Autechre have surprised released a new album called PLUS, out now via Warp Records. The prolific electronic duo’s latest follows on from their new LP SIGN, released earlier this month, and is available to download now through the duo’s Bleep store.
A 2xLP vinyl and CD release will follow on November 20, along with a SIGN + PLUS bundle. No further details surrounding the album have been revealed, but you can preview its 9 tracks, clocking in at just over an hour, here.
Common has announced a new project titled A Beautiful Revolution Pt 1. It’s out this Friday, October 30, via Loma Vista. The rapper has also previewed the LP with new single called ‘Say Peace’, featuring Black Thought and PJ. Check it out below, and scroll down for the record’s cover artwork and tracklist.
A Beautiful Revolution Pt 1 includes seven new songs and two interludes. “Beautiful Revolution Pt 1. is affirmation,” Common said in a press release. “It’s recognition. It’s elevation. It’s music to go with a movement. Because the truth is, there is still so much work to do. Regardless of the outcome of the election, we need to make sure things do not return to the status quo. The intention of the music is to channel all of our pain and outrage into something productive, inspirational, and good. It’s to help lead a movement into our next phase of the work to be done.”
The collection’s cover artwork is based on photography from Ghanaian artist Derrick Boateng. A Beautiful Revolution Pt 1 will be accompanied by a full-length film directed by Mark Leibowitz, which will feature Common’s full band performing in vibrant environments inspired by Boateng’s work.
Upon release day, Common will be hosting an album listening experience on his Youtube channel. The rapper’s last album was 2019’s Let Love.
A Beautiful Revolution Pt 1 Cover Artwork:
A Beautiful Revolution Pt 1 Tracklist:
1. Fallin
2. Say Peace
3. Courageous
4. A Place In The World
5. Get Used To It
6. Don’t Forget
7. What Do You Say
Actress has unveiled a new short film to accompany his new album Karma & Desire. The visual of the same name was shot, edited, and produced by director Lee Bootee and features appearances from Yves Tumor, Sampha, Zsela, Aura T-09, and Actress himself. A press release describes the 17-minute film as “a love story — or the story of a missed connection.” Check it out below.
Karma & Desire was released last Friday. In addition to Zsela, Sampha, and Aura T-09, the LP also features guest contributions from Vanessa Benelli Mosell and Christel Well.
Empress Of, the project of singer-songwriter Lorely Rodriguez, has released a new song called ‘You’ve Got to Feel’ featuring Amber Mark. Produced by Empress Of and written by Mark, it marks the inaugural release on Rodriguez’s own newly launched label, Major Arcana. Check it out below.
Back in March of this year, Empress Of put out her most recent album I’m Your Empress Of.
Dirty Projectors have announced the final instalment of their five EP cycle. Ring Road will be available on November 20, along with a 20-song anthology of their 2020 releases titled 5EPs. The band has also previewed the project with a new single called ‘Searching Spirit’, which comes with a Noel Paul–directed video. Check it out below, and scroll down for the EP’s cover artwork and tracklist.
While the previous four EPs featured a different band member on lead vocals – Maia Friedman on Windows Open, Felicia Douglass on Flight Tower, Dave Longstreth on Super João, Kristin Slipp on Earth Crisis – Ring Road sees each member taking the lead throughout.
Ring Road EP Cover Artwork:
Ring Road EP Tracklist:
1. Por Qué No
2. Searching Spirit
3. No Studying
4. My Possession
John Carpenter has announced a new album called Lost Themes III: Alive After Death. It’s set to arrive on February 5 via Sacred Bones. It marks his third collaboration with Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, following 2015’s Lost Themes and 2016’s Lost Themes II. Below, check out a new song called ‘Weeping Ghost’, and scroll down for the LP’s cover artwork and tracklist.
“We begin with a theme, a bass line, a pad, something that sounds good and will lead us to the next layer,” John Carpenter said in a statement about the trio’s creative process. “We then just keep adding on from there. We understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses, how to communicate without words, and the process is easier now than it was in the beginning. We’ve matured.”
Back in 2018, Carpenter executive produced and composed the music for the new Halloween reboot, directed by David Gordon Green.
Lost Themes III: Alive After Death Cover Artwork:
Lost Themes III: Alive After Death Tracklist:
2. Weeping Ghost
3. Dripping Blood
4. Dead Eyes
5. Vampire’s Touch
6. Cemetery
7. Skeleton
8. Turning the Bones
9. The Dead Walk
10. Carpathian Darkness
Cass McCombs has shared a reworked version of his song ‘Don’t Vote’, from his 2009 album Catacombs. Released a week away from the US Election Day, it’s called ‘Don’t (Just) Vote’ and it features contributions from Angel Olsen, Bob Weir, and Noam Chomsky. Check it out below.
“I was compelled to write something for the election and I thought of no better way than to troll myself, laying waste to a much-misunderstood song of mine from over a decade ago, ‘Don’t Vote,’” McCombs said in a statement. “Most people never made it much further than the title, anyway. For this new song, ‘Don’t (Just) Vote,’ the message is clear: Vote, yes, but when you do, imagine the world you would like to see, beyond what appears on your ballot. Harness your imagination and justice becomes inevitable.”
McCombs will donate all royalties after costs to Elevate Oakland, which supports music education in and around Oakland.
Belle and Sebastian have announced a new double live album titled What to Look for in Summer. It comes out December 11 via Matador. The 2xLP features selections from the band’s 2019 world tour, including last summer’s ‘Boaty Weekender’ cruise. The band have also shared two videos: ‘The Boy With the Arab Strap’ and ‘My Wandering Days Are Over’. Check them out below, along with the the album’s artwork.
In a statement, guitarist and singer Stevie Jackson said the album was “something to focus on” during the COVID-19 pandemic. “That was very, very nice.”
Singer and violinist Sarah Martin added, “It was quite nice to be doing that when we couldn’t even see each other.”
Murdoch also commented on the album’s title. “For a while, the working title of the record was Live and Meticulous,” he said. “The record company really wanted it to be called Live and Meticulous. But I don’t like derivative things really.”
Less than two weeks after releasing his new album Sundowner, Kevin Morby has returned with a new track called ‘US Mail’. The song, made remotely with Brad Cook, comes with a statement where Morby urges listeners to support the US postal service. It reads:
“US Mail” is a song I wrote about a mother communicating with her daughter via the USPS from within an inpatient rehab facility. Restricted from any forms of electronic communication, the two must rely on postcards carried by the United States Postal Service to reach one another.
My PO BOX is featured on the track artwork – please feel free to write me a letter and continue sending mail to your loved ones to support the USPS. It’s service has been integral to my career and I have been passionate about both sending and receiving physical mail since I was a child. It is simply one of my favorite things. I will do my best to write you back, but even if I don’t, please know that your letters mean the world to me and that I read and cherish them all.
Though we had originally intended to record this song in studio while mixing Sundowner, when the lockdown went into effect and the session was cancelled we decided to do it remotely instead, with Brad recording the music and me recording the vocals from our respective homes.
This release is dedicated to mothers and their children – and all postal workers everywhere.
Xoxo
KM, Kansas City 2020
Listen to ‘US Mail’ below, and scroll down for the single artwork.
Ludwig Favre, a photographer based out of Paris, France, released a marvellous series of photos as a tribute to the American spirit. This dream-like, pastel-coloured themed series captures places such as Los Angeles and Palm Springs and encapsulates Favre’s optimistic vision America, the land of opportunity.
Find more work by Ludwig Favre here.
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