Late nights, sweaty bodies, blue smoke and beer-fuelled dance freak-outs over a gravely wailing saxophone – think New Orleans processionals meets Twin Peaks. Another crazy year and JAZZPARTY are here on the ropes with you, putting out a new album for all the lovers and haters of jazz. Following singles ‘Higher With My Love’, ‘Nobody Gets Away’ & ‘Hearts Gonna Leave’, the Melbourne cult party outfit today release their new album Nobobody Gets Away via Remote Control Records. Alongside its release comes a new video for...
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Melbourne-based songwriter and producer Katz shares ‘Forward‘ – the latest single from his forthcoming second EP, due August 13 via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The oscillating synths and bright, futuristic sounds of ‘Forward’ feature the vocals of well-loved Melbourne artist Fractures, whose pristine delivery provides a point of contrast to the syncopated chord stabs, chopped vocals samples, and break-style beat of Katz’s instrumental. As ‘Forward’ continues to build around its spiralling synths, the synchronicity between Katz’s production and Fractures’s vocals grows into a...
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Following the release of singles ‘Other You’ and ‘Reflection’, Steve Gunn has shared new single ‘Fulton’, taken from his forthcoming new album Other You, released August 27th on Matador / Remote Control Records. Gunn says of the song: “One night the air went dead on 1010 WINS, the local AM news station in NYC I find myself listening to from time to time. Everything stopped for a moment, or at least the radio signal did. The long silence came as a surprise, a gift.”...
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Earlier this year Thom Yorke created a version of Radiohead’s ‘Creep‘ for designer Jun Takahashi’s Tokyo Fashion Week showcase of Creep Very, his UNDERCOVER Fall/Winter 2021 Women’s collection. This haunting reimagining of the 1993 hit is now being released as ‘Creep (Very 2021 RMX)‘, a standalone single available for streaming and digital download. The digital single features bespoke artwork by Jun Takahashi. Listen / Download.
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Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD return to announce a new album. Talk Memory, the band’s first album with XL Recordings / Remote Control Records, features 9 new songs and is due October 8th. The album features musical contributions from Arthur Verocai, Karriem Riggins, Terrace Martin, Laraaji and acclaimed harpist Brandee Younger, who has worked with Moses Sumney, and Thundercat. Sporting visuals from Virgil Abloh, whose design firm Alaska-AlaskaTM designed the cover for Talk Memory, the album is an evolution focused on collaboration and the magic of improvised live performance....
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Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu makes her Ghostly International debut with ‘Maker‘, a commanding first glimpse into forthcoming material. ‘Maker‘ builds on the sound of the 21-year old’s previous work, 2019’s double EP Nicole Kidman / Anne Hathaway and 2018’s self-produced How Many Times Have You Driven By, with brooding, melodic pop driven by guitar and Vu’s distinctive contralto. For the first time, she welcomes a co-producer, Jackson Phillips (Day Wave), who helps Vu create an atmosphere with a deeper sense of luster, sophistication, and...
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Courtney Barnett has announced her third studio album Things Take Time, Take Time. Set to drop November 12th on Milk! Records / Remote Control Records, the album is a finely woven collage of snapshots recorded at a time of creative renewal and deeper understanding for Barnett. The work signals an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers and it sees her consolidating her place in the...
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New York musician and producer Spencer Miles Abraham Allen, the brains behind Spencer., has announced details of his debut album and shares a first taste of new music, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Released on 10 September, the eleven songs that comprise Are U Down? blend R&B, hip-hop, funk, indie, pop, jazz and soul to create a sound that encompasses analogue and digital, past and present. Written, recorded and produced by Spencer., the album’s first single ‘Lonely...
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Liz Stringer returns with a new version ‘The Waning of the Sun’ from her recent album First Time Really Feeling which debuted at #1 on the AIR and #14 on the ARIA charts. This version was arranged by Elsie & Maggie Rigby of The Maes and features Melbourne choir One More Chorus. Recorded live on the first take in Brunswick Uniting Church Hall, the sixty additional voices bring a new depth to this album standout track. Of the track Stringer says, “The Waning of the Sun is a song about connection. During my...
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Following the release of singles ‘White Picket Fence’, ‘Joy Squad’ & ‘Black Rainbow’ Welsh producer Lewis Roberts aka Koreless releases his much-anticipated debut album Agor via Young / Remote Control Records, an album over five years in the making. There is an idea of hidden depths suggested by the title of Koreless’ debut album. Agor is the Welsh word for open and it’s an apt name for a recording which exists at sensory thresholds, helping guide the listener from one realm to another less visited. Agor is unlike any...
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Late nights, sweaty bodies, blue smoke and beer-fuelled dance freak-outs over a gravely wailing saxophone – think New Orleans processionals meets Twin Peaks. Another crazy year and JAZZPARTY are here on the ropes with you, putting out a new song for all the lovers and haters of jazz. Today, the Melbourne cult party outfit share ‘Hearts Gonna Leave’, the catchy third single from their forthcoming album Nobobody Gets Away, due Friday 23 July via Remote Control Records. ‘Hearts Gonna Leave’ is a soupy...
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Melbourne three-piece Telenova share their debut EP Tranquilize, via Pointer Recordings / Remote Control Records. Off the back of their sold-out ‘Bones’ single tour, and to celebrate the EP release, Telenova will return to Sydney and Melbourne, as well as playing debut shows in Brisbane and Adelaide. Full tour dates below, tickets on sale this Friday. Assembled by Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) at an APRA SongHubs writing camp in early 2020, Telenova combines the alluring vocals...
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Sydney’s neo-soul artist imbi & West Sydney MC-producer duo Slim Set have shared the accompanying video for their debut collaborative DnB burner ‘Heatsink‘ out now via Pointer Recordings. Premiered via Acclaim, the video is inspired by the ‘Heatsink’ game, released alongside the single and coded by Slim Set’s Atro, in which avatars of the artists, illustrated by Alvin Ruiyuan Zhong, navigate their way from Parramatta station to Sydney’s CBD over a myriad of obstacles. Speaking on the clip Slim Set state “Life...
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Toronto-based musician Homeshake, born Peter Sagar, has announced his forthcoming album Under The Weather out September 10 on SHHOAMKEE / Sinderlyn via Remote Control Records. Under The Weather, Sagar’s fifth studio album under the Homeshake moniker, is an atmospheric, 12-track reflection on the artist’s life and depression. Written in 2019, the album documents a long, unrelenting period of sadness for the artist. To coincide with the album announcement, Homeshake is sharing the project’s first single. ‘Vacuum,’ is an...
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Austin-based chanteuse Molly Burch has dropped the beautifully bouncy third single ‘Took A Minute‘ from her upcoming fourth studio album Romantic Images, out July 23rd via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. The announcement is accompanied by a gorgeous video featuring drag queen Cynthia Lee Fontaine of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame. In April, Burch announced the release of her upcoming album Romantic Images – a distinct evolution for Burch, both emotionally and sonically. Recorded in...
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Fresh off the heels of releasing two singles this autumn, ‘Out of Touch’ and ‘Work,’ Shad is thrilled to finally announce TAO – a brand-new album out October 1st on Secret City Records / Remote Control. To highlight this announcement, a third single and video is out now titled ‘Storm‘. “Storm” is a feeling,” Shad tells us, “The feeling of a flood of memories.” He goes on: “In the same way that a storm...
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