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One Liners: Lil Skies, Eminem, Cardi B, more

By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 5 April 2018

Other notable announcements and developments today…

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• Sony/ATV has whipped up a deal with rising US rapper Lil Skies. “Having my artist sign with Sony/ATV was one of the best decisions I have made”, says his manager Carlmichael ‘Stokey’ Cannady somewhat prematurely.

• Eminem has released the video for ‘Framed’, taken from his 2017 album ‘Revival’. Warning: May contain weak attempts to shock.

• Cardi B has released new track, ‘Drip’, featuring Migos.

• So, Sofi Tukker’s first big misstep comes just over a week before their debut album is released. I think that means this monstrosity is going to be on the LP.

• The Horrors have released ‘Fire Escape’ and ‘Water Drop’ two outtakes from their most recent album, ‘V’. “Unfortunately, the tracks didn’t feel like they had a place on ‘V’ but we still felt like we wanted to share them anyway as a little artefact from those sessions”, say the band.

• Beach House have released new track, ‘Dark Spring’. Their new album from whence it came, ‘7’, is out on 11 May.

• Matt Cardle has released the video for new single ‘Desire’.

• Pizzagirl has released new track ‘Seabirds’. The track is taken from his debut EP, ‘An Extended Play’, which is out next week.

• Blackened death metal artist The Dank Dark has released his debut track, ‘What I Am’.

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