Fresh from an appearance at Green Man festival, Oklahoma-bred, Berlin-based Jae Tyler has made his debut with a shimmering, gender fluid video for ‘Life As A Wall’. Tyler continues to play with binary elements of everything, moving swiftly from light to dark, male to female and psych pop to surf metal. In ‘Life As A […]
Annie Hart is best known as one-third of Au Revoir Simone, the all-female synth trio. But with the eight tracks on her solo debut, Impossible Accomplice (Instant Records, Friday 15th September 2017), Annie will emerge as an artist and producer in her own right. Annie has announced additional dates for her UK tour, full details are as […]
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, have joined forces to release on Friday 13th October (Marathon Artists/Matador/Milk! Recordings/Mom & Pop) a new album collaboration, Lotta Sea Lice. First single ‘Over Everything’, features dovetailing vocal lines and intricate, guitar stylings from the pair. The lyrics play out as a rambling dialogue as they compare notes about song-writing and inspiration – it was the […]
Mac DeMarco released his acclaimed third-full length album, This Old Dog, this past spring via Captured Tracks. Now he revisits the song that launched the album with a new 360 and VR video. The ‘This Old Dog’ video was produced through a partnership between Pitchfork, and Inception and is the first piece to come from […]
Iron & Wine has announced a number of European shows for early 2018. Beginning in Reykjavik on 14th January, the tour reaches these shores in February for the below UK/Ireland dates. Currently on a huge tour of the US, Iron & Wine tickets and full international touring schedule can be found on the official website. […]
Tim Hecker has announced new headline shows for the UK. With his shows in Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh (October 1st-4th) taking place in total darkness, this will mark a departure for the electronic composer as he further explores sensory deprivation in live performance. Tickets for all dates are now on sale, head to his official […]
Sweet Baboo shares the video for ‘Swallows’, taken from his latest album Wild Imagination. The video for ‘Swallows’ features Sweet Baboo AKA Stephen braving the elements in various historical army gear while his partner and child (also played by Stephen) wait anxiously at home, it’s a light-hearted playful video that compliments the French pop feel of the […]
Soup Kitchen present Andrew Hung (F*ck Buttons) ‘Touring in support of his debut solo LP Realisation‘ Soup Kitchen, Manchester Sunday 12th November 2017 Doors 7:30pm Tickets £8 Adv. (EXCL FEES) here Andrew Hung Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Hannah Peel has unveiled new single ‘Archid Orange Dwarf’. The Northern Irish artist and electronic composer’s third album is a seven-movement odyssey composed for analogue synthesizers and full, traditional 29-piece colliery brass band. Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia, released Friday 22nd September 2017 via My Own Pleasure, explores one person’s journey to outer space, by recounting […]
Tobacco share this, their new track ‘Eye Punch’ taken from their recently released new rarities album, Ripe & Majestic. Tobacco Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
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