Benjamin Booker has today released his incredible new album Witness. On Witness, Booker has created his most ambitious work yet by digging deep into his passion for eccentric soul, R&B, and blues, while never straying too far from the garage-punk intensity that made his self-titled 2014 debut such a creative breakthrough. Listen to the record here: Watch Benjamin Booker perform ‘Right On You’ and ‘Believe’ live below
Benjamin Booker has shared a new track ‘Believe’ off his upcoming album Witness, out Friday 2nd June. To accompany the new track, Booker has also shared a stunning live video of him performing the song at Providence’s historic Columbus Theatre. Watch the video below. Witness is his biggest artistic leap to date – drawing on everything from the writings of James Baldwin to Freddie Gibbs to William Onyeabor’s 70s African psych-rock. Preorder...
Rough Trade are excited to announce Starcrawler and the release of their debut single ‘Ants’. The single is backed by B-side ‘Used to Know’ and available on limited edition blood splattered white vinyl 7” – 500 only world wide. Watch the clip below! Starcrawler hail from Los Angles and were formed one year ago when lead vocalist Arrow de Wilde first met guitarist Henri Cash at their Echo Park high school. Shortly...
Benjamin Booker has shared ‘Right On You,’ the opening track from his upcoming LP Witness out June 2nd. Booker describes the song as being “about the selfish, lonely and hedonistic nature of modern life, where death is ‘right on you’ but seems ‘hard to imagine’.” Listen below. The album’s ten new, original tracks were all written by Booker, produced by Sam Cohen, mixed by Shawn Everett, and recorded at The Isokon studio...
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker have announced new single ‘Nine Times Along’ from their latest album Overnight. Listen below! Josienne & Ben have also just been nominated in the ‘Best Duo’ category at this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The Awards will take place on 5th April at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The fifth time they have been nominated for awards in various categories since 2014, including winning...
ANOHNI releases Paradise, the companion EP to last year’s HOPELESSNESS. In collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke, on Paradise, ANOHNI seeks to support activist conversations and disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicised lyrics. Paradise includes new songs as well as material recently debuted live. On the title track, ‘Paradise,’ ANOHNI voices ecstatic alienation, describing a dystopian life filled with horror, awe, comfort...
Benjamin Booker is back! Overnight he has shared details for his new album Witness and has released the title track from the record. The single, Booker’s most profound and politically charged song to date, features a guest vocal by Mavis Staples. The album is out June 2nd via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. Read his powerful statement regarding the track below: WITNESS By Benjamin Booker “Once you find yourself in another...
Sleaford Mods share their new video for ‘Moptop’, filmed in a friend’s kitchen, taken from their new album English Tapas, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Watch the clip below. According to singer Jason Williamson, the song is “based around the disgusting lie that is Boris Johnson, the wannabe Churchill (We don’t need another one). The song also discusses the void that is modern music, internet attention spans, one dimensional acts...
Sleaford Mods have released their new album English Tapas via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. The album was recorded at Steve Mackey’s (Pulp) West Heath Garage studios in London. Sleaford Mods are aggressive, abrasive, and unabashed in their lyrical support for England’s 99% and in railing against the oligarchs who deny people their basic human and civil rights; with ‘BHS’, they address Green’s treachery and the human costs he ignored. As singer Jason Williamson says about the song:“Buy a...
ANOHNI will release PARADISE, the companion EP to last year’s HOPELESSNESS, on March 17th via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. A collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke, the PARADISE EP seeks to support activist conversations and disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicised lyrics. ANOHNI presents the video for the invigorating title track, ‘Paradise’, directed by Colin Whitakerand featuring visual artist and model Eliza Douglas as an avatar...
The Colorist Orchestra & Emilíana Torrini have shared a new Dan Carey Remix of the single ‘When We Dance’ with a video directed by Belgian directors Jasper Rigole & Hannes Verhoustraete, the single is featured on the collaborative self-titled live album out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Hear the remix and watch the video below. Remixer Dan Carey has worked with Emilíana for many years since first producing her Fisherman’s...
ANOHNI will release PARADISE, the companion EP to last year’s HOPELESSNESS, one of the most critically acclaimed and discussed albums of 2016, on Friday 17 March via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control. In collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke, on PARADISE, ANOHNI seeks to support activist conversations and disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicized lyrics. PARADISE includes new songs as well as material recently debuted live. On the title track, ‘Paradise,’ Anohni voices ecstatic...
‘BHS’ is the first single from the upcoming Sleaford Mods album English Tapas out Friday 3rd March via Rough Trade / Remote Control. The album was recorded at Steve Mackey’s (Pulp) West Heath Garage studios in London. Watch the video below! British Home Stores (BHS) was a chain of department stores in the UK controlled by Sir Philip Green, the chairman of Arcadia Group, which also owns Topshop, among others. The chain...
Sleaford Mods have announced their new album English Tapas, to be released Friday 3rd March 2017. The album was recorded at Steve Mackey’s (Pulp) West Heath Garage studios in London. English Tapas will be available on a limited pressing of red vinyl, CD, DL and very limited edition cassette (150 only). The first 1000 vinyl pre-orders also include a bonus one sided 7” of exclusive track ‘Big Trouble In Little Costa,’...
Listen to Warpaint’s ‘New Song’ (Soulwax Remix) below. The band tour Australia this February in support of their new album Heads Up out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Catch Warpaint play 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. Full ticket details and links below. This will be the band’s third tour of...
The Colorist Orchestra & Emiliana Torrini have releaased their collaborative self-titled live album, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. The Colorist Orchestra is a Belgian ensemble founded by Aarich Jespers and Kobe Proesmans in 2013. They re-envision the repertoires of established musicians from across genres using traditional classical instruments and arrangements, along with a variety of their own musical inventions to contribute innovative, never-before-heard sounds and grooves to their compositions...
