ANOHNI releases Paradise, the companion EP to last year’s HOPELESSNESS. In collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke, on Paradise, ANOHNI seeks to support activist conversations and disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicised lyrics. Paradise includes new songs as well as material recently debuted live. On the title track, ‘Paradise,’ ANOHNI voices ecstatic alienation, describing a dystopian life filled with horror, awe, comfort...
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Benjamin Booker is back! Overnight he has shared details for his new album Witness and has released the title track from the record. The single, Booker’s most profound and politically charged song to date, features a guest vocal by Mavis Staples. The album is out June 2nd via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. Read his powerful statement regarding the track below: WITNESS By Benjamin Booker “Once you find yourself in another...
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Spoon announce two intimate in-store appearances to precede their shows in Sydney and Melbourne this month. The band will appear at Redeye Records in Sydney on Wednesday 22nd March, and at Polyester Records in Melbourne on Friday 24th March on the eve of their shows at The Metro Theatre and The Croxton Bandroom. Further details below. Capacity is strictly limited for the Polyester Records in-store appearance, so for guaranteed entry, all you need...
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B Boys have announced their debut album Dada, set for release on 19 May via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. Listen to first single ‘Energy’ below. – B BOYS MEET THE PRESS – A: It all began with a dream, really. The album. Q: Oh, there’s an album? A: 13 songs, recorded with microphones and such. A variety of instruments. Q: I’d call that an album. A: We call it Dada....
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Sui Zhen has released a new track ‘Calm Winds’ via Our First 100 Days. Sui Zhen performs at SXSW this March and in Melbourne on Friday 7 April with Harvey Sutherland at The Night Cat. Full ticket details below. Sui Zhen, aka Becky Freeman, talks about the track: “I started to compose this song when I was on artist residency in Hokkaido, Japan. I’d recently learned that my mother was sick and I used the time and space to process my emotions, consequently a...
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The xx have released a video for ‘Say Something Loving’, taken from The xx’s hugely acclaimed third album I See You, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart upon release in January. Filmed in the band’s hometown of London, the video was directed by renowned photographer and filmmaker Alasdair McLellan who also directed the video for previous single ‘On Hold’. Watch it below! Speaking about the video, The xx...
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Sleaford Mods share their new video for ‘Moptop’, filmed in a friend’s kitchen, taken from their new album English Tapas, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Watch the clip below. According to singer Jason Williamson, the song is “based around the disgusting lie that is Boris Johnson, the wannabe Churchill (We don’t need another one). The song also discusses the void that is modern music, internet attention spans, one dimensional acts...
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Brisbane trio Good Boy and Melbourne quartet Jarrow are about to become the bestest of friends. They’re hitting the road together this April for a co-headline tour in support of their respective new singles. Good Boy’s ‘Braap’ and Jarrow’s ‘Cody’ were premiered last night by Richard Kingsmill on triple j and are now available on all digital platforms. The tracks will also be released as a Split 7” exclusively through Barely...
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New York artist NOLIFE has released his debut EP, YOU WON’T SURVIVE THE STATE OF NEW YORK, via Young / Remote Control Records. The project of 25 year old Sean Engvold, NOLIFE is a project deeply rooted in chaos. It is anxiety, doubt, and isolation at a breaking point it is the noise of post industrialism and the affective bond with one’s environment. NOLIFE reaches beyond the state it was...
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Vaguess have released their second album Guilt Ring, out now on Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. Guilt Ring is the second helping from the acid tongued punk rock smashers from Vaguess (pronounced “Vegas”) which is the moniker of one Vinny Vaguess. It is the follow-up to his 2015’s compilation The Bodhi Collection. With the new album Vinny successfully peels back the sun dappled, “surf’s up” lies of the California tourism board to reveal scenes of domestic discord that would look...
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Sleaford Mods have released their new album English Tapas via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. The album was recorded at Steve Mackey’s (Pulp) West Heath Garage studios in London. Sleaford Mods are aggressive, abrasive, and unabashed in their lyrical support for England’s 99% and in railing against the oligarchs who deny people their basic human and civil rights; with ‘BHS’, they address Green’s treachery and the human costs he ignored. As singer Jason Williamson says about the song:“Buy a...
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Everything Is Forgotten, the fantastic new album from Perth band Methyl Ethel, has been released via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. Everything Is Forgotten is a vivid, compelling and mysterious creature, all sinewy, curvaceous pop nuggets and enigmatic currents. Written and recorded by Perth-based frontman Jake Webb, the album was brought to life by acclaimed British producer James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Foals). As demonstrated by last year’s single ‘No. 28’, the pair’s collaboration has...
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Future Islands have shared a video for their latest single, ‘Ran’. Filmed by Albert Berney, it centers around the restless vocalist Samuel T. Herring in motion, running through Baltimore and Maryland’s countryside. Watch it below. The single is from their fifth studio album, The Far Field, released worldwide on 7th April via 4AD / Remote Control. It will be available digitally, on 180gm white and standard black LP, CD, cassette formats and...
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John Moreland’s new album Big Bad Luv is an honest, bruising experience. A record about love, faith and the human condition, it’s the first full-length released to worldwide anticipation on May 5th and his debut for 4AD / Remote Control. To celebrate, John Moreland has shared the first track from Big Bad Luv, ‘It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before)’. Listen below. Moving from Kentucky to Tulsa when he was ten years old, John...
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On Friday 19th May, The Mountain Goats return with Goths. Listen to the first single ‘Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds‘ below. Goths was recorded at Blackbird Studios, Nashville; produced by Brandon Eggleston; and mixed by Scott Solter. Woodwinds arranged and played by Matt Douglas. The Mountain Goats are John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Jon Wurster, and Matt Douglas and are gothic for life. The Mountain Goats will return to Australia...
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Oh Pep! do not stop touring. They’re currently half-way through their 6th jaunt around North America in two years, with an itinerary that ranges from intimate jams at Folk Alliance International with Billy Bragg, shows with Valerie June, a special show at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio and dozens of iconic theatres around the United States and Canada. They’ve even taken the time to record...
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