As Hardcore began to peter out in 1992, Richard Russell delivered one of the rave era’s defining remixes – Kicks Like A Mule’s 1992 version of Awesome 3’s ‘Don’t Go‘. Earlier this year, anarchist Punk icons Crass invited Russell to re-work one of their classics, resulting in the acclaimed 2020 RLR remix of ‘They’ve Got A Bomb’, a song originally released on the Feeding Of The 5000 LP in 1978....
Remote Control is delighted to announce the launch of Remote Control Music, a newly established music publishing division. Remote Control Music is a joint venture with independent publisher Beggars Music, which has offices in London, New York and Los Angeles. Remote Control Music will also represent Beggars Music’s catalogue in Australia and New Zealand. Beggars Music’s impressive roster of artists includes Glass Animals, who topped Triple J’s Hottest 100 this week with their song ‘Heat Waves’, alongside the likes of Car Seat Headrest, Belle &...
Carla Geneve shares the B Side to ‘The Right Reasons‘ – ‘I Hate You (For Making Me Not Want To Leave The City) (Band Version).’ It’s out now through Dot Dash Recordings. Backed by a captivating show and unique brand of brutally honest lyricism, Carla Geneve has established herself as one of Australia’s most prominent up and coming artists after the release of her breakout debut self-titled EP. A fact further solidified with her recent ‘Song Of...
Memphis LK releases a new remix of her latest single ‘Letters In Concrete‘ by acclaimed UK producer Lee Walker. Here, Walker transforms the sparkling pop track into skittering, club-ready garage, complete with wobbly basslines and chopped up vocals. It’s a remix made with the finesse that earned Walker Annie Mac’s ‘Hottest Record In The World’ on BBC Radio 1 and ‘Future Anthem’ for his edits at Beatport. Released last month,...
Dot Dash Recordings is thrilled to announce that Jess Locke‘s forthcoming album Don’t Ask Yourself Why will be released on Friday 26 March 2021. The Melbourne-based singer-songwriter is known for penning indie guitar-pop tracks that are at times subtle and full of melancholy, at times delivered with an acerbic tongue, but always steeped heavily in narrative. To celebrate the album announcement, Jess Locke shares a contrasting track from the album...
Remote Control Records is thrilled to announce the signing of Melbourne’s cult outfit JAZZPARTY. To celebrate the signing, the band have released a live EP It’s Monday Night Somewhere which reminds us live music in Australia is truly unique, necessary and irreplaceable. The EP features a handful of tracks collected over five years of JAZZPARTY’s infamous Monday Night residencies recorded via Open Live at The Evelyn Hotel. Picture this, a...
Jai and A. K. Paul’s Paul Institute have been teasing new music via their website for the past week, and now you can stream the release in full. The label continues to raise its game with previously released artists as well as newcomers among these Summer 2020 Releases. Listen to it here. A. K Paul says “I’m really happy we’re releasing new music with Paul Institute this summer. It’s been...
New Zealand-born, Melbourne-bred and now Los Angeles-based Jess Cornelius has release her debut album, Distance. A lot has changed since Jess Cornelius began writing the songs that would comprise Distance. For starters, she moved halfway around the world from Melbourne, Australia to Los Angeles. At the time, Cornelius had a few new songs and the idea of finally making a record of her own, excited to start fresh after several...
Our friends over at video game label Boss Battle Records have released a video game soundtrack for Necrobarista. Necrobarista is a cinematic visual novel set in a magical Melbourne cafe where the dead are granted one last night to mingle with the living. Inspired equally by film and anime, Necrobarista is a unique take on the visual novel medium. Follow a dynamic and diverse cast of characters as they navigate...
Future Islands return with their first new song in three years, ‘For Sure.’ Written and recorded in the band’s hometown of Baltimore, the chest-pounding anthem features backing vocals from Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak. The accompanying video for ‘For Sure’ was created by Sam Mason and charts a long journey through a bleak post-apocalyptic landscape. Watch it in full below. Listen / Download
Hachiku aka German-Australian bedroom producer Anika Ostendorf compiles her recent series of ‘isolation covers’ with the release of the 99 Dreams EP, featuring a new cover of The Cranberries classic ‘Dreams‘, out now on Milk! Records. Ostendorf decided to use her recent free time to work on her Ableton skills, “Besides gardening, doing 4 years of tax returns, Skyping friends I didn’t even remember by name and fermenting, I’ve been trying...
Last week Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) released his new album, Set My Heart On Fire Immediately to world-wide critical acclaim. Today he announces the ‘Without You‘ video competition. Hadreas is asking his fans to submit music video ideas for the track which is taken from the album. He has written about his inspirations for the song and encourages interested fans to submit a creative treatment for the music video they...
Purity Ring release the otherworldly video for ‘stardew‘ directed by life-size stop motion artist Tobias Stretch with costumes created by Purity Ring’s Megan James. The track, which is off the duo’s recently released LP WOMB, was praised as “pulsating” by Billboard, a “crystalline rush of adrenaline” by The FADER and “a treat” by Consequence of Sound. WOMB was triple j Feature Album upon release, debuted at #1 on the Billboard...
Last week, The National celebrated the announcement of the 10th Anniversary High Violet Triple LP release with a YouTube premiere of their D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus-directed film ‘The National – ‘High Violet’ Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM),’ from May 10th, 2010. Fans enjoyed the nearly two and a half hour show while members of the band stopped by the chat room to say hi. They’ve now announced an...
Meet Muzz, a new indie supergroup comprising Paul Banks of Interpol, Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman, and Matt Barrick of The Walkmen. First single ‘Broken Tambourine’ begins with sparse, floating piano by Kaufman, before surging with Banks’ rumbling vocals, Barrick’s low percussion, and a lilting clarinet, while an open door during recording brings in the surrounding nature sounds of the studio in Woodstock and augments the song’s spacious atmosphere....
On 10th March 2020, ‘Stay Alive‘, the debut single from the 23-year-old Muslim poet Mustafa was first released into the world. With little in the way of pre-release hype or fanfare, ‘Stay Alive’ has quickly emerged as one of the year’s defining debut releases and is a near-perfect introduction to a vital new voice in music. Produced by Frank Dukes and James Blake, this is inner-city folk music; a song...
