Manchester's Mandy, Indiana, formerly Gary, Indiana, are scheduled to release their debut EP '...' on November 19th via the Fire Talk label. To coincide with the news, the band have also unveiled their new video 'Bottle Episode'. Directed by Max McLachlan, the manic visuals flow hand in hand with the in your face tune, which rings with a sense of urgency.
Berlin collective Public Display Of Affection or simply known as P.D.O.A, the project of creatives Madeleine Rose and Lewis Lloyd, released their single 'Rose' back in March of this year. While the experimental band may not have loads of music floating around, they have been doing live shows for a couple of years now. Unafraid to cross musical boundaries, P.D.O.A blend together everything from art punk to theatrical jazz, fostering something truly exciting.
Russian post-punk heroes Shortparis return with a new single and video called 'Любовь моя будет тут.' or 'My Love Will Be Here.'. With the band handling direction duties as well, the really well shot vid takes place in a small venue / pub where the band is on stage performing to a crowd that suddenly becomes violent, with fights taking place all throughout.
London-based artist Martha Skye Murphy has unveiled her new single 'Stuck', taken from her upcoming LP 'Concrete', which will land on Practise Music. Haunting in sound, the initial minimalist production slowly eases from spacious and atmospheric into an almost air-gripping soundscape that is utterly clutching.
London trio Voka Gentle have surely experimented with sound over the years, yet their recent recordings have gone much darker, fostering incredible results that are not only edgy musically, but reminiscent of the times where acts would step outside the norms of genres. Case in point, their latest single 'Horse Latitudes', an utterly exciting blend of indie, electronica and psychedelic.
Musician, singer and actor Caleb Landry Jones steps forth with his latest single 'Bogie', taken from his new album 'Gadzooks Vol. 1', landing September 24th via Sacred Bones. 'Bogie' finds Jones delivering a 60s powered sound of psychedelic, and indeed it's good. Slow, stoner guitar lines weave around breezy drumming and thumping bass licks.
Brighton band Opus Kink has shared their new single 'This Train'. Like a roller coaster stacked with the ultimate twists and turns, the track is a revving, wild listening experience that is powered by post-punk, jazz, baroque pop and everything in between.
London's Martha Skye Murphy has shared her new track titled 'Found Out'. What initially begins with moody guitar lines and Murphy's ghostly vocal delivery, eventually transitions to a dark and haunting experimental offering that ropes the listener into a space of audible claustrophobia as shrieks and moans fill the remaining air.
Margate-based producer Raven Bush is scheduled to release his debut LP 'Fall Into Noise' on August 13th. To coincide with the announcement, Raven Bush has unveiled a new track titled 'Made of Stars'. A moody and experimental slice of electronica, the production is composed of glitchy synth patches, husky bass tones and 4x4 drums, all topped with flickering effects that twirl around the piece.
The Sacred Bones label will release a lost album by legendary artist Alan Vega. The LP entitled 'Mutator' will land on April 23rd. What is the first in a series of archival recordings, the upcoming release was recorded with Liz Lamere, who along with Jared Artaud of The Vacant Lots, discovered the material in the vaults.
