Berlin indie pop/garage pop duo Gurr have unleashed the video for their latest single "Bye Bye".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their new EP 'She Says', which came out last month (April 5th) trough AWAL/Rough Trade. Grab it here.
Former Real Estate member Matt Mondanile's bedroom-pop project Ducktails, has announced the release of his new album 'Watercolors'.
The follow-up to 2017's Jersey Devil,was written, recorded, and produced by Mondanile himself from March 2018 - May 2019, and will be out on June 21st via New Images.
Pre-order the album here, check out the tracklist and listen to his new single "Answered in a Prayer", below.
Tracklist:
01. Answered in a Prayer
02. Watercolors
03. Deal with It
04. Blue Light
05. The Ocean Floor
06. Lip Service
07. The Curtain’s Moon
08. Confession
09. Olympic Air
10. Bad Guy
Panther Modern,the new solo project of Brady Keehn, formerly of Los Angeles duo Sextile, has released his killer debut solo EP 'Los Angeles 2020'.
The 4-track EP, written, recorded, and produced by Kheen, is out today (May 31), and combines elements of electronic music and punk with elements of disco and techno.
Newcastle/Teesside indie pop band Llovers have dropped their new single "Coming Loose".
The song is out now via ThinkTank? Records, and is taken from their forthcoming debut EP 'Things That I Don’t Understand'.
The band's Jack Brooks explains: "'Coming Loose' deals with the anxieties that can come from being in a relationship, specifically one in which there’s little affection given from a paramour on the surface. It describes these feelings while also establishing which is used as a form of comfort within the narrative of the track."
Electronic icons Underworld have shared "Schiphol Test", Part 2 of Episode 4, of their #DRIFT series.
A mesmerising murmur of a bass groove, an electronic riff that cuts through like a crack of light and a vocal that serves to spin you further into a hypnotic state.
Schiphol Test is each of those things, in perfect harmony, and a whole lot more. Push. Push. Push. Push. Push. Push. Push. Push. Moving On.
"Rick started this on his iPad, waiting for a flight out of Schiphol airport. The second I heard those first opening bars of bass line and chords and groove I became fixated with finding a response with words that was as equally stripped and succulent" - Karl.
Drift is an ongoing experiment that will regularly publish new Underworld material – music, film, stories, etc. Pre-order the forthcoming album DRIFT SONGShere.
British indie dance band Metronomy have revealed the video for their newest single "Lately".
The song is out now via Because Records. Buy it here.
The video was directed by Joseph Mount, who explains: “This music video is a pop promo in the grand tradition of pop promos: End of school on a Friday afternoon, Mysterious little people that live in a cassette tape, concerned parents and special FX. The song and video are both about growing up.
I’ve absolutely loved taking the opportunity to direct our own music videos. I have quite strong opinions on what music videos are for in 2019 and how they should be presented and this has been a chance for me to put my money where my mouth is!
The most impressive thing I’ve realized is how much of a group effort creating a music video is. I’ve always known it, but this time I’ve obviously worked much closer with the various characters, involved in every department. So, thank you to them.”
Seattle indie pop/jangle pop artist Peter Michel aka Hibou has announced the release of his third studio album 'Halve'.
The follow-up to his 2018´s Something Familiar, will be out on July 26th via Barsuk Records. Pre-order it here.
In Halve, Michel creates a characteristically ethereal record addressing the dichotomies between childhood and adulthood, self and society, authenticity and superficiality. The outcome is a work filled with swooning, hazy reflections on loss, love, nostalgia, and joy from a 10,000 foot view.
Michel's vocals comfortably twist from echoing whispers to punkish accusations; his guitar from dizzying surf hooks to lush 80s-inspired chords. Control – and the lack of it – reverberates throughout the album, and the consequence is a set of ten deeply vulnerable songs that will find you romanticizing your own childhood, your own teenage years, your own morning.
Check out the album's track list and listen to his brand new single "Inside Illumination", below.
Tracklist:
01. Eve (Intro)
02. Clarity
03. Inside Illumination
04. Your Echo (To Remember)
05. An Hour Of Vision
06. Following Divide
07. Silver
08. As Always
09. Pure
10. Flood
Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit B Boys have unleashed the video for their latest single "I Want".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their highly anticipated sophomore album 'Dudu', set to be released on July 26. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Jarod Taber. Watch it below.
Sunderland post punk/art punk 4-piece Roxy Girls have released their new single "Trials and Tribulations".
The song is taken from the forthcoming mini-album ‘A Poverty Of Attention’, set to arrive on September 6th Moshi Moshi Records.. Pre-order your copy here.
UPDATE 03/06/2019: "Trials and Tribulations" is our new Single of the Week!
Recorded with David Brewis of Field Music their new record sees the band expand on previous material, stripping down the post-punk format and remodelling it for current generation. Whilst their vernacular might make The Futureheads an easy (albeit apt) comparison, there is an added breathless intensity and intricacy to their instrumentation that calls to mind the likes of Omni or Gang of Four.
London electronic/dance band Hot Chip have aired the video for their new single "Melody of Love".
The song is taken from their upcoming seventh studio album 'A Bath Full Of Ecstasy', which will be released on on 21st June via Domino. Pre-order your copy here.
The clip was directed by Nima Nourizadeh, watch below.
Whitburn, West Lothian indie rock/alt band The Snuts have revealed the video for their newest single "All Your Friends".
The song is part of our current playlist and is out now through Parlophone Records. Grab it here.
Speaking of the track Jack Cochrane explains “Reflected in the lyrics and the artwork ‘All Your Friends’ is new twist on a familiar social stigma around the drug epidemic that nobody seems to want to talk about”. He continues “keeping in tune with the passionate tones of The Snuts this is a rawer, more direct addition to the catalogue.”
Los Angeles doom-wop/indie rock band Rubaiyat (lead by singer/songwriter Joel Carl Heinrich) have dropped a lyric video for their latest single "Heaven". “Heaven” is a song about longing in that moment one feels when they click with someone unexpectedly. There is a joyful exuberance in Joel’s lyrics as he sings ‘I cannot believe my luck/ I found a new friend” and continues into a Lynchian chorus where he laments the impermanence of life and cries out “I want to die/So we can go to Heaven/ There’s nothing bad in Heaven” as if he could lock away this moment in time and extend his euphoria with death. The song itself is an almost satirical take on the idea of an afterlife; “Heaven” both celebrates the joy of finding someone you can love and purports the notion that nothing good ever happens on earth so get out before it all falls apart.
It will be out on July 5. Pre-order it here., and watch the clip below.
Liverpool surf-pop duo Her's (aka Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading) have unveiled the video for their catchy single "She Needs Him".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their debut album ‘Invitation To Her’s’, which came out in August 2018 via Heist or Hit. Buy it here.
Los Angeles post-punk/no wave quartet French Vanilla have revealed the video for their new single "Lost Power".
The song is taken from their upcoming sophomore album 'How Am I Not Myself?', set to be released on June 7 via Danger Collective. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Ryan Sluggett. Watch it below.
Cardiff indie rock/psych three-piece Red Telephone have revealed the video for their newest single "I'm Always Thinking About You".
The song is part of our current playlist and is out now. It "captures the disorientation of a new infatuation and delves into the mental anguish and uncertainty that accompanies it, and brings together the immediacy of classic song-writing with weaving, angular guitars and instantly memorable rhythmic hooks.
The video was filmed and edited by the band. Watch it below.
Miami post punk/dark wave band Astari Nite have dropped the video for the video for their brand new single "As If You Were Dead".
The song, produced and recorded by Howard Melnik, and mastered by Jacknife Sound (Jason Corbett, Singer/ Songwriter for ACTORS), is out today (May 24) . Grab your copy here.
The video was directed by Ileana Escalante and Louis Molden (Blind Beast). Watch it below.
French indie rock/post punk band MNNQNS have revealed the video for their newest single "Desperation Moon".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their highly-anticipated debut album 'Body Negative', which will be out on August 30 via FatCat Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Norwegian indie pop/alt band Divest have unleashed their new single "Screenshot".
The song is taken from their debut EP ‘No Hits Only Hats’, which come out tomorrow (May 24) via Sellout! Music.
From the band: “There is something with a really fuzzy guitar riff that can resemble those brass sections you find in 60s RnB. This is something we tried to work with on ‘Screenshot.’ Lyricwise the song is about the alienation that comes with social media and living in the 21st. century.”
Leeds indie rockers Kaiser Chiefs have announced the release of their new studio album titled 'Duck'.
The album was recorded and mixed with producer Ben H. Allen, who previously collaborated with the band on 2014’s number one album Education, Education, Education & War, and will be released on July 26th through Polydor. Other production collaborators include and Iain Archer (Liam Gallagher, Snow Patrol) with additional mixing by Mike “Spike” Stent (U2, Ed Sheeran, Arcade Fire) who worked with Kaiser Chiefs on defining single Everyday I Love You Less and Less. Pre-order your copy here.
Duck is the sound of one of the most successful British guitar bands of the millennium reclaiming the creative swagger that underpins their strongest work. It’s a record that harks back to the everyday explorations of their breakthrough early albums. “We wanted to do something that had a Kaiser Chiefs DNA but still try and do something different” says bassist Simon Rix. “It has the right spirit.”.
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to their new single "Record Collection", below.
Duck tracklist:
01. People Know How To Love One Another
02. Golden Oldies
03. Wait
04. Target Market
05. Don't Just Stand There, Do Something
06. Record Collection
07. The Only Ones
08. Lucky Shirt
09. Electric Heart
10. Northern Holiday
11. Kurt vs Frasier (The Battle For Seattle)
NYC disco duo Holy Ghost! (aka Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel) have unveiled the video for their latest single "Escape From Los Angeles".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming third full-length 'Work', will be out on June 21st via West End Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Holy Ghost! and Harry McNally. Watch it below.
Northampton based dark/electronic/drone duo Boy Harsher (aka Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller) have released the Silent Servant Remix of their song "Tears".
The track features on the record 'Careful Remixes, etc.' out June 28th, 2019 on Nude Club records. Pre-order it here.
Electronic icons Underworld have aired "Listen To Their No", Part 1 of Episode 4, of their #DRIFT series.
A new #DRIFT begins with just over five and a half minutes of superlative sunset techno; a lucid dream built around an insistent analogue riff and a rush of pure positivity. Two people helping each other forever.
“Loved the music the minute Rick played it to me, and couldn’t wait to get it home to start singing on it. To my first pass at a vocal Rick said, “Try another one”, weirdly identical to his response to the vocal we didn’t use for Two Months Off" - Karl
Drift is an ongoing experiment that will regularly publish new Underworld material – music, film, stories, etc. Pre-order the forthcoming album DRIFT SONGShere.
Los Angeles indie pop/rock band Mini Mansions have dropped the video for their latest single "Bad Things (That Make You Feel Good)".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming new album 'Guy Walks Into A Bar', which will be out on July 26th via Fiction Records. Pre-order your copy here.
