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16 June 2023

Out Now: King Krule – Space Heavy

King Krule has released his fourth studio album Space Heavy. The 15-track full-length inhabits the deepest reaches of the subterranean sonic world that Archy Marshall has constructed over the course of his career as King Krule. Written over the course of commutes between London and Liverpool, where Archy was splitting his time, he found himself fascinated by the notion of “the space between”; the space haunted by dreams of love, lost connection, losing people and situations to the guillotine of the…

16 June 2023

Listen: ANOHNI and the Johnsons – ‘Sliver of Ice’

British-born, New York-based ANOHNI presents ‘Sliver of Ice,’ the new single/video from ANOHNI and the Johnson’s forthcoming album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, out July 7th on Remote Control / Rough Trade. “Now that I’m almost gone/Sliver of ice upon my tongue/In the day’s night/It tastes so good, it felt so right/For the first time in my life” ANOHNI sings on ‘Sliver of Ice,’ remembering some of the last words Lou Reed shared with her. The singer embodies the voice of someone whose experience becomes more awed…

16 June 2023

Listen: Peggy Gou – ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’

Artist, producer, DJ and cultural icon Peggy Gou returns with her first new music in nearly two years. Inspired by the eclectic house and pop classics that defined the Balearic sound, alongside 90s and 2000s dance anthems and Peggy’s own inimitable contemporary club production, ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’ makes an early claim to to soundtrack sunsets and sunrises the world over. ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’ is released via XL Recordings / Remote Control, her first release for the label….

9 June 2023

Announced: Darkside – Live At Spiral House

On June 9th, Matador will release Darkside’s Live at Spiral House, a loose and playful collection of jams culled from weeks of rehearsals in Los Angeles last summer. Joined by drummer and longtime collaborator Tlacael Esparza, the band took residence rehearsing and jamming after an 8-year hiatus. Jaar says “When we decided to get the band back together with Tlac, we knew we needed a space where we could explore what that meant. After a couple of months…

9 June 2023

Announced: cumgirl8 – phantasea pharm + ‘gothgirl1’

New York City four-piece c*mgirl8 (aka cg8) announce their new EP phantasea pharm, out 18th August, and share a new song from the project ‘gothgirl1.’ The new single ‘gothgirl1’ opens another chapter. Written with Nick Launay (Kate Bush, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Slits), during the band’s stay at Barbizon, “a magical artist hotel nestled on the edge of a mushroom forest,” the result is a four-minute cut of hypnotising eroticism that perfectly captures the dark mysticism of its genesis. Stream / Download ‘gothgirl1’ here.Pre-order…

9 June 2023

Announced: Air Miami – Me. Me. Me. Reissue

Almost three decades after its release, Air Miami’s first and only studio album, Me. Me. Me., is finally being reissued on 28 July. Made up of UNREST’s Mark Robinson and Bridget Cross, Air Miami formed shortly after the D.C. indie rock mainstay’s demise in 1995, and together with drummer Gabriel Stout and producer Guy Fixsen (The Breeders, My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab), they travelled to their namesake land of Miami to record the entirety of Me. Me. Me. over the month of May at the famed Criteria Studios; a place where James Brown, Aretha Franklin, the…

9 June 2023

Listen: Lifeguard – Alarm

On July 7th, Matador / Remote Control Records will release Crowd Can Talk / Dressed in Trenches, a composite of two EPs by Chicago trio Lifeguard. Today, listen to the new single ‘Alarm’ and watch the band blaze through the song in a live session recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio. Formed in 2019, Lifeguard are Asher Case (bass, vocals), Isaac Lowenstein (drums, percussion), and Kai Slater (guitar, vocals). At…

9 June 2023

Listen: not dvr – darkroom

2023 has been a transformative year for the young artist and producer, not dvr, who recently moved to London from his hometown of North Berwick in Scotland. This year, he has released the acclaimed single ’emptyhouse’, follow-up ‘prettynames’ and stripped-back ‘wishuwerehere’. not dvr returns to release the next chapter in his coming-of-age story with a new single, ‘darkroom’. Drawing inspiration from a film of captured memories in his new city, ‘darkroom’ offers an uplifting blend of lo-fi acoustic productions,…

9 June 2023

Announced: Romy – Mid Air + single ‘Love Her’

Romy announces details of her highly-anticipated debut solo album. The UK singer, songwriter and DJ, who previously released three acclaimed albums with her band The xx, will release Mid Air on 8th September via Remote Control. Mid Air is an album about celebration, sanctuary and salvation on the dance floor. It’s an album that deals with love, grief, relationships, identity and sexuality and is a love letter to the queer clubs where Romy found community and connection. To celebrate news of the…

9 June 2023

Watch: QuinzeQuinze – KODEK

Tahitian/Parisian 5-piece outfit QuinzeQuinze have shared their first single of 2023 ‘KODEK’. They’re making music like no one else, conjuring up epic soundscapes coated in Moombahton and club-ready jaunts of the underground that’s been lauded by Crack, Dazed, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor and NPR. The group have been making music shaped by their Tahitian heritage (two of the groups five members are from the South Pacific Island in the French Polynesia) while also bringing together ancestral ōrero (Polynesian…

2 June 2023

Announced: Becca Mancari – Left Hand + ‘Over and Over’

Acclaimed Nashville musician Becca Mancari (they/them) announces the release of their third album, Left Hand, due out this August 25th via Captured Tracks/ Remote Control Music. Left Hand came out of a dark period in Mancari’s life, yet the self-produced album is anything but. Wide-open and welcoming, the music beckons all listeners, encouraging community among strangers. To that end, Mancari surrounded themself with some friends and long-time collaborators for the making of Left Hand. On Left Hand, Mancari offers the listener a collection of songs that should…

2 June 2023

Out Now: Juan Wauters – Wandering Rebel

Beloved Uruguay-born songwriter Juan Wauters, shares his new album, Wandering Rebel, via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. There’s freedom to be found in consistency. Until recently, Juan Wauters may not have agreed with this statement. As a touring musician and multinational citizen, transience had always come naturally to him. Circumstance, however, recently prompted him to reconsider the benefits of staying in one place: “During COVID I discovered / that I like stability,” he muses…

2 June 2023

Listen: Queens of the Stone Age – Carnavoyeur + announce ‘MIDNIGHT CLUB’

Still reeling from the ecstatic reaction to the recently released ‘Emotion Sickness,’ a triumphant return that “finds them at their sinister, bar-band-on-acid best” per New York Magazine, Queens of the Stone Age now unveil ‘Carnavoyeur,’ the latest offering from their epic eighth album, In Times New Roman… available across all platforms on June 16th via Remote Control Records. In contrast to its predecessor, ‘Carnavoyeur’ finds QOTSA weaving more subtle shades of sinister: Mesmerizing washes of strings cascade atop the band’s trademark rock solid foundation, while Joshua Homme’s mellifluent…

2 June 2023

Announced: HANDSOME – HANDSOME GANG: Every Second We Try + single ‘Pulse’

After a slew of collabs, HANDSOME announces there’s more on the horizon with the forthcoming release of HANDSOME GANG: Every Second We Try. The project featuring HANDSOME’s friends and family will be released on 23 June via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. Another teaser dropped alongside the announcement in the form of ‘Pulse’ featuring Boorloo producer St. South, an uplifting, ambient tune punctuated by a solid pulsating beat – really elucidating its name. The track gathers steam before bursting into a dance-floor heater challenging any…

2 June 2023

Announced: La Force – XO SKELETON

XO SKELETON is the supple, steady, uncanny new album by La Force: a mixture of haunted pop and hot-blooded R&B that glistens at the meeting-point between life, death, and love. The album, co-produced by La Force and Warren Spicer (Plants and Animals), will be available everywhere in digital and LP format on September 29 via Remote Control Records. Available as of today is the first single and opening track ‘condition of us’, the portrait of adoration, a love-affair…

2 June 2023

Announced: The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper

Following the recent upload of Ed Kuepper’s debut record to streaming services, it’s time to introduce The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper, the first live band experience of Ed Kuepper’s solo material since 2009. Today, Kuepper announces a national tour for this September in celebration of his lauded classic Honey Steel’s Gold being made available on streaming services from Friday, 9th June. Featuring Ed’s legendary sparring partner Mark Dawson on drums, Sunnyboys bassist Peter Oxley, plus celebrated pianist Alister Spence and brass maestro Eamon Dilworth, The Exploding Universe will tackle the best of Kuepper’s recent vinyl reissues Electrical…