As you prepare to consume (or avoid) FIFA’s latest overcooked feast of football, why not spend a little time with our latest smorgasbord of new music? Just like the World Cup, we kick off in Mexico – and we also have artists representing England, Scotland, USA, Belgium/Ghana, Norway, Australia, Brazil, Japan and Ecuador/Switzerland.
This dedicated “Three Lions”-free zone includes scorching new tunes from Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Jack White, Ty Segall, The Afghan Whigs, Interpol and Seun Kuti with Tom Morello; some genuinely lovely stuff from Lambchop, Elanor Moss, Juni Habel and Robyn Hitchcock; a whole new album from the tireless Osees; a heart-warming cover of that modern standard, “I See A Darkness”; and several Horse-related band names. Giddy up!
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA
“Monster”
(ATO)
MICK HARVEY & AMANDA ACEVEDO
“Perfect Storm”
(Mute)
JACK WHITE
“Dollar Bill”
(Third Man)
TY SEGALL
“Black Paint”
(Drag City)
WESTSIDE COWBOY
“Kick Stones (The Boys)” live on Later… With Jools Holland
(Island)
SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80
“Na Dem” featuring Tom Morello
(Django Music)
INTERPOL
“See Out Loud”
(Partisan)
THE AFGHAN WHIGS
“Jungle Roux”
(Royal Cream / BMG)
LAMBCHOP
“Stella”
(City Slang)
THE HEALING POWER OF HORSES
“In Yr Right Hand Reveal Heaven”
(Section1)
HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ
“Canto Andino”
(Easy Eye Sound)
WAY DYNAMIC
“Miffed It”
(Jagjaguwar)
ELANOR MOSS
“Sarah Waiting In The Car”
(Merge)
NANA OSEI TWUM BARIMA
“Odo (feat Osei Korankye)”
(Zephryus)
ROBYN HITCHCOCK
“How To Feel Alright”
(Tiny Ghost)
ALEXIS TAYLOR & MIKE SIMONETTI
“I See A Darkness”
(Smuggler’s Way)
CORNELIUS
“Aeons feat Sean Ono Lennon”
(Eat Your Own Ears)
JUNI HABEL
“Pearl Cloud Song (Minotaur Shock Reformation)”
(Basin Rock)
LAU RO
“Simplesmente”
(Mexican Summer)
LIAM HAYES
“Dancing Backwards”
(Weird Vacation)
ARAB STRAP
“You You You”
(Rock Action)
SOFT CELL
“Danceteria”
(Republic Of Music)
HORSE LORDS
“Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!”
(RVNG Intl)
OSEES
“Off Course”
(Deathgod Corp)