15 February 2024
After enrapturing audiences on their just-finished single tour, lyrical masterminds Obscura Hail share one more lament before the release of their upcoming album Playing Dead out March 1st via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. ‘Foreign Substances’ is accompanied by the announcement of album launch dates across the east coast next month. Sonically upbeat, ‘Foreign Substances’ deals in the highs and lows of modern life showcasing the band’s ability of masking mature content with a playful delivery. Bobbing on a bed of…
15 February 2024
Goat Girl – Lottie Pendlebury (she/her), Rosy Jones (they/them) and Holly Mullineaux (she/her) are excited to announce their third album Below The Waste which is being released on Rough Trade / Remote Control Records on June 7th. The album was co–produced by the band and John Spud Murphy (Lankum and black midi). Singer Lottie says on the lead track ‘ride around’, “I was listening to lots of music at the time by Phillip Glass and Deerhoof that plays with the relationship between tension and resolution which…
15 February 2024
Four-time ARIA award-nominated future-soul artist Ngaiire announces, alongside the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the release of Live At The Sydney Opera House – a recording taken from their sold out 2022 Forecourt performance for the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House. To be released on Friday, 26th April, the album consists of orchestral arrangements of tracks from across her career, including her critically-acclaimed album 3, performed to thousands of captivated fans and highlighting her powerhouse vocals. Today sees the release of ‘Once (Live at The Sydney Opera House)’. To celebrate, Ngaiire and the Sydney…
8 February 2024
Recorded in the same session as recent solo album Several Songs About Fire, ‘Black Holes, the Stars and You’ has been a long-time coming from visual artist and Parquet Courts co-frontman, A. Savage. Featuring infectious, Latin-inspired grooves and production by John Parish, the single is about the different ways people see each other versus the different ways people view themselves. A. Savage has a knack for lyrical poetry, which is on full display here. ‘Black Holes, the Stars…
8 February 2024
NYC’s beloved sibling duo The Lemon Twigs announce their new LP A Dream Is All We Know, arriving May 3rd on Captured Tracks / Remote Control. Following 2023’s emotionally charged Everything Harmony — which The Guardian called “totally perfect,” Questlove praised for going “full Debarge”, and The Needle Drop’s Anthony Fantano revealed was the source of his #1 most played song of the year — A Dream Is All We Know finds brothers Michael and Brian D’addario exploring upbeat, shimmering arrangements that live in an imaginary space they call Mersey Beach: the sonic…
8 February 2024
Erika de Casier shares a new single and video from her highly-anticipated third album Still, out on 21 February via 4AD / Remote Control. ‘ice’ featuring Tampa rap duo They Hate Change marks the first collaboration in de Casier’s discography, and what a marvellous first showing. For the three-minute cut de Casier moonlights as the duo’s third member, flipping a classic hip-hop trope (“Ice – you put it all on me,” she sings) into a comment on a frustratingly noncommittal person. The song…
1 February 2024
Alongside becoming the face of Daniel Lee’s first global campaign for Burberry and walking for Marine Serre at Fashion Week, Hackney-born rapper, producer and poet John Glacier also began to gain notoriety globally, working with in-demand NY production team Surf Gang on a spontaneous collaborative project last year. With her star continuing to full ascent, John Glacier today announces her signing to Young / Remote Control with ‘Money Shows’, the Eartheater-featuring first cut from a brand new EP, Like A Ribbon. Produced by Kwes Darko and inspired by the sounds of…
1 February 2024
Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD return to release a new single ‘Take What’s Given,’ featuring emerging Houston vocalist reggie; out now digitally on XL Recordings / Remote Control with a limited edition 7” available for pre-order. Recorded in Los Angeles at Valentine Studios, across multiple sessions in 2023, ‘Take What’s Given’ is a country inspired track that radiates at the point in which reggie’s soulful vocal performance and BADBADNOTGOOD’s funk inspired, horn-tinged arrangements intersect. Stream / Download ‘Take What’s Given’ here.
25 January 2024
Today, Leeds-based art-rock experimentalists Drahla make their long-awaited return with their second record angeltape. Due out on 5th April via Captured Tracks / Remote Control, the album comes on the heels of their recent singles ‘Lip Sync’ and ‘Under The Glass’, and is their first full-length effort since their critically acclaimed 2019 debut, Useless Coordinates. The next taste of this record is offered up in the form of the album’s frenetic lead single ‘Default Parody’, which is announced today alongside the album….
25 January 2024
Fabiana Palladino announces full details of her hotly anticipated self-titled debut album. The UK vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer will release Fabiana Palladino on 5th April via XL Recordings / Remote Control. To celebrate the album news, Palladino releases ‘Stay With Me Through The Night’, the second single to be revealed from the album (following 2023’s ‘I Care’ collaboration with Jai Paul). A pivotal track for Palladino, ‘Stay With Me Through The Night’ was the first song to be written for the…
19 January 2024
Burial announces ‘Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above’, released 9th February on 12” vinyl and digitally. The vinyl is available to pre-order now. Earlier this week, a limited edition run of 500 white label 12”s also appeared in select record stores around the world, available in store only. Pre-order Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above here.
19 January 2024
The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper returns with the vinyl reissue of two bona fide classic albums on Friday 29th March, and an April tour to celebrate. Black Ticket Day and Law Of Nature are available for pre-order now! The two albums follow the recent reissues of Frontierland, Honey Steels Gold and Electrical Storm and the previously unreleased Mr. MiraKle. For the April tour Kuepper’s band will again feature drummer Mark Dawson, bassist Peter Oxley, pianist Alister Spence and brass arranger Eamon Dilworth. Further tour details below!…
19 January 2024
Dry Cleaning will reissue their first two EPs on 8 March. Remastered to celebrate the release, Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks and Sweet Princess will be pressed as one single vinyl. The former will be available on cassette for the first time and include an exclusive bonus single, a demo of New Long Leg single, ‘Strong Feelings’, recorded during the sessions for Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks. The band has shared a new visualiser for the song ‘Sit Down Meal’,…
18 January 2024
Joy Orbison starts the year in style with the release of ‘flight fm’. It’s a track that’s already made a big impact on dance-floors around the world, one that belies the speed and ease with which it was made. Written and recorded while waiting for a lift to perform at last year’s Lost Village Festival, ‘flight fm’ was (literally) road tested through the car stereo on the drive to the event, followed by much encouragement from the…
18 January 2024
Adrianne Lenker announces her new solo album, Bright Future, out on 22nd March, and shares the new single ‘Sadness As A Gift’. Bright Future marks Lenker’s first album since 2020’s songs & instrumentals, and features co-production from Philip Weinrobe, alongside contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen. Following the previously released single ‘Ruined,’ ‘Sadness As A Gift’ sees Lenker at her most familiar and warm, a track that is both utterly timeless, yet sounding new and surprising on every listen. The aliveness of Adrianne’s voice…
18 January 2024
Obscura Hail share the second single ‘Long Play’ from their upcoming album Playing Dead out March 1st. Marking their return, the band also announce a list of shows to launch ‘Long Play’ and the full LP including an in-store at Rocksteady Records in Melbourne. Crafted in the wake of a disorienting breakup, ‘Long Play’ reflects a heightened emotional experience that unfolded during an intimate performance by Angie McMahon at Melbourne’s Long Play in 2017. Blending lush harmonies, looped Nintendo DS synths and dynamic guitar-work,…
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