The second instalment of tracks from the Bills & Aches & Blues compilation is available online. ‘Side 2’ comprises five tracks by Tune-Yards, Spencer., Helado Negro, Efterklang and Bing & Ruth respectively reworking The Breeders, Grimes, Deerhunter, Piano Magic and Pixies. Bills & Aches & Blues – Side 2 Listen / Download: https://4ad.ffm.to/billsandachesandblues2 06 Tune-Yards – Cannonball (The Breeders) 07 Spencer. – Genesis (Grimes) 08 Helado Negro – Futurism (Deerhunter) 09 Efterklang – Postal (Piano Magic) 10 Bing & Ruth – Gigantic (Pixies) Bills & Aches & Blues features 18 of the label’s...
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Becca Mancari releases her new digital EP, Juniata, via Captured Tracks. Confronting one’s past doesn’t always end in a fiery explosion – sometimes, acceptance has the quiet strength of water. Mancari knows this; it’s why she chose to name her new EP after the rural Pennsylvania river where she spent much of her childhood. In this new collection, she returns to her past both literally and figuratively, casting new light with a stripped-down selection of some of...
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Gruff Rhys is releasing his new album Seeking New Gods through Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records on Friday 21 May. This will be Gruff’s seventh solo album. Seeking New Gods was recorded following a US tour with his band and mixed in LA with superstar producer Mario C (Beastie Boys). The album concept was originally driven to be the biography of a mountain, Mount Paektu (an East Asian active volcano). However, as Gruff’s writing began to reflect on the inhuman timescale of a...
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Conceptual multimedia artist Laura Callier, aka Gel Set, announces her forthcoming album, Tone Invasion, out April 30 via 2MR / Remote Control. Along with the announcement, Callier shares ‘Next Exit,’ a cinematic track about escaping reality by, well, escaping. This track follows the first hypnotic single ‘It Has Come To Our Attention’ and second single ‘Where The Ocean Meets The Land’. Watch ‘Next Exit’ here. Gel Set on ‘Next Exit’ – “Noah Anthony’s, (AKA Profligate), old 80s Toyota got stolen last year, and was found by police on the...
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Remote Control Records is proud to introduce new label imprint – Pointer Recordings. Debut signings to Pointer Recordings include a collaboration between Sydney’s imbi and Slim Set, Melbourne three-piece Telenova, a collaboration between Canberra artists Ryan Fennis and Voidhood, and Melbourne club project Cavallo Nero. More info on all artists via the bios below. Founded by Sweetie Zamora (Remote Control’s Head Of Labels & Promotions), Pointer Recordings is a new label that exists to amplify the voices of fiercely creative and ambitious artists. Centred around non-traditional releases with artists aligned...
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Courtney Barnett launches a unique and wonderfully detailed online archive of her touring and performing history. The project was initially conceived as a way to give Barnett’s fans a simple way to experience her live performances at a time where touring was made impossible, but during the website’s development it became clear it could become so much more. View the site here. Courtney played her first ever show at an open mic night at The Lark Distillery in Hobart in 2007, she...
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The last few years have been tremendous for Lucy Dacus. She continues the momentum with a heart-wrenching new single, ‘Thumbs.’ The song debuted live following its creation in fall 2018 and has since become a fan favorite, so much so that it has its own dedicated Twitter account. In spirit of the anticipation and love for the song, prior to its official release, Dacus surprised 100 random fans with a hand-assembled VHS tape with a recording of ‘Thumbs.’ The track...
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Perfume Genius releases the IMMEDIATELY Remixes album via DSPs. IMMEDIATELY Remixes is a companion album to Perfume Genius‘ Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, remixed in original running sequence by Boy Harsher, Jenny Hval, A. G. Cook, Actress, Danny L Harle, Jaakko Eino Kaleivi, Jim-E Stack, Planningtorock, Initial Talk, Nídia, Westerman, Actress, Koreless and Katie Dey. Hadreas has said, “I’m very honored to have all these incredible musicians rework these songs. I felt personally remixed listening to their versions, hearing the spirit of my song completely transformed was...
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Crumb return to share the new song and video, ‘Trophy‘. The accompanying visual, directed by frequent collaborator Haoyan of America, soundtracks the track perfectly, meeting the band in the middle of a car racing championship ceremony through a surrealist, and at times animated, lens. Watch the video for Trophy (with original animations from Truba Animation) below. Crumb is Lila Ramani, Bri Aronow, Jesse Brotter and Jonathan Gilad. ‘Trophy‘ is their first taste of new music this year following the Brooklyn band’s 2019...
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In 2020, 4AD turned 40. Never one to be on time for a party, the label is commemorating that landmark this year with the release of Bills & Aches & Blues. The compilation features 18 of its current artists covering a song of their choosing from 4AD’s past: a creative experiment rooted in the spirit of collaboration and a snapshot of 4AD, 41 years after its inception. Bills & Aches & Blues will be released on 2 April digitally, with...
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Afro-French Cuban musical duo Ibeyi have released a new song titled ‘Recurring Dream‘ which the duo wrote and composed for writer-director Ed Morris’ feature film debut How To Stop A Recurring Dream. Starring Ruby Barker (Marina Thompson in Bridgerton), the film, which will be released across global digital streaming platforms today, won Best Feature and Best Actress awards at December’s British Urban Film Festival. Watch the film’s trailer here and the film here. Ibeyi first started working with Ed Morris in 2014, who directed the twins first music...
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Following an 8-date regional Victorian tour, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Jess Locke shares ‘Halo‘, the fourth track to be lifted off her forthcoming album Don’t Ask Yourself Why out Friday 26 March 2021 via Dot Dash Recordings. ‘Halo’ sees Locke employ the album’s producer Rob Muinos for a delicate duet that is at the same time deep and guttural. Locke comments, “As soon as I wrote this song, I knew exactly how I...
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Erika de Casier serves up another dose of minimalist R&B with second new single, ‘Drama’. The song, the Copenhagen-based songwriter and producer says, centres around recognising and acknowledging one’s dramatic tendencies – “you know how sometimes you overthink or misinterpret a situation and act in a less reasonable manner.” Of the song’s companion video which was directed by and starring de Casier, she says, “I wanted to create a sort...
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Memphis LK has officially shared her cover of Tame Impala‘s ‘The Less I Know The Better‘ across all digital services. The track is produced by Memphis and mixed by Japanese Wallpaper. Of the track, Memphis says, “I decided to make a club version of one of my fav songs, Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better. I cut in some videos from my camera roll from before we...
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On Friday 21 May, Matador Records and Remote Control will release Afrique Victime, the long-awaited new album by Mdou Moctar. With Afrique Victime the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips a new hole in the sky – boldly reforging contemporary Saharan music and “rock music” by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and field recordings with poetic meditations on love, religion, women’s rights, inequality, and Western Africa’s exploitation at the hands...
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Perfume Genius reveals A. G. Cook’s remix of his single ‘Describe’. The track is taken off the forthcoming IMMEDIATELY Remixes album which is set for release digitally on March 12 and physically on June 12. The video for ‘Describe’ was directed by Jack Wedge. Watch below. This remix follows last month’s Boy Harsher remix of ‘Your Body Changes Everything’. Read a conversation between Perfume Genius and Boy Harsher for Paper...
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