NEW Singles & Videos + Release Announcements + Brand New Signings
MJ LENDERMAN shares final taste of new album |Check out 'Wristwatch'
MJ Lenderman — the North Carolina-based singer, songwriter, and musician — has released the final taste from his upcoming new album, Manning Fireworks, out this Friday via ANTI-, with the instantly addictive new single ‘Wristwatch.’
NADIA REID shares new single + announces NZ tour & signing to Chrysalis| Listen to 'Changed Unchained'
Aotearoa’s sweetheart, Nadia Reid is breaking free from folk to create powerful, expansive soundscapes amidst signing to Chrysalis Records. Also new Single & Video, ‘Changed Unchained has been released + New Zealand tour dates announced.
FAT FREDDY'S DROP announce new album SLO MO|Check out new song 'Next Stop'
Fat Freddy’s Drop hit the ground running with new studio album SLO MO, a bass-heavy blast of resolution. Renowned worldwide for euphoric live shows, the Aotearoa band stepped inside their BAYS studio in Wellington, sunup to sundown, to craft a sixth studio album. Freddy’s beatmaker, Fitchie describes the heady mix as “Afro rhythmic soul music, an exploration of Black music from Polynesia”. The nine track full length album drops first on double vinyl in October, opening the door for SLO MO to be experienced as a body of work curated as Freddy's intended, it’s a format the band has always championed. Fat Freddy’s Drop 'Next Stop' out now. Taken from SLO MO album due for release 25 October (vinyl first) and 8 November (digital). ‘Next Stop’ visualiser, captures Freddy’s BAYS studio with a moody visual loop, reflecting the space where the new album was crafted.
FUTURE ISLANDS release new single | Have a listen to 'Glimpse'
Baltimore’s Future Islands have shared a brand-new song, ‘Glimpse’. Recorded during the People Who Aren’t There Anymore sessions, ‘Glimpse’ focuses on a family home burning down and coming to terms with the physical and emotional losses and coming to terms with the erasure of a collective history. ‘Glimpse’ was mixed by Chris Coady and Steve Wright and produced by Future Islands with Steve Wright.
New Albums & EPs Out Now
MJ LENDERMAN releases highly anticipated new album | Must have! Get it today!
The wait is over, and it’s time to bask in the guitar-hero glory of MJ Lenderman—the North Carolina-based singer, songwriter, and musician—who on Friday, September 6th, shares his fourth full-length album, Manning Fireworks, released via ANTI Records. He’s already shared the LPs ‘Rudolph‘, ‘She’s Leaving You‘, and ‘Joker Lips‘, with his latest single, ‘Wristwatch,’ joining the impressive selection just yesterday, ahead of the album release.
“Lenderman’s off-kilter observations are enveloped in a haze of melancholy, but there’s a comforting, wool-blanket warmth to the tone of his guitar and the broken croak of his voice.” — New York Times
TORO Y MOI new album Hole Erth - out now | Get it today from your favourite record store
Toro y Moi has released new album Hole Erth, via Dead Oceans. While Toro y Moi has long built a reputation for reinventing himself from one body of work to the next, Hole Erth might represent his boldest musical pivot to date. The album synthesises anthemic pop-punk and autotuned, melancholic rap into a body of work that is both very much of the now, but also a reflection of long-running threads in Toro y Moi mastermind Chaz Bear’s musical history — from his childhood immersion in punk and emo to his past production work for some of the biggest names in modern rap.
Remix of the Week
SLOWDIVE shares 'kisses' mixes by Daniel Avery & Grouper | Listen to 'Kisses'
Slowdive release ‘kisses (Daniel Avery Remix)’ b/w ‘kisses – sky ii’ two reinterpretations of the lead single from their highly revered 2023 album everything is alive. On ‘kisses (Daniel Avery Remix),’ the acclaimed producer enriches ‘kisses’ universal sound, “reflective and rich, as multi-layered thematically as it is sonically” (Paste), tapping into and expanding on the original’s electronic influences with synth-wave flourishes, echoed vocals, and rapid drum-machine beat. If Daniel Avery’s version kicks the night off, Grouper’s soundtracks the hazy morning after, downshifting Halstead and Goswell’s vocals to a blurring effect as the slowed synths and guitars envelop the listener.
Reissue of the Week
CASS MCCOMBS reissues 3 vinyl albums - out now | Get them from your favourite record store today
The first three records by Cass McCombs – debut EP Not The Way, and first two albums A and PREfection – are finally back in print for the first time since their original release in the early 2000s. Remastered at Abbey Road, the three reissued records are now available worldwide digitally, on CD and pressed on black vinyl which will come in their original sleeves with an OBI strip and new printed inner art added.
Heads Up!
legendary label 4AD release Merch collection
Today (Friday, September 6), 4AD share their first official collection of label-dedicated merchandise, available exclusively in an extremely limited one-time drop on the 4AD webstore. The first drop is a collection of apparel designed by London-based artist Ross Paul McEwan. Graphics throughout the line feature the classic 4AD logo, in addition to a swan emblem and phrases ‘Pleasures & Treasures, Deep below the surface.’ This calls back to McEwan’s design work on 4AD’s 2022 compilation, Pleasures & Treasures, a Japan-only double-CD of classic and hard-to-find tracks that span the label’s forty-plus years.
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THE MIGHTY AOTEAROA ALTERNATIVE AWARDS 2024! - Coming at ya!
The Student Radio Network (SRN) of Aotearoa, New Zealand is proud to announce the return of the SRN Awards for 2024. With a fresh new facelift!
