4 May 2017
B Boys hit us with their new single ‘Walking’, a song the band explains is “about trying to be tender and acknowledging that masculinity is a prison written after a whirlwind of emotions of being on tour.” ‘Walking’ follows the band’s first single ‘Energy‘ from their upcoming full-length debut Dada, out Friday 16 June. Listen / purchase ‘Walking: https://remotecontrol.lnk.to/walking
4 May 2017
Through the band’s new label home Barely Dressed Records, Gold Class return with new single ‘Twist In The Dark’, and announce a huge national tour. Check out the new single, tour dates and ticket info below! Rarely has punk music been so danceable. Lead singer Adam Curley states that with the song, produced by Gareth Liddiard, he wanted to “push everything further”. Gold Class have been working on new music, due later this…
4 May 2017
Coinciding (roughly) with the original 1997 release date(s) of Radiohead’s landmark third album OK COMPUTER, OKNOTOK will be issued on June 23rd. OKNOTOK features the original OK COMPUTER twelve track album, eight B-sides, and original studio recordings of three previously unreleased tracks: ‘I Promise’, ‘Lift’, and ‘Man Of War’. All material on OKNOTOK is newly remastered from the original analogue tapes. OKNOTOK BOXED EDITION will ship in July, featuring a black box…
28 April 2017
Algiers will release their second album The Underside Of Power on Friday 23rd June. Check out the Henry Busby-directed video for the first single and title track ‘The Underside of Power’ below! Recorded largely in Bristol and produced by Adrian Utley and Ali Chant, mixed by Randall Dunn, with post-production by Ben Greenberg, The Underside Of Power follows Algiers’ 2015 debut and touches on oppression, police brutality, dystopia, and hegemonic power structures. Led by vocalist…
28 April 2017
What better way to get a final peek of Mac DeMarco’s third full-length album This Old Dog before hearing the whole darn thing, released next Friday, than through one of the album’s most soulful numbers. Listen to ‘One More Love Song’ below! As Mac told Sirius XMU, “Sometimes [love songs] come from a specific place, but in a lot of instances they could just be plucked out of the air. Have…
26 April 2017
After touring for Bluesfest and completing a sold out Australian tour, the Mountain Goats have shared album opener ‘Rain in Soho’ from their new record Goths, out Friday 19 May. The lyrics of ‘Rain in Soho’ constitute a jeremiad of vanished things: friends, places, safe harbors. Goths was recorded at Blackbird Studios, Nashville; produced by Brandon Eggleston; and mixed by Scott Solter. Woodwinds were arranged and played by Matt Douglas. The Mountain Goats are John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Jon Wurster, and…
26 April 2017
Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister have launched a new song to celebrate the release of their forthcoming, collaborative album Planetarium. ‘Mercury’ is the second track to be released from Planetarium, out Friday 9 June. Watch the video below! Planetarium unites Stevens’ vocals, McAlister’s beats, Dessner’s guitar performance, and Muhly’s instrumental compositions: from lush piano ballads to rock anthems, classical cadenzas to electronic beats with Stevens’ distinctive vocals providing a centre of…
21 April 2017
That exciting time has come around again, and it’s the 10th Annual Record Store Day tomorrow, Saturday 22nd April! There’s a bunch of great special events, acts, prizes, and all round celebrations going about town – almost every capital city, along with many in regional towns. In fact, it’s the highest ever number of indie record stores in Australia announcing their participation yet! You can find all the record stores near you that…
20 April 2017
Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius has dropped the second song from his forthcoming album No Shape, out Friday 5th May. Listen to ‘Go Ahead’ below! No Shape was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Blake Mills, mixed by Shawn Everett. Of the album, Hadreas says: “I pay my rent. I’m approaching health. The things that are bothering me personally now are less clear, more confusing. I don’t think I really figured them out with…
20 April 2017
Benjamin Booker has shared ‘Right On You,’ the opening track from his upcoming LP Witness out June 2nd. Booker describes the song as being “about the selfish, lonely and hedonistic nature of modern life, where death is ‘right on you’ but seems ‘hard to imagine’.” Listen below. The album’s ten new, original tracks were all written by Booker, produced by Sam Cohen, mixed by Shawn Everett, and recorded at The Isokon studio…
19 April 2017
Car Seat Headrest appeared on Conan O’Brien last night and during their performance they rolled out a new version of their Teens of Denial track ‘Unforgiving Girl (She’s Not An)’. The more condensed version has been updated to ‘Unforgiving Girl (She’s Not A Single Version)’, check it out below! Car Seat Headrest are currently between their two weekend performances at Coachella, and Will Toledo recently shared an acoustic cover of the Smiths’…
19 April 2017
John Moreland has shared a new song, ‘Sallisaw Blue’. The Americana opener is taken from his upcoming album Big Bad Luv, out Friday 5th May. Listen below! Big Bad Luv is an honest, bruising experience. A record about love, faith and the human condition, it’s John’s debut for 4AD and his first full-length released worldwide. Moving from Kentucky to Tulsa when he was 10, John fronted hardcore and punk bands throughout high school years before feeling the…
13 April 2017
Melbourne’s Jim Lawrie, returns with the shimmering title-track from his new album Slacker of the Year, a gorgeously finger-picked daydream ballad which entertains the idea that a bedroom-bound slacker could somehow be celebrated as hero to the masses. Jim has also shared his video for the song, directed & produced by James Ruse. Watch it below! The video features a forlorn Lawrie travelling around Melbourne during peak-hour in nothing but a pair…
13 April 2017
Kamasi Washington today debuts ‘Truth’, the sixth movement from Harmony of Difference, a new EP set for release this winter via Young, who Kamasi has signed to. ‘Truth’ is accompanied by a new short film from director A.G. Rojas, watch it below. The EP is an original six-movement suite, featuring artwork by Kamasi’s sister Amani Washington. Amani created five paintings focused on raw shapes and colours, each inspired by one of the first five movements of…
12 April 2017
Stockholm duo Jaja Saine and Leo Smith, known as Saine & Smith, are excited to release their debut 12″ – Laughing Kids. Listen to ‘Lord Vanlig’ b/w ‘Sir Viktig’ below. In 2015 2MR founder Mike Simonetti played a gig with Jaja and was drawn to his DJ style (not being afraid to mix genres and take chances). A friendship was born and he soon asked Jaja for tracks. Enlisting Leo, Saine & Smith was…
12 April 2017
With under a month to go until Mac DeMarco’s new release, This Old Dog, out Friday 5th May. Mac offers up another taste of what’s to come with ‘On The Level’, listen below! Following the more acoustic-minded ‘This Old Dog’ and ‘My Old Man’, Mac revels in the high-gloss synth-pop of ‘On The Level’ showing once again that he’s at his best with the slower jams. It’s another number giving a further glimpse…
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