Rough Trade and Remote Control are very excited to announce the exquisite debut solo album by award winning writer, singer and musician Josienne Clarke. Watch the video for ‘If I Didn’t Mind’ from the forthcoming album below. In All Weather is a new collection of songs, in which she goes it alone; musically, as this is her first solo record, and in her own life, laid bare and played out in...
DIIV reveal new song ‘Blankenship‘ off their forthcoming third full-length album Deceiver out Friday 4 October via Captured Tracks. The song’s ominous bass line and crawling beat devolve into frenetic string bends and vitriolic lyrics that welcome inspection of the song’s namesake. The acerbic song is paired with the band’s first music video in six years, shot in California in Trona Pinnacles, Sequoia National Park, and in Los Angeles; and directed by Sean Stout (Deafheavan, Death Grips, Trash Talk). Preorder...
Perfume Genius has released ‘Eye in the Wall’, a new track taken from The Sun Still Burns Here, a dance and music performance collaboration with Seattle-based choreographer Kate Wallich. The evening-long piece, set to debut in October, is co-directed by Perfume Genius and Wallich and stars Perfume Genius’s Mike Hadreas alongside dance company The YC. The track is 9 minutes of celestial hypnosis and sounds unlike anything Hadreas has done before. “I think of ‘Eye in the Wall’ as a cosmic peep show,” says Hadreas. “Watching,...
Meet Bebi Monsuta, and their sultry, irresistibly danceable debut single ‘Brazilian Sound (ft. ABRONCA)’. Out now via b4. The pair of NYC sisters – Manami Mao and Akira Ayane – have roots in Trinidad, Japan, and Brazil and have been performing music together since childhood. Their fusion of cultures and influences from Japanese R&B to Caribbean music to the NYC Hip-Hop scene shines brightly on the new song. The duo’s name translates from Japanese to ‘Baby Monsters’....
Jack Ladder has released new track ‘Shades’ – a desolate and beautiful cover of the underrated romantic highlight from Iggy Pop’s 1986 album Blah-Blah-Blah. ‘Shades’ is released alongside the slinky and lovelorn B-Side ‘Head Full of Nails’ – a fitting follow-up to Ladder’s 5th album Blue Poles released last year via Barely Dressed Records. ‘Shades’ may seem tongue-in-cheek, but Ladders performance comes from a place of deep affinity and admiration. As Ladder explains; “I remember first seeing the video for Shades when the Yeah Yeah...
Leif Vollebekk has unveiled the second single from his forthcoming album New Ways (out 1st November via Secret City Records) with a music video for ‘Transatlantic Flight.’ ‘Transatlantic Flight’ takes its time, and wraps itself around you. Leif found inspiration in a host of places – from sticky Rihanna choruses, the dark sizzle of Leonard Cohen, the visual mastery of Richard Linklater (he drops a couple references in the opening verse of the song). The song builds to a soaring euphoria, a wall of rich sounds and...
Kim Gordon has released ‘Air BnB’, the new single from her forthcoming debut solo album, No Home Record out October 11th on Matador Records. Stream it here. It’s a towering rocker that launches from brittle, noise-bitten verses evoking “blue towels and water bottles” and “47 inch flat TV” into an explosive, defiantly-catchy mantra – ‘AirBnB’ is an exhilarating tour de force. There’s a video too. It’s everything it could have been without the budget it needed. Reviews welcome.
Home Made Satan, the second instalment of a building trilogy, by Chastity is out now via Captured Tracks. The album brings a pop sensibility to the band’s catalogue following their acclaimed 2018 debut Death Lust. Recorded over the course of a couple weeks with his full live band in a small studio in London, Ontario, between a European tour with Fucked Up and a seven-week North American tour, Williams crafted...
“I never thought heartbreak could be so all-encompassing. I never thought that my body could stop working to the point that I couldn’t express myself physically in the ways that I have always loved and found so much solace. I have always practiced my way into being the best I could be, but I couldn’t do that this time, I was left with no option but to tear every process...
Grimes has shared a new single and video ‘Violence‘ featuring i_o. Stream it now. Watch the visual below.
Melbourne experimental electronic / pop and performance artist Sui Zhen has revealed her latest single, ‘Being A Woman‘ off her forthcoming new album Losing, Linda – out Friday 27 September via Dot Dash / Remote Control. Sui Zhen explains, “I don’t know quite where this song came from but it is probably older than the story of this album. The threat of losing my mother, the person who birthed and raised me triggered these sentiments. It was just before all the #metoo stuff...
Sleater-Kinney share the new music video for ‘Can I Go On,’ from their critically acclaimed new album,The Center Won’t Hold, produced by St. Vincent, out now via Milk! Records / Remote Control. The concept for the ‘Can I Go On’ video was written by Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein; it was directed and filmed by Ashley Connor, a long-time friend of the band, and stars Lauri Guzda and Mami Kimura. Brownstein explains, “Within the broader thematic context of The Center Won’t Hold album, we wanted the video...
Chastity Belt share the final single before the release of their new self-titled album on 20 September ~ ‘Drown.’ The lush new track has roots in the band’s early years. Singer/guitarist Julia Shapiro says “I started writing “Drown” back when I was 23… so almost 6 years ago. It came together with the band a few years later. It feels good to finally put it out into the world! Everyone’s parts on it...
Remote Control and Boss Battle Records are pleased to announce the release of the soundtrack for Warhammer 40,000: Regicide. The soundtrack is now available for streaming and purchase on all digital services. Created by Edwin Montgomery, the soundtrack consists of epic orchestral sounds intertwined with electronic effects. You’d know his work from titles including Game of Thrones Conquest, Wasteland, Ghost In The Shell: First Assault and Neverwinter: Ravenloft. Released in...
R&B experimentalist Velvet Negroni has released his debut album NEON BROWN – it’s out now via 4AD. Stream it here. The album features singles ‘CONFETTI,’ ‘WINE GREEN,’ and more recently released ‘KURT KOBAIN,’ garnering praise from the likes of The FADER, The Guardian and Pigeons & Planes and The Observer toting Velvet Negroni as an artist you need to know. On NEON BROWN, he is a griot relaying the life and...
Jack Peñate returns. His first official release in a decade since his second album Everything is New, ‘Prayer‘ is out now through XL Recordings. In Jack‘s own words – “Prayer was made for and with my family and friends. It’s a piece about the unifying nature of loss and the thread of hope that survives throughout.” World-renowned British artist Eddie Peake created the artwork and directed the music video. It was shot in the...
