Naomi Punk have shared two new singles, ‘Cookie’ and ‘Cardboard’, taken from their forthcoming double LP Yellow, out 4th August. Listen below! Naomi Punk got their start in 2012 with the release of their debut The Feeling. They seamlessly transfer what they create in the studio to the stage putting on intense, dynamic shows that tend to require the use of earplugs – they mean to be loud, and they are. On...
Moscow’s Kedr Livanskiy (real name Yana Kedrina) shares the video for ‘Ariadna’, the title track from her forthcoming debut LP, out Friday 8th September. Watch the video below. Shot by Masha Demianova in Georgia and based on the Greek myth of Ariadne, Kedr asked Masha, an old friend, to work with her. “Masha works with mythical images and structures, blending them into the now in a way that doesn’t look...
Torres announces her third full-length album Three Futures, out on Friday 29th September. Torres also shares the title track and video, which ties visually into the album’s artwork and previous single ‘Skim’, all shot and directed by Ashley Connor. Watch both videos below. Scott describes the album “is entirely about using the body that each of us has been given as a mechanism of joy.” The 10 original tracks on Three Futures embrace ecstasy, desire and...
Black Cab have announced 明 (Akira) to be released on Friday 4 August via Interstate40. Alongside an East Coast album tour, they have shared two tracks from the album. Listen to ‘Prelude’ and ‘Closing Titles’ below. The album was inspired by classic Japanese sci-fi anime movies such as Akira, Ghost In the Shell, the Evangelion series and more. A blend of dark electronica, massed taiko drums and found sounds, the album...
Gold Class release their second single, ‘Rose Blind’, from their new album Drum, out on Friday 18 August. ‘Rose Blind’ is accompanied by a dark and ambiguous video directed by Defero Productions, watch it below! ‘Rose Blind’ explores themes of personal and societal politics. Vocalist Adam Curley explains “We wanted to write something with a big, raging chorus. It’s a love song, really, but a love song to a friend. It’s about feeling that...
Sigur Rós return to Australia this month, performing at Splendour in The Grass, Sydney’s Hordern Pavillion and Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena. Further tour details below. Having being made aware of recent comments by former tennis player Margaret Court, the band decided to commission a special t-shirt celebrating positivity and inclusion, with proceeds going towards Australian Marriage Equality. The band approached London-based illustrator Andrew Rae to create a special crest, who...
Cults announce their return with a new album, Offering, out Friday 6 October. The album marks their first since 2013’s Static, and with that have shared the LP’s title track ‘Offering’. Listen below! On the single, the band note, “We had been working on a lot of songs for a long time and when this one came together it felt like a release. We were trying to make a jam about finding...
Norwegian duo Smerz are back with new track ‘Oh my my’, their first new music since releasing the critically-acclaimed debut EP Okey, which Gorilla vs. Bear called “one of the best debuts of last year.” Produced, programmed and sung entirely by the duo, ‘Oh my my’, their debut release on XL Recordings / Remote Control, is a minimal track that’s pinned together by speaker sucking bass and soulful vocal melodies, crafting a modern techno sound that’s uniquely Smerz. Henriette and Catharina, who comprise Smerz, were raised...
South Pacific reggae-soul legends The Black Seeds have debuted new single ‘Freakin.’ The band’s funkiest offering to date, ‘Freakin’ is a disco-inspired dance floor filler that gets down with 808 drums, bouncy synths and a beat to strut to. “Freakin is one for the end of the week, end of the line, letting loose. Shaking it off.” says band leader Barnaby Weir. “It is the party pick me up track...
This Is The Kit have today released their new album Moonshine Freeze. This Is The Kit is the musical project which holds exceptional Paris-via-Bristol songwriter Kate Stables close to its heart. They have earned the adoration of peers including Guy Garvey, The National and Sharon van Etten. Their new album and Rough Trade debut, Moonshine Freeze, is undoubtedly their most compelling and accomplished to date. Produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, M Ward, Perfume Genius), it began in the immediate wake of...
Perth duo Hamjam announce their new debut album a/s/l?, out 11th August, and share their first single ‘Lean’. The music video to ‘Lean’ is a pastel reflection on domestic decadence, and an unfounded pining after early morning TV aerobics. Watch it below! Hamjam is a collaborative project between Hamish Rahn and James Ireland, two creative individuals who make music they describe as “blissed out sadness”. a/s/l? is an earnest and unassuming collection of...
Remote Control Records is super proud to announce new label partnership with Melbourne indie label Bedroom Suck Records! Founded in 2001 by Harvey Saward and Steve Cross, Remote Control will provide publicity and marketing support on a number of Bedroom Suck releases. Bedroom Suck began in Brisbane in 2009, and has since based in Melbourne, with artists including Blank Realm, Free Time, Good Morning, Hamjam, Scott & Charlene’s Wedding, Terrible Truths, Totally Mild,...
The xx release a brand new music video for ‘I Dare You’, directed by Alasdair McLellan in collaboration with The xx and Calvin Klein Chief Creative Officer Raf Simons. Watch it below! The video, filmed in Los Angeles, continues The xx’s longstanding visual collaboration with McLellan, who also directed the band’s ‘On Hold’ and ‘Say Something Loving’ videos, in addition to their collaboration on the It Could Be Love photo...
The National share new single ‘Guilty Party’, from their forthcoming album Sleep Well Beast out 8th September. Watch the accompanying video, directed by Reas, below! “The video is a dream about memory and the degradation of memory; it’s about distance in time and space,” says Reas. “Time moves forward, but then backward as memory. The image of the two-faced Roman god Janus, who can look into the past and future, is the...
Princess Nokia has released a brand new single ‘G.O.A.T’. This is the first time her music has been available on streaming services other than SoundCloud and YouTube. The accompanying video was produced by Wally West, directed by Destiny Frasqueri & Milah Libin, with cinematography by Travis Libin. Watch it below! Princess Nokia is the best-known project of New Yorker Destiny Frasqueri. She’s been rapping and releasing tracks on YouTube and SoundCloud since...
New York City based rapper Wiki, known for his role in Ratking, is back with a new song ‘Pretty Bull’. The music video for ‘Pretty Bull’ directed by Ben Solomon, sees Wiki in his element at home in downtown Manhattan, surrounded by friends for a party at the local bodega. Watch it below. Over the weekend Wiki made his Glastonbury debut, joined by Suspect OTB, Jesse James Solomon and Skepta,...
