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LISTEN: raging brilliance from Algiers
MATADOR’S eclectic, forward-thinking Atlanta outfit Algiers have released a two-track new single via Bandcamp, “Can The Sub Bass Speak”/ “It All Comes Round Again”. A powerful brace of songs, “Can The Sub Bass Speak” is a raging, righteous declamatory text in the great tradition of The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron, over a free …
LISTEN: new wave shimmer from Leeds’ Eades
LEEDS’ five-piece Eades have premiered their hook-laden, shimmery new single “Forget What You Want” on Soundcloud. The punchy track has echoes of the Velvets, Television, Parquet Courts and even a little of Vampire Weekend in that twisting lead guitar line. “Forget What You Want” is culled from their forthcoming EP Microcosmic Things, …
See: Travis get animated on new single
A QUARTER-century since they first gathered in a Glaswegian rehearsal room, Fran Healy and the boys from Travis are preparing to release their ninth studio set – and have teased what’s in store with an animated video for new single “A Ghost”. And with lockdown biting partway through conception, Fran had to fall …
SEE: OK Go release moving Covid-19 inspired track and video – All Together Now
What do synchronised treadmills, zero gravity flights, Rube Goldberg Machines and a car playing instruments in the desert all have in common? Well they are just some of the concepts that Chicago rock band OK Go (now LA-based) have used over the years to showcase their songs and, in doing so, have created their own …
TRACK AND VIDEO: Widowspeak – Breadwinner
Brooklyn band Widowspeak return with a gentle and poignant new single ‘Breadwinner’, their first new material since their fourth album ‘Expect the Best’ in 2017. It’s been quite a wait but it seems like the current crisis was something of a catalyst for the band to put this song out. As singer Molly Hamilton explains: …
TRACK AND ALBUM NEWS: Erasure – Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)
Synth-pop maestros Andy Bell and Vine Clarke – AKA Erasure – return on 21st August 2020 with their eighteenth studio album, ‘The Neon’ on Mute. Ahead of the new album, the duo release single ‘Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)’ and if you love that classic Erasure sound (you know the one I mean, …
TRACK: DARKSTAR – JAM
Darkstar announce their fourth album ‘Civic Jams’ for release on Warp on 19th June. It will be there first full length release for 5 years. Taken from the new album is the single ‘Jam’. Speaking about their latest single ‘Jam’, Darkstar explain, “Jam is like a peripheral two step banger. Like if you were listening to your neighbour playing tunes through …
TRACK: OILBIRDS – I WILL NOT BE DENIED
North East Garage blues rock band Oilbirds have shared some new tracks in the form of their Loft Recordings EP via Radar Sounds International. Featuring three tracks of their wonderful mix of garage blues and psychedelic punk. First single to be taken from the EP will be – ‘I Will Not Be Denied’. Featuring a hypnotic …
Track: The Golden Dregs – Nobody Ever Got Rich (By Making People Sad)
Every now and again you hear a track that just instantly knocks you out. Nobody Ever Got Rich (By Making People Sad), by The Golden Dregs, is one such song. Part Tindersticks, with a dash of Lou Reed, a drop of Tom Waites and a touch of Nick Cave, it is a song of impossible …