Overmono release their latest EP Cash Romantic. Following the release of singles ‘Gunk‘ and ‘Gfortune’, Cash Romantic gets a highly anticipated digital release alongside the launch of pre-sale for the 12” vinyl which features artwork by longtime collaborator Rollo Jackson. While in 2021 Overmono celebrated the underground sound systems and clubbers with acclaimed releases ‘BMW Track / So U Kno‘, ‘Diamond Cut / Bby‘ and ‘Pieces Of 8 / Echo Rush‘, Cash Romantic marks the start of a new phase in their evolution; one that...
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Horsegirl share new single and lyric video ‘World of Pots and Pans’ from their debut album Versions of Modern Performance, out June 3rd. Following the propulsive ‘Anti-glory’, ‘World of Pots and Pans’ has a rough, blown-out pop charm. Watch below! Penelope Lowenstein (guitar, vocals), Nora Cheng (guitar, vocals), and Gigi Reece (drums) do everything collectively, from songwriting to trading vocal duties and swapping instruments to sound and visual art design. Reece and Cheng, college freshmen, and Lowenstein, a high school senior,...
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Bridie Monds-Watson, aka SOAK shares ‘purgatory’, the second single from their third album If I Never Know You Like This Again. Listen to ‘purgatory’ and watch the accompanying video shot by Ellius Grace below! Bridie explains “’purgatory’ is about the weight of time and the perpetual fear of reaching the end of your life, unsatisfied with how you’d spent it. The song came out of a slump phase, I wasn’t really a fan of myself and honestly just felt...
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The Smile (aka Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner) share their newest offering ‘Pana-Vision’, along with an animation by Sabrina Nichols of artwork from artist Stanley Donwood. Watch below! Featured in BBC’s broadcast of Peaky Blinders, ‘Pana-vision’ was likely identifiable to sonically savvy viewers as the latest from The Smile, the same episode premiered a sublime, Satie-esque instrumental piece that the keenest of ears might recognise as the work of Thom Yorke: ‘That’s How Horses Are’, out now here. ‘Pana-vision’ follows last month’s release of ‘Skrting on the Surface’....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Courtney Barnett today announces Here And There – a boutique touring festival with a rotating line-up featuring many of the most exciting songwriters in music today. This August and September, Barnett will take the one-day, one-stage festival to 15 locations around North America, each city with an extraordinary and unique line-up. Joining Barnett at various points on the line-up will be Alvvays, Arooj Aftab, Bartees Strange, Bedouine, Caroline Rose, Chicano Batman, Ethel Cain, Faye Webster, Fred Armisen, Hana Vu, Indigo...
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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...
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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...
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