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FEATURE Orlando Weeks' new record LOJA marks a new high for the former Maccabee. He tells Steven Loftin about his journey to unite the worlds of music and art. thelineofbestfit.com/features/inter… via THE LINE of BEST FIT #OrlandoWeeks #NewAlbum #LOJA

INTERVIEW Since Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen died in 2020 @YnnsPhilippakishas has worked to bring the songs they made together out into the world. He tells Adam England how it feels to see the project come to fruition as yannisandtheyaw thelineofbestfit.com/features/inter… via THE LINE of BEST FIT

LISTEN Elias Rønnenfelt of Iceage announces debut solo Album Heavy Glory out October 25th via Escho and shares the new single “No One Else.” bizzarre.co.uk/post/elias-ron… #NewAlbum #NewMusicAlert #EliasRonnenfelt

ALEXIS PETRIDIS'S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Wild God review – this masterpiece will make you fall back in love with life. theguardian.com/music/article/… via Guardian music #NickCave #WildGod #newalbum #NewMusicAlert

OASIS Will an Oasis reunion be a success? Definitely. Will it be worth it? Maybe. theguardian.com/music/article/… via Guardian music #Oasis

She arrives tomorrow 🍊 yannisandtheyaw.ffm.to/lagosparislond… LAGOS PARIS LONDON EP 1. Walk Through Fire 2. Rain Can’t Reach Us 3. Night Green, Heavy Love 4. Under The Strikes 5. Clementine

INTERVIEW graham coxon on the return on blur : “We can’t leave it too long because we’re knocking on!” nme.com/news/music/gra… via NME #GrahamCoxon #Blur

MERCURY PRIZE Leeds indie band English Teacher win Mercury Prize for their debut album, This Could Be Texas. theguardian.com/music/article/… via Guardian music #MercuryPrize2024 #MercuryPrize #EnglishTeacher

MUSIC NEWS Bowie song Heroes inspired by star’s day with girlfriend, new documentary says. BBC Radio 4’s Bowie in Berlin tells how Clare Shenstone shared ‘extraordinary day’ reflected in song’s lyrics. theguardian.com/music/article/… via Guardian music #DavidBowie #Heroes

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The Flaming Lips collaborator Nell Smith has died, aged 17. Smith, who released a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds covers album with The Flaming Lips in 2021, was working on her debut album for 2025. nme.com/news/music/the… via NME #nellsmith

RANKED Dance into the fire! Duran Duran ’s 20 greatest songs. As they reissue their Halloween album Danse Macabre, we rate the best of a band who went from Birmingham to blazer-clad world domination. By Stream The Gift theguardian.com/music/2024/oct… via Guardian music #duranduran

ALBUM REVIEW Leon Bridges Leon – deliciously soulful confection with added country. The musician’s emotional fourth album borrows liberally from the past but the themes are modern and the sound utterly timeless. theguardian.com/music/2024/oct… via Guardian music #LeonBridges #NewMusic

For high-flying nu-gazers Julie, the sky’s the limit. Committed to the art of live performance and eschewing modern tools of the industry, the California trio are doing things in a thrillingly old-school way and reaping the rewards. nme.com/the-cover/juli… via NME #Julie

ALBUM REVIEW The Cure – ‘Songs Of A Lost World’: a masterful reflection on loss. Robert Smith and co’s first full album in 16 years deals in darkness and death, but with flowers on the grave. nme.com/reviews/album/… via NME #TheCure #songsofalostworld

Colin Greenwood on capturing “the middle era” of Radiohead – and what’s next for the band. The bassist recounts his years taking photos of Radiohead onstage, backstage and in the studio for his new book 'How To Disappear'. nme.com/news/music/rad… via NME #Radiohead

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ‘That’s All That’s Left in the End’: Yannis Philippakis Ponders Music, Mortality, and the Power of ‘Making Something’. spin.com/2024/08/thats-… via SPIN

NEW ALBUM Alexis Petridis reviews The Cure Songs of a Lost World – dark, personal and their best since Disintegration. theguardian.com/music/2024/oct… via Guardian music #TheCure #songsofalostworld