Following the official reveal of the tracklist last week, Blawan – aka Jamie Roberts – releases SickElixir, his debut XL Recordings album. The release lands ahead of his headline show at Village Underground in London on Friday 10 October, where he’ll debuted a brand-new live show, the first of two major headline live shows, with the second in Amsterdam on 22 October – tickets and info here. Crafted between Berlin, Leeds,...
Stella Donnelly announces international tour dates across Australia, United Kingdom and Europe in support of her forthcoming album Love and Fortune, due for release on Friday 7th November. A deeply personal and anchored body of work that traces the journey back to herself after a period of profound change. Recorded in Naarm/Melbourne, the album carries the grounding energy of place, offering a sonic landscape that feels both intimate and expansive....
Ruthven returns with ‘Kiss Goodnight’, a disco-infused single that marks a vibrant new chapter following his debut album Rough & Ready. The self-penned track arrives as Ruthven gears up for an extensive UK and European tour. Recorded in Ruthven’s South London studio following the release of his debut album, ‘Kiss Goodnight’ marks a shift in Nelson’s creative process. Moving away from the programmed production of Rough & Ready, he enlisted...
On 9th January 2026, Dry Cleaning will return with Secret Love, the group’s third studio album, produced by Cate Le Bon. They share its first single ‘Hit My Head All Day’, out now. Secret Love is the finest expression yet of the profound friendships that created Dry Cleaning, between frontperson Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard. Here, the south London four-piece take their place...
In March, Matador set Circuit des Yeux’s haunting and midnight-hued masterpiece, Halo on the Inside, loose on an unsuspecting world. Critical adoration and a transcendent world tour followed. And now, we are doing it all over again. Out digitally today, Halo on the Inside: Director’s Cut is the album as it was originally delivered to the label – reinstating the original tracklist and adding three previously unreleased compositions, along with...
Planet Rami is back with his new single ‘Never Gonna Come’, accompanied by a bold and playful music video directed by Tim Swallow. ‘Never Gonna Come’ captures those moments of deep desire and yearning. Speaking on the feelings behind the track, Rami shares “I’ve come to realise that things often have their own paths and reasons for eluding us. Sometimes, all they do is guide us toward a shared essence...
Rough Trade Records is thrilled to announce Tyler Ballgame’s stunning debut album For the First Time, Again, out January 30th, 2026. A bracing reminder of how great songs delivered by a gifted vocalist can move, captivate and inspire, it boasts 12 finely crafted tunes rooted in classic rock, indie and Americana. Ballgame’s infectious melodies draw the listener into a story, and his message of belief in one’s true self resonates...
Blawan – aka Jamie Roberts – returns with ‘Rabbit Hole,’ the next single from his highly anticipated forthcoming album SickElixir, out 10 October. Where the first single ‘NOS’ surged forward with a pulsing, vocal-led intensity, ‘Rabbit Hole’ takes a different path. Featuring vocals by Monstera Black alongside his own, it tunnels listeners inward, revealing a more vulnerable and restless side of Roberts’ writing and production. Crafted between Berlin, Leeds, Paris,...
Carla Geneve releases her new single ‘Ashamed’, the third single taken from her forthcoming album Don’t Be Afraid due Friday 17 October. The new single shows Geneve at her most reflective, with piano-led instrumentation framing her direct, intimate lyrics. Carla shares “This is another one of the tracks that we redid. This one was originally theatrical, grandiose. We never quite knew how to finish it off, it felt as though...
After a whirlwind summer of global festivals and her Asia headline tour, NYC-via-Seoul artist, producer, vocalist and DJ Yaeji is back with ‘booboo2’ – the playful sequel to her 2024 banger ‘booboo.’ This time around, she teamed up with hyper-pop-punk artist underscores and rising rapper influencer Aliyah’s Interlude to supercharge the track into a high-octane reinvention of the original. 2025 has been a transformative year for Yaeji. From her stand-alone...
Mouseatouille return with their third album DJ Set, out now on vinyl and all music platforms. This October, the band will take the new record on the road, bringing their intricate live show to headline stages in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney – Tickets on sale now. Mouseatouille, the Melbourne nine-piece collective, has always sought comfort in numbers. There is a reassurance in the orchestra, the knowledge that a friend...
keiyaA announces her highly anticipated, sophomore album hooke’s law, out October 31st, and also shares the project’s second single ‘take it’, accompanied by a second self-co-directed music video with Caity Arthur, which follows last month’s ‘stupid prizes’. Written and produced over five years, hooke’s law is keiyaA’s document of survival through self-interrogation. The album deconstrusts and rebuilds her ego on her own terms, offering a safe space to process conflicting...
Sleaford Mods make an explosive return with brand new single ‘Megaton’, out now. Over an arc of rolling beats and atmospheric electronics, the track is peppered with acerbic bars digging out cultural mediocrity. A union of groove and guile, Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn are ruffling feathers and moving feet with their first new release as Sleaford Mods since 2023 album UK GRIM. Continuing the duo’s partnership with the charity...
bar italia release new single and video ‘rooster’, the latest preview from their upcoming album Some Like It Hot, released October 17th. Flowing between sinuous groove and sinister guitar onslaughts, ‘rooster’ is another showcase of the new album’s union of the anthemic and unbridled. Some Like It Hot is a 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon about a group of rogue musicians on the adventure path....
On the eve of kicking off a 24-date regional Australian tour, Melbourne punk rock icons The Smith Street Band have dropped a brand-new single and announced their seventh album Once I Was Wild, out Friday November 21. The album’s title track, ‘Once I Was Wild’, serves as its third single, following on from earlier releases ‘This Is It’ and ‘Star Child’. The new track captures a bittersweet nostalgia, as the...
Tune-Yards release a new EP, Tell the Future With Your Body, off the back of their latest album Better Dreaming in May, which saw the duo deliver some of the grooviest music of their career so far. On this new EP, Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner expand on the loopy, homespun energy of their latest album with four more tracks of irresistible rhythms, basslines and melodies. The tracklisting offers three previously...
