In putting together their debut album Moral Outage, Miller and Judson holed up in the latter’s Sonic Funhouse home studio in bushy Blackheath near the top of the Blue Mountains, determined to dust off some unfinished recordings from previous sessions in 2015, some demos and lyrics from as far back as 2009 and to bring new ideas into high-res. The results are a baroque blend of new wave and post-punk, cold wave and avant-pop via synths, guitars and exquisite...
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Joy Orbison – the artist name of Peter O’Grady – releases his first-ever long form project. The fourteen-track mixtape titled still slipping vol. 1 is the latest creative milestone from an artist who has been shaping and redefining the electronic music landscape since his teens. Over a decade into a career that has seen him constantly defying categorisation, Joy Orbison is more in-demand and relevant than ever. Highly anticipated would be an understatement – so influential are his...
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Following the success of his 2019 single release ‘Back From Nothing’ (featuring JANEVA), Melbourne-based songwriter and producer Katz returns with his stunning new EP, Only You. With a litany of impressive features from names such as Fractures and Charlie Lim, and collaborations with Japanese Wallpaper and Kllo’s Simon Lam, the Only You EP is now available on all major digital streaming via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The Only You EP sees...
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Today, Future Islands have shared the third EP, ALAYA Remixes 3, via 4AD / Remote Control Records– the final installment in a series of 3 remix EPs of songs from their critically acclaimed 2020 album As Long As You Are. The EP includes a high-energy house version of ‘City’s Face’ by legendary house and techno producer Carl Cox, an ethereal version of ‘Born In A War’ by experimentalist and violinist Sudan Archives, and a slowed down,...
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Earlier this year Julien Baker released her critically acclaimed album, Little Oblivions via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Now announced is the September 1st release of Little Oblivions Remixes EP on which select tracks off the album are remixed and reworked by some of the most notable artists in contemporary independent music. Hand selected by Baker herself, it features contributions from Australian folktonica songwriter Gordi, singer-songwriter Half Waif, celebrated...
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South London-based multi-instrumentalist Lucinda Chua has released Antidotes, a special vinyl edition compilation of her two debut eponymously-titled solo EPs, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Primarily using her voice, a cello and an array of effects units, Antidotes is a collection of ambient pop songs that are intimate, atmospheric and enchanting. A perfect introduction to Chua’s unique sonic vocabulary, the 8-track release includes recent Antidotes 2 singles ‘Until I Fall’...
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Spencer. has released a second single from his forthcoming debut album, Are U Down? – out September 10 via 4AD / Remote Control Records. ‘MyLuv’ was born from a night of smoking and playing Super Smash Bros. and is a simple ode to his girlfriend. Spencer. says, “I made this song in the morning which is super rare for me. I realised I didn’t have any trumpet on the album and had...
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black midi’s Cavalcade, released in May via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records, is “an avant-rock labyrinth of maddening intricacy” (Pitchfork). Landing on multiple “Best Albums of 2021 (So Far)” lists, it remains one of the year’s most praised releases by critics and fans alike. Today, they present a new single, ‘Cruising,’ previously only available as a bonus track on the Japanese Cavalcade CD release. Taken from the same sessions...
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Russian producer/musician Kedr Livanskiy returns with her expansive, timeless new record on which she pushes the boundaries of electronic songwriting. Liminal Soul plays like an opera as Livanskiy brings her crystalline voice to the forefront, channeling it into operatic choruses, looping falsetto, and one of her first full songs in English. This conviction is evident in the album’s instrumental arrangements as well – Livanskiy expertly fuses acoustic elements with electronic ones, deconstructing pop songwriting...
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Hand Habits, the project of Los Angeles-based musician Meg Duffy (they/them), announces their new sonically adventurous album Fun House, out October 22 via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. Fun House‘s lead single, ‘Aquamarine‘, is out now, alongside a one shot V Haddad-directed video. “What originally started as a minimally arranged acoustic ballad, ‘Aquamarine’ evolved into the story of certain events in life, what informs my identity, the silence in the questions left unanswered that become the...
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Today, Mdou Moctar shares ‘Tala Tannam‘ (Debmaster Remix), which flips the song’s gentle acoustic guitar vamp into a pulsing and percussive rhythm track for Kenya-born/Uganda-based rapper, MC Yallah (Nyege Nyege Tapes). Released in June via Matador Records / Remote Control Records, Mdou Moctar’s Afrique Victime was met with widespread critical acclaim, receiving a Best New Music nod from Pitchfork and favourable reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Under the Radar, and Uproxx. The album charted across several...
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4AD welcomes HAWA to its roster and reveals ‘Wake Up’ – out now via 4AD / Remote Control Records. ‘Wake Up’ marks a softer side to the genre-bending rapper/singer’s oeuvre, centring petty ruminations atop a beat by Cadenze (Jorja Smith, Burna Boy) and recorded at long-time collaborator Tony Seltzer’s NYC studio. The song follows a whirlwind period that saw HAWA close Telfar’s Pitti Uomo show, collaborate with British fashion house Burberry and featured in W Magazine’s latest music issue alongside Bad Bunny and...
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Naarm/Melbourne-based songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer June Jones releases a new single ‘Motorcycle’, today on Emotion Punk Records via Remote Control Records and announces her first national headline tour. “Motorcycle is a cyber pop-punk song inspired both by my experience of gender transition as well the turn-of-the-millennium techno-optimism that I grew up around. Co-produced by my musical genius bestie Geryon, it is an ode to shedding one’s mortal coil and becoming a fucking cool motorbike instead.” After a global...
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Dry Cleaning follow the success of their debut album New Long Leg with a special one-off double A-side single, out today. ‘Bug Eggs’ / ‘Tony Speaks!’ Recorded at Rockfield Studios in July and August 2020 during the session for New Long Leg, ‘Bug Eggs’ and ‘Tony Speaks!’ were previously only available as bonus tracks. Explaining the two tracks Florence Shaw says, “’Bug Eggs’ is about the confidence that comes with age, fragility and sexual desire. The lyrics to ‘Tony...
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Just in time for the world that’s coming are a bewitching new duo – Mess Esque releasing their self-titled full-length album on Milk! Records / Remote Control Records on October 22nd. Featuring music and instruments by Mick Turner and words and voice by Helen Franzmann, Mess Esque‘s self-titled new album restlessly wanders through a series of intimate dialogues. Helen lives in Brisbane; Mick in Melbourne. Mick’s played guitar for years, collaborating with loads of talented others; he’s perhaps best known as one-third of Dirty Three – though...
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Patrick Watson unveils a new video for the song ‘Can’t Stop Staring at the Sun,’ from his three-part single ‘A Mermaid in Lisbon‘, released via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records. Directed and choreographed by Jacob Jonas, the video stars dancers Anthony Bryant, Gianinni Semedo Moreira, and Nicolas Walton. “During the lockdown I was really inspired and watching a lot of modern dance videos. ‘Can’t Stop Staring at the Sun’ felt like it was a dance piece from...
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