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

James Blake feat. Bon Iver - 'I Need A Forest Fire' music video.

Everyone’s favourite song on James Blake’s new album, 'The Colour In Anything', is 'I Need A Forest Fire', and now the Bon Iver featuring song has an equally beautiful music video.

"The video was directed by United Visual Artists: Matt Clark in collaboration with Chris Davenport. It evokes the standout track’s stunning soul and spirit with an equally powerful visual, directed by the visual arts company who will be collaborating with James Blake on his headline tour in 2016 and beyond."

Coup De Main presents: Twenty One Pilots’ March 2017 New Zealand tour.

YUP, they’re coming back!

Just a month after their sold-out show at Vector Arena, Twenty One Pilots have announced that they’ll be returning to New Zealand in 2017 to play two arena shows - playing Wellington’s TSB Bank Arena on March 24th, and Auckland’s Vector Arena on March 25th.

These tickets are going to go fast, so get ready.

There’s a Fan Club pre-sale starting tomorrow (May 11th) at 10am until Thursday May 12th, before a Spark pre-sale from Thursday May 12th at 4pm until Sunday May 15th at 4pm.

Introducing: Alexandra Savior.

Few facts can be found online about Alexandra Savior - the artist that Tame Impala's Cam Avery recently declared to be his "favourite singer in the whole whirl" - but what we do know about her, i.e. the couple of songs floating around online, all points to a prodigious musical talent that we're majorly excited about.

Exhibit A) The below is Alexandra's contribution to the 'True Detective' Season 2 soundtrack - co-written with none other than the Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner.

Must-watch: The Last Shadow Puppets performing 'Miracle Aligner' and 'Aviation' on Le Grand Journal.

While promoting the release of their sophomore album, 'Everything You've Come To Expect', The Last Shadow Puppets paid a visit to French television show 'Le Grand Journal', to perform 'Miracle Aligner' and 'Aviation'.

I honestly don't think I will ever get over 'Miracle Aligner' as a song. It's just too good. They also performed three other songs which have yet to be released, but I cannot wait to watch those too.

Can we pray for TLSP to one day come to New Zealand? :'(

Watch the performances below…

Order now: The 1975 x CDM Zine #1.

The 1975 are on the cover of Coup De Main!

If you've never ordered a zine from us before, our zines are double-sided mini magazines that fold out into an A2-sized poster - featuring photos, exclusive polaroids, and interview quotes.

This zine features a selection of exclusive photos and polaroids shot for The 1975's CDM Issue #18 covershoot, and also folds out into an A2 sized (42.0 x 59.4cm // 16.53 x 23.39 inches) poster of The 1975 on the other side of the zine.

We heart: Emma Watson's United Nations 'He For She' speech.

My patronus is Emma Watson. I know this, because I just watched her speech about wanting to end gender inequality (given at the launch of the #HeForShe campaign at the United Nations in New York this past weekend) and my heart is so full of feelings that I think it might burst out of my chest.

It’s ten minutes of absolute goodness, empowerment and inspiration, but this is the part that really, really got me:

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