Car Seat Headrest announce The Scholars, a bold new rock opera that isn’t just a new chapter for the premiere standard bearers of young internet rockers but also a spiritual rebirth, and the band’s first studio album in five years. Watch ‘Gethsemane,’ an 11-minute, multi-part epic (directed by Andrew Wonder) that conveys the spiritual journey and yearning at the heart of the new album. Set at the fictional college campus Parnassus University, the...
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Over thirty years since their debut single on XL Recordings, Liquid’s legacy is clear. In 1992, Richard Russell made his first signing to XL with Liquid, who debuted on the label with ‘Sweet Harmony’, an anthemic track that has become one of the most iconic dance songs of all time and remains a staple on dancefloors worldwide. Liquid went on to release five EPs and one album on the label, including the beloved Future Music EP and Liquid...
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Patrick Watson and Charlotte Cardin release a new collaborative song ‘Gordon in the Willows.’ Haunting in its beauty and simplicity, the song unfurls over lightly arpeggiating piano and Cardin’s breathtaking voice covering a range of multiple octaves, until it disintegrates with a pulse rattling bass and echoing drums. Watson, Polaris Music Prize recipient and Cardin, JUNO Award winner – wrote the lyrics together, and recorded the song last fall at Lost River Studios, in a rural lake village...
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Julien Baker & TORRES release new single ‘Tuesday’, offering another glimpse into their forthcoming collaborative album Send a Prayer My Way, out April 18. With a stripped-back Americana sound, the TORRES-fronted song centres on trying to overcome and heal from the guilt, shame and religious abuse that so many people experience discovering their identity and growing up Queer. Send A Prayer My Way has been in the works since Baker and TORRES played their first...
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Indie-folk darlings Rowena Wise and Didirri release their stunning duet ‘No Cure For Love’ out through the exciting new partnership with Beloved and Remote Control Records. To celebrate, they announce an 11 date, dual coast Australia tour. Didirri, known for his masterful storytelling and dynamic live performances, joins forces with Rowena Wise, whose crystalline vocals and delicate songs have earned her a devoted following across the country. This national tour...
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Leif Vollebekk announces his Revelation Australian tour. He will play four headline shows across both coasts as his sweeping guitar tones and arresting vocals journey across the country. This tour comes off the back of his critically acclaimed alternative masterpiece Revelation which was released late last year. A project which settled Leif into the realm of lasting indie-folk influence. The tour kicks off at The Rechabite in Perth on Tuesday...
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Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) has released his newest single ‘No Front Teeth’ featuring New Zealand folk singer-songwriter Aldous Harding. The track is full of tension bolstered by time changes throughout the song and the haunting, ethereal chorus driven by Harding’s vocals. The music video is directed by Cody Critcheloe and is a fever dream-unhinged, sexually charged, hilarious and riveting, leaving the viewer questioning what is real and what is an aberration. It features Hadreas, Harding and longtime Perfume Genius band member...
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Irish musician Maria Somerville announces her forthcoming second album and debut project on 4AD, Luster, due for release on April 25. To celebrate, she also shares the album’s second single, ‘Garden’, produced by Diego Herrera, aka Suzanne Kraft. The transportive track sinks her emotive siren-esque vocal stylings into a whirring, all-consuming merger of soaring feedback, airy percussion, and nostalgic guitar chords reminiscent of classic 4AD. Its release is accompanied by a music video filmed...
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The Smile have today announced two new remixes of tracks from their critically acclaimed third album Cutouts, from James Holden and Robert Stillman. ‘Don’t Get Me Started (James Holden Remix)’and ‘Instant Psalm (Robert Stillman Remix)’ are out now digitally, each track accompanied by a ‘recycled video mix’ by audiovisual artist Weirdcore, who created videos for every track on Cutouts. Watch below! The remixes will also be released as a limited edition AA side 12-inch on 28th March. Stanley Donwood’s sleeve design...
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DJ Python announces i was put on this earth, his first solo music since 2022, and debut on XL Recordings. The five-track EP will be released on Friday 28 March. The first look at the EP comes in the form of ‘Besos Robados’. Isabella Lovestory lends an insouciant yet insistent vocal to this sublime downtempo lovers’ reggaeton track that’s been a fan-favourite since appearing on Python’s epic BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix. The track comes alongside a...
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Montreal-based artist Basia Bulat today released her lush and shimmering new album Basia’s Palace on vinyl and CD. The most searching record of her career was co-produced by Bulat with frequent collaborator Mark Lawson (who worked with her on previous albums Tall Tall Shadow and The Garden), mixed by legendary engineer Tucker Martine (Beth Orton, Neko Case, The National), and features string arrangements by Grammy-nominated Drew Jurecka (Dua Lipa, Metric, Alvvays). The album includes gently sweeping new single ‘Daylight,’ about which Bulat explains: “I wrote so much of this...
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Brazilian Canadian singer-songwriter Fernie releases his EP Hopeless Dreams, out now. The title song, which he shared last month, was enthusiastically received by several important R&B shows in the UK, notably Victoria Jane’s Future Soul on BBC Radio 1, Manny Norte on Capital Xtra, and DJ Ace on Kiss FM. Last April Fernie released his vulnerable ballad ‘Pain’, co-produced by fellow Montrealer Patrick Watson. The duo performed the song together...
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Out March 14th, Halo on the Inside is the new album by Chicago’s Circuit des Yeux (aka CdY, aka Haley Fohr). It is Fohr’s boldest work to date – warped and transcendent, darkly romantic and thrillingly alien. Hear the anthemic new single ‘Canopy of Eden’, and watch the Dana Trippe-directed music video below! “Somehow, on a day in the not too distant past, I ended up on a speedboat jutting toward a place called Canopy...
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DARKSIDE release new track ‘Are You Tired? (Keep On Singing)’, taken from their forthcoming album Nothing, out February 28th. In just under seven minutes, ‘Are You Tired? (Keep On Singing)’ spans almost as many decades. The wind whispers, Harrington’s guitar scythes minimally over Jaar’s falsetto, now slathered in echo and reverb. Then a middle suite sounds almost like a funkier Byrds circa Sweetheart of the Rodeo. It’s followed by a gentle breakdown where agile guitars...
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Big Thief release a 5-track charity EP. Entitled Passional Relations, all proceeds will go toward providing relief for those impacted by the fires in Los Angeles. Big Thief say, “Our hearts are broken for everyone affected by the fires in California. We’ve put together some of our favorite unreleased songs into an EP called Passional Relations, only available on our webstore, and all proceeds will go toward providing relief for...
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Gus Englehorn’s brand new album The Hornbook is out now everywhere. To highlight the release, Gus unveils a new video for the latest single ‘The Itch’, a “daily affirmation self-help ballad” directed by longtime collaborator and drummer Estée Preda, watch below! The Hornbook is an extraordinary sonic journey that transports listeners through an eclectic mix of influences, fusing ’50s golden oldies, ’60s garage grit, ’70s glam flair, ’80s indie irreverence, and ’90s...
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