22 October 2021
Stabbing synths rising over lofi house-influenced percussion intertwine with June Jones’ vocals on the Melbourne-based singer-producer’s take on Minogue’s 2001 track – out via Emotion Punk Records / Remote Control Records. Speaking to the release, Jones shares: “I was so excited when Music Victoria asked me to do a Kylie cover as part of their announcement that she would be inducted into their Hall of Fame. It was always going…
22 October 2021
Circuit des Yeux (Haley Fohr) today releases her Matador Records / Remote Control Records debut album, -io, following singles ‘Vanishing‘, ‘Dogma‘ and ‘Sculpting the Exodus‘. –io is the sixth album by vocalist and composer by Circuit des Yeux. A celebrated figure in Chicago’s music community, she has released acclaimed albums via De Stijl, Thrill Jockey, and Drag City and toured throughout the world. However, -io is Circuit des Yeux’s most ornate and elaborate work to date – a set of compositions…
22 October 2021
LA-based Hand Habits – the moniker of Meg Duffy (they/them) – has released their new album Fun House via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. There is a moment halfway through Fun House where Duffy asks the question, “How many times must I rewind the tape?” It’s a fitting question planted squarely in the middle of a sonically adventurous record concerned largely with making sense and taking stock. How much time must we spend examining our own past in order to fully…
22 October 2021
Today, bewitching new duo Mess Esque release their self-titled full-length album alongside feature track ‘Wake up to yesterday‘, via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. Featuring music and instruments by Mick Turner and words and voice by Helen Franzmann, Mess Esque coalesce from ripples of guitar and shudders of emotion into the bumps and grooves of songs with biological inevitability. Mick Turner’s aquatic guitar moods are met where they live and breathe by the vocals and dream imagery of Helen Franzmann aka McKisko,…
22 October 2021
Today Dinner, aka Danish multi-instrumentalist Anders Rhedin, is pleased to release the new album Dream Work, a lush collection of synth and guitar-laden indie pop that expertly channels Ryuichi Sakamoto, early British indie, and the sound of water, available now via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. Dream Work features vocal contributions from labelmates Molly Burch and Charlie Hilton as well as Lina Tullgren and Nicolai Koch. The album follows the release of videos for lead single ‘Midnight In My Head (ft. Charlie Hilton)‘ directed by Anne…
22 October 2021
Musician, vocalist, and electronic composer Tama Gucci forges his own sound that uniquely reimagines the intersection of pop and R&B. Today, he has announced details of his third EP, Almost Blue, due November 9th via Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. The EP will be his first music released via Sinderlyn, the sister label to Captured Tracks and part of the Omnian Music Group. Tama Gucci has also shared the lead single from the EP, ‘Challenge‘, which was produced by Nick León and is…
22 October 2021
Anjimile Chithambo, known artistically as Anjimile, has joined the 4AD family and today he releases his debut for the label, a one-off single entitled ‘Stranger’ – out now via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Of the single, Anjimile shares: “‘Stranger’ is something of a confrontation between my past and present selves in relationship to my trans identity. I started testosterone about 3 or 4 years ago, and It’s been simultaneously liberating and alarming to note the changes…
15 October 2021
Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) recently announced the November 5th release of her new album Valentine via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Today, the American indie rocker shares a new single ‘Ben Franklin,’ along with a companion music video directed by Josh Coll. ‘Ben Franklin’ sees drum machine and synths enveloping Jordan’s raw and sneering yet vulnerable vocals: Got money, I don’t care about sex / You knew how i’d take it / You brought her to flex. “I wanted to sonically…
15 October 2021
Following the release of their acclaimed debut EP Tranquilize in July and their standout performance for triple j’s Like A Version in August, Melbourne three-piece Telenova announce their forthcoming Tranquilize Remixes EP out October 29 via Pointer Recordings / Remote Control Records. The EP features contributions from UNO Stereo, Meija, Joe Smallwood & Tim Zen. Listen to Meija’s rework of ‘Tranquilize‘, out now. Telenova’s recruitment of Los Angeles-based producer Jamie Sierota – professionally known as Meija – on the first ‘Tranquilize’ remix sees the already euphoric track erupt into a synth-driven, pacing electronic soundscape. Speaking…
15 October 2021
The Black Seeds are an eight-piece band whose origins lie in the windy hills of Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington). The group have crafted their own brand of South Pacific Soul, skillfully blending the deep grooves of reggae, funk, afrobeat and dub into an undeniably infectious mix that has embedded itself in Aotearoa’s collective consciousness. The band continues to headline festivals, alight and delight audiences across the globe and push the creative boundaries of the Aotearoa roots…
15 October 2021
Sleaford Mods have released a brand new Orbital remix of their fan favourite track ‘I Don’t Rate You’, via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. The song, taken from the duo’s angry yet heartfelt sixth studio album Spare Ribs, has been infused with twitchy energy and sharp beats by the electronic pioneers. It is accompanied by a new mix of the same song from Mods’ own Andrew Fearn under his independent production guise of Extnddntwrk. With Orbital cutting their teeth on…
15 October 2021
Four years since the release of their sophomore album, Let Love Through – further establishing Roderick Smith‘s low-key and hypnotic songwriting credentials after their well- received self-titled debut album in 2015 – 2021 sees the return of North Arm. The Sydney-based group share Bring the Daylight, alongside the album’s title track, via Broken Stone Records / Remote Control Records. ‘Bring The Daylight’, which received its premiere with Henry Wagons on Double J’s Tower of…
15 October 2021
Blue Mountains NSW artist Lewis Goldmark reveals ‘Psycho City‘ (premiered by Backseat Mafia and Waste The Alphabet), the first single from his forthcoming debut album due early in 2022 via Broken Stone Records / Remote Control Records. As Lewis Goldmark, Liam Judson takes on a new outlook and direction musically that still pays homage to the core influences that has informed his music over the years such as Velvet Underground, Beach Boys and David Bowie. Now, however it all comes…
8 October 2021
Talk Memory, BADBADNOTGOOD‘s first album with XL Recordings / Remote Control Records features 9 new songs and is out now. The album features musical contributions from Arthur Verocai, Karriem Riggins, Terrace Martin, Laraaji and acclaimed harpist Brandee Younger, who has worked with Moses Sumney, and Thundercat. Sporting visuals from Virgil Abloh, whose design firm Alaska-Alaska™ designed the cover for Talk Memory, the album is an evolution focused on collaboration and the magic of improvised live performance. Demonstrating emotional and poetic progress, the…
8 October 2021
Arca, the Venezuelan artist, singer, DJ, performer, model, painter, pop diva and experimental music composer, returns to announce the details of her highly-anticipated album KICK ii; the follow-up to her 2020 GRAMMY-award nominated album KiCk i, which last week received a Latin GRAMMY Award® nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. Last week Arca re-emerged to release a long-teased, rapid-fire rap track titled ‘Incendio’. Adding fuel to the fire, today she debuts KICK ii’s first single ‘Born Yesterday’ featuring Sia, watch the video for the new song…
8 October 2021
Part Time Records / Remote Control Records have released Mike Noga’s fourth album Open Fire. Open Fire was recorded in August 2019 at Sacred Heart Studios in Duluth, Minnesota with Alan Sparhawk (Low) in the producer’s seat. Open Fire is an apocalyptic, synth-heavy, rock and roll record and follows on from Noga’s critically acclaimed concept album, King. Mike Noga passed away on 26 August 2020. His death was accidental and attributed to a rare condition that caused a cerebral haemorrhage, a condition exacerbated by…
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