Fire Note Staff 
Shame have announced that their long-anticipated new album, Drunk Tank Pink, will be released on January 15th via Dead Oceans. The band have shared a Pedro Takahashi directed video for brand new single “Water in the Well” and announced brand new socially distanced UK tour dates for February 2021 (tour dates below). The album is … Read more
With the impact of Covid-19 on the music industry showing no signs of abating, musicians and music fans around the globe are being forced to get creative, so it comes as no surprise that indie legends The Wedding Present – led by the unparalleled David Gedge – have turned their hands to facilitating a more … Read more
Toronto’s Kiwi Jr. will release Cooler Returns, the group’s new album and the follow up to their acclaimed debut Football Money, on CD/LP/CD/DSPs January 22nd, 2021 worldwide through Sub Pop, with the exception of Canada through the band’s Kiwi Club imprint. The band has now shared the official video for “Cooler Returns,” the album’s title … Read more
Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Liam Kazar presents a new single, “On a Spanish Dune,” with an accompanying video. It’s the follow-up to his debut, “Shoes Too Tight,” which gave a first look into Kazar’s joyful and vulnerable world. “On a Spanish Dune” is mellow and tinged with melancholia, undulating with wurlitzer and subtle synths. Mixed … Read more
Told Slant, the solo recording project of Brooklyn songwriter Felix Walworth (they/them), has shared a video directed by V Haddad and shot by Emily Sprague for “Whirlpool,” the latest single from their anticipated album, Point the Flashlight and Walk. Of the song and video Walworth says: “‘Whirlpool’ is about communication breakdowns, patterned, cyclical behavior, the … Read more
The Reverberation Appreciation Society is proud to launch a brand new live series, Live at LEVITATION. Recorded over the history of the world-renowned event, the series captures key moments in psychedelic rock history, and live music in Austin, Texas. The artists and sets showcased here have been chosen from over a decade of recordings, and … Read more
Ground Aswim — the second album from Sinai Vessel — the band turned solo project of 27-year-old Caleb Cordes (he/him) is out now. The sound of Sinai Vessel has always evolved alongside Cordes’s life. As the band’s sole constant creator, Cordes wrapped bright indie-rock guitar tones over the wistfully earnest Labor Pains (2011) and paired … Read more
With their debut full length coming out on Flightless Records in early 2021, here’s the first taste of what’s to come with this rocking new single and video from Melbourne’s CIVIC. Turbo charged and full of heat, ‘Radiant Eye’ is a blazing cut of rock and roll that leaves nothing in the tank. Squalling feedback … Read more
Richard Hamilton might be a more formal name but as the founder of Quality Time Records you may know him as Ricky Hamilton or Ricky Hell. With each version of his name Richard has brought a slightly different style of music our way. Hamilton now delivers a solid slice of glam rock on his new … Read more
New Zealand-born, London-based singer, songwriter and producer October and The Eyes shares the new single/video, “Playing God,” from her debut EP, Dogs and Gods, out November 20th on KRO Records. Following lead single “All My Love,” “Playing God” is fierce and dark, October’s fuzzy vocals empowered over ricocheting percussion and wavy guitar. “‘Playing God’ is … Read more
King Khan has shared the video for “Wait Till The Stars Burn,” a highlight from his first-ever jazz album The Infinite Ones (out now via Khannibalism / Ernest Jenning Record Co.). The album features contributions from Marshall Allen and Knoel Scott (Sun Ra Arkestra) and John Convertino and Martin Wenk (Calexico), among many others. See … Read more
How about some catchy spooky lo-fi punk from Dayton, Ohio? The brother and sister fronted band Houseghost embodies everything that is good about this time of year. The band just made our TFN Artists of the Week and released their debut album last Friday. You can order a copy of the album from Rad Girlfriend … Read more
Telepathic Afro-Caribbean improvisational trumpet-and-percussion duo Aquiles Navarro and Tcheser Holmes are longtime friends, collaborators, and tireless hustlers of New York City’s creative music scenes. They just released their new album, Heritage of the Invisible II October 23rd on International Anthem, and here is its lead single/video, “Pueblo.” “Pueblo” is “a celebration of life, the coming … Read more
On December 11th, Matador will release GANG OF FOUR: 77-81, a stunning, limited edition box set gathering Gang of Four’s influential early work. The box set contains Entertainment! and Solid Gold (both remastered from the original analog tapes), an exclusive singles LP, and an exclusive double LP of the never officially released Live at American … Read more
Austin, Texas-based Heartless Bastards have shared a brand new visual to accompany their first digital single in 5 years, “Revolution.” The song was originally released only on Bandcamp at first, where proceeds were donated to the ACLU. Now, the song is out everywhere. The timely visual shines with a message of inner power in the … Read more
Freedom Is Love is the debut album from Kansas City’s newest soul collective, The Freedom Affair. The album explores themes of love, heartache, empowerment, and togetherness through a varying landscape of hard-hitting funk, luscious soul, and everything in between. “Give A Little Love” is the new video from the recently released record. “This song and … Read more
Wisconsin-bred and Chicago-based band Slow Pulp – Emily Massey (vocals/guitar), Alexander Leeds (bass), Theodore Mathews (drums), and Henry Stoehr (guitar) – released their self-produced debut album, Moveys, a few weeks ago, and today they share a music video for standout single, ‘Track’. The incredible video which features hand-drawn animations by Corrinne James was inspired by … Read more
Here is a new band we think are going to be worth the hype. The new Greenway Records signing, The Muckers hail from New York City and the rising four-piece have already been creating lots of buzz. Just like the city, The Muckers are equal parts vital and timeless, resolute and vibrant. Frontman Emir Mohseni … Read more
Karkara’s second album, Nowhere land explores the mysteries of the unknown lands. An album that drags the comfort out of your zone and creates an eerie space of atmospheric low-end and sneering highs. 7 tracks that take a further step into a dark and mystical world. This album is a straight continuity of ‘Crystal Gazer’. … Read more
Julien Baker will release her third studio album, Little Oblivions, on February 26 via Matador Records. She has now revealed the first look at the album via “Faith Healer.” She says, “Put most simply, I think that ‘Faith Healer’ is a song about vices, both the obvious and the more insidious ways that they show … Read more
Nebraska songwriter David Nance returns to Trouble In Mind with his fifth (proper) studio album Staunch Honey. This album finds Nance returning to the home-recorded magic of his early albums as Staunch Honey was recorded entirely to tape by Nance himself at his Omaha home with the occasional assistance from his longtime live bandmates Jim … Read more
FUZZ, the Los Angeles-based trio of Ty Segall (drums, vocals), Charles Moothart (guitar, vocals), and Chad Ubovich (bass, vocals), will release their first album in five years, III, this Friday, October 23rd on In The Red Recordings. Today, they present a final pre-release offering, “Mirror,” following a mind-bending stop motion video for“Spit” and lead single … Read more
Chicago-based, indie/funk/soul four-piece Fat Night have a video for their single “Live For Each Other” – it is the title track from their sophomore album Live for Each Other which is out now via Acrophase Records. “Live For Each Other” is akin to the soul sound of the ’60s and ’70s scene. It’s a call … Read more
New Zealand’s Wax Chattels share their third single “Cede” off their cathartic sophomore album, Clot, which came out September 25 via Captured Tracks and Flying Nun. The vitriolic choruses of “Cede” are in Amanda Cheng’s (bass/vocals) native language — Taiwanese Hokkien — and are an indignant confrontation about Cross-Strait relations and self-determination. This track follows … Read more
Maxïmo Park are today announcing details of their forthcoming new album Nature Always Wins, along with news of a headline UK tour and the album’s first single proper – Baby, Sleep. The album will be out on February 26th via Prolifica Inc. Nature Always Wins arrives as something of an examination, zeroing in on the … Read more