NEW Singles & Videos + Release Announcements + Brand New Signings
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS SHARES POWERFUL NEW TRACK “THE BLUES STILL BLOSSOMS
James Brandon Lewis is a master of the short infectious motif, and like his hero Sonny Rollins, devotes long expanses of his improvisation to the stretching and refracting and mutating of short phrases. Rollins gave Lewis very high praise when they met recently, saying: “When I listen to you, I listen to Buddha, I listen to Confucius … I listen to the deeper meaning of life … You are keeping the world in balance.”
EAVES WILDER presents new single “Morning Rain”
London-born-and-raised musician and producer Eaves Wilder presents her second single, “Morning Rain,” via her new label, Secretly Canadian. Wilder fuses “indie rock tropes with pop to create a raucous yet melodic sound” (Clash). Catch the video after the leap!
Kenny Beats’ drops extended “mid-album standout” edit
‘Still’ is the second of Kenny’s post-release extended single edits, and one of the most noteworthy; it’s the “mid-album standout” where NYC rapper JPEGMAFIA “shouts energetic catchphrases over a simple drum line and tender backing vocals from Omar Apollo”
poptropicaslutz! release 'catastrophe (feat. Magnolia Park)'
Long Island based hyper-punk duo, poptropicaslutz!, share a new music video for their song “catastrophe” in collaboration with buzzy Epitaph labelmates, Magnolia Park.
Remix of the Week
BADBADBADNOTGOOD invite Chicago house legend, Ron Trent, for a remix
The influential electronic producer recently collaborated with Khruangbin. BADBADNOTGOOD have been on a global Talk Memory tour with 50 stops in the US, Europe and Latin America, including a show at Brooklyn Steel which was livestreamed for Jazz Night In America
OLIVER SIM releases Soulwax Remix of 'Sensitive Child | THE LABEL
The legendary electronic duo, SOULWAX, are the next in line to produce their own unique, dance floor-focused take on a standout track from Sim’s acclaimed debut solo album, Hideous Bastard, out now via Young. Produced by Sim’s The xx bandmate and lifelong friend Jamie xx, the album is a collection of songs inspired by his love of horror movies and his own life experience. Sim shared several tracks from the album ahead of its release: ‘Romance with a Memory,’ ‘Fruit,’ ‘GMT’ and ‘Hideous,’ a song that features lifelong hero Jimmy Somerville on guest vocals.
BIG THIEF tour starts TONIGHT...
Well done to you fast ticket buyers that purchased tix in Auckland - both shows sold out so fast! Wellington peeps - there is limited tix left ... hurry hurry... For the rest of us we're just gunna put the headphones with that gorgeous last album "Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You" ... welcome to Aotearoa Big Thief! ❤️
Christian Lee Hutson shares 'Silent Night' video
Who doesn't love a TV snow globe!...adding to the Alt-y Christmas Song Mixtape... "everything will be fine..." https://thelabel.co.nz/a-very-alternative-christmas-the-label-christmas-playlist/
Love It Live
Charlie Hickey shares Planet With Water (Live at Boyfriend Recording)
Earlier this year twenty-one year old Pasadena-based artist Charlie Hickey released his debut album via Saddest Factory Records, the label owned by Hickey’s long-time friend and collaborator Phoebe Bridgers. This week he delivers a new live video...
(Previously Mothers) Kristine Leschper shares live 'Picture Window' session
While Mothers drew inspiration from the stark, skeletal sounds of post-punk and contemporary folk, Leschper’s new work is practically baroque, integrating an array of synthesizers, strings, woodwinds, and over a dozen percussive instruments.
'The Opening, Or Closing Of A Door', is out now via ANTI/Epitaph
"A rewarding listen... In taking control of her music and finding peace with herself, Leschper most certainly has the notes all right where they belong."
-Under The Radar