Patrick Watson announces his new album Uh Oh, to be released on September 26, alongside sharing new single ‘Peter and the Wolf’, a menacing, dream-like song inspired by the ghosts of New Orleans and the pitch black-ness of being in the forest in the dark. The pulse-pounding new video, directed by Patrick Watson and SAM WOY was shot in the Quebec countryside. The new album finds Watson meditating on the...
Planet Rami releases his latest single ‘Mother Eye’. The captivating alt-pop track is about those moments when you’re being thrown around by the universe – whether that be through failed loves, friendships, or jobs – and the only balm can be comfort from your mother. Written with ARIA nominated record producer, composer, mixer and songwriter Tony Buchen. “When I wrote this track, I was going through some major changes in...
“‘Love’ is a word I was unable to say until I was approaching 40,” explains Jarvis Cocker. “I listened to love songs all the time but couldn’t use the word in real life. The words to this song are me having a word with myself about this state of affairs. I gave myself a real talking-to. I have now learnt how to say it whilst keeping a straight face. ‘You’ve...
“The Sophs arrived out of the great blue yonder,” says Rough Trade co-founders Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee of the label’s newest signing, LA six-piece The Sophs. The band’s brutal honesty, flamingly intrusive thoughts, and broad genre-spreading caught their attention immediately. Rough Trade heard the sort of creativity and variety — and “don’t expect me to act pretty” sentiment — that could get The Sophs — including frontman Ethan Ramon, Sam Yuh (keyboards), Austin Parker Jones (electric guitar), Seth Smades (acoustic guitar), Devin Russ (drums), and Cole Bobbitt (bass) — a slot...
Tune-Yards, the dynamic duo of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, have released their new album Better Dreaming. The final single ‘How Big Is The Rainbow’ is accompanied by a music video featuring comedian and actress, Star Amerasu, and directed by Dominic Mercurio. Merrill shares “The title lyric came out in a flash, and felt more sincere than I’ve ever been lyrically, maybe. But in this day and age, there is no...
Arca returns with a new double-sided single, ‘Puta / Sola’. While each track exists in its own distinct sonic world, they are released together to symbolise the complementary force of the liminal, the beauty in androgyny, and integration of both masculine and feminine energies that can harmonise in each person. It is a gesture in response to dualistic thinking – spanning the spectrum between binaries – a quantum entanglement between...
Standing On The Corner returns to give birth to a new single ‘Baby’, along with accompanying B-Side ‘Friends 2day Enemies 2morrow’ and one piece of poetry entitled ‘R U Scared?’. A limited edition 7” vinyl is available via standingonthecorner.com and the XL Recordings webstore. Hand-drawn white label 7” with risograph artwork print in clear plastic sleeve. Standing On The Corner is an Earth-based Art Ensemble founded in 2016 by Shamel Cee Mystery,...
On August 22nd 2025, Baltimore singer-songwriter and producer Nourished By Time will release his highly anticipated new album The Passionate Ones. Crafted between Baltimore, London, and NYC, The Passionate Ones is a sermon, a twelve-track catharsis, howled from the underbelly of late-stage capitalism, a blueprint for building your own altar in the ruins of the American Dream. The project launches today with ‘Max Potential,’ a track revealing a soul unready...
Lifeguard release a new single ‘Under Your Reach.’ It’s among the band’s hardest-hitting tracks to date, expertly blending their experimental and pop-leaning impulses. Gritty drones and dub-inflected bass give way to a laser beam riff, with guitarists Kai Slater and Asher Case delivering the vocal in loose harmony. The song is drawn from the Chicago-based trio’s forthcoming debut album, Ripped and Torn, out June 6th. Watch the video below! Recorded...
Isaiah Hull, the self-proclaimed “stand up tragedian” from Old Trafford, Manchester, releases ‘A IS FOR AFRICA’. A collaboration with producer Kwes Darko, ‘A IS FOR AFRICA’ is a powerful lyrical and sonic statement that defines the politics Isaiah stands for and stands on, adding to the rich lineage of alphabetic play in hip hop. The track is released today to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of Una Marson,...
Norwegian musician, artist and novelist Jenny Hval releases her new album, Iris Silver Mist. Earlier in the week, Jenny Hval unveiled the final preview, album opener ‘Lay down’, which followed ‘To be a rose’ and ‘The artist is absent’. Just as the scent of iris comes from the roots and not the flower, the album, too, begins underground with ‘Lay down’. “Lay down, down in the deep where your love...
Swedish experimental pop musician and producer Thea Gustafsson (aka Becky and the Birds) shared her self-produced debut album, Only music makes me cry now, in November 2024. After recently being named Producer of the Year at the 2025 Swedish Grammis, she now returns a new track entitled ‘Should’ve known better (choices)’ — a thematic companion to the Only music makes me cry now track ‘I look at the choices i made’, the new single highlights Gustafsson’s unique, current, and...
BADBADNOTGOOD return with a new single and studio video for ‘Found A Light (Beale Street)’ which features the three-time Grammy-nominated LA-based, Memphis-raised singer-songwriter and composer V.C.R. The song sees BADBADNOTGOOD and V.C.R. blend to create a funky & energetic jazz masterpiece, spotlighting both the soulful vocals of V.C.R. and, as ever impressive instrumentation from the trio. This latest single follows a series of vocal-led collaborations – ‘Poeira Cosmica’ with Tim...
Mechatok – aka Timur Tokdemir – has subtly become a defining architect of today’s underground experimental pop and rap. While touring globally, he’s released a steady run of solo EPs and albums that have shaped a sound where emotional immediacy meets sleek, digital-age aesthetics, leaving a mark on a new generation of genre-defining artists like Drain Gang, Ecco2k, Yung Lean, Charli XCX, and Bala Club. 2025 is set to be...
Irish musician Maria Somerville will release her second album and debut project on 4AD, Luster, this Friday. Ahead of it, Somerville shares the record’s final single, ‘Spring’ – a whirring and atmospheric dreamgaze track, full yet fleeting with distorted acoustic strumming, ghostly siren calls, commanding percussion, and a surprising auto-tuned outro. Over the last few months, Somerville introduced Luster’s haunting tranquility and lush sonic backdrop with three other singles from...
The Smith Street Band return with ‘This Is It’ – the first single from their forthcoming seventh album. Dripping in the emotional honesty the band have come to be known for, the new track might just be their most vulnerable release to date. The new release comes with accompanying video clip, shot and edited by long time collaborator Nick Manuell, with Greg Rietwyk. ‘This Is It’ is a song about...
