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Chicago trio Bitchin Bajas, featuring Cooper Crain, Rob Frye and Dan Quinlivan, share a live video for “Ajami”, filmed at their Los Angeles Lodge Room show on miniDV tape by Shambling History. The track is from their new EP Isle Peaks, out today on Drag City. They’ve also announced a new show at Chicago’s smartbar, adding to an already packed autumn of both US and EU/UK dates.
Sam Beam, the visionary multi-instrumentalist behind Iron & Wine, announces ‘Hen’s Teeth (Deluxe Edition)’, out 22nd September via Sub Pop, featuring four previously unreleased songs along with acoustic versions of two fan favourites. Listen to the new single ‘California Sober’, released today, along with an acoustic version of fan favourite ‘In Your Ocean’.
Jeffrey Silverstein’s new single “Patchouli” is out now and accompanied by a beautiful visualiser whose analogue Kodacolor vibes are the perfect match for this rhythmic, road-ready track that blends krautrock with wide-open Americana; it’s taken from his new album ‘Doggone’, out on October 23rd, via Full Time Hobby.
Animal Collective’s Geologist (Brian Weitz) began 2026 with a sonic bloom when his debut solo album, Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?, dropped on Drag City. This November, he’ll be presenting his rippling songscapes across stages in the UK and the Iberian Peninsula. Watch the new Nick Ciontea video for the album closer “Sonora”.
This September, KLOF crosses the Atlantic for FME, the 24th edition of Canada’s Festival De Musique Émergente in Rouyn-Noranda. Over 80 concerts across four days on stages that range from lakeside settings to petrol station forecourts. We picked five acts from the wider lineup — from Erika Hagen’s punk-folk fury to Malaimé Soleil’s cosmic noise rock.
Made in collaboration with LeRoy Bach, with contributions from drummer Quin Kirchner and a cameo from Ben Lamar Gay, Marvin Tate’s new album, Controlled Burn, drops on August 29th via Amalgam Music. Watch the video for the album single ‘First You Hear’, – a musical firework exploding in your cerebellum.
Jeremiah Chiu has announced his new album, Edge Conditions, and shared the lead single, Plastic Mind / Elastic Machines, accompanied by a feverish and surreal animation by Korey Martin. The album has been described as a shining display of Chiu’s range and depth as both a composer and producer, in which every facet of his collaborative work and sonic personality feels represented.
On “Run Around,” Chase Elodia turns love-song clichés inside out. The Brooklyn drummer and poet’s vocal debut, “Real Ones,” is due October 23rd on Long Echo Records. After hearing him sing, you can understand why he has been compared to Arthur Russell — a relationship heightened by his new single’s strong percussive elements, calling to mind the groove-driven avant-garde of Russell’s World of Echo.
Biita Houdei shares “Night Fright,” the third single from her debut album “This Bed Was Made For Me”. The track explores parallel relationships, one rooted in difficulty and turmoil, the other blossoming into something effortless and gentle. It’s accompanied by a horror-tinged video directed by Seth Naugle and Sam Falconi.
Clara Mann has shared a video for “All My Devotion”, the second single from her forthcoming album ‘Wishbone’, out October 23rd via state51. She shared: “I wrote it about my instinct to give everything to someone”, and it follows her lead single “News From Home”. Mann performs a live BBC Radio 2 session for Mark Radcliffe tonight, with UK and European tour dates this autumn.