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

The National reschedule upcoming NZ shows with Phoebe Bridgers to December 2020.

Due to the current worldwide situation with Coronavirus, The National are today announcing they are rescheduling their upcoming New Zealand shows to December 2020.

The National’s shows that were due to take place in two weeks time at the Kiri Te Kanawa (ASB) Theatre have now been moved to the Civic Theatre in Auckland on December 7th and December 8th.

Phoebe Bridgers will still join The National on all dates.

Donald Glover surprise drops new album featuring songs with Ariana Grande and 21 Savage.

Who needs sleep(?!) when Donald Glover has surprise dropped his new album via a website which is currently live-streaming twelve tracks including the already released 'Feels Like Summer', as well as new songs featuring Ariana Grande and 21 Savage... and what sounds like Glover's son during 'The Violence'.

Interview: renforshort on her new EP 'teenage angst'.

"My platform is my music, that's like my diary," renforshort (Lauren for long, FYI) tells me on phone call recently, and she's currently sharing those diary entries with over 300,000 listeners monthly, with heartfelt music that tackles anxiety, growing up, and more.

The 17-year-old singer-songwriter has just shared her debut EP 'teenage angst' today, which includes the frenetic and pace-changing 'I Drive Me Mad' - one of the first songs that the young songwriter found herself able to honestly express her own experiences in song-form.

Introducing: Jimi Somewhere + his new song 'Selfish'.

Norwegian artist Jimi Somewhere has just shared a brand new song, 'Selfish', the final song to be released from his upcoming debut album. Having released three songs last year ('Benton Way', 'Backseat', 'Dusk') as well as a collaboration with Boy Pablo on 'Never Cared', the rising artist, who Noisey dubbed "Norway’s answer to Kevin Abstract," continues to evolve his undefinable sound with this new release.

Listen: Niall Horan's new album 'Heartbreak Weather'.

Niall Horan's sophomore album 'Heartbreak Weather' is officially out (in Australia and New Zealand!) - the follow-up to his debut solo release, 'Flicker'.

The fourteen-track concept album chronicles the storyline of a breakup, with the opening 80s inspired title-track seeing Horan at the beginning of a romance, singing, "It can be so lonely in this city / But it feels different when you're with me / All of my life, it's been heartbreak weather / Thinking to myself it won't get better."

The Killers announce new album 'Imploding The Mirage', Australian tour dates + share new single 'Caution'.

The Killers have returned with a brand new single, 'Caution', from their just-announced new album 'Imploding The Mirage', set for release on May 29th. The anthemic new single also features a guitar solo from Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham.

The album includes a range of featured artists, including Lindsey Buckingham, kd lang, Weyes Blood, Adam Granduciel (The War On Drugs), Blake Mills, and Lucius.

Alongside the album announcement, the band also announced their return to Australia this November, with four shows as below:

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