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Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.

JOHN MORELAND / GEORGIA MAQ

Says Georgia Maq: “not too long ago, the most annoying girl in the world (me) messaged one of her favourite songwriters being like ‘omg hi John, it’s me again! if you ever need a support for a show, I’d love to be considered. I play acoustic guitar and the harmonica and I am so inspired by your music and I just think it would make for a really fun time.’ Georgia and John’s tour his the West Coast in October.



PEACHES

Peaches has announced new fall tour dates in support of her new album No Lube So Rude.

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ALANIS MORISSETTE LA RESIDENCY

Alanis Morissette will be in residence at LA’s YouTube Theater on November 5, 6, 10 & 11. Titled “Butterfly with a Machete: A Rock Traumedy,” Alanis calls it a “wild ride that blends music, stories, insights, dance, video, sketch comedy, and always….rock n roll.”

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CONCERT FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT AT TOWN HALL

The Committee for the First Amendment is presenting “Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment” at Town Hall on June 14 with Rufus Wainwright, Bette Midler, Patti Smith, Sasha Allen, Joy Reid, Jane Fonda and more with more to be announced. “In a moment when our fundamental freedoms are under threat, music has always led the way. From the civil rights movement to today, artists have been at the forefront of the fight for justice and free expression. Join us for an uplifting night that celebrates the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment speech, religion, press, assembly, and protest and find out how you can take action.”

JAŸ-Z

JAŸ-Z just played the Roots Picnic and has now announced a pair of shows: Paris at Stade de France on September 10 and Los Angeles at Sofi Stadium on October 23. Before that JAŸ-Z plays three nights at NYC’s Yankee Stadium on July 10, 11 & 12.

CHAT PILE

Chat Pile will be touring this fall for their new album and joining them arey Soul Glo, Prize Horse, Virga, and Shallowater, varying by show.

BOY HARSHER

Darkwave duo Boy Harsher have announced a fall tour that they’re calling “The Heartbreak Tour.” It runs through September into November, and Choir Boy, Evanora Unlimited, True Blue, and Kassie Krut each open shows, varying by date.

UNDEROATH

Last month Underoath announced they’d play their 2006 album Define the Great Line in full at Furnace Fest, and now they’ve revealed a full 20th anniversary tour for the album. August Burns Red, Atreyu, As Cities Burn, and Emery open the shows, varying by date.

WISHY

Wishy have announced Nature’s Pill, their second album, and a fall tour.

PETER BJORN AND JOHN

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough album Writer’s Block — the one with “Young Folks” — on tour this year and they’ve just announced a few North American dates that stick to the West Coast and Southwest.



NICE STRONG ARM

Late-’80s Austin noiserock band Nice Strong Arm are playing their first shows in over 30 years.

DROMFEST 2026

Nice Strong Arm are one of many ’80s/’90s college rock bands — also Scrawl, Come, Hypnolovewheel and more — who are playing Dromfest 2026.

SHUDDER TO THINK

DC/NYC post-hardcore greats Shudder to Think, who returned for their first tour in over a decade and released new music last year, have announced a few live shows that are happening in September.

MILITARIE GUN

Having wrapped up their tour with Joyce Manor last month, Militarie Gun have announced a new round of North American shows. They’ll sell $20 tickets across all 27 dates of their “20 Songs for 20 Dollars” tour, which is with Softcult, Shady Nasty, and Dazy.

ANDREW MCMAHON

Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin) has announced a tour of intimate solo shows that have him on piano and nothing else. “Coming off two years of big shows and festivals, I’ve been craving the intimacy of small rooms and the spontaneity that comes with performing solo,” shares McMahon. “There’s a sense of adventure and chemistry with the crowd that makes every performance feel completely unique. I’m so eager to get out there and be a part of that kind of energy.” The tour includes two nights at NYC’s City Winery October 15 and 16.



BONOBO

Bonobo will be taking his new live band show on the road this year in support of his upcoming album Distance and Static.

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After Saturday at Governors Ball was cut short due to severe weather and multiple artists had their sets cut, Sunday also had a weather-related delay, although thankfully a brief one. Sets were temporarily paused around 1:45pm because of lightning in the area, but they were able to resume not long after, and the rest of the day happened as scheduled, and with the addition of Blood Orange, after he was cut from Saturday. A$AP Rocky made the most of the big stage with his headlining set with a troop of dancers, a bullhorn, a helicopter and American flags, telling the crowd, “I came to get disrespectful” (Rihanna was also seen watching). He took the stage late and got cut off early, but before that he delivered a career-spanning set that included lots of songs from his January album Don’t Be Dumb. Sunday at Governors Ball also included sets from Geese, Japanese Breakfast (who revealed that she’s pregnant), Slayyyter, Clipse, Fcukers, Hemlocke Springs, Hot Mulligan, Jennie, Freddie Gibbs, Rachel Chinouriri, Hannah Jadagu, Holly Humberstone, and more. See pictures from the whole day (most are by Ellen Qberplaya, Freddie Gibbs photo by Rich Fury) below.

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Freddie Gibbs (photo by Rich Fury)

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like i dont mean twist endings or the ones that leave you shook. just endings that felt so right for the story they told, no loose ends, no forced drama, just...satisfying. like you sit back after and go "yeah, thats how it was supposed to end." for me its **the farewell** that last shot of awkwafina on the street? perfect. didnt need anything more. ive seen too many movies lately where the last 10 minutes feel like they were written by someone who got bored or ran out of ideas. ruins the whole thing. anyway im tryna find more movies like that. ones where the ending hits just as hard as the rest of it, maybe even harder any recs? i dont care about the genre, just something where the ending feels intentional, you know? not like they slapped it on at the last second.

Pittsburgh metalcore band 156/Silence release their sixth album and first for Pure Noise, From a Distance, in September, and they’ve announced a fall tour supporting it. Shows begin on September 9 in Worcester, MA and wrap up on October 3 in their home town, and they’ll be joined by Aviana, Heavensgate and Fromjoy. They also have festival dates at Inkcarceration and Louder Than Life, a few August shows with Coldstate, and shows with Chiodos, sace6 and Calva Louise throughout the summer. See all dates below.

156/Silence’s headlining tour includes an NYC show at The Meadows on September 10. Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday, June 12 at 10 AM local time.




156/SILENCE: 2026 TOUR DATES
Sat, Jul 18 — Mansfield, OH — Ohio State Reformatory
Thu, Jul 30 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium ^
Sat, Aug 1 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell @ The Complex ^
Mon, Aug 3 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory ^
Wed, Aug 5 – Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom ^
Thu, Aug 6 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory ^
Fri, Aug 7 – Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore ^
Sun, Aug 9 – Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre ^
Mon, Aug 10 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall ^
Tue, Aug 11 – Saskatoon, SK @ Louis ^
Wed, Aug 12 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre ^
Fri, Aug 14 – St. Paul, MN @ Myth Live ^
Sat, Aug 15 – Green Bay, WI @ Epic Event Center ^
Sun, Aug 16 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues ^
Mon, Aug 17 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues ^
Wed, Aug 19 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall ^
Sun, Aug 23 – Portland, ME @ State Theater ^
Tue, Aug 25 – Providence, RI @ Fete Ballroom ^
Wed, Aug 26 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount ^
Fri, Aug 28 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel ^
Sat, Aug 29 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl ^
Thu, Aug 20 – Barrie, ON @ The Queens Night Club *
Fri, Aug 21 – Syracuse, NY @ Song & Dance *
Sat, Aug 22 – Albany, NY @ Empire Underground *
Wed, Sep 9 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs #
Thu, Sep 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows #
Fri, Sep 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore #
Sat, Sep 12 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage #
Sun, Sep 13 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club #
Tue Sep 15 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall #
Wed, Sep 16 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West #
Thu, Sep 17 – Winter Park, FL @ The Conduit #
Fri, Sep 18 – Jacksonville, FL @ Albatross #
Sat, Sep 19 – Greenville, SC @ Radio Room #
Sun, Sep 20 — Louisville, KY — Kentucky Expo Center
Tue, Sep 22 – Dallas, TX @ Puzzles Deep Ellum #
Wed, Sep 23 – San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box #
Fri, Sep 25 – Mesa, AZ @ Rosetta Room #
Sat, Sep 26 – Anaheim, CA @ Parish @ HOB #
Sun, Sep 27 – Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post #
Wed, Sep 30 – Kansas City, MO @ RecordBar #
Fri, Oct 02 – Detroit, MI @ TSDMAAC (Sanctuary) #
Sat, Oct 03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving #

* with Coldstate
# with Aviana, Heavensgate & Fromjoy
^ with Chiodos, sace6 & Calva Louise

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Kelsey Lu‘s first album in seven years, So Help Me God, is out this Friday, and ahead of its release, they’ve given us a final early taste with the majestic, orchestrated “Cutting Off the Head of a Ghost.” They originally wrote it with Patrick Wimberly for the animated series Arcane, and it features a children’s choir. Watch the video below.

Lu also announced a fall tour, with North American shows in September and October followed by a European run in November. See all dates below.

The NYC show is at Pioneer Works on October 3. Tickets to that and all dates go on sale Friday, June 12 at 10 AM local, with various presales starting Wednesday, June 10 at 10 AM local.


KELSEY LU: 2026 TOUR DATES
Sep 30 26 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
Oct 3 26 – Brooklyn, NY – Pioneer Works
Oct 4 26 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Oct 6 26 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
Oct 8 26 – Chicago, IL – Outset
Oct 10 26 – Vancouver, BC – Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Oct 12 26 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Oct 13 26 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Oct 15 26 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Oct 16 26 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
Nov 3 26 – Paris, FR – Foundation Cartier
Nov 4 26 – Paris, FR – Foundation Cartier
Nov 6 26 – Amsterdam, NL – Tolhuistuin
Nov 7 26 – Utrecht, NL – Le Guess Who
Nov 9 26 – Manchester, UK – New Century Locker
Nov 10 26 – London, UK – KOKO
Nov 11 26 – Brussels, BE – Botanique (Museum)
Nov 13 26 – Cologne, DE – CBE
Nov 15 26 – Hamburg, DE – Bahnof Pauli
Nov 16 26 – Berlin, DE – Saalchen
Nov 17 26 – Warsaw, PL – Oczki
Nov 18 26 – Prague, CZ – Meet Factory
Nov 20 26 – Bern, CH – Full Of Lava

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So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we’d call “indie,” and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We update a playlist weekly of some of our current favorite tracks. Here’s a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place.

ELANOR MOSS – “SARAH WAITING IN THE CAR”

London-based singer songwriter Elanor Moss announced her debut album, The Knife, The Needle, due out August 21 via Merge. The first single is “Sarah Waiting in the Car,” a delicate folk song with gentle orchestration. “‘Sarah Waiting in the Car’ broke an almost year-long drought of writing songs,” she says. “It reignited that spark in me around songwriting, and felt like a breakthrough into something new and intriguing that I wanted to follow. It served as a bit of a guiding light as I re-entered a more consistent relationship with songwriting again; the north star of the album in a way.”


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TRICKY – “STILL SEE ME THERE” FT MITCH SANDERS

This is the second single from Tricky’s upcoming album Different When It’s Silent and this one features vocals from Bristol singer-songwriter Mitch Sanders.


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PENELOPE ISLES – “THINKING SEAT”

Brighton-based indie pop band Penelope Isles are back with a new album, 3, due out September 25 via Bella Union, and they’ve shared the first single is “Thinking Seat.”


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SHEARWATER – “SLUGS IN THE MARIGOLDS” FT DOUG WIESELMAN

Doug Wieselman’s distinctive saxophone enlivens this latest single from Shearwater’s upcoming The New World. “This was a band favorite on The New World,” Meiburg says.”We liked how its loose, sunny feeling plays against the lyric–and we loved how Doug’s sax slithers up beside you.”


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THE MENZINGERS – “BETTER ANGELS”

“We tried to make ‘Better Angels’ the song version of those late-night conversations with an old friend, the kind where you sit around a kitchen table and solve all of the world’s problems,” Vocalist Tom May says of the latest single off The Menzingers’ new album Everything I Ever Saw. “It feels like we’re being torn apart. The country is run by monsters and money, and there are plenty of people who benefit from keeping us at each other’s throats. ’Better Angels’ is a message about what we’re doing, what responsibility we have to become better versions of ourselves, and that we’re not alone or powerless. It’s a push against the cynicism that’s so easy to embrace and a reminder that the world we want starts with how we treat ourselves and each other.”


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ROBYN HITCHCOCK – “HOW TO FEEL ALRIGHT”

“I love to rock out my feelings – all of my feelings: up and down, positive and negative, flaming and sombre. It’s what music is for, after all: to unleash your desires, frustrations, anguish and delight in three minute bursts that some people can even dance to,” says Robyn Hitchcock of “How to Feel Alright” from his upcoming album The Confuser. This one features guitar from Robyn’s former Soft Boys bandmate Kimberly Rew.


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SHOW ME THE BODY – “EAT FOR PEACE”

Show Me The Body have given us another taste of their new album Alone Together with the frenetic “Eat for Peace”


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MARY IN THE JUNKYARD – “MOUSE”

“I went to Iceland and became obsessed with the ocean,” says mary in the junkyard’s Clari Freeman-Taylor of this song. “I remembered I was a fisherman in a former life with a mouse in my pocket, lost in a storm. It is about me reconnecting with the mouse when they have taken on a human form in this life.” The band’s debut album Role Model Hermit, is out July 3.


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HARMONY TIVIDAD – “BEST DRESSED”

“Caroline and I were inspired by vintage bandstand videos and wanted to capture the energy of those old performances,” Harmony Tividad says of the video for “Best Dressed,” the latest single off her new album Lifetime. “The 1960s television stage becomes a metaphor for the performance of femininity, existing in a world built around spectacle and perception.”


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ART FEYNMAN – “PLASTIC FLOWERS”

Luke Temple is back with a new Art Feynman album, Orphans, which will be out August 7 via Western Vinyl. Where 2023’s fantastic Be Good the Crazy Boys was a full-band studio affair, on this one Temple goes back to the four-track for an album full of “music to do other things by.”


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BONOBO – “ME AND YOU”

Bonobo (Simon Green) has announced a new album, Distance and Static, which will be out September 11 via Ninja Tune. It features quite a few collaborators: Arooj Aftab, Nilüfer Yanya, Nicole Miglis, Joy Crookes, Aanya Martin, and Ichiko Aoba. This is the guest-free first single.


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CHAT PILE – “DEEP BLUE”

Chat Pile announced a new album, Who Loves the Sun, and shared the first single, which you can read more about here.


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WISHY – “LOVESICK”

The first single from Wishy’s upcoming album is “Lovesick” which gives off strong ’80s alt-rock vibes. “There’s not much more that needs to be said about yearning in 2026, but here it is anyway,” singer-guitarist Nina Pitchkites says. “Kevin and I are stupidly romantic people who like twee pop.”


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TY SEGALL – “BLACK PAINT”

Ty Segall has announced new album Chrome which will be out August 28 via Drag City. It was mostly recorded live with help from Bitchin Bajas’ Cooper Crain and Ty’s band of Ben Boye, Evan Burrows, Mikal Cronin, and Emmett Kelly. First single rips.


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SOFT CELL – “DANCETERIA”

Here’s the title track from Soft Cell’s final album which is an ode to early-’80s NYC club culture.


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INTERPOL – “THIS MIRROR WEIGHS A TON” & “SEE OUT LOUD”

Interpol announced new album This Mirror Weighs a Ton today and shared two songs from it: the dreamy title track which incorporates atmospheric sound design elements, and “See Out Loud” which is a more traditional Interpop rock song but does features dueling lead vocals from Paul Banks and guitarist Daniel Kessler.


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Hot Chip‘s Alexis Taylor and Mike Simonetti (Troubleman Unlimited / Italians Do It Better”) have a collab 12″ that’s out this Friday, June 12 via Smugglers Way. The A-side is a cover of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy‘s “I See a Darkness” that gets a chilled-out dancefloor arrangement with bubbling synth arpeggiations.

The video, directed by Ben Crook, features Taylor plus Jarvis Cocker, Sian Ahern, and German actor David Bredin. Says Alexis:

Sat in the dark in a hotel room on my own on tour, and after 3 aborted attempts to work with different film makers to get something made for ‘I See A Darkness,’ I came up with a very simple idea myself, to accompany the music and to try to get to the emotion and the narrative at the core of Will Oldham’s beautiful song. I saw the room that we see in the film — the scene, the two men facing each other and getting closer in their armchairs as the intensity of what they sing to each other increases. I saw the lady at the centre and back of the same space, illuminated by lamp light for the choruses, and the red balloon hovering over the 4 people in the scene. I wanted this to be like a televised Samuel Beckett play, and to be surreal, simple, and emotionally direct. Ben Crook helped me massively, understanding my vision, directing beautifully and bringing the whole thing to life.

I cast David Bredin after meeting him in Rostock, Germany, and believing he would be right for the role. I’m glad I trusted my gut. He delivers an incredibly moving performance and somehow exceeded my expectations of what we could achieve emotionally in this short film. He clearly feels what he is conveying through the lyrics and you can’t miss that.

Jarvis Cocker and Sian Ahern are both composed and brilliant in their supporting roles, and they were there to represent Mike Simonetti and Elizabeth Wight’s musical roles in the track.

Bonnie himself is there in spirit, all ‘busted up’, to quote another of his songs; the sculpture was made as a surprise for me, by Ben.

It was a joy to conceive this and to work on it with Ben Crook and the whole team on the day. The best experience I have had on a video shoot. I hope people connect with it!

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Watch the video below.

Alexis Taylor released great new solo album Paris in the Spring back in March, and Hot Chip are reissuing three of their most-loved albums on vinyl this July.

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Conor Oberst has issued a new statement about Bright Eyes‘ NYC show at Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday, which was shut down after their first set due to approaching severe weather (the storm impacted Governors Ball and other shows happening outdoors in NYC that night as well). The band are issuing refunds to ticketholders, and say they are “feeling extremely sad, unlucky, maybe even cursed” — the first of their three Wide Awake / Digital Ash shows, at Red Rocks, was also postponed because of weather. Conor writes:

Hey everyone,

We’re still reeling and devastated about the severe weather cancellation at Forest Hills this past weekend. After over a year of planning, it’s been difficult to process our disappointment while also working through next steps. We really appreciate your patience.

So, first off – if you purchased your tickets online via AXS, your tickets will be automatically refunded in full, issued to the credit card you used to purchase within 30 business days. No further action is required. Otherwise, please contact your original point of purchase to request a refund.

We also want to give a clearer picture of what happened. The storm on June 6 moved in fast and hit hard. It didn’t just affect us – it shut down multiple outdoor shows across the city, including Governors Ball and an event at Under the K Bridge. These kinds of decisions are made in constant real-time contact with meteorologists and city officials, and this one ended up being the worst-case scenario.

We were cleared to play our ‘Wide Awake’ set, with the understanding that conditions could change rapidly. And that’s exactly what happened. As we walked off stage, we were told by the promoter and venue that the show had to be shut down immediately due to extreme weather risk for the safety of all.

From there, the only focus was getting everyone out safely before conditions got worse. And they did get worse shortly after.

For the record, we worked really hard for many months getting these 3 shows together and 2 of the 3 were affected by severe weather completely out of our control. Needlesstosay we are feeling extremely sad, unlucky, maybe even cursed. We lost money on the whole endeavor and worst of all didn’t get to complete what we set out to do.

Life isn’t fair.

See you down the road,

Conor Oberst

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The show also streamed live on Veeps, where it’s available to watch on demand. You can also check out our pictures and review.

Conor stuck around NYC on Sunday, where he did a set at an intimate Lower East Side bar.

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Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement lead the cast of Hulu’s Alice And Steve.

Created by Sophie Goodhart (Sex Education), the “wrong-com” follows Alice who is devastated when her best friend Steve starts dating her 26-year-old daughter.

• READ MORE: ‘Alice And Steve’ review: bickering besties’ breezy anti-romcom

The show’s supporting cast includes Yali Topol Margalith, Joel Fry, Tyrese Eaton-Dyce, Marcia Warren, Eilidh Fisher, Lydia Wilson, Ebony Aboagye and Ken Blackburn.

All six episodes of Alice And Steve are available on Disney+ in the UK.

Who composed the Alice And Steve soundtrack?​

Jemaine Clement and Yali Topol Margalith in ‘Alice And Steve’ CREDIT: Hulu/Disney

The show’s score is by Arthur Sharpe, whose previous credits include Landscapers, Guilt, Ghosts and Dreamland.

What other songs appear in the show?​

Alice And Steve features a number of needle drops, ranging from Willie Nelson, Years & Years to Basement Jaxx. You can check out an episode-by-episode breakdown below.

Episode one

‘Livin’ Thing’ – Electric Light Orchestra
‘Alright’ – Supergrass
‘Rhythm Is A Mystery’ – K-Klass
‘Don’t Call Me Up (R3HAB Remix)’ – Mabel
‘Do You Trust Me?’ – Blanche
‘Blue Skies’ – Willie Nelson
‘Silver And Sunshine’ – Looking Glass

Episode two

‘War’ – Edwin Starr

Episode three

‘The Power Of Love’ – Jennifer Rush
‘Wide Awake’ – Parquet Courts
‘Blue Skies’ – Willie Nelson

Episode four

‘She’s Got A Way’ – The Hit Crew
‘Oh Shit’ – The Pharcyde

Episode five

‘Archie, Marry Me’ – Alvvays

Episode six

‘The Best’ – Tina Turner
‘Where’s Your Head At’ – Basement Jaxx
‘Desire’ – Years & Years
‘Bakerman’ – Laid Back
‘Why Me’ – Kris Kristofferson
‘Happy Together’ – The Turtles

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