? IC Community Weekly #64
Hey everyone and welcome to another Community Weekly!
In the week where the indie music world descended on NYC for A2IM Indie Week, the community, as usual, shared news, dropped new music and videos, announced tours, and much more.
Let’s get into it…
IC COMMUNITY NEWS
?? This week in IC: we take a look at the Transactions page in IC - all the terms you'll see there and the tools you can use to help explore your data.
?? We moderated a panel at Indie Week and had a blast. Thanks to A2IM, our fellow panelists and everybody who came <3 Check out the pics here.
?? The Libera Awards kicked off A2IM Indie Week and a number of the winners trust us as their royalty accounting solution, including Mexican Summer, whose artist L’Rain won Best Outlier Record for I Killed Your Dog and Single Lock Records artists Blind Boys of Alabama, who picked up the gong for Best Spiritual Record for Echoes of the South.
?? Kill Rock Stars artists TEKE::TEKE have been announced as official soundtrack artists for upcoming game Assassins Creed: Shadows!
??? Polyvinyl launched this year’s Garage Sale, your chance to add a favorite title to your collection on the cheap! Features loads of special edition, rare and limited goods, as well as records with slighted dinged up packaging.
?? Get Better are continuing their Pride Month Sale with 50% off apparel until June 16th - no code necessary.
?? Captured Tracks/2MR announced that international orders bought directly from their webstore or Bandcamp can now save up to 60% on international delivery as they’re shipping from new locations.
???? Ducks Ltd. (Royal Mountain/Carpark) and TEKE::TEKE (Kill Rock Stars) made the 2024 Polaris Prize longlist!
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NEW RELEASES
ALBUMS
?? Double Double Whammy released Box For Buddy, Box For Star, the new?This is Lorelei record, which is Stereogum’s Album of the Week. Since 2012, New York City singer-songwriter Nate Amos (Water From Your Eyes, My Idea) has recorded and self-released hundreds of songs under the This Is Lorelei moniker and the new record marks their first attempt at a traditional, intentionally written full-length album.
?? Fire Talk released The Gloss today, the new record from Montreal art rock band Cola which, is “a brilliantly considered and concise opus”, mixing a “menagerie of melodic surprises, off-kilter cacophonies, and intriguing lyrical tales to create an album that begs to be revisited” (Far Out Magazine).
?? Topshelf released Scattersun, the new collaborative album from multinational Cloud Rap group Fax Gang and South Korean shoegaze artist Parannoul. It has already earned rave reviews, including one from Paste, who said the record “feels like a new dawn, an opportunity for something bigger than even today’s rock-electronic synthesis projects have hinted at… the transnational sign of a broader, rock-informed hip-hop and hip-hop-informed electro-rock horizon, a world where genre is not a constraint but one of several machines meant to run simultaneously.”
SINGLES
?? Chapter Music released a new three song 7" single from The Male Gays, the answer to the question: what happens when you put two frustrated gay record label nerds together from opposite ends of the world? The cross-continental DIY queer pop band is formed of Guy Blackman, label boss of Melbourne, Australia's long- running Chapter Music, and Bart McDonagh, longtime stalwart of London's Domino Records and owner of his own imprint Amour Foo. The first track Be Kind, “a touching, anthemic queer plea for tenderness”, is available now digitally, with the other two tracks to follow and released on limited 7" vinyl/ digital on August 2nd.
?? ZZK released the new Jackie Mendoza single, Besos y Caf, a psychedelic cumbia pop song that was recorded spontaneously one night in Nice Life Studios in Los Angeles.
PRE-ORDERS
?? Get Better announced that Toronto hardcore punk legends Fucked Up are releasing a new record called Another Day on August 9th! The special edition cloudy clear vinyl is limited to only 100 copies - pre order it here.
?? Get Better also announced a new record from Baltimore hardcore punks Doubt called Held In Contempt will be out July 12th.
?? Gar Hole announced that the new record from New Orleans singer-songwriter Maddy Kirgo, Shadow on My Light, is coming out August 16th. The first single from it, Try Harder, is out now.
?? Joyful Noise announced the release of Glossolalia by Dale Crover—the world-renowned drummer for the Melvins, Nirvana and Redd Kross and singer-guitarist for Altamont. The record will be out September 13th but you can hear and watch the video for the lead single Doug Yuletide.
?? Topshelf announced the first full-length album in 9 years from beloved Tokyo post-rock/math rock band toe. Now I See The Light will be out on July 10th.
领英推荐
?? Earth Libraries announced City Life, the third studio album from beloved Nashville indie rockers The Medium. Check out the album’s lead single and title track and pre-order the record.
?? Velocity Press announced Drumz Of The South: The Dubstep Years (2004-2007), the first photography book to present the early days of dubstep in detail. It features over 200 photographs by Georgina Cook and was first published in 2021 as a Kickstarter campaign. This new edition features a complete redesign, hardback cover and essays from Blackdown, Charlie Dark MBE, Emma Warrenand others. Releases September 6th but pre-order now to get a signed copy and to receive it first.
NEW SIGNINGS
?? Run For Cover welcomed Tacoma, Washington grunge revivalists Enumclawto their family and announced that their new album, Home In Another Life, is out August 30th (pre-order). In the meantime check out first single Change.
VIDEOS
??? 2MR released a mesmerising video for the Men Seni Suyemin single Believe, the title track from her new album. Directed by Kristina Snegina.
INTERVIEWS
??? Invada Records spoke to UK film magazine Little White Lies about spending the last decade and a half carving a reputation for its carefully curated roster of film soundtracks.
??? Doubt (Get Better) talked to Brad Sanders at Stereogum for their Band to Watch feature.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
This week: New Jersey post-punk band The Feelies performing Crazy Rhythms at CBGB in around 1978: https://youtu.be/zCManydw8aw
SHOWS, TOURS + EVENTS
?? Fucked Up (Get Better) are playing a run of dates in July | TICKETS
?? @ (Carpark) announced tour dates this autumn! Also, their record Are You There God? It's Me, @ came out on vinyl today - get yours here. | TICKETS
???UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS
+ check out the ?? Events Directory for more conferences, festivals, record fairs, webinars, etc!
June 13th - 15th ? Sónar + D (Barcelona, Spain)
June 13th - 16th ? Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN, US)
June 21st - 29th ? Rochester International Jazz Fest (Rochester, NY, US)
June 26th - 30th ? Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, UK)*
June 27th - 29th ? Summerfest (Weekend 2) (Milwaukee, WI, US)
June 27th - 29th ? Blue Ox Music Festival (Eau Claire, WI, US)
July 3rd - 6th ? Open’e r Festival (Gdynia, Poland)
July 4th - 6th ? Summerfest (Weekend 3)
July 4th - 6th ? Vida Festival (Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain)
July 4th - 7th ? High Sierra Music Festival (Quincy, CA, US)
July 4th - 8th ? Essence Music Festival (New Orleans, LA, US)
July 11th - 13th ? NOS Alive (Lisbon, Portugal) *we’ll be there!
That’s all for this one! Stay safe and we’ll catch you again next week.
- Adam & the Infinite Catalog crew