2 August 2024
Jamie xx releases ‘All You Children’. Taken from his second album In Waves (out 20th September), the brand new single sees Jamie xx collaborating with The Avalanches on a swirling club anthem propelled by a hypnotic chorus of chants and Moroder-esque basslines. A huge live favourite with fans who’ve heard Jamie roadtesting the song at sold out headline shows around the world, it’s the second collaboration from two artists who’ve enjoyed a longstanding mutual appreciation,…
2 August 2024
The Hard Quartet is a band. But what is a band? A band, perhaps, can be thought of as a body, a corpus, in which physically discrete lifeforms comprise a chimera that shrieks with one voice. In this particular band, which is one of millions in the world today, four players selflessly merge, become musical, and emit rock ‘n’ roll that is familiar but new, warm but icy, melodic but…
2 August 2024
BADBADNOTGOOD share ‘Best Left Unsolved’, a bonus track from the Mid Spiral sessions that took place at Valentine Studios in LA during February 2024. This new, previously unreleased track accompanies the trio’s recent surprise release of the Mid Spiral suite: Chaos, Order and Growth. The Mid Spiral suite exploits instrumental jazz at its core seeing BADBADNOTGOOD continue to push the boundaries of how they integrate a limitless range of genres…
2 August 2024
To celebrate 10-years of Nikki Nack, Tune-Yards announce a digital deluxe edition and a zine, set for release on 9th August. Tune-Yards also unveil a brand new remix of the iconic indie anthem ‘Water Fountain’, deconstructed by Water From Your Eyes. This danceable and utterly bonkers version reimagines the song as a dynamic, contemporary floor-filler, offering a thrilling new take that complements the original. The Water From Your Eyes remix,…
26 July 2024
Nick Meredith, on behalf of Salmon Brothers, announces the release of their third single, ‘More To Love’. This track is the precursor to their highly anticipated album of the same name, scheduled for release on 16th August. ‘More To Love’ captures the vibrant energy of Salmon Brothers, reflecting both their musical synergy and their deep friendship. Inspired by a couple who appeared on the Jerry Springer show, the single is…
25 July 2024
GIFT have shared ‘Light Runner,’ a breakbeat-inspired track displaying another step taken in their dynamic fusion of genres and widescreen pop production techniques. The band also shares a video for the new single directed by vocalist/guitarist TJ Freda. Watch below! TJ says “‘Light Runner’ celebrates the triumph of emerging from a dark time while acknowledging the transformative power of overcoming it. It’s a testament to the euphoria of personal achievement. In 2023, during our…
24 July 2024
A. Savage will return to Australia’s East Coast for a run of tour dates in November. The Parquet Courts frontman will tour in support of his record Several Songs About Fire. Produced by John Parish in Bristol, Several Songs About Fire is bolstered by the support of Jack Cooper and Cate Le Bon, as well as members of Kamikaze Palm Tree & caroline. The end result is tantamount to psychic odyssey, containing a singular irreverence which is stitched together by Savage’s outsize…
24 July 2024
Tama Gucci will release his debut album Notes To Self, on August 16th. Showing a depth of emotions in the album’s early singles, he continues to let us in with latest track ‘Back Then’, which he dedicates to his younger self. Tama notes “While reminiscing on the past and also manifesting for the future, ‘Back Then’ is my manifesto.” Listen below! Notes to Self is an unabashedly romantic and brooding record, predominantly centring self-growth and happiness and gleaning wisdom from past…
19 July 2024
Sampha and Little Simz have come together on new single ‘Satellite Business 2.0’ – a brand new, fully-realised version of the ‘Satellite Business’ interlude from Sampha’s latest album LAHAI. Little Simz first heard the song live during Sampha’s run of ‘Satellite Business’ residency shows in 2023 at Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works, she witnessed the song evolving and expanding while Sampha and his band experimented in the round during a series of intimate, rapturously-received events. She later joined Sampha on stage in…
19 July 2024
Overmono return with ‘Gem Lingo (ovr now)’ featuring the Paul Institute-founding artist Ruthven. The single premiered as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record with Jack Saunders. Watch the visualiser below! ‘Gem Lingo (ovr now) (feat. Ruthven)’ needs little introduction. Since the first play during Overmono’s @TheLotRadio set with Fred Again… and Lil Yachty to celebrate the release of the collaborative single ‘stayinit’, ‘Gem Lingo’ captivated fans. The soulful vocal hook, sampled from Ruthven’s acclaimed 2018 single ‘Hypothalamus’, echoes across Overmono’s deft productions…
19 July 2024
Kim Deal shares ‘Coast’, the first single through 4AD under her own name. Premiered by Lauren Laverne on her 6 Music radio show. Written in 2020 after being at her friend Mike Montgomery’s wedding when the house band, The Grape Whizzers, jammed Jimmy Buffett’s 1977 ‘Margaritaville’ with “revelatory levels of low self-esteem”. But the song’s roots reach back as far as 2000, when Kim was staying on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. An unlikely retreat for the Ohio native…
12 July 2024
Sleaford Mods have released two previously unheard tracks, ‘Git Some Balls’ and ‘Air Con’(a reworking of the track Air Conditioning) ahead of the 10th anniversary edition of their scene stimulating, acclaimed album Divide and Exit, out July 26th. ‘Git Some Balls’ was written and recorded by Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson during the sessions for the album, but is only being made available now for the first time via streaming…
12 July 2024
Bartees Strange returns with new single ‘Lie 95’, paired with a striking video directed by Vincent Martell and Jordan Phelps of VAM STUDIO starring Strange as both himself and his otherworldly companion. Watch below! Kacy Hill and Charlene Gibbs contribute additional vocals on the track, which is co-produced by Strange and notcharles with additional production from longtime creative collaborator Graham Richman. Bartees Strange shares “This song is about searching for love all across the Northeast corridor (I-95) – my universe. I’m…
12 July 2024
Water From Your Eyes release MP3 Player 1, a four-song EP featuring covers of music by Adele, Al Green, Chumbawamba, and Third Eye Blind. The songs carry on a WFYE tradition established on 2021’s covers LP Somebody Else’s Songs – with Nate Amos and Rachel Brown casually knocking out skewed (and sometimes very earnest) takes on music they love. “These are covers that we made at the same time as we were finishing Everyone’s Crushed,” say the…
10 July 2024
On August 23, almost forty years after it was initially released, The Moon and the Melodies by Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd is being reissued on vinyl for the first time – remastered, from the original tapes, by Robin Guthrie himself. Cocteau Twins have also shared, for the first time, a full HD library of their music videos, upgraded using original masters from the vaults. These new uploads span the…
4 July 2024
Memphis LK is eager to galvanise clubbers with dance tracks that pack summer anthem potential, and she’s bringing in Willaris. K on new collaborative single ‘Say’. Known for cutting through electronic music with a distinctive pop twist, this is a thrilling teaser of her more heavily club-orientated ammo. Moving from Melbourne to London over a year ago, she’s on a mission to endear herself to more audiences across the UK and Europe. Gigs at The…
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