Earlier this month, Julien Baker announced the September 1st release of Little Oblivions Remixes EP, which sees tracks from her critically acclaimed album Little Oblivions reworked by notable contemporaries personally selected by Baker. Now comes a second preview from the EP ,with a rework of ‘Favor’ from Jesu, the moniker of pioneering UK experimental and industrial metal musician Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Napalm Death). Broadrick says: “Having already been a fan...
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Helado Negro – the project of Roberto Carlos Lange – has released the new single ‘Outside the Outside‘. ‘Outside the Outside‘ is the second single to preview the new album Far In which will be released on Friday 22nd October via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Roberto shares that he still felt like an “outsider” amidst his family’s community as much as he felt that he belonged. “I found space through music and outsiders...
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On Kedr Livanskiy’s new single, ‘Boy‘, she pushes her crystalline voice to the forefront resulting in one of Liminal Soul’s most personal and palpable songs. For the first time ever, the Russian producer/musician wrote the lyrics and sings in English, mournfully reflecting on the end of a relationship and growing older. ‘Boy’ comes with a stunning video directed by Kristina Podobed who explains, “After hearing the song, we realised that this is a classic relationship story that...
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Pinegrove have released their new song, ‘Orange‘ via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, decrying government inaction in the face of imminent climate collapse. Last week, Pinegrove released an acoustic performance of the song via their YouTube channel, viewable here. Inspired by images depicting skies ablaze in the northwest, the band’s Evan Stephens Hall translated his frustration and anger into song. Describing the track, he explains, “‘Orange’, a waltz about the climate crisis, was written...
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Mess Esque, the newly minted duo of Mick Turner and Helen Franzmann, have been mixing up the medicine for their second single ‘Jupiter‘, taken from their forthcoming self-titled album out Friday 22 October via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. For a new band it really helps to have a hit single, so this new radio friendly unit shifter remixes one album cut, reshaping it into a smoldering, cascading indie ballad! Mick and Helen say...
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Emilie Kahn is thrilled to share a brand-new song and video titled ‘Gemini‘, via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records. This is Emilie’s first new material since the release of Outro, two and a half years ago. Produced by Marc-André Gilbert (Charlotte Cardin, Ariane Moffat) and Ben Sloan, the song was mixed by Joe Zook (Alessia Cara, Katy Perry, U2). Emilie shares the inspiration behind the song: “Gemini is a...
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Dinner aka Danish multi-instrumentalist Anders Rhedin has announced a new album titled Dream Work, a lush collection of synth and guitar-laden indie pop that expertly channels Ryuichi Sakamoto, early British indie, and the sound of water, due for release October 22, 2021 on Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. Dream Work features vocal contributions from labelmates Molly Burch and Charlie Hilton as well as Lina Tullgren and Nicolai Koch. The...
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Parquet Courts have announced their new album, Sympathy For Life, out October 22nd on Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, and share the first single/video, ‘Walking at a Downtown Pace.’ On Sympathy For Life, Parquet Courts’ thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. The album finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity. In the video for...
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Out October 22nd on Matador Records / Remote Control Records, -io is the sixth album by vocalist and composer Haley Fohr, best known as Circuit des Yeux. A celebrated figure in Chicago’s music community, she has released acclaimed albums via De Stijl, Thrill Jockey, and Drag City and toured throughout the world. However, -io is Circuit des Yeux’s most ornate and elaborate work to date – a set of compositions that nest Fohr’s otherworldly four-octave...
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Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu announces Public Storage, her new album and debut for Ghostly International / Remote Control Records, out November 5th. In conjunction, she presents a new single, ‘Everybody’s Birthday,‘ the follow-up to ‘Maker,’ her “slick and assured” (Stereogum) first offering. The album is named after the public storage spaces the 21-year old Vu and her family would regularly use moving every few years. Vu sees the art of making...
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Toronto rapper Shad has been keeping busy releasing singles since last spring to offer glimpses of his brand-new album TAO out October 1st via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records. He now unveils a powerful and candid fourth track titled ‘Body (No Reason)’. Shad explains “Every song on the album highlights a different aspect (or aspects) of human life. And this one is the simplest: Body. No reason. Just movement, feeling....
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Toronto-based musician Homeshake, born Peter Sagar, shares a new song and video from his forthcoming album Under The Weather – out September 10 via SHHOAMKEE / Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. Directed by Keith Rankin, ‘I Know I Know I Know‘ visuals follow an animated laser-lined dancer moving through an otherworldly sunset coupling the serene feel of the track. This marks the third single released in tandem with an animated video, following ‘Passenger Seat,’ directed...
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Following the success of their 2020 album As Long As You Are, Baltimore quartet Future Islands have released a brand new one-off single ‘Peach’ via 4AD / Remote Control Records. ‘Peach’ comes hot on the heels of a series of ALAYA remixes featuring techno legend Carl Cox, pop violinist Sudan Archives and hip-hop producer Controller 7. Stream / Download Future Islands – ALAYA Remixes 1 Stream / Download Future Islands –...
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Following the release of their acclaimed debut EP Tranquilize last month, this morning Melbourne three-piece Telenova took to the triple j studio to perform a special cover of Madonna’s ‘Hung Up’ for triple j’s iconic Like A Version. Joining Bryce Mills & Ebony Boadu on triple j’s Breakfast program, Telenova also performed a stunning live rendition of their debut single ‘Bones’. Watch their performances below. On taking on triple j’s Like A Version, Telenova‘s frontwoman Angeline Armstrong shares, “We wanted to do a Like A Version that felt like a celebration of putting our first EP out this year and all the support...
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Courtney Barnett has unveiled another track from her forthcoming album Things Take Time, Take Time out Friday 12 November on Milk! Records / Remote Control Records, in the form of the lithe, lovely single ‘Before You Gotta Go‘. Intimately detailed and gorgeously sketched, Things Take Time, Take Time pulls back the curtain to reveal an optimistic and beautifully serene side to Barnett. ‘Before You Gotta Go’, is one of the luminous highlights, turning...
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Big Thief have shared two new songs, ‘Little Things’ and ‘Sparrow’, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. ‘Little Things’ was recorded with Shawn Everett at Five Star Studios in Topanga, CA (October 2020). ‘Sparrow’ was recorded with Sam Evian at Flying Cloud Recordings in the Catskills (July/August 2020). Both songs were produced by Big Thief’s drummer James Krivchenia. This is the first new material from the band since 2019’s critically-acclaimed...
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