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

Introducing: Harry Hudson + his new music video ‘Just Slide’.

It’s been a long time since Harry Hudson released his first ever song, ‘World Is Gone’ back in 2013 - and a lot has happened since. After overcoming Hodgkin’s lymphoma with eight months of chemotherapy treatment, Hudson emerged out the outer side with new music, and went on to release two EPs.

Since then, Hudson has become part of the MSFTS collective (Jaden Smith’s collective), through which he helped to fundraise money to build a cancer treatment centre in Vanderbilt University.

Interview: 2019 Must-Know - Slow Pulp

Hailing from Madison, Wisconsin, four-piece Slow Pulp (comprised of Teddy Matthews, Emily Massey, Henry Stoehr, and Alex Leeds) have spent the past few years since releasing their ‘EP2’ touring the country and honing their dreamy indie-rock sound.

Just listen to their latest release ‘Steel Birds’, an anthemic warning against players - with a guitar riff that’ll be stuck in your head for days.

Interview: 2019 Must-Know - Bruno Major

Writing, recording, and releasing a song every month for twelve months straight is no easy feat, but from late 2016 to September 2017, Bruno Major did just that - each song providing a different glimpse into his songwriting talents.

Now working on music outside of those constraints, Major is set to follow up ‘A Song For Every Moon’ with a new collection of songs, the first of which, ‘Old Fashioned’, has just been released.

Watch: Halsey and Yungblud cover Death Cab For Cutie’s ‘I Will Follow You Into The Dark’.

While in Australia together last week where they released their new single ’11 Minutes’, Halsey and Yungblud appeared together on Triple J where they performed a cover of Death Cab For Cutie’s ‘I Will Follow You Into The Dark’, as well as to discuss how they first met.

Watch the performance and interview below...

Watch the new trailer for 'Rocketman'.

Ahead of the release of 'Rocketman' (out in New Zealand on May 30th) soon, a new trailer has been released for the upcoming biopic, which stars Taron Egerton as Elton John.

"Rocketman is an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John.

Interview: Paul W. Downs on the final season of ‘Broad City’, women in comedy, and his upcoming projects.

Having started out his career in comedy coming up through the legendary Upright Citizens Brigade, Paul W. Downs has been honing his acting skills ever since then through his recurring role in ‘Broad City’, as well as branching out into production and writing with his partner Lucia Aniello with their film ’Rough Night’ from 2017 (which starred the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Zoë Kravitz, and Kate McKinnon).

Interview: 2019 Must-Know - Maisie Peters

In the bridge of ‘In My Head’, Maisie Peters sounds at her most sincere, and most vulnerable - “I'm still hurting and I'm still here,” she softly acknowledges, and like the rest of the six song EP, Peters’ heartfelt honesty is at the forefront.

The 18 year-old singer-songwriter has already kicked off the new year with a brand new song, ‘Stay Young’ (co-produced by New Zealander Sam De Jong), a bittersweet ode to growing up which sees her storytelling woven through an upbeat drum beat.

Matty Healy says The 1975 will release a new single on May 31.

In a move that is sure to have everyone at Dirty Hit rolling their eyes at him, The 1975's Matty Healy seemingly decided on the spot in an interview with Matt Wilkinson on Beats 1 today that the band will release the first single from their next album 'Notes On A Conditional Form' at midnight on May 31st.

Healy said: "Listen. Okay then, the first single comes out midnight, May 31st... I just made it up, but I'm 100% doing it."

And when asked if he knows what song it will be, Healy replied that he's currently deciding between three songs.

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