Following up her EP of last year, HOPELESSNESS, English-born singer/composer Anohni has announced her second EP PARADISE will be dropping March 17th via Rough Trade Records/Remote Control. The single “PARADISE” is the first cut taken from the upcoming six track release and encapsulates the record’s major themes of politicisation and disillusionment. In collaboration with Oneohtrix…
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Looking back at last year’s run of new releases, it’s safe to say there were some definite hits alongside those that may not have lived up to the hype. We saw the return of some esteemed artists after a long time out of the spotlight, while some of our own emerging superstar talents came through strongly…
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Having tipped the midway point of 2016, we asked our team to look back on what’s been a strong six months of new music releases already. Across the genres, there’ve been some stellar local and international albums dropping and drawing some heated conversation across fandoms. Whether it was in The Drones‘ release of arguably their…
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A series of free creative conversations have been announced as part of this year’s Vivid LIVE in the form of “Artist Talks”, featuring rare and in-depth discussions with the likes of Anohni, Ta-ku, Poliça and Wafia, alongside a live recording of popular podcast Song Explored (featuring Hiatus Kaiyote) and much more. In addition to the free events, the festival will also…
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In this issue: A lot of newcomers are set to release their debut albums this week! Keep the playlists alive with a bunch of brand new tunes. THE POSIES Stretching their on-and-off again relationship over four decades, The Posies release album number eight Solid States, via Planet! HOMEBOY SANDMAN Addressing themes such as; his personal insecurities,…
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