Romy returns with a new remix of ‘Love Who You Love’ by HAAi, out now. The pair continue to collaborate after they appeared on The Lot radio in NYC earlier in the year where this remix was given its first spin, listen and watch back here. Stream / download ‘Love Who You Love (HAAi Remix)’ here.
War Child Records today release ‘Helicopters’ by Ezra Collective & Greentea Peng – taken from the highly anticipated forthcoming HELP(2) album. Produced by Ezra Collective and mixed by David Wrench, the group join forces with Greentea Peng for a commanding collaboration that seamlessly fuses their distinct sonic identities. Driven by a hypnotic bassline and deep dub textures, the track pairs rich instrumentation with sharp, reflective lyricism. It confronts the weight...
Carla Geneve today releases her incredible new album Don’t Be Afraid. A raw and honest exploration of fear, acceptance, and love, Don’t Be Afraid was inspired by Seamus Heaney’s final words. The album weaves vulnerable piano-driven melodies with intimate storytelling, inviting listeners to embrace flaws and find strength in compassion and courage. Unlike her previous albums, Don’t Be Afraid is a true collaboration with producer Dan Carroll, who has shaped...
On 26 April 2005, John Darnielle’s third 4AD full-length album as , The Sunset Tree, presented a deeply confessional and emotionally vivid narrative drawn from the depths of the prolific songwriter’s turbulent personal history. Twenty years on, Darnielle revisits the career highlight record with a reissue dubbed The Sunset Tree (20th Anniversary Edition). It’s a mark of Darnielle’s extraordinary fertility that, of the 800-plus songs he has recorded, only a...
Kim Gordon released ‘BYE BYE 25!’, a remake of ‘BYE BYE!’ from her critically acclaimed second solo album, The Collective. Proceeds from the sale of ‘BYE BYE 25!’, both song and t-shirt, will be donated to reproductive rights nonprofit NOISE FOR NOW. Both ‘BYE BYE 25!’ and The Collective were nominated for GRAMMYs at the 2025 ceremony. Of the ‘BYE BYE 25!’, Gordon says: (Producer and collaborator) Justin Raisen had...
My New Band Believe release their first song ‘Lecture 25’, with accompanying video by Jack Shep. It was written quickly, with the initial intention to release the demo as is however, at the last minute, a band was conceived, the song arranged, then recorded, mixed, mastered and a video made – all within 8 days. Written by Cameron Picton (ex-black midi), produced and mixed by Seth Evans (also ex black...
Jenny Hval announces her new album Iris Silver Mist, out on May 2nd, and shares the lead single ‘To be a rose’, with an accompanying video composed of footage shot on various tours from 2015-2024 and edited by Jenny Merger Myhre, who handled visuals on tour in 2015. Iris Silver Mist is named after a fragrance made by the nose Maurice Roucel for the French perfume house Serge Lutens. It’s...
Fresh off her performance at Pitchfork Music Festival, Dacus unveils her contribution to the Spotify Singles series: a reworked studio rendition of Home Video standout ‘Partner in Crime’ and a cover of Cher’s ‘Believe’, a “huge, expansive, beautiful, heart-pumping, excitement-inducing song,” says Dacus, and “iconic for its use of auto-tune.” Despite this distinct use of auto-tune in both ‘Believe’ and the original ‘Partner in Crime’, Dacus’ new versions remove the auto-tune and scale back the production, bringing each songwriter’s prowess to the forefront. “I feel like some of my favourite lyrics...
Marking the 10yr anniversary of his final studio album ‘The Bravest Man in The Universe’ [CLASH + Q’s Best Album 2012, Best of the Year for Rolling Stone]. Boasting a moving vocal performance from the now-global-superstar Lana Del Rey, excerpts from the legendary Sam Cooke + new orchestral production by multihyphenates Damon Albarn + Richard Russell. An introspective R&B masterpiece, performed once on Le Grand Journal (FR) reminds listeners of the singularity of Womack’s...
Black Cab share their new single ‘Superheroes’ and announce their long awaited sixth album Rotsler’s Rule to be released May 13th on digital and limited edition vinyl, with launch shows in Melbourne and Sydney. See below! The album started as a series of free flowing electronica jams at Melbourne’s Bakehouse studios with local producer Graeme Pogson (GL, Bamboos) on drums and dials, and features guest appearances by Evan Tweedie (Husky, DubFX), Lucy Buckeridge (Lowtide) and Steve Law (Zen Paradox) with mixing by long time Cab producer Woody Annison. Black Cab founder members Andrew Coates and James Lee were keen to explore simpler,...
Harvey Gruff Rhys – Seeking New Gods Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth – Utopian AshesRose City Band – Earth TripDry Cleaning – New Long LegAlan Vega – MutatorSteve Earle & the Dukes – JTThe Mountain Goats – Dark In HereRedspencer – DreamworldBlack Country, New Road – For The First TimeKhruangbin – Mordechai RemixesThe Reds, Pinks & Purples- Uncommon WeatherThe Weather Station – IgnoranceFemi & Made Kuti – Legacy +The Beach Boys...
In the first of a series of releases, Arthur Russell’s acclaimed albums World of Echo and Iowa Dream are out now in Australia. Rough Trade originally released World of Echo in 1986 and the album was subsequently reissued and remastered by Audika to include previously unreleased material in 2005. World of Echo is Arthur’s most extraordinary work, a deeply intimate and meditative collection of awe-inspiring beauty. Arthur Russell’s stated aim at the time was to achieve what he termed “the most vivid rhythmic reality”, using...
Courtney Barnett has again taken the music world by storm, this time with her most thoughtful and meditative album yet. Things Take Time, Take Time is the third album from Barnett and is again receiving rave reviews from critics and fans alike. This week she stopped by the Ellen studios and performed her single ‘Write A List of Things to Look Forward to’. To celebrate the album’s release, the 4x ARIA winner and Grammy and Brit Award nominee will be hitting the road in...
XL Recordings & Remote Control Records are pleased to announce the release of Blawan’s Woke Up Right Handed EP. Scheduled for release on 12th November 2021, you can stream his new single ‘Under Belly’ now. Presented in XL’s iconic house bag, this release sees the mercurial producer arguably at the height of his powers and release some of his most riveting, genre-bending music to date. Having released music for over...
With the release date for Mess Esque’s debut album nearing, the collaborative new duo of Mick Turner (The Dirty Three) and Helen Franzman (McKisko) have dropped a new video for their latest single ‘Sweetspot’. The video, directed by Charlie Hillhouse, is equally hypnotizing with a dreamlike quality that gently rouses the viewer from induced inertia only to be thrust further down the rabbit hole. A story told in multiple parts, it demands your divided attention. Helen‘s words on the song: “The song was about...
Muslim poet and songwriter Mustafa details his debut project When Smoke Rises, due May 28th via his own Regent Park Songs / Remote Control Records. After revealing its title and speaking about the body of work in his recent GQ Middle East cover story, Mustafa is sharing one more offering from the new record, the powerful ‘Ali’, which arrives alongside a self-directed visual. Mustafa’s two singles to date – ‘Stay Alive’ and ‘Air Forces’ – have been met with adoration from fellow artists, critics and fans...
