Daily Edit | Jun 11

From Cork, Ireland
Recommended if you like The Jesus and Mary Chain, NewDad, The Pogues

“Last year, we posted Cardinals swaggering rocker “Get It.” Their new song “Big Empty Heart” is sadder and more downcast, and it’s got some cool accordion sounds thickening the mix up. Frontman Euan Manning describes it as “a love song written from beyond the grave.” Allow him to continue: “It is a waltz, as waltzes are the most romantic kinds of songs. Oskar wrote the main melody on a Korg synthesiser when he was 12, and the song is built around that.” - Stereogum

6 / 11 / 2025

Headlines

• Secretly Group and Merge Records form partnership: the group behind Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, Saddest Factory, and Secretly Canadian has acquired half of the influential indie label [Pitchfork]
  

• Apple Music adds lyrics translation and karaoke features [MBW]
  

• Franz from Turnstile is the coolest bass player in the world [The Face]
  

• Billboard’s Indie Power Players 2025 [Billboard]

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