Gruff Rhys shares ‘Bad Friend’ – the third and final track from his new album Sadness Sets Me Free before its release on 26th January. Remarkably, Sadness Sets Me Free is Gruff Rhys’ 25th long playing record in a 35 year recording career. Gruff says on his new track “People always refer to ‘good friends’. This song is toying with the idea of the ‘bad friend’. Maybe a bad friend is still better than not being a friend at all. Some friends...
Sleaford Mods are pleased to announce the release of their cover of the Pet Shop Boys’ iconic single ‘West End Girls’, with all profits from the track going to Shelter as the band continue their longstanding collaboration with the homeless charity. A video for the song, directed by Ewen Spencer, can be watched now while the single is available to stream. A 12-inch edition single, featuring the remixes from the Pet Shop Boys, HiFi Sean and Extnnddntwrk, can be...
Gruff Rhys is pleased to share the second track from his new album ‘Silver Lining (Lead Balloons)’ taken from his 25th Album Sadness Sets Me Free out 26 January 2023. Another elegiacally beautiful track by Rhys, the track is accompanied by a shimmering visual thatcompliments the care-worn wonderment of the music. Stream / Download ‘Silver Lining (Lead Balloons)’ herePre-order / Pre-save Sadness Sets Me Free here.
Jockstrap & Taylor Skye have today released their remix album I<3UQTINVU, a fully reworked version of the Mercury Prize shortlisted 2022 album I Love You Jennifer B. I<3UQTINVU – I Love You Cutie, I Envy You – is the brainchild of Taylor Skye, who was making multiple versions of the album’s original tracklisting to stay inspired during the writing of I Love You Jennifer B. Stream / Download I<3UQTINVU here.
Special Interest have announced Endure Remixed, six remixes from their critically acclaimed 2022 album Endure, out Friday, November 10th. They’ve also shared electronic cyber-punk duo Machine Girl’s remix of ‘Concerning Peace’ – Special Interest’s incendiary screed against authority. Straddling the line between club banger and punk anthem, the remix feels especially timely. Endure Remixed contains remixes of Endure favorites by artists such as Marie Davidson – and in a nod to their New Orleans roots, a bounce remix of their single ‘Midnight...
Jockstrap & Taylor Skye have today shared ‘Good Girl’, the latest track taken from their upcoming remix album I<3UQTINVU, a fully reworked version of the Mercury Prize shortlisted 2022 album I Love You Jennifer B. I<3UQTINVU – I Love You Cutie, I Envy You – is set for release on 3 November via Rough Trade Records. ‘Good Girl’ was inspired by some of Skye’s favourite dance acts growing up such...
Sleaford Mods have released a new six track EP, MORE UK GRIM, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Recorded at the same time as their acclaimed 2023 album – UK GRIM – the freshly released songs not only continue Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson’s current dancefloor dominance, but with a mix of insight and wit, outrage and compassion, they critique and celebrate our turbulent times. Stream / Purchase MORE UK GRIM here.
A. Savage’s “sharp writing and voice are distinctive enough that you could recognize them from outer space” (Stereogum). The Parquet Courts frontman presents his highly anticipated new album Several Songs About Fire, out now. The end result is tantamount to psychic odyssey, containing a singular irreverence which is stitched together by Savage’s outsize gifts as a lyricist and observer, a quality producer John Parish calls “an emotional openness guarded by a laconic wit.” Stream / Download Several Songs About Fire here.
Gruff Rhys is pleased to announce his new album Sadness Sets Me Free which will be released on 26 January, 2024. This incredibly will be the 25th album he has released in his 35 year career individually, collaboratively and as a member of various bands. Lead-off single ‘Celestial Candyfloss’ is a telling four minute glimpse of the forthcoming album, revealing the heady wonders and classic pop sounds within. Soaring strings carry the sweet melodies along,...
Sleaford Mods announce the release of a new six track EP, MORE UK GRIM, out on 20 October. Recorded at the same time as their 2023 album, UK GRIM, the freshly released songs not only continue Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson’s current dancefloor dominance, but with a mix of insight and wit, outrage and compassion, they critique and celebrate our turbulent times. Lead single ‘Big Pharma,’ shares a ‘take no prisoners‘ lyrical approach with the band’s...
Jockstrap & Taylor Skye have today announced I<3UQTINVU, a fully remixed version of the Mercury Prize shortlisted 2022 album I Love You Jennifer B. I<3UQTINVU – I Love You Cutie, I Envy You – is set for release on November 3 via Remote Control and its lead single ‘Red Eye (feat. IAN STARR)’ is out now. The remix record is the brainchild of Skye, who was making multiple versions of the album’s original tracklisting to stay inspired during the writing of I Love...
A. Savage, of the rock band Parquet Courts, announces his second solo album, Several Songs About Fire, out October 6th. He also presents its lead single/video, ‘Elvis in the Army’. Several Songs About Fire is bolstered by the support of Jack Cooper (Modern Nature, Ultimate Painting) and Cate Le Bon, as well as members of Kamikaze Palm Tree & caroline. The end result is tantamount to psychic odyssey, with lead single ‘Elvis in the Army’ placing us in a subterranean venue...
Parquet Courts frontman A. Savage presents his new single/video, ‘Thanksgiving Prayer.’ and marks Savage’s first new solo music since 2017. ‘Thanksgiving Prayer’ is anchored by Savage’s poetic musings, observations that are accentuated by saxophone flourishes from Euan Hinshelwood. The accompanying ‘Thanksgiving Prayer’ video — directed by Tiff Pritchett — is a black-and-white homage to silent film, with Savage adorned in makeup and surrounded by his band and handmade decoration. Stream / Purchase ‘Thanksgiving Prayer’ here.
New Orleans no-wave punks Special Interest today share a new stand-alone single ‘Disco 1.5’. The track reflects the way “Disco” was meant to be heard, or rather, the way Special Interest have been playing it live for the past 4 or 5 years. File under Classic Interest. A perfectly formed punk song in one and a half minutes. Stream / Purchase ‘Disco 1.5’ here.
British-born, New York-based ANOHNI, “one of our generation’s greatest protest singers, or protest songwriters” (NPR’s All Songs Considered), presents My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, the new album from ANOHNI and the Johnsons’ out now on Rough Trade / Remote Control. My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross expresses a world view by shape-shifting through a broad range of subject matter. Through a personal lens, ANOHNI addresses loss of loved ones, inequality, alienation, acceptance, cruelty, ecocide, devastation wrought by...
British-born, New York-based ANOHNI presents ‘Sliver of Ice,’ the new single/video from ANOHNI and the Johnson’s forthcoming album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, out July 7th on Remote Control / Rough Trade. “Now that I’m almost gone/Sliver of ice upon my tongue/In the day’s night/It tastes so good, it felt so right/For the first time in my life” ANOHNI sings on ‘Sliver of Ice,’ remembering some of the last words Lou Reed shared with her. The singer embodies the voice of someone whose experience becomes more awed...
