Oliver Sim unveils a new Jamie xx-produced single, ‘Fruit’, a joyful celebration of queer identity and self-acceptance penned to his younger self. Watch the accompanying video directed by French director Yann Gonzalez (Knife + Heart) below! ‘Fruit’ follows Sim’s solo debut single, ‘Romance With A Memory,’ which debuted last month with a lyric video starring artists and drag performers Charity Kase, HoSo Terra Toma, Gena Marvin and more. Both tracks will feature on a forthcoming limited edition vinyl 12” available only...
Read More
Interpol share ‘Toni’, the first single from their 7th LP The Other Side of Make-Believe, out July 15th. The album breaks fresh ground for the group: parallel to exploring the sinister undercurrents of contemporary life, Interpol’s new songs are imbued with pastoral longing and newfound grace. ‘Toni’ arrives as the first instalment of a two-part dance film directed by Van Alpert (Post Malone, Machine Gun Kelly), with the second chapter to follow soon. Van Alpert says: “I...
Read More
Today, Sydney-based composer Donny Benét – hailed and panned by critics as “Prince on a serious budget cut” – unveils his new EP, Le Piano, via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records, alongside single ‘Cappuccino‘. Composed and recorded entirely by himself at the renowned Donnyland Studios in 2021, Le Piano sees Benét masterfully utilise vintage synthesisers and drum machines to present his views on life, love and relationships through the power of song. Speaking to ‘Cappuccino‘, Benét notes: “’Cappuccino’ was a half-finished B side left over...
Read More
Patrick Watson is thrilled to announce Better in the Shade, his seventh full-length studio album, set for digital release on April 22 via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records worldwide. The news is accompanied by the first single ‘Height of the Feeling’, which Patrick reveals “is about using intimacy as a compass when you feel out of your skin”. As he describes, “I sometimes just have trouble without affection to ground me. I don’t know if that’s good or bad, it just...
Read More
Afro-Cuban, French twins Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, also known as Ibeyi, have shared the third single from their forthcoming third-studio-album Spell 31 out May 6th, 2022 via XL Recordings / Remote Control. Titled ‘Lavender & Red Roses’, the new single features the Brit-Award winning Jorja Smith and speaks on the powerful realisation that we can only save ourselves. The single lands alongside a truly spiritual and captivating visual, directed by Lucrecia Taormina, which sees Ibeyi and Jorja embodying the roles of the three sisters of fate on...
Read More
London electronic duo – comprising brothers Ed and Tom Russell – Overmono mark a new phase in their evolution with ‘Gfortune’ – the second track off their forthcoming Cash Romantic EP out April 8 via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. ‘Gfortune’ introduces a broader spectrum to Overmono’s deft compositions, taking their hypnotic samples & irresistible beats beyond the dancefloor. “The idea for Gfortune was to make something that sounds...
Read More
Following the announcement of their upcoming Australian tour this July 2022 and hotly-anticipated festival appearance at Splendour in the Grass, today Parquet Courts share two remixes of ‘Plant Life’, a standout track from last year’s acclaimed album Sympathy For Life – out via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. Previously available as a physical 12” exclusive, today marks the first widespread release of Yu Su’s Transient Version and the Peak Wifi (a.k.a. Austin Brown and Bryce Hackford) Vibes Mix. Of her remix, Yu Su explains, “I knew...
Read More
TATYANA’s rise continues unabated as she shares the brand new single ‘Treat Me Right’. The song is the title track to her eagerly anticipated debut album, which follows on April 22nd via Sinderlyn / Remote Control. ‘Treat Me Right’ is indicative of the escapist romantic thrills that make TATYANA’s music such a rousing rush of big-hearted emotions. The song plays upon the promise that “I’ll make it worth your while” and that seductive allure tingles throughout TATYANA’s versatile voice: a heady mix...
Read More
Today, Aldous Harding releases her new album Warm Chris. The follow-up to 2019’s Designer, Warm Chris features singles ‘Lawn‘ and ‘Fever’ – released earlier this year to support from rage, STACK, Pilerats, Double J, PBS, 2SER and more. Accompanying the album’s release is ‘Tick Tock‘. Featuring a jaunty, immediate singalong chorus somewhere between traditional folk and a biting nursery rhyme, the single sees Harding utilising multiple voices to carve her own unique space in the alternative landscape. For Warm Chris, the New Zealand musician reunited with producer John Parish, continuing a professional partnership...
Read More
Perfume Genius announces the release of his new album, Ugly Season out on June 17th via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. To coincide with the release of the album, Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) has teamed with renowned visual artist Jacolby Satterwhite for a short film featuring Hadreas and the music of Ugly Season. Perfume Genius just kicked off his North American tour and will bring the electrifying Perfume Genius live show to Australia for the first time since 2018, sharing songs from Set My Heart On Fire Immediately (Matador...
Read More
Last month, Spoon unleashed Lucifer on the Sofa (Matador Records / Remote Control Records), “their best record ever” (Rolling Stone). Earning rave reviews and global acclaim, the new album marks an important sea-change for the group who remain the world’s most surprising and electrifying rock band. Now, Spoon unveils the Wild EP which features three alternate versions of the LP’s ‘Wild‘ including the Jack Antonoff produced ‘Jack Wild‘ and remix from dub icon Dennis Bovell. ‘Wild’ is a celebratory and anthemic song about finding one’s way from cashed out depths...
Read More
black midi have released Cavalcovers, an EP featuring covers of Taylor Swift, King Crimson, and Captain Beefheart, via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. The EP follows Cavalcade, praised as one of the best albums of 2021 by The New York Times, Pitchfork, TheFADER, Stereogum, and more. Last year, black midi recorded five special fan-voted covers for different territories and retailers that were available on bespoke limited flexis for fans that pre-ordered Cavalcade. Now, three of those covers are available for all to hear. Cavalcovers includes a...
Read More
Until recently, it was thought that we had heard all there was to hear from Saâda Bonaire. Though the group had continued working until 1994, founder Ralph “von” Richthoven had firmly stated that all of their post-1986 work was lost: “I threw away most of my work; I didn’t see any reason to hold onto it anymore.” A visit to a relative’s house, however, turned up a pleasant surprise: Richthoven stumbled across a battered cassette tape labeled Saâda...
Read More
JARV IS… have written & performed the original soundtrack for the critically acclaimed BBC TV series This is Going to Hurt based on Adam Kay’s award-winning international multi-million selling memoir of the same name. The soundtrack was recorded at Narcissus Studios, London by Drew Dungate-Smith during various sessions throughout 2021. Most of the performances are live takes featuring the entire band – often recorded whilst they watched the playback of key sequences from the series. Each episode features...
Read More
Today, Fucked Up release Do All Words Can Do – a nine-track compilation gathering David Comes to Life era-appropriate rarities and B-sides, all of which were previously available only on 7”. In December, Matador Records / Remote Control Records honoured the 10th anniversary of Fucked Up’s early ’10s masterwork David Comes to Life with a limited-edition lightbulb-yellow 2xLP reissue. That album – which clocks in at 78-minutes – may be as heavy a dose of genre-bursting progressive-psychedelic-hardcore punk brilliance as anybody can comfortably...
Read More
Manchester rock band Oceansize have announced the reissue of their acclaimed album, Everyone Into Position. Oceansize built a career and reputation of constructing sonic soundscapes from out of nowhere into the most monolithic, dynamic behemoths heard in aeons. Everyone Into Position was Oceansize’s second studio album and Beggars Arkive / Remote Control Records will be reissuing it on June 3. The double album will be pressed on splattered yellow vinyl. Everyone Into Position saw the band scale new heights of...
Read More
