The Wolfgang Press, who were one of the quintessential 4AD bands of the label’s classic ’80s/’90s, have reformed for their first official studio album since 1995’s Funky Little Demons. It’s titled A ...

The rusted implements of underground torture. The sleeping sirens floating in shallows. The aliens made purely of distended eyeballs. The loveless beds, gelatinous hearts, topless flamenco dancers and ...

Long-running Michigan experimental, ethereal group His Name is Alive are getting a 6-LP box set featuring their three excellent early-’90s albums for 4AD. Titled How Ghosts Affect Relationships: ...

"It was a fantastic opportunity," reckons Ivo Watts-Russell of British record label 4AD. "For a while, we participated in something pure and unique. Those records will vibrate long after I've ceased ...

In 1980, 4AD set out to supplant the nihilism of punk with an atmospheric, esoteric new sound. Label alchemist Ivo Watts-Russell wanted his roster to elicit a deeply emotive response and yield music ...

When Claire Boucher moved to Montreal from Vancouver to attend McGill University in 2006, she was hoping to study electro-acoustics and the neuroscience of music. The subjects fascinated… By Jon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German goth band Xmal Deutschland in Hamburg, 1987 (Credit: Kevin Cummins) Of the two records, Fetisch is less traditional in its ...

Future Islands have officially announced their fourth album. The record is called Singles and it’s set to be released on March 25 by way of 4AD, the band’s new label after parting ways with Thrill ...

Throughout the 1980s, 4AD was both a record label and a mood. That number combined with those two letters signified music that was dark, dreamy, and decorous, its roomy reverb conjuring quiet drama of ...

"The aim was to make music with punk’s energy but more finesse and beauty," says Cocteau Twins guitarist Robin Guthrie in Facing the Other Way: The 4AD Story, Martin Aston’s sprawling and excellent ...

Torres, the project of singer Mackenzie Scott, has been dropped from her label 4AD, according to a Twitter post on Monday (April 16). By Colin Stutz Torres, the project of singer Mackenzie Scott, has ...