THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE shares new video "Sanguine". Debut self-titled album out now via The Leaf Label. UK/EU tour dates announced.

THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE - Share new video "Sanguine" - Debut self-titled album out now via The Leaf Label - UK/EU tour dates announced

Photo credit: Bella Keery Following the release of the debut self-titled album, which came recently on The Leaf Label, today The Sick Man of Europe shares new video for album standout track "Sanguine". The Sick Man of Europe is also set to play a headline London show at The George Tavern on July 8th with other dates to follow later this year.  On the track, The Sick Man of Europe said "'Sanguine’ touches on the idea of ‘self-realisation’. It occupies those moments where the fever dream shatters and every possible action seems wrong. Wracked with doubt – can the body shift towards an alternative?" "Sanguine" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/L39M0jVR320 "Sanguine" on other streaming services:  https://theleaflabel.net/thesickmanofeurope.OOW Emerging from London’s underground music scene, The Sick Man Of Europe is distinctly monochrome in its outlook. Each note counts in this climate – economical but played with absolute precision and conviction. Propelled forward by machines and seeking solace in repetition. The same fears. Looking for answers or something to believe in, but finding more questions in an age of absolutes.   The Sick Man Of Europe demo tape arrived in a brown manila envelope accompanied by a short typewritten letter. Information was limited but what was clear, from the name, the imagery and typography, right through to the music - the project arrived almost fully formed. Minimal, but with a strong eye for the right detail.   On the eponymous debut album, that eye is focussed firmly on the battle between the internal and the external; the tensions between human identity, technological advancement and the pursuit of meaning in the modern world. “Where does the machine end and humanity begin?” TSMOE asks. “Can we transform ourselves in an increasingly impersonal world? Every day we feel the pressure to adapt and fit in, but that’s often at odds with our need for solitude and self-reflection. That’s where this record comes from.”   The Sick Man Of Europe name connects the current post-Brexit landscape to the austerity of Thatcherite Britain and the social conditions that shaped the likes of Bauhaus and Joy Division. These are touchstones for TSMOE, but the influence and discipline of Neu!, Suicide and Swans are just as intrinsic to the sound. Produced as a reaction to previous musical projects, TSMOE was looking for clarity and complete control in its creative endeavours. It’s consciously anti-rock in its recorded approach - no low-end bass guitar, minimal effects and no live drums. Dedication to the craft of focussed song writing rather than attempting to follow current production trends. Lead single "Obsolete" was the first track produced under these self-imposed restrictions. “There’s nothing more human than the fear of the inevitable and we’re reminded of it everywhere we look,” TSMOE explains. “As the relentless pace of progress takes over, everything we’ve ever made is retired so quickly in the name of endless growth. At what point do we become obsolete?” The term ‘the sick man Of Europe’ has been associated with many nations over the years, having first been coined by Tsar Nicholas I to describe the Ottoman Empire in 1833, and has been used more recently as a label for the UK, Greece and Germany. It means something different depending on when and where you grew up, and the music of TSMOE holds that same ambiguous power. The debut album is a timely release as cold war maps are re-drawn and geopolitical tensions ramp up. TSMOE is a global citizen of an increasingly fractured world.       The Sick Man Of Europe will be released on black vinyl and as a limited edition of 300 on ‘Sanguine Red’ vinyl for sale through indie shops and on Bandcamp. The album follows the release of the Moderate Air Quality EP on cassette in February, and the EP tracks are included on the CD version of the album.   The Sick Man Of Europe accompanied Snapped Ankles on their recent UK tour, and will be performing widely over the course of this year with more dates to be announced soon. Tour dates: Tue 8 Jul - The George Tavern, London, UK Fri 25 Jul - Deer Shed Festival, North Yorkshire, UK Sat 2 Aug - Multitude Festival, Milton Keynes, UK Sat 30 Aug - Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester, UK Wed 1 Oct - The Attic, Leeds, UK Thu 2 Oct - The Golden Lion, Todmorden, UK Fri 3 Oct - The Flying Duck, Glasgow, UK Sat 4 Oct - Zerox, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Sat 18 Oct - Sŵn Festival, Cardiff, UK Thu 23 Oct - Left Of The Dial Festival, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS Sat 8 Nov - Simple Things Festival, Bristol, UK Quotes: “Blends pulsating motorik beats, nagging basslines and droning electronics into all-consuming atmospheres. Fronted by foreboding vocals that sit somewhere between Ian Curtis’ melancholic baritone and something more experimental, phrases are repeated over and over like mantras, slowly building in intensity until the words take on entirely new meanings” - Electronic Sound "The Sick Man Of Europe blend Krautrock aspects with charred remains of post-punk, tying this together by tapping into the UK’s current dystopian darkness" - CLASH "An eight-track album that commands your attention and keeps you there for all of its run" - When The Horn Blows "Precise, intense and experimental post-punk executed with confident conviction" - Soundsphere Magazine "A compelling musical manifesto" - NARC Links: Website Instagram Bluesky Facebook TikTok YouTube

Third Man announces Vault Pkg. #65: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 40th Anniversary Edition

THIRD MAN RECORDS ANNOUNCES VAULT PACKAGE #65: THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - PSYCHOCANDY 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION BOX SET INCLUDES 2xLP 45 RPM VERSION OF PSYCHOCANDY, A DETROIT LIVE RECORDING FROM 1987, AND A METALLIC GOLD 7” FEATURING “JESUS FUCK” B/W EARLY “JUST LIKE HONEY” DEMO SUBSCRIBE BY JULY 31, 2025 AT MIDNIGHT CDT TO RECEIVE THIS PACKAGE

Third Man Records is proud to announce the 65th installment in their long-running quarterly vinyl subscription service The Vault, The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 40th Anniversary Edition. Included in this set is a 2xLP version of Psychocandy cut at 45rpm, a live recording from St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit from 1987, and a metallic gold 7” featuring “Jesus Fuck" b/w an early (and previously unreleased) demo of “Just Like Honey.” Sign up is open now through July 31 at midnight CST. SIGN UP FOR THE THIRD MAN VAULT PROGRAM 1985: As the last detached murmurs of post-punk slowly crest into the earliest whispers of shoegaze, standing there in a world all their own, cutting a profile both unique and incomparable is The Jesus and Mary Chain. With equal influence gleaned from The Stooges and The Shangri-Las, The Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys, the band releases the unassailable godhead album, Psychocandy. In celebration of this recording, one of the most important and watershed albums of all time, Third Man Records is humbled to announce Psychocandy: 40th Anniversary Edition as the 65th release of their Vault quarterly subscription series. Anchoring this set is a 2xLP version of Psychocandy cut at 45rpm. It is not hyperbole to say this might be the loudest cut…not only of this record, but of any record…you will ever hear. The high speed treatment here affords the sonics a heretofore unseen clarity in the band’s utilization of controlled feedback. And such dynamic range! A record better-suited for this treatment you will struggle to find. Crank it loud and it just does not break up. Distortion has never sounded so clear. Cut by Warren Defever at Third Man Mastering using super high definition 192khz transfers of the original 1985 mix and featuring the classic JAMC line-up of Jim Reid, William Reid, Douglas Hart and Bobby Gillespie. Additionally, unearthed specifically for the anniversary is a crystalline live recording from St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit from 1987. Perfectly balanced with songs from Psychocandy and its equally as beautiful follow-up Darklands, two takes here (“Taste of Cindy” and “April Skies”) appeared as non-album b-sides in 1988, but the rest of the songs on this 2xLP swath are all previously unheard and absolutely mind-blowing in all the best of ways. Mixed back in the day by William Reid and Brian Young, from multitrack soundboard recordings.  The original album is packaged in a sumptuous two pocket, gatefold jacket housed in a slipcase and pressed on 180-gram psychocandy colored vinyl with the live discs on darkest black 180-gram vinyl and living in a classic double-wide spine single-pocket jacket. And the metaphorical cherry on top, the pairing of the the absolutely savage improvisational fan favorite “Jesus Fuck” with the wildly early (and previously unreleased) demo of “Just Like Honey.” These two songs, better than any, highlight the brilliant musical chiaroscuro of the Jesus and Mary Chain, the perfect tenuous blend of light and dark, unparalleled hypnotic pop melody and bombastic overdriven feedback noise. Pressed on metallic gold vinyl, this 7-inch quintessentially captures the contrasting beauty of what makes this band so groundbreaking. Sign up now through midnight central time July 31st only at www.thirdmanrecords.com/vault.

The Jesus And Mary Chain Psychocandy: 40th Anniversary Edition (4xLP / 1 x 7-inch) SIDE ONE - PSYCHOCANDY Just Like Honey The Living End Taste The Floor  SIDE TWO - PSYCHOCANDY The Hardest Walk Cut Dead In A Hole Taste Of Cindy SIDE THREE - PSYCHOCANDY Never Understand Inside Me Sowing Seeds My Little Underground SIDE FOUR - PSYCHOCANDY You Trip Me Up Something’s Wrong It’s So Hard JIM REID: VOCALS, GUITAR WILLIAM REID: GUITAR, VOCALS DOUGLAS HART: BASS BOBBY GILLESPIE: DRUMS SIDE FIVE - Live in Detroit November 20th, 1987 In A Hole (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Fall (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Happy When It Rains (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Cherry Came Too (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SIDE SIX - Live in Detroit November 20th, 1987 Just Like Honey (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED The Hardest Walk (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED April Skies (live) The Living End (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Taste Of Cindy (live) SIDE SEVEN - Live in Detroit November 20th, 1987 Nine Million Rainy Days (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Down On Me (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED You Trip Me Up (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SIDE EIGHT - Live in Detroit November 20th, 1987 Kill Surf City (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Who Do You Love (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED JIM REID: VOCALS, GUITAR WILLIAM REID: GUITAR, VOCALS DOUGLAS HART: BASS DAVE EVANS: GUITAR BONUS 7-INCH SIDE 1 Jesus Fuck (LIVE @ MELKWEG, AMSTERDAM March 9th, 1985) PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED JIM REID: VOCALS, GUITAR WILLIAM REID: GUITAR, VOCALS DOUGLAS HART: BASS BOBBY GILLESPIE: DRUMS SIDE 2 Just Like Honey (EARLY DEMO) PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED JIM REID: VOCALS, GUITAR WILLIAM REID: GUITAR, VOCALS KAREN PARKER: VOCALS

Kacy Hill Announces 'But Anyway, No Worries!' EP + Shares New Single "The Garden"

KACY HILL ANNOUNCES BUT ANYWAY, NO WORRIES! EP OUT AUGUST 27 VIA NETTWERK SHARES NEW SINGLE “THE GARDEN” PERFORMING AT AMERICANAFEST IN SEPTEMBER LISTEN HERE

Photo Credit: Lauren Dunn    “A complete left-turn, it is so incredibly competent, beautiful, and fully embodied.” - NPR “Sounds like watching sunsets at a creek, with its wisps of pedal steel and twangy guitar.” - The FADER “This genre pivot is a treat for the ears, delivering a gorgeous americana-folk soundscape.” - Ones To Watch “The laid-back record boasts a soothing melody and sweet lyrics balanced by Hill’s airy vocals.” - UPROXX “The falsetto is airy but still packs a punch, floating above the instrumental like a lone cloud on a sunny day.” - FLOOD     July 1, 2025 – Acclaimed Phoenix-born, LA-based singer-songwriter Kacy Hill has announced her forthcoming EP, But Anyway, No Worries!, out August 27 via Nettwerk. Accompanying the announcement is the new single “The Garden,” co-written with Tofer Brown (Jon Pardi, Lady Antebellum) and produced by Tommy King (HAIM, RAYE) and Paul Cartwright (Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo).   “The Garden” is an emotionally-charged meditation on heartbreak, memory, and renewal. The track weaves Hill’s crystalline vocals through a lush, organic arrangement of fingerpicked guitar, melancholic strings, and subtle atmospheric textures. Lyrically, “The Garden” explores the visceral aftermath of a breakup, using the imagery of a once-tended backyard garden now left behind as a symbol of love lost and the lingering ache of absence. Hill’s delivery is soft yet aching, rooted in restraint, evoking both quiet devastation and the slow process of emotional regrowth.   Sharing the origin of the song, Hill explains, “‘The Garden’ was written in my darkest days after a breakup, after I had moved all my belongings into storage and was living in my friend’s guest house. LA had been getting downpours of rain, and one thing I missed the most was my garden. I felt anger that the fruits and vegetables that had brought me so much joy, that I had lovingly tended to and harvested and sat with, were still in what was now his backyard, growing without me.”   But Anyway, No Worries! signals a striking evolution for Hill—melding her ethereal pop sensibilities with deeply rooted folk and Americana influences. It is an invitation into the most intimate corners of her creative soul. With echoes of Americana and country influences, the But Anyway, No Worries! EP indicates a new chapter in Hill’s artistry—one grounded more deeply in melody, storytelling, and vulnerability than ever before.   Reflecting on the full EP, Hill shares, “This project was written in LA and Nashville and in so many ways, feels like the project I’ve been trying to make for years. I’ve had so much to say and work through over the past year and felt like the best way to say it was to just write songs. Every project I’ve made before has started with production ideas, and I build songs around little production loops or ideas, but this was entirely about the words and melody. I want to make something timeless that feels deeply from me and pulls from my biggest inspirations in country and folk music.”   “The Garden” follows Hill’s two previous 2025 singles, “Please Don’t Cry” and “When in Rome.” Co-written by Kacy Hill, Campbell Burns (of Vacations), and John Velasquez (Zella Day, Gatlin), and co-produced by Tommy King and Hill herself, "Please Don’t Cry" exemplifies her distinctive approach to the folk and Americana landscape. With its blend of warm, earthy tones and modern sonic textures alongside Hill’s clear, expressive voice, the single continues her exploration of storytelling through an updated lens. “When in Rome,” co-written with John Vincent III, delves into the vulnerable “hoping stage” of a breakup, reflecting on the lingering desire to rewrite an ending and avoid the finality of loss. These new songs have been praised by the likes of NPR, The FADER, Pitchfork, FLOOD, Hypebeast, Ones To Watch, and more. In September, Kacy Hill will be performing at AMERICANAFEST in Nashville. But Anyway, No Worries! is out everywhere on August 27. For more information and updates on Kacy Hill, visit https://www.kacyhill.com.   LISTEN TO “THE GARDEN”: https://kacyhill.ffm.to/thegarden   But Anyway, No Worries! EP tracklist: 1. When in Rome 2. Please Don't Cry 3. The Garden 4. What Would’ve Been 5. You’d Be Lying Tour Dates: September 9-13 - Nashville, TN @ AMERICANAFEST

Of Monsters and Men Tune Back In with "Television Love"

OF MONSTERS AND MEN TUNE BACK IN WITH “TELEVISION LOVE” LISTEN HERE

Photo credit: Eva Schram. Los Angeles, California (July 1, 2025) – Following five-years of quiet evolution, Icelandic indie-folk icons Of Monsters and Men break their creative silence with “Television Love.” Written and recorded in their studio in Iceland, “Television Love” is an ongoing conversation that keeps picking up where it left off; layered with time, emotion, and the kind of honesty that only comes with reflection.  Listen to “Television Love” HERE The accompanying video echoes the song’s themes, following the band through moments that illustrate the passage of time—capturing change, stillness, and the persistence of connection.  Watch “Television Love” HERE Speaking about the track, the band shares, “We’re so excited to share our song “Television Love.” For the past few years, we’ve been tucked away in our studio quietly making music, and it feels really good to finally let people in on what we’ve been up to. Speaking about the music video, the band shares: “We shot the music video with director Erlendur Sveinsson. It’s centered around a conversation at a dinner table, with the band and the table moving through time and space, through chaos and calm, all while being both connected and disconnected from the surroundings. The video was shot entirely on 35mm film during a summer night in Iceland. Because it was filmed around the solstice, we were able to stay up until the early morning without the sun ever going down. It was a strange, kind of timelessness that felt just right for Television Love.”  At its core, “Television Love” is a conversation between two people stretched across time. The song has been with us for a while and when we were working in our studio we’d visit the song at different moments in our lives. Each time it felt like we had something new to share and add to the song’s story. Life happens, things change, hopelessness turns into hope. The sonic landscape and the conversation became layered with our own history.”   Of Monsters and Men went from Reykjavík to the global stage with their breakout 2011 debut My Head Is An Animal, which propelled them from Icelandic indie darlings to international chart-toppers. The album’s breakout single “Little Talks,” a defining song for a generation, now boasts over 1 billion Spotify streams, and by 2013, they were making their U.S. TV debut on Saturday Night Live. Amid their meteoric rise, the band released their sophomore album Beneath The Skin in 2015, which debuted in the Top 3 of the Billboard 200 and was accompanied by a surprise cameo on HBO’s huge hit series Game of Thrones. Their cinematic sound has popped up everywhere from The Hunger Games to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, while their festival appearances — Coachella, Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, and more — have only confirmed what fans already knew: this is a band best experienced live and in the wild.  Over a decade in, Of Monsters and Men have gone from folk-tinged newcomers to digital-era mainstays, with 9 million monthly listeners on Spotify and a new generation discovering that Iceland’s beauty extends beyond fjords and thermal baths.

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LEVITATION Announces HALLOWEEN FREAKEND Lineup: V*agra Boys, Stereolab, Machine Girl, Black Lips, Lip Critic & More

LEVITATION follows up its recently announced 2025 festival lineup with two nights of shows over Halloween weekend:

FEATURING: VIAGRA BOYS • STEREOLAB • MACHINE GIRL • CLOWN CORE • BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW •
LIGHTNING BOLT • THE BLACK LIPS & MORE

Artwork by Prentler

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
VIAGRA BOYS • STEREOLAB
THE BLACK LIPS • BITCHIN BAJAS • J’CUUZI

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
MACHINE GIRL • CLOWN CORE • BMSR
LIGHTING BOLT
LIP CRITIC • PORCELAIN • HA HA LAUGHING

TICKETS
PUBLIC ON SALE July 1 at 10am CT HERE.
LEVITATION subscribers pre-sale starts TODAY.
 

 

WHAT: LEVITATION is excited to follow up its recently announced LEVITATION 2025 festival lineup - taking place in the heart of Austin, Texas on September 25-28 - with HALLOWEEN FREAKEND. This event features two stacked bills presented in partnership with Resound at The Far Out Lounge. Tickets for this event are available for purchase starting Tuesday, July 1 at the link HERE. 

For five years, the annual LEVITATION festival has fallen on or right around Halloween weekend - and gearing up for a weekend of trippy music while in costume has become a spooky tradition for many Austin music fans. HALLOWEEN FREAKEND fills that void for Halloween 2025 – offering two nights of psychedelia, garage and experimental rock at The Far Out Lounge. Interested attendees are encouraged to get their tickets early, start planning costumes, and grab their concert-going ghouls for two wild nights in Austin, Texas.

For updates and additional information on this Halloween event and LEVITATION 2025 Festival, and other events by Levitation and Resound, visit levitation.fm and keep up with LEVITATION on Instagram here. 

WHEN: Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1, 2025. Schedule and set times TBA.

WHERE: The Far Out Lounge | 8504 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78745