Meet Bebi Monsuta, and their sultry, irresistibly danceable debut single ‘Brazilian Sound (ft. ABRONCA)’. Out now via b4. The pair of NYC sisters – Manami Mao and Akira Ayane – have roots in Trinidad, Japan, and Brazil and have been performing music together since childhood. Their fusion of cultures and influences from Japanese R&B to Caribbean music to the NYC Hip-Hop scene shines brightly on the new song. The duo’s name translates from Japanese to ‘Baby Monsters’....
Jack Ladder has released new track ‘Shades’ – a desolate and beautiful cover of the underrated romantic highlight from Iggy Pop’s 1986 album Blah-Blah-Blah. ‘Shades’ is released alongside the slinky and lovelorn B-Side ‘Head Full of Nails’ – a fitting follow-up to Ladder’s 5th album Blue Poles released last year via Barely Dressed Records. ‘Shades’ may seem tongue-in-cheek, but Ladders performance comes from a place of deep affinity and admiration. As Ladder explains; “I remember first seeing the video for Shades when the Yeah Yeah...
Leif Vollebekk has unveiled the second single from his forthcoming album New Ways (out 1st November via Secret City Records) with a music video for ‘Transatlantic Flight.’ ‘Transatlantic Flight’ takes its time, and wraps itself around you. Leif found inspiration in a host of places – from sticky Rihanna choruses, the dark sizzle of Leonard Cohen, the visual mastery of Richard Linklater (he drops a couple references in the opening verse of the song). The song builds to a soaring euphoria, a wall of rich sounds and...
Kim Gordon has released ‘Air BnB’, the new single from her forthcoming debut solo album, No Home Record out October 11th on Matador Records. Stream it here. It’s a towering rocker that launches from brittle, noise-bitten verses evoking “blue towels and water bottles” and “47 inch flat TV” into an explosive, defiantly-catchy mantra – ‘AirBnB’ is an exhilarating tour de force. There’s a video too. It’s everything it could have been without the budget it needed. Reviews welcome.
Home Made Satan, the second instalment of a building trilogy, by Chastity is out now via Captured Tracks. The album brings a pop sensibility to the band’s catalogue following their acclaimed 2018 debut Death Lust. Recorded over the course of a couple weeks with his full live band in a small studio in London, Ontario, between a European tour with Fucked Up and a seven-week North American tour, Williams crafted...
In honour of The Boss’s birthday, Lucy Dacus has released a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’. This is the fourth instalment of her 2019 holiday song series, following her Valentine’s Day cover of ‘La Vie En Rose,’ and original songs ‘My Mother & I’ and ‘Forever Half Mast,’ celebrating Mother’s Day and Independence Day, respectively. Lucy’s ongoing 2019 singles series will also include tracks tied to Halloween, Christmas, and New Year’s, with a physical EP coming this Spring. Is there...
Efterklang have released a third single, ‘Uden ansigt’, from their forthcoming fifth studio album Altid Sammen, their first release in their native Danish. It’s out 20 September through 4AD. Vocalist Casper Clausen explains the inspiration behind ‘Uden ansigt’ (‘Without face’): “The lyrics are like pictures to me, based on a moment I once had when biking in Copenhagen. It was raining heavily, everybody packed away under umbrellas, hoodies, hats etc. Faceless, genderless, ageless, colourless. My vision was blurred out...
Days of the Bagnold Summer began life as a 2012 award-winning graphic novel by Joff Winterhart, was turned into a feature film and the directorial debut of Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners, Friday Night Dinner), and is now a wonderful, rich, bittersweet, and warmly welcoming original soundtrack album by Belle and Sebastian, out now via Matador Records. Days Of The Bagnold Summer features eleven brand new Belle and Sebastian songs, as well as re-recorded versions of classics ‘Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying’, originally appearing...
Austin’s most esteemed rock ambassadors, Spoon, shine a light on a total rarity – ‘Shake It Off’. It’s available digitally for the first time ever, originally a b-side from the era of the band’s acclaimed album A Series Of Sneaks, the track was recently made the b-side of the 7” version of latest single ‘No Bullets Spent’. ‘Shake It Off’ follows the critically-acclaimed release of Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon.
“I never thought heartbreak could be so all-encompassing. I never thought that my body could stop working to the point that I couldn’t express myself physically in the ways that I have always loved and found so much solace. I have always practiced my way into being the best I could be, but I couldn’t do that this time, I was left with no option but to tear every process...
Grimes has shared a new single and video ‘Violence‘ featuring i_o. Stream it now. Watch the visual below.
Melbourne experimental electronic / pop and performance artist Sui Zhen has revealed her latest single, ‘Being A Woman‘ off her forthcoming new album Losing, Linda – out Friday 27 September via Dot Dash / Remote Control. Sui Zhen explains, “I don’t know quite where this song came from but it is probably older than the story of this album. The threat of losing my mother, the person who birthed and raised me triggered these sentiments. It was just before all the #metoo stuff...
Sleater-Kinney share the new music video for ‘Can I Go On,’ from their critically acclaimed new album,The Center Won’t Hold, produced by St. Vincent, out now via Milk! Records / Remote Control. The concept for the ‘Can I Go On’ video was written by Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein; it was directed and filmed by Ashley Connor, a long-time friend of the band, and stars Lauri Guzda and Mami Kimura. Brownstein explains, “Within the broader thematic context of The Center Won’t Hold album, we wanted the video...
Chastity Belt share the final single before the release of their new self-titled album on 20 September ~ ‘Drown.’ The lush new track has roots in the band’s early years. Singer/guitarist Julia Shapiro says “I started writing “Drown” back when I was 23… so almost 6 years ago. It came together with the band a few years later. It feels good to finally put it out into the world! Everyone’s parts on it...
Algiers have released collaborative audiovisual piece, ‘Can the Sub_Bass Speak?‘, a new work from the band and production duo Randall Dunn and Ben Greenberg (Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Mandy Soundtrack, Sunn O))), Uniform). The film recalls the ‘visual abstraction’ and political radicalism of Lis Rhodes and John Akomfrah, situatingFisher’s lyrical examination of structural racism within the disorienting resurgence of fascism across Europe and the United States. Out through Matador Records. Twins has announced his second LP...
Remote Control and Boss Battle Records are pleased to announce the release of the soundtrack for Warhammer 40,000: Regicide. The soundtrack is now available for streaming and purchase on all digital services. Created by Edwin Montgomery, the soundtrack consists of epic orchestral sounds intertwined with electronic effects. You’d know his work from titles including Game of Thrones Conquest, Wasteland, Ghost In The Shell: First Assault and Neverwinter: Ravenloft. Released in...
