11 January 2024
Erika de Casier returns to announce her highly-anticipated third album Still, out February 21st via 4AD / Remote Control Records, and shares the first single ‘Lucky.’ The song arrives alongside an accompanying Jesse May Fisher-directed video titled “me walking on the beach” made as homage to viral YouTube videos from the early aughts. The album is classic de Casier, her idiosyncratic mix of luxuriant electronica and moonlit R&B drilled further into that one-of-a-kind sound here. Her songwriting is as masterful…
11 January 2024
The Smile have revealed their brand-new single ‘Friend Of A Friend’, taken from the forthcoming sophomore album Wall Of Eyes. Showcased live during the band’s 2022/2023 touring, the studio version features strings from the London Contemporary Orchestra and saxophone from Robert Stillman. The video for ‘Friend Of A Friend’, by motion picture director Paul Thomas Anderson will be premiered alongside a surround sound album playback of Wall Of Eyes at a series of one-off events hosted at independent cinemas between 18-25th January. The events,…
11 January 2024
Jess Locke returns with the announcement of her fourth album Real Life out on Friday, 3rd May, and shares a sample of the long play that explores mortality with ‘Uncomfortably Happy’, alongside a video. Watch below! Setting the tone on her forthcoming album, ‘Uncomfortably Happy’ says it all in the title. Backed by fuzzy guitars and swelling synths, Locke questions the temporary aspect of living. The buoyant chorus attempts to sweep these anxieties and overanalyses away – a…
11 January 2024
Jamie xx returns with new track ‘IT’S SO GOOD’. Released via Young / Remote Control, ‘IT’S SO GOOD’ is the soundtrack to the latest Chanel Coco Crush campaign. Available on all digital services, it’s a subtly euphoric anthem that builds over four and a half minutes of stop-start tension and release. ‘IT’S SO GOOD’ is Jamie’s first new music in over a year and is set to build on the success of 2022’s ‘LET’S DO IT AGAIN’ and ‘KILL DEM’ singles. Stream /…
11 January 2024
At the end of this month, Future Islands will release their highly anticipated new album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore (Jan, 26, 2024). Today, they’ve shared another new song, ‘Say Goodbye,’ an examination of a long distance relationship unravelling. People Who Aren’t There Anymore, the band’s seventh album, heralds a new chapter for Future Islands who, despite having formed nearly two decades ago, continue to challenge themselves and each other. Stream / download ‘Say Goodbye’ here. Pre-order /…
11 January 2024
Buck Meek kickstarts 2024 with two new singles ‘Cuero Dudes’ and ‘Beauty Opens Doors’, as well as a video for ‘Cuero Dudes’, watch below! Last year, Meek released his stunning third solo album, Haunted Mountain, featuring songs co-written with one of Buck’s longtime musical heros Jolie Holland. ‘Cuero Dudes’ should sound familiar to those who have listened to the record. It’s a rollicking reworking of the track ‘Cyclades,’ one of the album’s singles and live standouts. Meanwhile, ‘Beauty Opens Doors’ was a song…
11 January 2024
London based TATYANA shares details of the brand new album It’s Over due March 22nd via Sinderlyn / Remote Control. A luminous, thumping voyage through the arcs of modern/chronically online dating, the LP charts the undulating risk versus reward trade off when you open yourself up to someone. Today’s announcement arrives alongside brand new single and video, ‘Down Bad’, and follows previous single and video ‘Hold My Hand’ setting the tone for the record. Stream / download ‘Down Bad’ here….
10 January 2024
The Lemon Twigs — New York’s sibling duo beloved for their sophisticated pop, which aims to pick up where The Beach Boys left off — release ‘My Golden Years’ on Captured Tracks / Remote Control, their first new release since their acclaimed 2023 LP, Everything Harmony. ‘My Golden Years’ holds close the smooth harmonies of The Beach Boys, the energy and bombast of Raspberries, and shimmering 12 string textures of The Byrds — as the…
22 December 2023
Harvey Rose City Band – Garden PartyBar Italia – Tracey DenimThe Church – the HypnogogueSparks – the girl is crying in her latteMozart Estate – Pop- up kerching !The Jasmine Minks – We make our own historyThe National – First two pages of FrankensteinSampa – LahaiKristen Hersh – Clear Pond RoadLucinda Williams – Stories from a rock n roll heart **** Steve Gena Rose Bruce – Misery And MisfortuneHeartworms –…
15 December 2023
Lisa O’Neill, one of the most striking folk singers performing on the live circuit, announces an extensive tour of Australia taking in Woodford Folk Festival and WOMADelaide as well as dates in New South Wales and Victoria in 2024. Tour details below. O’Neill’s pure song writing and organic music alight in songs that reach the soul. She’s built a reputation as a modern artist tapped into the ancient, whose voice…
7 December 2023
Car Seat Headrest share their new live album Faces From The Masquerade alongside a video of the band performing the song ‘Sober To Death’. On March 28th-30th 2022, Car Seat Headrest played three consecutive sold out nights at Brooklyn Steel in New York. An air of celebration, community and showmanship was present, made all the more palpable as the shows were far from a certainty – they took place amidst a year which saw the band having to postpone or cancel…
7 December 2023
Following the release of her critically-acclaimed debut album YIAN earlier this year, Lucinda Chua shares her brand new EP Reclaiming The Rose, out now via 4AD / Remote Control. Reclaiming The Rose expands sonically on YIAN, with Chua explaining “Reclaiming The Rose is a bi-lingual meditation exploring ideas of returning, remembering and retracing ancestral roots. I was inspired by the journey of the rose; a plant indigenous to China that made…
7 December 2023
Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief) presents her new single and video, ‘Ruined’. The track is a heart-breaking, remarkable intro to Lenker’s highly anticipated new solo album, which she has announced will be coming in 2024. On ‘Ruined’, Lenker moves to the piano for the first time and the accompanying video was directed by Adrianne’s brother Noah Lenker, collaging gorgeous footage of Lenker in autumnal foliage. Of ‘Ruined,’ Lenker says: “This song has been a quiet beacon for me. It may contain the essence of the gift…
1 December 2023
South London singer, songwriter and producer, Ruthven releases, ‘The Window’. Ruthven first broke out in 2017 as one of Paul Institute’s founding artists after his unique future-funk-infused R&B reached brothers Jai Paul and A. K. Paul, who founded the label. By taking the DNA of timeless hits from the past and filtering them through a modern lens his music is neither retro by design nor disposable efforts to keep up with the times. Stream / Purchase ‘The…
30 November 2023
Sleaford Mods are pleased to announce the release of their cover of the Pet Shop Boys’ iconic single ‘West End Girls’, with all profits from the track going to Shelter as the band continue their longstanding collaboration with the homeless charity. A video for the song, directed by Ewen Spencer, can be watched now while the single is available to stream. A 12-inch edition single, featuring the remixes from the Pet Shop Boys, HiFi Sean and Extnnddntwrk, can be…
30 November 2023
the GOLDEN DREGS release their new 3-track EP entitled popular music vol. 1. The digital only release consists of cover versions of well-loved songs by pop icons: ‘When the Party’s Over’ by Billie Eilish, ‘Dealer’ by Lana Del Rey, and ‘Billions’ by Caroline Polachek. With their gentle harmonies and atmospheric instrumental arrangements that uniquely meld the bleak and the beautiful, combined with Woods’ rich baritone voice, the GOLDEN DREGS transform this trio of contemporary pop anthems into their…
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Introducing: Odette
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