New Entry: Nixer Premiere New Single "Decisions"

Irish electronic/dance/new wave duo Nixer (aka Seán Keenan and Gearóid Peggs) have premiered their addictive new single "Decisions".

The song is taken from their forthcoming debut EP 'People Feel', set to arrive on May 27th via Blowtorch Records. 

UPDATE 19/04/2022: "Decisions" is out new Single of the Week!

The unique sound of Nixer–built on elements of electronic dance and new wave influences–is in part the result of two contrasting musical backgrounds fusing together to spark a new sound. Peggs comes from an electronic production background and the sound of artists like Boy Harsher and Boys Noize, bringing those infectious electronic dance shuffles, synths and 808’s to the Nixer sound. On the other side of the coin, Keenan draws influence from the sonic worlds of artists like Alex G, King Krule, Fontaines D.C. and The Stone Roses, pairing his melodic guitar lines and distinctive vocals with Pegg's skilled production to create this unique and utterly gripping brand of alternative dance music. 

Watch: Make Friends Reveal Music Video For "Fever"

Bristol indie pop four-piece Make Friends have revealed the video for their latest single "Fever".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their EP 'Is This Real', released in November last year. Grab it here.

From the band: "The visual takes a slightly different perspective to the songs original meaning, and centers on the pitfalls of paranoia and disassociation, sometimes exacerbated by the kaleidoscope of a real-life fever."

Watch it below.

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New Entry: Midi Memory Unveils New Single "All the Way Out"

Midi Memory, the side project of Cathedral Bells' Matt Messore, has unveiled his new single "All the Way Out".

The song is out today (Aptil 12) through Spirit Goth Records. Get your copy here.

Take a listen below.

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CEREMONY Return With New Single/Video "Vanity Spawned By Fear"

California punk/indie rock band Ceremony have returned with their new single "Vanity Spawned By Fear", alongside an accompanying music video.

The song, their first in 3 years, is out now b/w "California Poppy", is out today (Aril 12) through Relapse Records. Get it here.

This is the band's first standalone single of their career: an infectious take on new musick, glam, and moody synth! 

Watch/listen below.

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Launder Announces Debut LP 'Happening', Shares Two New Songs

L.A dream pop/shoegaze musician John Cudlip aka Launder has announced the release of his debut full-length album 'Happening'.

After nearly three years and sixty demos, Launder's full-length debut is happening, it will be out on July 15 through Ghostly International, featuring new singles "Chipper" and "Unwound". Get your copy here.

John Cudlip signed to Ghostly to build his recording project, developed out of casual sessions with friends Jackson Phillips (Day Wave), Soko, and Zachary Cole Smith (DIIV).

With live shows paused in 2020, he immersed fully into writing and arranging an overflow of ideas. Cudlip also embraced sobriety, redirecting his once-destructive addictive tendencies into studio craft — all his thoughts consumed by melody and texture, all his resources lobbed into gear, every buzz, hiss, and hum of this record became his entire world. The resulting set sprawls across a double LP release; it's a considered beast of a debut and he's proud of it, living with it, finally. Through its thirteen songs, Happening is timeless, grappling with something bigger than just melody, the cathartic and the tender, indebted to indie rock greats while informed by modern and prudent self-reflection.

DESIRE Announce New LP 'Escape', Stream "Telling Me Lies"

Palm Springs-via-Montreal electronic/synthpop duo Desire (aka Megan Louise and Johnny Jewel) have announced the release of their new full-length album 'Escape'. 

The 13-track record, their first in nine years, was written & produced by Johnny Jewel in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, CA and  mixed by Vaughn Oliver, it will be out on May 3 via Italians Do It Better featuring the previously shared singles ‘Black Latex’, ‘Zeros’, and the title track. Grab it here.

Escape was inspired by the ominous, vivid aura of 1970s giallo films (think Dario Argento’s masterpieces Suspiria and Deep Red). Almost as if they were soundtracking a campy slasher of their own, the band’s Megan Louise and Johnny Jewel used an array of electronic instruments on Escape, including a Minikorg, Jupiter 8, 909, Mellotron, Simmons Rhythm Modules, String Machine, a D-50, and Fender Rhodes. Implementing girl group melodies, children’s choirs, and Louise’s trilingual lyrics, Escape is a project that only Desire could make.

Tallies Announce New LP 'Patina', Stream "Hearts Underground"

Toronto dream pop/indie pop band Tallies have announced the release of their second full-length album 'Patina'.

The follow-up to 2019's self-titled album, was recorded with Holy Fuck member and Metz/Alvvays producer Graham Walsh plus the band’s own Dylan Frankland, it will be out on July 29th viaKanine Records (US), Hand Drawn Dracula (CA) and Bella Union (UK/EU). Pre-order your copy here.

The new record arrives as a true labor of love, one that was delayed due to the pandemic but ultimately is a truly rewarding collection for the band. It pricked the ears Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde – a hero of the band – who signed Tallies to his Bella Union label, providing "a light at the end of a dark tunnel" according to Sarah Cogan of the band.

Watch: Interpol Share New Single/Video "Something Changed"

New York indie rock/alt band Interpol have shared the video for their new single "Something Changed".

The song is taken from their forthcoming seventh studio album 'The Other Side of Make-Believe', which will come out on July 15 via Matador Records. Pre-order your copy here.

“Something Changed” is a relatively spare and muted track, and it features a whole lot of tense piano-plinking. The song’s video is the second part of a two-part series that started with “Toni.” Where “Toni” was more of a musical fight-sequence number, “Something Changed” is moodier. Van Alpert once again directs, and the clip follows a very naked young couple on the run from Paul Banks’ cop.

Vocalist and guitarist Paul Banks explains: “In Something Changed, part two of our short film with Van Alpert, reality and reverie converge and our two lead characters find themselves in a kind of dream state – being pursued inexorably by an ominous figure (played by myself.) The lives of the three are intertwined in a nebula of fear, retribution, desire, and defiance. Who will receive their just deserts? Stay tuned and find out!!!”

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Just Mustard Premiere New Single/Video "Mirrors"

Dundalk-based post rock/shoegaze/noise band Just Mustard have premiered the video for heir new single "Mirrors".

The song is taken from their forthcoming sophomore album 'Heart Under', set to be released on May 27 via Partisan Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Heart Under is an album that asks you to forget what you know. At every turn, this remarkable record reconfigures and stretches the ideas and ambition of a rock band, and turns a year of lockdown and personal struggles into a breathtaking artistic statement.

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Bas Jan Air "Progressive Causes (Progressively More Crooked Remix)"'

London-based ensemble Bas Jan has aired a lyric video for "Progressive Causes (Progressively More Crooked Remix)"

Remix by Crooked Man of Progressive Causes, the original version of the song is taken from Bas Jan' sophomore album 'Baby U Know', released earlier this year (January 28) via Lost Map Records, grab it here if you haven't already. The remix features on the #PostMap Club for April 2022.

Watch it below.

Watch: Camera Obscura Drop "Making Money" New Video

Glasgow indie pop band Camera Obscura have dropped a new video for "Making Money".

The song is taken from their taken from their forthcoming 4AD B-sides & rarities album 'Making Money', set to arrive on April 23 for Record Store Day UK. PRe-order it here.

Making Money includes 3 hard-to-find B-sides, 5 cover versions (with 10cc, Bruce Springsteen, Gene Autry, Jim Reeves and Richard Hawley all getting the Camera Obscura treatment), a stunning session recorded in New York for The Wild Honey Pie and 2 remixes (done by Jim Noir and Richard Hawley respectively).

This edition will be pressed on transparent mint vinyl and is being released in the memory of keyboardist Carey Lander, who sadly lost her battle with cancer in 2015.

Watch it below.

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New Entry: Vero Release New Single "Heather"

Swedish alt-pop trio VERO have released their new single "Heather".

The song, described by the band as "their jazzy grunge-hit," is taken from their forthcoming debut full-length album 'Unsoothing Interior', set to arrive on May 6 via PNKSLM. Pre-order your copy here.

Take a listen below.

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