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Methyl Ethel sign with 4AD, reissue debut LP, share "Idee Fixe" video
The Australian dreampop band reissued debut LP Oh Inhuman Spectacle today and you can check out their new lovely new video. Catch them live in North America soon (updated dates).
Soren Juul (fka Indians) has a new EP on 4AD, playing shows, NYC w/ Joseph Arthur, Hamilton Leithauser & Kevin Devine
Soren Juul used to go by the name Indians, but now he’s just using his regular name. His first release as Soren Juul is a 3-song self-titled EP that came out earlier this month v…
are Lush reforming now too?
Ride are currently in NYC, having played their first of two shows at Irving Plaza on Monday night (9/21). Rumors are flying around the internet that Ride’s onetime North American tourmates, Lush, are about to reform as well…
Holly Herndon announces new album on 4AD & 2015 tour
Experimental electronic musician Holly Herndon has announced that she’s signed to 4AD for the followup to 2012’s Movement (released on RVNG Intl), making her labelmates with Grimes, The National, Deerhunter an…
Peter Ulrich (Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil) releasing new solo album, playing 1st-ever show with his Collaboration band
Peter Ulrich played drums and percussion in the early years of Dead Can Dance, and is on many of their 4AD albums, including 1984’s self-titled debut and 1987’s Within the Realm of a Dying Sun…
Merchandise share new video, playing the Empty Bottle on fall tour w/ Lower
Merchandise @ Schubas in June (more by Milos Markicevic)
Merchandise‘s 4AD debut After The End is due to hit stores in about a month (on 8/25), and the band have now shared a new video for the LP’s second single “Enemy…
Ab-Soul released 'These Days...' (stream it)
Ab-Soul‘s been talking about his new album These Days… for a while now, and it finally came out today (6/24) via TDE (not Interscope). Like his fellow Black Hippy members Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar did with their recent albums, you can tell Soulo went all out here and really wanted to make an “album” with multiple interludes, smartly placed guest spots, and well-executed transitions from song to song…
Efterklang announce their 'final show'
In a posting on their website titled, “THE LAST CONCERT – ONE FINAL SHOW TO CELEBRATE THEM ALL,” Efterklang write:February 26th 2014 we will play one last concert in Sønderborg, Denmark, where we grew up…
Merchandise sign to 4AD, releasing new single (stream a clip)
Merchandise at NXNE 2013 (more by David Andrako)
When Merchandise first caught our ears with their Children of Desire album, it sounded like something more fit for 4AD‘s goth era than the punk label Katorga Works that released it, so it’s exciting to hear that the band have now signed with the actual 4AD (which, in addition to those goth classics, is home to big names like The National, Grimes and Deerhunt…
Tracey Thorn, The KLF, Johnny Cash, Mudhoney, Donald Fagen, 'Yeah Yeah Yeah,' & more in 2013 music book roundup
I’ve been reading a lot of music books of late, spurred on by travel, TV shows being on hiatus and my realization that there were some cool new books out…
