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

Introducing: Wallows.

Los Angeles' Wallows released their 'Spring' EP this past April, and all six tracks have been on endless playlist rotation in the Coup De Main office, helping to ease us through this year's harsh New Zealand Winter.

The trio - Braeden Lemasters (guitar and vocals), Cole Preston (drums), and Dylan Minnette (guitar and vocals) - wear their hearts on their sleeves and paint quaint portraits in musical-form of sincerity and candour, peppered with their signature wit (in '1980s Horror Film' they ask, "Why are girls in songs always seventeen?").

Fall Out Boy - 'Bishops Knife Trick' music video.

Patrick Stump's acting skills are put to good use in Fall Out Boy's newly released music video for 'Bishops Knife Trick' - the latest single from their 'Mania' album - which features the band's vocalist attempting to direct the llamas of (fictional) band Frosty & The Nightmare Making Machine.

Watch the 'Bishops Knife Trick' music video below...

P.S. Click here to order a Fall Out Boy x CDM Zine #12.

Rex Orange County unveils new Apricot-print merch.

After being harassed by fans all year to release more/new merch, Rex Orange County has finally delivered, launching a brand new online store today with t-shirts, hoodies, and socks[!] in stock.

There's even all-over print Apricot socks and a hoodie...

Shop Rex's new online store here.

P.S. Rex Orange County's 'Apricot Princess album is also available on exclusive green vinyl here.

Interview: King Princess on her debut EP, 'Make My Bed'.

King Princess’ debut single ‘1950’ sounds like nothing else in 2018 - and it’s turning heads in her direction at an increasing rate. The song, a story of unrequited love which pays homage to the historical representation of queer love, is just one of five songs on the recently released ‘Make My Bed’ EP, which has solidified King Princess (real name Mikaela Straus) as a songwriter, producer, and musician who is truly challenging the traditional terms of pop music today.

Pale Waves release new song 'Eighteen' + announce 'My Mind Makes Noises' album.

Pale Waves today released a new song, 'Eighteen', which the band have been playing live at shows this year, and frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie says is, "A song about me being eighteen and in love."

Alongside the new song, Pale Waves have also announced news of their forthcoming debut album, 'My Mind Makes Noises', set to be released this year on September 14th.

Ryan Reynolds says 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople' is "one of the best movies you’ll ever see".

At San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend, Ryan Reynolds was asked by fans what movies (on his "weird movie tour") he's been watching while his wife Blake Lively has been overseas shooting 'The Rhythm Section', to which he replied "like every Quentin Tarantino movie," and Taika Waititi’s 2016 film 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople'.

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