Sleaford Mods announce new album featuring Dry Cleaning and Jane’s Addiction collaborations

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.

20th Digital Studio and Hulu Originals are gearing up for the SXSW World Premiere of Appendage, a horror comedy starring Hadley Robinson (Little Women, I’m Thinking of Ending Things) and featuring Kausar Mohammed (The Flash, 4400) and Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek). Shot in North Carolina and New York, the film, directed and written by Anna Zlokovic, will debut exclusively at the South by Southwest Film and TV Festival in March. It will be available to stream on Hulu later this year. 

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.

(Updated with LA DA response) As expected, Harvey Weinstein’s defense team have moved to ask for a new West Coast trial for the incarnated producer. In a risky move, the Oscar winner’s Werkman Jackson & Quinn attorneys are putting the credibility of Jane Doe #1 and the LA County District Attorney’s office at the heart of their attack

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.

Daisy Jones & The Six isn’t so fictional anymore. A trailer for the upcoming Prime Video series, based on the novel of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid, brings the band to life led by Riley Keough as the titular character.

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.”

Clark – aka Chris Clark – has announced that he will release new album ‘Sus Dog’ in May. The record was “mentored and executive produced” by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.“Chris wrote me to say he’d started singing, looking for feedback/advice or whatever, cos it was kind of new shark-infested waters for him”, says Yorke.

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.

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.

Three years on from their last album, ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’, Enter Shikari have announced that they will return with new LP ‘A Kiss For The Whole World’ this spring.The album, says frontman Rou Reynold, sees the band invigorated after he found himself unable to make music during the period of inactivity brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.“At the time it felt like we ourselves, as musicians, were experiencing the death of our band”, he says. “I just didn’t realise that the human and physical connection to other people were so central to how I write”.“Honestly, I thought I was fucked”, he goes on.