27 August 2021
Dinner aka Danish multi-instrumentalist Anders Rhedin has announced a new album titled 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, due for release October 22, 2021 on 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…
20 August 2021
Parquet Courts have announced their new album, Sympathy For Life, out October 22nd on Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, and share the first single/video, ‘Walking at a Downtown Pace.’ On Sympathy For Life, Parquet Courts’ thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. The album finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity. In the video for…
20 August 2021
Out October 22nd on Matador Records / Remote Control Records, -io is the sixth album by vocalist and composer Haley Fohr, best known as 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 that nest Fohr’s otherworldly four-octave…
20 August 2021
Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu announces Public Storage, her new album and debut for Ghostly International / Remote Control Records, out November 5th. In conjunction, she presents a new single, ‘Everybody’s Birthday,‘ the follow-up to ‘Maker,’ her “slick and assured” (Stereogum) first offering. The album is named after the public storage spaces the 21-year old Vu and her family would regularly use moving every few years. Vu sees the art of making…
20 August 2021
Toronto rapper Shad has been keeping busy releasing singles since last spring to offer glimpses of his brand-new album TAO out October 1st via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records. He now unveils a powerful and candid fourth track titled ‘Body (No Reason)’. Shad explains “Every song on the album highlights a different aspect (or aspects) of human life. And this one is the simplest: Body. No reason. Just movement, feeling….
20 August 2021
Toronto-based musician Homeshake, born Peter Sagar, shares a new song and video from his forthcoming album Under The Weather – out September 10 via SHHOAMKEE / Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. Directed by Keith Rankin, ‘I Know I Know I Know‘ visuals follow an animated laser-lined dancer moving through an otherworldly sunset coupling the serene feel of the track. This marks the third single released in tandem with an animated video, following ‘Passenger Seat,’ directed…
20 August 2021
Following the success of their 2020 album As Long As You Are, Baltimore quartet Future Islands have released a brand new one-off single ‘Peach’ via 4AD / Remote Control Records. ‘Peach’ comes hot on the heels of a series of ALAYA remixes featuring techno legend Carl Cox, pop violinist Sudan Archives and hip-hop producer Controller 7. Stream / Download Future Islands – ALAYA Remixes 1 Stream / Download Future Islands –…
13 August 2021
Following the release of their acclaimed debut EP Tranquilize last month, this morning Melbourne three-piece Telenova took to the triple j studio to perform a special cover of Madonna’s ‘Hung Up’ for triple j’s iconic Like A Version. Joining Bryce Mills & Ebony Boadu on triple j’s Breakfast program, Telenova also performed a stunning live rendition of their debut single ‘Bones’. Watch their performances below. On taking on triple j’s Like A Version, Telenova‘s frontwoman Angeline Armstrong shares, “We wanted to do a Like A Version that felt like a celebration of putting our first EP out this year and all the support…
13 August 2021
Courtney Barnett has unveiled another track from her forthcoming album Things Take Time, Take Time out Friday 12 November on Milk! Records / Remote Control Records, in the form of the lithe, lovely single ‘Before You Gotta Go‘. Intimately detailed and gorgeously sketched, Things Take Time, Take Time pulls back the curtain to reveal an optimistic and beautifully serene side to Barnett. ‘Before You Gotta Go’, is one of the luminous highlights, turning…
13 August 2021
Big Thief have shared two new songs, ‘Little Things’ and ‘Sparrow’, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. ‘Little Things’ was recorded with Shawn Everett at Five Star Studios in Topanga, CA (October 2020). ‘Sparrow’ was recorded with Sam Evian at Flying Cloud Recordings in the Catskills (July/August 2020). Both songs were produced by Big Thief’s drummer James Krivchenia. This is the first new material from the band since 2019’s critically-acclaimed…
13 August 2021
In putting together their debut album Moral Outage, Miller and Judson holed up in the latter’s Sonic Funhouse home studio in bushy Blackheath near the top of the Blue Mountains, determined to dust off some unfinished recordings from previous sessions in 2015, some demos and lyrics from as far back as 2009 and to bring new ideas into high-res. The results are a baroque blend of new wave and post-punk, cold wave and avant-pop via synths, guitars and exquisite…
13 August 2021
Joy Orbison – the artist name of Peter O’Grady – releases his first-ever long form project. The fourteen-track mixtape titled still slipping vol. 1 is the latest creative milestone from an artist who has been shaping and redefining the electronic music landscape since his teens. Over a decade into a career that has seen him constantly defying categorisation, Joy Orbison is more in-demand and relevant than ever. Highly anticipated would be an understatement – so influential are his…
13 August 2021
Following the success of his 2019 single release ‘Back From Nothing’ (featuring JANEVA), Melbourne-based songwriter and producer Katz returns with his stunning new EP, Only You. With a litany of impressive features from names such as Fractures and Charlie Lim, and collaborations with Japanese Wallpaper and Kllo’s Simon Lam, the Only You EP is now available on all major digital streaming via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The Only You EP sees…
13 August 2021
Today, Future Islands have shared the third EP, ALAYA Remixes 3, via 4AD / Remote Control Records– the final installment in a series of 3 remix EPs of songs from their critically acclaimed 2020 album As Long As You Are. The EP includes a high-energy house version of ‘City’s Face’ by legendary house and techno producer Carl Cox, an ethereal version of ‘Born In A War’ by experimentalist and violinist Sudan Archives, and a slowed down,…
13 August 2021
Earlier this year Julien Baker released her critically acclaimed album, Little Oblivions via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Now announced is the September 1st release of Little Oblivions Remixes EP on which select tracks off the album are remixed and reworked by some of the most notable artists in contemporary independent music. Hand selected by Baker herself, it features contributions from Australian folktonica songwriter Gordi, singer-songwriter Half Waif, celebrated…
13 August 2021
South London-based multi-instrumentalist Lucinda Chua has released Antidotes, a special vinyl edition compilation of her two debut eponymously-titled solo EPs, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Primarily using her voice, a cello and an array of effects units, Antidotes is a collection of ambient pop songs that are intimate, atmospheric and enchanting. A perfect introduction to Chua’s unique sonic vocabulary, the 8-track release includes recent Antidotes 2 singles ‘Until I Fall’…
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