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Track: Le Ren and Buck Meek cover Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘Early Morning Rain’ with sweet delicacy
MONTREAL chanteuse Le Ren has gotten together with Big Thief’s solo guitarist Buck Meek for a tender, delicate rerub of Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot’s “Early Morning Rain”, which featured on his 1966 debut album. If you know Gordon Lightfoot’s catalogue, you know he’s never one to shout his considerable melodic chops from the rooftops – …
Premiere: Dumb Whales unleash effervescent new single Pollen
The Dumb Whales‘ proficiency in producing epic melodic indie standards continues unabated with their new track ‘Pollen’, which we are very pleased to premiere today in advance of its release on Thursday. With instantly memorable sky-high choruses, this is a bouncy, effervescent tune that is filled with antipodean sunshine and optimism and a tongue firmly …
Track: The iconic James releases anthemic single ‘All The Colours of You’ and announces new album for June
Legendary British indie band James have announced a welcome return with the release of a new album ‘All the Colours of You’ due in June and the title track as a single. The track ‘All The Colours of You’ is peak James – coruscating and witty lyrics on the Trumpian era with celestial anthemic choruses …
Track: Philip Kane releases the dark, depraved and cathartic single ‘8 Stone, Tall and Handsome (ft Boz Boorer and Fiona Price)’
Philip Kane, formerly of London indie band Avalanche, has an incredible voice soaked in whiskey, pain and depravity. His new single ‘8 Stone, Tall and Handsome’ is an absolutely cathartic and immensely enjoyable indulgence that reeks of late night bars and more than a hint of forbidden pleasures. Indeed, his lyrics match: seedy nights, paid …
See: The video for Telex’s ‘Dear Prudence’: Beatles cover unearthed for the forthcoming Mute compilation
BELGIAN synth visionaries-cum-pranksters Telex have dropped a video for their previously unreleased, recently discovered take on “Dear Prudence” – you can watch it below. Their take – treated with just a little more harmonic reverence than their British charting, brilliantly robotic “Rock Around The Clock” – came to light when surviving members Dan Lacksman and …
Track: DeeCRACKS – Don’t Turn Your Heart Off
Austrian punks DeeCRACKS have released their video for ‘Don’t Turn Your Heart Off’, the second single from the band’s new record Serious Issues which is out now via Pirate Press Records. “This one is dedicated to all the people who aren’t afraid of believing in themselves and are following their own path. To me, that’s what defines punk. …
Track: Belvedere – Good Grief Retreat
Canadian skate punk band Belvedere have released the first single ‘Good Grief Retreat’, taken off the upcoming LP ‘Hindsight Is The Sixth Sense,’ set for release (digital/CD/vinyl ) on May 14 via Thousand Islands Records in North America and Lockjaw Records in Europe and the UK. Belvedere’s Steve Rawles says, “This song speaks of the average worker and the system that benefits off their labour. …
Track: YUNGMORPHEUS unveils new single ‘Sovereignty’ from forthcoming album
Go and stream stream this track today, if you have time. This has a relaxing, soulful instrumental paralleled with tranquil lyricism, not shying away from some bleak dialogue also. The record is also blessed with ceremonial strings and R&B samples ringing under braggadocios bars. The joint is produced by Ewonee, and teases the release of …
News: Dinosaur Jr. announce April album for Jagjaguwar; see the animation for ‘I Ran Away’
YOUR favourite alt.rock shredder, J. Mascis – I mean are the guitar breaks in “Freak Scene” the best ever committed to tape? There’s a strong argument – has announced the excellent news that Dinosaur Jr. are all set to release their thirteenth studio album, Sweep It Into Space, on Jagjaguwar come April 23rd; which good …
Track: Genesis Owusu reveals video for new single, Gold Chains
I’m very tempted to twin this single release in with his performance on Triple J’s Like a Version, so… I’m gonna. What you always know you’re getting from Genesis Owusu is diversity in the sounds he draws on, but something he does just as well is executing and committing to these styles, every time he …