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

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

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’

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’

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

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

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’

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’

PREMIERE: Aether + Vassallo release new hypnotic and atmospheric ambient single

Sydney duo Aether + Vassallo are set to release their debut collaborative album Unbroken next month on vinyl/digital and today we are pleased to present the second single from the album, ‘Desire‘. The song is another chapter in the ambient drone and drift of Unbroken, an album built on the slide guitar of Paul Vassallo and Bronwyn Eather‘s vocals, field recordings and composed soundscapes. ‘Desire’ … Continue reading PREMIERE: Aether + Vassallo release new hypnotic and atmospheric ambient single

JESSICA RELEASES HAUNTING AND ETHEREAL NEW SINGLE/VIDEO

Sydney songwriter, singer and pianist Jessica has released her (self-recorded and produced) new single ‘And In The Quiet There Is Desire‘, her first new music since her beautiful 2021 album With Reverie. The song comes from a forthcoming album, her third since embarking on a solo career after initially establishing herself as one half of folk noir duo Jep and Dep. Haunting and ethereal, there’s … Continue reading JESSICA RELEASES HAUNTING AND ETHEREAL NEW SINGLE/VIDEO

DIRTY THREE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND AUSTRALIAN TOUR

The Australian instrumental post-rock trio Dirty Three have announced their long-awaited return, with a new album, Love Changes Everything, set for release physically on June 14th and digitally on June 28th. “What joy to kick off the tour for our new album “Love Changes Everything “ in Melbourne Australia for the Rising Festival. Recorded in 5 days. Mixed in a year. Nothing has changed. Older … Continue reading DIRTY THREE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND AUSTRALIAN TOUR

BEN FROST RELEASES VISCERAL NEW SINGLE ‘CHIMERA’

Ben Frost today releases his third studio single in seven years, ‘Chimera‘, setting the stage for his much-anticipated album, Scope Neglect, due via Mute on March 1, 2024.  As one would expect from Frost, it’s a brutalist and unsettling composition that injects heavy power metal chords (courtesy of Greg Kubacki of  Car Bomb) into screes of digital static, synths and detonating beats. “There is always a shape and a sense of … Continue reading BEN FROST RELEASES VISCERAL NEW SINGLE ‘CHIMERA’