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September 18, 2025
Car Culture shares new single + new album 'Rest Here' due October 9th via NAFF Recordings
CAR CULTURE SHARES NEW SINGLE
CHECK OUT “IS LOVE KNOWING” NOW
NEW ALBUM REST HERE OUT OCTOBER 9TH
VIA NAFF RECORDINGS
Car Culture by Ganem Haiek
“Is Love Knowing”
LISTEN: https://naff.ffm.to/isloveknowing
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLfv0Ri9kQ
Rest Here
PRE-ORDER / SAVE: https://naff.ffm.to/resthere
(September 18, 2025) - On the heels of the announcement of his new album Rest Here, New Jersey born, Queens based artist Car Culture, the alias of Daniel Fisher (best known as Physical Therapy), shares the new offering from the project with “Is Love Knowing.” Swirling with guitar loops, piano and ethereal production, the tranquil track unveils more of what lives on the anticipated new album. The new song follows the previously shared track “Rest Here,” which arrived alongside the album announcement and with a visualizer. Rest Here will be released on October 9th via NAFF Recordings and was recently included in New York Magazine’s 17 Albums We Can’t Wait To Hear This Fall, who described the album as “a trippy, blissful album by his [Daniel Fisher’s] impressionistally psychedelic alter ego.”
Exemplifying Fisher’s wide ranging approach to production, Rest Here plays like a well-worn mixtape: ranging from fuzzy dream pop to hypnotic downtempo. The album represents an evolution for Fisher, known for his long and winding discography of dance music releases; while earlier works often touched on the emotive and melodic, Rest Here moves firmly into songwriting territory, with the addition of live instrumentation and a focus on vocals. Fisher has always approached his projects with a talent for world-building and on Rest Here, he constructs something tender and captivating. The album follows this summer’s Nothingburger EP on NAFF, which included album tracks “Coping Mechanism” and “Nothingburger,” along with two reimaginings from Purelink and Hotline TNT respectively. Purchase the Nothingburger EP on vinyl HERE.
Constructed over the course of 3 years between New York and Montreal alongside a cast of collaborators – mainly long-time friend Patrick Holland – layers of guitars, drums and samples come together to build a heartsick wall of sound. These emotionally and sonically dense songs inhabit a familiar place for Fisher, somewhere between brain-rotted cognitive dissonance and tear jerking sentimentality. Warm psychedelic shoe-wave primed for emotional projection. Rest Here features Fisher’s own vocals as well as Chicago’s Squirrel Flower and London’s Ms Ray. The project also includes contributions from NAFF label co-founder Priori, and New York’s J. Albert. The album was mixed by Patrick Holland and mastered by Matt Colton. Cover Photo by Ganem Haiek with artwork and design by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier.
Fisher will embark on his first ever live tour, which kicks off with a release party thrown by NAFF and presented by Nina Protocol at Nowadays in New York City on October 16. Additional live dates in Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, London, Berlin and Milan will follow, see full list of upcoming shows below.
Over the course of the last 15 years, Fisher has had a prolific, zig-zagging career, releasing genre-agnostic music under a number of aliases, often on his own Allergy Season label. From his first EP on the ground breaking label Hippos In Tanks, Fisher has continually created surprising, playful electronic music. Through his DJ sets around the globe and his long running NTS Radio show, Fisher manages to weave these many threads together.
As Car Culture, Fisher brings focus to his sentimental side. In the fan-favorite Remissions mix series, he collages fuzzy folktronica, found sounds and unexpected edits into foot-gazing narratives. His productions as Car Culture are sometimes serene, sometimes heart wrenching. Zoom out and you hear tranquilizing electronica, zoom in and you find soulful songwriting. Fisher released his first LP as Car Culture, Dead Rock, in 2021, referred to by Resident Advisor as “[one of] the great ambient records to emerge from the Brooklyn-Queens techno scene.”
Check out “Is Love Knowing” and pre-order / save Rest Here above, see upcoming live dates and full album details below, and stay tuned for more from Car Culture coming soon.
Upcoming Live Dates
* = Car Culture live shows
9/27 - New York, NY
9/28 - San Francisco, CA
10/16 - New York, NY*
11/13 - Miami, FL*
11/29 - McAllen, TX
12/3 - Milan, IT*
12/6 - Berlin, DE
12/13 - London, UK
AFTER NEARLY TWO DECADES MADONNA RETURNS TO WARNER RECORDS FOR HER HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW DANCE ALBUM DUE OUT IN 2026
AFTER NEARLY TWO DECADES AWAY, MADONNA RETURNS TO WARNER RECORDS!
THE BEST-SELLING FEMALE RECORDING ARTIST OF ALL TIME
SIGNS WITH WARNER RECORDS, HER HOME FOR THE FIRST 25 YEARS
OF HER UNPARALLELED CAREER
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW DANCE ALBUM DUE OUT IN 2026
(Photo credit: Ricardo Gomes)
(September 18, 2025 - Los Angeles, CA) Today, it was announced after nearly two decades since she departed from the label, Madonna, the best-selling female artist of all time, has signed with Warner Records for her highly anticipated, upcoming new dance album. This is a return home for the seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner since Warner Records served as Madonna’s label for the first 25 years of her career.
“From being a struggling artist in New York City to signing a record deal to release just three singles it seemed at the time my world would never be the same again and in fact that couldn’t have been truer. Since the beginning Warner Records has been a real partner with me. I am happy to be reunited and look forward to the future, making music, doing the unexpected while perhaps provoking a few needed conversations” Madonna expressed regarding the new deal.
"We are honored to welcome Madonna back home to Warner Records. Madonna isn’t just an artist—she’s the blueprint, the rule-breaker, the ultimate cultural juggernaut. For decades, she has not only defined the sound of global pop music but also reshaped culture itself with her vision, innovation, and fearless artistry," said Tom Corson and Aaron Bay-Schuck, co-Chairmen of Warner Records. "This signing represents a historic, full circle moment, one that brings her back to the label where it all began and reaffirms her unparalleled influence, setting the stage for an exciting new era of creativity and impact.”
Time goes by so slowly as the Queen of the Dance Floor is set to return with a new album in 2026; Madonna’s first studio album in seven years. She reunites with award-winning producer, songwriter and DJ Stuart Price, for the follow up to her acclaimed Confessions on a Dance Floor. Upon release, Confessions on a Dance Floor didn’t just deliver multiple hit singles - it ignited the global dance world and redefined dance-pop music once again. As a true cultural supernova, Madonna reinforced her unmatched ability to spark both musical revolutions and cultural transformations.
About Madonna
Madonna is the most influential and successful female artist in music history, with a career spanning over four decades. A cultural trailblazer, she has continually pushed boundaries through her artistry, songwriting, reinventions, and fearless self-expression. Since the release of her self-titled debut album in 1983, Madonna has sold over 400 million records worldwide, landing her as the best-selling female recording artist of all time in the Guinness Book of World Records. Her cutting-edge music videos, and unmatched live performances have set the standard, shaped pop culture for generations and solidified Madonna as one of the highest-grossing solo touring acts in history. Throughout her career Madonna has been lauded as a visionary earning seven Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, as well as a place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame among countless other honors.
Public Enemy Announces Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025 on CD, Vinyl & 3 Variants
“BLACK SKY OVER THE PROJECTS: APARTMENT 2025”
INCLUDING THREE EXCLUSIVE VINYL VARIANTS
ALL WILL BE AVAILABLE OCTOBER 10
[CD] [Vinyl]
Hip-hop pioneers and cultural icons Public Enemy announce the October 10th physical release of their first album in 5 years, “Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025,” following its surprise digital release in June. The album will now be available in both CD and vinyl formats, including three exclusive vinyl variants: “Earth” (Barnes & Noble/Natural Black Swirl Opaque Mix vinyl), “Wind” (MVDShop.com/Light Gray Marble Opaque Mix vinyl, Exclusive Artist-Signed Edition), and “Fire” (Zia Records/Blood Orange Opaque Mix vinyl). Pre-order the CD HERE and the vinyl HERE.On “Black Sky Over the Projects,” Chuck D’s lyrical firepower and the inimitable Flavor Flav fearlessly call out the ills that plague society, politics, corporations and even ourselves while challenging us to do better. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award winners also celebrate the power of music itself, with tracks like “Here Come The Drums,” the ebullient love letter to hip-hop, “Get Down,” and the single, “March Madness.” Earlier this summer, the group released the playfully surreal video to “Sexegenarian Vape.”
“This album is a give-back to all of our fans with gratitude and appreciation,” says Chuck D, “we see and appreciate you.” “We’re bringing our beats to the world with this album,” adds Flavor Flav. Public Enemy’s classic albums are the soundtrack to hip-hop’s rise as social and political commentary. Their debut record,”Yo! Bum Rush The Show,” was named Album of the Year by NME, with Rolling Stone declaring that the release “heralded hip-hop’s great leap forward” and The New York Times calling Public Enemy “the voice of a community.”
Their sophomore effort, 1988’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back,” is one of the most important records ever made and was named to The New York Times list of 25 Most Significant Albums of the Last Century. “Fear of a Black Planet” featured Public Enemy’s signature song, “Fight The Power,” used by Spike Lee in his film “Do The Right Thing.” The album also included the powerful “911 Is a Joke” and “Welcome To The Terrordome.” “Apocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Black” carried on the group’s legacy, reaching #4 on the album chart and going platinum. The record included “By the Time I Get To Arizona,” demanding that America confront race relations after the state’s governor refused to recognize the new Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday. In 2012, Public Enemy’s “Harder Than You Think” went to #1 on the UK urban and indie singles chart and to #4 on the official UK singles chart, their tenth Top 40 hit in England and their highest charting single ever.
By 2020, Public Enemy were tapped to open the BET Awards with a remix of “Fight The Power,” where they were joined by Nas, Rapsody, The Roots, YG and Jahi in a fiery protest against the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others at the hands of police officers. The critically acclaimed album, “What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down,” was released that year on Def Jam and featured guest performances by the Beastie Boys’ Mike D and Ad-Rock, George Clinton, Cypress Hill, Ice-T, PMD, Run-DMC and more.
Pre-order the CD on Amazon here: https://a.co/d/4ZiHe8rPre-order the vinyl on Amazon here: https://a.co/d/adYbAHr
Variants:Pre-order “Earth” (Barnes & Noble/Natural Black Swirl Opaque Mix vinyl)
Pre-order “Wind” (MVDShop.com/Light Gray Marble Opaque Mix vinyl, Exclusive Artist-Signed Edition)Pre-order “Fire” (Zia Records/Blood Orange Opaque Mix vinyl)
### Track Listing:1. SIICK (Produced by C-Doc & M-Rok for The Beat Raiders)2. CONFUSION (HERE COME THE DRUMS) (Produced by Felony Muzik)3. WHAT EYE SAID (Produced by C-Doc for DefBeat Posse Productions, ID!)4. C’MON GET DOWN (Produced by Felony Muzik)5. EVIL WAY (Produced by Carl Ryder & JP Hesser)6. SEXEGENARIAN VAPE (Produced by C-Doc for DefBeat Posse Productions, ID!)7. MESSY HENS (Produced by Sam Farrar, Additional Production by Carl Ryder)8. FOOLS FOOL FOOLS (Produced by C-Doc for DefBeat Posse Productions, ID!)9. …THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN… (Produced by Sam Hollander & Grant Michaels)10. AGEISM (Produced by C-Doc for DefBeat Posse Productions, ID!)11. PUBLIC ENEMY COMIN THROOOOO (Produced by Felony Muzik)12. MARCH MADNESS (Produced by Nigel Sanders, Additional Production by Sam Hollander)
Executive Producers:Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Lorrie “The LBX” Boula, Rhiannon Rae Ellis
Dale Bozzio Talks Missing Persons, Zappa, Fame And Resilience With Pirate Radio Cleopatra
Los Angeles, California: Cleopatra Records’ twice monthly Pirate Radio Cleopatra is back with a new Vintage Interviews special, this time featuring Missing Persons vocalist Dale Bozzio. Still active more than 40 years after Missing Persons erupted onto the scene with a seemingly endless succession of monster hit singles, Dale reflects not only upon that band’s success, but also her earlier career alongside Frank Zappa - a friendship, she tells us, that began when she broke into one of his live shows in 1972. She discusses, too, the demands placed upon the band by the fast-changing nature of the early 1980s music scene… Missing Persons were part of that generation for whom simply making records and playing concerts was only the beginning. Now, she laughs, they were expected to be movie stars as well, as MTV rose to prominence, and video established itself as the industry’s promo tool of choice. Still touring and recording, still appearing under the Missing Persons name, Dale was long ago proclaimed an 80s legend. Her recent recordings, however, prove that she is so much more, and alongside such first-time-around-ers as “Destination Unknown,” “Walking In L.A.” and “Words,” we also hear energetic cuts from the albums New Wave Sessions (2007), Missing In Action (2014), Dreaming (2020) and Hollywood Lie (2023), and some startling cover versions, too. Listen now! Cleorecs.com Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/CleopatraRec... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMEtm... And wherever you get your podcasts. Launched in fall 2024, some two dozen episodes of Pirate Radio Cleopatra are now available, including the marathon four part Gothic Top 100, the Reggae Top 25 and specials dedicated to Thor, Melanie and Pat Travers. In addition, Pirate Radio Cleopatra will be hitting the road next month., as the Pirate Radio Cleopatra Roadshow touches down at Rainbow Records in Newark, Delaware, on Sunday October 5.
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Anna von Hausswolff releases "Facing Atlas" single, new album on YEAR0001 ft Ethel Cain, Iggy Pop, Abul Mogard & more out Oct 31
Anna von Hausswolff Releases New Single “Facing Atlas”
ICONOCLASTS Album Out October 31 via YEAR0001
Photos By Philip Svensson
On “Facing Atlas”, Swedish Musician and composer Anna von Hausswolff’s breaks open the gates into a warm sound world. Her ethereal vocals meld with echoing drums, a murmuring church organ alongside reverberating guitars and a swirling saxophone as she herself becomes one figure in this fluttering aural space. “‘Facing Atlas’ is about the risks of commitment; to be bound to something until you no longer feel control over yourself and your direction in life. A destiny can feel like a prison if it's not chosen by heart's desire,” von Hausswolff reveals.
It’s the latest single from her forthcoming album ICONOCLASTS due October 31 via YEAR0001, her first with the label. Throughout the years von Hausswolff’s releases cemented her as an artist of unpredictable and vast creativity – always moving forward, always fusing tradition with experimentation in unimaginable ways. On ICONOCLASTS, her sound evolves again, bringing a poppier and more vibrant element to her moving songs. Produced by von Hausswolff and longtime collaborator Filip Leyman, it is an opus of stirring movement, anthemic ritualism, and maximalist composition, marking a new chapter in von Hausswolff's music and featuring appearances from Ethel Cain, Abul Mogard, Iggy Pop and Maria von Hausswolff.
Listen / Share / Playlist “Facing Atlas”
Anna von Hausswolff and Iggy Pop Discuss “The Whole Woman”
& More for Interview Magazine
ICONOCLASTS begins with brass heralding out, beckoning listeners into the boundless story that is about to unfold. From this, the groundwork is set for an album of blistering, mounting tension and hard-fought, euphoric release. Addressing themes of love, freedom, and autonomy, its title, ICONOCLASTS, hints at a shattering and reimagining of the sacred personal symbols that bubble under the surface of contemporary life: commitment, time, dependency, and belief.
In this pursuit, von Hausswolff chooses Atlas—he who carries the world's weight upon his shoulders—as a sympathetic character. How does one find the strength to prevent collapsing in these trying moments? For von Hausswolff, it is the pursuit of the divine. She finds inspiration in the fears and contradictions that arise when one is faced with monolithic power structures and concepts. The songs on ICONOCLASTS transform these uncertain feelings into kindling for the creation of sonic bonfires of immense scale. Von Hausswolff sows her songs in the borderlands between the gargantuan and the intimate, and it is the ashes of these demolished symbols that fertilise its grounds for new possibilities.
On ICONOCLASTS, her ensemble is expanded to include the virtuoso saxophonist Otis Sandsjö, who brings his saxophone trills to the core of the record. With a magnetic power, her voice pulls the listener closer, offering glimpses into an emotive world of secrets and madness, of heartbreak and desire, of beauty and life. Although pushing towards new sonic territory, ICONOCLASTS features all of the signature qualities of a von Hausswolff release: mammoth intensity, crystalline iridescence, and lustrous dynamism.
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Iconoclasts Tracklist:
01. The Beast (03:11)
02. Facing Atlas (04:53)
03. The Iconoclast (11:14)
04. The Whole Woman feat. Iggy Pop (04:18)
05. The Mouth (07:12)
06. Stardust (06:46)
07. Aging Young Women feat. Ethel Cain (04:01)
08. Consensual Neglect (04:58)
09. Struggle With the Beast (08:44)
10. An Ocean of Time feat. Abul Mogard (07:57)
11. Unconditional Love feat. Maria von Hausswolff (07:01)
12. Rising Legends (02:35)
Collabs 3000 Announce 20th Anniversary Edition Of 'Metalism' || Out 11/14 On NovaMute
COLLABS 3000
CHRIS LIEBING & SPEEDY J
TECHNO TITANS SHARE THEIR FIRST
COLLABORATION IN NEARLY TWO DECADES
ANNOUNCE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
OF THEIR CLASSIC ALBUM METALISM
LISTEN TO “2025 PT. 1”
Collabs 3000, Chris Liebing & Speedy J (aka Jochem Paap), announce the 20th Anniversary Edition of their smoldering collision of techno rhythms and sonic abstraction, Metalism and the release of tracks from their first collaboration in nearly two decades. Metalism will be available on vinyl (for the first time) and on CD and digitally – both with the original artwork by The Designers Republic - on November 14th via NovaMute. That will be preceded by the 2025 EP, available now on vinyl (limited edition of 500), with the digital following on November 7th, via NovaMute.
The 2025 EP kicks off with “Zwart,” a track of driving kaleidoscopic techno burrowing deep into your brain and limbs, and “Spiegeling,” where propulsive techno rhythms, and minimal ricocheting melodies coalesce for this essential dancefloor track. Both cuts offer a tantalizing glimpse of what these two Techno titans have been creating nearly 25 years after they originally joined forces for Collabs 3000. Artwork for the EP is a playful nod to “Comedian,” Maurizio Cattelan’s controversial conceptual artwork and references the duo’s “bass banana,” which is passed between them to signal whose turn it is to lead the beats.
Listen to “2025 PT. 1” HERE.
Pre-order Metalism (20th Anniversary Edition) HERE.
Techno innovators, Chris Liebing & Speedy J, began their Collabs 3000 project in 2001, at Frankfurt’s notorious U60311 club. Liebing and Paap, already key players in the European Techno scene, performed an off-the-cuff set that saw Liebing mixing out of a Speedy J live set and Speedy J bouncing off Liebing’s selections behind the deck, creating an utterly unique set.
Soon after that set, the pair recorded at Paap’s studio in Rotterdam for a release for Speedy J’s celebrated collaborative series on NovaMute, Collabs. The resulting 12” helped to define the sound of early ‘00s Techno and their chemistry in the studio meant that they soon reconvened to record an album, Metalism.
The 20th Anniversary edition of Metalism has been remastered by Chris Liebing and comes housed in the original art by The Designers Republic. The eleven relentless, layered tracks that move from brutal tough drums and dancefloor bound techno to more experimental meanderings, combine the pair’s mastery of subversive electronics and peak time techno and have lost none of their sheer power in the intervening years.
The 20th Anniversary Edition of Metalism is available on double vinyl, CD and digitally on November 14th via NovaMute. Pre-order it HERE.
2025 EP is out now on limited vinyl and out digitally on November 7th via NovaMute. Pre-save it HERE.
2025 EP art:
Track listing:
1. Zwart
2. Spiegeling
3. Strum
4. Galude
Track listing:
1. Lego (2025 Remaster)2. Modish Ride (2025 Remaster)
3. Triflon (2025 Remaster)
4. Hilt (2025 Remaster)
5. Tunox (2025 Remaster)
6. Acid Trezcore (2025 Remaster)
7. Cream 3 (2025 Remaster)
8. Eventide (2025 Remaster)
9. Lava (2025 Remaster)
10. Assault (2025 Remaster)
Chris Liebing is a techno pioneer, label head (his label, CLR, has been active since 1999), podcast curator, producer and DJ with a formidable reputation for pummelling techno sets over three decades. His desire to challenge himself and his audience has found him exploring technology, both in his DJ and studio set up and with the CLR podcast, a fixture long before the medium became ubiquitous. At the same time, he has probed multiple sides of his creativity, recording two acclaimed albums for Mute that highlight a more meditative and melodic dimension of his work.
Speedy J, aka Jochem Paap, is a pioneering techno DJ who, since the early ‘90s, has been instrumental in defining European Techno. His debut album, Ginger (Warp / Plus 8, 1993) is considered one of the first IDM albums and since then, he has created an expansive catalogue of work that transcends genre pigeonholes. His own label, Electric Deluxe, launched in 2008 and recent work has included the acclaimed experimental collaboration with Surgeon, recorded at his STOOR lab in Rotterdam.
SPIRITUAL CRAMP DROP NEW SONG
SPIRITUAL CRAMP DROP “AUTOMATIC” FROM FORTHCOMING RUDE
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ON SALE NOW
ANNOUNCED AS SUPPORT ON UPCOMING THE HIVES EU/UK TOUR
Photo Credit: Sarah Davis
Cut in the spirit of hooky punks like the Ramones and the Hives, the San Francisco quintet Spiritual Cramp winks and swaggers - THE NEW YORK TIMES
an absolute stomper - STEREOGUM
San Francisco punks Spiritual Cramp have released “Automatic,” the final single from their forthcoming sophomore album RUDE, out October 24th. With Clash-indebted guitars, neon dance-punk swagger, and a Killers-esque soaring chorus, “Automatic” gleams with pop appeal while staying true to the punk foundation the band has built its name on. It follows “Young Offenders,”and “At My Funeral.”
The band also announced a 24-date North American tour in support of the album. Presented by Alternative Press Magazine, the run kicks off February 17th in San Diego and hits Austin, DC, Brooklyn, Toronto, Cleveland, and more before wrapping March 21st with a hometown show in San Francisco at Great American Music Hall. Tickets are on sale now. Prior to the US tour the band will head to the UK and EU for the third time this year for dates with The Hives.
Produced by Grammy Award-winner John Congleton, mixed by Carlos de la Garza, and featuring a duet with Sharon Van Etten, the album marks a major level-up for the band. After perfecting their kaleidoscopic take on punk across a handful of EPs and one album, they’ve entered a new era—expanding songwriting duties across the entire group, a role previously led by vocalist Michael Bingham and bassist Michael Fenton. The result is ecstatic and expansive, blending new wave burn, indie rock swagger, old-school punk, and even dub and hip-hop flourishes.
Spiritual Cramp Tour Dates
02/17/2026 - San Diego, CA - Soma Side Stage
02/18/2026 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
02/20/2026 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
02/21/2026 - Austin, TX - 29th Street Ballroom
02/22/2026 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
02/24/2026 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
02/25/2026 - Nashville, TN - The Blue Room At Third Man
02/27/2026 - Washington, DC - Atlantis
02/28/2026 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
03/01/2026 - Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA
03/03/2026 - Boston, MA - Sinclair
03/05/2026 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Electriques
03/06/2026 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
03/07/2026 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
03/08/2026 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
03/10/2026 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
03/11/2026 - Kansas City, MO - Recordbar
03/13/2026 - Denver, CO - Marquis
03/14/2026 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
03/16/2026 - Portland, OR - Polaris Hall
03/17/2026 - Vancouver, BC - Wise Hall
03/18/2026 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
03/20/2026 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
03/21/2026 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
SWANS @ Lodge Room Highland Park WED Sept 17th 2025 // THE PORTABLE INFINITE
All photos taken by Alexander Laurence
September 17, 2025
BOB DYLAN’S BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 18: THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW, 1956-1963 OUT OCTOBER 31
album artworkSeptember 17, 2025—Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 on October 31, 2025. Preorders begin today here. A preview of a song from the album, “Rocks and Gravel” is available today here.Through The Open Window tells the story of Dylan’s emergence and maturation as a songwriter and performer, from Minnesota to the Greenwich Village bohemia in the early 1960s. Arriving amidst a global resurgence in appreciation for Dylan, the collection includes rare Columbia Records outtakes, recordings made at club dates, in tiny informal gatherings, in friends’ apartments, and at jam sessions in long-gone musicians’ hangouts. Many of the recordings are exceedingly rare; others have never been presented in any form.The box set is a unique account of Dylan’s early years, when he honed his talent, and transformed traditional folk songs and lyric sketches into some of his greatest and most enduring songs, including “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” It concludes with a previously unreleased recording, in its entirety, of Dylan’s landmark concert at Carnegie Hall on October 26, 1963. A culmination of Dylan’s exceptional early rise, that concert also marked the end of the beginning of Dylan’s long career. “Of that time and those places, this collection is just a fragment,” writes author and historian Sean Wilentz in his 125-page liner notes essay. “Even so, as an aural record of an artist becoming himself—or in Dylan’s case, his first of many artistic selves—the collection aims to collapse time and space, not as a nostalgic reverie but as a living connection between the past and the present, the old and the new, which are never as distinct as we might think.”The 8CD Deluxe set includes 139 tracks – 48 never-before released performances, as well as 38 super-rare cuts plus a hardcover book with extensive liner notes by Sean Wilentz and over 100 rare photographs. The 2CD and 4LP highlight editions include 42 tracks.TRACKLIST BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 18: THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW, 1956-1963 Disc 11. Let the Good Times RollDecember 24, 1956 – Terlinde Music Shop, St. Paul, MN2. I Got a New GirlMay 1959 – Home of Ric Kangas, Hibbing, MN3. San Francisco Bay Blues4. Jesus ChristSeptember 1960 – Home of Bob Dylan, Minneapolis, MN5. East Virginia Blues6. K.C. Moan7. Hard Travelin’Late 1960 – Madison, WI8. Pastures of Plenty9. Remember MeFebruary 1961 – Home of Bob and Sid Gleason, East Orange, NJ10. Song to Woody11. Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre BluesSeptember 6, 1961 – The Gaslight Cafe, NYC12. Ain’t No GraveSummer 1961 – Home of Mell and Lillian Bailey, NYC13. I Ain’t Got No HomeMay 13, 1961 – Coffman Theater, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN14. Death Don’t Have No Mercy15. Devilish MaryMay 1961 – Minneapolis, MN16. Introduction: Riverside Church17. Handsome MollyJuly 29, 1961 – Saturday of Folk Music (WRVR-FM), Riverside Church, NYC18. Introduction: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean19. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean20. The Girl I Left Behind21. Introduction: Pretty Boy Floyd22. Pretty Boy Floyd23. Railroading on the Great DivideOctober 1, 1961 – Gerdes Folk City, NYC24. Introduction: Fixin’ to Die25. Fixin’ to Die1961 – Folklore Center, NYC26. I’ll Fly Away – Take 1 (Alternate Take)*September 29, 1961 – Carolyn Hester sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYCDisc 21. Introduction: In the Pines2. In the Pines3. Gospel Plow4. Introduction: Young But Daily Growing5. Young But Daily Growing6. Man on the Street7. This Land Is Your Land*8. Pretty PollyNovember 4, 1961 – Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC9. man of constant sorrow – Rehearsal (Alternate Take, Nov 20, 1961)10. HOUSE CARPENTER – Take 1 (Outtake, Nov 22, 1961)*11. YOU’RE NO GOOD – Take 2 with Take 6 Insert (Alternate Take, Nov 20, 1961)12. HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE – Take 2 (Outtake, Nov 20, 1961)*13. ramblin’ round – Take 2 (Outtake, Nov 22, 1961)*Bob Dylan sessions Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC14. Story: East Orange, New Jersey15. Stealin’16. Po’ Lazarus17. Dink’s Song*18. I Was Young When I Left Home*19. In the Evening20. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down21. CocaineDecember 22, 1961 – Home of Bonnie Beecher, Minneapolis, MNDisc 31. The Death of Emmett Till2. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 13. Roll On, John*4. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 25. Hard Times in New York TownBroadcast March 11, 1962 – Folksinger’s Choice, WBAI-FM Studios, NYC6. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid BluesMarch 1962 – Home of Mell and Lillian Bailey, NYC7. Ballad of Donald WhiteSeptember 20, 1962 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC8. Midnight Special – Rehearsals9. Midnight Special – Take 17 (Alternate Take)February 2, 1962 – The Midnight Special sessions, Webster Hall, NYC10. Wichita (Album Version)*11. It’s Dangerous (Album Version)*March 2, 1962 – Three Kings and the Queen and Kings and the Queen, Volume Two sessions, Cue Recording Studios, NYC12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance**13. Talkin’ New York**14. Corrina, Corrina*15. Deep Ellum Blues**16. Introduction: Blowin’ in the Wind17. Blowin’ in the Wind*April 16, 1962 – Gerdes Folk City, NYC18. Rambling, Gambling Willie – Take 3 (Outtake)**19. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle – Take 2 (Outtake)**April 24, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC20. Rocks and Gravel – Take 3 (Outtake)**April 25, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC21. Paths of Victory22. Train A-Travelin’ (Album Version)*October-December 1962 – Broadside Office, NYC23. Hiram Hubbard**24. Quit Your Low Down Ways**25. Let Me Die in My Footsteps**26. Ramblin’ on My Mind**27. Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)**July 2, 1962 – The Finjan, Montreal, CanadaDisc 41. Baby, Please Don’t Go – Take 3 (Outtake)**April 25, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC2. Worried Blues – Take 1 (Outtake)**3. Baby, I’m in the Mood for You – Take 4 (Outtake)**4. Bob Dylan’s Blues – Take 2 (Outtake)**July 9, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC5. Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time6. Tomorrow Is a Long Time7. This Land Is Your Land – The Last Verses8. Long Time GoneAugust 11, 1962 – Home of Dave Whitaker, Minneapolis, MN9. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall*10. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right*11. Barbara Allen*12. The Cuckoo*October 1962 – The Gaslight Cafe, NYC13. That’s All Right – Take 5 (Outtake)**October 26, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC14. Mixed-Up Confusion – Take 10 (Single Alternate Take)**November 1, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC15. Ballad of Hollis Brown – Take 2 (Outtake)**16. Kingsport Town – Take 2 (Outtake)*November 14, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC17. Whatcha Gonna Do? – Remake, Take 1 (Outtake)**18. Hero Blues – Take 4 (Outtake)**19. I Shall Be Free – Take 3 (Alternate Take)**December 6, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYCDisc 51. The Ballad of the Gliding SwanBroadcast January 13, 1963 – “Madhouse on Castle Street,” BBC-TV Studios, London, England2. Only a Hobo (Album Version)*3. John Brown (Album Version)*February 1963 – Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1 sessions, Folkways Studio, NYC4. All Over You**February 8, 1963 – NYC5. Oxford Town* (Demo)March 1963 – Witmark Studio, NYC6. Bob Dylan’s Dream*7. Introduction: Walls of Red Wing8. Walls of Red Wing**9. Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time10. Tomorrow Is a Long Time*11. Dusty Old Fairgrounds**12. Introduction: Pretty Peggy-O13. Pretty Peggy-O**14. Who Killed Davey Moore?**15. Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie*April 12, 1963 – Town Hall, NYC16. James Alley Blues**April 18, 1963 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC17. I Rode Out One Morning**April 19, 1963 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC18. House of the Rising Sun**April 18, 1963 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC19. Talkin’ World War III BluesApril 21, 1963 – Club 47, Cambridge, MA20. Masters of War – Take 6 (Alternate Take)21. Girl from the North Country – Take 4 (Alternate Take)April 24, 1963 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYCDisc 61. Introduction by Cordell Reagon2. Only a Pawn in Their Game3. Blowin’ in the WindJuly 6, 1963 – SNCC Voter Registration Rally, Greenwood, MS4. Eternal Circle5. Liverpool Gal6. West MemphisJuly 17, 1963 – Home of Tony Glover, Minneapolis, MN7. North Country Blues*8. With God on Our Side*July 27, 1963 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI9. Playboys and Playgirls*July 28, 1963 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI10. Blowin’ in the Wind*July 26, 1963 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI; Bob Dylan: vocals and guitar11. Slate: Boots of Spanish Leather12. Boots of Spanish Leather – Take 1 (Alternate Take)13. Seven Curses – Take 3 (Outtake)*14. Farewell – Take 5 (Outtake)*August 6, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC15. Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag – Remake, Take 3 (Outtake)August 7, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC16. Moonshiner – Remake, Take 1 (Outtake)*August 12, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC17. Introduction by Joan Baez18. Troubled and I Don’t Know Why*August 17, 1963 – Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC19. Introduction by Ossie Davis20. When the Ship Comes In**August 28, 1963 – March on Washington, Washington, D.C.21. The Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollSeptember 1963 – Home of Ben Shapiro, Los Angeles22. The Times They Are A-Changin’September 1963 – California23. One Too Many Mornings – Take 1 (Alternate Take)October 24, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC24. Key to the Highway – Take 1 (Outtake)October 23, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYCDisc 71. The Times They Are A-Changin’*2. Ballad of Hollis Brown*3. Introduction: Who Killed Davey Moore?4. Who Killed Davey Moore?*5. Boots of Spanish Leather*6. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues*7. Lay Down Your Weary Tune*8. Introduction: Blowin’ in the Wind9. Blowin’ in the Wind**10. Introduction: Percy’s Song11. Percy’s Song**12. Seven Curses**13. Walls of Red Wing**14. Introduction: North Country Blues15. North Country Blues*16. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall*October 26, 1963 – Carnegie Hall, NYCDisc 81. Talkin’ World War III Blues**2. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right**3. Story: Hootenanny Hoot4. With God on Our Side*5. Only a Pawn in Their Game**6. Introduction: Masters of War7. Masters of War*8. Introduction: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll9. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll*10. Introduction: When the Ship Comes In11. When the Ship Comes In*October 26, 1963 – Carnegie Hall, NYC * All tracks previously UNRELEASED unless otherwise noted** Previously released on 50th Anniversary Collection 1962 and The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 (Sony)www.bobdylan.com
Midlake Look Back At "Days Gone By" In Pensive Single and Sun-Soaked Music Video
MIDLAKE LOOK BACK AT “DAYS GONE BY”
WITH MEDITATIVE NEW SINGLE AND
SUN-SOAKED VISUAL
SPELLBINDING OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO STARS
EMMY AWARD-NOMINATED ACTOR JAMES LANCE (TED LASSO, BLACK MIRROR);
WITH CHOREOGRAPHY BY PHIL COGAN (HAMILTON)
– WATCH
EAGERLY AWAITED SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM, A BRIDGE TO FAR,
PRODUCED BY SAM EVIAN AND FEATURES SPECIAL GUEST VOCALS
FROM MADISON CUNNINGHAM, HANNAH COHEN, AND MEG LUI
A BRIDGE TO FAR ARRIVES VIA MIDLAKE RECORDS/BELIEVE
ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
PRE-ORDERS/PRE-SAVES AVAILABLE NOW
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Midlake have shared “Days Gone By,” the latest single from their eagerly awaited sixth studio album, A Bridge To Far. The deeply meditative track – which juxtaposes personal struggle with the eternal rhythm of the natural world – is joined by a spellbinding official music video premiering today on YouTube.
Directed by filmmaker Taylor McFadden and produced by Lavinia Jones Wright (co-founders of the production company I Play Different, whose mission is to center female-driven storytelling) and starring Emmy Award-nominated actor James Lance (Ted Lasso, Black Mirror, Toast of London) with choreography by Phil Cogan (Hamilton), the sun-soaked “Days Gone By” visual captures an end-of-summer ceremony – part celebration, part melancholy – where one man’s movement, from quiet contemplation to joyous exaltation, stirs the soul towards the ever changing nature of our existence.
“I saw Midlake play London’s Roundhouse in 2023,” says James Lance. “The communion between the band and the crowd was divine. The way Eric Pulido tenderly sang ‘Noble’, their ode to McKenzie Smith’s boy, so tenderly tipped me over the edge. It was love. I thought, Trent Crimm, the character I play in Ted Lasso, would be a Midlake fan so I bought a merch T-shirt for Trent to sport somewhere on the show. A little shout out... If you know Midlake, then you know, and Trent Crimm knows. A ripple of joy for Midlake fans and a friendship with McKenzie Smith began through voice notes on fatherhood, music, and everything else. One day, Midlake’s manager, Zach Hundley, kindly invited me to a Willie Nelson concert, where I met Taylor McFadden, our talented director of this video, and I found myself welcomed into this community of sweethearts. I remember thinking I’ve met my people. This all happened because of the love I felt swirling around The Roundhouse for a magical boy called Noble. This video is an invocation...a remembering to dance with the sun, and the moon and the skies.”
“For ‘Days Gone By’ we wanted to capture the feeling of making a choice to leave one life behind and opening yourself up to new possibilities,” says director Taylor McFadden. “We worked with choreographer Phil Colgan (Hamilton, & Juliet) to express the power of processing an emotional state through the body. The choreography pays homage to classics like Gene Kelly’s famous Singing in the Rain scene, a man so in love that he can’t help but dance through the streets of the city. We chose to film at a unique cross street in New York’s Lower East Side, with backdrops of an elevated subway train and the city skyline, a location that could complement the choreography while also acting as a metaphor for being at a crossroads in life. We chose to shoot on an iPhone to create a feeling of intimacy, capturing each movement up close and personal. We choreographed the camera and the dance to work in tandem with each other. Filming in one take allows the entire experience to be fully expressed without interruption. Due to the location and complexity of the choreography, we knew we had to work with natural light timed to the exact moment of the morning golden hour…the sun then became another character in our scene that we could work and play with in line with his movements. This piece is about self-expression, and allowing yourself to bare it all even in the most public of settings…that moving through the difficult moments can often lead us to a surprising new state of love and joy.”
LISTEN TO “DAYS GONE BY”
WATCH “DAYS GONE BY” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE A BRIDGE TO FAR
A Bridge To Far arrives via Midlake Records/Believe on Friday, November 7. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now. Produced by Sam Evian (Big Thief, Hannah Cohen, Cass McCombs) at The Echo Lab in Midlake’s hometown of Denton, TX, the album was first heralded earlier this summer with the acclaimed first single, “The Ghouls,” available everywhere now alongside an official music video streaming now at YouTube. Written during a period of uncertainty about the iconic psych-folk band’s future, the track was met by worldwide attention from such outlets as SPIN, UNCUT, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Dallas Observer, The Line of Best Fit, Americana UK, and FLOOD, the latter of which which hailed it as “a psych-rock collage built around skittering guitar melodies and a drum groove with so many ghost notes you might as well call it Casper.”
LISTEN TO “THE GHOULS”
WATCH “THE GHOULS” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
Midlake will celebrate the arrival of A Bridge To Far with a number of upcoming home state live dates, including a top-billed performance at Amarillo, TX’s Hoodoo Mural Festival (September 27) and exclusive headline shows at Austin, TX’s Central Machine Works (November 14) and Fort Worth, TX’s Tulips (November 15). Additional dates will be announced. For updates and ticket information, please visit midlakeband.com/tour.
MIDLAKE - LIVE 2025
SEPTEMBER
27 – Amarillo, TX - Hoodoo Mural Festival †
NOVEMBER
14 – Austin, TX - Central Machine Works
15 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips
22 – Los Angeles, CA – The Lodge Room
† FESTIVAL APPEARANCE
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