Pias news – Archive, new single ‘city walls’, album ‘glass walls’
ARCHIVE SHARE NEW SINGLE "CITY WALLS"
NEW ALBUM "GLASS MINDS" OUT ON FEBRUARY 27, 2026 VIA DANGERVISIT
Archive - City Walls (Official Video)
31.03.2026 — OM, LIÈGE SOLD OUT
01.04.2026 — OM, LIÈGE SOLD OUT
Archive, the unique, enigmatic and acclaimed collective who formed in Croydon, South London in 1994, have today shared City Walls, the latest single from their forthcoming 13th studio album Glass Minds, which is released on Friday 27th February 2026 via the band's own Dangervisit label through [PIAS].
Talking about City Walls, which follows previous singles Look At Us, and Wake Up Strange, and is accompanied by a stunning video directed by Maxim Kelly, Archive main man Darius Keeler said: "'City Walls' is a hauntingly beautiful song with a 'stop you in your tracks' vocal from Pollard Berrier. The video that accompanies it, directed once again by Maxim Kelly, is a truly stunning piece of art in its own right."
Glass Minds is the follow-up to the band's 2022 triple-album set, Call to Arms & Angels, which charted Top 10 in countries right across Europe and saw the band headline their biggest live shows to date, culminating at the 15,000 capacity Paris Accor Arena in November 2023.
The album marks a powerful evolution in the band's 30-year journey. Initiated by the core quartet, the record embraces a minimal, down-tempo sound with expansive, emotive space. The addition of Essex rapper Jimmy Collins brings a fierce, haunting energy to Heads Are Gonna Roll, while singer Lisa Mottram delivers spontaneous brilliance across several tracks, including the hypnotic title song and the brooding The Love The Light.
The album's versatility spans raw, percussive rhythms in When You're This Down, electro-pop touches in Wake Up Strange, and motorik vibes in Look At Us. At the emotional core is So Far From Losing You, an eight-minute epic blending rap and vocals that reflects Keeler's personal life. Driven by a desire to create without boundaries, Archive continue to challenge and inspire fans, proving that their creative spark burns as bright as ever.
Talking about the new album, Keeler said:
"The album all started after we composed the song Patterns. We really loved the space and minimalistic power of the song, it reminded us of our debut album Londinium, and how we approached writing at that time - heavy rhythm with a melancholy that penetrates the soul. I was listening to Elgar's Nimrod a lot at the time we started writing the new album, and I wanted to use brass as an added dimension, bringing even more emotion to the songs. Our last album, Call to Arms & Angels was a pretty heavy record in retrospect, due to the whole Covid experience. This one feels like we're breaking out into a more expansive and uplifting dimension."
The album is produced by Archive and long term collaborator Jerome Devoise, recorded at Metway Studios, Brighton & Angel Studios, London and mixed at Studio DES, Paris. The album artwork was designed by Saatchi Gallery collected artist Alaric Hammond.
Metal Blade releases
2025
12-09-25 Behemoth – Pandemonic incantations (reissue)
15-09-25 Cognitive – People = shit (cover of Sliphnot)
19-09-25 Igorrr – Amen (single ‘adhd’) (single ‘blastbeat falalel’ ft Trey Spruance and Timba Harris) (single: ‘infestis’) (single ‘headbutt’)( single ‘daemoni’)
19-09-25 Dead heat – Process of elimination (single ‘by my will’) (single ‘the order’)
27-09-25 Vulture – single ‘Power trash’
27-09-25 Revocation – single ‘Dystopian vermin’
17-10-25 Wretched – Decay (single “Radiance”)
24-10-25 Nine Treasures – Seeking the absolute (single ‘Until now’)
24-10-25 Wolfbrigade – 30Y anniversary – Hostile wasteland EP, Kil lto live
24-10-25 Tuesday the sky – Indoor enthusiast (project Helmed by Fates Warning guitarist)
24-10-25 Ingested – Nefarious tongues (single)
30-10-25 Entheos – single ‘empty on the inside’
09-11-25 Primordial – Live in NYC – single ‘victory has 1000 fathers, defeat is an orphan
09-11-25 Whitechapel - single 'prisoner 666'
05-12-25 The Zenith Passage – Fleshbound reliquary
11-12-25 LIK – Necro (single ‘they’)
2026
09-01-26 Iotunn – Waves over Copenhell
20-02-26 W.E.B. – darkness alive (live album)
27-02-26 Cryptic shift – Overspace & supertime
15-05-26 Slayer, 40th anniversary reissue of ‘hell awaits’
Pias news – Arlo Parks announces new album ‘ambiguous desire’
ARLO PARKS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
"AMBIGUOUS DESIRE" SET FOR RELEASE
3 APRIL 2026 VIA TRANSGRESSIVE RECORDS
FIRST SINGLE "2SIDED" OUT NOW
Arlo Parks - 2SIDED
Now critically acclaimed, twice Grammy nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT award winning artist Arlo Parks announces her new album Ambiguous Desire out April 3, 2026 via Transgressive Records. Over the past two years, Arlo dove head first into nocturnal spaces where she could be whoever she wanted. Arlo drew inspiration from the queer hedonism of NYC's Paradise Garage to the moody nocturnal British beats of The Streets and Burial, the glittering synth catharsis of LCD Soundsystem, and rooted house grooves of Theo Parrish, losing herself on the dancefloor. Ambiguous Desire is Parks at her most confident and experimental, supplanting live band sessions for modular synths, Ableton plugins and samplers that channel the frenetic, vibrant spaces she was immersed in, all while spotlighting the acclaimed poetry and lyricism she's beloved for.
Reflecting on the making of the record, Parks shares, "I danced more than ever as I made this record, I made more friends than ever too, found myself in the weird underbelly of New York juke nights, unleashed, laughed and laughed and laughed. This record has desire at its center. Desire is a life force, it's a wanting, a yearning, a momentum - we are all alive because there is something or someone we want - desire is an engine. But it is also mysterious, tangled, random, enlightening and HUMAN."
Alongside the album announcement Arlo Parks shares new single 2SIDED, which premiered as a BBC Radio 1 Hottest Record. The track offers the first glimpse into the album's world — a tender hope that a new lover feels as intensely as you do — carried by thick, humming synths and skittering drum machines. The song comes alongside a Molly Burdett-directed music video — a film about connection through movement, emotion and rhythm. Speaking about the single Arlo shares, "At its core '2SIDED' is about yearning and tension. It's about being struck by a bolt of desire and building up the courage to put language to that feeling, to make it real."
Parks crafted the album with producer Baird (Brockhampton, Kevin Abstract). Their process unfolded between NYC's vibrant, community-rooted nightlife and long, introspective days spent in Baird's downtown loft. The result is Parks' most vulnerable, self-affirming, and euphoric work to date.
Bursting onto the scene with her distinct blend of raw lyrical self-expression and vivid vocal melody, Parks has since been nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album, won the Mercury Music Prize for her 2021 Gold-certified debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams, been named a Breakthrough Artist at the Brit Awards, and been nominated at the Ivor Novello Awards. A poet as much as a performer, Parks followed up her previous critically acclaimed album My Soft Machine (2023) with the debut of her first published book, The Magic Border, a collection of 20 new poems and exclusive images by Daniyel Lowden alongside lyrics from My Soft Machine.
Arlo is also a featured writer on Beyoncé's Grammy-winning album Cowboy Carter. Arlo has performed at Glastonbury and Coachella, opened for Billie Eilish and Harry Styles and captivated audiences across the world with her headline tour.
MayWay records news - Marble Sounds - ‘When The Cool Kids Ruled’
Nieuwe EP ‘More Memory’ verschijnt op 27 februari
Met ‘When The Cool Kids Ruled’ kijkt Pieter van Marble Sounds terug op zijn lagere schooltijd.: de speelplaats, de kameraadschap, en de stoere jongens die uitblonken op het voetbalveld. Het blijft onmiskenbaar Marble Sounds, maar (ook) muzikaal sluimert een echo naar die tijd, een late 80’s softrock-toets, ergens tussen Chris Rea en Bruce Hornsby. Iemand zei ook 'vroege Coldplay'.
‘When The Cool Kids Ruled’ is de leadsingle van ’More Memory’, een EP die voortbouwt op het veelgeprezen album Core Memory, dat begin vorig jaar verscheen. ‘More Memory’ verschijnt op 27 februari, waarna Marble Sounds in maart en april langs de meest knusse zalen van het land toert.
MARBLE SOUNDS ‘MORE MEMORY’ TOUR
05 mrt 2026 | Den Bussel, Keerbergen
06 mrt 2026 | CC De Ploter, Ternat
07 mrt 2026 | GC Forum, Wervik
13 mrt 2026 | CC Maasmechelen, Maasmechelen
14 mrt 2026 | Wijkcentrum 't Kasteel, Zandvoorde
21 mrt 2026 | Cultuurhuis Merelbeke, Merelbeke
27 mrt 2026 | Cultuurhuis Belgica, Dendermonde
27 mrt 2026 | Cultuurhuis – jongerenconcert, Dendermonde
28 mrt 2026 | De Spil, Roeselare
03 apr 2026 | CC De Werft, Geel
24 apr 2026 | Het Perron, Ieper
25 apr 2026 | CC Zoetegem, Zottegem
30 apr 2026 | CC Strombeek, Strombeek
When The Cool Kids Ruled - Album van Marble Sounds
www.peterverstraelen.com
www.maywayrecords.com
Rockhal + Atelier, Luxemburg - events
16-01-2026 – Jessé – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
23-01-2026 – Menace Santana – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
25-01-2026 - Calogero – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
31-01-2026 - Boulevard des airs – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
01-02-2026 – Bernhoft @De Gudde Wëllen (Org: Atelier LU)
01-02-2026 – Miossec – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
04-02-2026 – White Lies – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
05-02-2026 – The Beaches – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
05-02-2026 – The Kooks @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
06-02-2026 – Royal Republic – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
08-02-2026 – Komrad – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
11-02-2026 – Lucio Corsi – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
17-02-2026 – Amy Macdonald – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
17-02-2026 – Airbourne @Luxexpo the box (Org: Atelier LU)
19-02-2026 – Biffy Clyro @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
24-02-2025 – Jason Derulo @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
25-02-2026 - Coeur De Pirate – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
25-02-2026 – Mika @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
26-02-2026 – David Byrne @Rockhal (Oreg: Atelier LU)
27-02-2026 – Sean Paul @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
01-03-2026 - Portugal. The Man – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
04-03-2026 – Taïro – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
05-03-2026 – Ozark Henry – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
06 + 07-03-2026 – The world of Hans Zimmer
07-03-2026 – Grossstadtgeflüster – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
08-03-2026 – Maro – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
12-03-2026 – Tom Smith - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
13-03-2026 – Kraftklub @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
15-03-2026 – Helge Schneider – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-03-2026 – Les Négresses Vertes – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-03-2026 – Ao @De Gudden Wëllen (Org: Atelier LU)
21-03-2026 - Hooverphonic – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
27-03-2026 – Charles Doré - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
28-03-2026 – Protoje – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
29-03-2026 – Sprints – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
01-04-2026 – Maluma
01-04-2026 – Poppy – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
10-04-2026 – Franz Ferdinand @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
10-04-2026 – Dirty dancing in concert @Trifolion Echteranch (Org: Atelier LU)
23-04-2026 – Dekker – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
24-04-2026 – Bénabar – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
26-04-2026 – Alvaro Soler @Grix (Org: Atelier LU)
27-04-2026 – Joe Bonamassa @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
30-04-2026 – Michael Patrick Kelly – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
05-05-2026 – Kasalla – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
07-05-2026 – Sarah Connor @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
08-05-2026 – Sofia Iselaa
15-05-2026 – Blue – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
20-05-2026 – Dermot Kennedy @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
20-05-2026 – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
03-06-2026 – Big thief – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
11-06-2026 – Megadeth @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
13-06-2026 – Ethel Cain – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
21-06-2026 – Anthrax – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
30-06-2025 – Chris Isaak – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
01-07-2026 - The Offspring@Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
02-07-2026 – Dogstar @Festival de Wiltz (Org: Atelier LU)
02-07-2026 – Annenmaykantereit @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
03-07-2026 – Moby, Beirut @Neimënster (Org: Atelier LU)
05-07-2026 – Gorillaz @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
06-07-2026 – Robbie Williams @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
07-07-2026 – Jamiroquai @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
08-07-2026 – ZAZ @Neimënster (Org: Atelier LU)
08-07-2026 – Lenny Kravitz @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
12-07-2026 – Clueso @Neimënster (Org: Atelier LU)
14-07-2026 – Katy Perry @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
15-07-2026 – Jovanotti @Niemënster (Org: Atelier LU)
23-09-2026 – 1986zig – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
07-10-2026 – Sportfreunde Stiller – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
14-10-2026 – Lake street dive – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
15-10-2026 – Samu Haber @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
23-10-2026 – Sofia Belabbes @Opderschmelz (Org: Atelier LU)
15-11-2026 – Heavysaurus – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
17-11-2026 – Martin Kohlstedt @Trifolion Echternach (Org: Atelier LU)
18-11-2026 – Joe Jackson + Band – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-11-2026 – Zebrahead – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
20-11-2026 – The Witcher in concert @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
21-11-2026 – Beast In Black, Santa Artica, Frozen crown @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
22-11-2026 – Conni, Das Zirkus, Musical! @Opderschmelz (Org: Atelier LU)
29-11-2026 – Lichterkinder @Gridx (Org: Atelier LU)
16-12-2026 – Ph ilipp Poisel @Trfolion Echternach
2027
Jessé @Opderschmelz (Org: Atelier LU)
Rocklab events - zie site
Info http://www.rockhal.lu of Info http://www.atelier.lu
Even voorstellen - Wouter Thijssen 'Wondermooie Rotzooi', single
Thorn In My Side Recordings
Release: 13 januari 2026
Wondermooie Rotzooi is de tweede single van Broer, het nieuwe album van Wouter Thijssen dat in het voorjaar verschijnt op het nieuwe label Thorn In My Side Recordings (Bonfire Lakes, RAMAN.). Wouter schreef Wondermooie Rotzooi naar aanleiding van een fotoboek dat zijn broer Wille achterliet. Het documenteert de excessen, de idealen en de dadendrang van een lang vervlogen subcultuur van punks uit de jaren 80. Het fotoboek was ook de aanleiding voor de postume instagramaccount Wille_1971.
"Broer grijpt terug naar een woelig verleden, vol littekens, rebellie en huiselijk geweld. Mijn oudere broer Wille en ik. Vluchtend in de groeven van het Zwarte Goud dat zich opstapelde in onze kamers. Hij één en al dadendrang en anarchie terwijl ik me terugtrok in mijn verbeelding. Wille ging ten onder, ik leefde voort met zijn geest die in me rondwaarde. Mijn muziek brengt hulde aan onze unieke broederband en aan een verleden dat we nooit kunnen bezweren." - Wouter Thijssen
Wouter Thijssen - Wondermooie Rotzooi
Wouter Thijssen - Wille
Credits:
Tekst, muziek & productie: Wouter Thijssen
Zang, gitaren, toetsen: Wouter Thijssen
Bas: Sean Willekens
Drums: Michel Becx
Opname en techniek: Koenraad Foesters, Studio Jupiter
Live:
2 april, Café Café, Hasselt
Meer live data tba
Even voorstellen – José Gonzalez, ‘against the dying of the light’
JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ ANNOUNCES FIRST NEW ALBUM SINCE 2021, "AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT"
RELEASED 27 MARCH VIA CITY SLANG
SHARES NEW SINGLE 'AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT'
Watch the video for ‘Against The Dying Of The Light’ - directed by Fredrik Egerstrand:
https://youtu.be/K9krPYK6JWM
José González has announced the release of his highly-anticipated fifth solo studio album. His first album in more than four years, Against The Dying Of The Light will arrive via City Slang on 27 March 2026. Along with the announcement he has shared a video for the title track 'Against The Dying Of The Light’.
Speaking of the track José says:
“It's a song reflecting on humanity in 2025; about accepting who we are and what led us here, since the past can’t be changed. Then about refocusing our attention on the challenges ahead, like pervert incentives and algorithms that aren't in line with human flourishing.
And even though we have enormous opportunities with new technology that can eventually design and copy itself, we don’t have to build it right away if it has the potential to make us obsolete. We can rebel against these replicators, rebel against the dying of the light.”
Since his previous album, Local Valley, the dramatic darkening of shadows across the global landscape has demanded blunter truth telling, carried by a more forceful, often frustrated and even angry expression from the singer-songwriter. With its focus on technological fears, alongside wider issues like the need to identify unhelpful thinking and refuse non-inclusive ideologies, Against The Dying Of The Light was born out of deep conviction as much as artistic choices.
Reflecting on the album as a whole, José explains:
“Against the Dying of the Light is a reflection on how we create hurdles to human flourishing by clinging stubbornly to dogmatic ideologies where people follow dudes who pretend to know shit they don’t know.
These are songs about how we can navigate humanity towards flourishing on an individual and a collective level. They can be listened to just for the sounds, harmonies, and rhythms but the lyrics are meant to inspire people to engage and take action by collaborating to solve collective problems.”
Whilst José spent his younger years playing in a hardcore band, he also embraced singing in a choir. Speaking on this, he reminisces, “It was really fun. Not cool at all, but really fun. I learned the different scales and also a bit of vocal technique. It speaks to something deeply human – to stand together as 20 people, just singing – and now that I’m older I feel it’s time to embrace the universal aspects”. José, who’s an atheist, nowadays enjoys watching his partner singing and performing with a local "indie/church choir".
This record is a potent rallying point for the universal choir.
José’s career to date has been nothing short of momentous: four solo albums in 23 years; over 1 million physical copies sold worldwide plus a billion streams; platinum records in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; Swedish Grammy for Singer/Songwriter of the Year 2021, Local Valley, and inducted into Swedish Music Hall of Fame in 2024.
José recently took the 10% Pledge, a public commitment to give 10% of his income to effective charities fighting extreme poverty via Giving What We Can. Members of his Pledge Club have thus far donated to such charitable organisations as Helen Keller International, Against Malaria Foundation, New Incentives, and GiveWell Top Charities Fund. For more information or to request an invitation to José’s Pledge Club, please visit givewithjose.com.
VRT news - Topaffiche voor MIA’s 2025
Optredens van onder andere Pommelien Thijs, Zwangere Guy en Dressed Like Boys
Nog even geduld: op woensdag 4 februari is het zover! Dan vindt de 18de editie van de MIA’s (Music Industry Awards) plaats in de ING Arena in Brussel, een avond vol muziek, verrassingen en feest. Er vallen prijzen te winnen in 11 publiekscategorieën en 6 sectorcategorieën, én er worden 2 ‘Lifetime achievement awards’ uitgereikt. De MIA’s zijn een organisatie van VRT en VI.BE, het steunpunt voor artiest en muzieksector. Vandaag maken beide initiatiefnemers de line-up bekend.
Wie treedt er op?
Ze deed het al eens en ze doet het gewoon opnieuw: Pommelien Thijs is dit jaar dé blikvanger van de MIA’s. Met maar liefst 9 nominaties in evenveel categorieën, 5 publieksprijzen en 4 sectorprijzen, kan ze geschiedenis schrijven. Als ze alle awards binnenhaalt, breekt ze het record van Stromae, die in 2013 acht MIA’s won. Eén ding staat vast: Pommelien is niet alleen topfavoriet, ze zorgt ook voor een spetterend optreden tijdens de liveshow.
Met 7 nominaties is ook Zwangere Guy een van de grote kanshebbers van deze editie. Hij maakt indruk in 4 publiekscategorieën en kan met 3 sectorprijzen naar huis. In maar liefst 5 categorieën neemt hij het rechtstreeks op tegen Pommelien Thijs. Alsof dat nog niet genoeg is, schreef hij in november geschiedenis door als eerste Nederlandstalige rapper ooit solo het podium van de ING Arena te claimen. Zijn optreden op de MIA’s zal voor hem dus vertrouwd aanvoelen.
Het soloproject van Gentse singer-songwriter Jelle Denturck, beter bekend als Dressed Like Boys, is dé ontdekking van het jaar. Hij is voor het eerst genomineerd en kan meteen met 6 awards naar huis. Wordt hij dé verrassende winnaar van deze editie? Wat sowieso zeker is: zijn optreden tijdens de liveshow wordt een bijzonder moment.
Na een jaar van afwezigheid maakte Metejoor in de herfst een grandioze comeback: hij bracht zijn nieuwe album ‘3’ uit en gaf twee uitverkochte shows in de AFAS Dome. Op een groot podium voelt de zanger zich thuis, dat zal hij ook in de ING Arena tonen. Dat de zanger populairder dan ooit is, bewijzen zijn 5 nominaties.
Ook Kaat Van Stralen treedt op tijdens de liveshow van de MIA’s! Deze jonge Aarschotse muzikante boekte met haar debuutsingle ‘Stop met wenen’ vorig jaar een enorme doorbraak: ze won zowel Sound Track als De Nieuwe Lichting 2025 van Studio Brussel en bracht haar zelfbewuste, punkachtige kleinkunstwereld naar een breed publiek. Kaat Van Stralen belooft in de ING Arena een persoonlijke, energieke en opvallende performance neer te zetten.
Ook het optreden van Bazart wordt vast onvergetelijk. Hun recente single ‘Nooduitgang’ gaf een sneakpreview van hun nieuwe album ‘Exit’ dat in april verschijnt. Van intieme clubconcerten tot grootse festivals: de jongens van Bazart kunnen het allemaal. In mei geven ze twee shows in de Lotto Arena, tijdens de MIA’s smijten ze zich helemaal in de ING Arena.
Vorig jaar stond Seppe Herreman, beter bekend als Red Sebastian, al op het grootste podium van Europa, zoniet de wereld. Hij vertegenwoordigde ons land op het Eurovisiesongfestival met ‘Strobe lights’. Optreden tijdens de indrukwekkende show van de MIA’s is dus een kolfje naar zijn hand. In september kwam zijn album ‘Turn on the lights’ uit.
Welke muziekcarrières in de schijnwerpers worden gezet met de ‘Lifetime achievement award’ en de ‘Sector Lifetime achievement award’ onthullen VRT en VI.BE later. De artiest die geëerd wordt met de ‘Lifetime achievement award’, treedt ook op in de liveshow van de MIA’s 2025.
Feest mee
De 18de editie van de MIA’s vindt plaats op woensdag 4 februari 2026 in de ING Arena in Brussel, tickets zijn verkrijgbaar op mias.be. De feestelijke awardshow is ook live te volgen op VRT 1, VRT MAX, verschillende radiozenders én sociale media-accounts van VRT. Net als de voorbije jaren zal Niels Destadsbader de liveshow presenteren.
Iedereen geniet mee
Tijdens de MIA’s zet VRT MobileConnect in om luisterondersteuning te bieden aan doven en slechthorenden. Wie een hoorapparaat of implantaat draagt, kan presentaties en optredens haarscherp streamen via de smartphone naar dat toestel. Liever wat meer rust met een hoofdtelefoon? Ook dat kan door eenvoudig te streamen via de eigen gsm. Dankzij deze technologie maakt VRT het mogelijk dat meer mensen volwaardig deelnemen aan studio-opnames en evenementen. Deze innovatie benadrukt de blijvende inzet van de publieke omroep voor toegankelijkheid, zodat iedereen kan genieten van VRT-programma’s en events. Deze pagina verzamelt alle info over de toegankelijkheid van de MIA’s.
De MIA’s zijn live te beleven op woensdag 4 februari 2026 in de ING Arena in Brussel of live te volgen op VRT 1, VRT MAX, verschillende radiozenders én sociale media-accounts van VRT.
Nog meer muziek
De MIA’s vinden plaats tijdens de Week van de Belgische muziek, die loopt van maandag 2 tot en met zondag 8 februari 2026. In die periode staan Belgische artiesten en de volledige muzieksector in de kijker. Voor het zesde jaar op rij zetten VI.BE, VRT, RTBF en tal van andere sectorspelers en -organisaties artiesten van eigen bodem extra in de schijnwerpers en moedigen iedereen aan om Belgische muziek te ondersteunen. Dat kan door concerttickets, merchandise of platen te kopen, Belgische nummers te streamen, mee te doen aan acties tijdens de Week én online flink wat liefde voor Belgische muziek te tonen met de hashtag #weekvandebelgischemuziek.
Even voorstellen - Father John Misty, new single “The Old Law”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa9l0cMEOeM
LIVE Wed. Jun.10 - Antwerp, BE - OLT Rivierenhof
Now January 9th, 2026, Father John Misty's “The Old Law” is a new single available on all digital streaming services worldwide from Sub Pop. The song was produced by Drew Erickson and Josh Tillman, mixed by Michael Harris and Jonathan Wilson at Fivestar Studios in Los Angeles, and mastered by Adam Amyan at Ayan Mastering. “The Old Law” is previously known to Father John Misty fans as “God’s Trash” and debuted as part of the live set in the fall of 2024.
A little over a year later, “The Old Law” single follows the release of Mahashmashana, Father John Misty’s sixth long player in twelve years, released in November 2024.
The Western US leg of Father John Misty’s previously announced international headlining and festival tour dates in support of Mahashmashana kick off Monday, March 23rd in Ventura, CA at the Majestic Ventura Theater and run through Sunday, May 17th in Pomona, CA at The Fox Theater.
Along this run, Father John Misty has scheduled two-night stands at the historic The Castro Theatre in San Francisco (March 24th+25th), and at The Paramount Theatre in Seattle (Apr. 3rd+4th). He will also headline at Boise’s Treefort Festival (Mar. 29th).
Father John Misty’s UK & EU run will start on Monday, June 1st in Lisbon, PT at Sagres Campo Pequeno and end on Sunday, June 14th in Wicklow, IE with a headlining set at Beyond The Pale Festival. Highlights for this run include appearances at Primavera Festival in Barcelona, ES (Jun. 4th), and Northside Festival in Aarhus, DK (Jun. 6th) and Father John Misty’s first headlining shows in Portugal in eight years.
Variety says of his July 2025 headlining performance at The Greek Theatre, “He’s one of contemporary music’s greatest lyricists and one of our loveliest melodists (a good combo, when you can find it, by the way), so there’s usually some kind of euphoric effect even in distemper or dystopia. His wish is our command when it comes to actually enjoying stuff that sounds more challenging on paper, or even on vinyl, than it does in the flesh.”
Sub Pop To Release sunn O)))’s Self-Titled New Album Worldwide On Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Hear Album Closer “Glory Black”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXQbGvofeo
On Friday, April 3rd, 2026, sunn O))) will release their eponymously titled first full-length album for Sub Pop.
sunn O))) was co-produced & mixed by the band and Brad Wood (Hum, Tar, Sunny Day Real Estate, Liz Phair), and was recorded at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, January 2025. You can now listen to the album’s closing track, “Glory Black.”
Framing the album visually are two paintings by the late American artist Mark Rothko - one on the front cover and one on the back cover, with the art reversed for UK & European pressings. The CD and LP package also includes expansive liner notes by author Robert Macfarlane, whose 2025 novel Is a River Alive? is among the many sources of inspiration for the album. Illustrations by the French artist Elodie Lesourd are also featured on the inner LP sleeves and accompanying album merch.
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For nearly 30 years, sunn O))) – Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson – have pushed the boundaries of heavy music, straddling the worlds of the avant-garde and rock to forge a style instantly recognisable as their own. Now, sunn O))) return with their first album of new material since 2019’s acclaimed Pyroclasts. Their tenth album – their debut for Sub Pop – demonstrates the duo’s mastery of time and space, light and dark, and their willingness to evolve their unmistakable sound into bold new forms.
The eponymously titled sunn O))) was tracked at Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, Washington with Brad Wood. This location proved crucial to the recording process. “The vast tracking room had big windows looking out on trees,” says O’Malley. “We could go hiking and be out in the woods, spend time outdoors. That became a big part of it.”
sunn O))) have long welcomed collaborators into their self-contained world: past work has featured, Attila Csihar (Mayhem), composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, multi-instrumentalist Steve Moore, polymath Mark Deutrom, Silkworm’s Tim Midyett and legendary singer-songwriter Scott Walker. But on this album O’Malley and Anderson found fresh possibilities in the primal territory of the duo format, performing all the instrumentation themselves. “What’s been happening with our performances over the last couple years with the two of us and no other collaborators has been really fresh and exciting,” says Anderson.
The compositions on sunn O))) are expansive and panoramic yet finely detailed, reflecting the arboreal setting in which they were recorded. Amidst howling feedback and glacial crunch, one finds surprisingly delicate moments: a field recording of water trickles beneath, piano interludes lend a hushed, solemn feel. All while the duo attains fresh heights of telepathic intensity as they shape music that breathes the bracing, earthy air of the Pacific Northwest.
Framing the album visually are two paintings by the late American artist Mark Rothko. Liner notes are by award-winning British writer Robert Macfarlane, famed for his works concerning landscape and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through the work of the band, Macfarlane, and Rothko, sound, word and visual combine into a fully immersive experience that is undeniably, completely sunn O))) (read full bio at Sub Pop).
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