Newsflash. 17/04/2015: Soap&Skin, Wild Beasts, Slayer, Major Lazer, Wolf Alice

Featuring Wild Beasts, Slayer, Wolf Alice, Soap&Skin, Major Lazer.

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Soap&Skin covers ‘Mawal Jamar’ by Omar Souleyman

Photo by Antonin B. Pevny

Now, that’s quite an interesting cover attempt. Acclaimed Austrian performer Anja Franziska Plaschg aka SOAP&SKIN covered a track by Syrian performer OMAR SOULEYMAN. The song Mawal Jamar is taken off his 2013 record Wenu Wenu and Plaschg really managed to give it a total different twist. It’s a nice contribution to more international understanding on a cultural level, we must say. Listen to the new SOAP&SKIN piece right here.

Major Lazer share new song ‘Night Riders’ ft. Pusha T, 2 Chainz, and Travi$ Scott

DIPLO and his project MAJOR LAZER have shared new music off their upcoming LP Peace Is The Mission. Night Riders gets some impressive help by rappers Pusha T, 2Chainz and Travi$ Scott. The follow-up record to 2013’s Free The Universe will be released via DIPLOs label Mad Decent on June the 1st. You can stream the new MAJOR LAZER piece right here.

Slayer unveil new track ‘When The Stillness Comes’

Photo by Aijaz Rahi / The Associated Press

It’s been a while since we heard actual news on the long awaited 11th studio album by Thrash Metal gods SLAYER. The yet nameless follow-up to 2009’s World Painted Blood is still planned for a release in the course of 2015, it seems. At least, the band returns with new music from it. When The Stillness Comes is another teaser of the album (following last year’s Implode) and is set for a release tomorrow on Record Store Day. Kerry King on the contest of the song: ‘It’s about a dude who wakes up at a crime scene and realises he’s killed everybody. It’s really cool.’ That’s how we like SLAYER. Listen to the song right here.

Wolf Alice unveil ‘Bros’ off forthcoming debut LP

Photo by James Grant

British indie rock newcomers WOLF ALICE have unveiled new music off their anticipated debut LP My Love Is Cool. The tender Bros, a track the band originally already debuted back in 2013, follows the rocking Giant Peach and can be streamed below. My Love Is Cool arrives on June 22 via Dirty Hit/RCA.

Wild Beasts share previously unreleased track ‘Woebegone Wanderers II’

Photo by Klaus Thymann

Hayden Thorpe of British band WILD BEASTS visited JON HOPKINS‘ Radio 1 residency last night and brought a little gift. Woebegone Wanderers II is a previously unreleased track from the sessions for last year’s Present Tense record. It’s also a continuation of Woebegone Wanderers from the band’s debut album Limbo, Panto. You can stream the new WILD BEASTS material right here.

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