Announced: Purple Pilgrims – Given to the Night + ‘Innocence Lost’

Purple Pilgrims — the New Zealand-based dream-pop duo composed of sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon — have returned with the announcement of their forthcoming third album Given to the Night, out November 27. The project translates their signature kaleidoscopic sound via telepathic sibling connection, focusing on introspective themes of finding light in shadows, and exploring the inbetweens. Coinciding with the album announcement, Purple Pilgrims have also shared their record’s first single, ‘Innocence Lost’, a dreamy…

Watch: Gilla Band – ‘Alogia’

Pioneering Dublin noise quartet Gilla Band are sharing a new track ‘Alogia’ from their upcoming album Pugnello, out September 25th. ‘Alogia’ follows lead single ‘Placeholder’ and comes with a video directed by Cuan Roche, watch here. Gilla Band will embark on a month-long headlining North American tour this fall which sees them circle the continent. They will follow these shows up with UK and European touring throughout early 2027. “Alogia means poverty of speech linked…

Announced: Erykah Badu & The Alchemist – Before The World Blows (physical editions)

Erykah Badu and The Alchemist release their highly anticipated joint album Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment. The co-produced album was recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, and is one of the most forward-thinking bodies of work of either artist’s career: a record that will live, love, and evolve with you through space and time. It invites you to keep exploring yourself, to have one more…

Listen: Jamaica Moana – ‘FINALE (Remix)’

Off the back of her viral stripped back Songs With Strings performance (co-signed by SZA and Sudan Archives) Māori & Samoan force Jamaica Moana teams up with B.Ames and Sania Braxton for a remix of her Kevin JZ Prodigy EP closer ‘FINALE’. The in-your-face remix is built for the dancefloor, driven by a hefty beat it cements Jamaica’s place in the industry. There’s no slowing down for Jamaica, later this month she will perform at Reeperbahn Festival (Germany), after having showcased this year…

Watch: Tommy Barlow – ‘Bill Is Dead’

Singer, producer and songwriter Tommy Barlow returns with ‘Bill Is Dead’, his new single and accompanying Josh Renaut directed music video, released today. Like his previous single ‘Earth Killer’ and ‘Won’t You Ever Need Me’, Barlow’s resonant, gravelly low bass-baritone vocals once again anchor the track with an effortless weight. His music feels unmistakably contemporary: a kind of digital, half-lit world-building that coalesces with the traditional folk music he grew up around in a musical family…

Music News: Bandcamp Friday

Bandcamp Friday is back this Friday, September 4th (at 5pm AEST for 24hrs – check your local timezone). Bandcamp Fridays will continue in 2026 on October 2nd, November 6th, and December 4th. As always is it Bandcamp Friday? has the details. On the first Friday of the month since March 2020, Bandcamp waived their revenue share to help support artists. Thanks for your continued support of independent music and the…

Announced: Queens of the Stone Age – Perfecth + ‘Insignificant Other’

Queens of the Stone Age have always remained enduringly, singularly magnetic. It isn’t just their sound. It’s their spirit. They are provocative in the most essential sense: unafraid to explore the dark, the sexual, the surreal, the absurd. It’s art that snarls and seduces in equal measure, and never more so than on the band’s ninth album, Perfecth, due Friday 30th October. Out today is latest single ‘Insignificant Other,’ which could be considered…

Out now: Erykah Badu & The Alchemist – Before The World Blows

Erykah Badu and The Alchemist reveal their highly anticipated joint album Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment, landing digitally today, the co-produced project was recorded over 18 months between Dallas and Los Angeles. The result is the inevitable collision of two iconoclasts: hypnotic, funny, blunt, deeply personal, and impossible to categorise neatly. Featuring a stacked list of collaborators including Westside Gunn, Steve Lacy, Earl Sweatshirt, Kamasi Washington,…

Out now: Basia Bulat – Bouquet EP

Basia Bulat releases Bouquet, a delicate collection of acoustic reimaginings that offers a fresh perspective on some of the most beloved songs from her latest album Basia’s Palace, out today. Conceived during a quieter autumn following a whirlwind spring and summer of touring, the EP gathers together the final blooms of this creative chapter into one heartfelt offering. Recorded in Montreal’s Mile End with longtime collaborator Andrew Woods behind the board, Bouquet…

Watch: Jasper Llewellyn – ‘For the Teacher’

Jasper Llewellyn is happy to announce his debut single ‘For the Teacher’, out now alongside a video directed by artist Leo Benavides, watch here. Jasper is best known for his work as co-founder of the celebrated London octet caroline, also signed to Rough Trade Records. He will embark on his first ever round of solo dates this autumn, supporting My New Band Believe in Europe in addition to headline shows across NYC and…

Announced: Superfan – My Piledriver Heart + ‘In the Gold Room’

Superfan is the songwriting veil of Kali Priya Flanagan, the Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist and producer. While initially imagined as a solo act, ambitious string arrangements crafted in collaboration with cellist Omeed Almassi have come to define Superfan’s noisy and magnetic pop soundscape. Today, Superfan announces their forthcoming album My Piledriver Heart (MPDH), out 16th October via new label home AD 93 (Joanne Robertson, Dagmar Zuniga, YHWH Nailgun). Along with the announcement, Superfan presents…

Watch: Julia Jacklin – ‘The Hardest Thing’

Julia Jacklin releases ‘The Hardest Thing’, the third single from her upcoming album The Gem, out September 25th. Premiered by Jack Saunders on his BBC Radio 1 show, the song follows recent releases ‘I Wish’ and ‘Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)’, and is accompanied by an epic one-shot official video directed by Danny Cohen and filmed entirely from a helicopter winding through the Melbourne city skyline, watch here. The…

Announced: Odette – Blink and headline tour + ‘Watch Me Go’

Odette today shares new single ‘Watch Me Go’, revealing the details of her new album Blink out independently on November 6 via Beloved Records. Odette will return to the stage in November 2026 to perform her triumphant and gritty new album, tickets on sale now – presented by triple j and Select Music. The older ‘sister’ to her prized early single ‘Watch Me Read You’ – an arresting spoken word undressing of a non-committal partner – ‘Watch…

Out now: Danny L Harle – Raft In The Sea Remixes EP

Danny L Harle shares a suite of remixes of ‘Raft In The Sea‘, reworked by Sasha — the legendary British DJ and producer widely credited with shaping global club culture across four decades. The four-track EP is out today – 24th August. Listen now here. If the original, featuring Julia Michaels, was Harle at his most stripped-back – a song of quiet devastation built on swelling synths and open space – Sasha’s versions…

Announced: Fontaines D.C. – Dopamine Chamber + ‘Marianne’

Fontaines D.C. announce their fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, released on 16th October. Produced by James Ford, it is the follow-up to 2024’s UK platinum-certified Romance – and the sound of a band moving decisively away from the guitar language of their early records into something colder, stranger and more synthetic. It arrives alongside lead single ‘Marianne’, out now. Accompanied by a video directed by Dave Meyers, the visual architect behind…

Out now: YHWH Nailgun – Magazine 12″ + NTS Session

Today, the vinyl edition of Magazine, the second album by YHWH Nailgun [yah-way] is now available to purchase. The limited one-sided black vinyl is backed with a Magazine etching, the entire artwork designed by band member Jack Tobias. Earlier this year, YHWH Nailgun played a free show in a disused Underground exit by Marble Arch in London to celebrate the digital release of Magazine. The entire performance, filmed by NTS Radio, can now be viewed online HERE. Based in…

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Announced: Radiohead – Australian Tour 2027
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