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25 May 2017

Watch – Pixx ‘Waterslides’

Pixx shares a new spiralling pop song, ‘Waterslides’, from her debut album, The Age Of Anxiety, released Friday 2nd June. Watch it’s accompanying video below! Filmed in the futuristic cityscape of Bilbao, directors Alice Clingan and Louis Milner explain the premise behind its visual companion. “The lyrics to ‘Waterslides’ are inspired by a dream Hannah had, isolated on a waterpark in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by emotionless suited figures. We tried…

24 May 2017

Listen – Benjamin Booker ‘Believe’

Benjamin Booker has shared a new track ‘Believe’ off his upcoming album Witness, out Friday 2nd June. To accompany the new track, Booker has also shared a stunning live video of him performing the song at Providence’s historic Columbus Theatre. Watch the video below. Witness is his biggest artistic leap to date – drawing on everything from the writings of James Baldwin to Freddie Gibbs to William Onyeabor’s 70s African psych-rock. Preorder…

22 May 2017

Naomi Punk announce double LP ‘Yellow’ + share 2 singles

Naomi Punk have shared 2 new singles ‘Tiger Pipe’ and ‘Chains’ with the news of their Double LP, Yellow, to be released on Friday 4th August. Listen below! In these two new singles, the trio shows a fascinating sort of artistic progression from their Television Man era. ‘Tiger Pipe’ is a kind of new age – pop – Royal Trux impression that is truly weird and sounds like no other single heard lately. ‘Chains’ brings us back…

19 May 2017

Out now – Aldous Harding ‘Party’

Aldous Harding has released her second album, Party. Aldous (real name Hannah) Harding worked with award-winning producer John Parish. Her songs draw from the core facets of life: death, birth, grief and love. There are few happy endings, but the power is in how Harding enters into battle. She’s known for her sinister torch songs, gentle laments and eerie odes delivered with a charismatic combination of hubris, shrewd wit and quiet horror. Harding’s work is one step removed from the…

19 May 2017

Out Now – The Mountain Goats ‘Goths’

The Mountain Goats have released their sixteenth album Goths. Bassist Peter Hughes writes on the record: The theme this time around is goth, a subject closer to my heart perhaps than that of any Mountain Goats album previous. And while John writes the songs, as he always has, it feels more than ever like he’s speaking for all of us in the band, erstwhile goths (raises hand) or otherwise, for these are…

19 May 2017

Listen – The Black Seeds ‘Better Days’

South Pacific reggae-soul legends The Black Seeds return with their first single ‘Better Days’. The lead track is a Black Seeds classic and an exciting taster of what’s to come from their long awaited 6th studio album. Listen below! “It’s a mantra and anyone who is struggling, to stay positive and not give up” says guitarist/vocalist Barbnaby Weir. “To strive for what’s important to you.” The legendary eight-piece will be touring the new record around the world this year. The Black…

15 May 2017

Introducing – Everything Is Recorded

Everything Is Recorded is the new collaborative artist project from record producer and XL Recordings head Richard Russell. With Russell at the helm, his west London studio ‘The Copper House’ has become a creative second home for a revolving cast of vocalists and musicians who pass through to write, record and share ideas, mixing traditional recording sessions with extended, uninhibited live jams. Out now, the Close But Not Quite EP…

12 May 2017

Introducing – This Is The Kit

We are very excited to announce that recent Rough Trade signing This Is The Kit will release their new album Moonshine Freeze on Friday 7th July. The band performed Moonshine Freeze‘s stunning title track in a new Rough Trade Session. Check it out below. This Is The Kit is the musical project which holds exceptional Paris-via-Bristol songwriter Kate Stables close to its heart. They have earned the adoration of peers including Guy Garvey, The National and Sharon van Etten. Their new album…

11 May 2017

The National announce ‘Sleep Well Beast’ + share ‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness’

After some mysterious teasers earlier in the week, The National announce their 7th studio album, Sleep Well Beast, set to be released on September 8th. The National debuts the track ‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness’, in this Casey Reas directed video you can watch below! Sleep Well Beast was produced by member Aaron Dessner with co-production by Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger. The album was mixed by Peter Katis and…

10 May 2017

Watch – Perfume Genius ‘Die 4 You’

Perfume Genius (aka Mike Hadreas) has released the second video from his new album No Shape, out now. ‘Die 4 You’ is directed by Floria Sigismondi and features artwork by Rosa Verloop. Watch it below! Hadreas explains: “This is a love song with a lot of breath-control fetish language, to communicate a willingness to really give yourself to someone completely.” Listen / Purchase No Shape: https://perfumegenius.lnk.to/NoShape

9 May 2017

Introducing – Starcrawler

Rough Trade are excited to announce Starcrawler and the release of their debut single ‘Ants’. The single is backed by B-side ‘Used to Know’ and available on limited edition blood splattered white vinyl 7” – 500 only world wide. Watch the clip below! Starcrawler hail from Los Angles and were formed one year ago when lead vocalist Arrow de Wilde first met guitarist Henri Cash at their Echo Park high school. Shortly…

9 May 2017

Listen – Pixx ‘I Bow Down’ (Let’s Eat Grandma Remix)

Pixx has shared a remix of ‘I Bow Down’, by teen duo Let’s Eat Grandma. Their re-styling of 21-year-old Hannah Rodgers’ latest single moves the song into their unique weird pop world and is the pair’s first ever remix. Listen below! ‘I Bow Down’ is the opening track from Pixx’s debut album The Age Of Anxiety, out Friday 2nd June. Originally from Chipstead, Surrey, and a graduate of the BRIT School, Rodgers experienced…

5 May 2017

MC BIN LADEN signs to True Panther + announces new EP

True Panther Sounds is excited to share the music of Funk Proibidão, which translates to “strongly prohibited”, with torchbearer MC Bin Laden’s É Grau EP, coming out 12th May (digital) / 23rd June (limited 500-copy vinyl pressing). MC Bin Laden, aka 23 year old Jefferson Christian dos Santos Lima, is the reigning ruler of São Paulo’s Baile Funk scene. Born in the Vila Progresso neighbourhood of easternmost São Paulo, Jefferson began…

5 May 2017

Out now – John Moreland ‘Big Bad Luv’

John Moreland has released his new album Big Bad Luv. A record about love, faith and the human condition. Moving from Kentucky to Tulsa when he was ten, John fronted hardcore and punk bands throughout high school years before feeling the pull in folk and country music. He has released largely self-produced albums every other year since 2011. Big Bad Luv was recorded down in Little Rock, mostly with a crew…

5 May 2017

Out now – Mac DeMarco ‘This Old Dog’

Mac DeMarco’s third full-length album, This Old Dog, is out today! It was a little space—in time, location and method—that inspired DeMarco while making This Old Dog. Arriving in California with a grip of demos he’d written in New York, he realised after a few months of setting up his new shop that the gap was giving him perspective. DeMarco says, “I demoed a full album, and as I was moving…

5 May 2017

Out now – Perfume Genius ‘No Shape’

Perfume Genius has released his fourth album, No Shape. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Blake Mills, mixed by Shawn Everett. Perfume Genius’s 2014 breakout album Too Bright marked a musical and performative leap that sounds unlike anything before or since. With his new songs, Mike Hadreas goes even further, merging church music, makeout music, R&B, art pop, krautrock, and queer soul into his take on stadium anthems, completing the journey from critically acclaimed underground hero…