Clark announces new album executive produced by Thom Yorke

The Oscars, airing on March 12 on ABC, have the remainder of their key production team set, and it ranges from veteran lighting designer Robert Dickinson embarking on his 34th voyage on the show and co-Executive Producer Rob Paine on his 28th, to three new female producers getting their first shot with the venerable awards telecast. Rickey Minor takes charge of the orchestra’s baton for the first time since 2020, while Dave Boone is coming back as a writer, his 13th Oscars in the last quarter century. Executive Producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss (who is also directing the show for the 8th time) and Ricky Kirshner made the announcement today. Here are the players AMPAS announced today:

Django Django have announced their fifth album, ‘Off Planet’, which they are releasing in four parts between now and June. The first five tracks are out now, including new single ‘Complete Me’, featuring Self Esteem.“The instrumental for ‘Complete Me’ was made sometime in 2020 or 21 when the world was in lockdown and I was making music in my garden shed studio”, says the band’s Dave Maclean.

The Album. The LP is slated for a May 5 release, and it will reportedly be followed by a tour.This upcoming album will be the group’s sixth full-length, and it is expected to feature a blend of modernized ’70s pop and Americana elements.

Mama Twain! Shania Twain shared rare insight into her relationship with her 21-year-old son, Eja.

He has a new album called Happy Ending but Soup Dragons’ Sean Dickson’s new music is a glorious beginning.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra have announced that they will release a new album, titled ‘V’, next month. They will also be in the UK for tour dates in May.The album was several years in the making, Ruban Nielson having begun work on a new set of tracks with his brother Kody in the early days of the pandemic.But when an uncle in Hawaii fell ill, he, his mother and another uncle moved over there to care for him.

Former Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears has announced that he will release a new solo album this summer, titled ‘Last Man Dancing’. Guests on the record include Kylie Minogue, Jane Fonda and Iggy Pop.

Frankie Rose has released ‘Sixteen Ways’, the second single from her upcoming new album ‘Love As Projection’. The track comes accompanied by a video on which she worked with choreographer Neil Schwartz and director Scott Kiernan.“I wanted to make a dance video choreographed by 80s Baby [Shwartz] but with the ESPTV [Kiernan] aesthetic”, she says.

TRNSMT has announced a fresh wave of 50 new acts who are joining the line-up of the Glasgow festival this summer.

Slowthai has announced that he will release his third album, ‘UGLY’, in March. Despite the negative connotations of the album title, he says it actually stands for “U Gotta Love Yourself”, and that he’s had the acronym tattooed underneath his eye.“The first album was the sound of where I’m from and everything I thought I knew”, he says. “The second album is what was relevant to me at that moment in time, the present.

Chief Productions Sets Kashmiri Beekeeping Doc ‘Pot of Gold’Chief Productions, the UK-based indie, today announced the production of a new documentary titled Pot of Gold in partnership with global humanitarian relief and development charity Human Appeal. The film marks the first fully foreign film to be shot in the mountainous region of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. The film follows beekeeper Shakeel Khan who has committed his life to learn about the nature of bees and their delicate work. However, his story takes a turn following the impact of the most destructive earthquake the region has ever seen. The film is produced by Billy Offland and directed by Olivier Richomme. Colin Offland is Exec Producer, and Alan Hamilton is the writer. Colin Offland, CEO and executive producer at Chief Productions described the story as “poignant and distinctive.” He said: “It has been an eye-opening and fulfilling experience to be welcomed as the first fully foreign production team in Kashmir, and we’re grateful for the team at Human Appeal for allowing us to bring this story to the screen.”

Arlo Parks has announced that she will release her second album ‘My Soft Machine’ later this year. First single ‘Weightless’ is out now.“’Weightless’ surrounds the painful experience of caring deeply about someone who only gives you tiny breadcrumbs of affection”, she says.

EXCLUSIVE: Winning Time executive producer Rodney Barnes has boarded HBO’s limited series project, set to star Mahershala Ali as boxing legend Jack Johnson. Barnes, who is under an overall deal with HBO, will serve as writer and executive producer on the Untitled Jack Johnson limited series (fka Unruly), bringing a brand new take on adapting the PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, produced and directed by Ken Burns, and its companion book by Geoffrey C. Ward.

Sleaford Mods have announced that they will release new album ‘UK Grim’ in March. Its first single and title track is out now.“Maybe we are proud of the country”, says vocalist Jason Williamson of the ideas behind his lyrics on the record.

Scots singer Joesef only released his new album on Friday and it is already a high-flyer.

Disney+ has announced a new U2 documentary in which viewers will see broadcaster David Letterman travel to Dublin for the first time to hang out with Bono and The Edge. And why not? Letterman will experience the Irish capital and “join the two U2 musicians for a concert performance unlike any they’ve done before”.Says Ayo Davis, President of Disney Branded Television: “Bono and The Edge are the force behind one of the most prolific and influential acts in the history of rock and roll, and we are honoured to bring this truly intimate look at their beginnings, friendship, and creative process to a global audience on Disney+”.Meanwhile, Letterman adds in a statement: “Recently, I won a radio contest.

Katie Melua has announced that she will release her ninth studio album, ‘Love & Money’, this spring.Out now is new single ‘Golden Record’, of which she says: “It’s about the scene changing and being a woman in the music industry and how strange and lucky I feel to have a job I’m addicted to”.“This approach for nearly 20 years led me to being very dogmatic and leaving very little space for my life at home”, she goes on. “Before I knew it, the years had flown and I was 36, newly divorced, still pedalling like mad with music, while around me, friends were all married, making babies”.“And while the draw of making records and getting up on stage still did everything I thought I needed for my soul”, she explains, “I knew not having a stable relationship at home and starting a family was gradually gnawing away at me”.“Writing ‘Golden Record’”, she concludes, “it was like I was finally making peace with it all, accepting how things have changed in the industry, being happy with my lot at home and ready to face the fear of letting go of the forever funfair of the music industry”.‘Love & Money’ will be out on 23 Mar and you can watch the video for ‘Golden Record’ here:Melua will also be touring the UK in May.