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One Liners: Universal, Kickstarter, Disclosure, more

By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 18 May 2018

Other notable announcements and developments today…

• Vivendi had its big meeting about a possible Universal Music IPO yesterday. “Vivendi’s supervisory board approved the management board’s proposal notably to examine and carry out the necessary preliminary legal operations required for a potential change in the Universal Music Group’s shareholder structure”, says a statement. So not much to report, other than that a thing that might happen still might happen.

• Perfect Pussy vocalist Meredith Graves has been named the new Head Of Music over at Kickstarter. “I’m so honoured to be joining you here in this emergent world, bursting at the seams with song, with more than enough room left over to accommodate every single one of our dreams”, she says.

• Disclosure have issued an ultimatum. Or a song called ‘Ultimatum’. It’s their first new ultimatum (or song) for two years.

• Nine Inch Nails have released new track ‘God Break Down The Door’. It’s taken from upcoming EP, ‘Bad Witch’.

• Sigrid has released the video for ‘High Five’, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

• Modeselektor have released their first new track for three years, ‘Kalif Storch’. It’s taken from their new ‘Modselektion Vol 4’ compilation, out on 1 Jun.

• Hot on the heals of his latest album, ‘Song For Alpha’, Daniel Avery today releases new EP ‘Projector’, featuring the album track from which it takes its name and three new tracks, including this one, ‘Glass’.

• Syrra have released the video for ‘Hush’, the title track of their debut EP out next week.

• Oh Maddie release new single ‘I Don’t Like You’ today. I still like them.

• “Whatever happened to Glasvegas?”, might be a thing that you wonder sometimes. I mean, it’s possible. Well, I can tell you that they’ll be playing shows this October to mark the tenth anniversary of their debut album.

• Check out our weekly Spotify playlist of new music featured in the CMU Daily – updated every Friday.