Patrick Watson – the singer/songwriter, film composer and pianist based in Montreal, Canada – returns with new single ‘Silencio’, featuring the rising French singer-songwriter November Ultra. Inspired by an experience where Watson couldn’t speak or sing for nearly three months, ‘Silencio’ explores some of the impressions that came to him during this time: does he talk too much?; the anxiety that comes with reliving a conversation, learning to be a...
Becky and the Birds has recently turned a new leaf, entering an era of creative freedom and emotional release with her forthcoming self-produced debut album Only Music Makes Me Cry Now, due for release on 15 November. Today, she shares the record’s newest single ‘Anymore’, a beautifully transportive sound bath of sleek hazy hooks and hypnotic drum tracks, levied by her echoed, bird-like vocals delivering a cathartic message on starting...
Klô Pelgag has released long awaited record Abracadabra, out now. As a final teaser for the album, Klô Pelgag debuted ‘Le goût des mangues’ which premiered via the magazine Elle Québec, having just returned from Paris, where she launched her new album during an exclusive event for her fans. About her latest song, Klô whispers enigmatically that “the season is a weapon we must know how to fear.” The song...
Tucker Zimmerman releases his label debut and eleventh career studio record Dance Of Love. Earlier in the week Tucker shared ‘Lorelei’, alongside a lyric video. Opening with a sing-alongworthy guitar lead, Zimmerman’s earthy vocals blend perfectly with Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker as they trade off verses and harmonies. Zimmerman explains, “I’m turning Lorelei on her head in this song. Enough luring sailors on the river to their destruction. Time to...
Kim Deal shares another taste of her debut solo album Nobody Loves You More (out November 22nd), in the form of new single ‘A Good Time Pushed’, paired with visuals by Mark Satterthwaite. Watch below! The song is the album closer and the final song recorded by Kim, engineered by close friend Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago. It features Breeders members Jim Macpherson and Kelley Deal....
This year saw Kim Gordon release her second solo album, The Collective. Today, the digital deluxe edition of The Collective has been released, along with the announcement of a physical deluxe edition set for release on December 13. The deluxe edition features two new songs, the previously released ‘ECRP’ and new track ‘Bangin’ On The Freeway’, which is accompanied by a video directed by Coco Gordon Moore. Watch below! Kim...
Jim Legxacy kick starts the run into the release of his much anticipated new mixtape with new single ‘aggressive’, his first release on new label home XL Recordings. Both a modern heartbreak anthem, and a call back to the greats of the past, sampling Chip’s classic ‘Oopsy Daisy’, this is a signature Jim Legxacy cut. With the kaleidoscope of genres that he has already confidently explored, Jim settles into his...
Memphis LK grabs harder and grittier sounds for her new EP Say, out now! A five-tracker featuring collabs with trailblazers DJ BORING and Willaris. K, it’s packed with high-energy tracks for the headiest haunts. In support of the EP, Memphis heads homeward for True Love Rave II to ignite dance floors in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth, along with supports (including comp winners) just dropped! Details below. Relocating from Melbourne...
The Smile reveal their new album Cutouts, out today! The band shared new single ‘Bodies Laughing’ earlier in the week. It follows recent tracks ‘Foreign Spies’, ‘Zero Sum’, ‘Don’t Get Me Started’, and ‘The Slip’, the latter two of which were released via a limited edition 2-track 12-inch single at record shops globally. A brand-new, Weirdcore directed video for ‘Instant Psalm’ premieres at 9pm AEST tonight. The trio – Thom...
This October marks the one-year anniversary of Sampha’s globally lauded, Ivor Novello and AIM-nominated 2023 album LAHAI. To celebrate, Sampha announces a deluxe version of the album, with three new singles out now on streaming services: ‘Dancing Circles 2.0,’ ‘Re Entry’ and ‘Sensory Nectar’ plus the previously released single ‘Satellite Business 2.0’ featuring Little Simz. ‘Dancing Circles 2.0’ is a reimagination of the fan-favourite track, which Sampha performed during his...
After coming-of-age with their introductory self-titled EP (2020), experiencing their own end with their RIPcumgirl8 EP (2021), and witnessing a twisted vision of the afterlife through phantasea pharm (2023), cumgirl8 are now on the cusp of their 8th cumming by way of their long-awaited debut LP of that name, out now. Following the previous release of the record’s first tongue-in-cheek single ‘Karma Police’ and ‘ahhhh!hhhh! (i don’t wanna go)’ –...
Toronto rapper Shad and Michigan based producer 14KT have surprised everyone by dropping a brand-new EP showcasing their recent collaboration. Reel Speakers, a four-track EP stemming from freestyles Shad did on socials, is a compact, high-energy listening with beat, grit, soul, and hope. It is out now on all streaming platforms. The pair, having met at DJ Jazzy Jeff’s iconic Playlist Retreat years prior, connected over freestyles Shad was doing...
Bartees Strange announces his third full-length album, Horror, due on 14 February 2025, alongside releasing new single ‘Sober’, produced by Strange, Jack Antonoff, Yves Rothman and Lawrence Rothman, and paired with a music video directed by Ricardo Betancourt that draws inspiration from Sly & The Family Stone’s 1974 Soul Train performance. Watch below! Strange says, “This song is about falling short in a relationship, over and over and drinking because...
If Funeral for Justice was the sound of outrage, Tears of Injustice is the sound of grief. Mdou Moctar’s new album is Funeral for Justice completely re-recorded and rearranged for acoustic and traditional instruments. It is an evolution of the band’s critically-adored breakout – the meditative mirror-image to the blistering original. “We wanted to make a separate version of Funeral for people to hear,” explains the band’s US-based bassist and...
Everything Is Recorded, the collaborative music project centred around producer Richard Russell, returns with a brand new single, ‘Porcupine Tattoo’. It’s a stripped-back lament featuring two American musical icons – Noah Cyrus and Bill Callahan – who appear on record together for the very first time. The collaboration came together while Russell was hosting sessions for a forthcoming Everything Is Recorded album. Reaching out to Callahan, Russell asked the simple...
Peggy Frew, the best-selling, prizewinning novelist and member of legendary band, Art of Fighting, releases the latest single ‘Off Season Blues’ off her debut solo album Dial-Up, out 8 November. ‘Off Season Blues’ takes us to a vibrant oasis watered by Frew’s intimacy. A stirring, nostalgia-fuelled story of loneliness and lost love, this is four-minutes of Frew as her most personal and most fragile self. “I wrote this song on an Eavestaff mini piano in the dusty...
