Charles Brownstein

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Animal Collective debut "Love on the Bigscreen" + B-side

3 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

Animal Collective are back with new single, “Love On the Big Screen,” the track is out today via via Domino Records. A limited-edition 7-inch single featuring the B-side “Buddies On the Blackboard” will be released on August 1. Both tracks were produced by Avey Tare and Adam McDaniel, engineered and mixed by McDaniel at his Drop of Sun Studios in Asheville, North Carolina, and mastered by Dave Cooley.Today’s digital release of “Love On the Big Screen” comes with a visualizer by Danny Perez.
"Don't Hurt Me, I'm Trying" by NoSo

3 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

NoSo has has returned with new single “Don’t Hurt Me, I’m Trying,” the track is off the artist’s forthcoming album When Are You Leaving? available October 10th via Partisan Records. When Are You Leaving? is a record for anyone still figuring themselves out. On August 15thNoSo will tour extensively behind ‘When Are You Leaving?’ and has confirmed a run of headline North American dates for the fall as well as UK/EU headline dates into 2026.
"No Way Out" by Hunx and His Punx

3 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

Hunx and His Punx reunited in 2019, playing John Waters’ birthday party, then a tour with Bikini Kill, got to open for The B-52s at their favorite festival and started recording their first album since 2013. They never would have guessed that it would end up taking 5 years to complete. Or that they would soon be going through some very brutal times – a tragic death, a global pandemic and being impacted of one by one of California’s worst wildfires in history.
"Nobody's Demon" by Golden Apples

4 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

Golden Apples will release their new LP Shooting Star, on September 19th via Lame-O Records, ahead of the album’s release, they have shared single/video, “Noonday Demon.” Golden Apples was formed by singer/songwriter Russell Edling. This week, Golden Apples plays with Joyce Manor in Pittsburgh and Washington, DC. This fall, they’ll perform in Philadelphia with Finom, and later as part of Philly Music Fest.
"Something in the Wind" by Ada Lea

4 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

Ada Lea has, released “something in the wind,” the latest single is off the Montreal artist’s forthcoming album when i paint my masterpiece, available August 8th via Saddle Creek/next Door Records, along with the news Lea has announced new North American Tour dates. Reflecting on the creation of the track she says: “I had a dream about this song and remember nothing. There is a constant in everyone’s life, which is the dream.
Caroline Polachek returns with "On The Beach"

4 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

Caroline Polachek has contributed to the sequel to Hideo Kojima’s 2019 video game with “On The Beach”, the title track from Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. This release marks Polachek’s first contribution to a video game soundtrack. Kojima is best known for blurring the lines between film, music, gameplay, and philosophical storytelling, into an enthralling videogame playing experience.
Wet Leg debut video for “davina mccall"

5 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

Wet Leg have shared single and video “davina mccall”. The track is off the band’s forthcoming album moisturizer, available July 11 via Domino. The track is named for the host of the UK’s hit reality game show Big Brother, “davina mccall” is a soft, lovelorn ballad that takes a cheeky premise – Big Brother and Shakira – and coats it in a sense of earnestness that’s new for Wet Leg; it’s a song about pure, unadulterated devotion.
"All Smiles Tonight" by Poor Creature

5 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

Poor Creature recently release “All Smiles Tonight,” a song off the band’s debut album All Smiles Tonight, available July 11, 2025, via River Lea Records. On the track the band say “This song is about seeing your fella on the dance floor with another woman except it’s 1879. The video, directed by Ruth & Cormac, was filmed in Las Vegas and Sligo”.
The Problem With Kids Today debut "I Dunno"

5 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

The Problem with Kids Today have dropped a new music video for their single “I Dunno,” the lead single off their forthcoming album Take It!. The band includes Tate Brooks, Silas Lourenco-Lang, and Reena Yu. Take It! was recorded in a shed in Tate’s backyard in Branford, CT with Joe LeMieux producing. The LP drops on August 22 via In The Shed RecordsFollowing an eye-opening experience in a large studio as well as their first ever tour, The Kids were ready for a change.
"GTA Online" by Unniversity

5 days ago | northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein

UK band University recently released their debut album, McCartney, It’ll Be OK, via Transgressive. Recorded with producer Kwes Darko (Sampa The Great, Denzel Curry) at Damon Albarn’s Studio 13 in London, McCartney. University humour melds into their music. After signing to a label and taking the ‘business side of their operation’ more seriously, they decided to offset this grown-up attitude by pushing their music to more extreme and more absurdist places.