NEW Singles & Videos + Release Announcements + Brand New Signings
IA unveils new Waiata, ‘Kura Huna’ | Have a listen to this very special release
The innovative band IA is set to release their latest waiata ‘Kura Huna’, an evocative exploration of the sacred knowledge passed down through generations. This powerful new track delves into the importance of not only preserving ancient wisdom but also understanding the profound ways to utilise it.
TORO Y MOI shares new song+ video ft. Kevin Abstract & Lev | Get yourself a bit of 'Heaven'
Toro y Moi shares new single ‘Heaven’ featuring Kevin Abstract and Lev. The song arrives alongside a India Sleem-directed video set against a suburban backdrop, which feels apt given the song’s interpolation of Broken Social Scene’s “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl” and the themes of Toro y Moi’s forthcoming album Hole Erth. ‘Heaven‘ marks the second taste of Hole Erth following lead single ‘Tuesday’.
CURRENT JOYS announce new album & share new song | Get a taste of 'California Rain'
Current Joys, the songwriting moniker of Nick Rattigan, have announced their new album East My Love, due out October 11th via Secretly Canadian. Lead single ‘California Rain’ acts like a tableau depicting Rattigan’s attempt to escape his demons, its charged lyrics enforcing the tidal-wave production.
MUSTAFA announces debut album + single| Check out 'SNL' today
Mustafa announces his debut album Dunya, which is set for release on September 27th via Jagjaguwar. In conjunction with the album’s announcement he shares new single ‘SNL,’ produced by his frequent collabor Simon Hessman and Rodaidh McDonald, which arrives alongside a self-directed music video.
WAXAHATCHEE shares video for 'Tigers Blood' | Watch this wonderful video
Waxahatchee return with the video for ‘Tigers Blood’, which gives a gorgeous fly-on-the-wall look at the making of the album at Sonic Ranch in Texas with producer Brad Cook. The video, which opens with a voice memo from Crutchfield, has the same perfect blend of nostalgia and timelessness as Tigers Blood, and captures a special moment in time when this masterful album was being recorded.
BARTEES STRANGE releases new single | Check out 'Lie 95'
Bartees Strange returns with new single ‘Lie 95’. From its explosive chorus and stratospheric vocals centring on all consuming passion, ‘Lie 95’ heralds a new era for the genre-defying artist. Bartees Strange says of ‘Lie 95’, “This song is about searching for love all across the Northeast corridor (I-95) – my universe. I’m thinking of Love in a broad way: partners, friends and community. This one’s for the highway… and everything I meet through it.”
CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON announces new album | Listen to 'After Hours'
Acclaimed California musician Christian Lee Hutson has announced his new album Paradise Pop. 10 for release on September 27th on ANTI Records. Today’s news comes with an impressive first track taken from the new album, ‘After Hours.’ In a perfect example of Hutson’s sparkling, inimitable songwriting skills, ‘After Hours’ finds the protagonist singing from a condominium in a corporatized Heaven, to the woman he misses back on Earth, over a plucky acoustic guitar and shimmering, soft synths courtesy of GRAMMY-nominated musician Shahzad Ismaily.
WATER FROM YOUR EYES share Chumbawamba song | Give the 'Goodship Lifestyle' a whirl
Water From Your Eyes will release MP3 Player 1, a four-song EP featuring covers of music by Chumbawamba, Adele, Al Green, and Third Eye Blind. Listen to the version of Chumbawamba’s ‘The Goodship Lifestyle’. The songs carry on a WFYE tradition established on 2021’s covers LP Somebody Else’s Songs – with Nate Amos and Rachel Brown casually knocking out skewed (and sometimes very earnest) takes on music they love.
SAM AKPRO returns with new single | Have a listen to 'Chicago Town'
Sam Akpro returns with new single ‘Chicago Town’ and a sound which reveals yet another dimension to his ever-expanding capability. Out now on ANTI-, the track is a dream-like wandering down the mind’s dark alleys, countered with a heavy psychedelic freefall – a dichotomy that has made the Peckham-born artist one of this year’s most fascinating propositions.
ROE KAPARA announces Big Cigars and Satin Shorts EP | Get a slice of 'Dumb'
Roe Kapara has been building momentum for the past year, releasing a handful of enthusiastically received singles and connecting with his six-figure fan base online while quietly working on his next project behind the scenes. Now he has announced his forthcoming EP, Big Cigars and Satin Shorts, to be released on August 23 via Epitaph.
New with the announcement is ‘Dumb,’ a defiant track that continues his streak of hard-hitting alt-rock anthems that embrace his raw vocal abilities.
LIFEGUARD new song + The Wipers cover out now digitally | Check out the Wipers cover
Lifeguard are kicking off their summer with a new single, ‘Ministry / Energie’ b/w ‘Telepathic Love.‘ It includes one new song and a cover of a classic The Wipers tune, both recorded in Los Angeles with producer Randy Randall (No Age). It’s the first new music from the Chicago trio since their Matador debut, Crowd Can Talk + Dressed in Trenches (2023). The songs are out digitally today with a physical 7” to follow in October.
New Albums & EPs Out Now
CASSANDRA JENKINS releases highly acclaimed 3rd album | My Light, My Destroyer
The wait is over and it’s time to bask in the sonic glory of Cassandra Jenkins’ third full length album, My Light, My Destroyer, out today via Dead Oceans. In celebration, Cassandra releases the self-directed and produced video for the track ‘Clams Casino’. “Jewel-sparkly and gently devastating…a modern day Joni Mitchell” – MOJO, 4/5
KATY KIRBY releases ‘Blue Raspberry’ (DELUXE) | Additional tracks anyone?
Katy Kirby is releasing the deluxe edition of her critically acclaimed album Blue Raspberry which features two additional tracks, ‘Headlights’ and ‘Naperville’, which harness her tongue-in-cheek turns of phrase, wall-of-sound-level distortion and contemplations on queer desire.
THOM YORKE -Confidenza OST out now | Get your mitts on one today
Thom Yorke composed the original score for Daniele Luchetti’s film Confidenza, an adaptation of the Italian drama based on Domenico Starnone’s novel of the same name.
Reissue of the Week
COCTEAU TWINS members & HAROLD BUDD announce reissue | The Moon And The Melodies
On 23 August, almost forty years after it was initially released, The Moon and the Melodies by Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd is being reissued on vinyl for the first time – remastered, from the original tapes, by Robin Guthrie himself. The Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins’ catalogue – unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free-form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention.
MARK LANEGAN - set of album releases announced | Take your pick
Beggars Arkive in conjunction with the Estate of Mark Lanegan, are honored to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Mark Lanegan’s acclaimed 2004 album Bubblegum. On August 23rd, we will release Bubblegum XX – a set of releases that include a remastered double LP edition of the original album and a 4XLP/3XCD/Digital release containing 40 remastered tracks, 12 of which are previously unreleased.
DINOSAUR JR. announce 15th anniversary reissue of Farm | Get your hands on the lime vinyl
Dinosaur Jr. announce a 15th anniversary expanded reissue of their seminal second post-reunion album, Farm, originally released in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim. The limited lime-coloured vinyl reissue is released Aug 16th via the band’s long-term home of Jagjaguwar. This expanded deluxe edition of Farm features four songs never pressed to vinyl and never given worldwide release: ‘Houses‘, ‘Whenever You’re Ready‘ (The Zombies Cover), ‘Creepies‘ (Instrumental), and ‘Show‘.
KEIYAA's - R&B classic album Forever, Ya Girl - vinyl reissue | Get in touch with a classic
XL announces the long-awaited repress of keiyaA’s 2020 cult classic Forever, Ya Girl, set for release on Friday 9th August 2024. keiyaA is a singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in NYC. Raised in Chicago’s South Side, keiyaA synthesizes her jazz training, R&B sensibilities, and hip- hop upbringing to create new soul sounds inundated with her powerful, sultry voice and dense lyricism.
THE BOLSHOI - Friends album from 1986 reissued on vinyl |Get yours today
The Bolshoi were different. Their songs were dark and subversive, sufficient evidence for many critics to corral them under the ‘Gothic’ banner at the time of their debut album, Friends – but they really only “flirted” with Goth. They oozed dark, pensive lyrics supported with inventive pop-goth guitar making them nearly impossible to categorize.
Heads Up!
OVERMONO & THE STREETS 'Turn the Page' 12" | Get yours today
Overmono first performed their version of The Streets’ seminal ‘Turn The Page’ at the 2022 edition of Lost Village Festival to a rapturous response. Hailed by Rolling Stone UK as a “glitchy techno banger”, it has since grown into a word-of-mouth phenomenon and a pinnacle moment in the duo’s critically acclaimed live show. Now available on 12” black vinyl with laser etched lyrics on the b-side.
Glastonbury Fomo be gone!
Glastonbury-BAR ITALIA, KIM GORDON & MDOU MOCTAR | Watch these fantastic live performance
You might not have been lucky enough to make it along to Glastonbury 2024, but here’s a few of our favourite appearances from Matador artists, Bar Italia, Kim Gordon and Mdou Moctar.