘Under No Nation’, and ordered to play this divine ‘funk’ to the humans – as the gods felt the human spirit is in deep need to get grooving properly again!”
Former Wu Lyf bassist Francis Lung has released new solo single ‘Midland Hotel II – The Restaurant’. New EP, ‘Short Stories’, is set for release on 23 Sep.
Pulled Apart By Horses have released new single ‘Sleep In Your Grave’. Their new album, ‘Reality Checks’, is out on 30 Sep.
Frankie Cosmos have released new single ‘Aftershook’. Says frontwoman Greta Kline: “‘Aftershook’ is about processing the past, and grappling with maintaining a balanced ratio of emotional awareness and hopefulness. The clown represents my fear of growing up into the kind of stunted adult that toxically influenced my youth”. Their new album, ‘Inner World Peace’, is out on 21 Oct.
Zzzahara has released new single ‘Cupid’s Out Tonight’. Their debut album, ‘Liminal Spaces’, is out on 21 Oct.
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GIGS & TOURS
Alvvays have announced UK tour dates in October, finishing at the Islington Assembly Hall in London on 7 Oct – the same day that the band’s new album, ‘Blue Rev’, is set for release.
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