It’s easy to forget that it’s been more than 15 years since Stereolab released a studio album. Since the group’s reemergence toward the end of the last decade, we’ve gotten reissues of their ‘90s classics, new compilations of archival material, and even a couple of tours, all of which have kept the European avant-pop band…
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Miley Cyrus has revealed the first trailer for the film companion to her upcoming album Something Beautiful, which is due May 30 from Columbia Records. The “one-of-a-kind cinematic experience” will take place for one night only in North America on June 12, with an international release to follow on June 26 from Trafalgar Releasing and Sony…
In 2006, the founders of The Do LaB collective (brothers Jesse, Josh and Dede Flemming) pitched an art installation project to the team at Coachella. After getting the go ahead with barely a week to prepare, The Do LaB community pulled the installation together, but also made sure to bring their decks and sound system….
Ron and Russell Mael smile indulgently at me like affectionate uncles. “The Sparks Brothers”—as filmmaker Edgar Wright dubbed them in his 2021 documentary—find my flustered, haphazard interview style amusing. I’m usually detached, in control. But on this video call, I feel like I’ve entered both Ron’s and Russell’s homes—and I’m giddy. More from Spin: See…
After selling out its first run in less than four minutes late last year, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and the Telepathic Instruments team are making 3,000 additional units available of their bespoke musical instrument, Orchid, beginning May 29. The product is aimed at helping users easily generate chords as a means to aid the compositional…
Paul Weller gets a lift from Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Oasis’ Noel Gallagher on Find El Dorado, a 15-track covers album due for release July 24 from Warner/Parlophone Records. The former Jam and Style Council frontman, who turns 67 next week, worked on the album with producer/Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Steve Cradock. Other guest…
Fresh off dazzling thousands of fans last weekend while headlining his own two-day festival at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden has re-teamed with guitarist William Tyler for 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s, a full-length album follow-up to their 2023 single Darkness, Darkness. The seven-track project will be released…
Working quickly on the heels of the hugely successful 2024 album Clancy, Ohio rock duo twenty one pilots will return in September with another new LP, Breach. No specific release date has been confirmed for the Fueled by Ramen project, but the first single, “The Contract,” will arrive June 12. Breach can be pre-ordered by…
Gorillaz will bring fans into their bespoke cartoon world this summer as part of the exhibition House of Kong, which will be staged Aug. 8-Sept. 3 at London’s Copper Box. Click here for tickets. Per organizers, House of Kong will trace the Damon Albarn-led band’s “life of misadventures, musical innovation and groundbreaking virtual ways” since…
