London rock-trio Bella Figura have built a strong London following with a sound that has cut deeply with cerebral poetic lyricism but also has blown away audiences with its sheer raw power.

New single ‘Didn’t Love You’ taken from the band’s latest EP Forever Lost continues to push the American west coast sounds of the 60’s and 70’s forward in a psychedelic blues driven swirl of intoxicating regret and anguish that nourishes as much as it does engage. Powerfully cathartic yet immediately impacting, the track deals with the labyrinth of emotions and the guarding of the self involved in becoming close to someone which is plainly laid bare in the main track hook lyric: “When I said I didn’t love you, I lied”.

The band’s frontman Justin Gartry is set to become the centre of his own musical scene with the launch of this single coinciding with a week of gigs being setup for some very exciting new artists and alter egos and new musical incarnations of Gartry’s as part of the Give-A-Gig week in aid of the Youth Music Charity and coalescing together Gartry’s own new independent record label Tourino Records.

Bella Figura will be headlining Mau Mau Bar on March 28th and the other show details and lineups can be found here [https://www.facebook.com/events/2170805536478552/] All profits go to The Youth Music Charity.

Tuxedo resurrect the dance funk of Earth, Wind & Fire with their new single, '2nd Time Around' taken from their upcoming second album. Finding themselves at the forefront of a new wave of gangster boogie, one that owes as much to G-funk as P-funk, Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One announce the release of their second album as a duo, out via Stones Throw Records in April. Both descendants of the one-word moniker family of funk, the Tuxedo collaboration began with an exchange of mixtapes back in 2006. "They had a lot of the same songs on them." said Jake. "I couldn't believe there was another person in the world that cared about this style of music.”

Considering their individual successes it’s no surprise their powers combined have yet again yielded a bevy of absolute slappers that are packaged perfectly for dance parties in 2017. Recorded while the pair was on the road during their last tour, Tuxedo II is both a continuation of and improvement on the first album. "The sound really clicked towards the end of recording the first album. This time around we just did it better,” says Mayer. “It's like Empire Strikes Back where you already know the characters and you can get straight to the action.” They both insist Tuxedo is about having fun and dancing. "We needed a carefree release in these fucked up times,” says Jake. Tuxedo II is a modern testament to unity and positivity in trying times. It is a reminder that the dance floor will always be there to welcome you, whoever you are.

Younger pop music consumers may not know that the latest hits from Daft Punk, Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson derive from a genre that was swept under the rug for decades. The material here, while wholly original, is an exercise in honouring its forebears. The crystallization of the album's concept comes courtesy of its message of universal love; thanks to the signature combination of soul and pop sensibility that have come to define Mayer's hooks. You can feel the imprint of greats in combination with sounds made famous by hip-hop legends, mastering a new ‘old’ sound in a loving albeit modern homage, wearing their influences on the sleeves of their tuxedos.

Listen to ‘2nd Time Around’ here

Tuxedo II Track Listing

Fux With The Tux feat. Snoop Dogg

2nd Time Around

Take A Picture

Rotational

Shine

Scooter’s Groove

U Like It

Back In Town

Special

Livin’ 4 Your Lovin

July