Following their signing to Rough Trade Records in May and release of debut single ‘SWEAT’, and latest single, ‘DEATH IN THE FAMILY’. LA six-piece The Sophs now return with a cover of Mac Demarco’s ‘For the First Time’. Ethan of The Sophs explains their thinking behind the cover, “When I first heard “For the First Time” by Mac DeMarco, it felt fragile in the best way. My band, The Sophs, loves that kind of emotional rawness, but we usually...
Oliver Sim makes his long-awaited return with brand new single ‘Obsession‘, his first new music since 2022’s acclaimed debut solo album Hideous Bastard. Produced by Bullion and Taylor Skye and recorded between London and Los Angeles, the track ushers in a fresh era of experimentation, collaboration, and invention for the London-based musician who’s best known as one third of The xx.Where Hideous Bastard explored themes of shame, fear, and masculinity...
Singer-songwriter, film composer and pianist Patrick Watson has released his new single ‘Ça va‘, a duet featuring Victoires de la Musique-winning French sensation Solann, a french-language song following the billion-streamed ‘Je te laisserai des mots’. This new song celebrates the unique charm of the Parisian lifestyle. Watson also releases, ‘House on Fire‘, a new collaboration with beloved singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright. The gorgeous track is another preview of Watson’s forthcoming LP Uh Oh,...
Multi-award-winning songwriter Carla Geneve releases her new single ‘Here, Look’, the second track lifted from her forthcoming third studio album Don’t Be Afraid, out Friday 17 October via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control. Following on from previous single, ‘Better Believe It’, the new single shows Geneve at her most reflective, with piano-led instrumentation framing her direct, intimate lyrics. Speaking on ‘Here, Look’, Carla shares, “This is a song about reflection and admitting that there are so many layers...
Spoon spent the summer in the studio honing brand new songs. The band are so charged about the results that they’ve decided to let it rip with this brand new double A-side single. Hot off the press comes the jolt-of-raw-power rocker ‘Chateau Blues‘ and the simmering banger ‘Guess I’m Fallin In Love.’ Produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails, St. Vincent) and Spoon, this two-pronged attack marks the first recordings the band...
Electronic visionary Mechatok, aka Emir Timur Tokdemir, is heading to Australia for his first headline tour in March, to celebrate the release of his kaleidoscopic debut solo album Wide Awake – out now via Young/Remote Control Records. Inspired by artists like Daft Punk and Gorillaz, Mechatok made his name touring around the world, while releasing a series of records and collaborations with some of the most forward-thinking artists of the...
Baltimore singer-songwriter and producer Nourished By Time releases his highly anticipated new album The Passionate Ones via XL Recordings. Crafted between Baltimore, London, and NYC, The Passionate Ones is a sermon, a twelve-track catharsis, howled from the underbelly of late-stage capitalism, a blueprint for building your own altar in the ruins of the American Dream. Initially created in Los Angeles’ in late 2019, Nourished By Time emerged as Marcus Brown’s escape from the monotony of his day jobs and a continuously crushed...
Dance music titan Solomun today releases two highly-anticipated remixes of Jamie xx’s ‘Waited All Night’ – a standout track from his acclaimed 2024 album In Waves. The song marked the first time Jamie had reunited with his The xx bandmates Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim on record since the group’s 2017 album I See You, and has since become a live highlight at Glastonbury, Jamie’s own LIDO festival and...
Water From Your Eyes release It’s a Beautiful Place. The album is the duo’s dizzying, chrome-tinted masterpiece, which Rolling Stone has christened “their most joyously out there achievement yet.” The duo finished It’s a Beautiful Place last summer, just as they have every other WFYE release, in Amos’s bedroom, under the watchful eye of a tattered Robin Williams poster from the Mork & Mindy era.“Basically,” jokes Amos, “Robin is like a silent...
Montreal’s The Barr Brothers have released ‘English Harbour’, a graceful folk hymn illuminated by Brad Barr’s distinctive guitar work and soaring harmonies from former tour mate Jim James of My Morning Jacket. An atmospheric reflection on a passing moment lost to time, the new track serves as the third preview of Let It Hiss, The Barr Brothers’ long-simmering and long-awaited fourth studio album, out Friday 17 Oct. Anchored by Brad...
Following its premiere on 3RRR’s Breakfasters program this morning, Naarm/Melbourne nine-piece Mouseatouille release their new single ‘Dogshow’, lifted from their upcoming third album DJ Set, out 19 September via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control. The track follows previous single, ‘Harry and the Jets’, which was launched at a sold-out show at Thornbury Bowls Club. Mouseatouille also share the music video for ‘Dogshow’, created on Discord with friends Will and Charlie of Post...
Winnipeg band Living Hour releases ‘Waiter’, the second single from their fourth album Internal Drone Infinity, out October 17 via Beloved Records. Lyricist Sam Sarty writes, “This is a song about people who wait. Wait-ers. I find myself waiting without knowing what I’m waiting for. I wait in all these liminal spaces: hotels, parking lots, and even relationships. This song reflects on two relationships where I spent a lot of time waiting; waiting to feel something or...
After five years of navigating loss, grief, and anger, Chicago-born, NYC-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer keiyaA emerges in the light of reinvention and healing, shaped by years of solitude spent in the unending tide of mess and renewal, returning to share her findings with unapologetic clarity. Her new single ‘stupid prizes,’ accompanied by a self-co-directed music video with Caity Arthur, is a soulful, arresting prelude that marks a powerful next chapter....
Following the release of his acclaimed new album Glory, Perfume Genius announces a headline Australian tour for December 2025, including appearances in Ballarat, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, as well as a performance at Meredith Music Festival. Glory is a bold and unflinching new chapter in the Perfume Genius story, out now via Matador Records / Remote Control. Across the record, Mike Hadreas explores themes of the body, domesticity, damage, and healing concepts...
Some Like It Hot is a 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon about a group of rogue musicians on the adventure path. It is funny, sexy, rambunctious and evergreen – a showcase of a triple-threat cast at full-throttle. Some Like It Hot is also the new album by London three-piece bar italia – out 17th October on Matador – and certain parallels are perhaps not accidental. It pulses...
Internationally acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven returns to announce four distinct yet interconnected EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop – to be released on all music platforms 31st October. The four EPs are also compiled on a 2xLP and 2xCD physical release titled Off the Record, available for preorder now and in stores 10th October via XL Recordings. In line with the project announcement, Makaya McCraven releases the first single from each EP, ‘Imafan’ (PopUp...
