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<\/p>\nNEW MUSIC: Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake, First Aid Kit, The Tallest Man On Earth, CupcakKe<\/b>
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In the week that we lost one of a kind never to be replaced Dolores O\u2019Riordan<\/a><\/strong>, here\u2019s some new music from\u00a0Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake, First Aid Kit<\/a>, The Tallest Man On Earth <\/a><\/strong>and\u00a0cupcakKe<\/strong> (above).<\/strong><\/p>\n Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake \u2013 \u201cThe Priest\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Maxine Peak, London Feb 2015 by Brian Minkoff<\/a> (CC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Smiths co-founder and English actress Maxine Peake (above) released a spoken word track called \u201cThe Priest\u201d last month.<\/span><\/p>\n The song addresses the issue of youth homelessness and is accompanied by a video<\/a> featuring Molly Windsor who starred in the BBC\u2019s <\/span>Three Girls<\/span><\/i> which dramatized a real life case about the grooming and sexual abuse of young girls<\/a> in Rochdale, England.<\/span><\/p>\n Watch the video<\/a> below.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n First Aid Kit \u2013 \u201cFireworks\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n In which adorable Swedish duo <\/span>First Aid Kit<\/b> get all 80s-feely in the video<\/a> for \u201cFireworks\u201d from new album <\/span>Ruins<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n With references to the likes of <\/span>The Breakfast Club <\/span><\/i>and<\/span> Stranger Things <\/span><\/i>(is that a blondie Barb, god love her?), if you\u2019ve not come across the duo before, think of \u201cFireworks\u201d as Ally Sheedy and <\/span>Haim <\/b>as Molly Ringwald.<\/span><\/p>\n Ruins <\/span><\/i>is out this Friday. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Tallest Man On Earth \u2013 \u201cWhen We Were Young\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n While we await a new album from <\/span>The Tallest Man on Earth<\/b> to follow 2015\u2019s <\/span>Dark Bird Is Home<\/span><\/i>, have a look at this fantastic cover of <\/span>Adele<\/b>\u2019s \u201cWhen We Were Young.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Kristian Matsson, as he is known to his mammy, performed the track on a Swedish quiz show and is backed by local pop act Augustifamiljen.<\/span><\/p>\n Fans will mostly be familiar with Marsson performing in singer-songwriter mode so it may come as a surprise how well his voice lends itself to pop.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n cupcakKe \u2013 Euphorize<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It may be that on her latest album, Chicago rapper cupcaKKe has \u2013 while retaining some of the caroonish elements of old \u2013 graduated to a more serious performer with sex<\/a> still firmly on the mind.<\/span><\/p>\n As with many rap and hip hop albums these days \u2013 I\u2019m looking at you <\/span>Eminem<\/b> \u2013 it\u2019s overlong at 15 tracks but also very self aware. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMost people already skipped this song, \u2019cos it ain\u2019t about sex<\/a> and killing\u201d she says on \u201cSelf Interview.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n With songs like \u201cSpoiled Milk Titties\u201d she may be right but the great crossover potential remains especially considering her opinions on LGBT people on \u201cCrayons\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Boy on boy<\/a>, girl<\/a> on girl<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Like who the f**k you like<\/span><\/p>\n F**k the world<\/span><\/p>\n Transgenders are people<\/span><\/p>\n So I\u2019ma treat \u2019em equal<\/span><\/p>\n F**k a tuxedo<\/span><\/p>\n Tuck your dick<\/a>, mijo<\/span><\/p>\n Transgenders are people<\/span><\/p>\n So I\u2019ma treat \u2019em equal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post NEW MUSIC: Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake, First Aid Kit, The Tallest Man On Earth, CupcakKe<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cupcakke-1.jpg\")
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