“narcotically arresting” – Pitchfork “a sound that pulls the ear close in a swirl of whispery vocals, opaque poetry and tight, art-rock instrumentals” – NPR “jangly guitars, pop melodies, and a discernable air of cool.” – Fader “Bar Italia are the best new band in London” – The Face “London’s most
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bar italia are the London based three-piece of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton. They will release their second full length of 2023, ‘The Twits’, on November 3rd, less than
Julien Baker has announced B-Sides, an EP of tracks taken from the
EARLY DEMO OF THE SONG ‘ADORE YOU’ TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY
On February 24th, Algiers will release their fourth album, SHOOK. It’s a record that’s deeply informed by collaboration and community, with almost every track including a guest or feature. Today, you can hear ‘73%,’ one of the album’s most
Today, Algiers release new single ‘I Can’t Stand It!’, taken from their forthcoming new album SHOOK, released February 24th on Matador. The song features Samuel T. Herring (Future Islands) and Jae Matthews (Boy Harsher). It samples fellow Atlanta artist Lee Moses’ 1971 song,
Thursday 23 March – Town Hall* AUCKLAND Saturday 25 March – James Hay Theatre^ CHRISTCHURCH Sunday 26 March – St James Theatre* WELLINGTON Tickets from Ticketmaster* Tickets from Ticketek^ “Damn near transcendent.”
On February 10th, Matador Records will release ‘This Stupid World,’ the brilliant sixteenth album (and, to be honest, the sixteenth brilliant album) by Yo La Tengo. To help fix this date more firmly, is a new
7 March – The Civic, AUCKLAND 8 March – St James Theatre, WELLINGTON One of the most beloved and influential bands to come out of the American underground; Pavement return to their
Kicking off Matador’s Revisionist History Series for 2023, today we celebrate the 30thanniversary of Bettie Serveert’s debut album, ‘Palomine’. Heralded in its original four–star review by Rolling Stone as “untamed and
Belle and Sebastian hit the ground running in 2023 with new album Late Developers, released this Friday, January 13th. First single ‘I Don’t Know What You See In Me’ can be heard now. One of the
Introducing: HORSEGIRL – ‘ROUGH TRADE SUPER-DISC’ Debut Album ‘VERSIONS OF MODERN PERFORMANCE’ out now via Matador Praise for Versions of Modern Performance: “A masterclass in a new kind of classic rock”
Today, in conjunction with Spotify and Electric Lady Studios, Perfume Genius (a.k.a. Mike Hadreas) releases Live at Electric Lady. The four-track EP features “Whole Life,” “Photograph,” and “On the Floor” – re-imagined
Interpol share a new video for ‘Passenger’, one of the highlights from their critically acclaimed latest album, The Other Side of Make-Believe, out now on Matador Records. The video came to be