4AD and Remote Control Records welcome Aldous Harding, a remarkable talent from New Zealand. Today, she presents a powerful opening statement with a new song ‘Horizon’ and startling companion video. Watch it below. Aldous Harding’s music is not for the faint of heart. Disarming in its desolate imagery and stark instrumentation, her songs draw from the core facets of life: death, birth, grief and love. There are few happy endings, but...
In anticipation of its forthcoming ninth album heralded by a title track that “rises and falls like an orchestral disco opus” (Rolling Stone), Spoon has launched the ‘Hot Thoughts’ Aura Reader app. Go to: aura.spoontheband.com While the Aura Reader name may sound intimidating, the way the web app works is actually quite simple: A fan creates a Spoon Spotify playlist, the Aura Reader analyses that playlist then creates a individualised version...
On Thursday night Future Islands had their fifth studio album The Far Field debut on TV, performing their new single ‘Ran’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. ‘Ran’ is the Baltimore-based trio’s first single from The Far Field, released on April 7th via 4AD / Remote Control. Watch Future Islands perform ‘Ran’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon below. The Far Field refines and builds on the breakthroughs of their 2014 album Singles, bursting with undeniable...
Grimes shares the official video for ‘Venus Fly’. The video, directed and edited by Grimes, also features Janelle Monáe. ‘Venus Fly’ is now live on Grimes’ YouTube; watch the video below. “We used the Phantom cameras to create a feeling of time suspended,” said Grimes of the inspiration behind the video. ‘Venus Fly’ is taken from Grimes’ critically-adored album ‘Art Angels’ (4AD) which had prime placement on basically every End...
Frontier Touring are excited to announce the long-awaited return of critically acclaimed Austin rock ambassadors Spoon, performing two special headline shows in March. Spoon will perform at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Thurs 23 March and Melbourne’s Croxton Bandroom on Sat 25 March in celebration of their highly-anticipated ninth studio album, Hot Thoughts – out Fri 17 March via Matador/Remote Control. Spoon will return to Australia with founding members Britt Daniel (lead vocals/guitar)...
Merchandise have launched a video for their single ‘Right Back To The Start’, taken from the band’s recent album A Corpse Wired For Sound. The fifth song to be given a visual treatment by Carson Cox, the Merchandise frontman says ‘Right Back From The Start’ is about finding yourself repeating old scenarios. Filmed in Washington, DC over a weekend in December, the video’s storyline was heavily influenced by the film...
XL Recordings are delighted to unveil the video for ‘High Roller’, Nines’ debut release for XL Recordings / Remote Control. Co-directed by Nines and starring Nines and J Hus, ‘High Roller’ is another step towards cementing Nines as one of the most exciting names in British rap music. Watch the video below. For those not familiar with with the most authentic name in London’s exploding underground scene, Nineshails from the...
Italy’s Matteo Vallicelli has shared Primo, out now via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. The drummer and composer is best known as the live drummer of The Soft Moon, Death Index and as a founding member of many renowned Italian punk bands. Primo is result of three years of experimentation and ultimately an exercise in self-limitation and discovery. In 2013, Vallicelli relocated from the ancient neighborhood of Trastevere in Rome to the ever-changingKreuzberg district in Berlin. This dramatic uprooting...
The Colorist Orchestra & Emilíana Torrini have shared a new Dan Carey Remix of the single ‘When We Dance’ with a video directed by Belgian directors Jasper Rigole & Hannes Verhoustraete, the single is featured on the collaborative self-titled live album out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Hear the remix and watch the video below. Remixer Dan Carey has worked with Emilíana for many years since first producing her Fisherman’s...
Fresh Air, the new album from Homeshake is out today via Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. Previously released single ‘Call Me Up‘ was praised by The Fader as “push[ing] his bedroom R&B in a slightly funkier direction..a strong sense of hospitality is the track’s most defining characteristic” and I Heart Moosiq said it, “envelops us in buttery smooth, swirling warm R&B pop, leaving us in a divinely relaxed state of mind.” Latest single ‘Khmlwugh’...
Process, the highly anticipated debut album from Sampha, is released today via Young / Remote Control Records. Earlier this week, Sampha revealed the video for his new single ‘(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano’ – directed by Jamie-James Medina and starring Sampha alongside model and activist Adwoa Aboah – comes in two different formats. As well as a traditional music video, viewers can also immerse themselves in a virtual reality version, a product of...
Future Islands will release their fifth studio album, The Far Field, on April 7th 2017 via 4AD / Remote Control Records. The Baltimore-based trio’s first single ‘Ran’ can be heard via the link below. The Far Field refines and builds on the breakthroughs of their 2014 album Singles, bursting with undeniable hooks and disarmingly honest lyrics written by Samuel T. Herring (vocals, lyrics), William Cashion (bass, guitars) and Gerrit Welmers...
Mac DeMarco (aka 26-year old MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco) will release, This Old Dog, his third album and first full-length since 2014’s Salad Days, on May 5th via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. In conjunction with today’s album announcement, DeMarco is sharing two lead singles — ‘My Old Man’ and ‘This Old Dog’. They are the album’s openers and right off the bat, they show a new sonic direction and...
New Gen have released their self titled LP via XL Recordings / Remote Control. It’s late spring in 2015 and something new is brewing in London. On a weekday evening, scores gather at a basement club in Dalston, for ‘New Gen Live’ the second in a string of sold-out events. They’re packed in tight and watch on as the pioneers of a new age in London’s urban and grime scene amass under one roof. Bonkaz, Avelino, Stormzy and Kojey Radical stand side...
ANOHNI will release PARADISE, the companion EP to last year’s HOPELESSNESS, one of the most critically acclaimed and discussed albums of 2016, on Friday 17 March via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control. In collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke, on PARADISE, ANOHNI seeks to support activist conversations and disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicized lyrics. PARADISE includes new songs as well as material recently debuted live. On the title track, ‘Paradise,’ Anohni voices ecstatic...
Methyl Ethel have announced their new album Everything Is Forgotten, to be released Friday 3rd March via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The band have also shared new single ‘Ubu’, a frenetic pop song inspired by Alfred Jarre’s surrealist play Ubu Roi. A self-portrait of self-flagellation and guilt, its companion video, directed by Paxi, takes some of its absurdist cues from Jarre. Watch it below. Due to overwhelming demand a handful of...
