21 February 2025
The Smile have today announced two new remixes of tracks from their critically acclaimed third album Cutouts, from James Holden and Robert Stillman. ‘Don’t Get Me Started (James Holden Remix)’and ‘Instant Psalm (Robert Stillman Remix)’ are out now digitally, each track accompanied by a ‘recycled video mix’ by audiovisual artist Weirdcore, who created videos for every track on Cutouts. Watch below! The remixes will also be released as a limited edition AA side 12-inch on 28th March. Stanley Donwood’s sleeve design…
21 February 2025
DJ Python announces i was put on this earth, his first solo music since 2022, and debut on XL Recordings. The five-track EP will be released on Friday 28 March. The first look at the EP comes in the form of ‘Besos Robados’. Isabella Lovestory lends an insouciant yet insistent vocal to this sublime downtempo lovers’ reggaeton track that’s been a fan-favourite since appearing on Python’s epic BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix. The track comes alongside a…
21 February 2025
Montreal-based artist Basia Bulat today released her lush and shimmering new album Basia’s Palace on vinyl and CD. The most searching record of her career was co-produced by Bulat with frequent collaborator Mark Lawson (who worked with her on previous albums Tall Tall Shadow and The Garden), mixed by legendary engineer Tucker Martine (Beth Orton, Neko Case, The National), and features string arrangements by Grammy-nominated Drew Jurecka (Dua Lipa, Metric, Alvvays). The album includes gently sweeping new single ‘Daylight,’ about which Bulat explains: “I wrote so much of this…
21 February 2025
Mess Esque, the heavenly duo of Helen Franzmann and Mick Turner, descend from their altostratus with a new single! ‘Let Me Know You’ is out today with a music video from Denny Ryan. With no guitars or drums anywhere in sight, just keyboards twinkling in stark space, Mess Esque assume an improbable new form on ‘Let Me Know You’: the celestially curious star child, caught in the unfamiliar weight of…
14 February 2025
Within the UK, there are a select few burgeoning icons, artists that push the boundaries with their musical output while embodying a presence across all mediums that feeds into mass intrigue and curiosity. London-based rapper, poet and producer John Glacier is one of the few that can lay claim to this status. After years of garnering intrigue across the mainstream and underground, John Glacier finally releases her debut album Like…
14 February 2025
Horsegirl — the New York-via-Chicago trio of best friends Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein, and Gigi Reece — release their second album Phonetics On and On, 11 songs which experiment with space and texture, all while maintaining a pop song at the core. These are songs to dance to. Produced by Cate Le Bon and recorded at The Loft in Chicago, Horsegirl’s original and sonic home, Phonetics On and On is…
14 February 2025
Bartees Strange releases his new album Horror, a rich tapestry of a record about facing your fears and growing to become someone to be feared, out now. Strange was raised on fear. His family told him scary stories to teach life lessons, and at an early age, he started watching scary movies to practice being strong. The world can be a terrifying place, and for a young, queer, Black person…
14 February 2025
Brazilian Canadian singer-songwriter Fernie releases his EP Hopeless Dreams, out now. The title song, which he shared last month, was enthusiastically received by several important R&B shows in the UK, notably Victoria Jane’s Future Soul on BBC Radio 1, Manny Norte on Capital Xtra, and DJ Ace on Kiss FM. Last April Fernie released his vulnerable ballad ‘Pain’, co-produced by fellow Montrealer Patrick Watson. The duo performed the song together…
14 February 2025
Out March 14th, Halo on the Inside is the new album by Chicago’s Circuit des Yeux (aka CdY, aka Haley Fohr). It is Fohr’s boldest work to date – warped and transcendent, darkly romantic and thrillingly alien. Hear the anthemic new single ‘Canopy of Eden’, and watch the Dana Trippe-directed music video below! “Somehow, on a day in the not too distant past, I ended up on a speedboat jutting toward a place called Canopy…
7 February 2025
DARKSIDE release new track ‘Are You Tired? (Keep On Singing)’, taken from their forthcoming album Nothing, out February 28th. In just under seven minutes, ‘Are You Tired? (Keep On Singing)’ spans almost as many decades. The wind whispers, Harrington’s guitar scythes minimally over Jaar’s falsetto, now slathered in echo and reverb. Then a middle suite sounds almost like a funkier Byrds circa Sweetheart of the Rodeo. It’s followed by a gentle breakdown where agile guitars…
7 February 2025
Sunbeam Sound Machine announces his very first headline tour in the US and Canada, he will be playing very special solo shows this April. Further tour details and ticket info below. Sunbeam Sound Machine, the project of multi-instrumentalist Nick Sowersby, has been shaping the modern psychedelic pop scene since 2013. Blending hypnagogic pop, indie garage rock, and neo psychedelia, Sowersby crafts immersive, dreamlike soundscapes that resonate with listeners on a…
7 February 2025
In celebration of Record Store Day 2025, 4AD presents a trifecta of special 30th Anniversary Editions of classic releases from stand-out artists across our catalogue, available in limited quantities exclusively on vinyl at selected independent record stores on April 12 (and later available on digital platforms on May 23). This includes the following: Pale Saints – Slow Buildings (30th Anniversary Re:Masters) – Remastered and Expanded 2xLP pressed on limited petrol…
7 February 2025
Big Thief release a 5-track charity EP. Entitled Passional Relations, all proceeds will go toward providing relief for those impacted by the fires in Los Angeles. Big Thief say, “Our hearts are broken for everyone affected by the fires in California. We’ve put together some of our favorite unreleased songs into an EP called Passional Relations, only available on our webstore, and all proceeds will go toward providing relief for…
7 February 2025
Bowing out at their creative peak, Perfect Teeth is the wonderful final album by American 90s indie rock greats Unrest. Having just clocked 30 years, the band are revisiting it to present the limited, celebratory double album of Perfect Teeth + Extra Teeth; the album remastered plus a bonus album of EP tracks, singles and rarities. Borrowing their name from a Henry Cow record, Unrest formed in 1983 at Wakefield…
3 February 2025
Gus Englehorn’s brand new album The Hornbook is out now everywhere. To highlight the release, Gus unveils a new video for the latest single ‘The Itch’, a “daily affirmation self-help ballad” directed by longtime collaborator and drummer Estée Preda, watch below! The Hornbook is an extraordinary sonic journey that transports listeners through an eclectic mix of influences, fusing ’50s golden oldies, ’60s garage grit, ’70s glam flair, ’80s indie irreverence, and ’90s…
31 January 2025
After dropping hints for months and following the release of their debut single ‘Sugar in the Tank’, Julien Baker & TORRES are excited to announce their debut album Send a Prayer My Way, coming out April 18th. The album has been in the works since the two played their first show together in 2016 and at the end one singer turned to the other and said, “You know, we should make a country album.” This…
Out now: Ed Kuepper – The Exploding Universe – Live, Today Wonder + The Aints – Autocannibalism
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Announced: Murex – Inventio + ‘Flock of Swans Fly In V’s’
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Out now: Danny L Harle & DOSS – Crystallise Divergence EP
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Announced: Arca – XXXXX
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Watch: John Glacier – ‘Bond Girl’
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Introducing: Odette
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Announced: Queens of the Stone Age – ‘Easy Street’ + AU/NZ Tour
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Listen: Julia Jacklin – ‘I Wish’
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Watch: Overmono – ‘Knight In Shining Prada’
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Out now: Dry Cleaning – Secret Love (Deluxe Edition)
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Listen: Tyler Ballgame – ‘Live It Down’
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Announced: Standing On The Corner – II + ‘Mr. Postman, wait!’
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