4 April 2025
Rough Trade Records is celebrating its formative years with the release of a limited boxset on June 20, featuring several of its key, early seven-inch singles. Boasting eight classic 45s that followed the label’s formation out the original Rough Trade shop in West London in 1978, Rough Trade 45s: Volume 1 features the likes of Augustus Pablo, The Raincoats and Young Marble Giants. The eight singles, which have been recreated…
28 March 2025
Today, Liz Stringer releases her seventh studio album The Second High, and celebrates with two in-store performances, on launch day Fri 28th at Rocksteady Records, 6pm, and Sat 29th at Readings St Kilda, 2pm. In April, Stringer kicks off an East Coast Australian tour and will go on to play a headline London show in June. Further tour details below. “The Second High was a record I wanted to make…
28 March 2025
Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) releases his new album Glory. The album contains themes that he’s wrestled with artistically throughout his career – themes of the body and its decay, of domesticity and love, and of inescapable history and damage. The full album bio by Daniel Felsenthal can be found here. He revealed the final single earlier in the week, ‘Clean Heart’, a hopeful, swelling track that reflects on the concept…
28 March 2025
Mess Esque, the heavenly duo of Helen Franzmann and Mick Turner, release their much awaited third record Jay Marie, Comfort Me out now. Their East coast tour dates are in full swing, further info below. Jay Marie, Comfort Me is a bold third missive from Helen and Mick, building out the Australian duo’s handmade, openhearted soul into new dimensions with the help of live band members Keeley Young and Kishore…
28 March 2025
DJ Python releases his debut XL Recordings EP – i was put on this earth – today, marking his first solo music in over three years. Released earlier this week, his latest single ‘Dai Buki’, featuring elusive London MC Jawnino and unclassifiable songwriter Organ Tapes, is the first time all three artists have created music together despite Jawnino and Organ Tapes having previously released music on DJ Python’s Worldwide Unlimited…
27 March 2025
Julien Baker & TORRES have released a new single ‘Dirt’, offering another glimpse into their forthcoming collaborative album, Send a Prayer My Way, out April 18. Julien Baker & TORRES have already released three critically acclaimed singles from Send a Prayer My Way. Songs ‘Sylvia’ and ‘Tuesday’ showcased their shared love of country music while highlighting their distinct songwriting styles and interpretations of the genre. Previous to that they debuted ‘Sugar in the Tank’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Earlier this month…
27 March 2025
Irish musician Maria Somerville will share her forthcoming second album and debut project on 4AD, Luster, on April 25. Today, she shares the upcoming record’s third single ‘Stonefly,’ a slinky ambient waltz fleshed out with dreamy washes of vibrating feedback, grounding drum beats, transportive harp passages, and soothing vocal delivery. The track’s release is also accompanied by an atmospheric music video directed by Daniel Swan. The visual perfectly suits the…
26 March 2025
Last night, on John Mulaney’s new Netflix talk show Everybody’s Live, Kim Gordon and Kim Deal joined forces for a first ever performance of the Sonic Youth classic ‘Little Trouble Girl’, as well as individual performances of songs from their recently released solo albums, Deal’s ‘Nobody Loves You More’, and Gordon’s GRAMMY-nominated ‘BYE BYE’. Watch below! The performance marks Kim Deal’s solo television debut. Her acclaimed new album Nobody Loves…
26 March 2025
Jesse Mac Cormack steps into an exciting new chapter with the release of ‘All I Want To Be’. This marks the first in a series of singles set to roll out throughout 2025, each one pushing deeper into his dance-driven, electronic sound. With his ever-evolving sonic identity, Jesse continues to solidify himself as a visionary force in the electronic music landscape. Adding to his momentum, Jesse Mac Cormack is nominated…
21 March 2025
Ed Kuepper (The Saints) and Jim White (Dirty Three) release their much anticipated collaborative album After the Flood. The record is a reimagined history of Ed’s career to date, including songs from The Saints, The Laughing Clowns, and his solo work. In April, Ed Kuepper will tour Australia solo for the first time in five years, playing 15 dates across April and May. Further tour details and ticket info below!…
21 March 2025
Planet Rami releases his newest single ‘Pink to Blue’, the heart-rending story of love’s slow death. The single arrives with a stunning music video directed by Hirondelle, watch below! ‘Pink to Blue’ is a captivating soul-driven indie lament written with ARIA nominated record producer, composer, mixer and songwriter Tony Buchen and lauded American musician Luther Russell. “A turbulent love was existent in my life when we were writing this song….
21 March 2025
caroline return with their first new music in three years, ’Total euphoria’, accompanied by a video directed by Parker Corey, a musician and director from Phoenix, Arizona mostly known for his work as a member of Injury Reserve (now By Storm). The group’s new output sees them evolving with the influence of new technologies & avant-garde producers. ‘Total euphoria’ features Jasper Llewellyn and Magdalena McLean singing in unison above the…
21 March 2025
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Railroad Jerk’s highly lauded album One Track Mind, first released on March 21, 1995 via Matador. Watch the newly digitised official music videos for ‘Rollerkoaster’ and ‘Bang the Drum’ below. Railroad Jerk’s own Marcellus Hall and Dave Varenka join host (and personal friend) Matt Sweeney in conversation for the latest episode of the Matador Revisionist History Podcast. They look back on some fond…
21 March 2025
Montreal’s Bibi Club announces Feu de garde (les braises), the deluxe edition of their acclaimed 2024 album, out everywhere digitally on May 9th. Celebrating Feu de garde’s 1-year anniversary, the reissue delivers four new tracks mixed by Nicolas Basque and mastered by Valentin Ignat, including a cover of Stereolab’s ‘Orgiastic,’ out now, and a reworked version of ‘you can wear a jacket or a shirt’ that features Calvin Johnson. With…
14 March 2025
Circuit des Yeux releases her new album Halo On The Inside. Warped and transcendent, darkly romantic and thrillingly alien, the album is Fohr’s boldest work to date. Watch the video to new single ‘Truth’ directed and edited by Cuan Roche, which was released ahead of its release earlier in the week, below! Bringing Halo to fruition involved numerous changes in Fohr’s typical methods of operation. She worked at night. “I…
14 March 2025
In 2012, Gruff Rhys embarked on a solo ‘investigative concert tour’ through the heart of America following the route taken by his distant relative John Evans. Every night he presented songs augmented by a power point presentation that detailed his relative’s unbelievable history, along with any new piece of information that had come his way during the day. He was ultimately looking for Evans’s lost unmarked grave. Along with many…
Out now: Adrianne Lenker – Live at Revolution Hall
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Out tomorrow: Maria Somerville – Luster
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Announced: The Smith Street Band – ‘This Is It’ + Single Tour
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Out tomorrow: Julien Baker & TORRES – Send a Prayer My Way
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Out now: Fontaines D.C. – ROMANCE (Deluxe Edition)
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Announced: Adrianne Lenker – Live at Revolution Hall + ‘happiness (live)’
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Announced: caroline – caroline 2 + ‘Tell me I never knew that’
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Announced: Pulp – More + ‘Spike Island’
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Watch: Tune-Yards – ‘Heartbreak’
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Announced: Lifeguard – Ripped and Torn + ‘It Will Get Worse’
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Watch: Jim Legxacy – ‘stick’
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Record Store Day 2025
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