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One Liners: Lana Del Rey, Eddie Vedder, TuneCore, more
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 9 September 2021
APPOINTMENTS
DIY distributor TuneCore has promoted Nick Krus to the position of VP Marketing. “I’ve been blessed to work with extremely talented colleagues who execute with expertise and efficiency at every turn”, he says. “I am extremely excited to continue to put artists first in everything we do and thank [CEO] Andreea [Gleeson] for believing in me to take on this mission”.
Universal’s Capitol Music Group in the US has appointed Ryan Ruden as EVP Experiential Marketing and Business Development. CEO Jeff Vaughn and COO Michelle Jubelirer say in a joint statement: “Ryan is that rare executive who merges his passion for music with innovative ideas and the development of new pathways for artists to connect with fans. He will be a tremendous asset to our company and our artists, and everyone at CMG joins us in welcoming Ryan to the team”.
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MANAGEMENT & FUNDING
Applications are now open for the 2022 edition of the Music Managers Forums‘s Accelerator Programme For Music Managers. Successful applicants will receive bursaries of up to £15,000 and professional development training. More info here.
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RELEASES
Lana Del Rey has announced her new album ‘Blue Banisters’. Getting a bit of de ja vu here. It’ll be out on 22 Oct. For real this time. Look, here’s new single ‘Arcadia’ and everything.
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder is back doing his solo thing again on new single ‘Long Way’. It’s the first song released from his new solo album ‘Earthling’, which will be out, you know, at some point.
Holly Humberstone has released her “absolute favourite” song from her upcoming ‘The Walls Are Way Too Thin’ EP, ‘Scarlett’. “It’s a fuck you to the guy that was going out with my closest friend Scarlett and it was written as they were breaking up”, she says. “It’s a pretty positive song as it’s about her finally letting go, realising his many faults and taking back her life”. The EP is out on 5 Nov.
The Darkness have released new single ‘Nobody Can See Me Cry’. “It’s devastating”, says frontman Justin Hawkins. “I yearn to be seen. On this I’ll settle for being heard. Listen to this song, it’s brilliant. I should know, I sang it”. Their new album, ‘Motorheart’, will be out on 19 Nov.
Tirzah‘s new single ‘Hive Mind’ is here. So that’s good. Her new album, ‘Colourgrade’, is out on 1 Oct.
Illuminati Hotties has released new single ‘Threatening Each Other re: Capitalism’, taken from her upcoming new album ‘Let Me Do One More’.
With her latest album ‘Iris’ due out on 1 Oct, the excellent Reb Fountain has released new single ‘Foxbright’.
Check out our weekly Spotify playlist of new music featured in the CMU Daily – updated every Friday.
