Index For Working Musik Re-emerge With Indexe’e
…aka A Bunker Intimation Vol. 1. And what have they built down there? A remodel in 40 minutes at half-time, the group temporarily slimmed and tuned to a different gait, a shifting of pulses, delay, moving air; the sound of the room and the body, of the body in the room; a room fogged as emphysemic lungs where indistinct translucent ooze lines its walls,…
Rat Columns Return With New Album, Babydoll
Babydoll is the fifth Rat Columns album and, following 2021’s Pacific Kiss, the second to be released on Tough Love. The recordings took place in Perth, Western Australia, partially by engineer Jason Hayles in a 1960’s office building that formerly housed the secretarial pool of a successful mattress company, and partially by DW in an industrial unit,…
Empty Country Announce New Album, Empty Country II, and London Date
Empty Country, the project of musician Joseph D’Agostino (formerly Cymbals Eat Guitars), officially return with the announcement of their second LP, Empty Country II , out on Friday 3rd November. Having issued the single ‘Pearl’ last month, they’re now sharing a video for the second track from the album, ‘Erlking’, shot by Zoë Browne and edited by Andrew…
Current Affairs Debut Album Out Today, Tour Later in The Month
“An unpredictable, 10-song ride, beset with sudden lane changes and hairpin turns.” – The Guardian/The Observer “Fun, but fierce; smart, and oppositional: the real deal.” – Snack Magazine “Uniquely reviving a much loved genre with an angular edginess.” – NARC “The whole album is packed with snarly vocals, punchy lyrics and moments of the…
Welcome to Empty Country
Today we welcome Empty Country to the family and with it mark the return of prodigal son, Joseph D’Agostino, who long-term Tough Love devotees will remember for his work as part of Cymbals Eat Guitars. Empty Country first emerged in early 2020, releasing their self-titled debut in March of that year via Get Better. It’s with Get Better that we now…
Ulrika Spacek Announce October US Tour With Holy Wave
Ulrika Spacek traverse the Atlantic in October for a joint stint across the states with Holy Wave. All dates below, tickets on sale Friday. OCT 12 – Constellation Room (Desert Daze) OCT 14 – Sister Bar, Albuquerque, NM OCT 15 – High Dive, Denver, CO OCT 17 – Sleeping Village, Chicago, IL OCT 18 – Lager House, Detroit, MI OCT 20 –…
AUTOBAHN’s New Album, Ecstasy of Ruin, Out Today
Reports of their demise have been greatly exaggerated – the North has risen again. Close to five years since their last record, Leeds denizens AUTOBAHN today return with the release of their third record, Ecstasy of Ruin. The time away begets a few changes, most notably the replacement of their drummer with a handful of machines and a refined triangulation…
New Current Affairs Album, Off The Tongue, Out 14th July
To call Current Affairs a Glasgow band may initially seem misdirection. Though Joan Sweeney (ex-Rose McDowall’s Band, Aggi Doom, The Royal We) is a lifer, Sebastian Ymai (Comidillo Tapes, Pissy, Anxiety) came from Chile via York, recently relocating to Berlin in 2021, and new member Gemma Fleet (The Wharves, Order of the Toad, Dancer) alongside Andrew Milk…
Why Not Now? by Cindy Out Today
Today marks the release of Cindy’s fourth album, Why Not Now?, a fleeting but emotionally redolent exploration of Bay Area life from the perspective of band leader, Karina Gill and shaped by the contributions of a rotating cast of musicians from San Francisco’s thriving underground. A series of microcosmic evocations of marcocosmic concepts, Cindy…
The Reds, Pinks and Purples New Album Out Today
Today marks the release of the next installment in the ever-active world of The Reds, Pinks and Purples. Attentive fans – of which i know there are many – will be quick to note that rarely a week or two passes without a new transmission from the desk of Glenn Donaldson, but if we’re to be official about these things, The Town That Cursed Your Name…