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Announced: Queens of the Stone Age – ‘Easy Street’ + AU/NZ Tour

Queens of the Stone Age return with a stunning new single ‘Easy Street’, and announce massive Australia and New Zealand tour. Debuted live last year during their lauded Catacombs tour and eagerly awaited by fans, it’s the band’s first new song since 2023’s In Times New Roman. The music is serene and perfectly imperfect — acoustic guitar, psychedelic synths, and a rhythm track that breathes on its own. Beneath the surface: raw edges and withering wit. Featuring singer Nikki Lane,…

Listen: Julia Jacklin – ‘I Wish’

Julia Jacklin presents a second single from her upcoming album, The Gem (out 25 September). Following lead track ‘Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)’, ‘I Wish’ is written for her younger self – a practice that, four albums into her career, feels like a tradition. Like a fledgling bird about to flee its nest, she reflects, “I got through, yeah I’ll be fine / Still I wish someone at been…

Watch: Overmono – ‘Knight In Shining Prada’

Overmono return to release ‘Knight In Shining Prada’, the third and final preview of their highly-anticipated second album, Pure Devotion, out August 7. A collaboration with cult British poet John Joseph Holt, it is a song born from loss and transformed into something transcendent. It follows the recently released ‘Even Angels Ghost’ and ‘Lockup’, and arrives alongside a cinematic visual that sees Overmono and Rollo Jackson deepen the Pure Devotion visual world into its…

Out now: Dry Cleaning – Secret Love (Deluxe Edition)

At the beginning of this year, Dry Cleaning released their new album, Secret Love. The third album from the London-based group consisting of lyricist Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard received glowing accolades across the globe. Today, Dry Cleaning shares expanded version, Secret Love (Deluxe Edition), featuring three brand-new tracks recorded during album sessions with producer Cate Le Bon last year; ‘Grass’, ‘I Have The Key’, and the recently released single ‘Sliced…

Listen: Tyler Ballgame – ‘Live It Down’

Fresh from a series of summer shows across the globe supporting everyone from Alabama Shakes to The Lumineers to Belle and Sebastian, Tyler Ballgame shares a brand new single, the immeasurably catchy ‘Live It Down’. Ballgame, whose debut album For the First Time, Again dropped early this year, has had a whirlwind 2026, touring nonstop and winning accolades from the likes of Rolling Stone, NPR, NME, The Guardian, MOJO and…

Announced: Standing On The Corner – II + ‘Mr. Postman, wait!’

Standing On The Corner announce their forthcoming album SOTC (“II”) out September 11. In addition, the ensemble shares a new single + visualizer for ‘Mr. Postman, wait!’ (b/w ‘Splitting Moonlight’) – watch here. Founded in Brooklyn, NY, STANDING ON THE CORNER (est. 2015) is a music recording group whose work moves fluidly between performance, film, installation, and sound. Rooted in the cultural exchange between the USA, Puerto Rico, and Africa, the project machinates an intersection…

Out now: Michael Brook – Cobalt Blue & Live at the Aquarium

Canadian musician Michael Brook, Grammy-nominated film composer (Heat, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Into the Wild) and inventor of the ‘infinite guitar’, releases the first vinyl reissue of his 1992 4AD record Cobalt Blue and the vinyl debut of Live at the Aquarium. These underrated gems from the 4AD catalogue have been newly remastered by Rashad Becker and are presented on Crystal Clear 2×LP and 2CD with artwork by…

Announced: Basia Bulat – Bouquet EP + ‘Right Now (Bouquet Version)’

Following a whirlwind season of touring in support of her latest album Basia’s Palace, Basia Bulat returns with her new EP Bouquet, a delicate collection of reimagined acoustic recordings that offers a fresh perspective on some of the album’s most beloved songs via Secret City Records. Recorded in Montreal’s Mile End neighbourhood with engineer Andrew Woods, Bouquet emerged during a quieter autumn period following months on the road. Stripped back…

Introducing Radie Peat

Rough Trade Records are excited to share the debut solo single by one of Ireland’s most influential and revered vocalists, Lankum and ØXN’s Radie Peat – an interpretation of the popular traditional love song, ‘Still I Love Him’. With unique vision, staggering vocal range and a wry sense of knowing, Peat is celebrated for her powerful contralto voice, technical vocal authority, and emotional depth, she distils the essence of folk…

Announced: Gilla Band – Pugnello + ‘Placeholder’

Gilla Band are happy to announce their brand new album Pugnello released on the 25th September 2026 via Rough Trade Records. The album was recorded from 2022 – 2026 across three studios, Hellfire, Yellow Door Music Studio, & Sonic Studios in Dublin, the album was produced by Gilla Band & it was recorded and mixed by Daniel Fox. The album will be available on Deluxe Gatefold LP with glued in…

Listen: Carla Geneve – ‘Finally Broke Me’ / ‘I Still Think About You’

Renowned for her powerhouse vocals, raw vulnerability, and evocative storytelling, multi-award-winning artist Carla Geneve returns with a new double single, ‘Finally Broke Me’ / ‘I Still Think About You’, out now via Dot Dash / Remote Control. Alongside the release, Carla announces the Finally Broke Me tour, hitting Walyalup/Fremantle, Meanjin/Brisbane, Warrane/Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne later this month. Written in the exhausted comedown of a long tour, ‘Finally Broke Me’ captures the…

Listen: Tommy Barlow – ‘Won’t You Ever Need Me’’

Singer, producer and songwriter Tommy Barlow returns with ‘Won’t You Ever Need Me’, his new single and accompanying Josh Renaut-directed music video, released today via Young. Where debut single ‘Earth Killer’ arrived as a slow-burn torch song – bruised, luminous and slightly unmoored – ‘Won’t You Ever Need Me’ pushes into rawer, more volatile territory: a track that builds from a single drums and piano motif into a wall of collapsing sound, the vocals decaying…

Listen: Rowena Wise – ‘Home In This World’

Today, Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Rowena Wise shares her new single ‘Home In This World’, out now via Beloved Records / Remote Control Records, the third offering from her forthcoming sophomore album, Bad Things Feel Good*, set for release on Friday 7th August, 2026. Alongside the single, Wise announces a run of headline shows across Australia this Oct/Nov with her band. Following the emotional reckoning of ‘Blood Ties’ and the quiet unravelling of ‘Diamond In The Rough’, ‘Home In This World’ enters…

Announced: @ – Autosmile

@ (pronounced “at”) is the art-folk project of Philadelphia-based multi-instrumentalist songwriters Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak. On October 16, the band will share their new album Autosmile, their second full-length record and first release with 4AD. Across Autosmile’s 11 songs, @ reimagine the psychedelic folk tradition as an undeniably contemporary art form, carefully balancing beauty and pain and shifting between black hole heaviness and patient understanding. This is seen first…

Listen: Everything Is Recorded – ‘Beyond The Brilliant Haze’

Everything Is Recorded – Richard Russell’s ever-evolving collaborative artist project – today announces ‘Beyond The Brilliant Haze’, a new single featuring Maryland rapper .idk. and legendary British musician Peter Gabriel, out now via XL Recordings. A striking departure from the spectral folk and soul that defined Everything Is Recorded’s acclaimed 2025 album Temporary (Disco Pogo’s album of the year), ‘Beyond The Brilliant Haze’ is a unique meeting of minds, and…

Announced: This Is Lorelei – The Singer in My Band + ‘Billy Came Back’

The last few years have been transformative for Nate Amos. Between delivering breakout records both as a solo artist — under his This Is Lorelei moniker — and with his band Water From Your Eyes, sold out shows across multiple continents, to seeing some of today’s most influential artists cover his songs, the ascending songwriter has found his stride. As the first This Is Lorelei album for Matador Records, The…

Listen: SOAK – death valley fridge magnet

SOAK – Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson – has returned with ‘death valley fridge magnet’ on Rough Trade / Remote Control Records, their first new solo song in over four years. It follows their 2024 viral collaboration with Fred Again.. on the track ‘just stand there’ which has been played over 25 million times. SOAK’s last album was 2022’s If I Never Know You Like This Again which followed 2019’s Grim…

Announced: Julia Jacklin – The Gem + ‘Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)’

The fourth studio album from Julia Jacklin, The Gem, will be released on 25 September and marks the Australian musician’s debut release on 4AD / Remote Control Records. She has also shared the first single ‘Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)’ as well as details of a summer run of solo in-store performances in the UK. ‘Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)’ is a…

Announced: Pulp – Live! + What Do You Do For an Encore?

“A concert is an event where songs come back to life. That’s why this album is called ‘Live!’” explains Jarvis Cocker of this unique record in the Pulp canon. “It’s both a statement of fact (it’s a recording of a live band) & a challenge (come on! Everyone come alive!).” It’s also Pulp’s first film soundtrack album: the Garth Jennings directed movie What Do You Do For an Encore? which is to…

Announced: Two Shell – Infinite Now + ‘Thing About You’

Two Shell announce their second album Infinite Now, released October 16th as a ten track album on vinyl, CD and digital, alongside an expanding world of infinite new music promised all summer long. Infinite Now is the culmination of a feeling that began with ‘The Nightmare’ earlier this year, a release that leant into positive escapism as a response to the dark and confusing times we’re living in. This album is about existing in the moment,…

Announced: Ed Kuepper – The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper – Live, Today Wonder + The Aints! – Autocannibalism

Ed Kuepper adds three albums to his available catalogue of remarkable work, including a brand new double live album. The three albums will be available on Friday 24th July, with new live single ‘Also Sprach The King Of Euro-Disco’ out now digitally. Ed and his band tour nationally through July and August in support of these releases. The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper – Live Recorded at the National Theatre, Melbourne…

Announced: Mojave 3 – Reissue of Full Catalogue

All five records by Mojave 3 will finally be back in print from 24 July, some of 4AD’s most requested reissues of the last decade. Remastered at Abbey Road, Ask Me Tomorrow (1995), Out of Tune (1998), Excuses For Travellers (2000), Spoon and Rafter (2003) and Puzzles Like You (2006), will each be available digitally, on Standard Black LP and CD, and as a 4AD exclusive slipcase comprising all five…

Watch: Overmono – ‘Even Angels Ghost (feat. Kindora)’

Following the announcement of their highly anticipated second album, Pure Devotion (releasing 7 August), Overmono reveal the latest single, ‘Even Angels Ghost’. A collaboration with Tennessee-based singer Kindora, ‘Even Angels Ghost’ follows the release of ‘Lockup’ and comes alongside a cinematic visual that sees Overmono and Rollo Jackson expand the Pure Devotion visual world into its second chapter, watch here. Having discovered Kindora’s music during a Bandcamp deep-dive, Overmono sampled her voice on tracks such as 2022’s ‘Gunk‘ and…

Out now: YHWH Nailgun – Magazine

YHWH Nailgun share their new album Magazine via 4AD, out now digitally with physical formats arriving on August 22. Based in New York, YHWH Nailgun have built a reputation on music that is visceral, immediate, and impossible to neatly categorise. What began in 2020 as the raw collision between vocalist Zack Borzone and drummer Sam Pickard has since evolved into a full four-piece alongside guitarist/producer Saguiv Rosenstock and synth player…

Watch: Murex – ‘Hardness Of A Silverspoon’

Following the release of her debut single ‘Massacre’, Swedish artist Murex returns today with her second single, ‘Hardness Of A Silverspoon’, out today. Where ‘Massacre’ announced an artist of shifting, amorphous intent, the new single moves deeper still – more interior, more elemental, and made in a single, urgent session. “It felt so desperate, this need to let go of obsession and control and present something new,” she says. “It had to…

Listen: GB – ‘Starsound’

GB, Gustav Berntsen, is an artist from Copenhagen who crafts texture-heavy, adventurous guitar music cut with a pop sensibility. On 21 August, GB releases his new album Herzsprung. Today, he shares second single ‘Starsound’. ‘Starsound’ stretches out like a long summer’s evening. On the track, GB’s baritone vocal yearnings meet lush, intricate guitar playing and melt into languid textural drumming and collaged saxophone choirs. “Open wide and free”, this is a track…

Introducing: Superfan

Superfan is the songwriting veil of Kali Priya Flanagan, Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist and producer. Initially imagined as a solo act, ambitious string arrangements crafted in collaboration with cellist Omeed Almassi have come to define Superfan’s noisy and magnetic pop soundscape. Today, Superfan shares their new single ‘Picture Of Return’ via new label home AD 93. Kali says “the song is a reflection on emotional manipulation – falling into a trap built by someone else’s projections and desires that oppose…

Out now: Zoh Amba – Eyes Full

Zoh Amba releases Eyes Full, their essential debut as a singer-songwriter and also their first collaboration with Matador Records. Accompanying it, comes a video for the record’s raucous and feedback-singed third single ‘Dead End Street’, directed by Amba and Liz Layton – watch here. Amba and their band will tour throughout the summer and autumn, including headline dates in the UK, Europe, and North America, as well as a run supporting…

Out now: Bya Parula – Something Out Of Nothing

Bye Parula’s new album Something Out Of Nothing has arrived. In celebration of the release, the Montreal trio has shared the video for the infectious title track, watch here. “This one is like an introvert’s anthem, as if you see someone so free out in the world that you envy them and want to talk to them but you just can’t. Everything is going so fast in your head, but…

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