Kurt Vile has shared a video for ‘Loading Zones’, the first new music to surface from him since 2015. Directed by Drew Saracco, the video is a paean to his City of Brotherly Love, and farcical tribute to the song’s lyrics, themselves an account of Vile’s peculiar parking strategy. Watch below! “I PARK FOR FREE!” he proclaims, as he goes about his day moving his car from one loading zone to another, narrowly avoiding parking...
On the heels of the release of their new album, Beyondless, Iceage have shared a new video for album track ‘Under The Sun’. Filmed in Tokyo during their “Opening Nights” residencies, which was an inter-continental exhibition that saw Iceage collaborating with their favourite visual artists (also staged in NYC and LA). Watch below! Directed by XXX, the ‘Under The Sun’ video features the vibrant, eye-catching floral designs of renowned flower sculptor, Azuma...
Interpol return with a second single from their upcoming album Marauder (out August 24), the unpolished and gritty ‘Number 10’. Listen below! One of the loosest and most spontaneous tracks on the album, the song tells the story of a secret office romance between Ella, a domineering boss, and her employee. Their pent-up desire is matched by the song’s anxious tone, with its surf-inspired bassline, dueling guitars, and punchy percussion building up to an...
Body/Head, the duo of Kim Gordon and guitarist Bill Nace, have released their second studio album, The Switch , a slow-moving narrative that requires as much attention and care from the listener as it did from everyone involved in its creation, it is a record that sticks around after it’s done playing. Creative alchemy doesn’t just happen in the studio or in the practice space; so much of it is the...
Interpol have released the video for powerhouse new single ‘The Rover’, taken from their forthcoming Dave Fridmann-produced album, Marauder, out August 24th and available for pre-order here. Watch the video below! Shot on-location in Mexico City in June, where Interpol announced their new album via a live streamed press conference – only to be unexpectedly interrupted halfway through by a mysterious figure played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, capturing the attention of...
Perfume Genius has released Reshaped, a special remix EP of tracks taken from his album No Shape. Reshaped presents six adventurous takes on the albums vivid sonic world. Featuring contributions from the stellar cast of Mura Masa (‘Slip Away’), Laurel Halo (‘Die 4 You’), Jam City (‘Just Like Love’), King Princess (‘Run Me Through’), mmph (‘Braid’), and No Shape producer Blake Mills (‘Every Night’). Previewing the collection upon release, was artist and...
Details of the new Interpol album can finally be confirmed: Their sixth album, Marauder, will be released on August 24th. The album’s first single, ‘The Rover’, can be heard below, and will be performed live on US television show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tonight. Overnight, Interpol revealed all details (Themes! Making-of! Album art! Producer! Visuals!) to a convergence of their most fervent fans and media, live from General Prim...
Snail Mail today releases her debut album Lush. Throughout, Lindsey Jordan’s most masterful skill is in crafting tension, working with muted melodrama that builds and never quite breaks, stretching out over moody rockers and soft-burning hooks, making for visceral slow-releases that stick under the skin. Lush feels at times like an emotional rollercoaster, only fitting for Jordan’s explosive, dynamic personality. Growing up in Baltimore suburb Ellicot City, Jordan began her guitar...
Body/Head, the duo of Kim Gordon and guitarist Bill Nace, will release The Switch, on July 13. Accompanying the album announcement is an early glimpse into its immersive, improvisational sound, pushing the limits of amplification, voice, and composition with the song ‘You Don’t Need’, listen below! Their debut album Coming Apart, from 2013, was more of a rock record—heavy, emotional, cathartic, spellwork in shades of black and grey. The Switch is their second...
Perfume Genius has announced Reshaped, a special remix EP of tracks taken from his album No Shape, to be released June 8. Sharing a track from the EP, ‘Run Me Through (King Princess Remix)’ is out now. Listen below! King Princess’s remix of album cut ‘Run Me Through’ is a sensuous rework from the rising Brooklyn NYC artist and producer, with an intoxicating dub and trip hop-infused beat underscoring Perfume Genius’ slinky, spellbinding...
Today marks the release of Wide Awake!, the groundbreaking new album from Parquet Courts, about independence and individuality but also about collectivity and communitarianism. There’s also a freshness here, a breaking of new territory that’s a testament to the group’s restless spirit. Part of this could be attributed to the fact that Wide Awake! was produced by Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), but it’s also simply a triumph of songwriting. “The ethos...
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks have released their new album Sparkle Hard. It’s light ’n’ breezy, head-down heavy, audacious, melancholic and reflective, good time and bodacious, and it’s both unmistakeably The Jicks and The Jicks refashioned. Malkmus started writing Sparkle Hard in 2015. He’d upgraded his home-recording equipment and bought some electronic drums and had been working on the Netflix series Flaked. Demos were done in one day in April, 2017 and then...
Snail Mail shares a third song from debut album Lush, out Friday 8th June. The third single,‘Let’s Find An Out’ showcases a softer, more restrained facet of Lindsey Jordan’s songwriting. Listen below! ‘Let’s Find An Out’ puts the 18-year-old songwriter’s childhood classical guitar training on display. Layering a warm folk-inspired melody with quick arpeggios, Jordan’s intricate playing pairs perfectly with her pensive words of longing. Throughout Lush, Jordan’s most masterful...
With their new album, Sparkle Hard, heading our way on May 18, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks have shared a documentary short film shot on-location in Portland, OR this past January, directed by Brook Linder. Watch below! It’s an intimate and brilliant glimpse into the quotidian world of Stephen Malkmus – songwriting legend, tennis champ, horseback rider, band-leader, and all-around charming goofball. “Since watching this doc,” says Stephen, “I’ve improved...
Copenhagen’s Iceage — Elias Bender Rønnenfelt (vocals, lyrics), Jakob Tvilling Pless (bass), Dan Kjær Nielsen (drums), and Johan Wieth (guitar) — release their fourth album, Beyondless. It’s an album that radiates joy. It shows the four-piece finally catching up with their ambition, all the while retaining the rich character of the band’s brash beginnings. On Beyondless, the band are treading with a disarming assurance, but no loss of charm. Produced by...
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks have shared another taste of what’s to come with their new single ‘Refute’, off their forthcoming new album, Sparkle Hard, heading our way on May 18. Listen below! The song is a country-tinged reflection on marriage and infidelity, featuring guest vocals by Kim Gordon. Per Malkmus, the idea was to “queer the duet,” by messing with “Nashville tropes in light of current trends in evolutionary psychology” and...
