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One Liners: Record Store Day, Mariah Carey, Chuck Berry, more
By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 22 March 2017
Other notable announcements and developments today…
• US collecting society ASCAP has elected its board for the next to years, including new addition singer-songwriter Michelle Lewis. See the full list here.
• So, Record Store Day is still definitely a thing, and here are the exclusive releases that will be unleashed on that very day this year. By which we mean 22 Apr.
• Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ is being turned into an animated movie for some reason.
• Following the confirmation that Chuck Berry’s new and final album, ‘Chuck’, would be released later this year, it has now been confirmed that it will be out on 16 Jun. Here’s first single ‘Big Boys’.
• Blondie have released another single from their upcoming new album ‘Pollinator’. This one, ‘Long Time’, was co-written with Dev Hynes.
• Nite Jewel has announced that she will release a new album, ‘Real High’, on 5 May. From it, this is ‘2 Good 2 Be True’.
• Kelly Lee Owens has released the video for ‘Anxi’, her single featuring Jenny Hval.
• Gallops have released new track ‘Crystal Trap’. They’re also touring in April and May in support of new album ‘Bronze Mystic’, out on 21 Apr.