DARKSIDE, the duo of Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington, have released their long-awaited second album Spiral via Matador / Remote Control Records. Spiral is the long-awaited second full-length from DARKSIDE. Written and recorded in 2018, the album was mixed by Rashad Becker and mastered by Heba Kadry. It follows the band’s lauded 2014 debut Psychic. In the years that followed the Psychic tour in 2014, the musicians moved on parallel and occasionally intersecting paths. Jaar would release five albums under his name and two collections of club music as Against All...
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Late nights, sweaty bodies, blue smoke and beer-fuelled dance freak-outs over a gravely wailing saxophone – think New Orleans processionals meets Twin Peaks. Another crazy year and JAZZPARTY are here on the ropes with you, putting out a new album for all the lovers and haters of jazz. Following singles ‘Higher With My Love’, ‘Nobody Gets Away’ & ‘Hearts Gonna Leave’, the Melbourne cult party outfit today release their new album Nobobody Gets Away via Remote Control Records. Alongside its release comes a new video for...
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Melbourne-based songwriter and producer Katz shares ‘Forward‘ – the latest single from his forthcoming second EP, due August 13 via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The oscillating synths and bright, futuristic sounds of ‘Forward’ feature the vocals of well-loved Melbourne artist Fractures, whose pristine delivery provides a point of contrast to the syncopated chord stabs, chopped vocals samples, and break-style beat of Katz’s instrumental. As ‘Forward’ continues to build around its spiralling synths, the synchronicity between Katz’s production and Fractures’s vocals grows into a...
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Following the release of singles ‘Other You’ and ‘Reflection’, Steve Gunn has shared new single ‘Fulton’, taken from his forthcoming new album Other You, released August 27th on Matador / Remote Control Records. Gunn says of the song: “One night the air went dead on 1010 WINS, the local AM news station in NYC I find myself listening to from time to time. Everything stopped for a moment, or at least the radio signal did. The long silence came as a surprise, a gift.”...
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On the heels of announcing his new album, Toronto-based musician Homeshake, born Peter Sagar, returns to share a new offering from Under The Weather – out September 10 via SHHOAMKEE / Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. Designed and directed by Pete Sharp, ‘Passenger Seat’ is an animated, intergalactic highway short that perfectly captures the track’s intimate and meticulously crafted soundscape. “The details in each scene are amazing,” Sagar says. “They compliment the minimalist production of the song so well.” Of the collaboration, Pete Sharp says, “I love the...
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On 13th August 2021, Joy Orbison – the artist name of Peter O’Grady – will release 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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Austin-based chanteuse Molly Burch drops her fourth studio album Romantic Images via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. Romantic Images is an intoxicating collection that prioritises ecstasy and escape, and forges a joyful soundtrack to liberation. The album features previously released singles including one of Cosmopolitan’s Best Songs of 2021 so far, ‘Emotion ft Wild Nothing’; “confident, unrequited love anthem” (FLOOD) ‘Heart of Gold’; “dreamy” (BrooklynVegan) ‘Control’; and “delightfully campy” (Nylon) ‘Took A Minute’, the video for the latter of which co-starred RuPaul Drag Race’s Cynthia Lee Fontaine....
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Matador Records will celebrate the 21st anniversary of The New Pornographers’ debut record and breakout, Mass Romantic (2000), with a limited-edition LP reissue out December 10. The album – clocking three singers and 12 effervescent and undeniable power-pop gems – will return 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.’ Carl Newman – “Everyone wants to be successful but, hand...
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Future Islands have shared the second EP, ALAYA Remixes 2, in a series of 3 remix EPs of songs from their critically acclaimed 2020 album As Long As You Are. Out now via 4AD / Remote Control Records, the EP includes a slowed down chillwave version of ‘For Sure‘ by synth-pop songwriter and producer Washed Out, a house-beat rendition of ‘Thrill‘ by San Francisco electronic artist COMPUTER DATA, and a left-field, upbeat remix of ‘Hit The Coast‘ by Smallboy. The new EP is...
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Following Ngaiire‘s stunning lead single ‘Closer’, today the Sydney-based, Papau New Guinea-born future soul artist shares her emotional new track ‘Him’, taken from her forthcoming album 3 out Friday 27 August via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records for AUNZ and Majestic Casual for the rest of the world. Watch the lyric video for ‘Him’ below. Of the single Ngaiire shares, “It’s the reality of the darkness traversed to get this album here. It’s a letter that would have been left if I hadn’t been able to finish it. It’s about a...
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Earlier this year Thom Yorke created a version of Radiohead’s ‘Creep‘ for designer Jun Takahashi’s Tokyo Fashion Week showcase of Creep Very, his UNDERCOVER Fall/Winter 2021 Women’s collection. This haunting reimagining of the 1993 hit is now being released as ‘Creep (Very 2021 RMX)‘, a standalone single available for streaming and digital download. The digital single features bespoke artwork by Jun Takahashi. Listen / Download.
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Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD return to announce a new album. Talk Memory, the band’s first album with XL Recordings / Remote Control Records, features 9 new songs and is due October 8th. The album features musical contributions from Arthur Verocai, Karriem Riggins, Terrace Martin, Laraaji and acclaimed harpist Brandee Younger, who has worked with Moses Sumney, and Thundercat. Sporting visuals from Virgil Abloh, whose design firm Alaska-AlaskaTM designed the cover for Talk Memory, the album is an evolution focused on collaboration and the magic of improvised live performance....
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In 2020, Sydney band Magnetic Heads released their first new music after a lengthy hiatus. ‘The Street‘ was a glorious taste of their return to the recording studio, where singer/songwriter Des Miller and producer/musician Liam Judson (Belles Will Ring, Lewis Goldmark) have created a sublime collection of melancholic pop songs that navigate both the dance-floor and existential concerns with heady emotion and lush drama. The new single ,’Time of Your Life‘ sees Miller in an inquisitive, plaintive mood, sitting at home alone as inertia creeps, watching stories of youth suicide on...
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Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu makes her Ghostly International debut with ‘Maker‘, a commanding first glimpse into forthcoming material. ‘Maker‘ builds on the sound of the 21-year old’s previous work, 2019’s double EP Nicole Kidman / Anne Hathaway and 2018’s self-produced How Many Times Have You Driven By, with brooding, melodic pop driven by guitar and Vu’s distinctive contralto. For the first time, she welcomes a co-producer, Jackson Phillips (Day Wave), who helps Vu create an atmosphere with a deeper sense of luster, sophistication, and...
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New York musician and producer Spencer Miles Abraham Allen, the brains behind Spencer., has announced details of his debut album and shares a first taste of new music, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Released on 10 September, the eleven songs that comprise Are U Down? blend R&B, hip-hop, funk, indie, pop, jazz and soul to create a sound that encompasses analogue and digital, past and present. Written, recorded and produced by Spencer., the album’s first single ‘Lonely...
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Liz Stringer returns with a new version ‘The Waning of the Sun’ from her recent album First Time Really Feeling which debuted at #1 on the AIR and #14 on the ARIA charts. This version was arranged by Elsie & Maggie Rigby of The Maes and features Melbourne choir One More Chorus. Recorded live on the first take in Brunswick Uniting Church Hall, the sixty additional voices bring a new depth to this album standout track. Of the track Stringer says, “The Waning of the Sun is a song about connection. During my...
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