Following a globally-heralded tour that was hailed as the live musical event of the year, and a momentous Coachella performance, David Byrne has released ‘¿Cuál Es La Razón?’ —a vibrant new take on his track ‘What Is The Reason For It?’ from his latest album, Who Is The Sky?. This version features the voice of legendary GRAMMY award winning Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade, taking the place of the original’s Hayley Williams (Paramore). Produced by Mexican...
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Zoh Amba will release their debut album Eyes Full on June 5th. It is an album of tough and soulful songs that feel like a pure transmission from the heart. A first preview can be heard now with the first single ‘Another Time’, out now. Watch the accompanying video here. Eyes Full is distinctly, instinctively tied to Zoh’s hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee and the rediscovery of their first instrument, the guitar....
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David Byrne appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week with his 12-member ensemble to perform ‘When We Are Singing’, a track from his new album Who Is The Sky?, out now. Watch the performance HERE. Following the performance, Byrne joined Colbert for an in-depth conversation. Watch HERE. Byrne’s Who Is The Sky? North American spring tour is set to begin on April 4 in Vancouver. Who Is...
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Ahead of the release of her hugely-anticipated third record Ricochet, out today, Snail Mail – the project of Lindsey Jordan – debuted the opening track ‘Tractor Beam’ on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Watch the performance HERE. On the new single, Jordan’s anthemic vocal is paired with buoyant, jangling guitar leads and soaring strings courtesy of NYC’s Metropolis Ensemble. It’s a song about dissociation – about feeling othered, feeling...
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Out today, ‘Ultra Violence’ / ‘Appetite’ is the new maxi-single from Chicago trio Lifeguard. Recorded at the band’s rehearsal space / studio, the music continues the unstable ethos of this year’s much-loved debut album Ripped and Torn – alternating high-velocity punk-energies with surreal dub-inflected interludes. Lifeguard on ‘Ultra Violence’ / ‘Appetite’: Recorded in Lifeguard’s Stulogulo, newly equipped with actually terrifying faces and friendly heroine carpet, plugged straight into the 8-track machine...
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Zoh Amba joins the Matador Records roster. Amba has become recognised world-wide for their work as a fiery saxophonist and composer, releasing music on Tzadik and Smalltown Supersound and collaborating with artists like William Parker, Luke Stewart, Steve Gunn, and Jim White. Amba’s work on Matador will follow a new path, that of an emerging guitarist and songwriter with music that draws deeply on their childhood in Kingsport, Tennessee. Amba will...
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Kim Gordon releases her highly anticipated third solo album PLAY ME. Earlier this week, she shared the title-track to the album along with a video directed by Barney Clay, watch here. The release follows singles ‘DIRTY TECH,’ a track that explores the power struggle between humans and robots, a theme visually complemented by the Moni Haworth-directed video, which features Gordon in an abandoned corporate office. The album’s lead track ‘NOT TODAY’ was accompanied by a short film...
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Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) releases Glory (Extended), an expanded version of his critically acclaimed, GRAMMY nominated album Glory. The LP features four new tracks including ‘Undercurrent (Clean Heart)’ which Flood Magazine said “harkens back to Mike Hadreas’ earliest piano-only chamber-pop recordings, forgoing the art-rock experimentation heard on the album version of the track.” With the release, Hadreas shares the focus track ‘Jamie,’ and says, “I remember playing “Jamie” for someone after I recorded...
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Snail Mail — the project of Lindsey Jordan — recently announced her highly anticipated third album, Ricochet, due out March 27. Today she returns with a new single and music video for ‘My Maker,’ which was co-produced by Jordan, alongside Aron Kobayashi Ritch (Momma). The single-take hot air balloon music video echoes lyrics about flying a plane to heaven, drinking at the airport bar, and contemplating life and death. Jordan’s voice soars over spaced-out mellotron swirls...
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Kim Gordon has released ‘DIRTY TECH,’ the second single from her upcoming third solo album, PLAY ME, which is due out on March 13th. The track explores the power struggle between humans and robots, a theme visually complemented by the Moni Haworth-directed video, which features Gordon in an abandoned corporate office. Gordon spoke on the track, saying: “I was kind of musing about, is my next boss going to be an AI...
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2025 saw Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) release his critically acclaimed album, Glory, which, along with its singles, has landed on numerous “best-of 2025 lists” including NPR, The New York Times, and Pitchfork and, with his band, tour the world playing to packed – if not sold-out – audiences. Perfume Genius performed ‘It’s A Mirror’ on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (watch here) and the album’s art earned a GRAMMY®...
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Snail Mail — the project of Lindsey Jordan — announces her highly anticipated third album, Ricochet, due out March 27. Her first album in five years, she returns with a renewed sense of clarity and control, asserting herself as a generational songwriter with a sharpened perspective. While her early work chronicled the emotional turbulence of young love, Ricochet reveals a deeper fixation: time, mortality, and the quiet terror of watching the things you love slip...
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On January 25, 2016, Savages released their riveting sophomore album Adore Life, the band’s final release to date. Today, the London quartet celebrate the album’s first decade by sharing two unreleased songs from the era – a piano-lead cover of Black Sabbath’s iconic ‘Paranoid’ and the haunting original ‘Prayer’. The band’s performance of ‘Paranoid’ was captured on film by Grammy-nominated director Giorgio Testi and premieres today as well. From Savages: Celebrating 10 years of ‘Adore...
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Kim Gordon’s vision of art and noise has come sharper into focus just as readily as it has changed—a paradigm of possibility that, four decades on, still feels like a dare. The adventure continues on the artist’s third solo album, PLAY ME, which will be released March 13. The lead track ‘NOT TODAY’ is available now, accompanied by a short film directed by Rodarte fashion label founders and filmmakers Kate and Laura Mulleavy with director...
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The acclaimed concert film Queens of the Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs is now available to stream on Youtube. Queens of the Stone Age fans around the globe are invited to witness the band’s intimate, powerful performance, set deep within the ancient, atmospheric underground tombs of Paris. Filmed and recorded in July 2024, the band is captured as you’ve never seen or heard them before with a carefully selected setlist spanning...
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Out today digitally, It’s Beautiful is a new EP featuring fully reimagined takes of three songs from Water From Your Eyes’ It’s a Beautiful Place. Here guitarist and producer Nate Amos tweaks, twists, and warps the arrangements for ‘Born 2,’ ‘Nights in Armor,’ and ‘Playing Classics,’ dramatically shifting the scenery around and emotional resonance of singer Rachel Brown’s vocal leads. “The new versions of ‘Born 2’ and ‘Nights in Armor’ are actually just closer to how the...
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