Bloc Party :: Anatomy of a Brief Romance

I remember playing Bloc Party so much in early 2000's during the indie heyday. 'Banquet' and 'Helicopter' are huge hits that will forever be associated with that era. They just released new album Anatomy of a Brief Romance and just like the title implies the songs are mainly about relationships that did NOT end well. Who can't relate to that? Kele's voice still sounds as fragile and amazing as ever.

Check out their video for 'Love Bombs' and 'Now We Can't Be Friends' below.  

Mike D :: Thank You

On my way to my DJ gig last night had some time in the car to listen to legendary Beastie Boys Mike D's first solo album Thank You which was released a couple weeks ago. I wasn't sure if we were ever gonna get new music from the two remaining Beastie Boys members as it had been many years with nothing. Then a few months ago some clips of Mike D performing new music with his kid started popping up on my feed. Glad he got the itch and came back, loving the new record! It has great experimental beats, rhymes and hooks in his trademark Beastie Boys style. His voice is unmistakable and as good as ever.

Check out a couple tracks from it 'Secrets Pt II' and 'Crypto' below.

M83 :: I Wrote You a Letter

French electronic artist M83 is getting ready to release new album I Wrote You a Letter on September the 25th. The first taste from the album is 'Blister Sunrise' which is a dense shoegazey type of track. Curious to see if the rest of the album will go in this direction. 

Check out 'Blister Sunrise' below.

The Drums + Mareux :: It Didn't Matter

It had been awhile since I heard NYC's The Drums. I was super into their 2010 track 'Let's Go Surfing' back in the days when indie was king. Cut to 2026 and heard this new single from them 'It Didn't Matter' that they did with Mareux the other day and I instantly recognized his voice. Great new single that sounds pretty different from 'Let's Go Surfing' (more on the pop side), but still a solid track. Thought I'd post that for you guys to check out. 

The Avalanches :: No Bad Memory

Legendary Australian electronic act The Avalanches have announced their fourth studio album No Bad Memory being released October the 16th. I was obsessed with 2000's Since I Left You with all those amazing samples. Seems the new album is gonna have 31 tracks?! That is a lot of tracks for an album, but I have noticed all the tracks they've released so far are very short, plus I'm sure they will have plenty of sample snippets sprinkled throughout the album so that may be the reason for that. So far they've released some collabs they've done with Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Jamie XX. That's a pretty impressive start!  

Check out 'Every Single Weekend' ft Jamie XX below and if you like what you hear they have a few more tracks to hold you off on Apple Music.