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Baba Ali announces new album "Laugh Like A Bomb" - first single "Burn Me Out" out now

Anglo-American duo Baba Ali return with the announcement of their second album Laugh Like A Bomb, set for release on Friday 21st April via Memphis Industries. Following the release of their debut ‘Memory Device’ in 2020 and 18 months of touring across Europe and the US, Baba Ali have created an incendiary follow up with one foot firmly placed on the dance floor, the other in a state of constant frenzy.

With the news, the pair have shared lead single ‘Burn Me Out’, a documentation of their creative ethos and the societal urge to overindulge to the point of exhaustion.

Watch the video for “Burn Me Out” below:

also available for listening on the following streaming services:

Spotify | Apple Music | Amazon Music | Tidal | Deezer

The record’s title is a phrase borrowed from a passage of the early 20th Century radical art manifesto BLAST! that Baba had encountered by chance on one sleepless night on tour. “The moment I saw the phrase ‘Laugh Like A Bomb’, I was immediately struck by how accurate it described what I was feeling at a time when we were touring hard and constantly working to earn just enough to get by.” 

“Laugh Like A Bomb” is available to pre-order/pre-save from the following stores:

Official Store

Jumbo Records

Resident

Rough Trade

DRIFT

Baba Ali’s 2023 UK live dates are as follows:

27 January – YES Basement, Manchester, UK – tickets

3 February – The Middlesbrough Empire, Middlesbrough, UK – tickets

25 March – Ritual Union 2023, Bristol, UK – tickets

 

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Rozi Plain new album "Prize" - out now

Rozi Plain returns with new album Prize, out now on Memphis Industries. On her fifth studio album, Rozi has assembled her widest cast of players to create an album that not only preserves the intimacy of her signature guitar-and-vocal sound, but accentuates these moments of calm, and explosive emotion, midst a soaring, collective spirit.

From the blissful vocals of This Is The Kit’s Kate Stables on ‘Agreeing For Two’, to the call-and response vocals on ‘Prove Your Good’; from the expansive instrumentation and ornately co-ordinated arrangements of ‘Help’ and ‘Sore’, to the sublime synth celebration explorations of ‘Painted The Room’, and the woozy jazz-inflected ‘Spot Thirteen’; there’s a sense of togetherness, and the very process of coming together, that permeates throughout the album’s ten tracks.

Watch the video for ‘Painted the Room’ here:

Listen to “Prize” here:

Spotify | Apple Music | Amazon Music | Tidal | Deezer

“Prize” is available to order now via the links below:

Artist Store

Bandcamp

Rough Trade

Resident

Piccadilly Records 

Fnac

Balades Sonores 

Banquet Records

Jumbo Records

Rozi’s tour dates are as follows:

19 January – Rough Trade East, London, UK – tickets

28 January – St Mary’s Centre, Chester, UK – tickets

29 January – Drygate, Glasgow, UK – tickets

31 January – The Crescent, York, UK – tickets

1 February – The Adelphi / New Adelphi, Hull, UK – tickets

2 February – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK – tickets

3 February – The Cornish Bank, Falmouth, UK – tickets

4 February – St Mary’s Parish Church, Totnes, UK – tickets

10 February – La Bulle Café, Lille, France – tickets

11 February – Le Hasard Ludique, Paris, France – tickets

12 February – Le VIP, Saint-Nazaire, France – tickets

14 February – Des Pies Chicaillent, Rennes, France – tickets

15 February – Blonde Venus, Bordeaux, France – tickets

28 February – YES (The Pink Room), Manchester, UK – tickets

1 March – The Workman’s Club, Dublin, Ireland – tickets

2 March – The Court House, Bangor, County Down – tickets

3 March – Phil Grimes Bar, Waterford, Ireland – tickets

4 March – Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, Ireland – tickets

5 March – Cleere’s Theatre Bar, Kilkenny, Ireland – tickets

7 March – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK – tickets

8 March – Pianodrome at the Wee Hub, Edinburgh, UK – tickets

9 March – Star & Shadow, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK – tickets

10 March – Portland Arms, Cambridge, UK – tickets

11 March – Olby’s Soul Cafe and Music Rooms, Margate, UK – tickets

12 March – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton, UK – tickets

14 March – Studio 9294, London, UK – tickets

25 March – Ritual Union 2023, Bristol, UK – tickets

10 June – Brighten The Corners 2023, Ipswich, London, UK – tickets

28 July – Deer Shed Festival 2023, Thirsk, UK – tickets

Some tasty reviews:

Guardian – 4/5 “mirage-like lyrics gently warped folk and nomadic jazz“

Uncut – 8/10 “Entrancing fifth from the cooperatively inclined songwriter”

Mojo – 4/5 “off-balance poetics that resonate in ever more artful, affecting ways”

 

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Dutch Uncles announce new album "True Entertainment" - out 10 March 2023

Dutch Uncles, Manchester’s much-revered electro art rock quartet, announce details of their long-awaited sixth album, True Entertainment, due for release on the 10th of March 2023 on Memphis Industries.

The title was a DJ name bestowed upon vocalist Duncan Wallis by guitarist Peter Broadhead. Wallis, an in-demand DJ and compare in his native city, wrote the acid house and Sign O’ The Times-era Prince-influenced title track and lead single when reflecting on the awkwardness he sometimes feels when he’s recognised as the singer in a band while working one of his many public-facing jobs.

Listen to True Entertainment here:

Apple Music | iTunes Store | Youtube MusicSpotify

To inaugurate the announce of the album, Dutch Uncles have released a video for lead single “True Entertainment”, shot at Droylsden Working Mens Club, watch below:

Interestingly, the video features a live vocal taped on set and mixed with the studio recording, intended as an homage to the art of live entertainment.

“I was determined to fashion a goatee beard for the shoot, to separate myself from the character – it is a character. But I was mortified to see myself in the gold suit, immediately understanding Elvis’ pain.” – Dutch Uncles lead vocalist Duncan Wallis on “True Entertainment”

True Entertainment will be available on CD, Black Vinyl and “millstone” yellow vinyl, pre-order now by clicking the images below:

“Millstone” yellow vinyl and black vinyl option from the Dutch Uncles Store:

T shirt, CD & vinyl bundles:

Also available for pre-order from the following stores:

DRIFT 

resident

Piccadilly Records

Rough Trade 

Head Records 

Dutch Uncles have also announced a UK tour for April 2013 in support of True Entertainment, which includes headline dates at The Garage, London (21st April) and at the new Canvas venue in their hometown of Manchester (22nd April). Tickets on sale from 10am, Friday 28th October. Tour dates as follows:

15 April – Sunderland, Pop Recs

16 April – Bristol, Thekla

19 April – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds

20 April – Brighton, Patterns

21 April – London, The Garage

22 April – Manchester, Canvas

27 April – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

 

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Rachael Dadd's new album "Kaleidoscope" - out now

Wildly creative free-form songwriter rachael dadd’s brand new studio album ‘kaleidoscope’ is out now. the record is her second album for memphis industries and follows 2019’s ‘flux’, which was released to much acclaim and which she was touring when the pandemic struck. 

To celebrate the release of her new album, Rachael has released a video, made with her two children and filmmaker Narna Hue. Watch the video for “Footsteps” here:

Listen to “Kaleidoscope” here:

Spotify | Apple Music Amazon Music | Tidal | Deezer 

“Kaleidoscope” is available to order now via the links below:

bandcamp

rough trade

drift records

resident music (dinked edition)

banquet records (dinked edition)

crash records (dinked edition)

truck music store (dinked edition)

reflex record shop (dinked edition)

monorail music (dinked edition)

Rachael’s tour dates are as follows, including a series of in-store sessions:

14 October – Sound Knowledge, Marlborough – tickets

15 October – David’s Music, Letchworth – tickets

15 October – Rough Trade West, London – tickets

16 October – Resident, Brighton – tickets

17 October – Friendly Records, Bristol – tickets

28 October – Metronome, Nottingham – tickets

2 November – Cornish Bank, Falmouth – tickets

3 November – The Old Library, Bodmin – tickets

4 November – St Mary’s Parish Church, Totnes – tickets

15 November – Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds – tickets

17 November – Future Yard, Birkenhead – tickets

18 November – Cobalt Studios, Newcastle – tickets

20 November – The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh – tickets

23 November – Heartbreakers, Southampton – tickets

24 November – Komedia, Brighton – tickets

26 November – The Hot Tin, Faversham – tickets

30 November – Strange Brew, Bristol – tickets

1 December – The Courtyard Theatre, London – tickets

2 December – The Goods Shed, Stroud – tickets

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Rozi Plain announces new album "PRIZE" - new single "Prove Your Good" out now

Rozi Plain announces her new album “PRIZE”, due for release 13 January 2023 on Memphis Industries. Following on from Kate Stables (This is the Kit) and Alabaster DePlume featuring single “Agreeing for Two” is “Prove Your Good”.

Check out the new single below:

Also available for listening on the following streaming services:

Spotify | Apple Music | Amazon Music | TIDAL | Deezer

Rozi says of Prove Your Good: “Prove Your Good is thinking about the often silent fight within us. Trying to come good, trying to not be bad. Feeling judged and judging ourselves. The small re-writing we can do of bits of our own history. The painful shift of changing favourites. Rearranging the leader board. Knowing things must be simpler but going after the tricky stuff anyway”. 

PRIZE will be available on LP, CD and limited edition Dinked version (hand numbered and on translucent street lamp orange vinyl with a Rozi designed 2023 wall planner).

“Prize” is available to pre-order now via the links below:

Artist Store

Resident

In-store performance and signing:

Rough Trade

Rozi Plain and her band will be playing live around the UK in 2023 as follows: 

19 January – Rough Trade East, London – tickets

28 January – St Mary’s Centre, London – tickets 

29 January – Drygate, Glasgow – tickets

31 January – The Crescent, York – tickets 

1 February – The Adelphi/New Adelphi, Hull – tickets

2 February – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff – tickets

3 February – The Cornish Bank, Falmouth – tickets

4 February – St Mary’s Parish Church, Totnes – tickets

28 February – The Pink Room, YES, Manchester – tickets

1 March – The Workman’s Club, Dublin – tickets

2 March – The Court House, Bangor, County Down – tickets 

3 March – Phil Grimes Bar, Waterford, Ireland – tickets

4 March – Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, Ireland – tickets

5 March – Cleere’s Theatre Bar, Kilkenny, Ireland – tickets

7 March – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – tickets

9 March – Star & Shadow, Newcastle Upon Tyne – tickets

10 March – Portland Arms, Cambridge – tickets

11 March – Olby’s Soul Cafe & Music Rooms, Margate – tickets

12 March – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton – tickets 

14 March – Studio 9294, London – tickets

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