NEW Singles & Videos + Release Announcements + Brand New Signings
Chicago trio LIFEGUARD - “... thrilling and deafening rock" | Watch Live Session
Listen to the new single 'Alarm' and watch the band blaze through the song in a live session recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio.
ANOHNI AND THE JOHNSONS unveils new single 'Sliver Of Ice' + new album out soon | Listen to Sliver Of Ice
British-born, New York-based ANOHNI presents ‘Sliver of Ice,’ the new single/video from ANOHNI and the Johnson’s forthcoming album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, out July 7th on Remote Control / Rough Trade. “Now that I’m almost gone/Sliver of ice upon my tongue/In the day’s night/It tastes so good, it felt so right/For the first time in my life” ANOHNI sings on ‘Sliver of Ice,’ remembering some of the last words Lou Reed shared with her. The singer embodies the voice of someone whose experience becomes more awed and grateful as their life draws to a close; ANOHNI’s expressive and soulful vocals begin conversationally and end with wonderment and heartbreak, crying out atop the somber and intuitive strums of electric guitar played by producer Jimmy Hogarth. Following the release of lead single ‘It Must Change,’ ANOHNI unveils the ‘Sliver of Ice‘ video, directed by ANOHNI for Holland Festival.
NASCAR ALOE shares sinister music video for 'Ogre' from ‘Hey Asshole!’ EP | Check It Out Here
Blending raw, unrestrained energy with his punk aesthetic and cutting-edge production, LA-based artist nascar aloe is trailblazing a new wave of underground rap that welcomes a brash genre-bending musical approach. Today he shares the cinematic music video for ‘OGRE’, a track from his freshly released EP HEY ASSHOLE! out now via Epitaph Records.
SPOON 'Memory Dust EP' out today, NZ shows with The War On Drugs in December | Show Dates Here
Out digitally, Memory Dust features three brand new Spoon recordings – the original songs ‘Sugar Babies‘ and ‘Silver Girl,’ plus a cover of Bo Diddley’s ‘She’s Fine, She’s Mine.’ After touring the U.S with Weezer, Spoon will visit Australia and New Zealand as guests of The War on Drugs. Find the tour dates below.
HUNNY announce sophomore album and share new single 'Big Star' | Listen To Big Star
On the back of a shimmering blend of new-wave sheen, shoegaze gloom and angular guitar rock – all underwritten with cheeky, California cool sensibilities – LA band HUNNY announce their sophomore album ‘Hunny’s New Planet Heaven’ out for release on October 6 via Epitaph Records.
BONNY DOON new album 'Let there be Music' out Friday + new animated video | Watch Video Here
Detroit, MI trio Bonny Doon are gearing up to release their new album ‘Let There Be Music’ this Friday via Anti- Records. The album has been named one of the most anticipated albums of the summer by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone called it their “finest LP to date,” saying “to listen to Let There Be Music in 2023 is to experience Bonny Doon’s immaculately textured, Seventies-inspired California dreaming as an almost radical chillness, an album that’s so committed to its own zen aesthetics during these decidedly non-zen times that it can feel like a provocation.”
Ahead of its release the band has shared a music video for the album’s title track ‘Let There Be Music,’ animated by Nora Rodriguez.
NOT DVR Returns with new single 'darkroom' | Listen To Darkroom Here
2023 has been a transformative year for the young artist and producer, not dvr, who recently moved to London from his hometown of North Berwick in Scotland. This year, he has released the acclaimed single ‘emptyhouse‘, follow-up ‘prettynames‘ and stripped-back ‘wishuwerehere’.
Today, not dvr returns to release the next chapter in his coming-of-age story with a new single, ‘darkroom’. Drawing inspiration from a film of captured memories in his new city, ‘darkroom‘ offers an uplifting blend of lo-fi acoustic productions, wry lyricsm, and catchy vocal hooks.
QUINZEQUINZE Share New Single 'KODEK' |Listen To Kodek
Tahitian/Parisian 5-piece outfit QuinzeQuinze have shared their first single of 2023 ‘KODEK’. They’re making music like no one else, conjuring up epic soundscapes coated in Moombahton and club-ready jaunts of the underground that’s been lauded by Crack, Dazed, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, NPR, and received a personal invitation by Benji B to his prestigious Maida Vale ‘End Of Year Special’, alongside George Riley, Liv.e and Ojerime.
FAYE WEBSTER shares 'But Not Kiss' - new single | Check Out Video Here
Faye Webster has released her first new single in 2 years. ‘But Not Kiss’ towers as a modern love song, steeped in the in-between feelings where romantic longing crashes into ambivalence, with an explosive piano hook the song oscillates between Webster’s near-whispered intimacies and a stunning, maximal arrangement. “I think it could be a really romantic song or a really anti-romantic song,” explains Webster.
M. WARD shares new track feat. FIRST AID KIT | Watch Video Here
M.Ward is sharing “too young to die” feat. First Aid Kit today, the final pre-release track from his upcoming album ‘Supernatural Thing,’ out this Friday. In the song’s new video, Ward is a security guard working the graveyard shift who starts to see the ladies of First Aid Kit appear in his security camera’s video feed.
THE SMILE release new single 'Bending Hectic' | Listen Here
The Smile – Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner – today release a brand new single, 'Bending Hectic'.
CURRENT JOYS announces 'Love + Pop' album - out soon -| Listen Now
Current Joys have announced their new album LOVE + POP out August 4th via Secretly Canadian. To mark the occasion they’ve released the title track, ‘LOVE + POP’ and its companion music video. The single acts as a hooky and rowdy exchange, with the female vocals provided by Your Angel (aka Maddy Boyd).
PEGGY GOU new single '(It Goes Like) NANANA' fires up at radio | Watch Here
Artist, producer, DJ and cultural icon Peggy Gou returns with her first new music in nearly two years. Inspired by the eclectic house and pop classics that defined the Balearic sound, alongside 90s and 2000s dance anthems and Peggy’s own inimitable contemporary club production, ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’ makes an early claim to be the sound of the summer, set to soundtrack sunsets and sunrises the world over. “(It Goes Like) Nanana” is released via XL Recordings, her first release for the label. Following in the footsteps of previous Peggy Gou anthems, “(It Goes Like) Nanana” features Peggy herself on vocals and is the first track to be released from her highly-anticipated debut album.
Chicago's CLAUD releases “It’s Not About You” on Saddest Factory | Full Story Here
Claud has released “It’s Not About You,” the fourth offering from their eagerly awaited sophomore album, Supermodels, out on July 14 via Saddest Factory Records. The new album follows 2021’s much-lauded Super Monster. The acoustic, catchy tune boasts candid lyricism from Claud as they deal with frustration after a breakup.
New Albums & EPs Out Now
In Stores Today! - June 23, 2023 | THE LABEL
A wonderfully eclectic mix of old and new ... M.Ward's new album is out and instores today... and magical reissues on vinyl from Bettie Serveert, Arthur Riussell and Love & Rockets.. plus a sneek peek at what will be in stores NEXT Friday...
Tours, Events and Festivals
DON MCGLASHAN adds two tour dates! | Which shows sold out already? Click Here...
Due to popular demand and many calls for a Wellington show, two new shows have been added to Don McGlashan’s Take It To The Bridge Tour.
September 20th, Don and Motte will be performing at the quintessential community space, Vogelmorn Hall in Mornington, Wellington. Following the fast sell-out of the first show, September 27th has been added at the newly renovated, historic Loons building in Lyttelton, Christchurch. Barrytown Hall has also sold out in record time.
Album Announcements
SLOWDIVE announce new album, a NZ show, and share new single 'kisses' | Click for Full Info
Slowdive announce their new album, everything is alive, out 1st September on Dead Oceans and present the video for lead single, ‘kisses,’.
Six years after the group’s monumental return and self-titled album, everything is alive finds Slowdive—vocalists and guitarists Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead, guitarist Christian Savill, bassist Nick Chaplin, and drummer Simon Scott—locating ever more contours of its immersive, elemental sound.
SPARKLEHORSE posthumous new album ‘BIRD MACHINE’ | Read About It Here
Music had always been a shared language between Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous and his younger brother Matt, and as Mark began work on what he planned to be the fifth Sparklehorse album in 2009, the two of them would talk through his plans for the record. Matt can clearly recall their conversations; Mark’s excitement about the influences feeding into it and the way the songs were starting to take shape. It was these conversations that Matt and Melissa – Mark’s sister-in-law, who had both worked with Sparklehorse – returned to years later as they began to sift through boxes of tapes to catalogue and preserve Mark’s unreleased recordings and bring his posthumous album, entitled ‘Bird Machine’, to life.
