Ahead of the release to their second album Woke Against The Tide out Friday 28 October, Girl Tears have shared ‘Panick Attack‘ taken from it. Listen below! The single premiered via FLOOD who describe their sound as, “semi-twanged swagger of X, but matched by the concentrated brevity of early Black Flag,” a sure reflection of what to expect from the upcoming record. With Woke Against The Tide the Los Angeles/Orange County punk trio have mastered the art of the...
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Harsh Riddims 2013 – 2016, a compilation that can almost be coined a “Best Of”. That we are releasing a best-of compilation of another label’s work is not the only item of note with this forthcoming album. This will mark the first time all of these tracks will be available on vinyl – previously they could only be found on cassette or download. Furthermore, Harsh Riddims 2013 – 2016 will feature unreleased tracks from Cringe Machine as...
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Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker have released their new album Overnight, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Of the record, Clarke explains her exploration of the evocative but elusive nature of memory.
“I’ve always been fascinated that within a moment you can be transported backwards in time by a sight, sound or smell. It is fleeting and bittersweet that you never know when these glimpses of the...
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Powell’s debut album Sport is out today via XL Recordings / Remote Control. It’s 14 tracks of difficult to categorise music, that draws on the spirit of punk. 1. Because it samples punk; using its sonics in a modern way. 2. Because it embraces the spirit and attitude of railing against everything else – big festival circuits, dry social media profiles and ‘music that people will like’. However, Sport is...
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The Lemon Twigs, brothers Brian (19) and Michael (17) D’Addario from Long Island, have released their debut album Do Hollywood via 4AD / Remote Control, and shared a new video for single ‘As Long As We’re Together.’ Do Hollywood was recorded in Los Angeles, California with production by Jonathan Rado of Foxygen. Brian and Michael have been playing rock music since they were old enough to walk and talk, mastering...
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Big Smoke share their new single ‘Wrong’, which is accompanied by a video that is both raw and beautiful, premiered via Stereogum. Watch it below. “In this video, the aim was to get participants to the same place of raw vulnerability you hear in Adrian’s voice on the track by stripping away the familiar—both physically and mentally—and then saving them from it,” says Director Sean Lynch. “We allowed the partners to re-discover each...
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Watch friendships’ new video to ‘Spit::Flesh::Splinter’ ft. HABITS below! The track is taken from their amazing new debut album Nullarbor 1988-1989 out now, and was premiered over at EARMILK. friendships collaborated with fellow Melbourne act HABITS who are featured in both audio and visual components to ‘Spit::Flesh::Splinter’. “This is an anthem for honesty, a theme song for strength. A chaotic reminder to strip down to your realest self. Create you space, own it, let your identity be known and demand for it...
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Remote Control Records in partnership with Dot Dash are thrilled to announce the debut album from Melbourne associates Client Liaison. Diplomatic Immunity will be released in Australia & New Zealand on Friday 4th November via Dot Dash / Remote Control. To celebrate the announce of Diplomatic Immunity, Client Liaison have shared the music video for current single ‘Wild Life’. Directed by Tim White, the video is the band’s first foray...
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London producer Dark0 has announced the release of his new EP Oceana, out 28th October, and shared first single ‘Forever.’ Dark0 has always created his music as a snapshot, a kind of journal, its sole agenda being to illustrate the thoughts, passions and frustrations of a given time and place. Previously releasing with tastemaker labels Lost Codes and Rinse, the 25-year-old’s debut for XL is the Oceana EP. Oceana describes the unstable relationship Dark0 shares with his environment, narrating the story of his city’s illusions of grandeur, mired by...
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Sleigh Bells have shared their latest song ‘I Can Only Stare’ from their upcoming album, Jessica Rabbit, out November 11th through Sinderlyn / Remote Control. Sleigh Bells spoke with Zane Lowe at Beats 1 about the new song, which was Beats 1’s World Record. Check it out below! ‘I Can Only Stare’ is a brilliant, head-spinning standout from Jessica Rabbit, an album that does not sound like anything Sleigh Bells has ever done — or anyone...
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Melbourne’s chaotic Audio/Visual two piece friendships have today released their debut LP Nullarbor 1988-1989 via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records and US label Mansion Records. The highly anticipated debut comes packaged as an impressive double disk 12″ vinyl in custom ‘friendships Gutter Death Red’. The first physical from the duo includes original hand painted cover art by friendships and collaborations with Melbourne artists such as HABITS, thelovelyme, Yaw Faso,...
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Check out the new video ‘Jonny [feat. Jonny]’ from Powell below! It is one of his favourite tracks from his upcoming debut LP Sport, out Friday 14th October. The track includes vocals from Jonnine Standish of HTRK. The video was inspired by Powell’s long-running NTS radio show Melon Magic. It contains footage sent by fans to his powell@xlrecordings.com email address (which was pasted on billboards in both London and New York), as well as footage from...
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Merchandise have today released their killer record ‘A Corpse Wired For Sound’ Formed nearly a decade ago, galvanised by Tampa hardcore and inspired by its miscreant noise, A Corpse Wired For Sound signals a new chapter for Merchandise. Following 2014’s After The End — a full-band effort recorded in a closet — the band stripped back to its core of Carson Cox (vocals, electronics), Dave Vassalotti (guitar, electronics) and Pat...
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Los Angeles/Orange County punk trio Girl Tears are excited to share a new single ‘Cold Thoughts’ taken from their forthcoming second album Woke Against The Tide out Friday 28 October via Sinderlyn / Remote Control. Pre-order Woke Against The Tide via iTunes | Google Play Purchase / Listen to ‘Cold Thoughts‘ via Spotify | Apple Music | Google Play | iTunes Woke Against The Tide is the follow up to Tension. With it they have mastered the art of the three-chord attack, delivering volatile blasts to the point of fury. Four tours and 100+ shows later,...
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Next month, teenage South London four piece, Goat Girl release their debut 7″ with two songs, each one a caustic commentary on the England they’ve grown up in: ‘Country Sleaze’ is a brooding two-chord time capsule that sounds like it’s been beamed over from a Seattle divebar in 1989. Both tracks were recorded purposefully quickly in a no-nonsense north London studio a few weeks ago with fast-rising producer Margo Broom. Goat...
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Warpaint have shared their second single ‘Whiteout’, taken from their upcoming highly anticipated third album Heads Up, out this Friday 23rd September via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control. Heads Up was recorded after the band spent 2015 apart working on solo projects and their own endeavors. Reuniting in January of this year, the band invited producer Jacob Bercovici—with whom they had worked on their debut EP Exquisite Corpse—into their...
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