23 April 2021
After a year when plenty discovered what “the blues” really means, Cedric Burnside returns with I Be Trying; a new collection of 13 original songs that chart a course through dark times and towards the resonant love waiting to be found on the other side. A masterclass in Mississippi Hill Country Blues from its greatest living practitioner and two-time GRAMMY nominee, I Be Trying features stories of connection, hurt and redemption in the South as Burnside’s blistering guitar riffs…
23 April 2021
Gruff Rhys has released a new track ‘Can’t Carry On’ and its accompanying video, from his forthcoming album, Seeking New Gods, out May 21, 2021 via Rough Trade Records. His seventh solo album, Seeking New Gods was recorded in the Mojave Desert, following a US tour and mixed in LA with superstar producer Mario C (Beastie Boys), with beautiful art direction by long-time Gruff collaborator Mark James, who also produced the inimitably Gruff Rhys-styled video for ‘Can’t Carry On’. The video, which features Gruff climbing both the literal and…
16 April 2021
Detroit-based singer and producer John FM has released his EP American Spirit with XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. Initially self-released late last year on Bandcamp, American Spirit is an extraordinary project filled with the unique, dismantled Hi-Tech Soul music that John FM has tacitly become known for. With vinyl to follow on June 25th, the news of the re-release is accompanied by a music video for the EP’s lead track ‘February’ filmed by John FM’s frequent collaborator Omar S, over the course…
15 April 2021
Lucy Dacus announces her third album, Home Video, out June 25th on Matador, and releases lead single/video, ‘Hot & Heavy’, which she’ll perform tonight on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The follow-up to 2018’s Historian and her 2016 debut No Burden, Home Video was built on Dacus’ interrogation of her coming-of-age years in Richmond, Virginia. Many of the songs start the way a memoir might, and all of them have the compassion, humour, and honesty of the best autobiographical writing. These songs capture…
15 April 2021
Copenhagen-based songwriter and producer Erika de Casier has announced details of her second full-length studio album. Sensational, which includes recent singles ‘No Butterflies, No Nothing’ and ‘Drama’, will be released on 21 May 2021 via 4AD. Today, she releases another preview from Sensational – the anti-bad boy tune ‘Polite’. ‘Polite’ was inspired by a nightmare date where her dining partner was rude to the waiter and only spoke about himself. Thinking she should walk out of the restaurant or confront his impoliteness,…
15 April 2021
Crumb announce their new album, Ice Melt, out April 30th via their own label Crumb Records. Convening in Los Angeles to work with producer Jonathan Rado, Crumb tapped into atmosphere-creation like never before, building experimental compositions that are at turns head-nodding and surrealist, energetic and euphoric. Lila Ramani characterises the album as a “return back down to earth,” a deeply felt examination of “real substances and beings that live on this planet.” The cultivation of road-worn musicians exploring brand-new sounds, toolsets, and thematic concepts, Ice Melt sees…
15 April 2021
Toronto-based rapper Shad today releases a brand-new song ‘Out of Touch’, a bright, RnB-spiked track featuring the multi-talented pHoenix Pagliacci. This memorable new offering marks the return of the rhymer and the first taste of forthcoming music coming later this year on Secret City Records. “’Out of Touch’ is basically the thesis statement for this upcoming collection,” explains Shad. “It’s about how our individual sense of wholeness can’t be disentangled from our collective well-being. It’s about the idea that we belong to each…
15 April 2021
In mid-2018, Moon Rituals released a debut album on Solar/Sonar, concurrently playing their last two shows. The finalé drew in Melbourne’s most self-assured weirdos, engrossed in the moment. This year, Moon Rituals offer an unexpected rebirth of songs less about fantasy, but drawn from the altered consciousness of grief. Employing a similar process, Sarah wrote some demos and emailed them to Mikey who added instruments. For ‘Painting a Bird’, Young grabbed Shaun Gionis (Boomgates)…
9 April 2021
Afterlife Remixed is a fresh take on Ex-Olympian’s 2020 debut Afterlife, calling on some friends, favourite musicians & DJs to rework some of their favourite songs on the record – giving them an Afterlife of their own. Afterlife Remixed is out now via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The original record itself was influenced by themes of starting again, trial & error, renewal and dialogue. Liam McGorry aka Ex-Olympian says: “In this way, I thought it would be interesting to extend that dialogue and ask…
9 April 2021
On July 23, DARKSIDE will release its much-anticipated second full-length, Spiral, via Matador Records. Today, you can listen to new song ‘The Limit‘ HERE. In December, the band emerged with a new song, ‘Liberty Bell,’ and announced the existence of a new album. DARKSIDE is an American rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2011. The group consists of Chilean electronic musician & vocalist Nicolás Jaar and American multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington. Jaar and Harrington first met while studying in Providence through their common friend…
8 April 2021
Radiohead announces a new series of archival live shows to be streamed from the Radiohead Public Library vaults. Each edition will premiere on Radiohead’s YouTube channel Saturdays at 5AM AEST for seven weeks beginning this Saturday 10th April. The first of the new episodes will be a seldom-seen January 16, 2008 In-Store-performance-turned-impromptu-club-show from London’s 93ft East. The January 16, 2008 show was originally intended to be an In-Store performance at London record store Rough Trade East to mark the conventional release of the In Rainbows album—a plan…
8 April 2021
Chicago’s Horsegirl, the noisy rock trio of 17-18 year olds Penelope Lowenstein (she/her), Nora Cheng (she/her), and Gigi Reece (they/them), announce they’ve signed to Matador Records. In conjunction with the signing, the band will perform a free livestream concert on April 13th at 9am AEDT via Vans Channel 66. This broadcast is the first time many outside of Chicago will have the chance to see Horsegirl play live. Raised in Chicago, Lowenstein, Reece and Cheng each started playing music at a young age. Lowenstein and Cheng met through a local music program, where…
8 April 2021
Philly-born, NYC-bred and Berlin-based DJ, producer and performer LSDXOXO announces the release of his forthcoming EP DEDICATED 2 DISRESPECT. Released on 14th May, the 12” EP is presented as part of XL’s coveted house bag series. Much anticipated by LSDXOXO’s dedicated following, lead single ‘SICK BITCH’ is released today with the artist’s first ever music video conceptualized by himself and Mischa Notcutt and directed by Pe Ferreira + Enantios Dromos Limitrofetelevision. Inspired by Black nostalgia, today LSDXOXO enters his own visual piece into Black history with a stunning…
8 April 2021
After returning with a new song last month, Crumb are back to share two new tracks, ‘BNR‘ and ‘Balloon‘, and an accompanying video for ‘BNR‘. Like the previously-released single ‘Trophy’, the two new songs elevate their infectious sound, with the video for ‘BNR‘ acting as the perfect visual counterpart as an eerie and dystopian tale unfolds. Speaking on the new songs, Lila Ramani says: “’BNR’ is an ode to my favorite colors. I had a weird obsession with those…
8 April 2021
Conceptual multimedia artist Laura Callier, aka Gel Set, releases her fourth single ‘Feed Me’ off forthcoming album, Tone Invasion, out April 30 via 2MR. The video for ‘Feed Me,’ directed by Sean KcGuirk, is a retro 1-800 ad playing on addiction to consumerism and the balance of satisfaction. One thing is clear, we are sold on Gel Set. This track follows the first hypnotic single ‘It Has Come To Our Attention’, second single ‘Where The Ocean Meets The Land’, and third single ‘Next Exit’, a cinematic track about escaping reality…
6 April 2021
‘Rotsler’s Rules’ is Black Cab’s first single for 2021 and is dedicated to noted sci-fi author and illustrator, early pornographer and seminal LA cosplayer, William ‘Bill’ Rotsler. ‘Rotsler’s Rules’ was recorded with help from Graeme Pogson (GL, Harvey Sutherland) on drums and Ev Tweedie (Husky, Dub FX) on bass and was mixed by long time Black Cab producer Woody Annison and mastered by Andrei Eremin. Black Cab became intrigued by the costume play (or…
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