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Folk, New Music, New Release, new zealand, Video

MARLON WILLIAMS announces new album Te Whare Tīwekaweka

Aotearoa/NZ songwriter Marlon Williams returns with his first new single since the release of his album My Boy in 2022. The first taste of his Māori language album Te Whare Tīwekaweka (Pre-order) is the single ‘Aua Atu Rā‘, a beautiful and elegant Maori folk sound combining languid vocals and breezy strumming. “Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki te ao Māori” goes the Māori whakatauki … Continue reading MARLON WILLIAMS announces new album Te Whare Tīwekaweka

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Electronica, Experimental, Folk, New Music, News, Stream

LONNIE HOLLEY ANNOUNCES NEW 2025 ALBUM

Visionary US artist Lonnie Holley has announced his new album Tonky will be released on March 21st. Check out the first single ‘Protest with Love’. The album includes a plethora of guests including Mary Lattimore, Isaac Brock, Angel Bat Dawid, Jesca Hoop, Alabaster de Plume and Saul Williams. Foreword by Hanif Abdurrqib: There are poets like the great Mary Oliver, who might suggest that one’s … Continue reading LONNIE HOLLEY ANNOUNCES NEW 2025 ALBUM

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Red Hot release new compilation TRA​И​Ƨ​A

Storied activist and music production non-profit Red Hot have again come through with a sublime, moving and inspired compilation of music. TRAИƧA includes 46 songs and contributions from over a hundred musicians, including Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Faye Webster, Julien Baker, Andre 3000, Perfume Genius, Yaeji, Arthur Baker, Adrienne Lenker, Fleet Foxes, Lee Ranaldo, Sharon Van Etten and many more, in celebration of the trans community and to bring … Continue reading Red Hot release new compilation TRA​И​Ƨ​A

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australia, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, New Music, Post-Punk, Premiere, Psych, Punk, rock, Stream, Video

VIDEO PREMIERE: Tristan Courtney-Prior – Irene and I

Tristan Courtney-Prior is best known around Sydney as guitarist for the bands Peabody and Shearin’ but over the last year or so he’s stepped out of the shadows of those bands to release a couple of singles in the lead-up to his debut album Replication which is set for release on September 13th. As a solo artist, Tristan dives deeper into dark, post-punk guitar rock. … Continue reading VIDEO PREMIERE: Tristan Courtney-Prior – Irene and I

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Electronica, New Music, Video

Floating Points release another sublime cut of electronica on new single ‘Ocotillo’

Ahead of Floating Points‘ (Sam Shepherd) new album Cascade (Sept 13th) he has today released the new track ‘Ocotillo‘. A slow build, it begins with contributions from Austrian-Ethiopian harpist Miriam Adefris – who Shepherd first collaborated with on Mere Mortals, his first ballet score for the San Francisco Ballet – and the gentle resonance of a clavichord Shepherd inherited from his great aunt, before rumbling into a thrilling dancefloor conclusion. … Continue reading Floating Points release another sublime cut of electronica on new single ‘Ocotillo’

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Electronica, Experimental, Indie Pop, New Music, New Release, Stream, Video

Alan Sparhawk (Low) shares the video for his new single ‘Get Still’

Alan Sparhawk‘s new solo album White Roses, My God will be released on Sub Pop on September 27th. The record, his first solo effort following the end of his legendary band Low (R.I.P. Mimi Parker) features the first single ‘Can U Hear’ and this second release, ‘Get Still‘. The track finds Sparhawk continuing his exploration of dissonant sounds and textures that began across the last … Continue reading Alan Sparhawk (Low) shares the video for his new single ‘Get Still’

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Experimental, Indie Pop, New Music, New Release, News, Pop, Post-Punk, Stream, Video

Black Midi’s Geordie Greep releases the first single from his debut solo album

Black Midi have been stretching time and reinventing song dynamics over the last five years and now singer and in the wake of the statement that the band is “indefinitely over” while the members focus on other projects, guitarist Geordie Greep has announced he’s stepping out on his own with his debut solo album The New Sound (Rough Trade, Oct 4th). The first single off … Continue reading Black Midi’s Geordie Greep releases the first single from his debut solo album

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Funk, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, New Music, New Release, Video

Joan As Police Woman Announces New Album + Releases New Single

American musician and singer-songwriter Joan As Police Woman has released her new single ‘Long For Ruin’, the first taste of her forthcoming new album Lemons, Limes & Orchids (September 20th) Pre-Order. The song is a scintillating hybrid of indie rock and alternative soul featuring distorted electric guitar chords and shuffling percussion. Joan Wasser says of the track, ““This song refers to the human race’s seemingly willful move away … Continue reading Joan As Police Woman Announces New Album + Releases New Single

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Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, New Music, new zealand, Post-Punk, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Ringlets – New Life

Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa / Auckland, NZ band Ringlets have a new 7″ and digital single out via Leather Jacket Records and Flying Nun Records. It follows the band’s excellent debut, self-titled album of last year. ‘New Life‘ jitters and jerks like a lost Parquet Courts single, all twitchy nerve ends before the verse smooths out the cracks with Leith Towers’ melodic lead vocal and chugging … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Ringlets – New Life

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Album Covers, Audio Stream, Indie Rock, New Music, Post-Punk, Soul, Video

THE THE RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘ENSOULMENT’

Fantastic news over the weekend that Matt Johnson’s THE THE are set to release their new album Ensoulment on September 6th 2024. This their first album since NakedSelf in 2000. Check out the first single ‘Cognitive Dissident’ with its dark, rhythmic and soulful groove and Johnson’s immediately recognisable vocal. Encompassing characteristic topics ranging from love & sex, war & politics, life & death – to … Continue reading THE THE RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘ENSOULMENT’

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Album Covers, Audio Stream, Folk, Funk, New Music, Soul, Video

TINDERSTICKS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘SOFT TISSUE’

England’s soul/folk group Tindersticks return with their new, 14th album Soft Tissue on September 13th, 2024. Two tracks are available to stream now, the gentle undulations of ‘Falling, the Light‘ and an edit of the opening track ‘New World‘ where the band dig in to a deep and minimal soul/funk groove. A warm instrumental glow acts as a beautiful halo for Stuart Staples’ distinctive and … Continue reading TINDERSTICKS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘SOFT TISSUE’

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