Not every two-year period measures out the same, noted Brendan Benson, the 51-year-old Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and co-founder of The Raconteurs. Benson had just finished his well-received seventh album, Dear Life, in 2019 when his world came to a stop. “I was rehearsing for South-By-Southwest and gearing up for a tour and had a band ready … Read more
“When everyone left NYC, the sewer opened and we crawled out.” Prolific Brooklyn institution The Men are today announcing their ninth studio album, ‘New York City’, and sharing the incendiary lead cut, “Hard Livin’’. Arriving following 2020’s Mercy, the new LP will be released February 3rd 2023 on the group’s new label home Fuzz Club … Read more
Chris Staples has just released his variation on the pandemic blues in his first new release since Holy Moly (Barsuk Records, 2019). “Out of My Body” is a reflection on disconnection and the distortingeffects of an extended malaise. The song is crisp and complete, an enervating ballad for bleak times and perpetual restlessness. He made … Read more
Jacklen Ro is the indie songwriting duo of Jackie Giroux and Caelen Perkins, which have been on a best friend’s journey from being a bedroom pop duo to now, most recently in 2021, releasing three singles and an EP on Lolipop Records. TFN is happy today to share the announcement of their debut LP, Sunshine … Read more
Today’s video premiere is from the legendary Rodolphe Coster, renowned multidisciplinary artist and activist from Brussels. During the last 5 years, the Brussels artist performed in Canada, Europe, the United States, and Japan and notably opened for Black Dice, Grimes, Molly Nilsson, Liars, Italia 90, and Thee Oh Sees. This beautiful live session video below … Read more
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard unveil their new single/video, “Hate Dancin’,” taken from their forthcoming album Changes, out October 28th on KGLW. Following last week’s Laminated Denim – an album written specifically with their recent sold-out Marathon Shows at Red Rocks in mind – and the Headphone Approved Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And … Read more
Brooklyn-based GIFT unveils “Stuck In A Dream,” the new single from their album, Momentary Presence, which is out today on Dedstrange. With a fascinating sound that draws from the best of shoegaze, dream pop, noise rock and post-punk, GIFT’s Momentary Presence is a natural match for the new label co-founded by Oliver Ackermann of New York City noise-rock and psychedelic legends A … Read more
Acclaimed blues, roots-rock, and country revival trio GA-20 recently release their third album Crackdown, which is available now via Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records. The band now has a new video for the lead track off the album, “Fairweather Friend.” GA-20 are currently finishing up their tour with Monophonics and Kendra Morris for the … Read more
This is the newest track from Ireland’s Gilla Band (formally Girl Band) which see the release of their newest album, Most Normal, today on Rough Trade Records. The video for “Post Ryan” was directed by Michael Speed and follows earlier singles “Backwash” and “Eight Fivers”, which were accompanied by videos directed and animated by Mortis … Read more
In February of 1994, Josh Haden took his new band Spain into Poop Alley Studio in LA to record some demos with producer Tom Grimley. Those demos led to a deal with Restless Records and the 1995 release of their fantastic debut LP, The Blue Moods of Spain, which featured the killer track “Untitled #1.” … Read more
Durham indiepop-punks Martha have shared furious new single “Hope Gets Harder,” a song about England. The track is the third track to be taken from the band’s forthcoming album Please Don’t Take Me Back out 28th October on Dirtnap Records (US) and Specialist Subject Records (UK). Talking about the new track, Martha said: “‘Hope Gets Harder’ is a song about England: a uniquely fucking terrible idea. A place governed … Read more
Eerie Wanda, the project of Dutch/Croatian musician Marina Tadic, has released her new album Internal Radio today on CD & digital via Joyful Noise Recordings with an LP version following on November 18th. To celebrate she has has shared the video for “Birds Aren’t Real.” “‘Birds Aren’t Real’ is one of the stranger and darker … Read more
Acid Dad is back with a brand-new track and a fresh 7″ release titled “Get Me High.” The new single features this otherworldly video by Acid Dad visual artist Webb Hunt and the 7″ pre-order is now live at Greenway Records and Levitation. Greenway is once again co-releasing with Levitation’s imprint The Reverberation Appreciation Society … Read more
Wisconsin-based band Disq – comprised of lifelong friends guitarist Isaac deBroux-Slone and bassist Raina Bock, guitarists Logan Severson and Shannon Conor, and drummer Stu Manley – shares the new single/video, “The Hardest Part,” from their new album Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet, out October 7th on Saddle Creek. “The Hardest Part” is another release in a … Read more
For almost 20 years, Dayton, Ohio-based guitarist/songwriter Nick Kizirnis has explored songs and styles ranging from Americana to pop, and from rock’n’roll to surf and experimental. He has also worked with Tobin Sprout (Guided by Voices) and The Breeders. Since releasing his 10th album, The Distance, Kizirnis has seen his music shared across U.S. and … Read more
After the release of his Headphone Approved record Dungeon Master this past Spring, Gus Englehorn is embarking on the second leg of his tour in support of his album in Europe. Englehorn will perform at many festivals including Reeperbanh in Germany, MaMa and Rockomotives in France, Left of Dial, Hit the City and London Calling … Read more
Friday, September 16, Austin’s The Black Angels will release their brand new album Wilderness of Mirrors via Partisan Records. Today, they share the electrifying final single from the collection, “Empires Falling,” alongside an official music video. The band shares, “‘Empires Falling’ is a critical and reflective plea that examines humanity’s repetitive art of violent mass … Read more
Australia’s prolific atom-splitting polymaths King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard exceed even the most hyperbolic projections and announce the upcoming release of THREE new albums, all set for flight during the month of October via their own KGLW label. The first to drop will be the Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava, out October … Read more
The Afghan Whigs new album How Do You Burn? finally arrives in stores and online this Friday September 9th via Royal Cream/BMG. In anticipation of the new album here is the brand new video for “A Line Of Shots.” The band kicks off their North American tour in support of the new album on Friday … Read more
OFF!, the quartet of Keith Morris (Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats, Justin Brown (Thundercat) and Autry Fulbright II (…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead), have shared a new video/single “Kill To Be Heard,” the second proper taste of their first new full-length in eight years, Free LSD (out 30th September from Fat … Read more
Last month, Young Jesus announced their latest LP, Shepherd Head (out September 16th on Saddle Creek). The album was announced with the single “Ocean”, which features Young Jesus labelmate Tomberlin and created an immediate stir. Today, the Chicago-born but now Los Angeles-based project led by the founding member, John Rossiter, is sharing a second single … Read more
Archers of Loaf have released an animated video for their roaring new single “Screaming Undercover.” The song is the latest from their first new full-length studio album in 24 years, Reason in Decline, out October 21st via Merge Records. “‘Screaming Undercover’ is definitely the heart of the new record,” says Eric Bachmann. “It came out … Read more
Oneida just released their new album, Success, last Friday via Joyful Noise Recordings. The album marks the bands return since their 2018 full length Romance. The band has long straddled gray-area boundaries between the NYC punk/psych/rock world and the art/experimental world, playing at gritty rock clubs and elevated cultural institutions, including the Guggenheim, MoMA PS1, … Read more
Birmingham musician Cash Langdon has returned today with the announcement of his new solo effort LP, Sinister Feeling, which will be released on October 14th via Earth Libraries. The first single (and opening track) from the forthcoming album is “That Kid,” which TFN is excited to premiere below with the accompanying video! “That Kid,” has a full DIY sound … Read more
Durham indiepop-punks Martha have announced their return, with their fourth album Please Don’t Take Me Back out October 28th via Dirtnap Records (US) and Specialist Subject Records (UK). Following on from the standalone single of the same name shared in May this year, today they release a brand new single and video featuring Ross Millard … Read more