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

5 reasons we think you should see Joy Crookes live this July.

Joy Crookes will be performing in New Zealand this coming July, and we're so pumped to get to see her live. Crookes will be performing in Auckland at The Powerstation on July 24th.

Tickets are on sale now - you won't want to miss this one. 

#1. Excitingly, Crookes was nominated for the Brits Rising Star 2020 Award so you know you have to see her live now before she becomes massive! She will be touring across America this April before coming down to see us in New Zealand.

Lykke Li announces new album 'Eyeye' + releases new song 'No Hotel'.

After sharing a new song, 'No Hotel', Lykke Li has also announced a new album, 'Eyeye' - out May 20th.

About the album's accompanying visual elements, Li says: "We wanted to capture the beauty and grandeur of a three-hour European arthouse movie, while making something native to modern media. The intention is to deliver the full impact of a movie in sixty seconds on a phone screen, which is where most of our emotional experiences happen now anyway."

Watch: 'Under The Banner Of Heaven' trailer starring Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

FX have shared a trailer for 'Under The Banner Of Heaven', starring Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones, which is based on Jon Krakauer's true crime bestseller which follows the events that led to the 1984 murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her baby daughter in a suburb in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah.

The Holly Humberstone songs we're most excited to see live.

We are counting down the days 'til we get to see Holly Humberstone live in Auckland this July. Humberstone has never performed in New Zealand before so we can't wait until we get to hear her music live for the very first time in such an intimate venue.

In anticipation, we've listed the top five songs that we're most excited to get to hear live...

#1. 'The Walls Are Way Too Thin' is going to be a must-see live...

more* share new song 'Whose Side You're On'.

Following the excellent 'Really Want To See You Again' earlier this month, Coup De Main 2022 Must-Know artist more* have now shared the reflective 'Whose Side You're On' - which features backing vocals from Anya Taylor-Joy, and continues their promise of a steady stream of new music.

About the forthright song, the band's Kane Ritchotte says: "I began this song writing about relationships I’d been in. Only upon completing it, did I realise I was writing about my parents."

A Wallows x 'Tell Me That It's Over' appreciation post.

The long-awaited follow-up to Wallows 2019 'Nothing Happens' album, 'Tell Me That It's Over', is finally here! The band's sophomore album is produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, and features their new singles, 'I Don't Want to Talk', 'Especially You' and 'At The End Of The Day'.

For the release, we have also made a very scientifc What 'Tell Me That It's Over' Song Are You? quiz which you can check out below + enter the competition to win some special Wallows merch...

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