On 13th August 2021, Joy Orbison – the artist name of Peter O’Grady – will release his first-ever long form project. The fourteen-track mixtape titled still slipping vol. 1 is the latest creative milestone from an artist who has been shaping and redefining the electronic music landscape since his teens. Over a decade into a career that has seen him constantly defying categorisation, Joy Orbison is more in-demand and relevant than ever. Highly anticipated would be an understatement – so influential are his...
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Austin-based chanteuse Molly Burch drops her fourth studio album Romantic Images via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. Romantic Images is an intoxicating collection that prioritises ecstasy and escape, and forges a joyful soundtrack to liberation. The album features previously released singles including one of Cosmopolitan’s Best Songs of 2021 so far, ‘Emotion ft Wild Nothing’; “confident, unrequited love anthem” (FLOOD) ‘Heart of Gold’; “dreamy” (BrooklynVegan) ‘Control’; and “delightfully campy” (Nylon) ‘Took A Minute’, the video for the latter of which co-starred RuPaul Drag Race’s Cynthia Lee Fontaine....
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Matador Records will celebrate the 21st anniversary of The New Pornographers’ debut record and breakout, Mass Romantic (2000), with a limited-edition LP reissue out December 10. The album – clocking three singers and 12 effervescent and undeniable power-pop gems – will return to us on red vinyl and will include a bonus 7”, Letter From An Occupant, which includes two rare B-sides, ‘The End of Medicine’ and ‘When I Was a Baby.’ Carl Newman – “Everyone wants to be successful but, hand...
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Future Islands have shared the second EP, ALAYA Remixes 2, in a series of 3 remix EPs of songs from their critically acclaimed 2020 album As Long As You Are. Out now via 4AD / Remote Control Records, the EP includes a slowed down chillwave version of ‘For Sure‘ by synth-pop songwriter and producer Washed Out, a house-beat rendition of ‘Thrill‘ by San Francisco electronic artist COMPUTER DATA, and a left-field, upbeat remix of ‘Hit The Coast‘ by Smallboy. The new EP is...
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Following Ngaiire‘s stunning lead single ‘Closer’, today the Sydney-based, Papau New Guinea-born future soul artist shares her emotional new track ‘Him’, taken from her forthcoming album 3 out Friday 27 August via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records for AUNZ and Majestic Casual for the rest of the world. Watch the lyric video for ‘Him’ below. Of the single Ngaiire shares, “It’s the reality of the darkness traversed to get this album here. It’s a letter that would have been left if I hadn’t been able to finish it. It’s about a...
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Earlier this year Thom Yorke created a version of Radiohead’s ‘Creep‘ for designer Jun Takahashi’s Tokyo Fashion Week showcase of Creep Very, his UNDERCOVER Fall/Winter 2021 Women’s collection. This haunting reimagining of the 1993 hit is now being released as ‘Creep (Very 2021 RMX)‘, a standalone single available for streaming and digital download. The digital single features bespoke artwork by Jun Takahashi. Listen / Download.
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Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD return to announce a new album. Talk Memory, the band’s first album with XL Recordings / Remote Control Records, features 9 new songs and is due October 8th. The album features musical contributions from Arthur Verocai, Karriem Riggins, Terrace Martin, Laraaji and acclaimed harpist Brandee Younger, who has worked with Moses Sumney, and Thundercat. Sporting visuals from Virgil Abloh, whose design firm Alaska-AlaskaTM designed the cover for Talk Memory, the album is an evolution focused on collaboration and the magic of improvised live performance....
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In 2020, Sydney band Magnetic Heads released their first new music after a lengthy hiatus. ‘The Street‘ was a glorious taste of their return to the recording studio, where singer/songwriter Des Miller and producer/musician Liam Judson (Belles Will Ring, Lewis Goldmark) have created a sublime collection of melancholic pop songs that navigate both the dance-floor and existential concerns with heady emotion and lush drama. The new single ,’Time of Your Life‘ sees Miller in an inquisitive, plaintive mood, sitting at home alone as inertia creeps, watching stories of youth suicide on...
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Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu makes her Ghostly International debut with ‘Maker‘, a commanding first glimpse into forthcoming material. ‘Maker‘ builds on the sound of the 21-year old’s previous work, 2019’s double EP Nicole Kidman / Anne Hathaway and 2018’s self-produced How Many Times Have You Driven By, with brooding, melodic pop driven by guitar and Vu’s distinctive contralto. For the first time, she welcomes a co-producer, Jackson Phillips (Day Wave), who helps Vu create an atmosphere with a deeper sense of luster, sophistication, and...
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Courtney Barnett has announced her third studio album Things Take Time, Take Time. Set to drop November 12th on Milk! Records / Remote Control Records, the album is a finely woven collage of snapshots recorded at a time of creative renewal and deeper understanding for Barnett. The work signals an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers and it sees her consolidating her place in the...
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New York musician and producer Spencer Miles Abraham Allen, the brains behind Spencer., has announced details of his debut album and shares a first taste of new music, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Released on 10 September, the eleven songs that comprise Are U Down? blend R&B, hip-hop, funk, indie, pop, jazz and soul to create a sound that encompasses analogue and digital, past and present. Written, recorded and produced by Spencer., the album’s first single ‘Lonely...
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Liz Stringer returns with a new version ‘The Waning of the Sun’ from her recent album First Time Really Feeling which debuted at #1 on the AIR and #14 on the ARIA charts. This version was arranged by Elsie & Maggie Rigby of The Maes and features Melbourne choir One More Chorus. Recorded live on the first take in Brunswick Uniting Church Hall, the sixty additional voices bring a new depth to this album standout track. Of the track Stringer says, “The Waning of the Sun is a song about connection. During my...
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Following the release of singles ‘White Picket Fence’, ‘Joy Squad’ & ‘Black Rainbow’ Welsh producer Lewis Roberts aka Koreless releases his much-anticipated debut album Agor via Young / Remote Control Records, an album over five years in the making. There is an idea of hidden depths suggested by the title of Koreless’ debut album. Agor is the Welsh word for open and it’s an apt name for a recording which exists at sensory thresholds, helping guide the listener from one realm to another less visited. Agor is unlike any...
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Late nights, sweaty bodies, blue smoke and beer-fuelled dance freak-outs over a gravely wailing saxophone – think New Orleans processionals meets Twin Peaks. Another crazy year and JAZZPARTY are here on the ropes with you, putting out a new song for all the lovers and haters of jazz. Today, the Melbourne cult party outfit share ‘Hearts Gonna Leave’, the catchy third single from their forthcoming album Nobobody Gets Away, due Friday 23 July via Remote Control Records. ‘Hearts Gonna Leave’ is a soupy...
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Melbourne three-piece Telenova share their debut EP Tranquilize, via Pointer Recordings / Remote Control Records. Off the back of their sold-out ‘Bones’ single tour, and to celebrate the EP release, Telenova will return to Sydney and Melbourne, as well as playing debut shows in Brisbane and Adelaide. Full tour dates below, tickets on sale this Friday. Assembled by Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) at an APRA SongHubs writing camp in early 2020, Telenova combines the alluring vocals...
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Sydney’s neo-soul artist imbi & West Sydney MC-producer duo Slim Set have shared the accompanying video for their debut collaborative DnB burner ‘Heatsink‘ out now via Pointer Recordings. Premiered via Acclaim, the video is inspired by the ‘Heatsink’ game, released alongside the single and coded by Slim Set’s Atro, in which avatars of the artists, illustrated by Alvin Ruiyuan Zhong, navigate their way from Parramatta station to Sydney’s CBD over a myriad of obstacles. Speaking on the clip Slim Set state “Life...
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