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BAD SUNS share refreshing new single ‘MAYBE YOU SAVED ME’ FT. PVRIS
Los Angeles alt-pop band Bad Suns share a new single titled ‘Maybe You Saved Me,’ featuring vocals from Lynn Gunn of pop-rock act PVRIS.
Charlie Hickey releases their 'Planet With Water' video
Fresh from the release of his acclaimed debut album Nervous At Night on Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory label, the ever-prodigious Charlie Hickey returns today with new video for ‘Planet With Water'.
Hans Pucket Announce Beths-produced LP ‘No Drama’ + Share First Single/Video
Wellington, four-piece Hans Pucket writes nervy but effortlessly danceable rock songs about feeling bad. Today the band announces their second full-length album 'No Drama' (on Carpark Records) and share first album single/video ‘My Brain Is A Vacant Space‘.
HELADO NEGRO releases new video for 'Agosto'
Helado Negro has released the official video for ‘Agosto’ featuring the Puerto Rican duo Buscabulla. The song is from Helado Negro’s latest acclaimed album ‘Far In‘ on 4AD. Guided by a Rhodes electric piano, Roberto Carlos Lange wrote ‘Agosto’ with his thoughts on the humid atmosphere of his South Florida hometown where flower petals and fruit fall and sweetly decay on concrete. He and Buscabulla are long time friends and collaborators.
Buzzy LA indie-pop band HUNNY shares new behind the scenes video from the new ‘Homesick’ EP.
As a follow up to their 2019 debut album, YES. YES. YES. YES, the ‘Homesick’ EP’s 4 tracks span across indie/pop-punk sounds with influences of 80’s and 90’s alternative rock.
Welsh producer Lewis Roberts aka KORELESS returns with a new single
One year on from his debut album release, Koreless returns to once again push the boundaries of electronic music. Picking up were the final single of Agor ‘Strangers’ left off, Koreless takes his hyper-polished productions to new depths with ‘Droids’, a carefully designed soundscape that journeys through multiple layers of electro and techno; marking the beginning of a new phase for the producer “that has been subtly shaping British dance music” (Crack Magazine)
4AD's Canadian electronic pop band, PURITY RING releases Shrines Feat. Three New Songs
In honour of Shrines’ ten-year anniversary, Purity Ring return with a reissue of their breakthrough debut record. Titled shrines X, the album features three previously unreleased songs from the Shrines sessions, with the lead track “inovein” perfectly capturing their unique magic – bewitching, eerie vocals dancing uneasily across shimmering electronic haze. Watch the lyric video here. A surprise for fans & perfect intro to new listeners, their influence through 2010’s alt and commercial pop is undeniable.
Anti- Records - SON LITTLE releases new single, “6 AM”
Son Little presents a new single, “6 AM,” with Son Little prioritising his signature rasp as the chief instrument. Describing Like Neptune as “my inner R&B Boy Band” where “a different version of me takes lead on each song,” “6 AM” invokes the anxious worrisome version, the one who stays up all night worrying they’ll sleep through the alarm, and describes a constant effort to repair a fraught relationship with sleep.
Norwegian-American Kaya Wilkins aka OKAY KAYA shares trippy new video 'Spinal Tap'
Okay Kaya announces her world-building new album, SAP, with a trippy, collaborative video, made by Kaya Wilkins and renowned visual artist Austin Lee, for its extraordinary lead single ‘Spinal Tap.’ SAP, which was entirely written, performed, engineered, and produced by Wilkins, is a dynamic new body of work, adding to her celebrated 2020 and 2021 releases. The album is due November 4th on Jagjaguwar.
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HOT NEWS!! - Aotearoa Touring Programme Returns | NZ Music Commission
Hon Carmel Sepuloni, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, announced at the Pacific Music awards last night that the Government will invest to extend the Aotearoa Touring Programme until June 2023!! Woohoo... The wonderful NZ Music Commission folks have all the gold for you to imbibe after the jump! https://nzmusic.org.nz/touring/
OUT TODAY! From Oakland; Ex Boy Scouts & Ezra Furman collaborators Art Moore release self-titled debut album
The debut LP from Art Moore, a new group composed of Boy Scouts' Taylor Vick and Ezra Furman collaborators and bandmates Sam Duerkes and Trevor Brooks is out now via ANTI-. Ten tracks that are deft character studies, rich with detail and subtle wit, the album has seen praise so far from outlets like FADER, MTV, SPIN, BrooklynVegan, Paste and The Line of Best Fit among many others.
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Horsegirl and Black Midi go head-to-head
Marking U.S trio Horesegirl’s album release, Hero Magazine connected the band with friend and contemporary Cameron Picton, bassist for UK band Black Midi, who are stirring their own sonic revolution with the release of their brilliant new record, Hellfire.
