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| February 3 2025 | Releases deluxe edition 'I Lay Down My Life for You: Director's Cut' with 14 new tracks, rearranging the original album's track list. |
| 2024 | Appeared in the film 'I Saw the TV Glow', performing 'Claw Machine' with Phoebe Bridgers. |
| December 4 2024 | Announced their Multimedia Tour to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of their first album, collaborating with professional skateboarder Tony Hawk. |
| August 1 2024 | Releases album 'I Lay Down My Life For You' and announces 'Lay Down My Life' world tour with Jane Remover as opening act. |
| July 27 2024 | At the Fuji Rock Festival, Kraftwerk performed their first-ever cover song, 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' by Ryuichi Sakamoto, followed by 'Radioactivity'. |
| May 2024 | Performed nine nights at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, presenting one of their eight albums each night. |
| April 20 2024 | Nolan Cook confirmed he ceased working with The Residents on this date, after initially stopping in April 2023. |
| February 20 2024 | Publicly announced they would no longer be working with long-time guitarist Nolan Cook. |
| February 10 2024 | Wrote and produced tracks 'Stars', 'Fuk Sumn', 'Beg Forgiveness', and 'King' on Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign's album 'Vultures 1'. |
| 2023 | Sloppy Jane releases multiple songs from the album Madison, including 'Overture', 'Judy's Bedroom', 'Bianca Castafiore', 'Lullaby Formica', 'Madison', 'Wonderama', 'The Constable', and 'Epilogue' |
| 2023 | Falk Grieffenhagen transitions to electronic percussion, and Georg Bongartz joins as a live video technician. |
| July 11 2023 | Releases EP 'Scaring the Hoes: DLC Pack' with four tracks that didn't make the original album. |
| May 23 2023 | Hendricks released the complete 'Offline' version of LP! to streaming platforms. |
| May 22 2023 | Digitally released the Madison Visual Album on their YouTube channel, featuring eight new music videos directed by Mika Lungulov-Klotz. |
| May 19 2023 | Premiered the Madison Visual Album at the Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn, New York, with a Q&A featuring Haley Dahl and director Mika Lungulov-Klotz. |
| April 20 2023 | Nolan Cook officially ceased working with The Residents, as revealed in a Facebook comment. |
| March 31 2023 | Performed a free webcast show at WXPN as part of their 50th anniversary tour. |
| March 24 2023 | Collaborative album 'Scaring the Hoes' is released. |
| March 13 2023 | First single 'Lean Beef Patty' is released, and Hendricks announces the collaborative project will be released on March 24. |
| February 28 2023 | On The Danny Brown Show, Hendricks and Brown announce their collaborative project 'Scaring the Hoes Vol. 1' and play a preview of the first single. |
| February 10 2023 | Hendricks announces on Twitter that the collaborative project with Danny Brown is finished and he is working on his second album of the year. |
| January 26 2023 | Embarked on their 50th anniversary tour, featuring selections from Duck Stab, Metal, Meat & Bone, and fan favorites, with their film Triple Trouble opening US tour dates. |
| January 20 2023 | Hendricks officially announces he will release three albums in the year. |
| January 15 2023 | JPEGMafia hints at a collaborative project with Danny Brown on his social media. |
| 2022 | Released single 'My Misery Will Bury You' featuring Phoebe Bridgers, which peaked at number 19 on the charts |
| 2022 | Falk Grieffenhagen concludes his role as live video technician. |
| 2022 | Fritz Hilpert leaves the band after being an electronic percussionist since 1990. |
| 2022 | Patton publicly disclosed his diagnosis of agoraphobia, which had impacted his musical performances. |
| November 18 2022 |
The Menu
Milan Records released The Menu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), containing 14 tracks from Colin Stetson's original film score.
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| November 16 2022 |
The Menu
Colin Stetson was nominated for Best Original Score in a Horror Film at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for the soundtrack of 'The Menu'.
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| October 2022 | Began their Madison Tour, which continued into November, with shows requiring black-tie attire. |
| July 29 2022 | Debuted their film 'Triple Trouble' in Chicago, composed of new footage shot during the COVID-19 pandemic and including material from the Vileness Fats project. |
| May 27 2022 | Kraftwerk began a successful North American tour, performing in 24 cities from May 27 to July 10. |
| May 13 2022 | Performed their 'God In Three Persons' album live at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco, presenting themselves as a six-piece band with visuals by John Sanborn. |
| March 16 2022 | Performed at South by Southwest for the Saddestfactory showcase. |
| February 24 2022 | Hendricks announced via Twitter the release of OFFLINE! EP, which included songs not on the streaming version of LP! |
| 2021 | Conducted the 'Dog Stab!' tour, marketed as their 50th anniversary show, presenting songs from the new album and rearranged tracks from their 1978 album Duck Stab / Buster & Glen. |
| 2021 | AEW star Darby Allin was featured on the thirteenth episode of Hendricks's HTBAR vlog series. |
| 2021 | Faith No More and Mr. Bungle performances were cancelled due to Patton's diagnosis of agoraphobia. |
| December 3 2021 | Held a Madison album release show in Los Angeles, playing the full album. |
| November 7 2021 | Held a Madison album release show in Brooklyn, playing the full album. |
| November 5 2021 | Released their second studio album, Madison. |
| October 30 2021 | Kraftwerk were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. |
| October 22 2021 | Hendricks released his fourth album LP! on his birthday, with two separate versions due to sample-related issues: a streaming version and a free Bandcamp/YouTube/SoundCloud version (LP! Offline). |
| September 9 2021 | Sloppy Jane signed to Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory Records, with Bridgers being the band's former bassist. |
| May 12 2021 | Kraftwerk were officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the class of 2021. |
| April 2021 | Publicly revealed details about experiencing a sexually, verbally, and physically abusive childhood through social media. |
| March 11 2021 | Patton lent his voice to a remake of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song for the trailer of the video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. |
| February 12 2021 | Hendricks released his second extended play, EP2! |
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