FCUKERS ANNOUNCE REMIX EP NÜYORK, RELEASE "if you wanna party, come over to my house" (Eli Escobar Remix)

ACCLAIMED DUO FCUKERS ANNOUNCE REMIX EP NÜYORK, OUT THURSDAY  RELEASE “IF YOU WANNA PARTY, COME OVER TO MY HOUSE (ELI ESCOBAR REMIX)”  NEWLY ANNOUNCED NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES PRESALE LIVE TODAY + GENERAL ON SALE TOMORROW JUST WRAPPED OPENING SLOTS ON HARRY STYLES BRAZIL SHOWS

(July 28, 2026) — Today, breakout New York duo Fcukers drop "if you wanna party, come over to my house (Eli Escobar Remix)," an exciting first taste of their upcoming remix EP, nüyork, arriving this Thursday, July 30th. nüyork sees Fcukers' acclaimed debut album Ö reimagined through the lens of three iconic names in dance music. Alongside today's release of "if you wanna party, come over to my house (Eli Escobar Remix)," the EP will also include "Beatback (Justin Strauss en La Piscina Remix)" arriving tomorrow, July 29th and "TTYGF (Junior Sanchez Remix)," on July 30th creating a vibrant companion to Ö that celebrates Fcukers' indie-dance sound and New York's storied club culture. Fcukers have also unveiled a limited-edition 12-inch white label vinyl, available for pre-order HERE. The remix EP arrives amid a whirlwind stretch for the New York duo, who recently wrapped their Together Together tour supporting Harry Styles across Brazil and the announcement of their new run of North American headline dates this fall. Spanning September and October, the tour will feature support from Baby Wave, SEES00000, and Total Wife on select dates. See full routing below. General ticket sales will begin tomorrow, Wednesday, July 29 at 10:00 a.m. local time, grab tickets HERE. Fcukers continue their breakout year, recently named Spotify's RADAR US Artist of 2026 following the release of their acclaimed debut album Ö in March. Recorded during a concentrated two-week studio session in Los Angeles between the band's two Coachella weekends last year, the album features standout singles "L.U.C.K.Y," "if you wanna party, come over to my house," and "I Like It Like That." Since its release, the New York duo has amassed more than 285 million global streams and grown to over 1.9 million monthly Spotify listeners.

TOUR DATES: Aug 21, 2026 – Lowlands – Biddinghuizen, NL^ Aug 29, 2026 – Rock en Seine – Saint-Cloud, FR^ September, 1, 2026 – Acrisure Amphitheater – Grand Rapids, MI** September 2, 2026 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH** September 3, 2026 – The Pavilion at Star Lake – Pittsburgh, PA** September 5, 2026 – Rogers Centre – Toronto, CA** September 19, 2026 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA September 20, 2026 – Shaky Knees – Atlanta, GA^ September 23, 2026 – Ventura Music Hall – Ventura, CA September 24, 2026 – Fremont Theatre – San Luis Obispo, CA September 26, 2026 – Portola – San Francisco, CA^ September 30, 2026 – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall – Dallas, TX October 2, 2026 – Flushing Meadows Corona Park – Queens, NY* October 4, 2026 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX^ October 6, 2026 – Lowbrow Palace – El Paso, TX October 8, 2026 – Walter Studios – Phoenix, AZ October 11, 2026 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX^ ^Festival Date *The Strokes with Beach House and TV On The Radio **RÜFÜS DU SOL Summer Tour Date ABOUT FCUKERS: fcukers’ explosive ascendance began downtown in New York City and continues to grow there today. In a fast-track three years spent amassing millions of streams, playing Glastonbury, Primavera, Lollapalooza, Coachella and in arenas supporting LCD Soundsystem, Tame Impala, and Dom Dolla, they have received recognition from the likes of Beck, Billie Eillish, David Byrne, and Zane Lowe, while earning spots on BBC Radio 1’s ‘Future Artist of the Month’ and both Spotify and Amazon’s “Artists to Watch” lists. Audiences worldwide crave the party fugue state that the band’s riotous live shows - over 100 last year - design. Fcukers now present their debut album ‘Ö,’ produced by Kenny Beats with help from 100 Gecs, out now. FOLLOW FCUKERS Website | Instagram | TikTok | Youtube | Facebook Spotify | Apple Music | Soundcloud | Bandcamp

Jim James Shares Title Track From New Solo Album Out Aug 28

JIM JAMES IS “WOWED OUT”   3X GRAMMY® AWARD-NOMINATED SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF MY MORNING JACKET SHARES INCANTATORY TITLE TRACK FROM  FIRST NEW SOLO LP IN EIGHT YEARS – LISTEN   “WOWED OUT” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERES TODAY - WATCH SOLO HEADLINE TOUR BEGINS NOVEMBER 28 IN HIS HOMETOWN OF LOUISVILLE, KY   WOWED OUT ARRIVES VIA ATO RECORDS ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 28   PRE-ORDERS/PRE-SAVES AVAILABLE NOW

Photo Credit: Danny Clinch

Jim James has shared “Wowed Out,” the title track and latest single from his upcoming new solo album. A minimalist but strangely enthralling incantation of surrender to the sublime, “Wowed Out” sets its existential musing against a gorgeously transportive sonic backdrop, steadily sinking into the subconscious through its shapeshifting texture and ethereal atmosphere. An official music video with concept, analog videographic illusions, and editing by W.G. Rickel premieres today on YouTube.   “Lately I’ve been really into music like Alice Coltrane’s spiritual recordings,” says Jim James, “where it’s just her and organ praying together, and there’s no major event. I wanted these songs to feel like a journey that takes you somewhere rewarding, without always trying for some big dramatic payoff like a massive chorus or a huge guitar solo.” LISTEN TO “WOWED OUT” WATCH “WOWED OUT” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO   The 3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member of My Morning Jacket’s fifth solo LP and first solo recording in eight years, Wowed Out arrives on Friday, August 28. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now. Taking its title from James’ self-coined term for the sensory overload he’s experienced in an age of chronic overstimulation, the album’s unlikely genesis closely mirrors its underlying themes of reclamation and rediscovery. Produced entirely by James, Wowed Out took shape in the fall of 2025 as he began sorting through a stash of recordings originally created for two major film-scoring projects in the early 2010s alongside his longtime friend, award-winning composer Brian Reitzell (known for his extensive work with Sofia Coppola, including such films as Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides, and more). The Kentucky-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist has now transformed this vast archive of music into an audacious, immersive new work of soulful psychedelia.   “For years I kept returning to all this music we’d made and couldn’t figure out what to do with it,” James says. “But for some reason, last year everything started flowing in a really beautiful way.” PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE WOWED OUT   Wowed Out ultimately served as something of a dream project for a musician long infatuated with lost musical artifacts and sample-based experimentation. The album sets its existential musing against a gorgeously transportive sonic backdrop, steadily sinking into the subconscious through its shapeshifting texture and ethereal atmosphere. Mixed by James in collaboration with GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Emily Lazar (David Bowie, David Byrne, Beck), songs like “Lost Child” and a radiant folk-rock reverie, “Hands On,” offer a radically sincere statement against disillusionment, one that argues for tenderness as resistance, nature as refuge, and awe as a counterforce to dread and despair. In the end, Wowed Out unfolds as a fully realized world rather than a collection of moments, its revelatory enchantment affirming the restorative power of truly awakened attention.   “There’ve been times in my life where I’ve felt lost or depressed, but music has always been the thing that pulls me back,” James says. “When I think about making this album, it almost feels like I was in some kind of dream and now I’m trying to remember what the dream was about. The whole thing brought me a lot of joy and comfort while I was making it, and I hope it brings everyone else a little joy and comfort too.”   Wowed Out was first heralded last month by the first single, “Come Again,” a particularly potent moment on the LP that first surfaced from a cue James composed for a scene set in a teddy bear factory but then evolved into what Rolling Stone praised as “a marching, characteristically psychedelic meditation on finding beauty in a chaotic world.” An official music video, conceived and edited with analog videographic illusions by Louisville-based multimedia artist, musician, and conceptual engineer W.G. Rickel, is now streaming on YouTube. Rickel is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, and fabricator working out of Louisville, K. From stage design, lighting installation, video experiments, and surreal sculpture, to fronting the band FUTURE KILLER, his solo guitar metamorphosis, and ambient soundscapes, his interest in exploring the world through mystery and levity is met like a scratch to an itch.   “‘Come Again’ came from feeling discouraged by how much things are changing in directions I don’t agree with, but trying to remember that there’s still so much beauty to be experienced,” says James. “You’ve got to just keep going and keep trying again and again and again to find joy.” LISTEN TO “COME AGAIN” WATCH “COME AGAIN” (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)   James will mark the arrival of Wowed Out with a number of solo headline concerts beginning November 28 at the Kentucky Performing Arts’ Brown Theatre in his hometown of Louisville, KY. In the meantime, James is also set for a solo acoustic headline performance at Park City, UT’s annual Song Summit on August 28. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.jimjames.com/events.

JIM JAMES – LIVE 2026   AUGUST 28 – Park City, UT – Song Summit 2026 @ The Marquis on Main Street   NOVEMBER 28 – Louisville, KY – Kentucky Performing Arts Brown Theatre   DECEMBER 1 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre 3 – New York, NY – The Town Hall 6 – Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre 8 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Glendale Presbyterian Church

Richard Thompson Returns With "Hippies, Thugs and Heroes" October 16 - Shares "Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking" Today

RICHARD THOMPSON RETURNS WITH HIPPIES, THUGS AND HEROES OCTOBER 16, 2026 VIA NEW WEST RECORDS

SHARES “COCAINE WALKING, BOOZE TALKING” TODAY
“The finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix” - The Los Angeles Times

 

Richard Thompson Photograph by David Kaptein

Richard Thompson will release his 20th Studio Album, Hippies, Thugs and Heroes on October 16, 2026 via New West Records. The 12-track set was produced by Thompson and James Frazee and recorded in Weehawken, New Jersey. It follows his acclaimed Ship to Shore, which the Associated Press called “a gem,” NPR Music described as “expertly constructed, absolutely bleak yet totally engaging trad-rock from the 75-year old master” and Uncut Magazine named one of the “Best Albums of 2024.” The influential singer-songwriter and virtuosic guitarist has been on a singular musical journey for over a half century, from his days in the ‘60s as a pioneer of British folk rock with Fairport Convention, to his seminal ‘70s duo work with his ex-wife Linda Thompson, to the exploratory, deeply emotional music of the solo career that has been his primary concern ever since.

 
The gritty and immediate Hippies, Thugs and Heroes never settles into one style or mood or setting, but shows so many different sides of Thompson as a songwriter, singer, guitarist, and bandleader. It showcases a motley cast of characters: old friends and false gurus, beloved musicians and former selves, hippies, thugs, and heroes—some true to life and others dreamed up wholecloth. They all climbed out of some deep recess of Thompson’s mind and insisted he tell their stories. As he finished recording, Thompson found that all of these disparate songs and desperate characters formed an album that is both coherent and daring, familiar yet new: a feat of songwriting and storytelling. He says, “You look over the body of songs you’ve written and ask yourself, Which ones are kindred spirits? You look for commonality among the songs, and it’s also a joy when you realize that certain songs seem to be brothers and sisters..”

 
Today, Thompson shared the first single, “Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking,” a hardscrabble tale of folks hustling in London—a “carousel queen” overwhelmed by the big city, a soldier quoting Shakespeare, “a Kings Road Hippie,” and a “Sauchiehill thug.” It features some of his most subtly inventive guitar playing: a series of strutting, raw-nerve riffs culminating in a splintered and psychedelic solo. Hear it HERE.

 
Thompson wrote and demo’ed songs for his backing band, which includes Taras Prodaniuk on bass, Michael Jerome on drums, David Mansfield on guitar and fiddle, and his wife Zara Phillips on backing vocals. His home recordings were much more elaborate, much more specific for the new album. “It’s so much fun to mess around at home and disappear down in the basement for hours at a time. I even bought myself a drumkit. So I was able to present more complete demos to the band. You could say there’s much more of my identity being transferred to the final product.” As always, he left room for the band to add their own ideas, but admits Hippies, Thugs and Heroes is “less them and more me. But I’m never strict about what I want to hear on a record. I’m always interested to see what they come up with, and I always want to see where a song takes me.” Thompson and the band convened at Hobosound Studio in Weehawken, New Jersey, located a stone’s throw from his own home. “I think this is why this album came together so quickly. We could just steam through at high speed and not labor over everything.” The small crew recorded live with a minimum of takes—sometimes as few as two, but rarely more than four.” That approach lends to its sense of urgency.

 
Richard Thompson’s musical influence cannot be overstated. Having co-founded the groundbreaking group Fairport Convention as a teenager in the ‘60s, he and his bandmates invented their distinctive strain of British Folk Rock. Thompson left the group by the age of 21 and embarked upon a decade long musical partnership with his then-wife Linda, followed by over 30 years as a highly successful solo artist. In 2011, Thompson received an OBE from the late Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

Among his many accolades, the Los Angeles Times called him “the finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix” and Rolling Stone named him one of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time. He has received lifetime achievement awards for songwriting from the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, the Americana Music Association, and the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards. His song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” was named one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Greatest Songs Since 1923.”

A wide range of musicians have recorded Thompson’s songs including Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., Sleater-Kinney, Del McCoury, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Jones, David Byrne, Don Henley, Los Lobos, and many more. His massive body of work includes countless Grammy-nominated albums as well as numerous soundtracks, including Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man and 2019’s The Cold Blue.
Thompson’s genre defying mastery of both acoustic and electric guitar, along with engaging energy and onstage wit, continue to earn him new fans and cement his place as one of the most distinctive virtuosos and writers in Folk Rock History.

 
Richard Thompson’s Hippies, Thugs and Heroes will be available across digital platforms, compact disc, and standard black vinyl. A limited Clear with Black Splatter color vinyl edition with an autographed insert as well as a limited compact disc edition autographed by Richard Thompson will be available at Independent Retailers. A limited pink marbled color vinyl edition including a bonus flexi-disc featuring a demo recording of “Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking,” and an autographed insert will be available via Rough Trade. A limited yellow with black splatter color vinyl edition including an autographed insert as well as a limited & autographed compact disc edition is available for pre-order NOW via NEW WEST RECORDS.

 


Hippies, Thugs and Heroes Track Listing:
1. Sorcerer’s Apprentice
2. Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking
3. Pauper’s Grave
4. Unsung Hero
5. Make Believe You Don’t Know Me
6. She Burns It All
7. Everybody’s Stealing
8. The Soul In Me
9. Pipe Dreams
10. The Big Smoke
11. Stringer
12. Siren

Richard Thompson On Tour:

August 2 - Cambridge Folk Festival 2026 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
August 14 - Fairport Cropredy Convention 2026 - Banbury, United Kingdom
August 21 - St Georges Church Hall - Beckenham, United Kingdom
August 22 - FolkEast 2026 -Beccles, United Kingdom
August 23 - Beautiful Days 2026 - Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
September 4 - Buxton Opera House - Buxton, United Kingdom
September 10 - Lighthouse Poole, United Kingdom
September 11 - Subscription Rooms Stroud, United Kingdom
September 12 - Bromyard Folk Festival 2026 Bromyard, United Kingdom
September 13 - Wiltshire Music Centre -Bradford-on-Avon, United Kingdom
November 20 - Elkton Music Hall - Elkton, MD, United States
November 21 - Outpost in the Burbs’ Concert for Toni’s Kitchen - Montclair, NJ, United States
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Jean-Michel Jarre Announces 'Machines: A History of Electronic Music,' His First Ever Book Set For Release Nov 24 via Thames & Hudson USA

JEAN-MICHEL JARRE ANNOUNCES HIS FIRST-EVER BOOK MACHINES: A HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC A RICH, DETAILED EXPLORATION OF THE GENRE FROM THE EYES OF ONE OF ITS DEFINING VISIONARIES OUT NOVEMBER 24, 2026 DISTRIBUTED BY THAMES & HUDSON PRE-ORDER HERE

With layer upon layer of rich content, Machines: A History of Electronic Music is a spectacular exploration of electronic music’s past, present, and future — seen through the eyes of one of its defining visionaries. Jean-Michel Jarre is a true pioneer of electronic music, and this book invites readers into his formidable archive—one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of electronic and electro-acoustic instruments. Through these machines, Jarre traces the evolution of a century of sonic experimentation, underscoring the ideas, technologies and cultural movements that shaped electronic music as we know it today. Featuring 130 curated, specially photographed examples—from iconic modular synthesizers to rare prototypes and bespoke one-offs—Machines: A History of Electronic Music set for release November 24, 2026 maps the trajectory of Jarre’s prolific career alongside each technological progression. Pre-order for the book is now live at: https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/machines-a-history-of-electronic-music-by-jean-michel-jarre-hardcover  Machines: A History of Electronic Music features contributions from Armin van Buuren (DJ/Producer), Vince Clarke (Erasure/Yazoo/Depeche Mode), Gillian Gilbert (New Order), Nicolas Godin (Air), Richie Hawtin (Plastikman), Johnny Marr (The Smiths/The The/Electronic), Gary Numan, Benjamin John Power (Fuck Buttons/Editors/Blanck Mass) and Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran). Beginning with Luigi Russolo’s 1913 Futurist manifesto The Art of Noises, the book journeys through Surrealism and the Bauhaus, into avant-garde radio laboratories, and inside pioneering studios, including Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Radio France, and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Along the way, Jarre charts the creative and technological breakthroughs that transformed modern music—from tape manipulation and analogue synthesis to the digital revolution, 3D recording, immersive multimedia, and AI-assisted performance. At once lively, insightful, and deeply personal, Machines is the account of an artist whose life and work are inseparable from the history of electronic music itself. Jarre reflects on his childhood fascination with reel-to-reel tape machines and his studies in Paris under Pierre Schaeffer at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales. Personal anecdotes and expert commentary are interwoven with rare archival material, technical schematics, recreations of sonic experiments, and sequenced stills from legendary live performances. Machines will be available November 24, 2026.  368 pp 400 illustrations $65.00 hardcover ISBN: 9780500031506 Pre-order

About Jean-Michel Jarre:  Jean-Michel Jarre is one of the defining pioneers of electronic music and a visionary artist whose work has continually explored the relationship between sound, technology, and the future. Across more than five decades, the composer, performer, and producer has pushed at the boundaries of musical creation, using each new technological wave not simply as a tool, but as a creative language in itself. From his early experiments with analogue synthesizers and tape manipulation to his groundbreaking use of multi-channel sound, spatial audio, virtual reality, and immersive digital environments, Jarre has consistently anticipated the next frontiers in cultural endeavors. Long before terms such as immersive audio, virtual performance, and AI-driven creativity entered the mainstream, he was reimagining how music could be composed, experienced, and shared. His landmark 1976 album Oxygène helped transform electronic music from avant-garde experimentation into a global cultural force, influencing generations of artists across genres from electronic and pop to ambient and experimental music. Since then, Jarre’s catalogue has grown to more than twenty studio albums, selling over 85 million copies worldwide, while his live work has redefined the scale and ambition of music performance. Renowned for monumental concert events staged at some of the world’s most iconic landmarks, Jarre has used cities, architecture, and landscapes as part of his artistic canvas, merging music with light, design, and technological innovation. His performances at sites including the Eiffel Tower, Moscow, the Great Pyramids of Giza, Forbidden City, and the Dead Sea have attracted vast audiences and set multiple Guinness World Records, establishing him as one of the first artists to fully conceive live performance as an immersive multimedia experience. Recently he headlined the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony and also played at the famous Coachella Festival and historic sites such as Pompeii. Throughout his career, Jarre has remained deeply engaged with the future of sound and image: from his early studies at Pierre Schaeffer’s Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris to his recent work with AI, spatial audio, VR, and metaverse performance. His practice has consistently been driven by the belief that technology is not the opposite of emotion or artistic expression, but a means of expanding it. A UNESCO Ambassador for Education, Science, and Culture, Jarre is also an internationally respected voice on cultural innovation, artists’ rights, and the responsible evolution of creative technologies. In 2026/2027 the 50th anniversary of his groundbreaking album Oxygène will mark not only a milestone in his own career, but also the enduring legacy of a work that changed the course of modern music. Connect with Jean-Michel Jarre Instagram | TikTok | Web | Apple | Spotify Connect with Thames & Hudson USA Instagram | Web