NEW Singles & Videos + Release Announcements + Brand New Signings
ANGEL OLSEN'S new album - watch the brand new single here!
Hallelujah! Angel Olsen has announced her new album Big Time. It’s out June 3 via Jagjaguwar and features the new single 'All the Good Times.' Watch the video for the album’s opening song by hitting the link. Angel Olsen (born Angelina Maria Carroll) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from St. Louis, Missour who lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Big Time is her sixth studio record and follows last years 80's covers EP Aisles. Big Time was written during a period of time when Olsen was coming out as queer - “Finally, at the ripe age of 34, I was free to be me,” she quips.
DREGG shares new single
DREGG is as much a rifftastic metalcore outfit as they are unpretentious art-rock collective. The Melbourne, Australia fivesome is thrillingly provocative, occasionally disturbing, and filled with hip-hop swagger. New single ‘Dr. Fauci Didn’t Kill Himself,’ is mosh-pit ready, accompanied is a lively music video showing the band performing in a chaotic living room, losing their minds while being locked indoors.
IBEYI share new single and music video featuring Brit-Award winning Jorja Smith.
Ibeyi is an Afro-French Cuban musical duo consisting of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz. The duo sings in English, French, Spanish and Yoruba,(a language spoken by their ancestors before being taken to Cuba as slaves in the 1700s.) Their music has elements of Yoruba, French and Afro-Cuban, and fuses jazz with beats, samples with traditional instruments. 'Lavender and Red Roses' is the 3rd single from their forthcoming album & features Brit-Award winning Jorja Smith. All 3 women star in the super cool mythical new video.
JASMYN announces new album 'In The Wild'
Jasmyn is the new solo project of former singer-songwriter and frontwoman of the critically acclaimed Toronto band Weaves, and In The Wild is a clean slate of a debut album. Watch the kaleidoscopic new track ‘Edge of Time’ by clicking through the link.
KEVIN MORBY new single/video 'Rock Bottom' inspired by Jay Reatard
"When in the studio, I pointed at the last Reatard’s album, Grown Up, Fucked Up as a reference for what I was trying to achieve sonically. For the video, director Johnny Eastlund and I decided we wanted to make an Ice Cream themed Nunchucking Western so I tagged in one of my instagram nunchuck idols Ariel Kellog to help me battle an evil talent show judge, played by Tim Heidecker, who is taunting his contestants, most notably a little girl in a bumble bee costume. The video also features comedian Caleb Heron, my bandmate Cyrus Gengras, Azniv Korkejian (aka Bedouine), Jess Wolfe (who is 1/2 of Lucius), and more.”
THEY HATE CHANGE drop new track
From a chance meeting and a bad weed deal came They Hate Change. The Tampa Bay production/rap duo have dropped a new track new track ‘Blatant Localism’ spotlighting the pair’s verbal teamwork, as they trade lines taking aim at style-deficient hypebeast rappers.
TORO Y MOI new single & video 'Déjà Vu'
Chaz Bear, known professionally as Toro y Moi, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and graphic designer. He is often recognized as a spearhead of the chillwave genre in the 2010s, alongside contemporaries Washed Out and Neon Indian. His seventh studio album Mahal arrives April 29th and today he drops the third single, along with a road trip in a limo video ‘Déjà Vu.’ Come along for a ride!
New Albums & EPs Out Now
CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON releases Quitters
Produced by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst, Quitters is the new album (and his second for Anti Records) from LA, California musician Christian Lee Hutson.
“detailed and perfectly calibrated songwriting” – NPR Music
“…Hutson’s particular variation on finger-picked folk is as refined and masterfully crafted as you’ll find anywhere” – Pitchfork
PARQUET COURTS release Plant Life remixes EP
NYC's Parquet Courts (Who are due to visit NZ in July as part of Strange Universe) have returned with two remixes of their Sympathy For Life standout, 'Plant Life.'
SADEYES releases surprise EP Grim
sadeyes is the creative persona of 21-year-old singer/writer/producer Nathan Lewis. The Portland, Oregon based artist combines lo-fi, alternative, emo rap, and hyperpop with confessional lyrics to create infectiously catchy hits. Only 2 months on from his debut album monarch, sadeyes surprises his fans by dropping a new EP grim. Listeners will be pleased to hear a lo-fi vibe taking over on this EP complete with mellow beats and resonant bass.
SOUL GLO release new album Diaspora Problems on Epitaph Records
Innovative Philadelphia hardcore band, Soul Glo is thrilled to share their fourth studio album Diaspora Problems out digitally now. Formed in 2014, fusing hip-hop, hardcore, and punk, the Philly outfit are fearless in their approach and even more ruthless in their delivery. Injecting their colorful narratives into predominantly white spaces.
"Throughout Diaspora Problems, Soul Glo churn out some of the most ferocious and life-affirming punk songs you'll hear all year." - Brooklyn Vegan
PROUD to celebrate this week with the announcement of the IMNZ Classic Record Award + the finalists for the inaugural NZ On Air Outstanding Music Journalism Award. ** Both presented at the **2022 Taite Music Prize.
Listening & watching: a heavenly new (and happy|sad) Angel Olsen track. A hilarious and brightly coloured new Kevin Morby clip (viva le summer.) An epic adventure with Ibeyi and a spacy road trip across the USA in a limo with Toro Y Moi. There's new music from Dregg, Jasmyn, Parquet Courts, sadeyes, They Hate Change and so much more!
We're throwing our hands up for the return of live shows - French For Rabbits announce their awesome tour lineup & more international shows announced this week.
Mourning the loss of an hour of sunlight but celebrating the Autumn equinox ... join us. The Label Club #11 April Edition.
The recipient of the 2022 IMNZ Classic Record is ...... PLUS the inaugural NZ On Air Outstanding Music Journalism Award
Congrats to all our wonderful clever friends out there in media land. Both awards will be presented at the 2022 Taite Music Prize in April.
ICYMI - Curated by The Label
The Sensory, Surreal Making Of Aldous Harding's Sound - Viva
Her new album, 'Warm Chris', is — like the singer herself — full of magic Article By Matthew Crawley | Stunning photos captured by Hohua Ropate Kurene in the Southern backyard belonging to Aldous's Mum <3
Aldous Harding on her new album 'Warm Chris' | RNZ
Aldous talks to Music 101's Charlotte Ryan about creation, collaboration, and why she still doesn't see herself as a musician.
MADI DIAZ's shares Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Madi Diaz “makes even the most immovable feelings open up with just a little time and space” -Pitchfork. This is especially apparent in her moving Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, during which she plays songs off of her ANTI- debut, History of a Feeling, (recently nominated for Best Americana Record at the 2022 A2IM Libera Awards).
Love It Live
Luke Buda & Fables join FRENCH FOR RABBITS
Double Taites on tour! New Zealand dream-pop luminaries French For Rabbits are thrilled to announce special guests Luke Buda and Fables on their 2022 Taite Music Prize nominated third LP, The Overflow national tour. Tickets to these exceptional shows are on sale now.
Khruangbin with Kamasi Washington New Zealand Show Announced - Music News at Undertheradar
US superstars perform all ages event at Tamaki's Spark Arena in December 2022.
Parquet Courts return to Aotearoa
This July, Parquet Courts headline a new iteration of the Strange Universe show series at Auckland’s Powerstation on July 22nd. They are joined by local acts Marlin’s Dreaming, Mermaidens and Na Noise.
We Made You A Mix Tape
Listen & Watch The Latest Indie Greatest
We've curated your new fav playlist bringing together this weeks new releases, office favourites and the latest videos and tracks from all our lovely artists from Aotearoa and beyond. Wishing you a safe and musical weekend - Love The Label xx