A 2x Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and subversive performance artist, Poppy released her seventh studio album, Empty Hands, earlier this year, crystalizing her identity as a visionary unconcerned with genre. The album draws from eleclectic influences, with industrial elements, pop sensabilities and moments that call back to Poppy’s surrealist roots with her signature uncanny, machine-like voice.
A little over 10 years ago, Poppy first made waves on YouTube with “uncanny valley” style videos that immediately sparked confusion, excitement and curiosity. In the years following, Poppy amassed a smorgasboard of multi-hyphenate titles that seem almost impossibly compatible; see her “variety host show” video below, a sci-fi graphic novel author and globetrotting recording artist whose songbook encompasses everything from bubblegum pop to death metal to experimental industrial soundscapes.
Tricky’s recently announced new album, Different When It’s Silent, his 15th studio album and first full-length release under his own name in six years, is out July 17th via False Idols.
The first single, “Out Of Place”, featuring longtime collaborator Marta Zlakowska, pairs Marta’s restrained vocal with Tricky’s urgent, almost punk-like delivery. The contrast between the two creates a dynamic finale that captures the album’s stripped-back intensity, and is a powerful closing moment for the record. Originally written for Marta’s own album, Tricky ultimately reclaimed “Out Of Place” for Different When It’s Silent.
Across fourteen tracks, Tricky blends skeletal blues, brooding electronics, distorted guitars and stark hip-hop rhythms into a sound that feels both stripped-back and expansive. The album moves fluidly across styles while maintaining the restless experimentation that has defined his work for more than three decades.
The songs of Hovvdy’s Big World find the duo trading in overt emotional directness for subject matter that leans enigmatic, contemplating their place in the world through a mosaic of songs that sees the band at their most secure and self-aware.
Since 2024’s Hovvdy, the band’s most expansive album to date, which earned them the coveted Best New Album distinction from Pitchfork, both Martin and Taylor have become published songwriters in their new home of Nashville – a career development that heavily informed their approach to making Big World. “The last record felt like such a generous offering: a double-album, deeply personal, you can literally hear me crying on some songs,” says Martin. “With this one, we wanted to take on the challenge of making something more concise and to the point, and give the fans something that feels like a shorter but more exciting ride.”
Over a handful of recording sessions between Nashville and Asheville in fall 2025, Martin and Taylor adopted a recording approach that was new for them as a band: coming to the sessions only with instrumentals rather than fully-drafted demos, choosing to write and respond to the songs in real time. “When it comes to the music, there’s literally never questions between Charlie and me, only answers,” says Taylor. “We can always show up and not have to worry about the music, and that continues to amaze me.”
Disciples of planet Earth’s rock deities, space-time voyagers Klek and Khn de Poitrine gaze in wonder at hot dogs, pyramids and rock music in all its glorious excess. Asymmetrical and dissonant, Angine de Poitrine’s music makes hearts race and bodies move with ecstatic abandon.
Through tight, pulsing drum grooves and intricate tangels of double-neck microtonal guitar, the band summons swirling vortices of hypnotic sound and vision. Since the release of Vol. 1 in 2024, the duo is in the eye of an ever-growing storm of enthusiasm from audiences, critics and the music industry’s main actor. Andine de Poitrine are simply thrilled to play rock ‘n’ roll.
About their latest release: Vol. 2: Repetition. Isn’t that the very essence of loop-based music? Hell no! A brisk, high-voltage album, Vol. 2 stretches the boundaries of the genre with even bolder, more dynamic structures. Its humor lies in the details, waiting to be decoded! Once again, three essential forces fuel the inspiration of the duo: acid techno, disco, and rock.
About Mata Zyklek: Driven by the rumble of the fifth and a breakneck tempo that exudes urgency, Mata Zyklek delivers a wild ride full of twists and turns. It unfolds like the parody of a low-budget Hollywood action scene, where the hero escapes the villains on a dirtbike.
