1 September 2023
Following the release of the critically acclaimed album Space Heavy, King Krule returns with “You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next…”, a brand new live performance film directed and shot by filmmaker Anna Pollack. “You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next…” brings live recordings of seven songs from the show at The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett together with rare behind-the-scenes footage from the band’s time in New York. The near half-hour film…
25 August 2023
Anjimile previews a third song from his upcoming album, The King, out 8 September. ‘Animal’ is a protest song about police brutality, written in the summer of 2020 and explicitly references the death of George Floyd. Like the rest of The King, every sound heard on ‘Animal’ comes from two instruments: an acoustic guitar and Anjimile’s own voice. Throughout, Anjimile’s feelings of rage and frustration are tinged with sardonicism, and the song is accompanied by an equally potent video directed by Robby Opperman. Pre-order…
25 August 2023
La Force, the mesmerising solo project from Ariel Engle, unveils today a poignant third single and video titled ‘how do you love a man’. This brand-new offering is “a swan song to a dead a man”, where La Force questions love beyond the grave. XO SKELETON the sophomore full length album will be out September 29th. Pre-order / Pre-save XO SKELETON: here.
25 August 2023
A. Savage, of the rock band Parquet Courts, announces his second solo album, Several Songs About Fire, out October 6th. He also presents its lead single/video, ‘Elvis in the Army’. Several Songs About Fire is bolstered by the support of Jack Cooper (Modern Nature, Ultimate Painting) and Cate Le Bon, as well as members of Kamikaze Palm Tree & caroline. The end result is tantamount to psychic odyssey, with lead single ‘Elvis in the Army’ placing us in a subterranean venue…
25 August 2023
Nashville-based musician Becca Mancari (they/them) releases their remarkable third album Left Hand today via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. Following the release of their last record, Mancari was in despair, despite the undeniable success of The Greatest Part. Illness in their family, coupled with a disheartening studio session with a producer, led Mancari to begin the hard work of taking ownership of their existence by mending broken relationships and investing in their mental health. The transformative period of self-reckoning was…
23 August 2023
Toronto singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Charlotte Day Wilson returns to the spotlight today as a beacon of pure artistry with her new single ‘Forever,’ featuring generational R&B talent Snoh Aalegra. Tethered loosely to a warped interpolation of The Foundations’ classic, ‘Baby, Now That I Found You’, Day Wilson’s lush vocals drift in and around a melancholy beat and ethereal piano, like smoke slowly sauntering from a candle just blown out. ‘Forever’ also highlights the vulnerable songwriting and…
18 August 2023
Celebrating their headline show at NYC’s Madison Square Garden, The National surprise fans with two new songs ‘Alphabet City’ and ‘Space Invader’. Stream / Download ‘Space Invader’ here.Stream / Download ‘Alphabet City’ here.
18 August 2023
New York four-piece cumgirl8 release the EP phantasea pharm, their debut release for 4AD / Remote Control. Recorded, mixed and mastered entirely from analog tape, phantasea pharm was born out of an obsession with Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Old McDonald’ ahead of a show in Charlottesville, Virginia. The band decided to pay homage. Vilim dressed up in a cow leotard with pig accessories, Lombardo in a g-string and apron that read ‘The Grillfather,’ Rodrigues became a lawn mower, and Fox took on the role of a sexy rooster. “We went on stage that night and told everyone…
17 August 2023
Daniel Avery’s take on ‘Greenwich’ completes the Interpolations series, a collaborative project reworking songs from Interpol’s latest album, The Other Side Of Make-Believe. “It’s not an exaggeration to say Interpol’s music helped shape my life as a youngster so it’s with great pride I present this remix for ‘Greenwich’,” says Avery. “I was reluctant to touch the track at first but I feel I’ve landed upon my own version of the band’s seductive shadows that have always meant so much to me.” Stream…
17 August 2023
Wild Nothing announces new album Hold (out October 27). While honouring the shoegaze-inspired, 80s synth-pop atmosphere of Wild Nothing’s past, Hold showcases Tatum’s deft songwriting at the forefront of a searching and existential record that finds joy in electronica-inspired music, bringing the beloved sounds of Wild Nothing past into Jack Tatum’s present. This is accompanied by a music video directed by Nathan Castiel (Remi Wolf, Hatchie, Model/Actriz) for new single ‘Headlights On (ft. Hatchie).’ Pre-order / Pre-save Hold here.Purchase / Stream ‘Headlights On (ft. Hatchie) here.
17 August 2023
Emilie Kahn is thrilled to share a brand-new song and video titled ‘Search History.’ This is Emilie’s first new material since the release of ‘Gemini’. Fans on socials will be excited to finally hear this recording in full, since the audio was teased on platforms earlier this summer. A whopping 4.5 million views on creation featuring the ‘Search History’ snippet has been counted on TikTok and it keeps on climbing. Stream / Download ‘Search History’ here.
16 August 2023
Future Islands make their anticipated return with ‘Deep In The Night’ Stream / Download ‘Deep In The Night’ here.
11 August 2023
Molly Burch is back with a new single and video ‘Unconditional’ from her upcoming album Daydreamer out September 29th. Bright synths, garage rock drums, and a funky bass make the song a fun and playful listen, but as Molly describes, it is not so simple: “This song is a traditional unrequited love song but I wrote it thinking about how I feel as a working artist in todays climate. A big part of…
10 August 2023
Gena Rose Bruce quickly follows up her critically acclaimed album Deep Is The Way with the announcement of the Lighting Up EP to be released on September 1st. Alongside the news she shares an enchanting reworking of ‘Destroy Myself (Avoid Myself Orchestral Version)’. Bruce enlists the Budapest Art Orchestra to breathe new life into the single, elevating it to new emotional heights with the haunting cacophony of strings. Pre-order / Pre-save Lighting Up EP here.Stream / Download ‘Destroy Myself (Avoid Myself Orchestral Version) here.
4 August 2023
Today, Jeremy Dutcher – the classically trained Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in Eastern Canada – shares ‘Take My Hand’ a poignant third single off his new record, Motewolonuwok (Muh-del-wool-en-oo-wug), to be released October 6th. ‘Take My Hand’ is another offering from Jeremy sung in English – with lyrics written by Basia Bulat – and embraces the legacy and power of the intemporal love song as a piano ballad. Pre-Order / Pre-Save Motewolonuwok here.
4 August 2023
A delicate chemistry smoulders between Lauren Flax and Liz Wight. Lauren on sonics, Liz on lyrics; their signatures weave and writhe in such a complementary way that it feels like they’ve been sculpting and crafting together forever and will be released September 22. Liz & Lauren… Two kindred spirits in the cosmos. Across four tracks we’re treated to a wide-armed spectrum of sounds and feelings; from beautiful, sweeping 90s breakbeat to introspective downtempo by way of timeless acid house,…
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