Family Matter have shared the first single, “Matter”, off their upcoming EP titled “Matter” out August 15th.
The video for the song was directed by Hal Winston-Fletcher.
For those not familiar with the band, the lead singer Blake is the son of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl.
He has some live dates lined up around the UK, but no dates have been announced for the USofA (nor Tijuana) yet.
Spoon have released a new EP, “Memory Dust EP”, via Matador.
TRACKLIST:
01 Sugar Babies
02 She’s Fine, She’s Mine
03 Silver Girl
The band has shared all 3 songs, starting with “Sugar Babies”.
The band will be busy in the upcoming weeks going on tour with The Black Keys, Weezer, White Reaper, the War on Drugs, Indigo Reaper.
The Smile have shared a new single, “Bending Hectic”.
It’s not known if this will be part of the new album the band intends on releasing this year or if its a stand alone single.
The song was produced by Sam Petts-Davies and it features strings by the London Contemporary Orchestra. The song sounds as if Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead made a song together that would sound like a clash between early Radiohead (pre-OK Computer) and Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke film scores, only not produced by Nigel Godrich this time around.
The band will start a tour tomorrow by playing two nights in Mexico City and will end with them playing the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL on July 21st:
Tour Dates:
June 21 – Mexico City, Mexico – National Auditorium
June 22 – Mexico City, Mexico – National Auditorium
June 23 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
June 26 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
June 29 – Miami, FL – James L. Knight Center
June 30 – St Augustine, FL – The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
July 2 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center
July 3 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
July 5 – Richmond, VA – The National
July 7 – Forest Hills, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
July 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
July 10 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
July 11 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
July 14 – Quebec City – Festival d’été de Québec
July 15 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
July 16 – Ottawa, ONT – Bluesfest Festival
July 19 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
July 20 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory
July 21 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
ANOHNI and The Johnsons have shared a new single, “Silver Of Ice”, off their new album “My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross” out July 7th via Secretly Canadian and Rough Trade.
ANOHNI shared this about the song and inspiration: “A friend of mine expressed to me in the final months of his life that the simplest sensations had begun to feel almost rapturous; a carer had placed a shard of ice on his tongue one day and it was such a sweet and unbelievable feeling that it caused him to weep with gratitude. He was a hardcore kind of guy and these moments were transforming the way he was seeing things. I wrote ‘Sliver of Ice,’ remembering those words of his.”
Blur have shared the first single, “The Narcissist”, off what will be their new album “The Ballad Of Darren” out July 21st via Parlophone.
The album was produced by James Ford who’s worked previously with Albarn on the album “The Now Now” by Gorillaz.
Each band member released a statement on the album and what has lead them to this point in their long career.
Graham Coxon shared this: “The older and madder we get, it becomes more essential that what we play is loaded with the right emotion and intention. Sometimes just a riff doesn’t do the job.”
Damon Albarn had this to say: “This is an aftershock record, reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now.”
Alex James said this: “For any long term relationship to last with any meaning you have to be able to surprise each other somehow and somehow we all continue to do that.”
Dave Rowntree shared: “It always feels very natural to make music together. With every record we do, the process reveals something new and we develop as a band. We don’t take that for granted.”
Chester Watson has shared the first single, “fish don’t climb trees” off his upcoming album of the same name out June 30th via POW Recordings.
The label said this about the release: “This is an underwater dream of burning incense and red Georgia clay. An otherworldly and eerie new channel, somewhere between the Twilight Zone and Shakespeare.”
Chester Watson shared this about it: “This song is very special to me in a lot of ways. It’s actually the first sample I’ve ever cleared properly and that’s really because of my pops, so thank you. This is one of the more powerful and revealing songs on the album, I find myself circling back to this one for mental tranquility more often.”
Chester Watson has lined up a release show on July 6th at the Resident DTLA with support from VCR, earoh & Vash Noir.
Clark has shared the fifth single, “Medicine” featuring Thom Yorke, off his just released album “Sus Dog” via Throttle Records.
The video for the song was directed by Dylan Hayes from Knucklehead. Dylan shared this about it: “Chris and I have always bonded over a common endeavour to conceal the digital. This is interesting considering we’re using a very digital medium as an element for “Medicine”, deepfake. I was intrigued in using AI in a way that remained subtle. Typically, when deepfake or another AI element is employed, it is the main focus whereas for “Medicine” I wanted to bury the effect and layer it with additional textures, making it just one of the many components. Through the use of the technology Chris and Thom’s characteristics merge, which creates an uncanny synergy of both their faces and voices, causing a question of who’s who and a theme of the malleability of their voices.”
Thom Yorke, who produced the album and played bass on it, shared this about the song and collaboration: “Chris wrote me to say he’d started singing, looking for feedback/advice or whatever, cuz it was kind of new shark-infested waters for him. I’ve been into what he does for years, and I ended up being a kind of backseat driver as he pieced all the oddness of it together, which was fascinating. I wasn’t surprised to discover he came at singing and words through another door completely, which to me was the most interesting and exciting part,” Yorke continues. “The first thing he sent me was him singing about being stuck between two floors and I was already sold. To me the way he approached it all wasn’t the usual singer songwriter guff thank god; it mirrored the way he approached all his composition and recording, but this time it had a human face. His face.”
Clark will continue his tour thru the UK and will visit the USofA for some shows in select cities.
Sparks have shared the third single, “Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is”, off their just released album “The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte” out via Island Records.
Via a press release Sparks said this of the song: “This song is the exception that proves the rule! It’s written from the perspective of “a 22-hour-old baby petitioning to be readmitted to the womb”
The band will go on tour to support the album starting in May in the UK and coming over to the USofA before hitting Japan.
Capsula have released a new single by the name of “Sombra”.
Capsula shared this about the release: “We’re thrilled to share our new music with all of you. “Sombra” is a very special song for us, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Thank you for your continued support, and we can’t wait to see you soon.”
While trying to think of a way on how to describe this song the only one that comes to mind is to say that this is where garage rock n’ roll meets sci-fi. A song that would fit perfectly well in a Jim Jarmusch film.
The band has continued to tour around Europe with a few surprise visits, in selected cities, in America. We hope that changes soon.
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