Circuit des Yeux (Haley Fohr) has released a new single and video taken from her Matador Records / Remote Control Records debut, -io, out October 22nd. ‘Vanishing’ is Circuit des Yeux at her most colossal, with driving strings that border on Bond theme leading to a howling chorus refrain, with Fohr’s sonorous 4-octave voice at center stage. The self-directed video for ‘Vanishing’ sees Fohr veering between different personas and backdrops, channelling the multifaceted drama, absurdity and apocalypse which underpin the new album. Of...
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Helado Negro has released the new single ‘La Naranja’. The song is accompanied by an official video directed by Andrew Anderson. ‘La Naranja’ is the third single to preview the new album Far In which will be released on October 22 via 4AD / Remote Control Records. The song opens with long violin tones, joined by a creeping tea kettle frequency. Rather than a brutal jolt, at the point of contact, Roberto Lange’s voice gleefully bounces in to tell us that we will...
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Radiohead have revealed the brand-new video for their recently released single ‘If You Say The Word’. The video is directed by Norwegian director Kasper Häggström (Kelly Lee Owens). ‘If You Say The Word’ is taken from Radiohead’s upcoming KID A MNESIA reissue package, set for release on 5th November via XL Recordings / Remote Control. KID A MNESIA collects Radiohead’s fourth and fifth albums, alongside the debut of a newly compiled third disc, titled Kid Amnesiae. Exclusive to this release, Kid Amnesiae is made up of unearthed material from...
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Parquet Courts have shared a new single/video, ‘Black Widow Spider’, from their forthcoming album, Sympathy For Life, out October 22nd on Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. Following their highly-praised lead single ‘Walking at a Downtown Pace’, ‘Black Widow Spider’ kicks off with scorching guitar. In A Savage’s words, “I told [producer] Rodaidh McDonald that I wanted to find a sound that was equal parts Can, Canned Heat and This Heat. He was really into that and probably took some glee...
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Imperial Broads are a noisy, deranged, pop explosion led by three Sydney/Blue Mountains singer-songwriters who work together to make a delightfully raucous, urgent, and melodic sound. Comprised of Pip Smith, Eve Lande and Lauren Crew, the trio share their new album Counterpart, via Broken Stone Records / Remote Control Records. The scene has already been set for the album with its three hook-laden singles, ‘Unromantic‘, ‘Control‘ and ‘Another Planet’, songs that show the range of three songwriters...
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Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu has released ‘Keeper’, the newest single from her upcoming album Public Storage, out November 5th on Ghostly International / Remote Control Records, following ‘Maker’ and ‘Everybody’s Birthday’. ‘Keeper’ is a pulsating new wave cut, replete with soaring dreamy synths and a cool-voiced narrator. The accompanying video, directed by Meagen Houang and choreographed by Jas Lin, sees Vu honing in on her artistic craft, both sonically and physically. It was shot in a single take on 16mm film by cinematographer Andrew Yuyi Truong and it’s a...
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For its 30th anniversary, Pixies‘ 1991 album, Trompe Le Monde, has been reissued on limited marbled green vinyl, available now via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Translated from French to mean “fool the world,” Trompe Le Monde showed the band still restless to push their sound forward. Recorded between Burbank, Paris, and London, with producer Gil Norton again at the controls, their fourth album is arguably their most playful, with Black Francis’s lyrics on UFOs and conspiracy theories keeping things...
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The Finks play the songs of Oliver Mestitz. They are the hidden gem of Melbourne’s DIY music scene – sincere but flippant, intimate but aloof, subtle but unpolished. Today, they release The moment the world rushed in via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. Recorded in a tiny, sun-filled apartment during a pandemic, this “non-album” is an introvert’s consolation – a meticulously arranged collection of digital and analogue sounds, heartbreaking melodies and private...
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Courtney Barnett launches the video for ‘Before You Gotta Go‘, taken from the much anticipated forthcoming album Things Take Time, Take Time – out November 12 via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. The beautifully offbeat video, directed by Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore, casts Barnett as an ethnographer of the most delightfully idiosyncratic kind, collecting field recordings of dogs and horses, mushrooms and insects, and, most surreally, what looks like enormous statues...
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Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) has announced Valentine, her new album out November 5th via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. To mark the occasion, she has released the title track, ‘Valentine’, and its outrageous period drama companion video directed by Josh Coll. A hugely anticipated follow-up, Valentine was written and produced by 22-year-old Lindsey Jordan and co-produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee) in 2019-2020. The album is filled with romance,...
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DEADCORP®’s latest motion picture, to be released on the recently acquired XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. This feature is, of course, compulsory to watch and equates to one...
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Hand Habits, the project of Los Angeles-based musician Meg Duffy (they/them), has shared a new single titled ‘Graves’, the latest from their anticipated upcoming album, Fun House, due October 22 via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. Of the track, Duffy says: “This song is a secret message to myself, a reminder, a conversation with grief and remembrance. A questioning of my own memory and it’s proximity to understanding closure.” While Fun...
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dvr has released his new single and video ‘lowlife (with kenny beats)’, out now via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. Filmed in North London and directed by Elif Gönen, dvr says of the video: “Was rly hot during the shoot so the running was a bit of an effort. Gd to meet Kenny tho, not v talkative but must’ve just been the nerves.” dvr is Dillon van Rensburg, a seventeen-year-old songwriter and producer...
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Mdou Moctar has released Afrique Victime – The Documentary. The 10-minute short film offers an intimate glimpse into Moctar and his band – rhythm guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane, drummer Souleymane Ibrahim and American bassist and producer Mikey Coltun – as they prepare for the release of their critically acclaimed latest album Afrique Victime in Niamey, Niger. Navigating complex world and regional geo-political circumstances, the film touches on the environment, inspiration, stories, challenges and singular musical and personal...
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Kedr Livanskiy’s upcoming album Liminal Soul plays like an opera. It’s expansive, timeless and finds the Russian producer/musician pushing the boundaries of electronic songwriting. Ahead of its October 1 release, via 2MR / Remote Control Records, she’s revealed her dynamic new single ‘Your Turn‘ which features Kedr’s frequent collaborator and friend, Flaty. For the video, director Masha Demianova, Kedr and stylist Olesya Skaryna teamed up to create their take on a mockumentary music...
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On the back of the release of his first new solo single in six years, Richard Cuthbert unveils the video clip for ‘Milky Way‘. The song comes from his forthcoming new album Daydreaming, due out on November 5th via Broken Stone Records / Remote Control Records. The video clip for ‘Milky Way’ was directed by Ben Romalis, who also plays with Richard in The Green Mohair Suits, and features stellar mirrorball technician performances from Joe Driver and Lou Peake. The song showcases his sparkling...
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