Posts by Vivian Yeung

Rough Trade NYC

Rough Trade NYC is relocating

The Williamsburg store will close and relocate in the summer

Eurosonic Noorderslag

Ministers rule out fighting for visa-free Brexit plan for UK artists

They’ve insisted on “taking back control” of the borders

D Double E guides viewers through sleep meditation on E4’s Rap Therapy

Soothing sounds from the grime star

Elevate

DJ Lag and will.i.am reach settlement over plagiarised track

The producer plagiarised DJ Lag’s Ice Drop for Megan Ryte’s single Culture

Kode9

Kode9 releases first solo tracks since 2015

The Jackpot is out now

The Cinematic Orchestra

The Cinematic Orchestra’s Royal Festival Hall set rescheduled for January

The performance will be streamed globally

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull and Warren Ellis feature Nick Cave and Brian Eno in new album

The joint LP, She Walks in Beauty, includes music and poetry

Weirdcore Orient Flux

Aphex Twin collaborator Weirdcore launches surreal exhibition in Beijing

Orient Flux walks viewers through Weirdcore’s conceptual “airport of the future”

Danny L Harle

Danny L Harle announces debut album and interactive club experience Harlecore

Club Harlecore will open on 26 February

Finn at All Points East © Eleanor Hardwick

Local Action and Finn launch mixtape series to pay DJs during the pandemic

Six mixtapes will be commissioned between January and July 2021

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Decibel Open Air announces first wave of acts for 2021 edition

The event will be held at Florence’s Visarno Arena, on 11-12 September

Actress, A. G. Cook, Jenny Hval and Nídia remix Perfume Genius LP

Immediately Remixes is out in February

riverside

Ross From Friends launches new label Scarlet Tiger with the track Burner

Listen to the new single now

© Camille Blake

CTM Festival confirms Loraine James, Oramics, Rian Treanor and more for 2021 edition

The theme for this year’s chapter is transformation

Autechre SOPHIE

Autechre release remix of SOPHIE’s BIPP

It marks the duo’s first release of the year

FKA twigs © Justin French

Björk, FKA twigs, D’Angelo and Chemical Brothers to curate new Sonos radio stations

Björk will showcase “21 years of music-file collecting” via her station

Ghibli Museum

Studio Ghibli museum releases limited edition art books

The two-volume series features over 900 illustrations drawn by Hayao Miyazaki

Lith Dolina

Nic Tasker launches new label Lith Dolina

The first release is a limited edition compilation entitled Brabuhr Q​-​ih

Octo Octa

Octo Octa explores music and ritual on new EP She’s Calling

Out on T4T LUV NRG this year

UK government denies rejecting EU offer of visa-free travel for musicians

A spokesperson has said the claims are “not true”

DJs can apply for second round of Arts Council England grant

The Developing Your Creative Practice grant ranges from £2,000 to £10,000

MF DOOM was working on a Madvillainy sequel before his death

The follow-up was “85% done”

Thom Yorke calls UK’s decision to reject EU offer of visa-free tours “spineless”

The UK government has rejected an offer to waive visas for touring British musicians

Glastonbury © Chris Cooper

Glastonbury tickets can be rolled over to 2022, Emily Eavis confirms

The festival organiser has denied Mel B’s claims that Glastonbury has been cancelled

Madlib Four Tet

Four Tet and Madlib collaborate on new track Hopprock

It’s taken from their upcoming LP Sound Ancestors

Gerry Marsden

Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers dies aged 78

The musician passed away from an infection in his heart

Flying Lotus MF DOOM

Flying Lotus and MF DOOM were working on a collaborative EP

The Brainfeeder label head revealed on Twitter that there was a project in the works

MF DOOM has died, aged 49

The pioneering artist passed away in October

Four Tet

Four Tet has dropped two new albums

Kieran Hebden has surprise released Parallel and 871

Sadiq Khan launches £1.3m fund to support creative sectors in London

The fund will go towards helping Black, Asian and minority ethnic people and women