Montreal icon Tiga is back from heaven with his fourth album HOTLIFE, marking a new era on the journey towards Absolute Brain Freedom. Out now via Turbo Recordings and Secret City Records, the project cements Tiga’s legendary status, and arrives barely a week after his Coachella Quasar stage performance. HOTLIFE was preceded by the well-received singles ‘ECSTASY SURROUNDS ME,’ ‘SILK SCARF’ (feat. Fcukers), ‘HOT WIFE’ (feat. Boys Noize), and ‘FRICTION’. Featuring global collaborators such...
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In celebration of Record Store Day 2026, the following special releases will be available in limited quantities exclusively in-stores on vinyl this Saturday, April 18. Adrianne Lenker – Live at Revolution Hall In early 2025, Big Thief songwriter Adrianne Lenker shared a 120-minute, 43-track intimate live album, Live at Revolution Hall, an immersive sonic documentary compiled across three days of performances. This 3xLP is pressed on standard black vinyl for...
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Irish blackened-deconstructed-folk act One Leg One Eye, the project of founding Lankum member Ian Lynch and veteran noise monger George Brennan, announce their new album CRONE, out on 22 May. The group share the first track on the album ‘Many are my Names Besides’, on which they are joined by the elemental force that is legendary actor, performer, writer and director Olwen Fouéré (Operating Theatre) contributing vocals. Olwen Fouéré comments: “When...
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Aldous Harding releases a second single from her forthcoming fifth studio album, Train On The Island (out 8 May). Premiered by Lauren Laverne on her BBC 6Music show, ‘Venus In The Zinnia’ finds the New Zealander aided by H. Hawkline on bass, guitar and vocals, plus John Parish on drums, Wurlitzer piano and percussion. Adding to the impressive oeuvre of Aldous Harding visuals, the song’s companion video stars Harding and H. Hawkline, watch...
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My New Band Believe (the new band from former black midi bassist and sometime frontman Cameron Picton) today share their boundary pushing debut studio album, and live video from new non-album track ‘Kick Me’ as they take the same daring approach to live performance. ‘Kick Me’, a new live recording stitched together from the multitracks of 7 different performances, starting in London then flying to New York City and back in the space of...
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Zoh Amba will release their debut album Eyes Full on June 5th. It is an album of tough and soulful songs that feel like a pure transmission from the heart. A first preview can be heard now with the first single ‘Another Time’, out now. Watch the accompanying video here. Eyes Full is distinctly, instinctively tied to Zoh’s hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee and the rediscovery of their first instrument, the guitar....
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Volume III is Flore Laurentienne’s luminous and immersive instrumental album that concludes a trilogy begun in 2019, where organs, analog synthesizers, and string ensembles come together in an approach that is both cinematic and deeply rooted in the Quebec landscape. The album reflects an organic process that enriches the project’s sonic signature. Volume III has won over a wide audience, bolstered by organic collaborations, notably with Moog Synthesisers, as well as visibility in...
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Earlier this year, Dry Cleaning released their new album Secret Love. The beloved band of vocalist Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard’s third album received glowing Album of the Week/Month accolades from the likes of The Sunday Times, The Observer, Record Collector, The Guardian, MOJO, and more, with the latter’s 5* critique calling the album, “a surrealist masterpiece.” Ahead of the band’s extensive tour...
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Five-piece 1000 Rabbits (FKA Rabbitfoot) return with their second single ‘Rubik’s Cube’, the exhilarating follow-up to their debut ‘Virgin Soil’. Continuing to build momentum through their electrifying live shows, the track captures the band’s instinctive and playful energy, leaning into a more explosive side of their sound. Watch the accompanying visual here. 1000 Rabbits is an off-kilter art-pop picnic who tell stories through human sounds, both intimate and extroverted. Comprising...
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Generational pop icon Robyn today releases her acclaimed new album Sexistential. Her first album in eight years and the most ecstatic record that she’s ever made: the sound of one of contemporary music’s most influential artists coming home. After the club music meditations of 2018’s Honey, the album features nine, deeply playful pop songs that tie back to her era-defining Body Talk trilogy, designed to feel “like a spaceship coming through the atmosphere at...
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Ahead of the release of her hugely-anticipated third record Ricochet, out today, Snail Mail – the project of Lindsey Jordan – debuted the opening track ‘Tractor Beam’ on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Watch the performance HERE. On the new single, Jordan’s anthemic vocal is paired with buoyant, jangling guitar leads and soaring strings courtesy of NYC’s Metropolis Ensemble. It’s a song about dissociation – about feeling othered, feeling...
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Over the past twenty years Future Islands have travelled a rare arc, from promising newcomers to best-kept secret, from cult favourites to heroes of the genre. As they reach this remarkable milestone, they resist the obvious move. Instead of a ‘best-of’ compilation victory lap, Future Islands present From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth – an immediate and accessible collection – half of which has never appeared on streaming...
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Two Shell continue their +++ shift towards intentional escapism in 2026 with ‘Smile’, a groovy and sexy take on a UK classic *sound*. ‘The Nightmare’ established distance from the sonics of previous releases, ‘Smile’ doubles down on simplicity and fun. The song’s hook defies any real meaning, seeming to look forward and backward at the same time, leaving the listener feeling as though they recognise the song on a first play. Nothing...
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Out today, ‘Ultra Violence’ / ‘Appetite’ is the new maxi-single from Chicago trio Lifeguard. Recorded at the band’s rehearsal space / studio, the music continues the unstable ethos of this year’s much-loved debut album Ripped and Torn – alternating high-velocity punk-energies with surreal dub-inflected interludes. Lifeguard on ‘Ultra Violence’ / ‘Appetite’: Recorded in Lifeguard’s Stulogulo, newly equipped with actually terrifying faces and friendly heroine carpet, plugged straight into the 8-track machine...
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james K’s critically-acclaimed third album, Friend, has been reworked by electronic pioneers Objekt, Drew McDowall (Coil), Hesaitix (M.E.S.H), Roza Terenzi, and Arushi Jain, as well as collaborators and contemporaries Special Guest DJ, Priori (who both co-produced elements of Friend), JASSS, Yushh and Loidis. AD 93 will release the remixes via digital and CD on 24 April 2026. Friend is a portal with its own emotional cartography, one with a map...
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My New Band Believe (the new band from former black midi bassist and sometime frontman Cameron Picton) are happy to share the first track, ‘Love Story’ from the forthcoming album My New Band Believe which arrives on April 10th. ‘Love Story’ is one of the album’s stand-out tracks. The song is, literally, a love story, a couple in their banal element: staying in, going out, cooking, cleaning, dreaming, scheming, until it...
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