Italy’s Matteo Vallicelli has unveiled the first single ‘Michelangelo’ from his solo record Primo, out February 3 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-changing Kreuzberg...
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Molly Burch is happy to announce the forthcoming release of her debut album Please Be Mine out on Friday 17th February 2017 via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. Premiering via Stereogum, Burch shares the album track ‘Try’ – “a spacious and sweet throwback number.” Since announcing her signing to Captured Tracks Burch has also released single, ‘Downhearted,’ sparking high praise from Fader: “[Her] voice is a time capsule. The Austin-based singer-songwriter [takes] cues from old timers like...
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Melbourne trio Pearls have returned with a new single ‘Superstar’ out now via Dot Dash / RemoteControl Records. Pearls are fine purveyors of glam rock, where sugar meets the grit. They are ex lovers Ryan Caesar & Ellice Blakeney and newly joined, long-term friend, James Payne. Fusing tightly constructed rock with dance sophistication and an unnerving grasp of pop, ‘Superstar’ marks the coming of Pearls’ sophomore album, due early 2017, the follow-up to their...
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The Colorist Orchestra & Emiliana Torrini have shared a new video for ‘When We Dance’. The single is one of two brand new songs that feature on a collaborative self-titled live album to be released on Friday 9th December. Watch the video below. Emiliana describes the unique circumstances behind the song’s origin, “We had two days to write a song before the booked studio time. We were in the Belgian countryside staying...
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UPDATE November 25: Adele has announced a second and final Sydney show. Tickets on sale at midday on Thursday December 1. Global superstar Adele will visit Australia for the very first time in February and March, 2017 to perform a series of special stadium concerts in a unique 360º in-the-round production. Designed to create intimacy, the tour venues will feature reserved seating on both the playing arenas and the grandstands....
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The Colorist Orchestra & Emilíana Torrini have announced a collaborative self-titled album to be released on Friday 9th December 2016 via Rough Trade / Remote Control. This is a live album containing nine Emiliana Torrini songs from her catalog along with two brand new songs. Seeing Emilíana and The Colorist Orchestra in concert is a truly special experience. They have a musical chemistry that is undeniable, and documenting the experience on an album...
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Body/Head, the duo of Kim Gordon (CKM, Sonic Youth, Free Kitten, etc.) and guitarist Bill Nace (X.O.4, Vampire Belt, Ceylon Mange, etc), have today released No Waves via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Recorded on 24th March 2014 during Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN at the Bijou Theater, this high-quality live recording captures Gordon and Nace at peak chemistry, clearing pathways of possibility using great waves of amplification...
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The xx have announced details of their highly anticipated third album. Titled I See You, the ten song album will be released on Friday 13th January 2017 via Young / Remote Control Records. I See You is the follow up to The xx’s two previous albums – xx and Coexist. I See You marks a new era for the London trio of Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith, both sonically and...
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Sleigh Bells (Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss) are excited to release their first new album in three years, Jessica Rabbit. The album was produced by the band and mixed by Andrew Dawson (Kanye West, Tyler, the Creator), and is out today via Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. When Sleigh Bells first emerged in 2009, they combined sonic elements that had never co-existed before, pushing sounds to and past their limits to create an entirely new left-field pop music. Their widely-acclaimed debut album Treats, and its metal-leaning...
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Homeshake cracks a window open with his third album Fresh Air, out 3rd February 2017 via Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. FADER debuted lead single ‘Call Me Up’ which they praise as “pushing [Homeshake’s] bedroom R&B in a slightly funkier direction..a strong sense of hospitality is the track’s most defining characteristic.” Homeshake explains “it’s a song about a spiritual connection strong enough to allow you to empathise with your partner from a great distance.” Hear it below! Peter...
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Chastity have signed to Brooklyn label Captured Tracks, we are pleased to announce the reissue of TAPE – 4 tracks recorded in 2014 and 2015 which should be viewed more as a collection of demos as opposed to the traditional EP. TAPE is available now, currently on cassette and digitally via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. Chastity (Brandon Williams) hails from Whitby, Ontario, a suburb whose spirit is well removed from the city of Toronto. Chastity channels the angst...
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Warpaint have added a show in Perth when they return to Australia this February 2017 in support of their new record Heads Up. Catch the band at Perth International Arts Festival on February 19, Brisbane at The Triffid on February 22, Melbourne at Zoo Twilights on February 24 and Sydney Opera House on February 25. More tour details below. This will be the band’s third tour of Australia after very successful headline shows nationally...
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Two years after the release of his celebrated debut album Tremors, SOHN has confirmed details for its follow-up, along with new song ‘Conrad’. Entitled Rennen, the new SOHN album will be released on Friday 13th January 2017 via 4AD / Remote Control Records. The London-born artist has traded Vienna for the warmth of Los Angeles, but the influence of his former home still lingers (Rennen is a German verb meaning...
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Leading into the end of the year, ANOHNI shares a video for her newest album’s title track. ‘HOPELESSNESS’ is a song that demonstrates how a cry of despair can transform into a call for re-engagement doubled and tripled in a mix whose rhythms recall South African freedom songs, it deconstructs the process of uplift arising from the ashes of grief. Watch the new visual below. “I am a human, a warm-blooded creature. I love...
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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. Bonkaz, Avelino, Stormzy and Kojey Radical stand side by side on stage, trading tracks and premiering new material. A few streets away in Old Street, the New Gen team convene on Sunday afternoons for ‘New Gen Radio’, one of the most popular shows on Radar Radio,...
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Gabriella Cohen has shared a wonderful new video for her track, ‘Downtown’, directed by Sky Richards. The track is taken from the excellent debut album Full Closure and No Details out now via Dot Dash / Captured Tracks in North America and Dot Dash / Remote Control Records for the rest of the world. Gabriella Cohen had this to say about the track and video: “Downtown was written in the summer of 2014 in Highgate Hill, Australia. I remember...
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