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Temps Announce Debut Album, Share New Single Featuring Joana Gomila, NNAMDÏ, Shamir, and Quelle Chris

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Temps, the collaborative project curated and produced by British comedian James Acaster, have announced their debut LP. Party Gator Purgatory will drop on May 19 via Bella Union. Along with the early single ‘no, no’, the album includes the new track ‘bleedthemtoxins’, which features NNAMDÏ, Shamir, Quelle Chris, and Joana Gomila. Check it out below and scroll down for Party Gator Purgatory‘s cover art and tracklist.

“I became completely obsessed with this project, it was all I focused on for two years and we ended up making my favorite thing ever,” Acaster said in a press release. “I hope people enjoy it.”

Party Gator Purgatory Cover Artwork:

Party Gator Purgatory Tracklist:

1. lookaliveandplaydead [feat. Quelle Chris, Mal Devisa, Denmark Vessey, Foonyap]
2. kept [feat. NNAMDÏ, Gaston Bandimic, Xenia Rubinos, Satomi Matsuzaki, Law Holt, Quelle Chris]
3. partygatorR.I.P. [feat. Xenia Rubinos, Denmark Vessey, Quelle Chris, bb tombo]
4. no,no [feat. Quelle Chris, Xenia Rubinos, NNAMDÏ, Shamir]
5. at(moves) [feat. Quelle Chris, Wheelchair Sports Camp, Mal Devisa, Nate Mendelsohn]
6. partygatorpurgatory [feat. Babar Luck, Law Holt, Gaston Bandimic, bb tombo]
7. ificouldjust [feat. Yoni Wolf, Quelle Chris, Shamir, Montaigne, Ami Dang]
8. bleedthemtoxins [feat. Joana Gomila, NNAMDÏ, Shamir, Quelle Chris]
9. partygatorresurrection [feat. Open Mike Eagle, me oh myriorama, Montaigne, Low Growl, bb tombo]
10. slowreturn [feat. Yoni Wolf, Shamir, Elizabeth Balčus]

Whitney Unveil New Single ‘For a While’

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Whitney have shared a new track, ‘For a While’, alongside an accompanying visual. The song, originally known as ‘Rolling Blackouts’, was a staple in the Chicago band’s live shows around the release of their 2016 debut Light Upon the Lake, but Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek didn’t finish writing and recording it until last year. Check it out and find their upcoming tour dates below.

“The lyrics of ‘For a While’ were inspired by a time Max and I drove past a burning car on the side of the highway in Northern Illinois,” Ehrlich explained in a statement. “From what we could see everyone made it out safely, but in that moment we were both struck by the ubiquity of anonymous tragedy. Over the course of writing ‘For a While’ that experience evolved into a feeling of gratitude and love for all the people who aren’t able to be with us today. We’ve been working on this song for a few years and a few different phases of our lives. It’s seen some people come and go. We love you all.”

Whitney released their third album, SPARK, last year via Secretly Canadian.

Whitney 2023 Tour Dates:

Sun. Feb 12 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Tue. Feb 14 – Antwerp, BE – De Roma
Thu Feb 16 – Berlin, DE – Columbia Theater
Fri Feb 17 – Aarhus, DK – Fonden Voxhall
Sat Feb 18 – København, DK – Vega
Mon Feb 20 – Paris, FR – Trabendo
Thu Feb 23 – London, UK – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Fri Feb 24 – Manchester, UK – New Century Hall
Sat Feb 25 – Glasgow, UK – Saint Luke’s
Mon Feb 27 – Dublin, IE – The Academy
Mon Mar 20 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Tue Mar 21 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theater
Wed Mar 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
Fri Mar 24 – Boise, ID Treefort Music Festival
Sat Mar 25 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile
Sun Mar 26 – Portland, OR – Aladdin
Tue Mar 28 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Wed Mar 29 – Menlo Park, CA – Guild Theatre
Thu Mar 30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
Thu Jun 29 – Vilanova I La Geltrú, ES – Vida Festival

Cheekface Release New Single ‘The Fringe’

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Cheekface are back with a new single called ‘The Fringe’. It follows the Los Angeles trio’s 2022 album Too Much to Ask, and you can check it out below.

Speaking about the origins of the song, singer Greg Katz explained in a statement: “Me and Mandy were trying to wrestle with the feeling that success in your career or field kind of feels like selling out, even if you don’t think you’re knowingly capitulating to the demands of later capitalism. Like, work, or art, or whatever, feels somehow more authentic, or just better, if other people don’t like it, or if you’re failing. And maybe it feels like a badge of honor to just reject success altogether, and because of that, there’s maybe an impulse to self-sabotage, like, to do things on purpose that you know will not succeed. Also this song has a nice guitar solo in my opinion, although I am biased, because I played it.”

Y La Bamba Announce New Album ‘Lucha’, Release New Single

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Y La Bamba have announced that their new album, Lucha, will be released on April 28 via Tender Loving Empire. Lead single ‘Dibujos de Mi Alma’ is out today, and you can hear it below.

“This song was written for a romantic partner right before the shutdown in 2020,” Y La vocalist and producer Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos said of ‘Dibujos de Mi Alma’ in a press release. “It’s a song of longing for this person but at the same time trying to detach myself from the unhealthy parts of connection.”

“I’ve been wanting to let whatever feels natural—with rhythm and musical instruments like congas and singing – to just let it be, in the way that I’m trying to invoke in myself,” Mendoza Ramos added of Lucha, which reflects “the continuing process of learning how to exercise my producing skills. I have so many words, ideas to work with all the time, and the hardest part for me has been learning to trust my gut. And figuring out how I work best, and with who.”

Y La Bamba’s last LP was 2019’s Mujeres.

Lucha Cover Artwork:

Lucha Tracklist:

1. Eight
2. Dibujos de Mi Alma
3. La Lluvia de Guadalajara
4. Collapse
5. Hues [feat. Devendra Banhart]
6. Nunca
7. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
8. Ceniza
9. Damned
10. Manos
11. Walk Along

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy Covers Woody Guthrie’s ‘Union Maid’ for ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ Soundtrack

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Jeff Tweedy shared his rendition of the labor anthem ‘Union Maid’, written by Woody Guthrie. It appears as a bonus track for the soundtrack to Jesse Eisenberg’s When You Finish Saving the World, the A24 coming-of-age drama starring Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard. Give it a listen below.

The When You Finish Saving the World soundtrack features original music by Finn Wolfhard and Jesse Eisenberg as well as a score by composer Emile Mosseri. In a statement, Eisenberg said: “Emile is a genius. The idea behind the score is that when Ziggy’s on the screen it’s almost a manifestation of his persona, so the instruments have this certain tonal feel like they’re emerging out of cheap equipment. Of course, Evelyn’s soundtrack is all classical because that’s all she listens to and is what’s in her head. What makes it fun is that these sounds compete with each other throughout the movie, depending on who is dominating a particular scene.”

Death Cab for Cutie Share Cover of Low’s ‘The Plan’

Death Cab for Cutie have shared a cover of Low’s ‘The Plan’, from 1996’s The Curtain Hits the Cast, as a tribute to the late Mimi Parker. It appears on a just-announced acoustic reworking of their 2022 album Asphalt Meadows, which includes a new version of ‘Pepper’. Listen to both tracks blow.

“I first saw Low in 1994 opening for Sunny Day Real Estate at the OK Hotel in Seattle,” Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard said in a statement. “Since then, they’ve been one of the most influential and important bands of my life. It was the fulfillment of my teenage self’s indie rock dream when our bands became friends while on tour together in 2012. We were incredibly saddened by Mimi’s passing this past November. She was an incredible artist and an even better human being. We believe the best way to remember the musicians we lose is to play their songs. ‘The Plan’ has always been one of our favorite Low songs and is presented here in tribute to Mimi.”

Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic) is set for release on March 10. Death Cab for Cutie are currently touring in support of Asphalt Meadows, and later this year they’ll be co-headlining with Gibbard’s other band, the Postal Service.

Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic) Cover Artwork:

Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic) Tracklist:

1. I Don’t Know How I Survive (Acoustic)
2. Roman Candles (Acoustic)
3. Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic)
4. Rand McNally (Acoustic)
5. Here to Forever (Acoustic)
6. Foxglove Through The Clearcut (Acoustic)
7. Pepper (Acoustic)
8. I Miss Strangers (Acoustic)
9. Wheat Like Waves (Acoustic)
10. Fragments From the Decade (Acoustic)
11. I’ll Never Give Up On You (Acoustic)
12. The Plan

Frankie Rose Shares Video for New Single ‘Sixteen Ways’

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Frankie Rose has unveiled the new single ‘Sixteen Ways’, which will appear on her forthcoming LP Love As Projection. Following lead cut ‘Anything’, the track comes paired with a video created by Scott Kiernan. Check it out below.

Speaking about the new single, Rose said in a press release: “Counting the ways that things can unexpectedly fall apart on you before anything has even happened. It’s about getting your hopes up, but simultaneously making lists in your head about how it will never work out in your favour.”

She added: “I wanted to make a dance video choreographed by 80s Baby (Neil Shwartz) but with the ESPTV (Scott Kiernan) aesthetic. I trusted them completely and just let them create a world for me. The result is a video that feels like a fever dream in the black lodge complete with my very own machine elves.”

Love As Projection comes out March 10 via Night School Records.

Geese Share Video for New Song ‘Cowboy Nudes’

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Geese have returned with a new single, ‘Cowboy Nudes’, the band’s first new music since their 2021 debut Projector. The track arrives with a video co-directed by Andy Swartz and frontman Cameron Winter. Watch and listen below.

Talking about ‘Cowboy Nudes’, Winter said in a statement: “The song is about life getting better, and more fun, after the end of the world. When we were doing overdubs I wanted to add something Eastern-sounding on the second verse, so I had our drummer Max bring over this busted up sitar we’d had lying around since high school. I went to buy some new strings at a world music store, and the guy told me one pack was $80. I thought he was kidding so I bought two. He was not; sitar strings aren’t cheap. I didn’t even end up fully restringing it, I just played the one not – broken string. So you better appreciate that goddamn sitar on the second verse. I’m also proud of the line about falling in love with a tumbleweed.”

Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Geese.

Lael Neale Announces New Album ‘Star Eaters Delight’, Shares New Song ‘I Am the River’

Lael Neale has announced a new album called Star Eaters Delight, which will be out on April 21. It’s her second LP for Sub Pop, following 2021’s Acquainted With Night, and it finds the singer-songwriter continuing her collaboration with producer Guy Blakeslee. Check out a video for the lead single ‘I Am the River’ below, along with the album’s cover art and tracklist.

Acquainted with Night (recorded in 2019, and released in 2021), was a focusing inward amidst the loud and bright Los Angeles surrounding me,” Neale explained in a statement. “It was an attempt to create spaciousness and quiet reverie within. When I moved back to the farm, I found that the unbroken silences compelled me to break them with sound. This album is more external. It is a reaching back out to the world, wanting to feel connected, to wake up, to come together again.”

Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Lael Neale.

Star Eaters Delight Cover Artwork:

Star Eaters Delight Tracklist:

1. I Am The River
2. If I Had No Wings
3. Faster Than The Medicine
4. In Verona
5. Must Be Tears
6. No Holds Barred
7. Return To Me Now
8. Lead Me Blind

Balming Tiger Release New Song ‘Trust Yourself’

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Seoul-based collective Balming Tiger have released a new track, ‘Trust Yourself’. It was produced by Balming Tiger members bj wnjn and Unsinkable and features vocal turns from Omega Sapien, Mudd the student, and bj wnjn. The track comes with an accompanying Pennacky-directed video, which you can check out below.

‘Trust Yourself’ arrives ahead of the K-pop supergroup’s debut compilation album, which is due out in the first half of this year.