Even voorstellen - ᖴOᑌTᒪOOᔕ - nieuwe single, Speelkleeren
Op vrijdag 3 april verschijnt Speelkleeren, de nieuwe single van ᖴOᑌTᒪOOᔕ
Foutloos - Speelkleeren (Official Video)
Soms mag het al eens simpelweg melancholisch zijn. Speelkleeren is een nummer dat sferisch begint en dan langzaamaan opbouwt tot een dromerig spel van alviool, drum en bas. Het is een instrumentale terugblik op een - schijnbaar - onbezorgde kindertijd en de manier waarop je herinneringen vormt. In Speelkleeren neemt Foutloos de tijd. Geen wilde golven dit keer, maar zacht kabbelen.
In de video zie je Esther, Renaud en Jonas in speelkleren, twee decennia geleden. Het is een compilatie van oude VHS-cassettes, zo gemonteerd dat de herinneringen vervagen, vermengen en vervormen. Net als het nummer verkent de videoclip hoe het geheugen van je jeugd een eigen constructie maakt.
ᖴOᑌTᒪOOᔕ is een instrumentaal trio dat bestaat uit Esther Coorevits (Tourist LeMC, Nemø ensemble), Jonas Bruyneel (momoyo, Philemon, Vincent Coomans) en Renaud Debruyne (Mirek Coutigny, Mergel). In Foutloos gaan sferische improvisaties op altviool samen met funky baslijnen en snedige hiphopgrooves. Foutloos speelde shows in België, Nederland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk en is in 2026 artist in residence in De Grote Post.
Muziek: Esther Coorevits, Renaud Debruyne, Jonas Bruyneel
Productie: Jonas Bruyneel in North Garden Studios en Studio Wellington
Mix: Mirek Coutigny in Atlas Studios
Mastering: Laurens Grossen in MotorMusic
Video: Jonas Bruyneel in Studio Wellington
Label: Wellington Records
Releasedatum: 03/04/2026
FOUTLOOS LIVE
19/04 - Jazz Cats - Kortrijk
Pias news – Grégoire Gerstmans shares new single ‘ceux qui restent’
GRÉGOIRE GERSTMANS SHARES NEW SINGLE "CEUX QUI RESTENT"
Grégoire Gerstmans - Ceux qui restent
NEW ALBUM "ÉTERNITÉ" OUT ON OCTOBER 9, 2026, VIA [PIAS] RECORDINGS
03/04 – BRDCST, BRUSSELS
04/04 – BRDCST, BRUSSELS
05/04 – BRDCST, BRUSSELS
12/04 – PBA, CHARLEROI
12/04 – FESTIVAL PIANO (FT. CALI), QUAREGNON
15/05 – CENTRE CULTUREL, HANNUT
29/05 – CASERNE FONCK, LIÈGE
08/10 – MUSÉE DE LA PHOTO, CHARLEROI (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW)
Belgian pianist and composer Grégoire Gerstmans has, for several years now, been developing an intimate and minimalist musical language centered around piano and silence. Following his debut album Hypnagogie (2024), he today releases Ceux qui restent — the first single from his second album Éternité, set for release on October 9, 2026 — as he'll be performing three times (!) at BRDCST on April 3, 4, and 5, 2026.
While on Hypnagogie, Grégoire Gerstmans paid tribute to the state between wakefulness and sleep — that fragile moment where reality and dreams intertwine — he explores time and presence on Éternité. Composed of eight minimalist pieces, the album invites listeners to slow down, inhabit each moment, and listen to silence. The first highlighted track, Ceux qui restent, pays tribute to those who remain when someone disappears — a gesture of care and presence.
The order of the tracks follows an almost symbolic temporality on this new album. This fifth piece represents a central moment in the record:
"Ceux qui restent is a tribute to a very dear friend who recently passed away. My wife and I were invited to his bedside — a moment suspended in time. We shared his most precious memories, and he took the time to offer us a rare gift: the strength of the present moment. Every small detail of life he left us — a vegetable in the sunlight, a passing fly, a scent, a country, a drop of rain — becomes a treasure. These simple moments, what remains of him, I dedicate to all those who continue their journey after the loss of a loved one.
The piece reminds us that every moment of life is a precious gift. I played it on my small piano at home, with a sound I chose and love. Through it, I share what I received: that fragile and infinite intensity that life offers us.
To you, my friend, and to you, the love of my life, I dedicate these notes and silences, these suspended moments. May Ceux qui restent be a bridge between memory and present, a breath of emotion that travels through time. May those who remain find in this piece tenderness, strength, and the beauty of small moments. It is not just a melody, but a gift from the heart, received and passed on. It is the echo of what we have lived together and what continues to live within us. Every moment, every breath, every detail carries the trace of those we love. And in this way, despite absence, those who remain carry forever what has been given."
Recorded once again in his studio, the album continues Grégoire Gerstmans' artistic approach: a refined, stripped-down music in which every note matters and where silence becomes an essential element of the musical language.
"Time that passes, time that flows through us, time we believe we possess but which constantly escapes us. I like to think that time itself is eternal. The share we give to it is simply human. Today, time has become something dark. We measure it, we consume it, we buy it. We get paid for time. It has become our primary currency. And yet, we no longer have any. We no longer have time for ourselves, for our loved ones, for our families. No more time to look up at the sky. No more time to breathe. No more time to simply be. To be here, now. In the present. Because perhaps eternity lies precisely there: in that moment. Time is eternity. Let us take it."
Between Hypnagogie and Éternité, his work continues the same quest: to explore those suspended moments of existence when time seems to slow down — when we fall asleep, or when we finally take the time to be present.
Even voorstellen - Sdban Records reissues cult classic Le Monde Fabuleux des Yamasuki
Release: April 3, 2026
In the spring of 1971, somewhere between Brussels, Paris and a collective pop fever dream, Le Monde Fabuleux des Yamasuki landed on vinyl. It sounded like nothing else then and it still does not today. More than half a century later, Sdban Records proudly presents a reissue of this singular cult album on vinyl.
The album was produced by Jean Kluger and written both by Jean and Daniel Vangarde (aka Bangalter, later the father of Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk), who were already well ahead of their time, long before electronic music rewrote the rules of pop culture.
Released under the name Yamasuki, also referred to as The Yamasuki Singers, or The Yamasuki's, the project was never intended as a conventional band. It was a studio-born fantasy, a concept album disguised as a pop record. What began as a standalone single quickly expanded into a full-blown pan-cultural pop opera that ignored genres and common sense with joyful abandon.
Musically, the album sits at a delirious crossroads. Psychedelic pop collides with funk rhythms, samba and bubblegum melodies, full of chants and choruses in a phonetic pseudo Japanese, written with the help of a dictionary. Kluger and Vangarde famously recruited a children's choir to perform the vocals, and for added spectacle, they brought in a Japanese judo grandmaster, whose ritualistic shouts and battle cries erupt throughout the record.
Several singles were released. One of them, Yamasuki, with accompanying dance move, appeared in the United Kingdom and France on John Peel's Dandelion label, a fitting home for a record that thrived on the margins of pop culture. Its B-side, Aieaoa, proved even more potent. In 1975, the song was reborn as A.I.E. (A Mwana) by Black Blood, an African group recording in Belgium, this time sung in Swahili. That melody would travel even further.
Aie a Mwana became the debut single of English pop group Bananarama, and in 2010 it resurfaced once more as Helele, an official song of the FIFA World Cup, recorded by South African singer Velile Mchunu with Danish percussion duo Safri Duo. That version became the most widely known incarnation of the song. With Jean Kluger directly involved, it was less a cover than a continuation of the original idea.
The album's afterlife did not stop there. Over the years, Yamasuki has been quietly sampled, covered, and featured across media far beyond the realm of novelty pop. Kono Samourai was sampled in The Healer by Erykah Badu (2007), produced by Madlib, while Yama Yama has found its way into recent pop culture as well: appearing in the television series Fargo, on Angus Stone's project Dope Lemon, and on the 2008 Late Night Tales compilation curated by Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders. Proof, if any were needed, that this strange little record carries a deeper musical DNA than its playful exterior might suggest.
This new reissue of Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki proves the renewed interest and respect for this cult album, faithful to the original spirit while finally giving it back the physical presence it deserves. In an era obsessed with genres and algorithmic neatness, Yamasuki still laughs, dances and karate-kicks its way past definitions.
It reminds us that pop music can be playful without being disposable, strange without being cynical and joyful without explanation. The world of Yamasuki was always fabulous, we are just lucky it found its way back to us.
The reissue of Le Monde Fabuleux des Yamasuki is out today via Sdban Records, with 100 copies on Bandcamp exclusive Magenta-coloured vinyl.
Tracklisting:
A1. Yamasuki
A2. Aisere I Love You
A3. Kono Samourai
A4. Yamamoto Kakapote
A5. Okawa
A6. Aieaoa
B1. Abana Bakana
B2. Seyu Sayonara
B3. Yama Yama
B4. Fudji Yama
B5. Yokomo
B6. Kashi Kofima
Even voorstellen – Lords Of Acid & Prinness Superstar – Karaoke superstar
LORDS OF ACID & PRINCESS SUPERSTAR | Karaoke Superstar
LORDS OF ACID & PRINCESS SUPERSTAR KARAOKE SUPERSTAR
new single
out 3rd April 2026 (Metropolis Records)
The pioneering electronic dance act Lords Of Acid are back with their first new music in 8 years. 'Karaoke Superstar' sees them in full theatrical mode with what is a hyper-sexual, tongue-in-cheek, neon-drenched industrial, metal, acid dance anthem inspired by Japanese game show chaos, underground fetish culture and the absurdity of pop stardom.
Featuring a guest vocal by hit-making US vocalist and DJ Princess Superstar, the track fuses aggressive EBM-style sequencing with playful call-and-response hooks, mixing dark club energy with ironic theatrical excess. Part satire, part dancefloor weapon, it is intentionally over-the-top via a unique collision of cultures (European industrial roots, Japanese pop references, metal drums and guitars) and production aesthetics that are all wrapped up with the group's unmistakable provocative edge.
PRINCESS SUPERSTAR
'Karaoke Superstar' is the first in a series of singles to be released ahead of a long-awaited seventh Lords Of Acid album in late 2026. Further notable guest vocalists will appear, although the majority of songs feature the powerhouse voice of the reigning 'Acid Queen', Carla Harvey. Also renowned for her commanding stage presence, the distinctive US singer joined the group in early 2025. She was previously in the metal band Butcher Babies.
LORDS OF ACID biography
Formed in Antwerp, Belgium in 1988, Lords Of Acid are recognised as one of the most influential acts to emerge from the hard-edged electronic dance music scene of that era. Adopting and adapting underground club culture aesthetics fom the off, they blended techno, acid house and industrial music with provocative lyrics on themes of sexuality, drug use and hedonism. Debuting with the classic New Beat single 'I Sit On Acid', their debut album 'Lust' appeared in 1991 and was followed periodically by further releases that saw the group become a staple of the Billboard dance and alternative charts. Having built a substantial global following while maintaining a multi-decade touring career, Lords Of Acid remain one of their genre's most recognisable and enduring names.
Karaoke Superstar | Lords Of Acid
Pias news – Kneecap – releases title track ‘fenian’
KNEECAP RELEASES TITLE-TRACK "FENIAN"
KNEECAP - FENIAN (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
NEW ALBUM "FENIAN" OUT ON MAY 1 VIA HEAVENLY RECORDINGS
04.07.2026 — ROCK WERCHTER, BE
Belfast trio KNEECAP have today shared the video for their latest single, FENIAN, the title-track from their forthcoming new album, to be released on May 1 via Heavenly Recordings.
The anthemic track already feels like it's been here for an entire era – a raucous party tune that will no doubt birth some of the biggest festival singalong chants of the summer, this is a brilliant, invigorating, unapologetic declaration of identity and community. Tiochfaidh ár lá - somebody sample that.
Talking about the track, KNEECAP said: "An Anthem to embrace our Fenian past, and to cure our colonial hangover by reconnecting the warriors of Irish folklore with the Fenian c*nts from the North of Ireland.
The track is accompanied by a brilliantly surreal video shot in and around West Belfast which sees DJ Provai's now ubiquitous tricolour balaclava very much front and centre.. The video was directed by Thomas James, who added: "For me, this track is about a reclaiming of identity. Not only of the word, but for people too. Which is what our film is. A trippy whirlwind through people and places who embody the spirit of the boys and the song. Of seeing the word Fenian through a new lens. It was a blast. It was chaos. It was a fever dream of running around Ireland convincing people to pop a bally on and do something mental. Good times had by all.
Produced by Dan Carey, the new album also features previous singles Smugglers & Scholars, recently featured as part of the regular COLORSxSTUDIOS shows, and Liars Tale.
Additionally, having completed a SOLD-OUT U.K. and Irish tour at the end of last year, they head out on a run of out-store shows for the week of album release and a number of EU festival appearances and recently announced EU headline shows over the summer.
The last 12-months saw the Belfast trio perform one of the the most talked about Glastonbury sets in recent years on West Holts stage, play headline slots at Wide Awake, 2000 Trees & Green Man festivals, make the jump to arena level headliners with shows at the 3Arena in Dublin, Wembley Arena and OVO Hydro in Glasgow, find themselves in the middle of a media and political maelstrom for vocally advocating for peace and Palestinian freedom at last year's Coachella and release three stunning stand-alone singles, THE RECAP ft. Mozey, Sayōnara a collaboration with Paul Hartnoll of Orbital and No Comment, featuring DJ / producer Sub Focus.
More darkness. More confrontation. More craic. More energy. More solidarity. More absolute bangers. And more fuel for the unrelenting engine that powers this unstoppable force. For their remarkable second album, Kneecap have come out fighting. With their second album FENIAN, KNEECAP sharpen their sound and expand their vision, delivering a record that is darker, more confrontational, and more assured.
Throughout FENIAN, Kneecap balance confrontation with craft, pairing biting intelligence with undeniable energy. The result is an album that thrills as much as it provokes, marking a clear new peak in the group's evolution.
Following two sold-out nights at Dublin's 3Arena and a tour of Japan, 2026 will see KNEECAP headline their biggest shows to date, including Crystal Palace Park in London and major festival slots. FENIAN confirms KNEECAP not just as provocateurs, but as artists operating at the height of their powers.
Pias news – Ghinzu shares new single, ‘snow white’
GHINZU SHARES NEW SINGLE "SNOW WHITE"
GHINZU - Snow White (Official Video)
"W.O.W.A" OUT ON MAY 29, 2026
VIA PLAY IT AGAIN SA
05.06.2026 — ANCIENNE BELGIQUE, BRUSSELS SOLD OUT
19.07.2026 — DOUR FESTIVAL, DOUR
29.10.2026 — FOREST NATIONAL, BRUSSELS
From the rich tradition of expansive art-rock that has long flowed out of mainland Europe, the much-loved and critically acclaimed Ghinzu today continue their return with the release of their second single, Snow White, taken from their forthcoming fourth studio album and first in 17 years (!), W.O.W.A, due for release via Play It Again Sam on May 29th, 2026.
Snow White is a triptych about addiction, using three interwoven stories. Frontman John Descamps explains, "The first tackles addiction to computer screens and social media. The second story contrasts this with drug addiction. And the third focuses on Snow White – you're poisoned with an apple and wake up with love. But it's more about flashes, just an image in your head. The three of them play together in one song."
A song that revels in creative freedom, Snow White refuses to sit in one place. "Indie rock, by definition, involves manipulating references. And that means you can take folk, you can take punk, and you can take electronic, and everything comes together through a type of raw freedom. And I think this is the music we do."
From selling more than 100,000 copies of their breakthrough second album Blow across Europe, to sharing stages with the likes of Muse, Placebo and Iggy & The Stooges, and seeing their music featured on the soundtrack of the global hit film 'Taken', Ghinzu have long stood as one of Belgium's most iconic rock exports.
The forthcoming record W.O.W.A, has been a work in progress for some time, with Ghinzu having written almost 90 fully fledged ideas for their new album, before whittling this down to the final tracklisting. "We had all these hard drives everywhere," recalls Descamps. "We wanted to gather 10 tracks together to really represent all those years of condensed work."
The results take Ghinzu back to basics, before blasting them into uncharted territories. Their formative influences - the energy and expression of Queen; the raucous grunge noise of Nirvana and The Melvins – remain, alongside their passion for visual art. Name-checking the painters Gerhard Richter and Francis Bacon as points of inspiration, they stepped back from their perfectionist leanings to embrace music at its most raw and powerful.
Sessions took place at a multitude of studios. Ghinzu worked in their native Belgium and across the Atlantic in New York; they secluded themselves in the countryside, and worked at studios overlooking the sea. "Our plan was to drift away, creating 'evolutive songs' that could change from one week to another, or simply disappear to maybe reappear. Doubts have less room within such space, as there is nothing to finish. What is left are the survivors of that period, the wild ones who got captured."
From first to last, these are stories built by older musicians, people with experience and maturity. "It's about telling very specific stories in a way that is universal," he says. "There's an almost confrontational aspect with regards to age. We're developing an intergenerational feel in bringing these stories out of specific narratives and pushing them into different spaces."
TRACKLISTING
When Other Worlds Await
Snow White
Out of Control
Forever
Morning Lights
Mathias is Gone
Apologies
It's The Law
#quietluxury
Fool
Death Race
Master Bluff
Breathless
Live Nation concert – Artemas
LOVERCORE / GETTING UP TO NO GOOD Tour
Op donderdag 3 december 2026 in La Madeleine, Brussel
Artemas is getting up to lots of good, want met een nieuw album komt de rijzende ster terug naar zijn Belgische fans! Na een volledig uitverkochte Trix in 2024, palmt hij op donderdag 3 december 2026 La Madeleine in Brussel in. Bereid je voor op een avond vol atmosferische synthpop. Hij brengt indie-artiest Henry Morris mee als support.
Tickets via livenation.be.
De Brits-Cyprische Artemas Diamandis brengt pas sinds 2020 muziek uit, maar wist op korte tijd een indrukwekkend palmares op te bouwen. Met maandelijks vijftien miljoen luisteraars, toegankelijke songwriting en een herkenbare, moody sound onderscheidt hij zich moeiteloos van de massa. In 2024 verscheen zijn eerste mixtape 'Pretty', met de hit "if u think i'm pretty". De echte grote doorbraak kwam echter met opvolger 'Yustyna' en de monsterhit "i like the way you kiss me". Dat nummer groeide uit tot een wereldwijd TikTok-fenomeen, werd platgedraaid door de radio en verzamelde miljoenen streams. Die hits schrijft en produceert Artemas zelf. Wat begon als een project van een bedroom-producer, is inmiddels uitgegroeid tot een professionele studiowerking. Ook achter de schermen is hij een veelgevraagd talent. Zo werkte hij al samen met Måneskin en Tyler Cole en schreef hij onlangs nog "Like Animals" voor de K-pop-iconen van BTS.
Op 27 maart verscheen zijn vierde mixtape 'getting up to no good'. Fans kregen met singles "psychokiller" en "myself" al een voorsmaakje van het nieuw materiaal. Tijdens zijn Europese tour brengt hij zowel dit nieuwe album als 'LOVERCORE' en zijn grootste hits live. Afspraak op 3 december in La Madeleine!
Tickets zijn beschikbaar via livenation.be en kosten €30,40 (inclusief servicekosten). Voor de grootste fans zijn er ook VIP packages beschikbaar.
www.livenation.be
Live Nation concert - Niels Destadsbader
Op zaterdag 3 oktober 2026 in Stadsschouwburg, Antwerpen & zaterdag 24 oktober 2026 in Capitole, Gent
De fans hebben er vijf jaar op moeten wachten, maar dit najaar is het eindelijk zover. Dan brengt Niels Destadsbader zijn vijfde plaat uit, die persoonlijker dan ooit wordt. Hij stelt zijn nieuwe muziek live voor op zaterdag 3 oktober 2026 in de Stadsschouwburg in Antwerpen en op zaterdag 24 oktober 2026 in Capitole in Gent. Verwacht je aan een avond vol primeurs en de allergrootste hits.
Tickets zijn meteen beschikbaar via livenation.be.
Niels Destadsbader is van alle markten thuis. Dat bewijst hij momenteel als acteur in de populaire tv-reeks 'Thuis', waar hij de rol van spoedarts Cody du Bois vertolkt. Als presentator is hij, voor het derde seizoen op rij, te zien in de muzikale talkshow 'Ik Vraag Het Aan'.
Dat mooie liedjes wel degelijk (levens)lang duren kan Niels bevestigen. De voorbije jaren veroverde hij Vlaanderen met hits als "Verover Mij", "De Wereld Draait Voor Jou" en "Speeltijd". Om zijn vijfde album te schrijven nam hij de afgelopen jaren bewust de tijd. De nieuwe plaat wordt persoonlijker dan ooit, met bij elk liedje een eigen verhaal. Tijdens de albumvoorstelling neemt hij je mee in zijn leven buiten de schijnwerpers. Ontdek de titel van het album en de nieuwe muziek in oktober als allereerste in Stadsschouwburg in Antwerpen en in Capitole in Gent. Niels heet je er warm welkom!
Tickets voor de concerten in Stadsschouwburg en Capitole zijn meteen beschikbaar via livenation.be en kosten €50 - €45 - €40 - €35 (inclusief servicekosten).
www.livenation.be
Pias news – Karyyn shares new single ‘end to knowing you’
KÁRYYN SHARES NEW SINGLE "END TO KNOWING YOU"
KÁRYYN - END TO KNOWING YOU (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
NEW ALBUM "PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL)" OUT ON MAY 29 VIA MUTE
KÁRYYN shares the follow-up track to COLLAPSE PHASE with END TO KNOWING YOU, taken from her forthcoming 10-track album PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL), out May 29 via Mute. The track is paired with the official video directed by Jenna Marsh, and produced by Black Dog Films.
The latest single END TO KNOWING YOU, is a sensual elegy straddling the edge between toxic and unrelenting love. It exists in the space between desire and detachment, where bodies ache to merge but timelines fracture on impact. This is not a love song, but a spiritual confession, a map of magnetism, gravitational obsession, telepathy, and spiritual polarity. The track reflects psychic recursion, ecstatic polarity, and erotic grief, exploring love that cannot be lived but will not dissolve. As the laws of energetics go, nothing truly ends—it only transforms. Like a mantra, she sings: "I can let it go, I can let it go... but there is no end to knowing you."
The video was conceived by KÁRYYN and directed by Jenna Marsh - whose work includes collaborations with Charli XCX and Eartheater - and was produced by Black Dog Films, part of Ridley Scott's production company. Choreography is by Supple Nam, known for projects with Guinness and Lucozade as well as influential music and performance works, and the video features dancer Danni Spooner - resulting in a bold, immersive, and highly expressive performance.
PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL) is the latest album from Syrian-Armenian-American singer and producer, KÁRYYN. The new album is a body of work distilled from years of lived exploration into existence, intimacy, and time, where sound becomes the structure through which truth is communicated. KÁRYYN's voice is the gravitational centre, carrying both weight and fragility as it shapes the record's sonic world.
PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL) was executive produced by KÁRYYN and James Ford and co-produced with Hudson Mohawke, with additional production by Jacques Greene, Steve Nalepa, Luca Perry, and Duncan Fuller. String arrangement & performances by Raven Bush, alongside qanun performances by the internationally acclaimed Syrian qanun player, Maya Youssef. The album was mixed by Marta Salogni and mastered by Joker.
Built from voice, strings, modular synths and gravitational beats tuned to 432Hz, the record incorporates string arrangements informed by Armenian and Middle Eastern musical traditions, woven quietly into rhythm and melody as the record spans the intimate and the expansive. At its heart, PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL) is a declaration of courage, connection and renewal; the willingness to confront, collapse, feel and rise. "I went hunting for dark matter", KÁRYYN says, "and instead I found brilliance, light, and potential."
V2 records news – Cass McCombs - Shares New Single, "Seeing The Elephant"
LIMITED EDITION 7" WITH HAND HABITS OUT NOW!
10 June live @ Trix, Antwerpen
Cass McCombs - Seeing The Elephant (Official Video)
Cass McCombs – whose work New York Magazine has praised as "smart, wise, playful, literary, and often funny" – has announced a new split 7" with Hand Habits, the project of Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Meg Duffy.
The release pairs two new tracks: McCombs' "Seeing The Elephant" and Hand Habits' "Good Person," and will be issued via Domino and Fat Possum. McCombs' "Seeing The Elephant" arrives today alongside a video directed by Larry Unrein.
A limited-edition 7" vinyl pressing will be available exclusively on McCombs' Interior Live Oak Live North American tour.
"Seeing The Elephant" b/w "Good Person" marks the second and final tour-exclusive 7", following McCombs' collaborative split with Interior Live Oak co-producer Chris Cohen, "Steel Reserve" b/w "Ignis Fatuus, Hinkypunk, Sharkfins And Ambergris,"
The Interior Live Oak Live tour kicked off March 19 in New York City. At the opening show, comedian Adam Friedland introduced McCombs with a bold declaration: "In my opinion, Cass McCombs is the greatest singer-songwriter in the world." Stereogum was in attendance and later shared a live clip, writing: "The veteran musician made a compelling case for the superlative at LPR, delivering a revelatory two-hour set of psych-folk and indie rock to kick off the tour."
The 29-date run marks McCombs' first since the 2025 release of his critically acclaimed album Interior Live Oak, which Pitchfork named one of the year's best rock albums. Hand Habits will join as support on West Coast dates from April 4-11, performing solo in Seattle, Portland, Petaluma, and San Francisco before appearing with a full band in Los Angeles.
McCombs has also announced additional dates across New Zealand, Australia and Europe. Full routing is below, and tickets are on sale now at: cassmccombs.com.
Even voorstellen – Daggers - “El Mundo Kaput” EP
“El Mundo Kaput” EP is the new EP from Daggers and it comes after a period marked by one EP and two albums where they explored other directions.
The band just released a new song together with a DIY music video made frame by frame for the opening track “With Rue” and it is probably the most metal track they’ve ever written. You can now watch and listen the new single here : https://youtu.be/tg5_FWtsIFk
"El Mundo Kaput" EP will be out on April 1st 2026 on Shield Recordings, limited to 300 copies on orange and black 7”
https://distro.shieldrecordings.com
Live recorded and mixed by Gilles Demolder at Jetson Studio, Kortrijk
Mastered by Adrien Schockert, Brussels
Video by www.thierrytonnes.com
Metal Blade releases
2026
09-01-26 Iotunn – Waves over Copenhell
09-02-26 Dvne - Live at Hellfest (incl songs of Etemen Aenka)
20-02-26 W.E.B. – Darkness alive (live album), single ‘into hell fire we burn’ (live), single ‘morphine for saints’
27-02-26 Necrofier – Transcend into oblivion (single ‘fires of the apocalyps’)
27-02-26 Cryptic shift – single ‘cryogenically frozen’
end March 26 Gradience – single ‘master tot he slave’
end March 26 Monstrosity – Screams from beneath the usrface (single ‘the atrophied’) ) (single ‘banished to the skies’)
10-04-26 Vomitory – In death throes (single ‘for gore and country’) (single ‘wrath unbound’)
17-04-26 The last ten seconds of life – The dead ones (single ‘make it to heaven’)
24-04-26 Six feet under – Next to die (single ‘unmistakable smell of death’)
08-05-26 Ingested – Denigration (single ‘watch you fold’ ft John Gallagher of Dying Fetus)
08-05-26 Yoth Iria – Gone with the devil (single ‘the blind eye of Antichrist’)
15-05-26 Gozu – Gozu VI (single ‘banachek’)
15-05-26 Slayer, 40th anniversary reissue of ‘hell awaits’
22-05-26 Armored Saint – Emotion factory reset (single ‘close to the bone’)
Dianne Van Giersbergen brengt nieuwe zevende single uit ‘the quietude’ van solo-project ‘Dianne’
DIANNE VAN GIERSBERGEN BRENGT NIEUWE (ZEVENDE) SINGLE-VIDEO ‘THE QUIETUDE’ UIT VAN SOLO-PROJECT 'DIANNE'
FEATURING: OPERAZANGERES ELENA VINK; PERTTU KIVILAAKSO (APOCALYPTICA); BEN MATHOT (AYREON); EN JOOST VAN DEN BROEK (EPICA, POWERWOLF, SABATON)
- DEBUUTALBUM ‘SOULWARD BOUND’ VERSCHIJNT VERSPREID OVER 5 JAAR MET DE RELEASE VAN 2 SINGLES PER JAAR –
De Nederlandse sopraan en frontvrouw Dianne van Giersbergen brengt vandaag 'The Quietude' uit, de nieuwe (zevende) single van haar symfonisch metal debuutalbum: 'Soulward Bound'. De release van 'Soulward Bound' komt op een unieke en onconventionele manier tot stand: verspreid over vijf jaar, met twee singles per jaar. Het volledige album zal rondom de release van de tiende en laatste single verschijnen. Door te kiezen voor deze manier van releasen kan DIANNE voor ieder nummer een wisselende bezetting van bekende en gerenommeerde internationale rock- en metalmuzikanten presenteren.
Ook haar nieuwe single, 'The Quietude', heeft weer een bijzonder verhaal en bezetting. Het is een prachtig duet tussen twee operastemmen, gezongen door DIANNE en de wereldberoemde sopraan Elena Vink, die tevens DIANNE's hoofdvakdocent (zang) was tijdens haar bachelor en master studies klassieke muziek aan het conservatorium. Het duet wordt begeleid door een vioolpartij van Ben Mathot (Ayreon), cello door Perttu Kivilaakso (Apocalyptica) en orkestratie door Joost van den Broek (Epica, Powerwolf, Sabaton).
'The Quietude' markeert het einde van een tijdperk. In deze laatste uitvoering van haar carrière zingt Elena Vink samen met DIANNE een duet dat een ware overdracht van de fakkel symboliseert: een prachtig laatste eerbetoon aan Elena's nalatenschap als docent en uitvoerend klassiek zangeres.
DIANNE: "De zevende song van mijn album heeft échte diepgang. Je hoort mij samen met sopraan Elena Vink, de vrouw die me alle kneepjes van het klassieke stemvak heeft geleerd - en die met het zingen van dit duet afscheid neemt van een glansrijke carrière. Ik ben vereerd dat ze 'The Quietude' daarvoor verkozen heeft en ben waanzinnig trots op het resultaat."
Het thema van 'The Quietude' is een gesprek tussen de dromen najagende artiest die DIANNE heden ten dage is, het kind dat ze ooit was en de vrouw die ze hoopt te worden. De drie generaties ontmoeten elkaar in een tijdloos vacuüm en spreken over hun levensdoelen, herinneringen en dromen. Het nummer is een vriendelijke herinnering aan de luisteraar om het heden te omarmen en het verleden te koesteren: 'Life is golden, behold the flame within.'
Elena Vink: "Wat een magnifieke afsluiting van mijn operacarrière. Het was een genot om met zo’n professioneel team te werken en natuurlijk met DIANNE. Wat een stem, voorkomen en podiumpresentatie; ik ben ongelooflijk trots op haar."
https://www.youtube.com/@DiannevanGiersbergen
Featuring:
Operazangeres Elena Vink
Perttu Kivilaakso (Apocalyptica) – cello
Ben Mathot (Ayreon) - viool
Joost van den Broek (Epica, Powerwolf, Sabaton) – orkestraties
DIANNE’s zes vorige singles waren 'Phantom Of War'(oktober 2025), 'The Elders’ Call' (april 2025), 'Flameborn' (oktober 2024), 'A Symphonic Tragedy' (maart 2024), ‘Unleash the Siren’ (september 2023) en debuutsingle ‘After the Storm’ (februari 2023). Alle nummers zijn afkomstig van debuutalbum ‘Soulward Bound’, dat op een unieke en onconventionele manier tot stand komt: verspreid over vijf jaar, met twee singles per jaar. Door te kiezen voor deze manier van releasen kan DIANNE voor ieder nummer een andere band - bestaand uit een steeds wisselende bezetting van bekende en gerenommeerde internationale rock- en metalmuzikanten - presenteren.
Leidraad in het geheel blijft haar samenwerking met co-writer en co-producer Joost van den Broek (Powerwolf, EPICA, Blind Guardian, Ayreon). 'Soulward Bound' belichaamt de gedrevenheid en toewijding die DIANNE op deze avontuurlijk muzikale reis zullen leiden in haar zoektocht naar zichzelf. De totstandkoming van het debuutalbum fungeert dan ook als een persoonlijke catharsis en bevrijding van haar emotionele demonen.
'SOULWARD BOUND' – HET ALBUM
Op 13 september 2022, precies vijf jaar na haar vertrek bij de Duitse symfonische metalband Xandria, kondigde Dianne van Giersbergen haar terugkeer in de symfonische metal aan. Alle nummers die tot nu toe zijn uitgebracht:
1. "After the Storm". Released February 14, 2023.
Featuring: Isaac Delahaye (Epica) on guitar, Johan van Stratum (Blind Guardian, Stream of Passion, VUUR) on bass guitar, Koen Herfst (Van den Berg, Armin van Buuren) on drums.
“AFTER THE STORM” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/PaYRvjoeNyg?si=rXxGZTM02QjufewZ
2. "Unleash the Siren". Released September 22nd, 2023.
Featuring: Timo Somers (Delain, Charlotte Wessels) on guitar, Luuk van Gerven (After Forever, Ex Libris) on bass guitar, Roel van Helden (Powerwolf) on drums.
“UNLEASH THE SIREN” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SGI-f90QbDs?si=IBKNvHUUBQgOGSmg
3. "A Symphonic Tragedy". Released March 14th, 2024.
Featuring: Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) on solo guitar, Ferry Duijsens (VUUR, Dear Mother) on rhythm guitar, Kristoffer Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) on bass guitar, Sander Zoer (Delain, LEAH) on drums.
“A SYMPHONIC TRAGEDY” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu4GpQBCA5I
4. "Flameborn". Released October 17th, 2024.
Featuring: Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion,, Ayreon) in duet with DIANNE. Christian Hersmdörfer (Beyond the Black, Serenity) on guitar, Steven Wussow (Orden Ogan, ex Xandria) on bass guitar, Ariën van Weesenbeek (Epica, Mayan) on drums.
“FLAMEBORN” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdjG-1ONQLE&feature=youtu.be
5. "The Elders’ Call". Released April 17th, 2025.
Featuring: Patty Gurdy on Hurdy Gurdy, Jeroen Goossens (Ayreon) on Flutes & Whistles, Morten Veland ( Mortemia, Sirenia) on Guitars, Rowan Roodbaert (Heidevolk) on Bass, René Patrick Boxem (Blackbriar) on drums.
“THE ELDERS’ CALL” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/X8O9IbmMvc0?si=sXbRaEBf-i0PRYZl
6. "Phantom Of War". Released October 24th, 2025.
Featuring: Francesco Paoli (Fleshgod Apocalypse) on growls, Jord Otto (Revamp | VUUR | Dark horse white horse) on guitars, Siebe Sol Sijpkens (Blackbriar | David Maxim Mimic) on bass, Ivo Maarhuis (Floor Jansen | For I am King | Izegrim) on drums.
“PHANTOM OF WAR” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeKeFagfWB0
7. "The Quietude". Expected on April 3rd, 2026.
Featuring: Opera singer Elena Vink |Perttu Kivilaakso (Apocalyptica) on cello
Ben Mathot (Ayreon) on violin | Joost van den Broek (Epica, Powerwolf, Sabaton) on orchestrations
“THE QUIETUDE” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO vanaf 15.00 uur op DIANNE's YouTube-kanaal.
LINKS & CREDITS
Website & merchandise - https://diannevangiersbergen.com
Even voorstellen – Limite - ‘A Thought Went Up My Mind Today’, full album
W.E.R.F. Records / N.E.W.S. Distribution
Release: 3rd April 2026
A Thought Went Up My Mind Today | Limite | W.E.R.F. records
Brussels based Limite embodies a unique blend of contemporay jazz roots with indie alternative rock, no wave, and avant-folk, drawing influences from Blonde Redhead, Big Thief, Daniel Rossen, Joanna Newsom, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Deerhoof, Sonic Youth, Jim O' Rourke. Limite’s new record 'A Thought Went Up My Mind Today' - their first album release on W.E.R.F. Records - is a surreal serpentine detour from the real world, winding and curving through the strange and secrete realms of unlikely characters. It carries you into abysses of chimera seas, cruising along like a road movie of the mind. Steered by the gripping words of Emily Dickinson, it is a solitary walk along the side of a road to parts unknown.
Single 'Under The Light, Yet Under' is a musical love letter to Emily Dickinson. The song unfolds like a riddle, revealing its meaning only at the end and reflecting on the fragile line between the living and the dead.
“Great Streets of silence led away / To Neighborhoods of Pause." Once again Emily Dickinson’s words lie at the core of the musical impulse of 'Great Streets Of Silence Led Away', the second single of the album. The band grips the counterpoint and pulls it decisively toward noise rather than silence. Sound and silence feel more tightly bound than ever, as the noisy guitar solo seems to reveal. As the piece comes to a close, the text reads: “But Epoch had no basis here / For Period exhaled.”
Credits - recordings:
Kobe Dupont: vocals, guitar
Benjamin Sauzereau: guitar, vocals
Isak van Haegenborgh: vocals
Camille-Alban Spreng: keyboards
Jordi Cassagne: bass
Théo Lanau: drums
All songs composed by Jordi Cassange except 'The Fly' by Benjamin Sauzereau.
Texts by Emily Dickinson (A1, A3, B1, B3, B4), Jordi Cassagne (A2, A4, B2, B5) and William Blake (A5).
Recorded & mixed by Koen Gisen at Studio La Patrie (2024, Ghent, Belgium)
Mastered by Frederik Dejongh at Jerboa Mastering
Artwork : Cécile Massou, Rosalie Péricaud, Anaïs Ruales
Mask designed by Rosalie Péricaud
Layout and lettering by Théo Lanau
Produced by Jordi Cassagne with the support of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
(p) & (c) Jordi Cassagne 2026
Licensed to W.E.R.F. records
Live line-up:
Alice George Perez: vocals, guitar
Benjamin Sauzereau: guitar, vocals
Camille-Alban Spreng: keyboards
Jordi Cassagne: bass
Théo Lanau: drums
Live:
10th April, Botanique, Brussels
11th April, La Faune, Mouscron
23rd September, Bernaerts Platform, Antwerp
2nd October, Amok Festival, Bruges
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