Listen: Fabiana Palladino – ‘Drunk’

After releasing her debut album earlier this year, Fabiana Palladino returns with new single ‘Drunk’. Self-written and produced, ‘Drunk’ was recorded at London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios in August of this year alongside Ellis Dupuy (Drums) and Joe Newman (Guitar), with her father and the legendary Pino Palladino later adding his signature bass to complete the track. The new single sees Palladino shift from the silky, polished production on her debut album to a more raw, immediate sound. It captures the energy of live performance…

Watch: Bartees Strange – ‘Too Much’

This Halloween, Bartees Strange shares a new single ‘Too Much’, from his upcoming album Horror (out on 14 February), a sonic and lyrical love letter from Strange to himself, growing from a deflated ego into a feral giant. As the opening salvo for Horror, ‘Too Much’ sets the tone for the Baltimore-based genre-shifter’s third outing with nods to early hits by the Isleys and the Brothers Johnson. Watch the accompanying…

Listen: Gus Englehorn – ‘One Eyed Jack’ Trilogy

Gus Englehorn invites listeners into the twisted world of One Eyed Jack to celebrate Halloween — ‘One Eyed Jack Pt. I and Pt. II (The Interrogation/The Otherside)’, followed by ‘One Eyed Jack Pt. III (The Epilogue)’, giving listeners the urge to dive deep into the gripping storyline and vivid inspiration behind the fictional character invented by Gus himself. Englehorn describes One Eyed Jack as “a railroad song, of the kind that…

Announced: Frank Black – Teenager of the Year (30th Anniversary Tour Edition)

To celebrate Frank Black’s landmark solo album, Teenager Of The Year turning 30, 4AD release a one-time vinyl pressing on 17th January. This special vinyl tour edition of Teenager Of The Year, has been remastered for the first time from its original analogue studio tapes. Sounding as essential as the day it was released, the LP is is cut at 45 rpm for optimum playback with liner notes by both…

Out now: Bardo Pond – Melt Away + Set and Setting (25th Anniversary Edition)

Philadelphia group Bardo Pond release a much overdue reissue of Set and Setting (1999) to celebrate its 25th Anniversary. The record has been fully remastered and returns pressed on purple vinyl. Set and Setting is accompanied by a new double LP compilation, Melt Away, cataloging late-’90s rarities and outtakes from a creative apex in the band’s career, and released together on vinyl for the first time. Of these, album highlight ‘The Trail’, originally recorded…

Announced: Fontaines D.C. – Australian Tour

Fontaines D.C. announce their ROMANCE Australian tour. They will play five headline shows and two festivals across the country in February and March 2025. They begin their Australian romance at Perth Festival on February 27th, before moving onto Brisbane where they will play at Riverstage on March 1st. The band will join the stacked lineup at Yours & Owls Festival in Wollongong on March 2nd before playing Sydney Opera House…

Watch: Romy & Sampha – ‘I’m on your team’

Having been friends and labelmates since their teens, Romy and Sampha make their long-awaited first appearance on record together with the collaborative new single ‘I’m on your team’. The pair wrote the song during sessions for other artists before finally recording it together in London following the release of their acclaimed 2023 albums LAHAI and Mid Air, alongside co-producer and composer Thomas Bartlett. It’s a startlingly beautiful song that documents…

Listen: The National – NTL RM EP II

The National recently announced the 13 December release of Rome, a 21-track digital and two-LP and CD set recorded live on 3 June 2024 at Cavea of the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone. Now, they have shared another four song EP titled NTL RM EP II, featuring album highlights ‘Smoke Detector’, ‘Fake Empire’, ‘Mr. November’, and ‘Terrible Love’. Rome spans the band’s 20-plus years of songwriting and reveals how…

Out now: Ruthven – Rough & Ready

Now ready to step into the spotlight, Ruthven releases his hotly-anticipated debut album Rough & Ready. Across 12 tracks, which feature collaborations with A.K. Paul and Francis Anthony ‘Eg’ White, Ruthven seamlessly blends classic songwriting with lush, modern instrumentation. Earlier in the week, Ruthven revealed ‘Thru The Walls’, a captivating blend of sensuality and funk. Featuring smooth, sultry melodies intertwined with groovy, infectious rhythms — all elevated by Ruthven’s flawless…

Listen: DARKSIDE – ‘Graucha Max’

DARKSIDE have released new song ‘Graucha Max’. Completed during sessions last year, the track is loose and live – at once evoking vintage Tropicalia, digital dancehall, and krautrock. It is the first studio composition that the band have released as a trio and a preview of things to come. DARKSIDE is an American rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2011 by Chilean electronic musician Nicolás Jaar and American…

Watch: Circuit des Yeux – ‘God Dick’

Circuit des Yeux, the moniker of singer and multi-instrumentalist Haley Fohr, releases new song ‘God Dick’. A connective sonic link between Circuit des Yeux’s last album, -io, and a new one to follow in the new year, ‘God Dick’ morphs from symphonic swells and staccato strings to a spiralling 170 BPM drum machine cliffhanger, narrated by Fohr’s sonorous vocal. “God Dick serves as a sort of chrysalis function,” says Fohr,…

Announced: Jesse Mac Cormack – GRIP + ‘La Vérité’

Jesse Mac Cormack announces a brand-new EP GRIP, to be released November 25th. He also shares a new single from the EP, ‘La Vérité’ featuring both Toronto’s singer-songwriter Charlie Houston and French artist BRÖ. ‘La Vérité’ is of a virtual quality, it asks you to feel it all for a last time with an invasive and up-tempo melody. The project is entrenched with memory while always stringing you forward into…

Out now: Ece Era – Bedside Tunes

On her vibrant and expressive electronic debut, Ece Era challenges cultural ideologies, identity structures, and her difficult past with tracks crafted during introspective moments before sleep or upon waking. Ece Era’s debut Bedside Tunes is rich with emotion, blending hazy moments with vibrant beats, all while offering an unpretentious, unfiltered glimpse into her psyche. Ece seeks to reveal her inner self. Beyond the conditioning of her childhood and the culture…

Announced: Thom Yorke – Pop-Up shops in Syd/Melb

Two Thom Yorke pop-up shops are to run in Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday 26 October in anticipation of his sold out everything tour. The pop-up shops will carry a limited edition, never before pressed to vinyl, 12″ of Thom Yorke – Live from Electric Lady Studios. The live session was recorded at the NYC studio and includes the following tracks: ‘Open Again’, ‘Bloom’, ‘Suspirium’, and ‘Unmade’. There will be…

Out now: Interpol – Antics (20th Anniversary Edition)

Interpol celebrate the 20th anniversary of their iconic sophomore album, Antics with a newly expanded reissue – out now on limited-edition red vinyl at record stores. And, on all digital platforms which includes the record, the new-to-streaming b-side ‘Direction’ (digital-exclusive), and a complete live recording and video of the band’s legendary 2005 performance at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes, “never before heard or seen”. Listen / buy Antics (20th Anniversary Edition) here.

Listen: Patrick Watson – ‘Silencio’

Patrick Watson – the singer/songwriter, film composer and pianist based in Montreal, Canada – returns with new single ‘Silencio’, featuring the rising French singer-songwriter November Ultra. Inspired by an experience where Watson couldn’t speak or sing for nearly three months, ‘Silencio’ explores some of the impressions that came to him during this time: does he talk too much?; the anxiety that comes with reliving a conversation, learning to be a…

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