In 2011, Toronto’s Fucked Up delivered an album that chafed the edges of punk rock’s conceptual boundaries – a set of songs that splayed freely into unexpected instrumentation, psychedelic drift, and situationist philosophy. Its ambition was limitless and its run time opulent. Which is to say, they made a concept album. Matador Records / Remote Control Records celebrate’s the 10th anniversary of Fucked Up’s titanic 78-minute early ’10s masterpiece, David Comes to Life, with a limited-edition 2xLP...
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Matador Records / Remote Control Records celebrate the 21st anniversary of The New Pornographers’ debut record and breakout, Mass Romantic (2000), with the release of a limited-edition LP reissue – out now. The album – clocking three singers and 12 effervescent and undeniable power-pop gems – returns to us on red vinyl and will include a bonus 7”, Letter From An Occupant, which includes two rare B-sides, ‘The End of Medicine’ and ‘When I Was a Baby.’ All told, Mass Romantic took three...
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Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records present the 15th anniversary edition of The Long Blondes‘ Someone To Drive You Home, which was originally released in November 2006 and was produced by Pulp member Steve Mackey – out now as a limited edition, double gatefold LP. Pressed on to red and yellow vinyl to mirror the album’s artwork – a picture of actress Faye Dunaway also painted by Jackson – the edition will feature the original record, plus 11...
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Arca is a singularity, a point where our preconceptions and prior knowledge break down, an entrance into a new realm of being. Her transcendent, transgressive body of work has collapsed long-standing barriers that once seemed impermeable: between artist and art, between human and technology, between avant-garde and pop, and between the many disciplines—from music to visual art to fashion and beyond—where she’s made her indelible mark. To complete the KICK series,...
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Arca, the Venezuelan artist, singer, DJ, performer, model, painter, pop diva and experimental music composer, has released the three newest instalments in her KICK series of albums: KICK ii, KicK iii and kick iiii. If KiCk i is a multidimensional self-portrait that held all of Arca’s many mutations, KICK ii sees her deconstruct reggaeton rhythms she grew up listening to in Caracas, balancing structure and chaos to create her most accessible work yet, without sacrificing...
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Milk! Records / Remote Control Records present Hachiku Remixed, a double single that finds Hachiku reinterpreted by a pair of beloved Australian musicians: Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Kurt Vile, Courtney Barnett) and Georgia Maq (Camp Cope). Mozgawa takes ‘Bridging Visa B‘ – Ostendorf’s lyrical tale of submitting your romantic relationship to the scrutiny of immigration officials – to the dancefloor, stripping the sparkling original back to a flickering lost highway of Blue Monday drum machines, squelchy synths, and ersatz bird calls: “My Hachiku remix for ‘Bridging Visa...
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Fake / Fear the band’s new single, picks up where their self-titled fourth album left off. A mantra sits at the heart of ‘Fake’, on which Julia Shapiro examines her inability to be vulnerable. “I’m a fake,” she sings repeatedly, as she takes stock of a situation in which all language broke down and communication failed. “The song is about not being able to be honest with someone and say what you mean,” she explains. “I wrote it because...
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US-based Australian artist Kelly Dance has revealed her long awaited album The Yips: a hypnotic and alluring set of avant-folk songs that reside in a sonic dream-state where poetry and musicality co-exist in perfect harmony – out now via Broken Stone Records / Remote Control Records. The overwhelming mood of The Yips is one of exploration and meditation. Its tranquil musings navigate a range of musical genres with dexterity and subtlety. Folk music...
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Melbourne-based electronic rock band Black Cab return with new single ‘Halo‘, released via Interstate40 / Remote Control Records. Comprising Andrew Coates and James Lee, and accompanied by drummer Wes Holland, the trio’s latest track is the third teaser of their forthcoming album – Rotsler’s Rules – slated for release in mid-2022. Punctuated by glimmering arppegiated synths and driven by expansive, pacing percussion, ‘Halo’s woozy dreamlike trance encapsulates the otherworldly daze the track’s lyrical protagonist finds themselves in. Following on from...
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Wolf & Cub, on the first anniversary of the release for their acclaimed fourth album NIL, have announced the release of new single ‘Blue State – Live’, the first taste of the band’s forthcoming live EP and short film, Dusk at the Watagan Forest Motel – set for release on Friday 10 December via Part Time Records / Remote Control Records. On April 16th, 2021, in between shows on their most recent Australian tour, the band travelled to a...
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Songwriter, beatmaker and multi-instrumentalist Ethan P. Flynn releases his new single ‘The Universal Deluge’ – out now via Young / Remote Control Records. Accompanied by a pensive new visual directed and shot by Aliyah Otchere which places Ethan at the centre of a vastly desolate and unworldly landscape; reflective of the emotive new single. Ethan says of its creation, “The film of me walking was taken just after a sandstorm, I still feel like I have sand in my ears...
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Big Thief announce their new album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, out Friday 11 February 2022 via 4AD / Remote Control Records and share a new single ‘Time Escaping’. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You is a sprawling 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...
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The unveiling of the KICK series culminates with the announcement of the fourth, and final, album in the anthology: kick iiii. Arriving on December 3 via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records, kick iiii, along with the recently announced albums KICK ii and KicK iii, will all arrive on the same day, joining the previously released KiCk i, to complete the cycle of the series. kick iiii sees Arca inviting new and former collaborators into her world Including Oliver Coates, Planningtorock, No Bra and Shirley Manson....
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On-the-rise artist, producer and vocalist Memphis LK shares ecstatic pop track ‘tricky’. A euphoric burst of energy, ‘tricky’ explodes with serotonin as Memphis’s breezy pop vocals float over debauched bass lines and dynamic DnB breaks. Written and produced by Memphis LK at home during lockdown, the DIY artist continues to expand her burgeoning sonic world of pop perfection fuelled by the energy of underground dancefloors. Memphis shares: “tricky is about dealing with difficult thoughts in your head. I made it on my...
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At the beginning of 2021, Afro-Cuban French twins Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz, better known to the world as Ibeyi, headed back into the studio in London to begin work on their third studio album. Feeling a sense of chaos, due to the state of the world, Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi set out to invoke the ancient teachings of their ancestors to remobilise the power of their birth given destiny as Ibeyi. The result of this summoning arrives via the duo’s...
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Spoon has shared their take on The Beatles 1967 fan club single ‘Christmas Time (Is Here Again)’ for Spotify Singles: Holiday Edition 2021. The collection marks the fifth year of Spotify Singles: Holiday and includes a wide range of covers and originals, from artists across a myriad of genres, in hopes of connecting friends and family from afar as they listen. Spoon recently announced the forthcoming release of their tenth studio album, Lucifer On the Sofa, out February 11th, 2022....
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