The Lemon Twigs share their new video for ‘I Wanna Prove To You’, taken from their debut album Do Hollywood, out now via 4AD / Remote Control Records. In the cinéma vérité clip directed by Nick Roney in Utah, the brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario visited Roney’s real-life grandparents for the four-day shoot, eating and sleeping under the same roof while exploring the concept of love. “The song is about proving your love...
4AD and Remote Control Records welcome Aldous Harding, a remarkable talent from New Zealand. Today, she presents a powerful opening statement with a new song ‘Horizon’ and startling companion video. Watch it below. Aldous Harding’s music is not for the faint of heart. Disarming in its desolate imagery and stark instrumentation, her songs draw from the core facets of life: death, birth, grief and love. There are few happy endings, but...
On Thursday night Future Islands had their fifth studio album The Far Field debut on TV, performing their new single ‘Ran’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. ‘Ran’ is the Baltimore-based trio’s first single from The Far Field, released on April 7th via 4AD / Remote Control. Watch Future Islands perform ‘Ran’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon below. The Far Field refines and builds on the breakthroughs of their 2014 album Singles, bursting with undeniable...
Grimes shares the official video for ‘Venus Fly’. The video, directed and edited by Grimes, also features Janelle Monáe. ‘Venus Fly’ is now live on Grimes’ YouTube; watch the video below. “We used the Phantom cameras to create a feeling of time suspended,” said Grimes of the inspiration behind the video. ‘Venus Fly’ is taken from Grimes’ critically-adored album ‘Art Angels’ (4AD) which had prime placement on basically every End...
Merchandise have launched a video for their single ‘Right Back To The Start’, taken from the band’s recent album A Corpse Wired For Sound. The fifth song to be given a visual treatment by Carson Cox, the Merchandise frontman says ‘Right Back From The Start’ is about finding yourself repeating old scenarios. Filmed in Washington, DC over a weekend in December, the video’s storyline was heavily influenced by the film...
XL Recordings are delighted to unveil the video for ‘High Roller’, Nines’ debut release for XL Recordings / Remote Control. Co-directed by Nines and starring Nines and J Hus, ‘High Roller’ is another step towards cementing Nines as one of the most exciting names in British rap music. Watch the video below. For those not familiar with with the most authentic name in London’s exploding underground scene, Nineshails from the...
The Colorist Orchestra & Emilíana Torrini have shared a new Dan Carey Remix of the single ‘When We Dance’ with a video directed by Belgian directors Jasper Rigole & Hannes Verhoustraete, the single is featured on the collaborative self-titled live album out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Hear the remix and watch the video below. Remixer Dan Carey has worked with Emilíana for many years since first producing her Fisherman’s...
Process, the highly anticipated debut album from Sampha, is released today via Young / Remote Control Records. Earlier this week, Sampha revealed the video for his new single ‘(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano’ – directed by Jamie-James Medina and starring Sampha alongside model and activist Adwoa Aboah – comes in two different formats. As well as a traditional music video, viewers can also immerse themselves in a virtual reality version, a product of...
Methyl Ethel have announced their new album Everything Is Forgotten, to be released Friday 3rd March via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The band have also shared new single ‘Ubu’, a frenetic pop song inspired by Alfred Jarre’s surrealist play Ubu Roi. A self-portrait of self-flagellation and guilt, its companion video, directed by Paxi, takes some of its absurdist cues from Jarre. Watch it below. Due to overwhelming demand a handful of...
Lost Animal has announced his national You Yang album tour for this February. He will play Melbourne at Corner Hotel on Feb 3, Sydney at Newtown Social Club on Feb 10, Hobart at Brisbane Hotel on Feb 17, Brisbane at The Foundry on Feb 24 and Fremantle at Mojos on March 5. See full ticket links and details below. Jarrod Quarrell will perform tracks from his critically acclaimed new album You Yang out now via Dot...
To celebrate the release of I See You, The xx appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night. I See You, the long awaited third album from The xx, is out now on Young / Remote Control Records. Watch The xx perform ‘Say Something Loving’ and ‘Lips’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon below. I See You marks a new era for the London trio of Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and...
Over the weekend Sampha performed new single ‘(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Emotionally raw and achingly beautiful, the track is a tribute to the piano that sat in Sampha’s south London family home from the age of three – a piano on which he wrote much of his highly anticipated forthcoming debut album Process, out Friday 3rd February via Young / Remote Control...
Jarrow has just released a new video for his track ‘Mutual Feelings’, ahead of a run of shows that includes supports for Car Seat Headrest and a headline show at Melbourne’s Yarra Hotel. Watch the clip below! Film-maker Max Wood drew from unlikely inspiration when making the visually compelling clip. It features a non-plussed Jarrow performing to the camera while the surprisingly beautiful urban landscape of Footscray swirls manically in the...
‘BHS’ is the first single from the upcoming Sleaford Mods album English Tapas out Friday 3rd March via Rough Trade / Remote Control. The album was recorded at Steve Mackey’s (Pulp) West Heath Garage studios in London. Watch the video below! British Home Stores (BHS) was a chain of department stores in the UK controlled by Sir Philip Green, the chairman of Arcadia Group, which also owns Topshop, among others. The chain...
SOHN has kick-started 2017 with a brand new single ‘Hard Liquor’,the opening track from SOHN’s imminent second album Rennen, out Friday 13th January via 4AD / Remote Control Records. It’s a gutsy follow up to previous Rennen singles ‘Signal’, ‘Conrad’ and title track ‘Rennen’. The slick black and white companion video, created by Jovan Todorovic and shot in Belgrade, Serbia can be viewed below. On top of his album release, SOHN has been announced to...
Earlier this year, Catalan foursome Mourn released their Sohpomore LP Ha Ha He., the follow up to 2015’s standout self-titled debut. To close out their year, they share the video for album track ‘Irrational Friend’. The Roger Guàrdia-directed video was originally premiered on Rookie, who say it’s “a sleek accompaniment to the chaotic track.” Watch the new video below!
