Bat For Lashes has shared the first taster of a new album Lost Girls which will be out September 6th. IT SOUNDS MEGA!

The track is called Kids In The Dark and is a homage to LA, 80s movies and music and the characters of album number 5 the Lost Girls.
 
The new LP follows The Bride from 2016 and she also did the Sexwitch project with the band Toy in that time but this also came off the back of moving on from a major label deal to going independent.
 
Now based in LA I spoke to her for BBC 6 Music to find out more about this new record…

Let’s hear from Fat White Family.
 
Tomorrow (19th April) they celebrate their third album with what they present as a “Pop-Up Boutique Experience” in downtown Peckham.
 
The invite reads:
 
Don’t miss out on our yummylicious cupcakes, bric a brac, political lectures, antiques EXPERIENCES, lectures, quasi-poetical immersive EXPERIENCES, commercial openings, music and so much more…

It kicks off at Noon – 5pm at 91 Peckham High Street.
 
I spoke to Lias on the phone for BBC 6 Music while they were in rehearsals to discuss the event tomorrow and what they’ve described as their “cryptic masterwork” the new record Serf’s Up...

For BBC 6 Music I had the pleasure of speaking to ex-Wild Beasts frontman Hayden Thorpe about his new single and album Diviner. The record out May 24th on Domino Records was launched today, along with a new single called Love Crimes.
 
Hayden had left a bitter winter in the Lake District behind, where the decision had just been made for Wild Beasts to go their separate ways after over a decade, and he escaped to the perpetual blue skies of California to write new music.
 
Returning to London he continued to write on his piano and the album slowly came together… Here we are...

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.

Super Women is a platform dedicated to giving women opportunities in filmmaking.

Created by broadcaster and DJ Georgie Rogers and filmmaker Alice Smith each short-form film follows Georgie and the crew on their travels to meet with trailblazers in a wide range of disciplines from music to motorsports, adventure to design and to celebrate their stories.

The first film of Series 1 is launching in May 2019.

With very special thanks to the Super Women: Elspeth Beard, Catherine Marks, VC London, Queen B Becky Evans, Tessa Metcalfe Jewellery and Leah Tokelove- The Hooligan with Pigtails.

To the band Medium Love for providing the music.

To our editor Ella Oliver.

To Nikki Scott-Powell at Recur Studio for the branding.

To Catalyst Cameras for kit sponsorship.

And to our fantastic team who captured this.

https://www.superwomenhq.com/

Follow our journey on Instagram:
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Ahoy! I went down to the Brit Awards to do the red carpet once again for BBC 6 Music and hung out with some super rad party people.

ENTER
Idles
Nile Rodgers
Pink (actual Pink)
Lily Allen
Sam Fender

In my latest Foundation FM show I welcomed the London band Haelos into the studio on her latest Foundation FM radio show out of Peckham Levels. They made some immense selections in 'Haelos Loves' as it was Valentine's Day picking James Holden's take on The Sky Is Pink by Nathan Fake (CHOOOOON) as a defining tune that got them into electronic music in the first place. Plus we go in depth about the new album which is coming out soon.

Listen back to the whole show. They joined me for an hour so there's a lot of Haelos love in this Valentine's Day love-in...

Let's hear from a serious guitar legend - Mike Campbell.

He played, produced and co-wrote with Tom Petty as guitarist in The Heartbreakers and last year it was announced he'd be joining Fleetwood Mac.

A new retrospective box set titled The Best of Everything is out on March 1st.

It spans the whole of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers career with all the tracks re-mastered and there are two previously unreleased songs. 

Here's Mike Campbell speaking to me for BBC 6 Music firstly about that, how they went about putting the set together and then we get onto Fleetwood Mac as he is on a mammoth tour with them this year...

HILARIOUS SUNDAY SPENT ON SOHO RADIO WITH SELF ESTEEM.

You might find this amusing. Self Esteem and yours truly talking about her new album Compliments Please via Diet Coke, Impulse body spray and Mr Blobby.

Full interview and show here:

The Beatles White Album celebrated its 50th Anniversary so I was part of an event alongside producer Giles Martin, Miles Kane, Felix White, Andy Bell and Dan Stubbs that discussed its legacy and whether it could have been made today.  The panel was hosted by Matt Everitt at the You Tube space in London. It was an honour to be part of it.