coup de main - noun
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Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Lana Del Rey on the cover of Complex, August 2017.

In support of her newly released album ‘Lust For Life’, Lana Del Rey features on the cover of Complex magazine’s August issue, in a 50s inspired photoshoot.

About the new album, she says: “I feel like in this record there’s—with the songs that are ‘love songs,’ or about relationships, I feel like I come off almost more annoyed about the way things are going rather than like, ‘Oh, poor me.’ There’s like a moving that I get from my own stuff, because sometimes my own stuff is a little bit revealing to me, you know, about myself.”

Rex Orange County, Lana Del Rey + more announced for Tyler The Creator’s 2018 Camp Flog Gnaw.

Tyler, The Creator has just announced the line-up for his annual Camp Flog Gnaw festival/carnival, which includes the likes of himself, Lana Del Rey, Rex Orange County, Solange, Kehlani, Brockhampton, and many more.

The festival takes place over the weekend of October 28th and 29th, in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park.

The full line-up is as follows:

Interview: Michael Shuman on the 'Feed' soundtrack.

Somehow, between releasing a new album with Queens Of The Stone Age (out August 25th) and working on the roll-out for the third Mini Mansions album, Michael Shuman has filled his schedule even more by taking on a new solo project, in the form of soundtracking ‘Feed’ - a film directed by friend Tommy Bertelsen, and written/produced by fellow friend Troian Bellisario (of ‘Pretty Little Liars’, who also plays the film’s lead).

The xx announce New Zealand January 2018 show.

The xx have just announced their first show in New Zealand in eight years - which will take place next year on January 11th, at Auckland’s Trust Arena, and $1 from every ticket purchased will go towards a local LGBT+ program (via a partnership with PLUS1).

The show is all ages, and tickets go on sale from Friday August 25th at 10am, with a special Fan Club pre-sale running from Monday August 21st at 12pm until Thursday August 24th and 10pm - click here for info on the pre-sale.

Wolf Alice - 'Don't Delete The Kisses' music video.

Wolf Alice have released an adorable music video for 'Don't Delete The Kisses' - the second single from the band’s upcoming new album, 'Visions Of A Life' (out September 29th) - which the band’s Ellie Rowsell has told Beats 1’s Matt Wilkinson is her trying her hand at "a hold-nothing-back love song".

Watch the 'Don't Delete The Kisses' music video below...

P.S. Keep an eye out for our new interview with Wolf Alice in CDM Issue #21 - out September 4th.

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