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Brian Eno Announces First-Ever Solo Tour

The European Tour Will Take Place in October

Jun 05, 2023

Music legend, Brian Eno has finally announced his first-ever full on solo tour. The dates happen in Europe starting this October and culminate with two shows in London’s Royal Festival Hall. More

Brian Eno Shares New Single “We Let It In”

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE Due Out October 14 via Verve/UMC

Sep 07, 2022

Brian Eno has shared a lyric video for his new single, “We Let It In.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming album, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, which will be out on October 14 via Verve/UMC. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Wild Pink, Dry Cleaning, Plains, Built to Spill, and More

Plus Guerilla Toss, Brian Eno, Andy Clockwise, The Soft Pink Truth, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jul 29, 2022

Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week saw the return of a 1970s icon and a new joint project from two of our favorite modern singer/songwriters. This week we liked enough tracks to settle on a Top 12. More

Brian Eno Announces New Album, Shares New Single “There Were Bells”

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE Due Out October 14 via Verve/UMC

Jul 28, 2022

Brian Eno has announced the release of a new album, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, which will be out on October 14 via Verve/UMC. Eno has also shared a new single from the album, “There Were Bells.” More

Playlists for Earth Campaign Features Brian Eno, alt-J, Anna Calvi, Coldplay, Hot Chip, and More

Artists Put Together Playlists In Support of Solving Climate Change; Under the Radar Took Part Too

Apr 15, 2021

Yesterday, U.K.-based environmental charity ClientEarth launched the Playlists For Earth campaign. The initiative seeks to bring awareness and activism around the need for support in the global battle over the climate crisis. More than 60 artists, record labels, publications and other creatives have submitted playlists in support of the cause, including Under the Radar. Artists ranging from Brian Eno, Anna Calvi, to Squid, Coldplay, and Hot Chip are participating. More

Aug 04, 2020

Whitney have shared their newest cover, David Byrne and Brian Eno’s “Strange Overtones,” off of their forthcoming Candid, an album of covers featuring the band’s favorite songs, set to be released next week via Secretly Canadian. More

Jon Hassell Shares New Song: “Unknown Wish”

Seeing Through Sound Due Out July 24 via Ndeya

Jul 07, 2020

Avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer Jon Hassell has shared a new song, “Unknown Wish,” from his upcoming album, Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two). The album is due July 24 via Ndeya. More

Dec 09, 2019

Brian Eno mainly makes ambient instrumental music these days, but now he has shared a brand new protest song with vocals: “Everything’s on the Up with the Tories.” More

Full List of Record Store Day Releases Revealed - Arcade Fire, Courtney Barnett, and More

Plus Kevin Shields and Brian Eno, Mac DeMarco, The National, The Cure, Fleet Foxes, and Others

Mar 06, 2018

The full list of 2018 Record Store Day releases has been revealed. Record Store Day goes down on April 21 and just in case you don’t already know, the basic idea is to get music fans out to their local independent record store, with the bait being a slew of exclusive limited edition releases. More

Oct 26, 2017

Brian Eno and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine have teamed up for a brand new song, “Only Once Away My Son.” It’s a 9-minute long instrumental soundscape, combining Eno’s ambient tendencies with Shields’ louder shoegaze aesthetic. More

The Killers Share Brian Eno-Influenced New Song “Some Kind of Love”

Wonderful Wonderful Due Out September 22 via Island

Sep 15, 2017

The Killers are releasing a new album, Wonderful Wonderful, on September 22 via Island. Previously they shared “The Man” (and then a video for the song), as well as “Run for Cover”(and then a video for the song) and the album’s title track, “Wonderful Wonderful.” Now they have shared another song from the album, “Some Kind of Love.” More

Jul 06, 2017

Coldplay released their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, back in December 2015 via Parlophone/Atlantic and are releasing a new EP, Kaleidoscope EP, digitally on July 14 via Parlophone/Atlantic (and on CD/vinyl August 4). Now they have shared another song from it, “A L I E N S,” which was written with Brian Eno, who co-produced the song with Markus Dravs. More

Brian Eno Announces New Ambient Album, “Reflection”

Reflection Due Out January 1, 2017 via Warp

Nov 15, 2016

Brian Eno released a new album, The Ship, earlier this year via Warp. Now he has announced a brand new album, Reflection. It’s an ambient album that features only one track, the 54-minute title track, and it’s due out on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2017. More

Brian Eno to Score New Sci-Fi TV Series for Amazon, “Strange New Things”

Kevin Macdonald to Direct, Eno's The Ship Due Out Tomorrow via Warp

Apr 28, 2016

Brian Eno is releasing a new album, The Ship, tomorrow via Warp. Deadline reports that Amazon are close to a deal on producing the a new British sci-fi TV series, Strange New Things, and that Eno will provide the series’ “music and soundscapes.” More

Mar 30, 2016

Brian Eno is releasing a new album, The Ship, on April 29 via Warp. Now he has shared almost half the album via its 21-minute-long opening track and title track. You can stream “The Ship” below via Spotify. More

Brian Eno Announces New Album, “The Ship,” for April 29 Release via Warp

Album Partly Inspired by World War I and the Sinking of the Titanic

Feb 24, 2016

Brian Eno has announced a new album, The Ship. It’s due out April 29 via Warp and is Eno’s first solo album since 2012’s LUX. The album opens with a 21-minute long title track, includes a poem read by actor Peter Serafinowicz, and ends with a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “I’m Set Free.” More

Brian Eno Issues a Statement on the Passing of David Bowie

Longtime Friends and Collaborators Worked Together on Berlin Trilogy

Jan 11, 2016

Brian Eno has issued a statement on the death of David Bowie. Eno was a longtime friend and collaborator with Bowie, most notably on the Berlin Trilogy of Bowie albums that Eno produced (1977’s Low and “Heroes” and 1979’s Lodger). They last worked together on 1995’s Outside, an album Eno says he and Bowie were considering revisiting. Here’s his statement (via BBC): More

Apr 28, 2014

Next week on May 6 Brian Eno and Underworld‘s Karl Hyde will release their joint album Someday World. More

Apr 07, 2014

Next month Brian Eno and Underworld‘s Karl Hyde will release their joint album Someday World. More

Mar 04, 2014

Recently announcing their collbaorative album Someday World Brian Eno and Underworld‘s Karl Hyde have shared the record’s opening track and first single, “The Satellites.” More

Feb 25, 2014

Brian Eno has announced that he has teamed up with Underworld‘s Karl Hyde for a joint album titled Someday World. More

Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Holy Other, Nick Zinner, and More Announce “Maison Des Jeunes”

Album Due Out December 9 Via Transgressive also Features Members of Metronomy and Django Django

Nov 14, 2013

As previously announced, Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, Holy Other, and more had headed to Mali to record a collaborative album with local Malian musicians. More

Oct 14, 2013

Continuing work with his Africa Express project, where western and African musical artists join forces for a musical collaboration, Blur’s Damon Albarn has recruited the likes of Brian Eno, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, Holy Other, actor Idris Elba, and other special guests to work on a new album in Bamako, the capital of Mali. More

Sep 26, 2013

Next month, Girls Names will release their new EP The Next Life. (That’s the David Bowie-cribbing artwork above.) More

Watch: Brian Eno – “Light and Time: The Visual Art of Brian Eno” Video

“77 Million Paintings” Art Exhibit on Display Until Sunday In New York

May 30, 2013

Check out the new short film Light and Time: The Visual Art of Brian Eno. More

Watch: Brian Eno - “Day of Light” Video

Featuring Fan Submitted Photos

Jan 09, 2013

On Nov. 17, to celebrate the release of his newest album LUX, Brian Eno premiered a special audio-visual collaboration called “Day of Light.” More

Listen to new Brian Eno Album “LUX”

Out November 12 Via Warp

Oct 30, 2012

On November 12, Brian Eno will release LUX, an extended, 75 minute composition. More

Brian Eno Releases a New iPad App

Music Composition, 2.0

Oct 08, 2012

Ever-busy musical innovator Brian Eno just released an iPad app. More

Sep 26, 2012

Brian Eno has announced the release of LUX, the acclaimed musical artist and producer’s first solo outing since 2005’s Another Day On Earth. More

Nov 11, 2011

Last night, Stephen Colbert welcomed Brian Eno to The Colbert Report. In addition to an interview segment, Eno joined Colbert and Michael Stipe (a.k.a. the first musician to be enshrined on Colbert’s memorial shelf) at the end of the show for a rousting a cappella rendition of “Lean on Me.” More

Sep 14, 2011

A few months ago, Brian Eno released Drums Between the Bells, his collaboration with poet Rick Holland. Today, Eno announced new EP, Panic of Looking. More

Brian Eno Streams Two Songs From Forthcoming Album

Listen to Songs and See Album Artwork

Jun 15, 2011

Brian Eno streams new songs “Pour It Out” and “Bless This Space.” Listen to the two songs and see the album artwork for Drums Between the Bells, due July 5. More

Brian Eno Set to Release New Album

"Drums Between the Bells" Due July 5 on Warp

Apr 19, 2011

Brian Eno’s set to release his second record in less than a year on Warp Records. We have the details. More

Nov 03, 2010

Yesterday, Brian Eno released his new album Small Craft on a Milk Sea. The guy has done his share of interviews for the project, but nothing like this video chat with Dick Flash from Pork Magazine. More

More Details Announced for Brian Eno’s New Album

Small Craft on a Milk Sea Due Out November 2

Aug 23, 2010

Warp has announced more details regarding legendary musician and producer Brian Eno’s upcoming album, Small Craft on a Milk Sea. Set to release on November 2nd, the album will include collaborations with Jon Hopkins and Leo Abrahams. More

New Brian Eno LP Announced on Warp

MGMT Surely Scratching Their Heads Again

Aug 03, 2010

Legendary musician/producer Brian Eno has announced a new record on Warp. More




Reviews

Oct 25, 2022

Brian Eno’s latest album, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, explores the deep mind meditation side to ambient music. More

Jul 19, 2019

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing, Brian Eno’s classic 1983 album has been re-mastered and re-released with an additional whole album of new music. More

May 16, 2018

Brian Eno may be well known for his influence on iconic rock artists David Bowie, U2, Coldplay, Devo, and James, and producing some of their most artistic and commercial successes, but he is best known as the Godfather of ambient music for essentially conceiving the genre. More

Apr 29, 2016

Brian Eno‘s intentions will never cease to be helplessly rooted in discovery. Strikingly modest for a man with such colossal cultural impact and a production résumé boasting John Cage, David Bowie, and John Cale to name a few, Eno is unrivaled in his influence on the dynamics of modern electronic music. More

LUX

Nov 12, 2012

It might cheer Brian Eno to think that his name, at this stage in an ever-evolving career, is synonymous with possibly nothing, thanks to his stature as a reliably trend-shrugging experimentalist. The fact that the past decade has seen him release more collaborative material than solo material also suggests that he’s having little difficulty tripping over his ego these days. More

Dec 08, 2011

Adding to a long career already peppered with collaborations with other artists, Brian Eno offers a gentle, meditative presentation of the poetic words of Rick Holland in his new EP Panic of Looking. More

Jul 05, 2011

Lately, Brian Eno has been quite fond of playing with others. In 2008, he and David Byrne released the fantastic Everything That Happens Will Happen Today and, last year, he dropped his Warp debut, Small Craft on a Milk Sea, a collaboration with Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins. More

Nov 05, 2010

After so many years of aural lab work, it’s easy to imagine Brian Eno settling into his familiar work spot and thinking, “What now?” Small Craft on a Milk Sea seems a likely record for this stage of Eno’s career: a set of instrumental studies exploring a varied group of settings and directions that display the breadth of his craft. More