Alongside the release of his debut album, Are U Down?, today, Spencer. has shared a third and final single ‘No Direction’, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. A heart-on-its-sleeve love song, its official video reunites Spencer. with director Danica Arias Kleinknecht (also behind the visuals for his 2019 single ‘Automatic’). “We shot the video in Jersey one night in the town where Danica’s from,” Spencer. explains. “We started shooting at 5pm and shot all night in the...
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Circuit des Yeux has released the second single and video taken from her Matador Records / Remote Control Records debut, -io, out October 22nd. With sweeping strings and ornate vocal arrangements, ‘Sculpting the Exodus’ brings the scale of the album’s ambition into sharp focus. The video was filmed in Chicago during the same session that yielded -io’s cover image, which captures vocalist/composer Haley Fohr suspended in void. Fohr on ‘Sculpting the Exodus’: ...
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Today, Toronto-based musician Homeshake, born Peter Sagar, shares his new album Under The Weather. Written in 2019,Under The Weather, is out via SHHOAMKEE / Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records and is Sagar’s fifth studio album under the Homeshake moniker. The album is an atmospheric, 12-track reflection on life and depression, and documents a long, unrelenting period of sadness for the artist. Under the Weather follows Sagar’s life and the depression that consumed him in 2019 — after...
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Julien Baker has released Little Oblivions Remixes – via Matador Records / Remote Control Records – which sees tracks from her critically acclaimed album Little Oblivions reworked by notable contemporaries personally selected by Baker. The EP features contributions from Australian folktronica songwriter Gordi, singer-songwriter Half Waif,celebrated electronic composer Helios, Oakland artist and producer Thao, and UK experimental and industrial metal artist Jesu (Matthew Broadrick). Of Gordi’s take on Baker’s ‘Ringside’, the Australian artist notes, “I first met Julien in...
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Bachelor — the collaborative project of Palehound’s Ellen Kempner and Jay Som’s Melina Duterte — released their debut album, Doomin’ Sun, via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records to overwhelming acclaim from fans and critics alike. Now, the indie-rock heroes have released a brand new single, ‘I See It Now‘. They share: “Back in January when Bachelor was filming our music videos for Doomin Sun, we found ourselves with a day to kill at Ellen’s...
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The Finks play the songs of Oliver Mestitz. They are sincere but flippant, intimate but aloof, subtle but unpolished. This week, they announce The moment the world rushed in releasing on Friday 24th September via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. Five instrumentals envelope the title track, the only song with vocals, to create a cocoon of warm noise for the hushed refrain. As Oliver explains: The hungry ghosts came to me and said: Make MIDI...
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Ngaiire has always been peculiar, but on her third studio album, titled 3, she embraces it. Released via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records, the project memorialises the differences that have hindered and propelled the Papua New Guinean R&B/Soul artist. “This album is about me letting go and accepting that not everyone is gonna get me,” says Ngaiire. “So here it is. 3. A perfectly acceptable odd number, just like me —a bit...
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King Krule announces his forthcoming live album You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down, due out September 10th via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. In addition, the artist shares the lead single and an accompanying video from the live album, ‘Stoned Again (Live)‘. Mere weeks before the world went into lockdown, King Krule had performed a handful of European shows which featured tracks from his critically acclaimed third album Man Alive!. Recorded live...
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Steve Gunn has released his new album, Other You, alongside the third single from the project, ‘Circuit Rider‘ on Matador Records / Remote Control Records. ‘Circuit Rider’ continues to highlight the expanded range and depth of Gunn’s voice on Other You, with nimble melody and rich harmonies, as well as his ever-versatile playing style with shimmering slide and acoustic guitar interplay. A featherlight touch coasts through the album – from the classical guitar and...
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Hand Habits, the project of Los Angeles-based musician Meg Duffy (they/them), has shared a video for ‘No Difference,’ the new single from their upcoming album, Fun House, available for pre-order now and due Oct 22 via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. Fun House is Duffy’s most ambitious Hand Habits album to date. Produced by Sasami Ashworth (SASAMI) and engineered by Kyle Thomas (King Tuff), the record was not intended as a reaction to the pandemic, but it was very much the result of taking...
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Earlier this month, Julien Baker announced the September 1st release of Little Oblivions Remixes EP, which sees tracks from her critically acclaimed album Little Oblivions reworked by notable contemporaries personally selected by Baker. Now comes a second preview from the EP ,with a rework of ‘Favor’ from Jesu, the moniker of pioneering UK experimental and industrial metal musician Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Napalm Death). Broadrick says: “Having already been a fan...
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Helado Negro – the project of Roberto Carlos Lange – has released the new single ‘Outside the Outside‘. ‘Outside the Outside‘ is the second single to preview the new album Far In which will be released on Friday 22nd October via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Roberto shares that he still felt like an “outsider” amidst his family’s community as much as he felt that he belonged. “I found space through music and outsiders...
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On Kedr Livanskiy’s new single, ‘Boy‘, she pushes her crystalline voice to the forefront resulting in one of Liminal Soul’s most personal and palpable songs. For the first time ever, the Russian producer/musician wrote the lyrics and sings in English, mournfully reflecting on the end of a relationship and growing older. ‘Boy’ comes with a stunning video directed by Kristina Podobed who explains, “After hearing the song, we realised that this is a classic relationship story that...
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Pinegrove have released their new song, ‘Orange‘ via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, decrying government inaction in the face of imminent climate collapse. Last week, Pinegrove released an acoustic performance of the song via their YouTube channel, viewable here. Inspired by images depicting skies ablaze in the northwest, the band’s Evan Stephens Hall translated his frustration and anger into song. Describing the track, he explains, “‘Orange’, a waltz about the climate crisis, was written...
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Mess Esque, the newly minted duo of Mick Turner and Helen Franzmann, have been mixing up the medicine for their second single ‘Jupiter‘, taken from their forthcoming self-titled album out Friday 22 October via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. For a new band it really helps to have a hit single, so this new radio friendly unit shifter remixes one album cut, reshaping it into a smoldering, cascading indie ballad! Mick and Helen say...
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Emilie Kahn is thrilled to share a brand-new song and video titled ‘Gemini‘, via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records. This is Emilie’s first new material since the release of Outro, two and a half years ago. Produced by Marc-André Gilbert (Charlotte Cardin, Ariane Moffat) and Ben Sloan, the song was mixed by Joe Zook (Alessia Cara, Katy Perry, U2). Emilie shares the inspiration behind the song: “Gemini is a...
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