GIFT release new single ‘Later’, which was co-written by the band’s multi-instrumentalists Jessica Gurewitz and vocalist/guitarist TJ Freda. The band’s own Jessica Guerwitz not only co-wrote ‘Later’, but she also co-directed its music video for the first time, working with Sophia Feuer (Director, DP, Editor). Watch below! GIFT’s forthcoming album Illuminator is out on August 23rd. The album is a dynamic fusion of genres, seamlessly blending electronic elements with widescreen pop production techniques. Listen / download ‘Later’ here.Pre-order /...
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Ahead of her tour next month Kim Gordon releases new single ‘ECRP’, with an accompanying video once again featuring, this time as director, her daughter, Coco Gordon Moore. Watch below! In it, quick-cutting shots of a variety of New York street scenes augment the Justin Raisen-produced song’s disorienting sonics, as Gordon intones of “rumors of free speech” and “ashes on the nightstand”. Earlier this year, Gordon released her second solo album, The Collective, and also made her explosive solo late...
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Tama Gucci has a knack for pushing the envelope, and pushes he does with the deliciously devious video for new track, ‘Runaway Pup’– the lead single from his long awaited debut album, Notes to Self. Out August 16 via Sinderlyn / Remote Control, the album is the culmination of years of forward-thinking pop songwriting while creating intricate club soundscapes, and tracks Tama’s evolution from fun-loving cover artist and studious songwriter/producer to self-assured, wholly encompassing visionary. New track ‘Runaway Pup’ pushes...
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John Glacier announces her second project of the year, Duppy Gun, with a brand new Kwes Darko-produced single, ‘Steady As I Am’. The opener on Duppy Gun, ‘Steady As I Am’ feels like an autobiographical amble from Glacier’s inner psyche. A subtle, yet authoritative affirmation of who she is, the track is the epitome of letting her output do the talking. Set to a hypnotic, looping melody, Glacier’s trademark deadpan flow...
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Jen Cloher’s taut, terse brand of rock is charged with the static tension that comes with being an eternal misfit; they have spoken truth to power with the shrewd eye that only an outsider can possess. On their latest single ‘Annabelle’, Cloher paints a harrowing portrait of the protagonist who is undone by her need to win at all costs. On a deeper level the song questions white feminism’s centring in modern discourse...
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Rising up from the waves and primordial mist, Dirty Three emerge once again with the reverie of new single ‘Love Changes Everything II’, arriving ashore ahead of their first album in over a decade Love Changes Everything – released physically on Friday, 14th June and digitally on Friday, 28th June. This news follows that of a just-announced third Melbourne date to their ever-growing national tour this June. ‘Love Changes Everything II’ is Dirty Three at midday: glancing pensively back at the waters of...
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After the release of ‘Talk To Me,’ their chart topping collaboration with avant-garde icon FKA twigs and epic and triumphant performance at this year’s Coachella, acclaimed production entity Two Shell today return with a brand new track, ‘gimmi it’. A front-facing example of Two Shell at their most club focused, ‘gimmi it’ hacks into the typical blueprint of the dancefloor and glitches its sonic template for a track that’s heavy...
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For their first album in over a decade – yep, it’s been ten years since 2012’s Toward the Low Sun – Dirty Three flew in, got together and started playing. End of story. Music’s their true love; they never stop listening to that. And like the title says, Love Changes Everything. Arriving physically on Friday, 14th June and digitally on Friday, 28th June, Love Changes Everything expands on their rumbling, wide-open instrumentals that pull you in like oil-painted landscapes. There’s...
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The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper returns with the vinyl reissue of two bona fide classic albums on Friday 29th March, and an April tour to celebrate. Black Ticket Day and Law Of Nature are available for pre-order now! The two albums follow the recent reissues of Frontierland, Honey Steels Gold and Electrical Storm and the previously unreleased Mr. MiraKle. For the April tour Kuepper’s band will again feature drummer Mark Dawson, bassist Peter Oxley, pianist Alister Spence and brass arranger Eamon Dilworth. Further tour details below!...
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Jess Locke returns with the announcement of her fourth album Real Life out on Friday, 3rd May, and shares a sample of the long play that explores mortality with ‘Uncomfortably Happy’, alongside a video. Watch below! Setting the tone on her forthcoming album, ‘Uncomfortably Happy’ says it all in the title. Backed by fuzzy guitars and swelling synths, Locke questions the temporary aspect of living. The buoyant chorus attempts to sweep these anxieties and overanalyses away – a...
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Following the recent upload of Ed Kuepper’s debut record to streaming services, it’s time to introduce The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper, the first live band experience of Ed Kuepper’s solo material since 2009. Today, Kuepper announces a national tour for this September in celebration of his lauded classic Honey Steel’s Gold being made available on streaming services from Friday, 9th June. Featuring Ed’s legendary sparring partner Mark Dawson on drums, Sunnyboys bassist Peter Oxley, plus celebrated pianist Alister Spence and brass maestro Eamon Dilworth, The Exploding Universe will tackle the best of Kuepper’s recent vinyl reissues Electrical...
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Iconic co-founder of arguably the most significant Australian band, The Saints (‘I’m Stranded’), and of the post-punk era-defining Laughing Clowns, Ed Kuepper launches an extensive catalogue campaign with the reissue of his long-out-of-print, seminal debut solo album Electrical Storm (1985) and Honey Steel’s Gold (1990) through Remote Control Records. Both will be available on vinyl on Friday, 9th June for the first time in 30 years. Digitally remastered and available on streaming services for the very first time today, Electrical Storm is a brooding statement of...
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Blawan announces a brand new EP Dismantled into Juice out 17 May. To mark the announcement, he releases the opening track ‘Toast’, a playful preview into the spell-binding, otherworldly productions to come. Across the five tracks Blawan effortlessly flickers between instrumentals and vocal-led songs that flex a deep technical ability and see him transcend the “techno” box he has so often been put in. Bringing in distorted drum rhythms, piercing synths, unbelievable drums, and original vocal cuts, Dismantled Into Juice is Blawan’s most riveting...
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The National has released the fourth and final offering ahead of its upcoming album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein (out April 28th), the idyllic ‘Your Mind Is Not Your Friend’ featuring Phoebe Bridgers. The track confronts the entanglements of the habitual mind and the overwhelming nature of scrutiny. “Don’t you understand? / Your mind is not your friend again / It takes you by the hand/ And leaves you nowhere,” frontman Matt Berninger croons in tandem with the distinct grace...
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Today, on the 25th anniversary, Magic Dirt announce the reissue of their acclaimed second album Young And Full Of The Devil, out Friday 7th April via Emergency Music / Remote Control Records. It also marks the release of the album on streaming services for the first time. Leaving behind the brooding, introspective mood of Friends In Danger, Magic Dirt discharge fiercely with the iconic Young And Full Of The Devil, an album of raw power, beauty and assured chaos. Released in April 1998 and drenched in trademark Magic Dirt guitar sounds,...
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The Forest In Me, the forthcoming LP from Xylouris White, is actually the work of a musical triumvirate: Giorgos Xylouris and Jim White, of course, as well as their long-time producer, Guy Picciotto. Recorded in isolation in 2020, the trio conjured cinematic sounds while physically remote from each other, yet these songs were constructed with a unique psychic connection unbound by location. ‘Long Doll,’ the latest single from The Forest In Me, is music for a day...
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