These heavens, my dear. shine on their own, for the human eye glances, in an instant you see everything in its rightful place – yet all places right in the sandbox of time. Like you frolic in your streets, the heavens live and breathe, thoughtless but with such precise rhythm – you could feel the…
The Enigmatic Welsh producer Koreless today releases a brand new EP, Deceltica, via Young. The four-track EP includes a new single “Deceltica,” as well as the previously released single “Seven, a vibrant “Seven” remix by fellow Welsh producer and friend Jorg Kuning, and an extended version of “Seven (Drumhell)”, which first appeared on HAAi’s DJ-Kicks…
Last year, the members of Mdou Moctar convened in Niger to complete their then-unfinished album, Funeral For Justice, and to capture a series of live sets in the region surrounding Agadez, a historically important hub. Today, we are posting the first of these sessions: The Agadez Folders: Live at Sultan’s Palace. It features Mdou Moctar…
One of the hottest topics in dance music in recent years has been about the lack of bona-fide anthems; those certified, unifying tracks that transcend genres, audiences and even the artist who made them to take on a life and energy of their own. Undeniably bucking that trend in 2024 is Joy Orbison’s “flight fm“….
Like a scantily clad Creature from the Black Lagoon, Manhattan four-piece cumgirl8 has emerged from their primordial goo, resurrecting in striking full colour with a highly-anticipated announcement of new music. After coming-of-age with their introductory self-titled EP (2020), experiencing their own end with their RIPcumgirl8 EP (2021), and witnessing a twisted vision of the afterlife…
The Smile have today released a new track “Don’t Get Me Started” with an accompanying video, directed by audiovisual artist Weirdcore (Aphex Twin, Charli xcx, Radiohead). “Don’t Get Me Started” follows a very limited edition 2-track 12-inch single released last Friday exclusively through record shops globally. The double A-side comprises “Don’t Get Me Started” and…
Fontaines D.C. release “Here’s The Thing”, the third single revealed from their highly anticipated fourth album ROMANCE, out August 23rd via XL Recordings. ‘Here’s The Thing’ was written days before the band entered the studio to record the album. It leads with the mechanical, mutant guitar sounds of Placebo and the electronic expressiveness of Shygirl…
Earlier this year, Adrianne Lenker released her beloved new album Bright Future via 4AD. Praised as “characteristically brutal and brave” (Rolling Stone) and “a genuine competitor for the best album she’s ever been involved with,” (Paste), Bright Future has appeared on many mid-year Best-Of lists, including The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, SPIN, Brooklyn…
Worldwide production unit Two Shell has been shooting long and straight across the year 2024 with chart topping single ‘Talk To Me’, a collaboration with avant garde icon FKA twigs, and a number one live debut at Coachella. In ‘Round’, a collaborative effort featuring new vocals from iconic British girl group Sugababes, the inventive entity…
A number of local record stores will be participating in Global listening parties for Fontaines D.C.’s new album “ROMANCE”, out 23rd August via XL. The event will take place on Thursday, August 22nd and will include an early playback of “ROMANCE”, exclusive giveaways whilst stocks last, and a chance to win one of 1,200 hand-numbered,…
Marking her first new release since her “Easy Thing” single last fall, Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) has dropped her take on The Smashing Pumpkins’ song “Tonight Tonight” via Matador. She recorded the song for the underground hit film I Saw The TV Glow which was released by A24 in January and is now available on…
The Hard Quartet is a band. A band, perhaps, can be thought of as a body, a corpus, in which physically discrete lifeforms comprise a chimera that shrieks with one voice. In this particular band, which is one of millions in the world today, four players selflessly merge, become musical, and emit rock ‘n’ roll that…
