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Bob Mould has released “Siberian Butterfly” off of his explosive upcoming album Blue Hearts, which arrives via Merge Records on Friday, September 25. Pre-orders are available HERE. Mould released this statement about “Siberian Butterfly”: The genesis of “Siberian Butterfly” spoke to the notion of “collectors” – people with excessive means who gather the works of creative folk for their … Read more
Smarts are a relatively new Australian band who began playing shows around Melbourne and surrounds towards the end of 2018. Combining frantic, yet taut and rapidly-paced rhythms amidst playful, almost child-like riffs and melodies that just about make you want to pull your hair out, Smarts are a sound of their own. You can pick … Read more
Conceived in the 1980s in Mexico and brought to California through the border inside of his 6-month-pregnant mother, Rudy de Anda is releasing his debut solo record, a love letter to the long historical lineage of rock ’n’ roll music as interpreted through his multicultural lens. “I write my own story, I don’t want to be defined by any scene” De … Read more
We just featured The Goodbye Party today in our Artists of the Week but thought an extra push today was well deserved. The project of Philadelphia-based musician Michael Cantor, has also shared a video for “December Boys,” the new single from his upcoming album Beautiful Motors. Of the song, Cantor says “When my partner and I started … Read more
In December of 2019 Hot Snakes self-released a very limited-edition 7”, which they sold only at shows on their UK tour that month. The a-side to this single is the track “Checkmate” (which was digitally released on all DSPs by Sub Pop last year). “Not in Time,” the exclusive b-side to that single has been … Read more
Kansas City, KS based musician Kevin Morby is pleased to announce his new album, Sundowner, out October 16th on Dead Oceans, and today presents its lead single/video, “Campfire.” Following 2019’s Oh My God, “a secular rock record consumed by religious imagery, a pop art exploration of deep anxiety, and his most interesting work yet” (The FADER), Sundowner is Morby’s “attempt to put … Read more
William Elliott Whitmore will release his eight full-length album I’m With You on October 16 via Bloodshot Records. On his first release of original material since 2015’s Radium Death (ANTI-), Whitmore widens the horizon of his True North folksongs and twangy punked-up country, aided by his world-weary voice, country-baked banjo and hard-strummed guitar. The video for the first single “My Mind Can Be … Read more
sun·down·er /ˈsənˌdounər/ (noun) – One who feels increased melancholy during twilight hours. Kansas City, KS based musician Kevin Morby has announced his new album, Sundowner, out October 16th on Dead Oceans. The vinyl will be available in several variants but one of the most limited can be found HERE at Zia Records. Their exclusive is limited to 300 copies … Read more
The Flaming Lips have released another new song and video from their new album American Head set for release on September 11th via Warner Records. Once again, the video was filmed during quarantine. The track, “Mother Please Don’t Be Sad,” is actually autobiographical about when singer Wayne Coyne was robbed at gunpoint while working at a Long John Silvers as a teenager. … Read more
Lunchbox’s Tim Brown and Donna McKean have been making records in their Oakland, California basement for two decades, inspired by 1960s/70s AM-radio pop and TV show theme music, punk, C86, and mod à la The Creation and The Jam. From the sonically-inventive indiepop of The Magic of Sound (1999) to the dub-influenced psychedelia of Evolver (2001) to the critically-acclaimed … Read more
Following the release of “Mr. Prism” earlier this month, their first single of 2020, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have now shared an adventure-filled clay animation video for the song. Created by Oliver Jones, who the band have collaborated with previously on their similarly kaleidoscopic videos, the video for ‘Mr. Prism’ takes us on a colourful journey through ‘sweetsville’, with … Read more
H.C. McEntire’s new song “Time, On Fire” builds and retracts with a driving pop drum beat, exploring movement like the ebb and flow of a river. It’s the perfect scene setter for Eno Axis, a new album McEntire aptly named after the river she lives beside, North Carolina’s sprawling Eno. McEntire describes “Time, On Fire” … Read more
Today, Lunchbox have shared their new animated “Dream Parade” video and have announced a new LP titled After School Special which is out on October 30, 2020 via Slumberland Records. Lunchbox’s Tim Brown and Donna McKean have been making records in their Oakland, California basement for two decades, inspired by 1960s/70s AM-radio pop and TV … Read more
Holy Motors new record Horse is the follow up to the group’s critically acclaimed 2018 debut album, Slow Sundown. Horse is due out October 16th on the Brooklyn indie, Wharf Cat Records. “Country Church” is the lead single and video for the forthcoming album. Though their music has often been tied to the traditions of … Read more
Here is METZ’s second single and video off Atlas Vending, “Hail Taxi.” If METZ’s current mission is to mirror the inevitable struggles of adulthood, they’ve successfully managed to tap into the conflicted relationship between rebellion and revelry with the song’s tactics of offsetting their signature bombast with anthemic melodic resolutions. “‘Hail Taxi’ is about looking back. The … Read more
Here is a record that should be in your collection. Mobile Fidelity does not disappoint and even though their pressings are more expensive the sound of the vinyl backs up the price. They also typically increase in value so if you want Electric Warrior now at this price we suggest you purchase. YOU CAN ORDER … Read more
On the heels of her most recent single, “Hours and Hours”, Alicia Bognanno shares “Prism,” a new pre-release single from SUGAREGG. Bognanno says “‘Prism’ is about the process of letting go and realizing which aspects continue to resonate as time passes.” Highlighting the song’s lyric “Can’t feel your pain like before now it’s just vaguely a … Read more
Wildflowers has long been the vinyl white whale of the Tom Petty catalog. You need to be willling to spend multipe hundreds of dollars to have a copy in your collection. Well today’s announcement changes that with an exciting reissue that ranges from a 3LP to 9LP set. You can read all the details below. … Read more
Logan Farmer has shared his new song and video “No One Owes Us Anything,” from his debut album, Still No Mother, out this Friday, August 21st via Western Vinyl. “Probably one of the more direct and climactic tracks on the album, ‘No One Owes Us Anything’ is about entitlement and the collective guilt we share … Read more
I am not sure how this exclusive variant for the new Frankie And The Witch Fingers album Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters is still available at Greenway Records but it is! I would suggest before this record releases on October 2nd going ahead and securing a copy becuase they easily will increase in value on … Read more
Optic Sink was just featured last week right here as Artists of The Week. The band’s frontwoman, Natalie Hoffmann (NOTS) creates a musical paradox: an endeavor that doesn’t seem to belong to any particular time or place. She constructs with sounds that are synthesized and stripped down, yet bristling with urgency and brutalist emotion. With … Read more
If you have recently become a Kikagaku Moyo fan then this reissue is for you. The Mammtus Clouds EP goes for some money on the second hand market so this repress from Guruguru Brain should be well received. This EP was originally released in a limited run of 100 cassettes in early 2014 and on … Read more
“Some Of Us” is the brand-new single from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The single has an accompanying heat seeking video by staple Gizz film makers PHC. The lyrics were written by band member Cook Craig and sung by Stu Mackenzie. This is a poignant observational piece, and the concerns it raises are pertinent … Read more
Here is the official video for ‘Thrill’ by Future Islands from new album As Long As You Are which will be released October 9th on 4AD. You can pre-order the album, HERE. As Long As You Are also signals a new era for Future Islands. Drummer Mike Lowry officially joins as a fully-fledged member and … Read more
IDLES have shared “Model Village,” the latest single from their forthcoming LP ‘Ultra Mono’ (out Sept 25 via Partisan). “Model Village” decries the often-dangerous small-town fishbowl mentality, while its jet-powered instrumentation leans heavily into the band’s love of hip-hop (Kenny Beats provided additional programming on the album). The song is accompanied by an animated music … Read more