Magic Dirt have announced the reissue of their acclaimed 1996 debut album Friends In Danger, out Friday 9th July via Emergency Music / Remote Control Records. Released in September 1996 and peaking at number 25 on the ARIA Charts, Magic Dirt’s debut album, Friends In Danger, ushered in a heavier and darker edge to the band which also polarised some press and fans alike due to the band’s previous chart topping more melodic offering with Life Was Better....
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Premiering on Japanese radio station FM Karuizawa during Dr. Rob’s show, new single ‘Plant Life‘ is Parquet Courts‘ first new original material since 2018’s Wide Awake!, and will be available to fans via the newly-announced limited-edition, physical-only ‘Plant Life’ 12-inch, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records – available only via the band’s website. “’Plant Life’ the song is my story of rediscovering my passion for music through New York City dance...
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Other You is the sixth studio album by American singer Steve Gunn, out August 27 via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Recorded during two visits to Los Angeles in late 2020 and early 2021, the album was made with veteran producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith, Cass McCombs, Kurt Vile) at his Mant Studios alongside musician and longtime friend and collaborator Justin Tripp, whose credits include appearances on Gunn’s Time Off and Way Out Weather....
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Toronto-based musician Homeshake, born Peter Sagar, has announced his forthcoming album Under The Weather out September 10 on SHHOAMKEE / Sinderlyn via Remote Control Records. Under The Weather, Sagar’s fifth studio album under the Homeshake moniker, is an atmospheric, 12-track reflection on the artist’s life and depression. Written in 2019, the album documents a long, unrelenting period of sadness for the artist. To coincide with the album announcement, Homeshake is sharing the project’s first single. ‘Vacuum,’ is an...
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Austin-based chanteuse Molly Burch has dropped the beautifully bouncy third single ‘Took A Minute‘ from her upcoming fourth studio album Romantic Images, out July 23rd via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. The announcement is accompanied by a gorgeous video featuring drag queen Cynthia Lee Fontaine of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame. In April, Burch announced the release of her upcoming album Romantic Images – a distinct evolution for Burch, both emotionally and sonically. Recorded in...
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Lucy Dacus‘ third album Home Video is out now via Matador / Remote Control. Earlier this week she performed newest single ‘Brando’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Watch the performance below. Dacus’ flair for storytelling is vibrant in ‘Brando’, and the Old Hollywood references she weaves throughout come to life in her endearing Kimmel performance. Filmed at the Theatre Gym at the Virginia Repertory Theatre, two dancers/choreographers, Egbert Vongmalaithong and Christina Leoni-Osion, twirl behind Dacus as...
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Following the success of their 2018 collaboration, ‘Hollow’, Melbourne-based songwriter and producer Katz and Singaporean singer-songwriter Charlie Lim have teamed up again to release alt-electronic pop single, ‘Forgetting’. Out now on all major digital streaming platforms, ‘Forgetting’ is part of Katz’s anticipated sophomore EP, Only You, released 13 August 2021 via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The Only You EP is a bold step forward for Katz, marrying measured production with clever...
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Car Seat Headrest have made two new EPs available to stream and download – MADLO: Influences and MADLO: Remixes. The former comprises covers of four tracks the band has cited as influences on Making A Door Less Open, including takes on songs by David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Kate Bush, and The Who. The latter is a 5-track EP of remixes that includes re-works by Superorganism, Scuba, yeule, Dntel, and...
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Fresh off the heels of releasing two singles this autumn, ‘Out of Touch’ and ‘Work,’ Shad is thrilled to finally announce TAO – a brand-new album out October 1st on Secret City Records / Remote Control. To highlight this announcement, a third single and video is out now titled ‘Storm‘. “Storm” is a feeling,” Shad tells us, “The feeling of a flood of memories.” He goes on: “In the same way that a storm...
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Cedric Burnside “expands the sonic landscape in a way not too many other artists can do” (Ebony) with the release of his brand new album I Be Trying – released via Single Lock Records. A masterclass in the Mississippi Hill Country Blues from its greatest living practitioner and two-time Grammy nominee, I Be Trying’s thirteen tracks chart a course through life’s most emotional moments of connection, hurt and redemption as...
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Part Time Records reveal two new signings to PTR Singles Club – Georgia Mulligan (NSW) and Jac Marshall (SA) – who will both feature on the third and final instalment of Vol.1, with PTR Singles Club Vol.2 now in development. Georgia Mulligan had barely sung aloud in front of anyone until the age of 21. A background in visual arts and a long-term interest in film, literature and writing had always...
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Two of the UK’s most exciting and original new acts, Ethan P. Flynn and Black Country, New Road have come together to record a live version of Flynn’s ‘Television Show‘ out now via Young / Remote Control Records. The original version featured on Ethan P. Flynn’s debut mixtape – 2020’s highly acclaimed B-Sides and Rarities Volume One – and this live version is the first time Black Country, New Road have featured on an official Ethan P. Flynn release following a...
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Known and loved by fans as the set-closer at her most recent live shows, Aldous Harding finally releases ‘Old Peel’ via 4AD. The one-off single was recorded with producer John Parish, who also worked on her last two albums Designer (2019) and Party (2017), at the end of her hugely successful 2019 European tour. The official video for ‘Old Peel’, directed by and starring Harding and long-time visual collaborator Martin...
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So, I have some new music for you…the inspiration for these three pieces came the last time I was walking the streets of Lisbon. It’s my favourite place to wander it just generally feels like the streets are singing this wonderful melancholic sound for your walk, that pulls you into small winding roads, that make you feel like you’ll get lost and never return. Hence the mermaid title. It’s an incredible...
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This Is The Kit are pleased to release a 7-track EP titled Off Off Oddities on Rough Trade Records. As the follow up to last year’s Off Off On EP (which reached 21 in the UK album charts), and featuring lead single ‘Keep Going (Desert Island Version)’, the new project showcases the band’s inner workings and craftsmanship with gorgeous instrumentals, alternate versions and exclusive cuts. Kate on the EP: “In the making of an album there are inevitably bits and bobs...
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Ahead of her headline show in Sydney this Saturday, Sydney-based, Papau New Guinea-born future soul artist Ngaiire today shares the stunning accompanying visuals for her new single ‘Closer’. Co-written by Japanese Wallpaper and Jack Grace and premiered via triple j, the track is 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. Described by Ngaiire...
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