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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
New Entry: Factice Factory Air New Single "Weimar"
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Watch: No Vacation Release "Days" Music Video
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their 2019 EP 'Phasing', released via Topshelf Records. Get your copy here if you haven't already.
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Watch: Low Hummer Unleash "Sometimes I Wish (I Was A Different Person)" Video
The song is part of our current playlist and came out earlier this month via Dance to the Radio. Get it here.
From the band: "Sometimes I Wish (I Was A Different Person) is a song about alienation, confusion, contradictions and wishing you could be someone else.."
Watch the video below.
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PVA Announce Debut EP 'Toner', Stream "Talks"
The mercurial Dan Carey (black midi, Bat For Lashes, Fontaines D.C.) has worked with the band once more on production duties. The band have also release a new track, "Talks", that marks the much-anticipated follow-up to their excellent debut single, "Divine Intervention".
Of the new single, producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Josh Baxter says: “Talks is about how we invent games in order to avoid expressing our true feelings or take the risk of being hurt. The song also takes inspiration from real relationships and the fictional relationship between John and Abigail Marston (the two main characters in video game Red Dead Redemption).”
Of the new single, producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Josh Baxter says: “Talks is about how we invent games in order to avoid expressing our true feelings or take the risk of being hurt. The song also takes inspiration from real relationships and the fictional relationship between John and Abigail Marston (the two main characters in video game Red Dead Redemption).”
‘Toner’ is only PVA’s first EP, but it teems with excitement. Never for a minute does it sit still, skipping between ideas with instinctive ease, bringing to light a broad palate of sounds and influences. Notably, on Mura Masa’s remix, Harris’ previously inconspicuous line “the best is yet to come” is reluctantly brought to the front. Perhaps then, this serves as a reminder that although seemingly fully-formed already and among the glorious chaos of ‘Toner’, this is simply the first chapter of a book we’ll be re-reading for years to come.
Toner Tracklist:
01. Talks
02. Sleek Form
03. Exhaust / Surroundings
04. Talks (Mura Masa Remix)
05. Talks (Lynks Remix)
06. Exhaust / Surroundings (Girl Band / Daniel Fox Remix)
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
New Entry: Le Cliché Drops New Song "Laugh laugh laugh laugh"
Stream it below.
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New Entry: Mortal Boy Reveals New Song "Catacomb"
Los Angeles post punk/dark wave/new wave artist Mortal Boy has revealed his new song "Catacomb".
On his own words, the song is "for the ones suffering from crippling self doubt and insecurity. lost in your own catacomb trying to find a path way out.."
On his own words, the song is "for the ones suffering from crippling self doubt and insecurity. lost in your own catacomb trying to find a path way out.."
Take a listen below.
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Goat Girl Announce New LP 'On All Fours', Stream "Sad Cowboy"
The follow-up to 2017's self-titled debut, was produced by Dan Carey (Kae Tempest, Black Midi & Franz Ferdinand) in South London in early 2020 and will be out on on 29th January 2021 via Rough Trade Records. Pre-order your copy here
According to the press release, this new record sees the band veer away from the confrontational lyricism of their debut & indicates Goat Girl’s maturing perspectives in discussing the world's injustices and social prejudices, using the music to explore global, humanitarian, environmental and mindful wellbeing.
Throughout, “On All Fours”, Goat Girl’s Frequent use of sci-fi synthesisers, off-beat chord progressions, analogue drum machines, diverse vocal styles and distinct, gritty guitars fuse a musical language that expresses both former characteristics and newer developments of the band’s sound and vision On All Fours.
Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for their new single "Sad Cowboy", below.
Tracklisting:
01. Pest
02. Badibaba
03. Jazz (In The Supermarket)
04. Once Again
05. P.T.S.Tea
06. Sad Cowboy
07. The Crack
08. Closing In
09. Anxiety Feels
10. They Bite On You
11. Bang
12. Where Do We Go From Here?
13. A-Men
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Watch: NOTHING Unveil New Single/Video "Bernie Sanders"
The song is taken from their forthcoming new album 'The Great Dismal', which will be out on October 30th via Relapse Records. Pre-order your copy here.
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Monday, September 28, 2020
Topographies Announce Debut LP 'Ideal Form', Stream "Rose of Sharon"
The 8-track album was engineered and produced by Chris King (also a member of LA-based band, Cold Showers) and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios in New York. It will be released on Funeral Party Records on 4th December. Pre-order your copy here.
According to the press, the album synthesizes and clarifies the band’s aesthetic in eight drum-machine and synth heavy tracks, accompanied by Jérémie Rüest's ethereal guitar work, the nimble basslines of Justin Oronos, and Gray Tolhurst’s poetic lyrics.
Tolhurst (whose early exposure to music came from his father Laurence Tolhurst, drummer/keyboardist of The Cure) draws on his dual fascinations of independent music and 20th century poetry to craft songs and lyrics that seek to explore the complex map of occurrences that situate and shape a life."Ideal Form" is concerned with the projections human beings place upon experience and the impossibility of a perfectly realized existence.
The first single, "Rose Of Sharon", is beautiful and returns to these crystal clear lights that groups like Chameleons knew how to do, at last, to name only them.
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Rose Of Sharon", below.
Ideal Form Tracklist:
01. Mirror
02. False Desire
03. This Evening Also
04. Image
05. See You As You Fall
06. Lonely Figure
07. Rose of Sharon
08. A Wine Dark Sea
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Watch: Panther Modern Premieres New Single/Video "Ready"
Friday, September 25, 2020
New Entry: French Police Share New Single "Feo"
The song is out today (September 25). Get it here.
Have a listen below.
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Watch: Glass Caves Drop New Single/Video "Float Into Space"
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming EP 'A Spin Around the Sun', set to be released on November 6 via Scruff of the Neck Records. Pre-order it here.
The video was directed by Jasmine de Silva. Watch below.
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Watch: Structures Premiere New Single/Video "Robbery"
The song is taken from their upcoming debut album 'How Does It Feel?' out soon via Deaf Rock Records. Get it here.
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AK/DK Announce New LP 'Shared Particles', Stream Title Track
The follow-up to 2017's Patterns/Harmonics, "celebrates their undeniable connection as humans, all sharing the same particles from the beginning of time - still true during a moment when we can feel more separated than ever."
It will be out on November 27 via Little Miss Echo Recordings. Pre-order your copy here.
Shared Particles propels itself relentlessly forwards, thrusting onwards in pursuit of a finish point that may never come. The two-piece have always loved the motorik of the 70’s like Kraftwerk and Can, bands that revelled in the journey as much as the destination. They also describe themselves as “like a chunkier Devo” – and, yes, there’s a warmth to the textures of their music from the modular synths and other self-built pedals in their set up, while there’s a driving rhythmic constancy too.
“Really, though, our message is one of togetherness and unity,” the band says. “It’s always a strong political message in itself when people come together for music.”
Ultimately it’s that message that holds the band and their music together. As the name Shared Particles suggests, we are all as one living together, and this is music that could’ve found a home everywhere from rave and free party scene to the punk community. AK/DK’s initial ethos was to break down the invisible screen between stage and audience. They’ve always tried to capture that on record, and this is the closest they’ve come… so far.
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to the title track and their previous single "Feeds" below.
UPDATE 28/09/2020: "Shared Particles" is our new Single of the Week!
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
Watch: Pixies Share New Single/Video "Hear Me Out"
The double A-side single Hear Me Out / Mambo Sun will be out on October 16th. Get your copy here.
The song was written by frontman Black Francis and Lenchantin at Dreamland Studios during sessions for ‘Beneath The Eyrie’, with production courtesy of the Grammy-nominated Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Ghost, etc.).
“‘Hear Me Out’ is about things not turning out the way we hoped, but knowing that it’s going to be ok regardless,”says Lenchantin. “Black started the melody phrases on an old organ. I loved it right away, so he asked me to take a pass at the lyrics. The song has an evocative melody that inspired the lyrics to come out straight away.”
Joey Santiago added, “Paz sounds like she’s talking to a guy with deaf ears. I did a western style riff at the end of verses, which was like giving her a gun so the dude would pay attention.”
Watch/listen below.
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Watch: JAGUWAR Air New Single/Video "Valley"
The song is out today (September 24) via Tapete Records. Grab your copy here.
The video was directed by Dominik Jureschko. Watch it below.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Watch: Peel Premiere New Single/Video "Catch & Release"
The song is taken from their forthcoming self-titled debut EP, set to arrive on October 16 via Innovative Leisure, we have previously heard "Citizen X". Buy it here.
It started off as a drum beat inspired by Kraftwerk's "Trans Europe Express" alongside a delicate and lush guitar line inspired by Robin Guthrie.
There’s a melancholy beauty captured in this song. The perspective of two lovers acknowledging the suffering of the world, trying to push forward, hand in hand, together.
“There’s an energy and transcendence in live performance that we’re trying to capture,” says Innis, “having the sound reverberate through the room, even if there’s bleed, embracing it and letting it color the take.” Cimino adds, “The lyrics were born out of dream logic. There’s a melancholy beauty captured.”
Peel is the musical partnership of Sean Cimino and Isom Innis (of Foster the People).
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Watch: TV Priest Release New Single/Video "Slideshow"
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their debut full length album 'UPPERS', which comes out on February 5th via Hand In Hive Records. Pre-order your copy here.
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Soft Kill Announce New LP 'Dead Kids, R.I.P. City', Stream "Roses All Around"
The follow up to 2018's Savior, was produced by David Trumfio (Built To Spill, Wilco, OK Go) and mastered by the legendary Howie Weinberg (The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana), and will be out on November 20th via Cercle Social Records. Pre-order your copy here.
A story odyssey of sorts told in ten parts, ten songs - each track essentially a character - the album, explores, through a beguiling mix of personal memory, allegory, and narrative structures by turns both poetic and stinging, a long and complicated relationship with a dark version of Portland OR. It’s songs that tell of the fractured and fragile legacies of those lost during the city’s last couple decades as it moves from soggy backwater to unheard of growth and tech-fueled transformation.
Two years in the making, desperate, redemptive, its contrast of light and shadow favoring the latter, Dead Kids, R.I.P. City is like no other album in the genre, a kind of doom pop Drugstore Cowboy featuring the brave and abandoned, the tender and the afflicted, all teetering in memory on the edge of the city. For all the sadness and pain of addiction haunting it, however, the record, by its very existence, proves that hope doesn’t necessarily win but that, even if at great cost, it can. It’s what makes Dead Kids, R.I.P. City so powerful beyond just the scope of its dark luminous sound and indelible melodies, and is one of the many reasons you’ll carry it with you.
Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for their new single "Roses All Around", below.
Dead Kids, R.I.P. City Tracklist:
01. Roses All Around
02. Wanting War
03. Matty Rue (feat. Adam Klopp)
05. Crimey
06. Pretty Face
07. Ducky
08. Inverness
09. Oil Burner
10. I Needed The Pain
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
New Entry: Vistas Unleash New Single "Comfort"
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New Entry: Better Person Drops New Single "Close To You"
The song is taken from his upcoming debut album 'Something to Lose', produced by MGMT's Ben Goldwasser, set to arrive on October 23rd via Arbutus Records / Mansions and Millions. Pre-order your copy here.
A note from Ben: "A simple song about love and growing tired of the nightlife. When I wrote this song I was
quite done with going out. It’s ironic because now all I dream of is a good ol’ pre-covid party time.!"
Take a listen below.
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Watch: Vague Reveal New Single/Video "Waters"
The song is out today (Sep 22) via Siluh Records. Get it here.
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Watch: Pixx Unveils Lyric Video For "Small Mercies"
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from her album ‘Small Mercies’, which came out in June 2019 via 4AD. Get you copy here.
Watch it below.
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Monday, September 21, 2020
Watch: Bootblacks Share "Hidden Things" Music Video
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Thin Skies', produced by Jason Corbett from ACTORS, out on October 9 via Artoffact Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Miss Meatface. Watch it below.
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Watch: The Cribs Release New Single /Video "I Don’t Know Who I Am"
The song is taken from their forthcoming eighth studio album 'Night Network', which will be available on November 13th through Sonic Blew/[PIAS]. pre-order the album here
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Watch: Good Cop Air Music Video For "Neighbourhood"
Vienna punk/post punk/new wave band Good Cop have aired the video for their new single "Neighbourhood".
The song is taken from their just released new album 'World Piss', out via Cut Surface. Get your copy here.
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Watch: Violetiger Reveal Music Video For "Transformation"
The song is the title track of their upcoming EP 'Transformation', set to be released on September 30 via Modern Tapes. Pre-order it here.
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New Entry: Jaguar Sun Drops "Next Year" (Korine Remix)
Ontario based multi-instrumentalist Chris Minielly dream pop/alt solo project Jaguar Sun has dropped the Korine Remix for his song "Next Year".
The remix is out now through Born Losers Records. The original version features on his debut LP 'This Empty Town', which came out in July.
Get it here and stream it below.
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Friday, September 18, 2020
New Entry: Estates Unleash New Single "Sleepless"
The song is out today (September 18) via Someone Great/PIAS.
UPDATE 18/09/2020: "Sleepless" is our new Single of the Week!
"Sleepless is a no strings attached indie anthem, exploring ideas of communication and loss of friendships and relationships. A driven, upbeat, indie track, with big choruses and is an earworm that will get stuck in your head all day; touching on the understanding and empathy of relationship struggles and communicating with others about feelings. It’s about knowing when to take a step back, where you stand, and the struggles of mixed messages and self-doubt."
Stream it below.
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New Entry: Bootblacks Unveil New Single "Hidden Things"
The song is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Thin Skies', produced by Jason Corbett from ACTORS, out on October 9 via Artoffact Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Take a listen below.
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Watch: Secret Sight Share Music Video For "By The End"
Italian indie rock/post punk trio Secret Sight have shared the video for their latest single "By The End".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their latest album 'Borders', released in May this year via Seahorse Recondings. Get it here.
Director Erika Errante explains: The Video was envisioned and created during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, in Italy. It was shot respecting social distancing, directing the band via video-chat.
The footage, once collected, was edited using the 3D modeling techniques.
Starting from the concepts of borderline alienation and virtuality due to the pandemic, the Film aims to make the best out of lockdown, showing different perspectives.
Watch it below.
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Watch: Jenni Sex Release "Treasures" Music Video
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the band's forthcoming new album, set to be released soon via Wave Records. Grab it here.
The visuals developed for the song is my interpretation of the Jenni Sex's music, to me this song is about hope and the cycles we go through in life, the path from darkness to light can be an ocean of deep feelings, a dark desert road which we don't know the end. Through all this quit is not an option so we keep going with flow, we float around moods and sensations, then we are destroyed from all the confusion that life can bring, and eventually we'll find our way. (Dee Olher - Art Director / @deeremix)
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New Entry: Terry Vs. Tori Drop New Single "Magic Hour"
The song is taken from their forthcoming first full-length album 'Heathers', set to be released on October 30 via El Genio Equivocado. Get it here.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Watch: Fever Premiere New Single/Video "Honesty"
Hull indie rock five-piece Fever have premiered the video for their new single "Honesty".
The song, b/w "Back For More" is out now on Very Clever Records. Get it here.
Speaking about it, singer/guitarist James Harrod said: “‘Honesty’ is a song about being at the make or break point with someone you like. It’s saying we could keep on playing these games with each other or we can just be honest and see what happens.”
Watch/listen below.
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Watch: The Pale White Reveal "Take Your Time" Music Video
The song is part of our current playlist and came out earlier this month. Grab it here.
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Watch: Lacuna Common Unleash New Single/Video "English Weather"
The song is out now. Grab it here.
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Watch: Yello Unveil Music Video For "Arthur Spark"
The song is taken from their new studio album Point, released last month (August 28). Get your copy here.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Watch: Submotile Share New Single/Video "Segregation"
Italian-Irish band shoegaze/pop/noise-rock/drone band Submotile have shared the video for their new single "Segregation".
The song is taken from the band's upcoming second EP.
Stream it below.
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Watch: Future Islands Air New Single/Video "Moonlight"
The song is taken from their upcoming new album 'As Long As You Are', released October 9th on 4AD. Pre-order it here.
From the band: "Moonlight’ is a song about love in a depressive state. It’s about recognizing the holes in ourselves and recognizing the circular whole of others, is about acceptance because that’s what love allows us all."
The video was directed by Will Mayer. Take a look below.
From the band: "Moonlight’ is a song about love in a depressive state. It’s about recognizing the holes in ourselves and recognizing the circular whole of others, is about acceptance because that’s what love allows us all."
The video was directed by Will Mayer. Take a look below.
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Watch: Fontaines D.C. Release "A Lucid Dream" Music Video
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their second studio album "A Hero's Death", which came out in July through Partisan Records. Get your copy here.
The video was directed by Jordan Martin. Watch it below.
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Watch: Jaded Juice Riders Return With New Single/Video "Nowhere"
The song is out now via Spirit Goth Records. Buy it here.
The diy video was created by Josh Hwang & Mateo Hwang. Check out below.
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Watch: Jetstream Pony Reveal "If Not Now, When? New Video
Anglo-american indie supergroup Jetstream Pony, consisting of former and current members of Luxemburg Signal, The Wedding Present, Turbocat and Trembling Blue Stars, have revealed the video for "If Not Now, When?".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the 7" single If Not Now, When? c/w Yellow Pills, released by Spinout Nuggets on 25th September. Pre-order it here.
Watch the clip below.
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Watch: Gorillaz Air "Strange Timez" Robert Smith AURORA Remix
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Monday, September 14, 2020
New Entry: Automatic Unleash "Suicide in Texas" (Panther Modern Remix)
The original version of the song features on their album 'Signal', released in September last year via Stones Throw Records.
The remix is out now, grab it here, and take a listen below.
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Watch: Wild Front & Coach Party Drop "Closer To You" (Clairo Cover)
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New Entry: Pia Fraus Unveil New Single "The New Water"
Estonia dream pop/shoegaze band Pia Fraus have unveiled their new single "The New Water".
The song is out now via Shelflife Records. Get your copy here.
Stream it below.
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New Entry: Night Nail Share New Single "BRNO"
The song is taken from their forthcoming second full length album 'March to Autumn', out on October 15 via Cold Transmission Record mixed, mastered, and produced by Pete Burns. Pre-order it here.
Stream it below.
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New Entry: Good Cop Premiere New Single "Magic"
Vienna punk/post punk/new wave band Good Cop have premiered their new single "Magic".
The song is taken from their upcoming new album 'World Piss', set to arrive on September 19 Via Cut Surface. Pre-order your copy here.
Take a listen below.
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Friday, September 11, 2020
New Entry: Pizza Crunch Drop "Twelve Month Seasonal Depression"
Glasgow-based indie/alt band Pizza Crunch have dropped their new single "Twelve Month Seasonal Depression".
The song is out today (September 13th). Get it here and take a listen below.
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