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  Our 2022 retrospective series ends today with 20 standout music videos of artists featured on Live4ever’s pages during the past year. Our publisher Paul Bachmann, who regularly served on Emmy judging panels for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ special effects and camera categories, has been looking out…

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black midi release their new album on July 15th.

black midi have unveiled the Maxim Kelly-directed video for their latest Hellfire album track Eat Men Eat. Over 50 fan submitted recordings are on the song whose story is taken up by bass player Cameron…

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black midi will be playing their biggest UK headline show to-date at Somerset House on July 13th.

black midi have unveiled their new album Hellfire and its first single Welcome To Hell, which Geordie Greep describes as, ‘like an epic action film’. “Almost everyone depicted…

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black midi start a month-long tour of North America in Madison, WI tonight.

black midi are playing with expectations on their new covers EP Cavalcovers. Whilst the inclusion of tracks by King Crimson and Captain Beefheart are not exactly out of left-field for the…

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black midi recorded the album at Soup Studios in London.

black midi have included live performances of five songs from this year’s Cavalcade album for a new, limited edition release entitled Live-Cade. John L, Chondromalacia Patella, Marlene Dietrich, Despair and Slow all feature on…

black midi by Anthrox Studios black midi have been dipping back into their Cavalcade sessions. black midi have unveiled a new, stand-alone single today entitled Cruising. Recorded with John ‘Spud’ Murphy, it’s a track now available to everyone after it initially appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese CD…

black midi by Anthrox Studio black midi will be there when the first Pitchfork London festival is held later this year. Stereolab, Moses Boyd, black midi, Girl Band, Nilüfer Yanya, Iceage, Emma Jean Thackray and Remi Wolf will all be appearing when Pitchfork Festival heads to London between November…

black midi have released their second studio album today on New Music Friday – have a listen on Live4ever via Spotify. The sonic palette was expanded by black midi as they worked on Cavalcade in the absence of guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin; saxophonist Kaidi Akinnibi, keyboard player Seth Evans and…

The old trope, usually applied to jazz but which can seem to work for any genre you don’t particularly have much time for, goes that an artist should never be enjoying themselves up on stage any more than the audience are watching on. For black midi, the joke was that…

black midi by Anthrox Studio It’s the latest from black midi’s forthcoming second studio album. black midi have shared their new single and video Chondromalacia Patella with Cavalcade due on May 28th. More gigs have also been announced for the band’s North American touring, while a Cavalcade Golden Ticket…

black midi by Anthrox Studio It’s the second glimpse at black midi’s new album. black midi have had a busy few minutes of announcements, unveiling their latest track Slow, a UK and European tour, and a new KEXP session. “The Slow video was made to fit the oscillating dynamics…

Parklife Festival by Max Miechowski Our recap of the biggest and best headlines we featured during the past seven days includes a Parklife’s 2021 line-up and black midi’s return. Dave, Megan Thee Stallion, Disclosure, Skepta, Jamie xx, Bicep, Four Tet, Mabel, slowthai, Little Simz, Celeste, Pa Salieu and CamelPhat are…

black midi by Anthrox Studio black midi are following up 2019’s Schlagenheim. black midi have set their second album Cavalcade for release on May 28th. Work began in the same year as their debut album, initially built from the improv habits of their live sets but later added to by…

black midi by Jack Greeley-Ward black midi will be at Wide Awake after joining Squid for a Christmas-time livestream from The Windmill. What a time it could be to make your debut on the UK festival calendar; Wide Awake is set to be held for the first time in…

black midi @ SXSW 2019 (Sam Huddleston / Live4ever) There’ll be more funds raised for The Windmill on December 29th. The unwavering support from artists who have first-hand experience of its importance to grassroots music will continue later this month when The Windmill in London hosts a Christmas livestream.…

black midi @ SXSW 2019 (Sam Huddleston / Live4ever)   Black Midi, New Road is back again! They’ve already performed together at the venue, and they’ve already helped to raise funds via their Extended Jam contribution to this year’s wonderful live album. Now, black midi and Black Country, New Road…