Australian five-piece Mt. Mountain released their fourth album, Centre, on February 26th 2021 via London’s Fuzz Club Records. Hailing from Perth, Australia, Mt. Mountain deal in a sprawling, motorik psychedelic rock sound that journeys between tranquil, drone-like meditations and raucous, full-throttle wig-outs that’ll blow your mind as much as your speakers. Taking cues from Krautrock … Read more
Unschooling is a four-piece band based in Rouen, France. Their music is full of complex guitar lines and weird song structures that are all stirred with poppier elements. They previously released a self-produced tape back in 2019 which was very well received in France and quickly put them on a list of artists to watch. … Read more
Squirrel Flower, the moniker of Ella Williams, announces her new album, Planet (i), out June 25th on Polyvinyl Records, and today offers its lead single and video, “Hurt A Fly.” Planet (i) is the follow-up to 2020’s I Was Born Swimming. Planet (i) is a world entirely of Williams’ making. The title came first to … Read more
Friends of The Fire Note – Dany Laj and the Looks – have released their brand new single and video for “Don’t Keep Me Guessin’.” This excellent new foot tapper is from their upcoming third full length album Ten Easy Pieces, which is set for release on June 11 via We Are Busy Bodies. Produced, … Read more
Mesmerised is the newest LP by The Routes, the group helmed by Scots-born, Japanese-dwelling guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Chris Jack. This also happens to be the eighth long-playing record to bear the group’s name; one that has been steadily growing in stature and stamina since their earliest outpourings more than ten years ago. The album … Read more
From high in the hills of Byron Bay in Australia, BABE RAINBOW have been catching the favor of like-minded souls with their music across three albums now. The latest person to feel their music in the wind is activist, actor and musician Jaden Smith. Crushing at first on their song ‘Us and the Rainbow’ from … Read more
Yellow Ostrich, the project led by Minneapolis songwriter/producer Alex Schaaf, has just released the video for their latest single “Julia” and announced their new album Soft, the first Yellow Ostrich in seven years, will be out April 23rd on Barsuk Records. “Julia” features Schaaf’s crystal-clear vocal melodies as he analyzes the ongoing struggle against an … Read more
black midi announce Cavalcade, their new album out May 28th on Rough Trade, and today offer its lead single/video, “John L.” Cavalcade is a dynamic, hellacious, and inventive follow-up to 2019’s widely-praised Schlagenheim, “a labyrinth with hairpin-turn episodes and lyrics full of dourly corrosive observations” (New York Times, Best Albums of 2019). It scales beautiful … Read more
On May 21, Matador Records will release Afrique Victime, the new album by Mdou Moctar. With Afrique Victime the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips a new hole in the sky – boldly reforging contemporary Saharan music and “rock music” by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and field recordings with poetic meditations on love, religion, … Read more
Monsters don’t just exist in fairytales. They exist in split-second thoughts, sleepless nights, and corners of our mind we’d much rather blackout. That’s what Hit Like a Girl is confronting in their newest single, “Monsters.” Featuring guest vocals from Bartees Strange, it’s a moment of clarity that sees frontperson Nicolle Maroulis (they/them) snapping to the … Read more
TFN is excited today to participate in the Cricketbows roll out of their new record, Raised On Rock And Roll, which is officially out on April 20, 2021. The newest video single from the album is today’s premiere with “Ohio Valley Springtime.” The Dayton, Ohio band is a throwback to the days when classic rock … Read more
Night Beats, the Texas-born brainchild of Danny Lee Blackwell, has shared “Ticket” – the latest single to be lifted from the incoming Outlaw R&B album due out May 7th on Fuzz Club Records. “Ticket” is a piece of thrashing, white-knuckle garage-psych and another insight into the raw, acid-fried sound that the band return to on … Read more
PACKS were an increasingly visible presence in Toronto in the first part of 2020. A string of intriguing lo-fi singles, appearing once every month or so on Bandcamp through 2019 had begun to persuade people to take notice in their hometown, where the band were sharing stages with people like Squirrel Flower and Odetta Hartman, … Read more
Melbourne, Australia’s CIVIC have announced that they will release their debut album, Future Forecast on March 26th via Flightless Records. The five-piece shared their latest single and video, “Tell The Papers” which was directed by Oscar O’Shea. This song is a ripper! You can pre-order the album HERE.
Hiss Golden Messenger just announced the forthcoming release of new studio album Quietly Blowing It, out June 25 via Merge Records. Written, arranged, and produced by bandleader/songwriter M.C. Taylor, Quietly Blowing It is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Terms of Surrender, which has been nominated for a 2021 GRAMMY® Award for Best Americana Album. … Read more
Los Angeles band Hooveriii have released their new single “Cindy.” The track is taken off their forthcoming new album Water For The Frogs, due out April 9 via The Reverberation Appreciation Society label. Having originally been born as a solo drum machine project by Bert Hoover, Hooveriii (pronounced “Hoover Three”) has now evolved into its’ … Read more
Post-psychedelic unit SLIFT’s acclaimed album Ummon was released on February 28th 2020 via Vicious Circle Records and Stolen Body Records. It was TFN’s #1 Blazing album of the year! The album anniversary is a perfect occasion for the band to share their new video “Thousand Helmets Of Gold”. Enjoy!
Manchester Orchestra have announced their new album The Million Masks of God will be released April 30th, 2021 via Loma Vista Recordings. The first single, “Bed Head” is two old friends existing in two separate realities,” explains lead singer Andy Hull. “It’s a conversation about the lives they lived, the consequences of life’s decisions, and … Read more
On May 14 via Polydor Records, Paul Weller releases his 16th solo album since his 1992 self-titled debut, which comes in just under twelve months following June 2020’s, UK chart-topping On Sunset. The new video for “Cosmic Fringes” shows the albums overall upbeat direction. During spring last year, after his tour dates were postponed, Paul … Read more
Wolf Alice, one of Britain’s most revered bands and winner of the Mercury Prize 2018 for their last album Visions of Life, today announce their highly-anticipated third album, Blue Weekend, due for release on June 11th via Dirty Hit/RCA Records. The first glimpse into this new world is with first single and video “The Last … Read more
David Berman’s death still hurts but his music lives forever. Bill Callahan and Bonnie Prince Billy continue their excellent journey together with this cover of Berman’s Silver Jews track “The Wild Kindness.” It also features Cassie Berman which just makes this rendition even sweeter. The video was directed by Ben Berman, produced by Clark Baker … Read more
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have announced their seventeenth studio album L.W., to be released February 26, 2021. The album serves as a direct follow-up to last year’s full-length K.G., and is the third volume in the band’s explorations into microtonal tunings (which began with 2017’s Flying Microtonal Banana). Following the recent releases of … Read more
TFN is excited today to premiere a new video from Philadelphia’s The Fragiles. The track, “Garden Of Cleaners” is off of their new album, On And On, which was just released last Friday on Living Lost Records. Animated and filmed by main band contributor David Settle, “Garden Of Cleaners” features hand-drawn animations over videos shot … Read more
Wild Pink’s anticipated album A Billion Little Lights, is due out this Friday on Royal Mountain Records. The album has been preceded by singles “The Shining But Tropical,” “You Can Have It Back,” “Oversharers Anonymous” and today the band are sharing a final single from the LP, “Pacific City.” On “Pacific City”, Ross delivers a … Read more
Kip Berman, former singer / songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart has announced his debut solo album as The Natvral. The album, Tethers, is due on April 30 on Kanine Records. The album’s first single is “Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore?” – which is this Remy Holwick-directed video. As the frontman … Read more