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Premiere: Michael Ian Cummings of SKATERS returns with ‘Contemporary Me’
If you were a fan of New Yorkers SKATERS, you’ll probably remember that they went from a major label deal to disappearing after the release of their second album within 5 years, chewed up and spat out during a transitional period for the wider music industry. Band leader Michael Ian Cummings has been off radar …
Premiere: Homeschool celebrates new EP release with video for ‘Hanger-on’
The new EP from New Yorker Tom D’Agustino is all hits, if you haven’t been keeping up. Out today, the 6-track collection follows up last year’s Homeschool: Book II and is a great starting point for anyone new to their sound, which combines slick synth-pop and sky-scraping hooks with lyrics that tackle self-worth and the …
Premiere: JD Pinkus and Tall Tall Trees share psychedelic bluegrass odyssey ‘Fungal Mountain Breakdown’ and announce album
This one scratches a very specific itch, so if you’re in the mood for instrumental, warped, spacey bluegrass, then you’ve come to the right place. JD Pinkus of the Butthole Surfers and Mike Savino (Tall Tall Trees) made a record whose reference points range from Brian Eno to John Cage. The lead single is a …
Premiere: Dutch Indie-Rock Quartet Loupe Share Floating & Warming New Single ‘It’s Getting Wilder, Getting Older’
Dutch indie-rock quartet Loupe share the floating, warming, elegant and utterly gorgeous new single ‘It’s Getting Wilder, Getting Older’ taken from their upcoming album Do You Ever Wonder What Comes Next. Needless to say, we’re very excited to be premiering! Adorned with intricate picked guitar lines, subtle electronics, shuffling drums and ground bass, ‘It’s Getting …
Premiere: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Model Home unveil their ‘Leaky Home Simulator 2031’ on news of signing to Brisbane’s False Peak Records and launch gig.
We are very pleased to premiere today the new single from Model Home as they announce their signing to Brisbane’s boutique magicians False Peak Records in a joint venture with New Zealand’s Papaiti Records label. Hailing from Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, this an exciting addition to False Peak’s already impressive roster: a dynamic female-fronted …
Premiere: dayaway lament the one they can’t have on ‘i wish’ and announce new EP
You may know New Yorker Amber Renee as a member of CLAAVS, but she also makes music with Graham Marsh as dayaway, under which name they released a self-titled debut EP last August. it only makes sense they’d have another one coming this summer, right? The lead single from it is a gem – equal …
Premiere: Sean McVerry’s TELECOMS take ‘Two Steps’ forward on exhilarating new single
The whole ‘deconstructed live performance as a music video’ idea lives and dies on how well you can pull it off, and pairing it with a song this good is half the battle. Which is to say we’re big fans of both the new song and video from Brooklyn’s Sean McVerry. The TELECOMS project only …
Premiere: Apidae Shares Hypnotic Live Performance Of ‘Never Gonna Leave Your Side’
Apidae, the production project of London-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Greg Hummell returns with an excellent new live session video for ‘Never Gonna Leave Your Side’. I’m beyond excited to be premiering! A swelling electronic soundscape comparable to the likes of Maribou State, Bonobo, Caribou with a splash of Jon Hopkins and Mount Kimbie for good …
Premiere: The Mortal Prophets return with title track from new album ‘Deeley Plaza Blues’
Toward the end of last year, the John Beckmann-fronted New York band The Mortal Prophets released their debut album Me and the Devil, and you would have expected them to slow down a little bit after that but that isn’t the case at all. Just a month later, Beckmann released a solo piano record, which …
Premiere: ferna Shares Simplistic Yet Affecting New Visuals For Heartfelt Alt-Pop Bop ‘Go Quietly’
Singer-songwriter and cinematic soundscape creator ferna shares new visuals for the sparkly, heartfelt and euphoric new single ‘Go Quietly’. We’re very excited to be premiering! Built around a shimmering wall of electronics (is that a legendary Omnichord I hear?), ‘Go Quietly’ balances it’s wide reaching synth pads with melodic vocal lines and ferna’s alt-pop tendencies. …