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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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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Out October 22nd on Matador Records / Remote Control Records, -io is the sixth album by vocalist and composer Haley Fohr, best known as Circuit des Yeux. A celebrated figure in Chicago’s music community, she has released acclaimed albums via De Stijl, Thrill Jockey, and Drag City and toured throughout the world. However, -io is Circuit des Yeux’s most ornate and elaborate work to date – a set of compositions that nest Fohr’s otherworldly four-octave...
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Earlier this year Julien Baker released her critically acclaimed album, Little Oblivions via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Now announced is the September 1st release of Little Oblivions Remixes EP on which select tracks off the album are remixed and reworked by some of the most notable artists in contemporary independent music. Hand selected by Baker herself, it features contributions from Australian folktonica songwriter Gordi, singer-songwriter Half Waif, celebrated...
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Today, Mdou Moctar shares ‘Tala Tannam‘ (Debmaster Remix), which flips the song’s gentle acoustic guitar vamp into a pulsing and percussive rhythm track for Kenya-born/Uganda-based rapper, MC Yallah (Nyege Nyege Tapes). Released in June via Matador Records / Remote Control Records, Mdou Moctar’s Afrique Victime was met with widespread critical acclaim, receiving a Best New Music nod from Pitchfork and favourable reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Under the Radar, and Uproxx. The album charted across several...
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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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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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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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In 2011, Toronto’s Fucked Up delivered an album that chafed the edges of punk rock’s conceptual boundaries – a set of songs that splayed freely into unexpected instrumentation, psychedelic drift, and situationist philosophy. Its ambition was limitless and its run time opulent. Which is to say, they made a concept album. On December 10th, Matador Records / Remote Control Records will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Fucked Up’s titanic 78-minute early ’10s...
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Later this month on June 25th, Lucy Dacus will release her new album, Home Video, via Matador / Remote Control Records. Today, she presents ‘Brando‘, the album’s fourth track in a string of emotive singles – ‘VBS‘, ‘Hot & Heavy‘, and ‘Thumbs‘. Continuing to showcase Dacus’ incredible storytelling and songwriting, ‘Brando‘ weaves together Old Hollywood references with frank observations of a temperamental relationship. “‘Brando’ refers to a very dramatic friend I had in high school whose whole personality was the media...
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