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Angel Olsen has confirmed details of a new studio album. Big Time is due June 3 via Jagjaguwar and is preceded by new song "All The Good Times." You can see a video for the single below.

Angel Olsen has announced her new album ‘Big Time’ and shared its lead single ‘All The Good Times’ – you can find tickets to her newly announced UK and Ireland tour dates below.‘Big Time’, the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Whole New Mess’ (which featured a host of reworkings of tracks from Olsen’s 2019 LP ‘All Mirrors’), is set for release on June 3 via Jagjaguwar.A press release notes that ‘Big Time’ “is about the expansive power of new love, written during the time she was coming out as queer, and having her first experience of queer love and heartbreak”.The new LP was also recorded following the death of Olsen’s parents, who the US artist came out to during the making of ‘Big Time’.“Some experiences just make you feel as though you’re five years old, no matter how wise or adult you think you are”, she wrote of that “tearful but relieving conversation” with her parents. “Finally, at the ripe age of 34, I was free to be me.”Olsen has previewed ‘Big Time’ today (March 29) with the single ‘All The Good Times’, the video for which stars Olsen and her partner and was directed by Kimberly Stuckwisch.“Angel’s story is a gift,” Stuckwisch said about the clip. “It allowed me to visually explore the universal themes of love, loss, and most importantly what holds us back from realising our true selves.”You can see the tracklist for Angel Olsen’s ‘Big Time’ below.1. ‘All The Good Times’2. ‘Big Time’3. ‘Dream Thing’4. ‘Ghost On’5. ‘All The Flowers’6. ‘Right Now’7. ‘This Is How It Works’8. ‘Go Home’9. ‘Through The Fires’10. ‘Chasing The Sun’ Olsen will head out on a UK and Ireland tour in support of ‘Big Time’ in October.

Sharon Van Etten and Julien Baker are set to cover Nine Inch Nails and Smashing Pumpkins on a seven-inch single for the comic book series What’s the Furthest Place From Here?Each issue of the series, written by Matthew Rosenberg and illustrated by Tyler Boss, has been soundtracked by a seven-inch, with Van Etten and Baker to appear on the accompanying vinyl for the forthcoming seventh issue, due out September 14.The single will feature a cover of Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Hurt’ by Van Etten, which she previously covered in 2020 for Suicide Prevention Month, and Baker’s rendition of ‘1979’ by Smashing Pumpkins. Preorders are available now via the Image Comics website.“Having Julien Baker and Sharon Van Etten record songs is really beyond anything we could have hoped for,” Rosenberg said in a press statement.“Tyler and I regularly listen to both of their work while making this book, so having them provide the actual soundtrack for the issue has been really surreal in the best possible way.”The comic, described as a “post-apocalyptic coming-of-age series”, is a blend of sci-fi, fantasy and comedy, with music a large feature throughout (it was named after a lyric from Jawbreaker’s ‘Accident Prone’).

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCharli XCX has dropped the latest single from her forthcoming album “Crash,” just days before her appearance on “Saturday Night Live” (which was originally scheduled for December but postponed due to omicron) and will perform the song on the show.According to the announcement, the song, which is accompanied by a video directed by Imogene Strauss and Luke Orlando, is one of the first Charli wrote for the album. The disco-fied song is a collaboration with the brother team of Justin and Jeremiah Raisen (a.k.a.

Sharon Van Etten has shared her new single ‘Porta’ and announced a set of UK tour dates – you can check out both below.The track is Van Etten’s first new music release of 2022, and it follows on from her May 2021 team-up with Angel Olsen on ‘Like I Used To’.Produced by Van Etten (vocals, synths, drum machines) and Daniel Knowles (synths), and backed by her live band of Jorge Balbi (drums), Charley Damski (guitars) and Devin Hoff (bass), ‘Porta’ was written in 2020, Van Etten says, “at one of my lowest lows”.“For most of my adult life I have struggled with bouts of depression and anxiety and coping mechanisms, and I sometimes let those dark moments get the best of me,” she explained in a statement. “During this time I felt very dissociated.

For the second year in a row, late-night programming block Adult Swim will bring a free, two-day event to YouTube. The Adult Swim Festival will stream live on November 12-13, and will feature never-before-seen live performances from dozens of artists.

Sharon Van Etten joined Angel Olsen on stage at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival last night (September 11) – scroll down to watch footage now.The annual festival made its return to the city’s Union Park this weekend (September 10-12), celebrating Pitchfork’s 15th anniversary.Olsen headlined the Red Stage on Saturday and closed out her performance by bringing Van Etten on with her.“This last song, I’m gonna bring out one of my favourite singers, one of the kindest I’ve ever met in the music

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Angel Olsen has shared a cover of Billy Idol’s 1983 track ‘Eyes Without A Face’, the latest cut from her forthcoming ‘80s cover EP ‘Aisles’.Olsen’s version of the song – which appears on Idol’s second album, ‘Rebel Yell’ – retains its melancholic, ballad-esque feel, adding buoyancy and mystique with bright, shimmering synths and distorted vocals.

Leading up to the release of Aisles, Angel Olsen's upcoming EP of 1980s covers, the singer-songwriter has shared her own take on Billy Idol's 1983 hit, "Eyes Without a Face." The track serves as the official follow-up to previous covers, Laura Branigan's "Gloria" and Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance," both of which are also set to appear on the EP.

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen performed their collaborative track ‘Like I Used To’ on US TV last night – check out the video below.The two singer-songwriters joined forces to record the John Congleton-produced single earlier this year.Van Etten and Olsen were introduced as musical guests by guest host David Spade on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live (August 9).

Angel Olsen has shared another new track from her forthcoming ’80s covers EP ‘Aisles’, releasing her take on ‘Safety Dance’ by Canadian synth-pop outfit Men Without Hats.Olsen’s industrial-tinged take on the 1982 classic is slower and considerably darker than the upbeat original, progressively building in intensity over time.“I felt this song could be reinterpreted to be about the time of quarantine and the fear of being around anyone or having too much fun,” Olsen commented in a statement.

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Angel Olsen only seems to get more prolific by the year. In 2019, she released her grand, mercurial All Mirrors, and followed it with a stripped-back twin record, Whole New Mess, last year.

Angel Olsen has announced ‘Aisles’, a new EP of ’80s covers – you can hear her rendition of Laura Branigan’s ‘Gloria’ below.The five-track EP is set to arrive on August 20 and will be the first release on Olsen’s new Jagjaguwar imprint somethingscosmic.As well as taking on Branigan’s ‘Gloria’, the ‘Aisles’ EP also sees Olsen covering ‘Eyes Without A Face’ (by Billy Idol), ‘Safety Dance’ (Men Without Hats), ‘If You Leave’ (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) and ‘Forever Young’

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer have covered Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen‘s new collaborative single – watch the performance below.The pair shared the single ‘Like I Used To’ last month, complete with its own video and subsequent late night TV performance.Jeff and Spencer’s performance of the song came as part of the duo’s long-running livestream show The Tweedy Show.“That’s the best I can do with not knowing the lyrics perfectly yet,” Jeff says after the performance.

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen performed their track ‘Like I Used To’ on TV for the first time last night (June 8) – you can watch their Tonight Show performance below.The two artists released their collaborative song, which was produced by John Congleton, last month.Van Etten and Olsen recorded their live performance of ‘Like I Used To’ for the Tonight Show at the LA music venue Zebulon.As Stereogum notes, the two artists’ live set-up included drummer Rhys Hastings and guitarist Emily Elhaj

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen have spent some of 2021 revisiting their older work: Van Etten recently dropped epic Ten, an album of cover songs that originally appeared on 2010's Epic, with artists like Fiona Apple and Shamir answering her call. This month, Olsen shared the boxset Song Of The Lark And Other Far Memories containing her projects All Mirrors and Whole New Mess plus the outtakes collection Far Memory.

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen have teamed up to record a new collaborative song, ‘Like I Used To’ – you can listen to the track below.After teasing its arrival earlier this week, the John Congleton-produced track has been released today (May 20).“Even though we weren’t super close, I always felt supported by Angel and considered her a peer in this weird world of touring,” Van Etten said in a statement about ‘Like I Used To’.

Sharon Van Etten has teased a new collaborative song with Angel Olsen – check out the clip below.The pair shared images of each other on their respective social media accounts this week, with the post’s captions reading “lighting one up like she used to” and “avoiding big crowds like she used to”.Now, Van Etten and Olsen have uploaded a teaser for a new joint single titled ‘Like I Used To’ along with a link to its official video, which will premiere on YouTube tomorrow (May 20) at 3pm BST.The

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and federal regulations loosen, more and more music festivals have been announced for 2021. The latest is Pitchfork Music Festival, which will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a three-day event on September 10-12 at Union Park in Chicago.

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Angel Olsen shared a new, orchestral version of her song "Waving, Smiling" on Tuesday. The wistful new take features an 11-piece orchestra performing string arrangements by Jherek Bischoff, and turns the acoustic balladry of the original, which appeared on Olsen's 2020 album Whole New Mess, and turning it into a sweeping, cinematic experience.

Angel Olsen has shared a new track – listen to ‘Alive and Dying (Waving, Smiling)’ below.The track is a reworking of ‘Waving, Smiling’, which appeared on Olsen’s 2020 album ‘Whole New Mess’.

Angel Olsen made a big announcement.

Singer-songwriter Angel Olsen has announced that she is gay.