21.01.22

21/01/2022
by Norman Fleischer

Alex Cameron announces new album Oxy Music for March 11 release, shares first single Best Life
Holly Humberstone reports back with new single London Is Lonely
Melody’s Echo Chamber reports back with new single Looking Backward announces Emotional Eternal album release for April 29
Lana Del Rey unveils new song Watercolor Eyes from HBO series Euphoria
Grizzly Bear‘s Daniel Rossen announces solo debut You Belong There for April 8 release, reveals first track Shadow In The Frame
Fred Again.. teams up with Romy from The xx and HAAi for uplifting new single Lights Out
Griff and Sigrid team up for joint single Head On Fire
Pussy Riot return with new single Punish

Building Bridges: Sabrina Bellaouel on her Multilingual Debut “Al Hadr”

The debut record by the singer and producer Sabrina Bellaouel explores her Algerian-French identity, and crafts personal memories into emotive songs. From euphoric pop to heavy techno-inspired house, singer-songwriter meets electronic distortion, "Al Hadr" is a chameleon of a record. This week, Sabrina shares insight into her influences and the formative aesthetic of Algerian music.

If There is No Tomorrow: Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek on “Yarın Yoksa”

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek recently released their new record "Yarın Yoksa". The album follows the acclaimed releases, "Dost 2" (2022) and "Kar Yağar" (2019), and was recorded in New York City. Ilo Toerkell met Derya Yıldırım and Helen Wells from the group to speak about working with Anatolian classics, folk music as resistance and the bağlama in Germany.