Remote Control’s Highlights of 2025

Here’s just some of our much loved releases that made our year this year (and in no particular order)!
Have a lovely and restful time over the new year break ~ looking forward to more in the new year ✨

Steve

Anna Von Hausswolff – ICONOCLASTS
Baxter Dury – Allbarone
Charli xcx & John Cale – ‘House’
John Glacier – Like A Ribbon
Milkweed – Remscéla
Juana Molina  – DOGA
Lankum – ‘Ghost Town’
Mouseatouille – DJ Set
Poor Creature – All Smiles Tonight
Yasmine Hamden – I remember I forget بنسى وبتذكر

Harvey

Sweetie

2025 Albums I Loved
Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
Blood Orange – Essex Honey
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso – PAPOTA
Carla Geneve – Don’t Be Afraid
Close Counters – Lovers Dance Academy
El Michaels Affair – 24 Hr Sports
Kali Uchis – Sincerely,
Lily Allen – West End Girl
Obongjayar – Paradise Now
Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving
ROSALÍA – LUX
Silvana Estrada – Vendrán Suaves Lluvias
Stella Donnelly – Love and Fortune

2025 Songs I Loved
After – ‘300 Dreams’
Alcides Neto – ‘Amuleto’
Avalon Emerson – ‘Eden’
Bad Bunny – ‘ALAMBRE PúA’
Big Thief – ‘All Night All Day’
Drifting Clouds – ‘Bawuypawuy’
Julia Mestre – ‘Sou Fera’
KAROL G – ‘Latina Forever’
Kokoroko – ‘Sweetie’
Lady Wray – ‘You’re Gonna Win’
Nathy Peluso – ‘QUE LLUEVAN FLORES’
Robyn – ‘Dopamine’
RØZ, Natt Calma – ‘La Vuelta’
Tom Ribeira – ‘Pedaço’

Jess

Sault – 10
DARKSIDE – Nothing
Surprise Chef – Superb
Warbaby – Stereo Rodeo
Sunbeam Sound Machine – Double Magic
Durand Jones and the Indications – Flowers
Skeleton – Mentalized
Leisure – Welcome To The Mood
Nourished By Time – The Passionate Ones
Men I Trust – Equus Caballus

Jill

Emma

Teich

Albums
Acopia – Blush Response
Chaos in the CBD – A Deeper Life
Close Counters – LOVERS DANCE ACADEMY
Floodlights – Underneath
Jenny Hval – Iris Silver Mist
John Glacier – Like A Ribbon
Lucrecia Dalt – A Danger To Ourselves
Malibu – Vanities
Nourished By Time – The Passionate Ones
Ruby Gill – Some Kind Of Control
Sunbeam Sound Machine – Double Magic
Wrong Way Up – Totally Right
Yasmine Hamdan – I remember I forget بنسى وبتذكر

Songs/EPs/7″
Anna von Hausswolff – ‘Stardust’
Brenda – ‘Where Did I Go Wrong?’
DIDI HAN – ‘I Sing’
Ellie O’Neill – ‘Bohemia’
Jerome Blazé – ‘You Can Find Us Out Your Way’
Keanu Nelson – ‘Place Where I Go / Kapi Ngalyananni’
Lady Wray – ‘Where Could I Be’
Lisa O’Neill – The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right
Maddie Ashman – ‘I Hate Goodbyes’
Mess Esque – ‘Crow’s Ash Tree’
Party Dozen – ‘Mad Rooter / Ghost Rider’
RONA. – It’s All Here

Live
Boy Harsher – The Odeon, Nipaluna/Hobart
Perfume Genius – Forum, Naarm/Melbourne
Ruby Gill – Northcote Social + Brunswick Ballroom, Naarm/Melbourne

Sholaki

Fave albums released this year
Neko Case – Neon Grey Midnight Green
Loose Tooth – New Age
Moon Rituals – Aura
Wednesday – Bleeds
Hachiku – Tell Your Friends You Love Them
Way Dynamic – Massive Shoe
Snowy Band – The Apartment
Julia Why? – Dust Suspended On A Sunbeam
Georgia Knight – Beanpole
Lore. – Mug

Fave shows
Pj Harvey @ Plenary Melbourne
Garbage @ Palais Melbourne
Courtney Barnett @ Punters Club

Fave songs
Michael Beach – Poison Dart
Loose Tooth – New Passion
Neko Case – Wreck
Moon Rituals – Aura
Lore. – Mind Play