October 28th 2022

SOAKED OATS share 3rd single & video for ‘Headline Opinion’

Another cracker track following; ‘The Way It Works’ and ‘Something’, Ōtepoti/Dunedin four-piece, Soaked Oats return with their call out track, ‘Headline Opinion’.

Lead vocalist and lyricist, Oscar Mein, comments pithily, “Headline Opinion is a song about the news. How we serve it, how we consume it, how we regurgitate it, how we serve it again and…”

The track is accompanied with a video of old newspaper headlines & clippings compiled by Mein gathered from decades of old microfilm. Check it out after the jump!

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA SHARES NEW SINGLE/VIDEO

Unknown Mortal Orchestra shares the new single ‘I Killed Captain Cook’ alongside a video starring Ruban Nielson’s mother, Deedee Aipolani Nielson, a Kanaka Maoli from Hilo and Miss Aloha Hula 1973, who is also featured on the single art.

The tender, acoustic track is told from the perspective of the Hawaiian that killed Captain James Cook, the English explorer largely responsible for the colonization of Polynesia, who attempted to kidnap Hawaiian chief Kalaniʻōpuʻu, and eventually met his demise in Hawai’i as a result. Nielson’s mother would tell him the story as a child with pride and the song is written for, and as a tribute to, her. The song also marks the first offering from Unknown Mortal Orchestra this year and serves as the first taste of a forthcoming double album in 2023.

‘I Killed Captain Cook’ follows Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s 2021 stand-alone singles ‘That Life,‘ which arrived with a video featuring a puppet created by renowned Daytime Emmy Award-nominated puppeteer and fabricator Laura Manns, and ‘Weekend Run,’ which marked their first official single since their shapeshifting 2018 full-length Sex & Food. Check out ‘I Killed Captain Cook’ and stay tuned for more from Unknown Mortal Orchestra coming soon.

HORSEGIRL cover Minutemen & release 'History Lesson Part 2' !

The Chicago-based trio now release their cover of Minutemen’s ‘History Lesson Part 2.’ While only available via a 7” in the past, the song is now available digitally for the first time today.

“‘History Lesson Part 2’ has always been a punk manifesto for us,” says Horsegirl. “It was an unusual pick to cover considering the lyrics are so specific to Minutemen, but we thought there was something appealing too about recording a ‘History Lesson’ that doesn’t actually give you any history on us.”

U.S. GIRLS releases new song & video - ‘Bless This Mess’

We LOVE Meg Remy!! The experimental alt-pop chameleon U.S. Girls enters her diva era with the ballad, ‘Bless This Mess’. Released today, the song follows her summer synth anthem, ‘So Typically Now’ and is accompanied by an extraordinary music video created by Remy and artist Evan Gordon.  Video after the jump!

ALABAMA SHAKES’ to release 10th anniversary; BOYS & GIRLS album

Rough Trade Records will commemorate the 10th anniversary of Alabama Shakes’ internationally acclaimed debut album, Boys & Girls, with a two-disc deluxe edition, set for December 9th release. Hailed as one of the best albums of 2012 by Rolling Stone and numerous other publications, Boys & Girls entered Billboard’s Independent Albums chart at No. 1. It went on to attain Platinum certification and earn the band multiple GRAMMY nominations. Lead single “Hold On” was voted the #1 Best Song of 2012 by Rolling Stone..

EAVES WILDER signs with SECRETLY CANADIAN shares new music! | THE LABEL

Secretly Canadian announced this week the signing of rising London singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Eaves Wilder. In celebration of the news, Eaves shares her first new music in 18 months, and her first for the label – the self-confessed “female revenge fantasy song” ‘I Stole Your Jumper’.