La Force, the mesmerizing solo project from Ariel Engle, unveils her sophomore full length XO SKELETON out now. XO SKELETON is the supple, steady, uncanny new album by La Force: a mixture of haunted pop and hot-blooded R&B that glistens at the meeting-point between life, death, and love. The album was coproduced by La Force and Warren Spicer (Plants and Animals). “The theme of the album revealed itself in the making,” she explains, recalling how the title track is...
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Sleaford Mods announce the release of a new six track EP, MORE UK GRIM, out on 20 October. Recorded at the same time as their 2023 album, UK GRIM, the freshly released songs not only continue Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson’s current dancefloor dominance, but with a mix of insight and wit, outrage and compassion, they critique and celebrate our turbulent times. Lead single ‘Big Pharma,’ shares a ‘take no prisoners‘ lyrical approach with the band’s...
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Melbourne-born duo Xylouris White tackle Australia with a debut appearance at the Queenscliff Music Festival and a run of east coast dates. The dynamic duo; lute player George Xylouris and drummer Jim White, will also include Meeniyan, Hepburn Springs, Hobart, Wollongong and Canberra alongside big city plays in Sydney and Melbourne. The tour comes off the back of 2023’s release The Forest in Me, an instrumental album drawn from multiple sessions spawned across two continents; Jim in New York City and George in Crete and pulled together by...
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Delicate vocals and breathtaking strings imbue the latest EP Lighting Up from singer-songwriter Gena Rose Bruce out now. Following her critically acclaimed album Deep Is The Way, Lighting Up features the brand new title track alongside reimaginings of album songs, new life breathed into them by the ethereal Budapest Art Orchestra. This weekend Bruce will mesmerise audiences in the UK appearing at End Of The Road Festival and then Reeperbahn...
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La Force, the mesmerising solo project from Ariel Engle, unveils today a poignant third single and video titled ‘how do you love a man’. This brand-new offering is “a swan song to a dead a man”, where La Force questions love beyond the grave. XO SKELETON the sophomore full length album will be out September 29th. Pre-order / Pre-save XO SKELETON: here.
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Emilie Kahn is thrilled to share a brand-new song and video titled ‘Search History.’ This is Emilie’s first new material since the release of ‘Gemini’. Fans on socials will be excited to finally hear this recording in full, since the audio was teased on platforms earlier this summer. A whopping 4.5 million views on creation featuring the ‘Search History’ snippet has been counted on TikTok and it keeps on climbing. Stream / Download ‘Search History’ here.
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Today, Jeremy Dutcher – the classically trained Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in Eastern Canada – shares ‘Take My Hand’ a poignant third single off his new record, Motewolonuwok (Muh-del-wool-en-oo-wug), to be released October 6th. ‘Take My Hand’ is another offering from Jeremy sung in English – with lyrics written by Basia Bulat – and embraces the legacy and power of the intemporal love song as a piano ballad. Pre-Order / Pre-Save Motewolonuwok here.
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A delicate chemistry smoulders between Lauren Flax and Liz Wight. Lauren on sonics, Liz on lyrics; their signatures weave and writhe in such a complementary way that it feels like they’ve been sculpting and crafting together forever and will be released September 22. Liz & Lauren… Two kindred spirits in the cosmos. Across four tracks we’re treated to a wide-armed spectrum of sounds and feelings; from beautiful, sweeping 90s breakbeat to introspective downtempo by way of timeless acid house,...
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Carla Geneve expands on her narrative with the announcement of her second album alongside first single ‘Bills’ out now. The omnibus titled HERTZ marks a fresh chapter for the multi-award winning artist and will be released on Friday, 27th October. Encompassing pop, indie, alt-country and a catchy-as-hell hook, ‘Bills’ reflects on the stress of a relationship that’s being ruled by finances. HERTZ marks a change in perspective for Geneve, informed by major life changes and intense growth brought to life with her signature brutally...
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La Force, the mesmerizing solo project of Ariel Engle, who has spent more than a decade as one of Canada’s most sought-after musical collaborators shares ‘october,’ the second single off her forthcoming album XO SKELETON out September 29. ‘october’ brings warmth to the XO SKELETON album – a lush, intimate song with incredible vocals embracing soul, smooth jazz and r&b – all the while reminding some of the “quiet storm” movement from the 90s. Pre-order / Pre-save XO SKELETON here.
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Combining forces with a multitude of queer artists and friends, HANDSOME today releases her collaborative project HANDSOME GANG: Every Second We Try, via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. Named in Rolling Stone’s ‘Ones To Watch’, HANDSOME melds electronic beats with her co-conspirators indie-pop and singer songwriter tendencies to form a collection of dance floor anthems. Each unique track sees HANDSOME pair up with at least one other artist, from ‘Dumb it Down’ with EGOISM and Chloe Dadd, to ‘Running Out of Time’ with flowerkid and St South, ‘Delirium’ with Hope D, and most...
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Anjimile shares his new single, ‘Father’, the latest from his upcoming album, The King, out September 8th via 4AD / Remote Control. Earlier this year he shared title track ‘The King’, accompanied by a lyric visualiser inspired by the work of Daniela Yohannes, the artist behind the cover art. ‘Father’, with its gentle thrumming, recalls 2020 debut album Giver Taker’s soft, stirring folk. Anjimile needs little more than his voice and a guitar, played by Brad Allen Williams, to draw forth...
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Continuing the celebrations around the 25th anniversary of The Prodigy’s game-changing third studio album The Fat Of The Land, XL Recordings today announce a stacked new remix package. Available on 28th July on special edition silver 12” vinyl and digital, The Fat Of The Land 25th Anniversary – Remixes will feature exclusive new remixes from Mefjus and Camo & Krooked, Gydra and René La Vice alongside Andy C’s iconic ‘Firestarter’ remix from last year. To mark the news, dj/producer René La Vice – well known for his years hosting Radio Ones Drum...
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In celebration of his signing to Pointer Recordings / Remote Control, Sydney based songwriter, composer, producer and friend to many Glenn Hopper today shares his debut single and video’Just For Now’. Almost a decade in the making, ‘Just For Now’ began as a spontaneous stoned voice memo and later brought to life in Glenn’s sun-dappled studio above Newtown’s bustling Enmore Road. A tongue-in-cheek ode to the transient nature of modern life, ‘Just For Now’ is a sprawling affair that knows no bounds...
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London singer, songwriter and producer Sampha returns with a brand new single, ‘Spirit 2.0’. Released today via Young / Remote Control, ‘Spirit 2.0’ is Sampha’s first solo music in over six years, following the global success of his acclaimed 2017 debut album Process. Those intervening years have been anything but fallow, with Sampha contributing his inimitable voice to some of music’s biggest releases including, most recently, Kendrick Lamar and Stormzy. Simultaneously, he’s been firmly focused on the creation of his highly anticipated second album alongside a close...
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Buck Meek – Texas-bred singer/songwriter and Big Thief guitarist – presents his new single, ‘Paradise’, from his first album for 4AD / Remote Control, Haunted Mountain, out 25 August. The band is always finding their sound, every time they pick up their instruments, and you can hear them forming anew on ‘Paradise’, where attention is thick in the form of spaciousness and the supportive listening becomes atmospheric. Stream / Download ‘Paradise’ here.Pre-order / Pre-save Haunted Mountain here
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