Our friends over at video game label Boss Battle Records have released a video game soundtrack for Necrobarista. Necrobarista is a cinematic visual novel set in a magical Melbourne cafe where the dead are granted one last night to mingle with the living. Inspired equally by film and anime, Necrobarista is a unique take on the visual novel medium. Follow a dynamic and diverse cast of characters as they navigate...
In case you haven’t caught on already, Yo La Tengo have spent the week quietly seeding the web with new music – posting one song a day via their freshly minted Bandcamp page. Now, we’re gathering it all into a single tidy zip file: We Have Amnesia Sometimes. This digital-only collection features five instrumental compositions that Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, and James McNew recorded over 10 days in late April...
In L.A, April 2018, In the midst of emerging adulthood and in the transitional period between amateur and professional musician, Ethan P. Flynn wrote and recorded what would become his debut single: ‘Everybody’s Dying To Meet You‘. It’s out now via Young. The songwriter, beatmaker and multi-instrumentalist stars in the accompanying video in which we flick back and forth through time catching snapshots of Flynn’s wild life. Beneath the more...
Widowspeak (pictured) share the title track from their upcoming album Plum, to be released August 28 via Captured Tracks. On ‘Plum’, the duo – singer-songwriter Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas – reflect on the Japanese philosophy, Wabi-Sabi, that celebrates the way things are rather than how they should be. As the seemingly perfect fruit begins to rot throughout the video, Hamilton comes to the sanguine recognition that nothing...
Pleased to welcome Melbourne’s Ex-Olympian to the Dot Dash Recordings roster, joining artists including Methyl Ethel, Sui Zhen, Donny Benét, Banoffee & more. Ex-Olympian is the new musical vessel for Liam McGorry – songwriter & musician for bands such as Saskwatch and Dorsal Fins. Named after the neon sign that adorns ‘Borsari’s Corner’ in Melbourne’s Lygon St, Ex-Olympian reflects the times we all need to shift things forward into a new...
Earlier this year, Melbourne-born pop artist Banoffee released her debut album, Look At Us Now Dad via Dot Dash. Banoffee is now sharing an EP featuring remixes of key tracks from the album by PC Music trio Planet 1999, hyperpop producer and Charli XCX associate Umru, Australian dance producer and DJ Nina Las Vegas, and newly minted LA duo DAGR. Banoffee says of the EP: “These remixes are important to...
Species, the new album by Bing & Ruth, the ever-evolving project steered by New York composer David Moore, is out now. The group’s fourth studio album features the singles ‘The Pressure Of This Water’, ‘Live Forever’, and ‘I Had No Dream’. David says of the album, “Species is an album of music I wrote on the Farfisa organ and performed with my two friends who play clarinet and acoustic bass...
JARV IS… are pleased to announce their debut album Beyond the Pale which will be released on Friday 1 May via Rough Trade Records. The album is available on LP/CD/Cassette. This is the first original music from Jarvis Cocker since the Further Complications album in 2009. JARV IS… a band featuring Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar, percussion), Serafina Steer (harp, keyboards, vocals), Emma Smith (violin, guitar vocals), Andrew McKinney (bass, vocals),...
Cults, aka multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin and multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion, announce their fourth studio album Host out September 18 via Sinderlyn. Along with the announcement, the duo share their second single ‘Trials‘ which follows the pulsating single ‘Spit You Out.’ Cults on ‘Trials’: “Trials focuses on the power that addictions and harmful ideologies have to transform. The chorus walks a tightrope between a metaphor for gaslighting and a despairing worry about...
Future Islands return with their first new song in three years, ‘For Sure.’ Written and recorded in the band’s hometown of Baltimore, the chest-pounding anthem features backing vocals from Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak. The accompanying video for ‘For Sure’ was created by Sam Mason and charts a long journey through a bleak post-apocalyptic landscape. Watch it in full below. Listen / Download
Experimental audiovisual duo friendships have returned with new single ‘MLG_recovery patch.’ This is the first piece of new work from the pair since their 2016 critically acclaimed album Nullarbor 1988-1989. ‘MLG_recovery patch’ presents a sonic and visual shift for the band. Beginning with a somber piano soundscape, the track warps and becomes interlaced with their dark, pulsing industrial sound. Throughout the video, dark visuals morph, glitch and loop back on...
The Lemon Twigs have done it again with another shot of adrenaline straight into the vein of the American pop scene. ‘Live In Favor Of Tomorrow’ is a euphoric dance in the clouds which brings you close enough to God to slap him five. Time is an antiquated illusion when you play this puppy loud. Judy Garland twerks on Galileo to the sound of jangly guitars and drumming we haven’t...
Pinegrove have shared the video to “Endless,” from their already critically lauded new album, Marigold. Pinegrove have also released an expanded version of Marigold which is out digitally now. Marigold (Expanded Edition) includes an alternate version of ‘No Drugs’ from the Skylight album sessions, and an acoustic version of ‘Phase.’ Listen to Marigold (Expanded Edition) HERE “In this video we wanted to explore tenacity & endurance of spirit.” Says singer...
On March 10th, 2020, 23-year-old Muslim poet Mustafa (pictured) released his stunning debut single ‘Stay Alive‘. Mustafa follows the track with a beautiful performance of new song ‘Come Back‘ alongside James Blake. Directed by Nabil, the minimalist performance highlights Mustafa’s elegant, understated songwriting. Speaking on the meaning behind song and Blake’s hand in it, Mustafa says: “Perpetually grateful for James who helped free me of my own emotional burdens when I...
New York artist Spencer. shares his latest single ‘Maybe’ via 4AD. A manifesto on the trials of growing up, the song is paired with a video that sees his soul taking a trip directed by Sabrina Nichols. Watch it below. Spencer.’s dewy, sleek vocals carry along honeyed lyrics that illustrate the feeling of a first love. The 21-year-old musician melds R&B with his velvety vocals, hip-hop in his off-kilter beats,...
Spoon have confirmed their celebrated back catalog will be returning fully to print and become widely available worldwide for the first time on vinyl and CD in 2020 on Matador Records. The Slay On Cue series will see the reissue of the band’s first eight records in original editions, encompassing classic albums Telephono (1996), Soft Effects EP (1996), A Series Of Sneaks (1998), Girls Can Tell (2001), Kill The Moonlight...
