APPOINTMENTS
Downtown-owned music distributor FUGA has announced some new hires in its marketing teams. UK-based Helen Barrass - most recently with AWAL - becomes Head Of Marketing Strategy at the firm's London office, while US-based Ryan Stockwell - previously working for Create Music Group - becomes Senior Marketing Services Director for the Americas based out of LA. Other new marketing hires included Juli Miranda as Digital Campaign Manager; Gemma Hart as Digital Accounts Manager UK; and Chiara Benedetti as Marketing Operations Coordinator.
RELEASES
Kasabian have released the video for ‘Chemicals’. Their new album, ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’, is out on 5 Aug.
Sub Focus has released new track ‘Off The Ground’.
Jada Kingdom has released new single ‘Fling It Back’, from her new EP ‘New Motion’, which is also out now.
Built To Spill have released new single ‘Fool’s Gold’. The band’s new album, ‘When the Wind Forgets Your Name’, is out on 9 Sep.
Stella Donnelly has released new single ‘Flood’. It’s the title track from her new album, out on 26 Aug.
Agar Agar are back with new single ‘Trouble’. “We wrote ‘Trouble’ during a period of extreme boredom”, say the duo. “It’s a track that talks about being confined within a limited space, the need to escape those borders and the overwhelming weariness we feel when there’s no way out”. They are set to play Studio 9294 in London on 8 Sep.
Skott has released new single ‘Evergreen’.
GIGS & TOURS
Kid Cudi will play the O2 in London on 15 Nov - his first UK show since 2009. Tickets go on sale on Friday.
Susanne Vega has announced UK tour dates next year, kicking off in February and winding up at Royal Festival Hall in London on 2 Mar. Tickets go on sale on Friday.