Artist News Business News Digital Gigs & Festivals Labels & Publishers One Liners Releases

One Liners: Tammi Kidd Hutton, SoundCloud, Lil Wayne, more

By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 24 January 2019

Other notable announcements and developments today…

• Ole has signed a new worldwide co-publishing deal with Nashville songwriter Tammi Kidd Hutton. “Great people; great company”, says Hutton.

• SoundCloud co-founder Eric Wahlforss has resigned as the company’s Chief Product Officer. “This was not an easy decision to make, but one of the biggest reasons why I feel I have made the right decision is that the company is in such capable hands”, he said in a memo to staff. In a statement, CEO Kerry Trainor added: “”It’s not easy to express the depth of my respect and admiration for Eric”.

• Lil Wayne has released the video for ‘Don’t Cry’, featuring XXXtentacion.

• Pixies are set to release a new album later this year, which will seem them reunite with Kim Deal for the third time. Ahead of the release, in June they will start publishing a new weekly podcast, ‘Past Is Prologue, Pixies’. Here’s a trailer.

• Daniel Johnston has released a new animated video for ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances’ from his 1983 album, ‘Yip/Jump Music’.

• Sega Bodega has released new track, ‘Mimi’. It arrives ahead of his live show at Hoxton Hall in London on 7 Feb.

• Shitting hell, King Prawn are back! The band will release their first album since 2003 – ‘The Fabulous New Sounds Of…’ – on 19 Apr. They are also set to play shows in Manchester, London and Hastings the same month.

• Seraphina is back with new single ‘Kingdom Come’. “The song is about the addictive power of doomed desire”, she says. “Like a cult promising salvation, it draws you in and once you sense the shadows lurking it’s too late to pull away from the thrill”.

Check out our weekly Spotify playlist of new music featured in the CMU Daily – updated every Friday.