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11 April 2017

Watch – Arca ‘Desafío’

Arca reveals a video for ‘Desafío’, the stunning track – taken from his new self-titled third album, out now – is perhaps one of the Venezuelan artist’s most accessible works to date. Watch it below! Arca (aka Alejandro Ghersi) has again teamed up with longtime visual collaborator Jesse Kanda for the video. Cathartic, provocative and sensual in equal measures, it completes a trio of Arca music videos (see also Anoche and Reverie)…

11 April 2017

Watch – Spoon ‘Hot Thoughts’

Spoon have shared a new video for the title track of their new album Hot Thoughts. The video shows atmospheric footage of Spoon performing at their three day residency at SXSW taking over The Main, captured through the lens of lo-fi yet vivid VHS style cam. Watch it below! Spoon recently performed ‘Hot Thoughts’ on Jimmy Kimmel and ‘I Ain’t The One’ on The Late Show with James Corden, and last month were…

7 April 2017

Out Now – Sam Gellaitry ‘Escapism III’ EP

Escapism III is the third chapter in his Escapism saga: a coming-of-age trilogy that demonstrates the young prodigy’s unique, filmic musical productions. Hot off the heels of the previous two Escapism instalments, the EP sees Sam Gellaitry’s sound transcending, invoking a cinematic feel of technicolour-esque scope to his experimental production. Gellaitry, now 20, started producing at the age of 12. Growing up in central Scotland and being influenced by a…

7 April 2017

Announced – Queens Of The Stone Age Australian shows

Queens Of The Stone Age return to Australia and New Zealand at last, performing four headline shows in July! Kicking off their tour at Auckland’s Logan Campbell on Thursday 13th July, Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday 19th July, and Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Thursday 20th July. Then for the very first time – ever, performing in the Top End at Darwin’s Convention Centre on Sunday 16th July! General public tickets to…

7 April 2017

Out now – Future Islands ‘The Far Field’

Baltimore trio Future Islands have released their fifth studio album The Far Field. Catch the band performing at this year’s Splendour In The Grass. The Far Field refines and builds on the breakthroughs of their 2014 album Singles, written by Samuel T. Herring (vocals, lyrics), William Cashion (bass, guitars) and Gerrit Welmers (keyboards, programming). Future Islands brilliantly expresses the band’s central themes they’ve been exploring for the last decade: that there is power in…

7 April 2017

Out now – Arca

Arca has released his third full-length album. The self-titled record is the first to feature the Venezuela-born, London-based producer’s untreated singing voice. It was recorded at home in north-east London throughout 2016. Arca’s long-time visual collaborator Jesse Kanda once again directed the videos, and shot the album artwork. The heightened theatricality was inspired by Greek tragedy: “I’m representing this album performatively, extremely, dramatically. Myth can reach into the deep cortex of the…

6 April 2017

Announced – Steve Gunn Australian tour

Brooklyn based singer-songwriter & guitarist Steve Gunn is coming to Australia for the first time on a soul expanding solo tour. He plays at The Basement in Sydney on Thursday July 6, NGV Friday Nights in Melbourne on Friday July 7, The Northcote Social Club in Melbourne on Saturday July 8, and The Junk Bar in Brisbane on Sunday July 9. Tickets and more info below! Gunn’s music has always embraced expanse and movement, springing from…

4 April 2017

Announcing – Sampha ‘Process’ A film by Khalil Joseph

Process is a film about London musician Sampha by Kahlil Joseph (Pulse Films). Now available exclusively on Apple Music. The 37 minute film is a rich, widescreen visual contextualisation of Sampha’s acclaimed 2017 debut album of the same name. Process was filmed in January 2017 between Freetown, Sierra Leone and Morden, south London. Both places have deep personal significance for Sampha, Freetown being the hometown of Sampha’s parent’s (and the city where…

4 April 2017

Introducing – Jess Locke

Pool House Records and Remote Control are thrilled to announce the signing of Melbourne’s Jess Locke, she’s the first addition to the Pool House family. To celebrate, Jess has shared a new single ‘Better/Bitter’, taken from an album due for release later this year. Watch the video below! Pool House Records’ Chris Cowburn says of Jess: “We have loved and admired Jess Locke for some time now. We were all…

31 March 2017

Watch – Mac DeMarco ‘This Old Dog’

After sharing two singles ‘My Old Man’ and ‘The Old Dog’, Mac DeMarco offers up a self-directed video for the latter track, filmed in his new hometown of Los Angeles. Read his statement about the video below: “A devoted dog discovers the meaning of its own existence through the lives of the humans it teaches to laugh and love. Reincarnated as multiple canines over the course of five decades, the…

30 March 2017

Introducing – Reptaliens

We’re excited to welcome Portland, Oregon’s dream Reptaliens to the Captured Tracks / Remote Control family. Today, the band release a 7″ featuring two tracks ‘Prequel,’ and ‘Olive Boy.’ Reptaliens is the husband and wife team of Bambi and Cole Browning. The couple met on a basketball court while filming a music video for a mutual friend’s band that didn’t exist. After dating for six months, the two married under…

30 March 2017

Aldous Harding announces ‘Party’ + shares ‘Imagining My Man’

Aldous Harding announces her second album Party to be released Friday 19th May. She has shared a new single ‘Imagining My Man’ to celebrate, it’s taken from the upcoming album, followed from the first single ‘Horizon’. Check out the accompanying video below! Party was produced with the award-winning John Parish in Bristol, a world away from Harding’s New Zealand home. As well as contributions from Parish, Perfume Genius’s Mike Hadreas lends vocals to ‘Imagining My Man’…

29 March 2017

Introducing – ‘Planetarium’ + new single ‘Saturn’

Planetarium, the new collaborative album co-composed by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister, will be released on 9th June. Watch the video to ‘Saturn’, the first single taken from the album, below. A completely reimagined version of the project originally undertaken years ago and performed in various iterations around the world, Planetarium unites Stevens’ vocals, McAlister’s beats, Dessner’s guitar performance, and Muhly’s instrumental compositions. Planetarium revolves around the cosmic ideas…

29 March 2017

Watch – John Moreland ‘It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before)’

John Moreland has released a video for ‘It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before)’. Taken from his upcoming fourth studio album Big Bad Luv, out on 5th May. Watch the clip below. Serving as much as a document of John’s life on the road as a snapshot of the US southern states, the video was created by Sterlin Harjo. A fellow Oklahoma native, he has watched Moreland’s audience grow over the years, and…

28 March 2017

Watch – Future Islands ‘Cave’

Baltimore trio Future Islands have released a new single from their upcoming album The Far Field out Friday 7 April. The chest-pounding ‘Cave’ speaks directly to the bruised but brave romantic in each of us. For a unique spin on a lyric video, the band enlisted American sign language interpreter Jonathan Lamberton to sign ‘Cave’s lyrics. Watch it below! The Far Field refines and builds on the breakthroughs of their…

28 March 2017

Listen – Arca ‘Saunter’

Arca has released another piece of new music from his forthcoming album. ‘Saunter’ is the latest in a line of new songs that feature revelatory vocal performances from the London-based, Venezuela-born artist. Listen below! Arca has also announced a limited-edition vinyl release of ‘Reverie / Saunter’. Limited to just 220 copies, the 12” release will be hand-numbered and features hand-stitched fishnet tights packaging. The vinyl release is available to pre-order via…