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

Listen: Lennon Stella’s new song ‘BITCH (takes one to know one)’.

Following the release of her ‘Love, me’ EP from last year, Lennon Stella has dropped a brand new sassy single in the form of ‘BITCH (takes one to know one)’.

In a commentary about the track, Stella said: “The idea of a guy calling a girl a bitch - she just stands up for herself and says, ‘You’re being a little bitch.’ The idea of calling a boy a bitch back, it’s a little bit of a girl power thing, and being able to stand up for yourself, and say it back.”

Listen to ‘BITCH (takes one to know one)’ below…

Listen: Mermaidens’ new song ‘You Maintain The Stain’.

Wellington trio Mermaidens have just released a new single, ‘You Maintain The Stain’, lifted from the group’s upcoming 7” split single, which is set for release on April 5th.

The band have also announced four tour dates around New Zealand, kicking off on April 5th at Christchurch’s darkroom, before heading through Dunedin, Wellington, and ending in Auckland.

Listen to ‘You Maintain The Stain’ below…

Watch: Vampire Weekend release video for 'Sunflower'.

Following the drop of two new Vampire Weekend songs - ‘Big Blue’ and ‘Sunflower’ - and ahead of their upcoming album ‘Father Of The Bride’, the band have released the video for the latter of the two singles.

‘Sunflower’ has been directed by Jonah Hill, and transports us into a dreamy haze of a rustic, romantic America of old. The camera catapults through diners and convenience stores, showing frontman Ezra Koenig, features Steve Lacy of The Internet and a guest appearance from Jerry Seinfeld in this Instagram filter come to life.

Interview: Jorja Smith on feeling lost, found & everything else.

It’s the day before Laneway Festival in New Zealand, and Jorja Smith is in the middle of her Coup De Main covershoot. She takes a pause as she attempts to feed an 18-month-old puppy named Moses a blueberry, while fondly telling me that her own puppy, Ru, loves to snack on the fruit.

Interview: Yellow Days on Laneway, his upcoming new album, and more.

Haslemere local Yellow Days has had a pretty incredible last twelve months - after his song ‘Gap In The Clouds’ was selected to soundtrack the Season 2 trailer of Donald Glover's show ‘Atlanta’, he dropped a series of excellent singles (the latest being the existential and thoughtful ‘What’s It All For?’), before heading out on the Laneway Festival circuit in January of this year.

Interview: Sage Mellet on Peach Pack, reducing stigma around periods, and more.

After starting their business Peach Pack together last year, Sage Mellet and her best friend Alyssa realised that the company they had created - which is a monthly sanitary product subscription service - was not only providing important products, but also creating a community in which people who experience a monthly period can feel empowered, relate to other people on their period, and help a conversation where periods and menstruation becomes less stigmatised.

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