Oh Pep!’s incredible debut album Stadium Cake is out today through Barely Dressed Records / Remote Control – and already it’s been the subject of praise around the world. Village Voice pronounced it “fast, boisterous and baroque, a statement of intent that highlights the groups ambition to be more than just a folk act,” while Rolling Stone exclaimed that it was “faultless folk-rock”. Stadium Cake showcases the uniquely compelling collaboration...
Richmond, VA-based songwriter Lucy Dacus is the latest addition to the renowned Matador Records / Remote Control Records roster. The 21-year-old’s critically acclaimed debut album, No Burden, which was released earlier this year, is out now digitally, with a re-pressing of CD and LP out Friday 9 September. For a behind-the-scenes look at Lucy’s life on the road, which includes recent headlining shows, SXSW, and dates with Daughter and Julien...
Maine born songwriter Lina Tullgren, has announced her signing to Captured Tracks / Remote Control. To celebrate she has re-released her cassette Wishlist. The EP was recorded in October 2015 with childhood musical partner, Ty Ueda. Two years after Lina wrote its opening track, a slow burner rock ballad, ‘Watchdog,’ the pair got together and recorded five tracks over the course of a few days on Ty’s Tascam 388 at...
Teeth & Tongue are incredibly excited to share their brand new single ‘Dianne’ which received it’s worldwide radio premiere on triple j’s Home & Hosed with Dom Alessio on Tuesday night, and has premiered online via Fasterlouder today. ‘Dianne’ is the first single lifted from the band’s forthcoming LP Give Up On Your Health which is set to be released in September 2016 via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records worldwide excluding North America where it will be release via Dot Dash / Captured Tracks. ‘Dianne’ is available today on all digital platforms here. Teeth & Tongue‘s new album Give Up On Your...
Dot Dash & Remote Control Records are incredibly excited to announce the newest signing to join our roster of Australian artists enigmatic songwriter Gabriella Cohen. Gabriella joins the growing Dot Dash family which currently consists of Methyl Ethel, Pearls, Teeth & Tongue, Sunbeam Sound Machine, Banoffee, Sui Zhen, Client Liaison, Milwaukee Banks, friendships and many others. Cohen released her debut album Full Closure and No Details via her own DIY...
By late May of 1989, Cleaners from Venus man Martin Newell and Peter Nice aka Nelson finished their first album, Lizardland, and handed it over to upstart indie Deltic Records. Though there is a fair amount of Cleaners from Venus DNA in the mix due to the charms of the definitely lo-fi recording methods, the music of the Brotherhood of Lizards has a sharp sound all its own. And, the...
Søren Juul has released his stunning second album This Moment via 4AD / Remote Control Records. To celebrate, Juul has shared videos for singles ‘Dear Child’ and ‘Seventeen.’ “It’s terrifying to release music under your own name,” says Juul. “When I was first asked to release an album, I was shy. I had to figure out another name I could hide behind. But I don’t feel like I need that...
A Moon Shaped Pool, the new album from Radiohead, is released today on CD & vinyl via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. Live From: A Moon Shaped Pool is happening at various indie record stores in NSW, ACT, VIC & QLD today. The event will include a selection of live tracks taken from last months Roundhouse shows in London plus a curated playlist of favourites from the band. For...
Geelong’s ORB have today premiered their video for ‘First And Last Men’ via Tiny Mixtapes. The track comes from their debut LP Birth out Friday 1 July via Flightless / Remote Control Records. Tiny Mixtapes describe the video: “If hard Sci-Fi progenitor Olaf Stapledon had drowned his respect for rationality in absinthe and laudanum, the resultant fantastical ravings might’ve turned out something like this” The trio of kids from Geelong,...
Tampa art punks Merchandise have returned with ‘Flower of Sex.’ Premiering on Pitchfork, this is their first new single since their critically acclaimed 2014 release After The End. The song is accompanied by an engrossing new video juxtaposing scenes of flora and decay against a backdrop of foreboding psychedelic undertones. Directed by frontman, Carson Cox, the video was shot across Italy, New York and the band’s home state of Florida....
Dot Dash & Remote Control Records are incredibly excited to welcome Melbourne based audio visual two piece friendships to our ever growing roster of Australian artists. friendships join the Dot Dash family which currently consists of Milwaukee Banks, Banoffee, Sui Zhen, Client Liaison, Methyl Ethel, Sunbeam Sound Machine, Pearls, Teeth & Tongue & many others. friendships today share ‘When I Feel Like Killing, I Murder’ the evoking dark and glorious...
True Panther Sounds is excited to announce a new EP release from ABRA, Atlanta’s own “Darkwave Duchess,” for her PRINCESS EP, dropping Friday 15th July. The songwriter, producer, singer, and occasional rapper today shares her new single, ‘CRYBABY,’ via Soundcloud, which follows a recently released EP teaser video clip titled ‘COME 4 ME’. The full bio, tracklisting, artwork, and more can be found below. ABRA is an outlier. Moving around with her missionary parents, she was born...
Chris Cohen has shared his video for ‘Yesterday’s On My Mind’ via DIY Magazine today. The single comes from his record As If Apart via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. Shot on 16mm film by Kate Dollenmayer, the video features Cohen on a stroll to his studio, watch it below. As If Apart, the long-awaited sequel to Chris Cohen’s 2012 soft psych garden of unearthly alter-pop earworms and studio-sonic delights...
Banoffee has premiered her video for ‘I’m Not Sorry’ via Noisey. The track comes from her 2015 EP Do I Make You Nervous? out now on Dot Dash / Remote Control. Catch her kick off her national single tour this Thursday in Brisbane. Full tour details and ticket links below. Banoffee describes the single: “‘I’m Not Sorry’ is a push back to all the things we’ve been told so many times we now tell them to ourselves. Woman are brought up bound and gagged in shame for being...
Teeth & Tongue are set to release a new album in September, following 2014’s acclaimed Grids. The first single is a bratty, Split-Enz-inspired and unapologetically pop-inspired song called ‘Dianne’, and the band are playing a rare show at Northcote Social Club to celebrate its release. Propelled by relentless synth bass and hyperactive Farfisa keyboard mashing, ‘Dianne,’ in essence, is a song about being a teenager and experiencing bad shit: you’re...
Sampha from Morden, South London has spent the last six years generously dividing his musical talents across solo and collaborative work and now returns with his most confident and accomplished work to date in ‘Timmy’s Prayer’. His 2010 debut Sundanza comprised six tracks of electronic soul and first demonstrated the warmth and sincerity now beloved in Sampha’s singing voice – a voice rooted in vintage soul, from crackling vinyl comes...
