In the midst of the global pandemic Alison Mosshart of The Kills and The Dead Weather has managed to drop music, first being her track 'Rise' and now a song titled 'It Aint Water'. Both cuts will be available on 7" vinyl on July 31st via Domino Records.
Barcelona-based artist Museless challenges the idea of restriction due to religion in her latest video 'El Catolicismo'. Directed by Martinica, clips of women dressed as nuns transcend into a liberation of sorts as they all find themselves releasing their inhibitions and exploring their sexuality.
Fontaines D.C. are scheduled to release their new album 'A Hero's Death' on July 31st via Partisan Records. With that already being exciting news in itself, they have also shared the official video to the title track. Directed by Hugh Mulhern, the story line revolves around a talk show host who is seemingly full of himself, whilst staff are less than excited. As he comes back to the dressing room to prep Fontaines D.C. for their performance on the show, the group with miserable expressions on their faces ultimately have the last laugh as the host gets taunted with puppets. This is another brilliant record from the Dublin band.
NYC songstress Mïrändä returns with a new single and video dubbed 'I Am Art'. Musically the track is a grand mixture of pop and electro, with the content being a hopeful anthem of overcoming pain during those moments of loneliness. The single follows her previous cuts 'Stay' and 'Formula'. The video was shot by Mïrändä herself during the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown. You can watch the vid down at the bottom.
For a number of years now, Russian singer, musician, producer and designer Kate Shilonosova aka Kate NV has comfortably weaved between various musical styles harking back to her punk and new wave days with Glintshake to her experimental electronic solo projects.
Whenever Killer Mike and El-P aka Run The Jewels drop anything it's always a good day. Having previously shared the track 'Ooh LA LA' featuring Nice & Smooth's Greg Nice and Hip-Hop production king DJ Premiere, RTJ have now dropped the official video. The visuals are legendary in themselves considering that not only is this one big street party what appears to be a celebration of the ending of capitalism, but you can also catch a cameo by the one and only Zack De La Rocha. Factor in Greg Nice and Preemo also appearing in the video as well as a whole heap of people dancing, this is possibly what it may look like when the coronavirus lock down is finally over! 'Ooh LA LA' is directed by Brian and Vanessa Beletic, with El-P being the co-creative.
Last year Hip-Hop Queen Missy Elliott dropped her 'Iconology' EP, which marked a pleasant return for the Virginia-raised artist. She now makes her return with the video treatment for the song 'Cool Off', which was also featured on the record. Now if anyone remotely knows anything about Missy, you know that the visuals are always on a high level. For 'Cool Off', there is also no exception. Directed by Daniel Russell, the video features vibrant dancers in a museum busting out their moves while Missy is rotating in a weeble costume. Musically the song draws inspiration from the Miami bass era, spearheaded by Luther Campbell aka Uncle Luke fka Luke Skywalker.
Greek producer Mikael Delta has shared the video for his beautiful single 'Art In Heaven'. Directed by Hior Chronik and shot in Berlin, the vid features Katarzyna Kafel, as she walks through the forest allowing her mind, body and soul to be aligned as one through the act of mediation and the power of prayer. That harmonious balance is reflected through those moments of peace as Kafel lays on the ground, arms spread, accepting all that is.
At the moment Jehnny Beth's forthcoming album 'To Love Is To Live' is one of our most anticipated releases of this year. The singer, radio host, author and actress has previously dropped two killer singles, 'I'm The Man' and 'Flowers', both accompanied with amazing videos. She now unveils her third cut titled 'Innocence', which is also attached to a video. Directed by Andreas Neumann, the footage captures Jehnny Beth and the band performing the song live during a rehearsal. Now mind you, it literally looks like a concert.
Chromatics have shared a video for their latest single 'Teacher', which is taken from their upcoming LP 'Dear Tommy'. Directed by Johnny Jewel, the visuals feature close-ups of singer Ruth Radelet with polarized effects, as well as clips of a little girl, which seem to represent the transition from child to adult, as well as the student learning from life.
