Sydney-based composer Donny Benét – hailed and panned by critics as “Prince on a serious budget cut” – returns with a new single and video, ‘Le Piano‘. An intoxicatingly groovy instrumental piece paying homage to, and influenced by, Benét‘s love of funk, city pop and disco. ‘Le Piano’ arrives alongside the announcement of the Le Piano EP – an instrumental project out April 1, via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. Composed and recorded entirely by himself at the renowned Donnyland Studios in 2021, Le...
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Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) has shared ‘Adore You,’ the early demo version of the lead single and title track off of her critically acclaimed new album Valentine – out now via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Featuring early lyrics and a different structure, the whispered, vulnerable lo-fi version is a sonically opposite yet equally devastating flipside, proving that in any configuration ‘Valentine‘ is as powerful a lovelorn torch song as they come. Jordan also released a live full band...
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Electro-pop artist and harpist, TATYANA, returns with a catchy, shimmering new single, ‘Between The Lines‘, that finds the producer, songwriter and performer in a candid moment of self-reflection over an irresistible, syrupy, synth-soaked track – out now via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. Similar to TATYANA’s last single, ‘Right Places‘, ‘Between The Lines’ features the singer’s signature twinkling harp melodies, only this time, TATYANA confesses, “Maybe I overreacted / Maybe I’m in over my head / Maybe...
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Big Thief share Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You is a sprawling, 20-track double-LP exploring the deepest elements and possibilities of Big Thief. To truly dig into all that the music of Adrianne Lenker, Max Oleartchik, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia desired in 2020, the band decided to write and record a rambling account of growth as individuals, musicians, and chosen family over 4 distinct recording sessions. In Upstate New York, Topanga Canyon, The Rocky Mountains,...
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Spoon have shared ‘My Babe,’ alongside their new album Lucifer On the Sofa via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. ‘My Babe’ is a song of contrast. What begins as a sentimental ballad with a heartbreaking piano melody yields to an exuberant chorus with a proclamation of sheer bravado. Hailed by Time magazine as “one of the greatest American rock bands,” Spoon previously shared the visceral and vivid track ‘Wild‘ a song Stereogum says “demands to be played from rooftops”. It follows...
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Afro-Cuban, French twins Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, known to the world as Ibeyi, have shared a video for new single ‘Sister 2 Sister‘ – the lead track of their newly announced album, Spell 31, out May 6th on XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. Directed by Colin Solal Cardo and starring Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, ‘Sister 2 Sister’ is inspired by the twins sisterhood and their Latinx roots. Sampling Ibeyi’s early single ‘River‘, the track sees the duo evoking the chant of “IBEYI.” ...
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Montreal-based, St. Vincent-born artist Skiifall shares a new single ‘Bloodclarrt Business’ via XL Recordings / Remote Control. The song arrives alongside a Guillaume Landry-directed video that shows Skiifall performing the track over a series of greyscaled scenes where he’s joined by close affiliates in his hometown neighbourhood and was also debuted with a live version on A COLORS SHOW earlier this month. The Yama//Soto and Joseph L’etranger-produced single follows Skiifall’s debut EP WOIIYOIE TAPES Vol. 1 released last summer including songs ‘My Gully,’ and ‘Bagga Yute,’ continuing the emerging artist’s...
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Unstoppable Aotearoa eight-piece The Black Seeds, return with the invigorating new single ‘Bring The Sun’, the third release from their upcoming new album. Following on the release of last year’s single, the perfect summertime banger ‘Let The Sunshine Through’, the new single sees The Black Seeds set out to further their quest to produce the perfect mix of reggae, funk, afrobeat and dub. ‘Bring The Sun’ features a stellar debut guitar solo from new guitarist Ryan Prebble and was written by frontman Daniel Weetman and The...
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Kamasi Washington debuts a new song, ‘The Garden Path‘, and performed it for the first time ever, making his late night television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “The world feels turned upside down,” says Washington of the song. “There’s so much push and pull in every direction, from everyone you meet—no one knows what to think, who to believe, or how to approach life right now. No matter how smart you are, it’s hard not to...
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Five years ago Sampha released his debut album Process via Young / Remote Control Records. The seminal album was met with widespread critical-acclaim and went on to be named the 2017 Mercury-Prize winner. Celebrating the project’s five-year anniversary, Sampha releases a special 12-track bonus edition of Process which includes two newly available songs ‘Inbetween and Overseas’ and ‘Answer’. Process, which features singles ‘(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano’, ‘Timmy’s Prayer’ and ‘Blood On Me’, is an emotionally raw and achingly...
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Lucy Dacus released Home Video via Matador / Remote Control Records last year, solidifying her place as one of music’s best storytellers. After a remarkable showing on year-end lists, she returns with the new single, ‘Kissing Lessons’, and an accompanying video directed by Mara Palena. Complete with hand-drawn hearts and Polaroids, ‘Kissing Lessons’ is another gem mined from Dacus’ childhood in Richmond, Virginia. It was recorded and mixed during the Home Video sessions, and stood out with its sweet and relatable reflection of...
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Circuit des Yeux has released new song and video, ‘The Manatee (A Story of This World Pt. III)’, via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Recorded during the sessions for last year’s masterful and multi-layered full-length -io, ‘The Manatee’ is a shift in mood – serene astral folk sewn up with whirring aquatic interludes. Circuit des Yeux’s Haley Fohr says: “At 4:30 A.M. on February 4th, 2020 a manatee popped out of the sea and stared...
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New York-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist JOHN TSUNG has shared his debut single ‘Eastern Standard‘ via Broken Stone Records / Remote Control Records. The lead single of forthcoming album Empire Postcards, the influence of alternative greats like PJ Harvey seeps into ‘Eastern Standard,’ where TSUNG points to the perplexity of Asian Americanness (“Fraud or faker, native liar/Alien or traitor/Skin loyalty, what lies beneath/Gets paler day by day”). JOHN TSUNG’s Empire Postcards...
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Leif Vollebekk shares a brand-new EP of live recordings titled New Waves, via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records – in this enduring worldwide pandemic, Leif’s EP is a beaming ode to the unique connection live music brings, an amalgam of feelings that can only be shared with an audience. “Last year I had a chance to revisit these songs and I realised they had something my records didn’t have,” says Leif. “They resonate with that incalculable energy of...
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The Smile, the new group comprising Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, have revealed a new track ‘The Smoke‘ and its accompanying lyric video, created by the BAFTA winning writer and director Mark Jenkin. ‘The Smoke‘ is the follow up to the band’s debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again‘. The Smile will play three consecutive live shows across sixteen hours and three timezones at Magazine London this weekend, on January 30th (AEDT). Performing in the round...
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Pointer Recordings is thrilled to announce the signing of Jamaica Moana to their growing roster. The Sydney-based artist, rapper, creative director & songwriter of Māori (Ngāpuhi/Tainui) and Samoan descent makes her Pointer Recordings debut with fiery new single ‘CYA‘. Punctuated with booming basslines and industrial percussion reminiscent of smoky, dimly-lit ballrooms, Jamaica takes command on ‘CYA’ with an unapologetic swagger and self-assured confidence. Speaking to the Dad’s Mayo-produced release, Jamaica shares: “’CYA’ explains the message of me staying firm to my...
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