Esteemed independent record label 4AD is belatedly celebrating its 40th anniversary with “Bills and Aches and Blues,” an 18-track collection of vintage songs recorded by new and current acts ...

Xmal Deutschland was never the crown jewel in 4AD’s black-hearted imperial reign during the ‘80s. Lacking the crossover ...

Then yesterday, another 4AD artist used social media to voice displeasure with the label. This time it was Brooklyn-based songwriter Torres who took to Twitter to unceremoniously announce that she ...

Mackenzie Scott, the 28-year-old singer-songwriter who performs as Torres, released her third album Three Futures via 4AD in 2017. The esteemed British indie was her dream label: she’d submitted ...

Vaughan Oliver, the graphic designer whose art adorned the cover of the Pixies’ albums and whose work became synonymous with the 4AD record label, has died at the age of 62. Graphic designer ...

The record was a slight sonic departure from her debut LP, and was the first of what Scott has referred to as a "3 album deal" for 4AD. Now, she says the famed indie label is dropping her from ...

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Irish artist Maria Somerville released Luster last week which is her first album for 4AD. For fans of the label’s mid-’80s to mid-’90s imperial era, Luster fits in perfectly alongside ...

Album cover designer Vaughan Oliver, who developed a signature abstract style as the 4AD label’s in-house man on top of doing classic work for bands like the Pixies, has died at age 62.

Last year, Torres said that she was dropped by the label 4AD for “not being commercially successful enough” in the wake of her 2017 album Three Futures. Last month, Merge Records announced ...

Produced by 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell, this collection of danceable post-punk tracks gives off an ominous air. Vocalist Anja Huwe sounds like a Teutonic version of Siouxsie Sioux as she yelps ...