Announced: Leif Vollebekk – Revelation + ‘Moondog’

Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leif Vollebekk announces his brand-new album Revelation, to be released on September 27th, with new single ‘Moondog’ out now. ‘Moondog’ offers firm proof of this juxtaposition with its “meditation on love,” fateful meetings, family, and magic, with a lyrical nod to “tessellation”. The accompanying video was directed by longtime collaborator Kaveh Nabatian and was filmed in Norway. The eleven tracks on Vollebekk’s Revelation combine narrative lyrics and many one-take lead vocal performances with cinematic arrangements, gorgeous…

Announced: Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit (10th Anniversary)

Sleaford Mods’ era-capturing, breakthrough album Divide and Exit is set to be reissued on 26 July to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Originally released in May 2014, not only did Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson’s second ‘proper’ album, capture the ‘death by a million vested interests’ malaise that was engulfing British society as contaminative politics oozed its core, but its union of strong words and minimal electronics saw a fresh voice articulated a much-needed rage, anger, hurt and hope. Fully remastered,…

Listen: Peggy Gou – ‘Lobster Telephone’

Artist, producer, DJ and cultural trailblazer Peggy Gou releases a new single ‘Lobster Telephone’. Taken from her long-awaited debut album I Hear You, ‘Lobster Telephone’ is a perfect distillation of the kind of balmy, technicolour house music that Gou is globally renowned for, evoking career-defining earlier Peggy Gou releases such as ‘Starry Night’ and ‘It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)’.  One of the most hotly-anticipated debut records in recent years, I Hear You will be released on 7th June 2024 via XL Recordings / Remote Control….

Listen: cumgirl8 – ‘quite like love’

Lauded by Paper Mag as “that rare act that melds the sweat of performance with the immediacy of a headphones-on experience,” cumgirl8 further proves their infectious nature with this new track, a throbbing, late night overture to twisted romance. With an unsettling, industrial air, here, the band touch close to Cabaret Voltaire in the style of “gothic pop and scuzzy dance-punk studded with horny prose”. Earlier this year, cumgirl8 shared another stand-alone track entitled ‘glasshour’ praised by the likes…

Listen: Two Shell – ‘gimmi it’

After the release of ‘Talk To Me,’ their chart topping collaboration with avant-garde icon FKA twigs and epic and triumphant performance at this year’s Coachella, acclaimed production entity Two Shell today return with a brand new track, ‘gimmi it’. A front-facing example of Two Shell at their most club focused, ‘gimmi it’ hacks into the typical blueprint of the dancefloor and glitches its sonic template for a track that’s heavy…

Listen: Koreless – ‘Seven’

Lewis Roberts aka Koreless returns to once again push the boundaries of electronic music with the release of ‘Seven’. The single premiered on BBC Radio 6 Music’s Mary-Anne Hobbs’ show and has now been released globally via Young / Remote Control. ‘Seven’ has been a long time coming. After pouring everything into the intricate process of making his critically acclaimed debut album Agor (“a simply breathtaking debut album” – The Quietus), Koreless moved to the rural countryside in Wales from London and created ‘Seven’ out…

Listen: Overmono & The Streets – ‘Turn The Page’

A year after the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Good Lies, Overmono return with their highly-sought after version of The Streets ‘Turn The Page’. The single premiered on BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record of the Week with Jack Saunders. Overmono (aka Tom and Ed Russell) first performed their version of The Streets’ ‘Turn The Page’ at the 2022 edition of Lost Village Festival to a rapturous response. It has since…

Watch: Tama Gucci – ‘You Lost Me’

Uniquely reimagining the intersection of pop and R&B, the NYC-based, Miami-raised musician, vocalist and electronic composer returns today with his first single of 2024, ‘You Lost Me’ (feat. Colle Of Chanel Beads) via Sinderlyn / Remote Control. The track comes with a video that was filmed on Monday, April 8th during the solar eclipse. “I’m not sure the stakes get higher than a one-take choreographed video during a 1 minute and 11 second Total Eclipse that doesn’t…

Watch: Fernie – ‘Pain’

Nearly three years after the release of his critically acclaimed EP Aurora, Brazilian-Canadian singer-songwriter Fernie returns with a new single titled ‘Pain.’ His first official release via Secret City / Remote Control Records, this song was produced in collaboration with Montreal artist Patrick Watson. “Ultimately this song is about the universal feeling of emptiness. From my experience surrounding the idea of pain… it blinds you. Aside from love, pain is one of the most powerful feelings on earth….

Announced: Fontaines D.C. – ROMANCE

Fontaines D.C. today announce details of their highly-anticipated fourth album, ROMANCE. Released on 23rd August via XL Recordings / Remote Control, ROMANCE is the band’s first album with producer James Ford and is without doubt their most assured, inventive and sonically adventurous record yet. It’s set to build on the success of the Dublin-made, now London-based band’s acclaimed 2022 album Skinty Fia, which reached #1 in the UK and Irish album charts and saw the band receiving a host of accolades including “International…

Listen: Belle and Sebastian – ‘What Happened to you, Son?’

Ahead of the launch of their coast-to-coast North American tour this month, Belle and Sebastian have released a brand new song, ‘What Happened to You, Son?’ Stuart Murdoch says on the song “‘What Happened to You Son’ got pulled rather randomly from the last LP because the LP felt one track too long. Out it came. The song is about my youth, and the funny hole I fell into in my late teens….

Listen: Jamie xx – ‘Baddy On The Floor’ ft. Honey Dijon

Jamie xx returns with a new single ‘Baddy On The Floor’ featuring GRAMMY Award-winning DJ, producer, and fashion icon Honey Dijon, out now on Young / Remote Control. The single premiered on Radio 1’s Future Artists with Jack Saunders, and features a new interview with Jamie xx. ‘Baddy On The Floor’ originally appeared in Jamie xx’s All Points East set in 2021 and is the first collaboration between the cross-continent based DJs and producers, who were in touch over the pandemic, and started working on the…

Watch: GIFT – ‘Wish Me Away’

GIFT – vocalist/guitarist TJ Freda, multi-instrumentalists Jessica Gurewitz and Justin Hrabovsky, drummer Gabe Camarano and bassist Kallan Campbell – return with ‘Wish Me Away’, their first new song in the 18 months since their debut album and the first on new label Captured Tracks / Remote Control. With its earworm guitar lines, propulsive rhythms, riveting vocals and mind-expanding sonics, ‘Wish Me Away’ is the perfect sonic springboard from debut album Momentary Presence to where GIFT are going next. It’s also a potent reminder that you can…

Watch: Goat Girl – ‘motorway’

Goat Girl – Lottie Pendlebury (she/her), Rosy Jones (they/them) and Holly Mullineaux (she/her) are excited to announce their second track ‘motorway’ taken from their forthcoming 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 & black midi). The video for ‘motorway’ was directed by world famous choreographer and director Holly Blakey who has worked with Florence & The Machine, Harry Styles and Rosalia amongst others. The dancers are dressed in archival Vivienne Westwood pieces,…

Watch: The Lemon Twigs – ‘How Can I Love Her More?’

The Lemon Twigs — NYC’s sibling duo composed of Brian and Michael D’Addario — release ‘How Can I Love Her More?’, the thematic backbone of their forthcoming album, A Dream Is All We Know (out May 3 on Captured Tracks / Remote Control). Wrestling with love and lost love, ‘How Can I Love Her More?’ is a whirlwind of musical flights of fancy. Blaring horns and strings set the stage before the song settles into a rollicking shuffle, complete with two…

Watch: Kamasi Washington – ‘Dream State ft. Andre 3000’

Kamasi Washington unveils a new song, ‘Dream State’ featuring André 3000, today alongside an official visual. The track is taken from his new album, Fearless Movement, set for release May 3rd via Young / Remote Control.  Speaking on the new single, Kamasi Washington said “Dream State is a celebration of life and the opportunity it gives us to explore new possibilities. We created this song together instantaneously as we improvised off the music we made in the moment. It was…

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