The Cure have enlisted Four Tet, Paul Oakenfold, Orbital, and many more for a new remix album based on their celebrated 2024 record, Songs of a Lost World. The aptly-titled Mixes of a Lost World is set to arrive June 13, and to preview the record, the Cure are sharing …
Read More »Ellie Goulding Joins Four Tet for 'In My Dreams,' Made From Singer's 'Magical' Voice Notes
Four Tet makes magic with Ellie Goulding. On Monday, the DJ-producer released his new song “In My Dreams,” which spawned from “magical” voice recordings from the British singer-songwriter. “At the end of last year, Ellie texted me with a couple of voice notes for a song idea,” Four Tet said …
Read More »Killers Serve Fan Favorites, Skrillex Is Honored, Future x Metro Boomin Draw Big Crowds on Lolla Day Three
Headliners the Killers served up fan favorites, Skrillex got a stage named after him, and Future x Metro Boomin drew so many fans that the audience was asked to take five steps back, twice, during their set on Lollapalooza 2024’s penultimate day on Saturday in Chicago’s Grant Park. Killer Mike, …
Read More »Four Tet Subverts Expectations With 'Three'
There are several moments on Four Tet’s new album Three that sound like Aphex Twin B-Sides, which is less a sign of a lack of imagination but instead, proof of how widespread a particular take on ambient music has become. Maybe chalk it up to YouTube’s recommendation algorithm, the platform …
Read More »Brian Eno and Fred Again.. Will Release 'Secret Life' Album on Four Tet's Text Records
The year of Fred Again.. and Four Tet is still going strong. On Tuesday, Four Tet announced plans for the May 5 release of a new collaborative album with Fred Again.. through his label Text Records — though it won’t be himself working alongside the producer on the record, but …
Read More »Coachella Closers: Blink-182 and a Power Trio of DJs Fill a Void Left by Frank Ocean
A big question hung over the final night of Coachella 2023‘s second weekend: What now? Seven days earlier, on April 16, Frank Ocean had closed out the festival’s first weekend with a performance that he himself acknowledged as chaotic at best. Some fans were devastated by it, while others found …
Read More »Skrillex, Four Tet, Fred Again.. Will Close Coachella Weekend Two
Skrillex, Fred Again.. and Four Tet will play a special set to fill the closing slot for Coachella‘s Weekend Two on Sunday night, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The three acts will play the 10:25 TBA slot currently listed on Coachella’s Sunday lineup after Blink-182’s headlining set, both slots replacing Frank …
Read More »How Musicians Survive the Road in a Post-Covid World
Life on the road may sound glamorous to some, but burnout and mental health challenges have affected musicians of all stripes since they first stepped on stage and struck a guitar chord on tour. The pandemic has worsened the load with many artists nixing tours and dates in favor of …
Read More »Issa Rae Hoped to Revamp 'Abusive' Music Biz, But Even She Couldn't Escape 'Shit' Deals
At the end of last year, the music industry was on the receiving end of a double-barreled blast of recrimination from one of Hollywood’s most revered creators. Issa Rae was in the midst of a victory lap, celebrating the final season of her acclaimed HBO series Insecure, when she casually …
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