22 April 2026
David Byrne and The xx served up incredible performances across the past two weekends at Coachella 2026. Here’s a taste of David Byrne’s spectacular set with ‘Everybody Laughs’ available to watch HERE, plus ‘Slippery People’ HERE, and the phenomenal ‘Life During Wartime’, now live HERE. Additionally, The xx make a comeback, returning to stage! Watch the beloved ‘I Dare you’ HERE, and the legendary performance of ‘Intro’ to close off…
21 April 2026
One of the more enigmatic bands of the classic 4AD era, Swallow, have announced the reissue of their first two albums, Blow and Blowback, packaged together with an additional two-track single ‘Sleepers’, as a double LP + 12” / double CD entitled Blown, available from June 5. A chance for shoegaze fans to discover this forgotten gem from the 4AD catalogue, Blown is an essential but underrated body of work embracing the genre’s signature…
17 April 2026
Montreal icon Tiga is back from heaven with his fourth album HOTLIFE, marking a new era on the journey towards Absolute Brain Freedom. Out now via Turbo Recordings and Secret City Records, the project cements Tiga’s legendary status, and arrives barely a week after his Coachella Quasar stage performance. HOTLIFE was preceded by the well-received singles ‘ECSTASY SURROUNDS ME,’ ‘SILK SCARF’ (feat. Fcukers), ‘HOT WIFE’ (feat. Boys Noize), and ‘FRICTION’. Featuring global collaborators such…
17 April 2026
In celebration of Record Store Day 2026, the following special releases will be available in limited quantities exclusively in-stores on vinyl this Saturday, April 18. Adrianne Lenker – Live at Revolution Hall In early 2025, Big Thief songwriter Adrianne Lenker shared a 120-minute, 43-track intimate live album, Live at Revolution Hall, an immersive sonic documentary compiled across three days of performances. This 3xLP is pressed on standard black vinyl for…
16 April 2026
2026 marks the 50th year as a recording artist for legendary Australian musician Ed Kuepper. To celebrate he is taking to the road with The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper a full band performance featuring the added talents of drummer Mark Dawson, bassist Peter Oxley, keyboard player Alister Spence and brass arranger Eamon Dilworth as they tackle material from right across Ed’s illustrious 50 years career. “The band is blistering; Peter Oxley and Mark Dawson are locked in as tight as…
13 April 2026
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…
10 April 2026
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…
10 April 2026
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…
10 April 2026
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,…
10 April 2026
The highly sought-after Steve Angello remix of Basement Jaxx ‘Where’s Your Head At’ is out now. The reimagining of the iconic anthem lands as part of the label’s house bag series, injecting a big bassline energy into one of dance music’s most enduring tracks. The remix follows Swedish House Mafia’s headline set at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, where Angello played the track to a euphoric crowd response. Speaking on the track, Steve Angello says “Basement Jaxx…
10 April 2026
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….
10 April 2026
Volume III is Flore Laurentienne’s luminous and immersive instrumental album that concludes a trilogy begun in 2019, where organs, analog synthesizers, and string ensembles come together in an approach that is both cinematic and deeply rooted in the Quebec landscape. The album reflects an organic process that enriches the project’s sonic signature. Volume III has won over a wide audience, bolstered by organic collaborations, notably with Moog Synthesisers, as well as visibility in…
10 April 2026
Coinciding with the 2026 World Cup, 4AD is pleased to present two alternative World Cup anthems from Air Miami and Colourbox, packaged as a special double A-side 7” single entitled Complicated Opposition, with artwork designed by Chris Bigg featuring photography by The Douglas Brothers. See details on each track below. Air Miami – ‘World Cup Fever’ (1995): Originally released on the band’s 1995 Me. Me. Me. Album. Came to be during the summer…
10 April 2026
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…
2 April 2026
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…
2 April 2026
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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