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Out now: Tyler Ballgame – For The First Time, Again

Tyler Ballgame, Rough Trade Records’ astonishingly gifted, infectious crooner today shares his debut album For The First Time, Again. Accompanying the debut album, comes the new music video for the title track, which follows earlier album singles ‘Matter Of Taste’, ‘I Believe in Love’ and ‘Got a New Car’. Watch here. Speaking on the new single, Ballgame shares, “For The First Time, Again is a song about the perennial nature of love….

Out now: Ye Vagabonds – All Tied Together

Multi-award-winning Irish band Ye Vagabonds share a new track and video, ‘Danny’ taken from their new album, All Tied Together, out now. ‘Danny’ comes with a video directed by Ellius Grace (Lankum, Lisa O’Neill, Junior Brother) and follows the album’s previous singles, ‘The Flood’ and ‘On Sitric Road’ which was accompanied by a live video recorded in Dublin. ‘Danny’ is a poignant character study over a distinctive mix of cello, synthesizer,…

Listen: Two Shell – ‘The Nightmare / Follow’

Two Shell returns with ‘The Nightmare’, a shift away from their darker, more obfuscated previous release, instead leaning into positive, intentional escapism. In November, they invited fans to Ormside Projects for a party simply named ‘Hear The Music’, where the duo played 3 hours of ‘what feels like an infinite amount’ of new 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘. The accompanying event description read, ‘we’re living in the nightmare. A dark + confusing world. But…

Announced: War Child Records – HELP(2)

War Child Records today announce HELP(2). You can listen to the first single from the album, ‘Opening Night’ by Arctic Monkeys, now HERE. HELP(2) is a brand new collaborative album inspired by the landmark 1995 release HELP to engage music lovers globally in support of War Child’s vital work delivering immediate aid, education, specialist mental health support, and protection to children affected by conflict around the world. The new album, like the original, speaks to the urgency of the…

Announced: Snail Mail – Ricochet + ‘Dead End’

Snail Mail — the project of Lindsey Jordan — announces her highly anticipated third album, Ricochet, due out March 27. Her first album in five years, she returns with a renewed sense of clarity and control, asserting herself as a generational songwriter with a sharpened perspective. While her early work chronicled the emotional turbulence of young love, Ricochet reveals a deeper fixation: time, mortality, and the quiet terror of watching the things you love slip…

Listen: Tiga – ‘HOT WIFE (feat. Boys Noize)‘

Guess what? Tiga’s havin’ fun again on ‘HOT WIFE’ the latest single ahead of his upcoming HOTLIFE album, due 17th April. His third offering from the highly-anticipated comeback record, ‘HOT WIFE,’ out today, brings back a longtime collaborator and old friend, superstar producer Boys Noize. These two certified legends of electronic music have helped define late-2000s electro and club culture, with a mutual respect that has been fostered over decades of b2b DJ sets and…

Out now: Maria Somerville – Luster (Remixes) EP

Maria Somerville shared her second album and debut project on 4AD, Luster, last April. She now returns with her brand-new Luster (Remixes) EP, out now. The EP gives six tracks off Somerville’s already mesmerising, wind-swept record new life in fitting, and sometimes surprising ways via its enlisted cast of friends and collaborators (Seefeel, YHWH Nailgun, Fatshaudi, colle, Asa Nisi Masa & Oscar18, and Boris). Announced in November, Somerville initially shared three tracks off the Luster…

Listen: Savages – ‘Paranoid’ and ‘Prayer’

On January 25, 2016, Savages released their riveting sophomore album Adore Life, the band’s final release to date. Today, the London quartet celebrate the album’s first decade by sharing two unreleased songs from the era – a piano-lead cover of Black Sabbath’s iconic ‘Paranoid’ and the haunting original ‘Prayer’. The band’s performance of ‘Paranoid’ was captured on film by Grammy-nominated director Giorgio Testi and premieres today as well. From Savages: Celebrating 10 years of ‘Adore…

Watch: Bibi Club – ‘Washing Machine’

The duo Bibi Club (Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque) unveil their striking new single ‘Washing Machine’, out today, alongside a music video directed by Anna Arrobas. The first English single from their forthcoming album Amaro, out February 27, ‘Washing Machine’ transforms grief into movement, reminding us that light and sorrow can coexist. About ‘Washing Machine,’ Bibi Club says: “The anomaly. This song is a homage to Tobie, who loved washing machines, the way…

Out now: Sleaford Mods – The Demise Of Planet X

Sleaford Mods announce additional headline shows in Hobart and Perth, part of their upcoming Australian and New Zealand 2026 tour. Tickets on sale from 1pm local time here. This week Sleaford Mods teamed up with Aldous Harding for their new single, ‘Elitest G.O.A.T’, which was released on Tuesday, and taken from the band’s new album, The Demise Of Planet X, out today. Pulsing with chiming synths and propulsive beats, ‘Elitest G.O.A.T’ is a…

Announced: Kim Gordon – PLAY ME + ‘NOT TODAY’

Kim Gordon’s vision of art and noise has come sharper into focus just as readily as it has changed—a paradigm of possibility that, four decades on, still feels like a dare. The adventure continues on the artist’s third solo album, PLAY ME, which will be released March 13. The lead track ‘NOT TODAY’ is available now, accompanied by a short film directed by Rodarte fashion label founders and filmmakers Kate and Laura Mulleavy with director…

Listen: Danny L Harle – ‘Raft In The Sea (feat. Julia Michaels)’

Danny L Harle releases his new single ‘Raft In The Sea’, featuring acclaimed songwriter and vocalist Julia Michaels. The track is the latest to be unveiled from Harle’s highly-anticipated debut album Cerulean, due for release on 13th February 2026. An emotionally exposed centrepiece of Cerulean, ‘Raft In The Sea’ finds Harle stripping back his trademark maximalism to reveal a song of quiet devastation and fragile, euphoric beauty. Built on swelling synths, slow-burning harmonies and a sense…

Announced: Charlotte Day Wilson – Patchwork EP + ‘Lean (feat. Saya Gray)’

Charlotte Day Wilson releases her latest single, ‘Lean’ featuring fellow Canadian musician Saya Gray, out now via Stone Woman Music / XL Recordings. Resonant and emotionally stirring, ‘Lean’ unfolds through Wilson’s deep, commanding vocals, while its production bends and warps into something ecstatic and sticky. At its core, it’s a love song that leans into the addictive, obsessive, and all-consuming nature of passion. Following her highly anticipated return with last year’s singles ‘Selfish‘ and ‘High Road‘, Wilson kicks…

Listen: Daughter – ‘Not Enough’

Not To Disappear, the studio album by Daughter turns 10 this year. To celebrate reaching the milestone, the trio of Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella share a brand new song, ‘Not Enough’. Originally written and demo’ed during sessions for Not To Disappear, ‘Not Enough’ was recorded at London’s Total Refreshment studio in November 2025. The track was produced by Igor Haefeli and mixed by Nicolas Vernhes. ‘”Not Enough’ didn’t find its place on Not To Disappear but…

Announced: Anjimile – You’re Free to Go + ‘Like You Really Mean It’

North Carolina based singer-songwriter Anjimile announces plans to release the full-length album You’re Free to Go, due out March 13. The announcement comes with the luminous lead single ‘Like You Really Mean It’ which overflows with tenderness and vulnerability, accompanied by a beautiful roller skating video directed by Caity Arthur, watch here. Anjimile shares: “I wrote this to make my girlfriend want to give me a kiss. We live about an hour apart,…

Announced: THE SOPHS – GOLDSTAR + title-track

Los Angeles six-piece The Sophs have ridden a wave of notoriety ever since signing to Rough Trade Records on the strength of their demos – which they cold-emailed to labelheads Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee before they ever even played a show. Following last year’s releases and worldwide touring, the band are ready to unleash their debut album GOLDSTAR, out March 13. The album’s title track is out today, a ferocious, explosive song…

Announced: 15 15 – Mārara + ‘Queen’s Goodbye’

Fresh from a landmark year expanding their universe between London and Paris, supporting Kamasi Washington on his Spring 2025 European tour, performing at COLORS – Tones of Paris in October, joining the Simple Things Festival lineup alongside keiyaA, Smerz and Florence Sinclair in July, and closing the Fusion Festival main stage after John Maus in August,  15 15 starts 2026 with ‘Queen’s Goodbye’ the second single from their debut album Mārara (which means flying fish), out Friday 6th March. The most stripped-back track…

Announced: KAVARI – PLAGUE MUSIC EP + ‘IRON VEINS’

Liverpool-born, Glasgow-based electronic artist KAVARI announces PLAGUE MUSIC, her debut EP for XL Recordings, released on Friday 6 February 2026 via the label’s iconic House Bag series. Having earned early and enduring support from Aphex Twin, Ethel Cain, Ninajirachi, Flume, and Yeule, PLAGUE MUSIC marks KAVARI’s most focused and uncompromising body of work to date; a release that sharpens her sonic signature, deepens her world building, and signals her arrival on XL with clarity and intent. The announcement comes alongside the release of…

Announced: Flore Laurentienne – Volume III + ‘Régate’

Flore Laurentienne — the project of composer and orchestrator Mathieu David Gagnon — unveils Volume III, a new album out April 10. The first single, ‘Régate’, evokes a rapid shift in perspective, resulting in a lively race between a synthesizer ostinato and a string orchestra. On stage, the project’s seven musicians will embark on a European tour in the spring, with six dates already announced, from London to Paris via…

Out now: Dry Cleaning – Secret Love

Dry Cleaning release their new album Secret Love, out today, along with its final single/video ‘Joy’ earlier in the week, watch it here! With lyrics initially pieced together from advertisements in Virginia Tech University’s History of Food and Drink archive, ‘Joy’ serves as a compassionate coach to those in desperate need of positivity and kindness. Like Stumpwork swansong ‘Icebergs,’ it’s an optimistic sign-off for Secret Love with the parting words, “Don’t give up on being sweet.” Lyricist Florence Shaw comments, “Recently I…

Announced: Robyn – Sexistential + ‘Talk To Me’

Generational pop icon Robyn announces her ninth studio album, Sexistential, which will be released on 27th March 2026. Sexistential is the most ecstatic record that Robyn has ever made, the sound of one of contemporary music’s most influential artists coming home. After the club music meditations of 2018’s Honey, the album features nine, deeply playful pop songs that tie back to her era-defining Body Talk trilogy, designed to feel “like a spaceship coming through the atmosphere at a really high speed and…

Announced: Buck Meek – The Mirror + ‘Gasoline’

Buck Meek announces his new album, The Mirror, out 27 February, and shares its lead single, ‘Gasoline’. There’s a tender power, countered by immutable vulnerability. With an uncanny curiosity, he reveals the uniqueness in the mundane. The Mirror searches for new meaning and the familiar is reframed through Meek’s singular voice. On The Mirror, love, as an idea, is always close – but in its reflection comes an afterimage of the way things could…

Watch: Tyler Ballgame – ‘Matter of Taste’

Tyler Ballgame, Rough Trade Records’ astonishingly gifted, infectious crooner shares new single ‘Matter of Taste’ and its accompanying video. This is the latest track to be released from his stunning debut album For the First Time, Again, out January 30th, 2026 and follows earlier album singles ‘I Believe in Love’ and ‘Got a New Car’. A hook-laden rocker, ‘Matter of Taste’ shows Ballgame and his band cutting loose, with what the singer-songwriter calls the…

Remote Control’s Highlights of 2025

Here’s just some of our much loved releases that made our year this year (and in no particular order)! Have a lovely and restful time over the new year break ~ looking forward to more in the new year ✨ Steve Anna Von Hausswolff – ICONOCLASTS Baxter Dury – Allbarone Charli xcx & John Cale – ‘House’ John Glacier – Like A Ribbon Milkweed – Remscéla Juana Molina  – DOGA…

Listen: Robyn – ‘Dopamine (Marlon Hoffstadt Remix)’

Berlin rave renegade Marlon Hoffstadt today steps up with a high voltage reimagining of ‘Dopamine,’ Robyn’s first single in over seven years and one of 2025’s most celebrated pop returns. Fresh off the wave of acclaim surrounding the generational Swedish pop icon’s original, Hoffstadt injects the track with his signature “DJ Daddy Trance” energy, flipping Robyn’s pop euphoria into a riotous, rave-ready anthem. Known for tearing up club conventions and…

Out now: Queens of the Stone Age – Alive in the Catacombs + Alive in Paris and Before on Youtube

The acclaimed concert film Queens of the Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs is now available to stream on Youtube. Queens of the Stone Age fans around the globe are invited to witness the band’s intimate, powerful performance, set deep within the ancient, atmospheric underground tombs of Paris. Filmed and recorded in July 2024, the band is captured as you’ve never seen or heard them before with a carefully selected setlist spanning…

Announced: Mouseatouille – Live At Lithuanian Club Cassette + instore performance

As an end of year treat Mouseatouille are slipping out a limited edition, hand stamped, cassette-only recording of their album launch show, recorded live at Lithuanian Club in North Melbourne on the 11 October 2025. The cassette will be available on the band’s merch desk and at Rocksteady Records’ Xmas Party (also featuring Private Mountain solo), on Sunday 21st December from 5PM, Mitchell House, Level 1, 358 Lonsdale St, Melbourne….

Watch: Dry Cleaning – ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit’

Dry Cleaning share a quieter moment from their upcoming third album Secret Love, out 9 January 2026. The third single ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’ follows ‘Cruise Ship Designer’ and ‘Hit My Head All Day’ and offers a gentler side to Dry Cleaning. ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’ was one of the first songs written for Secret Love and is inspired by 60s folk act Pentangle, 2001: A Space Odyssey, ancient Roman poet…

Out now: Danny L Harle & Rachika Nayar – Azimuth Divergence

Brooklyn-based composer and producer Rachika Nayar and London-based musician, composer and producer Danny L Harle today release Azimuth Divergence. The eight track project reimagines Harle’s recent acclaimed ‘Azimuth’ single, featuring vocals from Caroline Polachek, as the source material for each track. Nayar, who’s released two albums (2021’s Our Hands Against The Dusk and 2022’s Heaven Come Crashing), and this year’s collaborative Disiniblud album with Nina Keith, is a distinctive voice in contemporary experimental music: blending ambient, electronic, neoclassical and post-rock.. She uses guitar as…

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