Ex:Re, the eponymously-titled debut album by the solo project of Elena Tonra, guitarist, vocalist and lyricist of Daughter, is released digitally today. Vinyl and CD pre-orders of Ex:Re are now available with physical release set for February 1 2019. Running parallel to Daughter, Tonra has assumed the pseudonym Ex:Re (pronounced ex ray) for her eponymously-titled debut solo album, a deeply personal record that was made with both a sense of...
‘We Appreciate Power’ is the new track from Grimes; a hard, audacious rock banger which was produced, performed and written by Grimes and featuring HANA. Watch the accompanying video below! The song meshes the dark, heavy sounds of rock and industrial music with huge pop sensibility and hooks, further underlining the sonic innovation which Grimes time and time again masters. ‘We Appreciate Power’ is anthemic. Inspired by the North Korean...
Courtney Barnett (photo by Christo Herriot) made history when she became the first ever solo female artist to win the Best Rock Album category at the ARIA Awards. Barnett’s achievement was all the more significant given the fact that she released her album independently through her own label Milk! Records, she’s the second fully independent artist to win the award. The award is deserved recognition for Barnett whose second album Tell...
Jess Ribeiro has today released her new single ‘Love Is The Score Of Nothing’, it’s the first taste of new music in more than 3 years and is something of an indie rock banger from Ribeiro, signalling a new sound for an artist whose previous albums explored a kind of intricate folk-noire. Watch the accompanying video, directed by Nick McKinlay and shot around Collingwood’s famous Ginger Hair Salon, below! This time...
Elena Tonra, guitarist, vocalist and lyricist of Daughter, has announced details of a solo project. Running parallel to Daughter, she’s assumed the pseudonym Ex:Re (pronounced ex ray) for her eponymously-titled debut solo album, a deeply personal record released digitally this Friday 30th November. Tonra’s candid solo songs document the time after a relationship ended and are written like unsent letters to herself and others. Taking on a creative moniker, she...
Following ‘Balm Of Gilead’ released earlier this month, Iceage unveil a second new track ‘Broken Hours’. A five minute epic of doom-laden swing and crashing, spidery riffs that backdrop Elias Bender Rønnenfelt’s howling incantation. It’s another heart-racing transmission from a band at the peak of their craft. Listen below! Beyondless is the culmination of Iceage’s output so far, finding a knowing yet untamed band creating the most thoughtful, dramatic and visceral music...
In what could be either the most confrontational or hilarious video of the year, Jack Ladder willingly endures intense but creative punishment from British model, musician and writer Alys Hale in ‘Tell It Like It Is’, the fourth video taken from the Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders album Blue Poles, out now. The video was directed and shot by acclaimed and exhibited photographer McLean Stephenson. Stephenson isn’t worried about how it will...
Tiny Ruins, originally conceived as the solo project of New Zealand singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook, are releasing their third album Olympic Girls on Friday 1st February. After sharing the lead single of the same name, Tiny Ruins has now shared ‘School of Design’. Listen below! It was recorded live, with the full band of Cass Basil on bass, Alex Freer on drums and Tom Healy on electric guitar in their hometown...
Magic Dirt have announced the reissue of Signs Of Satanic Youth, originally released in November 1993 on vinyl as a double 7″ single and also on CD. Both have long been out of print and the tracks featured have never been available to stream on DSPs. Signs Of Satanic Youth is now available to stream and download. Two 12” vinyl editions (coloured and classic black) and a CD edition will be...
Jungle are renowned for exquisitely curated remixes of their music. Their debut album spawned a string of top drawer remixes from the likes of Soulwax, Special Request, Zomby and Joe Goddard that transported their productions from their Shepherds Bush studio setup to dancefloors around the world. Today, they reveal the first mix from their second album For Ever, ‘Beat 54 (Krystal Klear 12” Mix)’ sees sophisticated studio scientist and DJ Krystal Klear,...
Today Molly Burch shares the video for ‘Candy’ taken from her recently released new album First Flower. Captured beautifully on 8mm film and playfully nodding to pushy photographers and crazed shoots, ‘Candy’ was shot by director, songwriter and actress Nöel Wells and is a perfect meeting of minds between the two artists. Watch below! Of the collaboration, Burch says; “I’ve been a huge fan of Noël’s for quite some time...
New York City duo Cults have revealed Offering B-Sides & Remixes, a companion release to 2017’s LP Offering that includes 3 previously unreleased songs and a new remix of ‘Recovery’ by famed producer John Fryer. While Cults made their name in black and white – a pair of film school dropouts who in 2010 burst onto the New York scene with a perfect single and a darkly retro sound. Their 2017...
Today, Powell Tillmans release their debut EP Spoken By The Other. It’s a collection of recordings from two of the most interesting artists in Europe, and one whose short length belies its radical tenderness, sonic language and political ambition. The first part of the partnership is Oscar Powell, the London-based electronic musician. The second is Wolfgang Tillmans, the Turner Prize-winning fine artist and musician who lives between Berlin and London. Read their...
After an incredible year, releasing their debut LP and touring the world, Starcrawler return home with a brand-new single entitled ‘Hollywood Ending’ which was mixed by Nick Launay and produced by Ryan Adams. Out digitally and on a 7” including the b-side ‘Tank Top’, produced by Nick Launay. Listen below! Vocalist Arrow de Wilde says “Hollywood Ending is my version of a prayer. In the song I pray for ‘The End’....
The Lemon Twigs reveal the new video for ‘Never In My Arms, Always In My Heart’ from their new album Go To School. Shot on Long Island and directed by Michael D’Addario, who also stars in it, & Winston H. Case, the video was filmed inside a local Hicksville bar and tells the heartbreaking tale of one couple’s struggle. Watch below! In discussing the video, Michael said, “Brian and I played in a whole...
After performing in Charli XCX’s band across the global Taylor Swift Reputation tour and curating three sold out Australian parties with Charli XCX, Melbourne-born, LA-based multidisciplinary artist Banoffee releases her new single ‘Bubble’. Watch the accompanying video below! ‘Bubble’ exemplifies Banoffee’s unique style of subversive electronica-pop. Banoffee explains the meaning behind the single: “Bubble is my combat to bullies. It’s for the underdogs when they lose sight of their power....
