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

Feist Album #5 = 'Pleasure'.

Surprising even Feist herself, news of her forthcoming new album, 'Pleasure', found its way out into the world today, with April 28th announced as the record's official release date.

About the news, Feist said:

"Much to my surprise, I woke up this morning to see the word is out for
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But as Leonard Cohen once said "the devil laughs at those who make plans."

Fujifilm announces new Instax Square camera.

In exciting news for those who pine after traditional square polaroid photos, Fujifilm have announced that they’ve created an Instax Square camera (and square instant film), that is supposedly launching in North America during their Spring - so hopefully within the next few months for us in New Zealand too!

"Fujifilm is currently concentrating its efforts on developing the instax SQUARE camera to be used for the company’s Square Format film.

Mini Mansions to play in Sparks’ live-band.

Mini Mansions have been mostly keeping to themselves in 2017 so far, but they’ve just resurfaced to be announced as part of the backing-band for Sparks’ upcoming performance at BBC Radio 6 Music Festival 2017 - in support of the forthcoming new Sparks album, 'Hippopotamus'.

"Meet the band that will be accompanying Ron and Russell at the upcoming gig at BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in Glasgow next week!"

Watch: Chance The Rapper go deep with Complex.

In a new revealing cover-story with Complex, Chance The Rapper spoke about being an independent artist, being the best Dad ever, and more.

When asked about what record labels have done to try to bring him down, he says they’ve: “Push[ed] me out of headline positions so that their artist could be a headliner, or not cleared songs, and you know, it works on both sides, so samples on certain songs didn't get cleared."

Introducing: Khalid.

Khalid’s debut album ‘American Teen’ debuted at #9 in the American Charts last week - not bad for the nineteen-year-old singer-songwriter from El Paso, Texas.

The album saw him collaborate with New Zealander Joel Little as a co-writer and producer (on songs ‘Young Dumb & Broke’, ‘8TEEN’, and ‘Therapy’), and he has also been teasing an upcoming collaboration with Zedd.

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