Jockstrap & Taylor Skye have today announced I<3UQTINVU, a fully remixed version of the Mercury Prize shortlisted 2022 album I Love You Jennifer B. I<3UQTINVU – I Love You Cutie, I Envy You – is set for release on November 3 via Remote Control and its lead single ‘Red Eye (feat. IAN STARR)’ is out now. The remix record is the brainchild of Skye, who was making multiple versions of the album’s original tracklisting to stay inspired during the writing of I Love...
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A. Savage, of the rock band Parquet Courts, announces his second solo album, Several Songs About Fire, out October 6th. He also presents its lead single/video, ‘Elvis in the Army’. Several Songs About Fire is bolstered by the support of Jack Cooper (Modern Nature, Ultimate Painting) and Cate Le Bon, as well as members of Kamikaze Palm Tree & caroline. The end result is tantamount to psychic odyssey, with lead single ‘Elvis in the Army’ placing us in a subterranean venue...
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Parquet Courts frontman A. Savage presents his new single/video, ‘Thanksgiving Prayer.’ and marks Savage’s first new solo music since 2017. ‘Thanksgiving Prayer’ is anchored by Savage’s poetic musings, observations that are accentuated by saxophone flourishes from Euan Hinshelwood. The accompanying ‘Thanksgiving Prayer’ video — directed by Tiff Pritchett — is a black-and-white homage to silent film, with Savage adorned in makeup and surrounded by his band and handmade decoration. Stream / Purchase ‘Thanksgiving Prayer’ here.
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New Orleans no-wave punks Special Interest today share a new stand-alone single ‘Disco 1.5’. The track reflects the way “Disco” was meant to be heard, or rather, the way Special Interest have been playing it live for the past 4 or 5 years. File under Classic Interest. A perfectly formed punk song in one and a half minutes. Stream / Purchase ‘Disco 1.5’ here.
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British-born, New York-based ANOHNI, “one of our generation’s greatest protest singers, or protest songwriters” (NPR’s All Songs Considered), presents My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, the new album from ANOHNI and the Johnsons’ out now on Rough Trade / Remote Control. My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross expresses a world view by shape-shifting through a broad range of subject matter. Through a personal lens, ANOHNI addresses loss of loved ones, inequality, alienation, acceptance, cruelty, ecocide, devastation wrought by...
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British-born, New York-based ANOHNI presents ‘Sliver of Ice,’ the new single/video from ANOHNI and the Johnson’s forthcoming album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, out July 7th on Remote Control / Rough Trade. “Now that I’m almost gone/Sliver of ice upon my tongue/In the day’s night/It tastes so good, it felt so right/For the first time in my life” ANOHNI sings on ‘Sliver of Ice,’ remembering some of the last words Lou Reed shared with her. The singer embodies the voice of someone whose experience becomes more awed...
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ANOHNI announces My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, a new album by ANOHNI and the Johnsons, out July 7th on Remote Control Records, and presents its lead single and video, ‘It Must Change.’ The British-born, New York- based ANOHNI describes the creative process for My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, her first album since 2016’s much-lauded HOPELESSNESS, as painstaking, yet also inspired, joyful, and intimate, a renewal and a renaming of her response to the world as she sees it. Pre-Order / Pre-Save My...
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This Is The Kit today shared their latest single ‘More Change’ from the band’s new album Careful Of Your Keepers – produced by Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) – due out on June 9th via Rough Trade/Remote Control Records. Featuring Rhys on backing vocals, the meditative track is out now alongside an adorable animated video created by Benjamin Jones that brings everyday objects to life as it follows along to the song’s heartfelt lyrics. Jones explains the video: “With this video I wanted to create something...
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Rough Trade Records in partnership with Audika Records are excited to announce Picture of Bunny Rabbit, a new album of previously unreleased World Of Echo era material by Arthur Russell recorded in 1985/86. Picture of Bunny Rabbit features nine previously unreleased performances from this era compiled from completed masters culled from two unique test pressings, including one, dated 9/15/85 by Arthur, provided by his mother and sister. A further four tracks were discovered in his tape archive. The track listing includes...
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This Is The Kit, the group led by Paris-based band leader Kate Stables, today announced the band’s new album Careful of Your Keepers – produced by Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) – will be released on June 9th, 2023, via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. The album’s propulsive yet introspective lead single ‘Inside Outside’ finds Stables as magnetic as ever, joined once again by her stalwart band of Rozi Plain (bass/vocals),...
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Critically acclaimed Irish quartet Lankum today share their new album False Lankum, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. The album’s 12 tracks, composed of ten traditional songs and two originals, show the four-piece using a new palate to colour their sound in an increasingly experimental way, alongside longtime producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy. This record sees the band cement their breakout from the folk genre, creating bold, contemporary music that may be fashioned from traditional elements...
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Sleaford Mods are pleased to release their new album UK GRIM, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. As the Nottingham duo’s most dance-floor friendly release to date, UK GRIM is an urgent and sage-like look at life, living and the gritty reality of our era. Truly the sound of now, not only in terms of the ideas and issues Jason Williamson’s strong words invoke, but also thanks to the innovative and immersive production of Andrew Fearn,...
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Critically acclaimed Irish quartet Lankum today share a new single ‘The New York Trader’, taken from their forthcoming album False Lankum, which is released on March 24, 2023. “We started working on the New York Trader in January 2021.” explains Ian Lynch of Lankum. “We learned it, like so many other great songs, from Ringsend native and all round legend Luke Cheevers. It is one of a group of songs...
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Ireland’s Gilla Band today share a new single and video, ‘Sports Day’. Their ground breaking new album Most Normal, which featured highly in Albums of The Year lists at Fader, The Guardian, Pitchfork and Irish Times is out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. The video for ‘Sports Day’ was directed by Michael Speed who also directed their previous video ‘Post Ryan’ and follows previous singles ‘Backwash’ and ‘Eight Fivers’ which had videos directed and animated by Mortis Studios. Frontman Dara Kiely explains...
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Sleaford Mods have released their sinister new single ‘Force 10 From Navarone’, featuring guest vocals from Dry Cleaning frontwoman Florence Shaw. Accompanied by a brand new video, the song is taken from the Nottingham duo’s forthcoming album UK GRIM, which will be released on 10 March 2023. Reflecting the depth of the new record, this emotional commentary explores the inner life anxieties of 21st century living, with a wry examination of social conventions. Driven by urgent...
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Critically acclaimed Irish quartet Lankum announced a new record, False Lankum, out March 24, 2023 on Remote Control Records. They are sharing the first single ‘Go Dig My Grave’ today with a video by Peadar Gill. False Lankum follows their 2019 breakthrough album The Livelong Day, which paved the way for critical and commercial success, earning them that year’s RTE Choice Music Prize (the Irish equivalent of the Album of the Year Grammy) and the #8 spot on NPR Music’s Best Albums...
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