Shame have shared the third single, “Spartak”, off their upcoming album “Cutthroat” out September 5th via Dead Oceans.
The video for the song was directed by Charlie Steen (vocalist). He also shared this about the song, which might as well be describing our feelings and situations from when we were in school too: “I guess this disdain towards cliques comes from how shit I was made to feel by the cool kids growing u. I was a chubby teenager who liked the wrong type of music and wore the wrong type of clothes. It’s just another time I’d like to say fuck you to those people, and to anyone who makes someone feel shitty for not fitting in.”
Sean Coyle-Smith (guitar) said this about the song: ““Sparktak” came about because I was basically trying to write a Wilco song.”
Deftones have shared the second single, “milk of the madonna”, off their upcoming album “private music” out August 22nd.
The band has also shared the lineup of what will be the 6th annual Día De Los Deftones to be celebrated November 1st in San Diego, CA. The poster and lineup are below.
Jehnny Beth has shared the fourth single, “High Resolution Sadness”, off her upcoming album “You Heartbreaker, You” out August 29th via Fiction Records.
The video for the song was co-directed by Jehnny Beth and Johnny Hostile.
“High Resolution Sadness” critiques the mental fatigue caused by excessive Smartphone use and encourages listeners to reconnect with real-life experiences and relationships.
Jehnny Beth shared this about the song: “This track was written with the energy of a moshpit in mind, while highlighting the brain rot caused by endless phone scrolling. It reclaims the urge to ‘put down the screen‘ and feel ‘your skin on my skin‘. Perfect lyrics for crowd surfing.”
IDLES have shared the single “Rabbit Run” off the movie “Caught Stealing” by Darren Aronofsky.
Joe Talbot shared this about the song: “This has been a huge opportunity for us that seemingly came about after a chance meeting backstage at Fallon when we both happened to be guests on the same day. But in hindsight, I realize that Darren is one of my favorite directors and his films have in some ways made me who I am as an artist. This lucid dream has been a lifetime in the making and one that I will live over and over with a huge sense of humility and joy.”
Darren Aronofsky shared this about the music selection: “I built Caught Stealing to be a roller coaster of fun and wanted to supercharge the film by main lining a punk sensibility. I don’t think a band has really been tasked with performing a score for a movie. Who better to collaborate with than IDLES? It has been a dream watching them bend their notes to blast a hole in our movie screen.”
Rob Simonsen shared this about the score: “I was really excited by the idea that Darren had for our third project together, which was to write a score for IDLES, using them as our orchestra. They had created original songs for the film, and building a palette that started from their sound, the incredible textures they create through inventive use of feedback, distortion, and pedals, was a really satisfying challenge. Our work with the band was genuinely inspiring. They’re not only extraordinarily talented musicians, but individuals with clear eyes, big hearts, and bold souls.”
The video for the song was directed by Manda Selena and Ican Harem.
The video was filmed this past summer in Bali, Indonesia live with Kuntari, who performed on the studio recording of the track.
Kuntari shared this about the song and video: “It’s hard to imagine the organic local sequence from us blend with monstrous industrial sound from Tristan. After many hours of discussion we instantly clicked and agreed where the song ended up. The results are beyond our imagination, Tristan easily fluids into fresh territory and we don’t have a border to break to. By far this is one of the most awe inspiring experience for us, not to mention our video production which is insanely epic and hilarious at the same time. The most memorable moment is we share a good laugh along the process.”
Tristan Shone shared this about the album: “When I sat down to start writing this album, I knew I wanted to make songs based on birdsong. The actual first guitar riff is one of the meadowlark’s songs. When you listen to ‘Rook,’ that melody is the rook’s sound. That track is us mimicking one of the rooks’ many songs. I wrote all my tracks around the rhythms and melodies of birds I researched or heard in the wild.”
Author & Punisher has shows lined up for Europe in the Fall, only 2 have been announced, so far, for the USofA in November. No date has been announced for Tijuana (yet).
Matt Berninger has shared the fourth single, “Nowhere Special”, off his recently released album “Get Sunk”.
The video for the song was directed by Chris Sgroi.
Matt Berninger said this about it: “I haven’t seen a performance as good as Tom Berninger’s since Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim’s ‘Weapon of Choice’ music video. And I haven’t seen directing as good as Chris Sgroi’s since Spike Jonze directed Fatboy Slim’s ‘Weapon of Choice’ music video.”
Matt’s brother, Tom said this about it: “I got to keep the suit. I wear it every day.”
Speaking of the suit, the designer Todd Snyder said this: “Having two brothers myself, it’s really touching to see Matt and Tom’s connection here. Getting to see my work worn by two stylish dudes, bringing new color to my favorite song on the album, is just a bonus!”
Touring musician Ronboy, who is also in the video, shared this: “When Matt asked me to take part in a video starring one of my favorite actors, Tom Berninger, I knew I had to sharpen my silver screen chops. Their sibling dynamic is as sincere and entertaining off screen as it is on.”
MorMor has released a new single, “Wonder”, a collaboration with Danger Mouse. The song is available now via 30th Century.
MorMor share this about the collaboration and song: “My relationship with Danger Mouse started when he invited me to meet and play music. From time to time, we’d hang out and listen to records or watch films, not necessarily making music, I think we were both seeing if we could find an intersection where it’d make sense to pursue an idea. ‘Wonder’ came from exactly that.”
MOTHERMARY X HERO have shared a new single, “FEEL”, the song is available now.
The video for the song was directed by George Del Barrio. The video was choreographed by Tyrone Bevans for the dancers Ernest Allen Mingo, Richie James, Hao Soho Su, Tyrone Bevans.
Suede have shared the third single, “Dancing With The Europeans”, off their upcoming album “Antidepressants” out September 5th.
The video for the song was directed by Chris Turner.
Brett Anderson shared this about the song: “There’s a sense of optimism about this song. I remember specifically we were doing a gig in Spain during the time we were writing this album. I was going through a bad time and at a low, personally. But we played this brilliant gig. There was a great connection between me and the audience. I thought of the phrase, dancing with the Europeans. There’s something about that word, Europeans, that I really like. The phrase summed up the experience of looking for connection in a disconnected world. This sense of, where do we find those bonds with our fellow human beings? That show in Spain broke down those barriers.”
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