Nearly a decade ago Cults (pictured) emerged with their breakout single, ‘Go Outside,’ which the New York Times hailed as “one of the indie rock highlights” of the year. Little did we know that song was a premonition to a global pandemic where we now plead their lyrics “I really wanna go outside.” Now, Cults, aka multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin and multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion, share their new pulsating single ‘Spit You Out‘...
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Arca has premiered a new single ‘Mequetrefe,’ featured on her upcoming album KiCk i, due out June 26th (w/ vinyl available on July 17th) on XL Recordings. In Arca’s own words, “the song “Mequetrefe” invokes the tenderness behind expressing who you are without shame, and the confidence and bravery it requires, because expression of gender-nonconforming self-states in a public space can often result in static within your environment.” A word...
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Pleased to reveal two new tracks from our upcoming inaugural compilation Bloom and Simmer – one from Melbourne singer-songwriter Jess Ribeiro and one from Melbourne audio/visual duo friendships. Digitally released on Friday 26th June, the compilation is a celebration of community, connexion and creativity featuring 21 tracks you’ve never heard before from the Remote Control Records family of artists. This is the music they make when they’re not making music;...
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Excited to announce our first-ever compilation – Bloom and Simmer. Digitally released on Friday 26th June, the compilation is a celebration of community, connexion and creativity featuring 21 tracks you’ve never heard before from the Remote Control Records family of artists. This is the music they make when they’re not making music; a dive beneath the waves, a journey off the beaten path, a glimpse behind the curtain. Bloom and...
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Melbourne’s jade imagine return with a new EP, You Remind Me of Something I Lost. Following the band’s acclaimed 2019 debut album Basic Love, You Remind Me of Something I Lost is a compelling collection of sparse, introspective tracks typical of Jade Imagine’s signature mix of art-rock, pop and new wave. This EP is the end of one era and the start of another, a compelling collection of songs that...
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Muzz release their debut self titled album. It’s out now through Matador Records. Stream it now. Muzz was born out of longstanding friendship and collaboration. Paul Banks and Josh Kaufman have known each other since childhood, attending high school together in Spain before separately moving to New York. There, they independently crossed paths with Matt Barrick while running in similar music circles. They kept in touch in the following years: Barrick drummed in...
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b4 signing Andrea Valle drops ‘Wild.’ A glistening club party as the track’s sensual NickyDavey-production pulsates in the background. Check out the 3D-rendered Valle as ultra-cool club girl in a tropical paradise. Becca Mancari releases her third single ‘Lonely Boy‘ off her forthcoming album, The Greatest Part, out June 26 via Captured Tracks, her first for the label. Inspired by Becca’s dog, ‘Lonely Boy’ reflects on the ways that fear can...
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Yaeji has announced a vinyl release for her new mixtape WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던. This latest project, released digitally on April 2 via XL Recordings / Remote Control, is the first full-length body of work from the NYC-via-Seoul based electronic producer, DJ, and vocalist. On July 17 the mixtape will become available on vinyl, marking Yaeji’s first release on the format to date. Starting today three different, limited-edition vinyl...
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Jeremy Neale has released a special acoustic video for ‘Time‘ via The Mustard Mix. Watch below. In his single ‘Time’ sees Neale addresses several demons including the realisation and haunting existentialism surrounding how much of his life has passed by. The track comes from his new album We Were Trying To Make It Out available now via Dot Dash Recordings. Stream the album here.
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Jess Cornelius announces her debut album, Distance, out July 24th on Part Time Records. The video for ‘Kitchen Floor‘ is out now. Cornelius first began writing the songs that would comprise Distance after moving from Melbourne, Australia to Los Angeles. At the time, she was excited to start fresh after several years as the primary songwriter in the band Teeth and Tongue. But the distance she addresses over the album...
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Joshua Homme’s Desert Sessions collective is proud to unveil the first fruits of its expansion into visual collaboration: Homme’s recent meetings with students at the New York Film Academy’s Los Angeles campus have resulted in unique works by two filmmakers, each of whom was given a production budget to translate the music and lyrics of the Desert Sessions into their own vision. Italian filmmaker Gabriele Fabbro took on the acoustic...
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Widowspeak share their poignant new single ‘Breadwinner,’ their first release since Expect the Best (2017), the band’s fourth album. The stop-motion video was made by the duo, singer-songwriter Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas, at home in Brooklyn. Put your sourdough starter away. Emerging U.K.-based singer, producer and harpist TATYANA has shared her bewitching new track ‘Shadow On The Wall’ on Sinderlyn – sister label to Captured Tracks....
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Donny Benét has released his new album Mr Experience via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. After humble lo-fi beginnings in the Australian art-pop underground, Donny Benét has expanded his cult-like following across the globe with a resonant array of danceable repertoire dealing with love and affection. Mr Experience marks a new chapter informed by a wealth of musical and personal development. Sincerity has been a key component of...
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Arca has officially announced the details of her new album KiCk i, which is set for release on XL Recordings / Remote Control Records: available digitally worldwide on June 26th with physical (vinyl/CD) to follow on July 17th. Produced and recorded by Arca, KiCk i defines a new era of multiplex harmony for the Venezuelan artist, singer, DJ, performer and experimental music composer. With appearances from Björk, Rosalía, Shygirl and...
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Headphones on. Becky and the Birds, the moniker of Swedish producer Thea Gustafsson, has released her new single ‘Paris.’ ‘Paris’ is accompanied by visuals created by Thea Gustafsson. She explains, “I wrote this song in a hotel room in the centre of Paris. I was there to have a good time and to free my thoughts for a minute but couldn’t stop thinking about one special person back home. This...
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Bing & Ruth release second single, ‘Live Forever’, from forthcoming new album, Species out Friday 17 July. ‘Live Forever’ is a kind of sonic meditation. At 13 minutes, it is the longest composition on Species, but a series of three rising notes at the end of each phrase suggests something like a song form at work – albeit one that has been greatly stretched out. Bing & Ruth’s ringleader, David...
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