SZA hasn’t dropped any new solo singles since sharing her acclaimed album SOS with the world, but that finally changed this week. She teased the release of its follow-up LANA with a new song “Saturn”, an escapist anthem about the lure of the unknown.

This week was pretty slow for new album releases, but some of our favorite indie artists still surprised us with new LPs. MGMT teased Loss of Life with “Dancing in Babylon” ft. Christine and the Queens, while Allie X promote her new album Girl with no Face with “Weird World”.

It was a great week for alternative and rock music in general, and we’ve seen several beloved bands share new music with the world. Kings of Leon dropped “Mustang”, Bleachers teased their next album with “Me Before You”, while Linkin Park paid homage to their late vocalist Chester Bennington by sharing the unreleased track “Friendly Fire”.

Norah Jones, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Kasabian, and Lil Durk also made it to our list, so grab your headphones and get ready to discover their new songs!

SZA – “Saturn”

Bleachers – “Me Before You”

Kings Of Leon – “Mustang”

Linkin Park – “Friendly Fire”

Norah Jones – “Staring at the Wall”

Allie X – “Weird World”

MGMT – “Dancing in Babylon” (feat. Christine and the Queens)

Catfish and the Bottlemen – “Showtime”

Kasabian – “Call”

Lil Durk – “Old Days”

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The Waxxwork-directed visual for “Call” was shot in Albania, and it takes the song’s title pretty literally. It shows a phone falling out of a plane and hurtling through the sky towards the ground, while the members of Kasabian appear on the screen.

“The concept around Happenings is to bring art out into the real world. We could have just done a video on a green screen or whatever but we thought, ‘No, let’s go to Albania and figure out how we get this phone to fly through the air, land, and shoot the video all live and fed to the phone,’” Kasabian’s Sergio Pizzorno told NME.

He also discussed the sound of Happenings with the magazine and described it as a relentless, party-driven record that could only be made today. Pizzorno added they’re always trying to make guitar music interesting and experiment with different genres, while also making sure their live gigs are a pure joy, where everyone can come together.

“Call” was released as the second single from Happenings, set to hit the shelves on July 5.

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The band’s new album Happenings still doesn’t have an official release date, but it’s hitting the shelves next summer. The band is yet to share details about this record, but they told NME it was informed by their live shows and many of the songs are meant to be performed in front of a large audience.

Kasabian is planning to promote the album with a homecoming show “Summer Solstice II” in Leicester alongside Kaiser Chiefs. This concert will take place at Leicester’s Victoria Park on July 6, 2024, and frontman Serge Pizzorno is hoping it will introduce their music to a new generation of fans.

“It was about creating memories – that’s the thing you look back on. Those are the moments, those memories. This kind of thing ingrains forever. That’s why I think this one’s gonna be insane. Because of the energy of that new generation,” Pizzono told NME.

Kasabian’s last album The Alchemist’s Euphoria came out in August 2022 and became their sixth consecutive record to top the UK Albums chart.

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The “Solstice II” show is due to take place in 2020 at Victoria Park in the UK. 50,000 tickets went on sale at 9 am for the homecoming gig. By 9:44 am, they had already sold out. The success was announced via Kasabian’s official Twitter account.

Sam Fender, Easy Life, and Inhaler are scheduled to support Kasabian for their Leicester show. The band is promising that the show will be something special.

“To everyone who got a ticket, we’ll bring you the biggest party of 2020,” Kasabian tweeted. “To anyone who didn’t, things are cooking in the sergery and we’ll get to see all of you soon.”

In addition to tickets for the show selling out, hotels across Leicester got booked up immediately following the announcement too.

A manager at the ibis Leicester City hotel in St George’s Way told LeicestershireLive: “We are fully booked at this stage. The moment the announcement went live on Monday we saw a huge movement, then by Tuesday it went completely viral. I believe all the hotels except for the Marriott and the Hilton are full now.”

The Solstice II show will take place on 20 June 2020.

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Kasabian has been around since ’97 and they have released six studio albums in that time. At present, the band is taking a break and guitarist Serge Pizzorno is using the break as an opportunity to work on his first solo project.

The project is called “The S.L.P” and it sees psychedelic pop crossing over with rappers Little Simz and Slowthai. The record is bold, experimental, and it is coming out this Friday (August 30).

Speaking with NME, the guitarist explained why he feels compelled to keep making music and is unable to take a break to “you know, watch Coronation Street or something”.

“I just can’t… I feel like I’m being chased by time,” Pizzorno confessed. “I just wanna do stuff, I wanna put stuff out. I do like making things. I pin-point on the art and making it, and don’t really think about the consequences. I didn’t really think about this too much.

“It’s only now that I have to talk about it and it’s like, ‘Oh, you’ve made a record on your own’. I didn’t really think of it like that. Those moments in the studio where it comes together – that’s everything.”

Here’s Pizzorno’s trippy single “Favorites” from the upcoming album.

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The guitarist and singer-songwriter recently made the decision to go solo under the name “The S.L.P.” His debut solo album is due later this summer and will feature collaborations with Slowthai and Little Simz.

Pizzorno has now announced the tracklisting for the upcoming album which you can view below.

‘Meanwhile… In Genova’
‘Lockdown’
‘((trance))’
‘The Wu’
‘Soldiers 00018’
‘Meanwhile… At The Welcome Break’ (featuring slowthai)
‘Nobody Else’
‘Favourites’ (featuring Little Simz)
‘Kvng Fv’
‘The Youngest Gary’
‘Meanwhile… In the Silent Nowhere’

You can also view the short list of European tour dates here:

September 2019

5 – SWG3, Glasgow
6 – Albert Hall, Manchester
7– O2 Institute, Birmingham
9 – EartH, London
10 – EartH, London
12 –  Circo Magnolia, Milan
13 – Gretchen, Berlin
16 – Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam

Serge Pizzorno’s debut solo album “The S.L.P.” will be released August 30.

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Pizzorno recently released his debut solo album, which has left fans wondering what the future holds for Kasabian.

At the premiere for Liam Gallagher’s new Oasis documentary As It Was, Meighan revealed that the band have no immediate plans to create new music.

“We’re taking a bit of a break,” Meighan told NME. “Serge is doing his thing, I’m doing my thing. I’ve actually been growing vegetables in the garden. We have guinea pigs and a sphynx called Vivian The Headless Cat. I’m going to be growing plants, planting seeds. I’m not David Bellamy – God rest his soul.”

In addition to getting up to some very rock ‘n’ roll gardening, Meighan is also working on some new solo music. When asked whether he plans to go solo, he said: “I’ve been doing it for years anyway. We’ll get together next year and write a record. I love Serge and I back him 100%.”

He added: “He’s my Paul [McCartney].”

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Speaking with NME, Pizzorno explained how his decision to go solo was born out of finally getting some time off from Kasabian, who have pretty much been consistently releasing music since 1997.

“Kasabian organized some time off, and I’ve never afforded myself that luxury – well, none of us have really,” he revealed. “We’ve never stopped. I found a perfect little window to experiment and see where that took me.  I just enjoyed that freedom of being able to do whatever.

“I had been writing notes in my phone. I was interested in people having these online personas and this perfect projection of themselves; do you know what I mean? This is what we put out there, but in reality, none of us are really like that.”

He then went onto explain how technology has influenced his project and answered the question of whether a solo album is on its way.

He said: “It’s a question of identity in the digital age. We flick through all these photos to choose the favorite, go out on a date and move on before it’s even ended.”

Regarding the possibility of an album, he sounds optimistic: “There may be. We’re going to see how it goes. I’m never out of the studio. That’s my place. I’m always writing, always working. Luckily that’s my job.”

So watching this space.

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The winter tour will feature some of their biggest gigs to date, including London’s Alexandra Palace and the O2 arena in Bristol and Liverpool. The tour will be in support of their upcoming album Acts Of Fear. You can check out the dates below:

November 7 2018 – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 Academy Newcastle
November 8 2018 – GLASGOW Barrowlands
November 10 2018 – NOTTINGHAM Rock City
November 12 2018 – BELFAST Limelight
November 13 2018 – DUBLIN Academy
November 15 2018 – NORWICH UEA
November 16 2018 – LIVERPOOL O2 Academy Liverpool
November 17 2018 – MANCHESTER Acadeny
November 19 2018 – LEEDS O2 Academy Liverpool
November 20 2018 – BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
November 22 2018 – CARDIFF Tramshed
November 23 2018 – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
November 24 2018 – LONDON Alexandra Palace

Slaves are a punk duo from Tunbridge Wells, who are slowly gathering an impressive following. Kasabian recently gave the band the following high praise:

“They’re incredible, they’re really entertaining, and that’s what we’ve missed. Watching kids play guitars with their heads down is fine, but when someone comes on and just takes it by the throat and gives you a show – it’s f**king amazing. They have great tunes and aggressive punk songs too, but they’ve got this charm to them that’s really special.”

Their upcoming album Acts of Fear is due for release August 17.

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Speaking with Sky News about why the same bands tend to headline most festivals, frontman Tom Meighan said about newer and upcoming bands:

“They ain’t good enough, I don’t think they’ve got many big songs, you know what I mean? If you’re a big band you have big songs, it’s simple as that isn’t it, that’s how I look at rock and roll, it’s obvious isn’t it?”

Guitarist Serge Pizzorno then added: “It’s the follow-up record, it’s amazing debuts and amazing starts but the second and third it starts to… it’s hard for everyone though, anyone that’s a songwriter, anyone that’s in a band, to maintain at a level. It’s not easy, but it’s there, if anyone wants it it’s there, you’ve just got to come and get it.”

That being said, Pizzorno did take the time to credit rising band Slaves, who he described as a “phenomenal band.”

“If I was a betting man, they won’t be too far away [from headlining] in the next couple of years,” he said, “maybe this album, maybe album after, they’re an unbelievable, incredible band.”

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SZA hasn’t dropped any new solo singles since sharing her acclaimed album SOS with the world, but that finally changed this week. She teased the release of its follow-up LANA with a new song “Saturn”, an escapist anthem about the lure of the unknown.

This week was pretty slow for new album releases, but some of our favorite indie artists still surprised us with new LPs. MGMT teased Loss of Life with “Dancing in Babylon” ft. Christine and the Queens, while Allie X promote her new album Girl with no Face with “Weird World”.

It was a great week for alternative and rock music in general, and we’ve seen several beloved bands share new music with the world. Kings of Leon dropped “Mustang”, Bleachers teased their next album with “Me Before You”, while Linkin Park paid homage to their late vocalist Chester Bennington by sharing the unreleased track “Friendly Fire”.

Norah Jones, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Kasabian, and Lil Durk also made it to our list, so grab your headphones and get ready to discover their new songs!

SZA – “Saturn”

Bleachers – “Me Before You”

Kings Of Leon – “Mustang”

Linkin Park – “Friendly Fire”

Norah Jones – “Staring at the Wall”

Allie X – “Weird World”

MGMT – “Dancing in Babylon” (feat. Christine and the Queens)

Catfish and the Bottlemen – “Showtime”

Kasabian – “Call”

Lil Durk – “Old Days”

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The Waxxwork-directed visual for “Call” was shot in Albania, and it takes the song’s title pretty literally. It shows a phone falling out of a plane and hurtling through the sky towards the ground, while the members of Kasabian appear on the screen.

“The concept around Happenings is to bring art out into the real world. We could have just done a video on a green screen or whatever but we thought, ‘No, let’s go to Albania and figure out how we get this phone to fly through the air, land, and shoot the video all live and fed to the phone,’” Kasabian’s Sergio Pizzorno told NME.

He also discussed the sound of Happenings with the magazine and described it as a relentless, party-driven record that could only be made today. Pizzorno added they’re always trying to make guitar music interesting and experiment with different genres, while also making sure their live gigs are a pure joy, where everyone can come together.

“Call” was released as the second single from Happenings, set to hit the shelves on July 5.

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The band’s new album Happenings still doesn’t have an official release date, but it’s hitting the shelves next summer. The band is yet to share details about this record, but they told NME it was informed by their live shows and many of the songs are meant to be performed in front of a large audience.

Kasabian is planning to promote the album with a homecoming show “Summer Solstice II” in Leicester alongside Kaiser Chiefs. This concert will take place at Leicester’s Victoria Park on July 6, 2024, and frontman Serge Pizzorno is hoping it will introduce their music to a new generation of fans.

“It was about creating memories – that’s the thing you look back on. Those are the moments, those memories. This kind of thing ingrains forever. That’s why I think this one’s gonna be insane. Because of the energy of that new generation,” Pizzono told NME.

Kasabian’s last album The Alchemist’s Euphoria came out in August 2022 and became their sixth consecutive record to top the UK Albums chart.

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The “Solstice II” show is due to take place in 2020 at Victoria Park in the UK. 50,000 tickets went on sale at 9 am for the homecoming gig. By 9:44 am, they had already sold out. The success was announced via Kasabian’s official Twitter account.

Sam Fender, Easy Life, and Inhaler are scheduled to support Kasabian for their Leicester show. The band is promising that the show will be something special.

“To everyone who got a ticket, we’ll bring you the biggest party of 2020,” Kasabian tweeted. “To anyone who didn’t, things are cooking in the sergery and we’ll get to see all of you soon.”

In addition to tickets for the show selling out, hotels across Leicester got booked up immediately following the announcement too.

A manager at the ibis Leicester City hotel in St George’s Way told LeicestershireLive: “We are fully booked at this stage. The moment the announcement went live on Monday we saw a huge movement, then by Tuesday it went completely viral. I believe all the hotels except for the Marriott and the Hilton are full now.”

The Solstice II show will take place on 20 June 2020.

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Kasabian has been around since ’97 and they have released six studio albums in that time. At present, the band is taking a break and guitarist Serge Pizzorno is using the break as an opportunity to work on his first solo project.

The project is called “The S.L.P” and it sees psychedelic pop crossing over with rappers Little Simz and Slowthai. The record is bold, experimental, and it is coming out this Friday (August 30).

Speaking with NME, the guitarist explained why he feels compelled to keep making music and is unable to take a break to “you know, watch Coronation Street or something”.

“I just can’t… I feel like I’m being chased by time,” Pizzorno confessed. “I just wanna do stuff, I wanna put stuff out. I do like making things. I pin-point on the art and making it, and don’t really think about the consequences. I didn’t really think about this too much.

“It’s only now that I have to talk about it and it’s like, ‘Oh, you’ve made a record on your own’. I didn’t really think of it like that. Those moments in the studio where it comes together – that’s everything.”

Here’s Pizzorno’s trippy single “Favorites” from the upcoming album.

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The guitarist and singer-songwriter recently made the decision to go solo under the name “The S.L.P.” His debut solo album is due later this summer and will feature collaborations with Slowthai and Little Simz.

Pizzorno has now announced the tracklisting for the upcoming album which you can view below.

‘Meanwhile… In Genova’
‘Lockdown’
‘((trance))’
‘The Wu’
‘Soldiers 00018’
‘Meanwhile… At The Welcome Break’ (featuring slowthai)
‘Nobody Else’
‘Favourites’ (featuring Little Simz)
‘Kvng Fv’
‘The Youngest Gary’
‘Meanwhile… In the Silent Nowhere’

You can also view the short list of European tour dates here:

September 2019

5 – SWG3, Glasgow
6 – Albert Hall, Manchester
7– O2 Institute, Birmingham
9 – EartH, London
10 – EartH, London
12 –  Circo Magnolia, Milan
13 – Gretchen, Berlin
16 – Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam

Serge Pizzorno’s debut solo album “The S.L.P.” will be released August 30.

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Pizzorno recently released his debut solo album, which has left fans wondering what the future holds for Kasabian.

At the premiere for Liam Gallagher’s new Oasis documentary As It Was, Meighan revealed that the band have no immediate plans to create new music.

“We’re taking a bit of a break,” Meighan told NME. “Serge is doing his thing, I’m doing my thing. I’ve actually been growing vegetables in the garden. We have guinea pigs and a sphynx called Vivian The Headless Cat. I’m going to be growing plants, planting seeds. I’m not David Bellamy – God rest his soul.”

In addition to getting up to some very rock ‘n’ roll gardening, Meighan is also working on some new solo music. When asked whether he plans to go solo, he said: “I’ve been doing it for years anyway. We’ll get together next year and write a record. I love Serge and I back him 100%.”

He added: “He’s my Paul [McCartney].”

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Speaking with NME, Pizzorno explained how his decision to go solo was born out of finally getting some time off from Kasabian, who have pretty much been consistently releasing music since 1997.

“Kasabian organized some time off, and I’ve never afforded myself that luxury – well, none of us have really,” he revealed. “We’ve never stopped. I found a perfect little window to experiment and see where that took me.  I just enjoyed that freedom of being able to do whatever.

“I had been writing notes in my phone. I was interested in people having these online personas and this perfect projection of themselves; do you know what I mean? This is what we put out there, but in reality, none of us are really like that.”

He then went onto explain how technology has influenced his project and answered the question of whether a solo album is on its way.

He said: “It’s a question of identity in the digital age. We flick through all these photos to choose the favorite, go out on a date and move on before it’s even ended.”

Regarding the possibility of an album, he sounds optimistic: “There may be. We’re going to see how it goes. I’m never out of the studio. That’s my place. I’m always writing, always working. Luckily that’s my job.”

So watching this space.

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The winter tour will feature some of their biggest gigs to date, including London’s Alexandra Palace and the O2 arena in Bristol and Liverpool. The tour will be in support of their upcoming album Acts Of Fear. You can check out the dates below:

November 7 2018 – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 Academy Newcastle
November 8 2018 – GLASGOW Barrowlands
November 10 2018 – NOTTINGHAM Rock City
November 12 2018 – BELFAST Limelight
November 13 2018 – DUBLIN Academy
November 15 2018 – NORWICH UEA
November 16 2018 – LIVERPOOL O2 Academy Liverpool
November 17 2018 – MANCHESTER Acadeny
November 19 2018 – LEEDS O2 Academy Liverpool
November 20 2018 – BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
November 22 2018 – CARDIFF Tramshed
November 23 2018 – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
November 24 2018 – LONDON Alexandra Palace

Slaves are a punk duo from Tunbridge Wells, who are slowly gathering an impressive following. Kasabian recently gave the band the following high praise:

“They’re incredible, they’re really entertaining, and that’s what we’ve missed. Watching kids play guitars with their heads down is fine, but when someone comes on and just takes it by the throat and gives you a show – it’s f**king amazing. They have great tunes and aggressive punk songs too, but they’ve got this charm to them that’s really special.”

Their upcoming album Acts of Fear is due for release August 17.

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Speaking with Sky News about why the same bands tend to headline most festivals, frontman Tom Meighan said about newer and upcoming bands:

“They ain’t good enough, I don’t think they’ve got many big songs, you know what I mean? If you’re a big band you have big songs, it’s simple as that isn’t it, that’s how I look at rock and roll, it’s obvious isn’t it?”

Guitarist Serge Pizzorno then added: “It’s the follow-up record, it’s amazing debuts and amazing starts but the second and third it starts to… it’s hard for everyone though, anyone that’s a songwriter, anyone that’s in a band, to maintain at a level. It’s not easy, but it’s there, if anyone wants it it’s there, you’ve just got to come and get it.”

That being said, Pizzorno did take the time to credit rising band Slaves, who he described as a “phenomenal band.”

“If I was a betting man, they won’t be too far away [from headlining] in the next couple of years,” he said, “maybe this album, maybe album after, they’re an unbelievable, incredible band.”

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