Later this month on June 25th, Lucy Dacus will release her new album, Home Video, via Matador / Remote Control Records. Today, she presents ‘Brando‘, the album’s fourth track in a string of emotive singles – ‘VBS‘, ‘Hot & Heavy‘, and ‘Thumbs‘. Continuing to showcase Dacus’ incredible storytelling and songwriting, ‘Brando‘ weaves together Old Hollywood references with frank observations of a temperamental relationship. “‘Brando’ refers to a very dramatic friend I had in high school whose whole personality was the media...
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Following her previously released singles ‘Hardline,’ ‘Faith Healer‘ and ‘Favor‘ which features boygenius collaborators Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – Nashville-based, Memphis-native Julien Baker releases her new album Little Oblivions via Matador Records. Alongside the album, Baker share’s the lyric video for fourth single ‘Heatwave‘. Julien Baker recently announced her first streamed concert in support of the album, taking place on March 25 at 8PM AEDT. The fully-produced streaming concert will be broadcast from Nashville’s Analog (at Hutton Hotel) via STAGED, Audiotree’s acclaimed virtual concert series. Three screenings will air on March 25 to ensure fans worldwide can tune in during prime...
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Julien Baker has shared another single from her forthcoming album Little Oblivions by way of a new single, ‘Favor’. The track follows up Baker’s previously released singles, ‘Hardline’ and ‘Faith Healer’. Fans can pre-order Little Oblivions here and the album will be available on February 26th via Matador. “I used to think about myself, like I was a talented liar,” Baker sings on the track, “turns out that all my...
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Muzz have released Covers, a four-track EP which sees the trio of Paul Banks, Josh Kaufman and Matt Barrick reimagine songs by Arthur Russell, Bob Dylan, Mazzy Star and Tracy Chapman. Covers is as much an illustration of the bands collective inspirations as it is a sonic testament to their expansive imagination and fluidity as a musical outfit, imbuing the singular classics with a sense of wonder and awe that...
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Belle and Sebastian release What to Look for in Summer, a live double album gathering choice selections from the band’s 2019 world tour, including last summer’s epic Boaty Weekender cruise. The band have released new videos with the audio of live renditions of their classic songs ‘The Boy With The Arab Strap’, in a special near-8 minute version featuring the band in their respective Glasgow locations. All live records are a...
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Julien Baker shares her take on festive classic ‘A Dreamer’s Holiday’. The track is out via this year’s Spotify’s Singles: Holiday Collection which includes a wide range of covers and originals, from artists across a myriad of genres. Listen HERE. “I chose ‘Dreamers Holiday’ because I found it incredibly unique as far as holiday songs are concerned”, says Baker. “It’s a very understated song- both lyrically and musically; while it’s...
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Matador Records & Remote Control Records are thrilled to announce the addition of prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar to its roster. A once-in-a-generation artist backed by an unstoppable rhythm section, Mdou’s music has roots in both traditional Tuareg melodicism and Eddie Van Halen’s daredevil majesty. Today we offer you ‘Chismiten’, the white-hot ripper that will kick off an expansive new full-length due to hit down next year. “The...
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Yo La Tengo share a second song from their forthcoming EP, Sleepless Night. ‘Bleeding‘ is the record’s standalone original composition, a windswept ballad where delicate guitar melodies give way to cyclonic fuzz. The five-song record will also feature covers of songs by The Byrds, The Delmore Brothers, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Lane, and The Flying Machine. Ira Kaplan on Sleepless Night: “We met Yoshitomo Nara in 2003, would see him at...
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Around the release of his critically acclaimed new album Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas), announced the ‘Without You’ video competition. Hadreas asked his fans to submit music video ideas for the single, currently on the BBC 6 Music playlist, and while the competition was fierce, 3 winners have now been chosen. Each director received $1,000 to make their vision come to life as well as...
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In case you haven’t caught on already, Yo La Tengo have spent the week quietly seeding the web with new music – posting one song a day via their freshly minted Bandcamp page. Now, we’re gathering it all into a single tidy zip file: We Have Amnesia Sometimes. This digital-only collection features five instrumental compositions that Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, and James McNew recorded over 10 days in late April...
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Last week Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) released his new album, Set My Heart On Fire Immediately to world-wide critical acclaim. Today he announces the ‘Without You‘ video competition. Hadreas is asking his fans to submit music video ideas for the track which is taken from the album. He has written about his inspirations for the song and encourages interested fans to submit a creative treatment for the music video they...
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Perfume Genius has released Set My Heart On Fire Immediately. It was was produced by GRAMMY-winning producer Blake Mills and features contributions from musicians Jim Keltner, Pino Palladino, Matt Chamberlin and Rob Moose. It was recorded in Los Angeles, where Perfume Genius settled in 2017 with longtime partner and musical collaborator Alan Wyffels. The album explores and subverts concepts of masculinity and traditional roles, and introduces decidedly American musical influences....
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Car Seat Headrest release Making A Door Less Open, their hugely anticipated new album, available in distinct track listings and mixes for digital, CD and vinyl. The album features critically acclaimed singles ‘Martin’ (currently on the BBC 6 Music playlist), ‘Hollywood’, ‘There Must Be More Than Blood’ and ‘Can’t Cool Me Down’, which have already collectively surpassed 6 million streams on DSP’s. A recent New York Times profile describes MADLO...
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Muzz, the new project of Paul Banks (Interpol), Josh Kaufman (producer/multi-instrumentalist and one third of Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick (drummer of Jonathan Fire*Eater, The Walkmen, and Fleet Foxes’ touring band), have announced their self-titled, debut album, out Friday 6 June on Matador Records. The announcement comes with new single, the widescreen, piano-led ‘Red Western Sky’, and its accompanying video, directed by the band and the first video to...
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Car Seat Headrest has released ‘Hollywood’, the latest single taken from his hotly anticipated album Making A Door Less Open, released May 1st. Accompanied by an animated video by Sabrina Nichols featuring Toledo’s alternate persona ‘Trait’, ‘Hollywood’ is an a simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying haunted ride through Tinseltown that sees Car Seat Headrest embarking on adventurous new roads. Speaking to SiriusXM, Toledo said: “This song is about Hollywood as a...
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Car Seat Headrest share a new song, ‘Martin.’ Listen and watch the lyric video, with bandleader Will Toledo in the character of ‘Trait’ below. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming new album Making A Door Less Open, set for release May 1. Described by Toledo as “one of the favorite songs that he’s ever written”, ‘Martin’ is a soaring and majestic ode of life-affirming pop. Created over the...
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