Irish blackened-deconstructed-folk act One Leg One Eye, the project of founding Lankum member Ian Lynch and veteran noise monger George Brennan, announce their new album CRONE, out on 22 May. The group share the first track on the album ‘Many are my Names Besides’, on which they are joined by the elemental force that is legendary actor, performer, writer and director Olwen Fouéré (Operating Theatre) contributing vocals. Olwen Fouéré comments: “When...
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Aldous Harding releases a second single from her forthcoming fifth studio album, Train On The Island (out 8 May). Premiered by Lauren Laverne on her BBC 6Music show, ‘Venus In The Zinnia’ finds the New Zealander aided by H. Hawkline on bass, guitar and vocals, plus John Parish on drums, Wurlitzer piano and percussion. Adding to the impressive oeuvre of Aldous Harding visuals, the song’s companion video stars Harding and H. Hawkline, watch...
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My New Band Believe (the new band from former black midi bassist and sometime frontman Cameron Picton) today share their boundary pushing debut studio album, and live video from new non-album track ‘Kick Me’ as they take the same daring approach to live performance. ‘Kick Me’, a new live recording stitched together from the multitracks of 7 different performances, starting in London then flying to New York City and back in the space of...
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The G.O.A.T. just got greater. The Prodigy have remixed Sleaford Mods’ collaboration with Aldous Harding, bringing some of music’s most inventive, progressive and uncompromising artistic minds together on one track. Available on streaming services and two unique seven-inch singles, ‘Elitest G.O.A.T’ from the Nottingham duo’s recent Top 10 album The Demise Of Planet X has been reborn as ‘The Prodigy Acid Thunder Remix’ by Liam Howlett. The remix not only unites two creative kindred spirits,...
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Zoh Amba will release their debut album Eyes Full on June 5th. It is an album of tough and soulful songs that feel like a pure transmission from the heart. A first preview can be heard now with the first single ‘Another Time’, out now. Watch the accompanying video here. Eyes Full is distinctly, instinctively tied to Zoh’s hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee and the rediscovery of their first instrument, the guitar....
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Montreal trio Bye Parula share their sparkling, dancefloor-ready new single ‘I don’t know,’ the second from their new album Something Out Of Nothing, out June 5. The song is thematically linked to lead single ‘KISSBURN,’ another undeniable earworm. About the pair, singer/bassist Loïc Calatayud-Sola shares: “These were written in the same period, at the beginning of the process, and they go together. ‘KISSBURN’ is told from the point of view of someone...
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Earlier this year, Dry Cleaning released their new album Secret Love. The beloved band of vocalist Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard’s third album received glowing Album of the Week/Month accolades from the likes of The Sunday Times, The Observer, Record Collector, The Guardian, MOJO, and more, with the latter’s 5* critique calling the album, “a surrealist masterpiece.” Ahead of the band’s extensive tour...
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David Byrne appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week with his 12-member ensemble to perform ‘When We Are Singing’, a track from his new album Who Is The Sky?, out now. Watch the performance HERE. Following the performance, Byrne joined Colbert for an in-depth conversation. Watch HERE. Byrne’s Who Is The Sky? North American spring tour is set to begin on April 4 in Vancouver. Who Is...
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Ahead of the release of her hugely-anticipated third record Ricochet, out today, Snail Mail – the project of Lindsey Jordan – debuted the opening track ‘Tractor Beam’ on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Watch the performance HERE. On the new single, Jordan’s anthemic vocal is paired with buoyant, jangling guitar leads and soaring strings courtesy of NYC’s Metropolis Ensemble. It’s a song about dissociation – about feeling othered, feeling...
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My New Band Believe (the new band from former black midi bassist and sometime frontman Cameron Picton) are happy to share the first track, ‘Love Story’ from the forthcoming album My New Band Believe which arrives on April 10th. ‘Love Story’ is one of the album’s stand-out tracks. The song is, literally, a love story, a couple in their banal element: staying in, going out, cooking, cleaning, dreaming, scheming, until it...
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Meg Remy made her first foray into film last year, collaborating with filmmaker Grace Glowicki to compose the score for her directorial debut, a surreal horror-comedy entitled Dead Lover — which received its world premiere in the Midnight Section at Sundance, and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Gothenburg Film Festival. With the theatrical release of Dead Lover from today (20 March), U.S. Girls shares the glamorous, romantic, and eerie centrepiece of her...
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Zoh Amba joins the Matador Records roster. Amba has become recognised world-wide for their work as a fiery saxophonist and composer, releasing music on Tzadik and Smalltown Supersound and collaborating with artists like William Parker, Luke Stewart, Steve Gunn, and Jim White. Amba’s work on Matador will follow a new path, that of an emerging guitarist and songwriter with music that draws deeply on their childhood in Kingsport, Tennessee. Amba will...
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Robyn releases her new single ‘Blow My Mind’, the fourth song from her hotly-anticipated album Sexistential. Produced by Klas Åhlund, it’s a tricked-out redux of ‘Blow My Mind’ from Robyn’s 2002 Don’t Stop The Music album, rewritten in tribute to her three year old son. ”Blow My Mind’ is the one song on the album about my son.” she says. “I was in that early stage when I was with him all the...
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Kim Gordon releases her highly anticipated third solo album PLAY ME. Earlier this week, she shared the title-track to the album along with a video directed by Barney Clay, watch here. The release follows singles ‘DIRTY TECH,’ a track that explores the power struggle between humans and robots, a theme visually complemented by the Moni Haworth-directed video, which features Gordon in an abandoned corporate office. The album’s lead track ‘NOT TODAY’ was accompanied by a short film...
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Anjimile releases his highly anticipated album You’re Free to Go, out today, along with the romantic final single ‘Rust & Wire’, ahead of its release this week. ‘Rust & Wire’ blooms in warm acoustic guitars, synth textures, lush strings, and delicate rhythmic layers; an intimate document of self-expression and emotional resonance. Watch the visualiser here. Anjimile shares, “This is a song about love and lust, blooming in the summertime. It’s about kissing...
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Today, The Sophs release their debut album GOLDSTAR, after sharing the video to new single ‘HOUSE’ earlier in the week, watch here. The group have ridden a wave of notoriety ever since signing to Rough Trade Records on the strength of their demos – which they cold-emailed to labelheads Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee before they ever even played a show. Following singles ‘GOLDSTAR’, ‘I’M YOUR FIEND’, ‘SWEAT’, ‘DEATH IN THE...
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