2023 is set to be a transformative year for 18-year-old Dillon Van Rensburg aka singer-songwriter and producer not dvr. Following an update to his artist moniker and on the verge of a move to London from his North Berwick hometown, not dvr returns to release his first new music in over a year. Recorded in his bedroom studio, ’emptyhouse’ is a pitch-perfect example of the kind of raw, intimate song-writing and production that’s seen not dvr build a...
The DIY post-punk, new wave, and ska pioneer Kate Fagan shares ‘Say It,’ the second previously unreleased song made available from the forthcoming I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool (Expanded Edition). Originally a coveted self-released single put out in 1980, this version of ‘I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool’ has been re-mastered and made into a full-length vinyl album featuring four additional, previously unreleased, ahead-of-their-time tracks, due out February 24th, 2023 via Remote Control. The release of...
THUS LOVE have today revealed their brand new single ‘Put On Dog’ and its accompanying video, directed by Min Soo Park. Speaking about their new single THUS LOVE say: “In 2023 self expression is still a challenge. In the 1920s, ‘Put on the Dog’ was a term coined to express putting on your finery and dressing to the nines. From the old twenties to new twenties, we’re bringing it back, but for the gays this time‘. ...
The Lemon Twigs release poignant, ’60s-tinged rock song and first single ‘Corner Of My Eye’, accompanied by a wistful video set in a cemetery, directed by Hilla Eden and Brian D’Addario. Watch below! The release marks their first new music in two years, following the 2020 album Songs For The General Public. ‘Corner Of My Eye’ is a warm, guitar-led ode to a new love interest, written and produced entirely by The Lemon Twigs. On the release, The Lemon...
Kate Fagan took the Chicago punk rock scene by storm in the early ‘80s with her self-released single ‘I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool, ‘ which became the best-selling single ever by a local artist at the legendary Wax Trax! Records. In 2016, Manufactured Recordings reissued the coveted 7” with the original B-side ‘Waiting for the Crisis’ and two bonus tracks, which quickly sold out. Captured Tracks / Remote Control are thrilled to announce plans to...
Brooklyn-via-Kansas City artist Scout Gillett has released her debut album no roof no floor. While “home” can be a tough thing for Gillett to pinpoint, she found her place in Brooklyn’s DIY scene, playing in multiple live bands and even starting her own booking company to organize shows for other independent artists. Her intrepid nature results from a childhood spent running barefoot through rural Missouri and coming of age in...
Brooklyn-via-Kansas City artist Scout Gillett today shares her sultry, hypnotic new single ‘444 marcy ave‘ from her forthcoming debut album no roof no floor, due out on October 28th via Captured Tracks/Remote Control Records. It arrives alongside a self-directed video that feels like a sci-fi fever dream, finding Scout at the ‘Space Odyssey’ room in a New Jersey motel wearing a disco ball helmet handmade by her fashion designer friend Katy...
The countdown begins! We are mere weeks away from the debut full-length release from THUS LOVE. Memorial is out on Captured Tracks digitally October 7 then physically November 11th . The band have now released the latest single, ‘Repetitioner’ – a song that could be on a soundtrack of your favourite 80s cult film never made. Post-punk with indie-sensibility, the band says of the track: “Repetitioner is a recognition of patterns–a look...
Brooklyn, NY’s Scout Gillett has shared her vibrant new single ‘slow dancin’‘ from her forthcoming debut LP no roof no floor, due out on October 28th via Captured Tracks. Premiering at FLOOD Magazine, the song’s Matthew Lippman and Jordan Tetewsky-directed video was inspired by the Dennis Hopper film Out of the Blue: “In the movie, Cebe, a young girl, finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene. I related to this a lot,” says Scout. “This video was...
Leeds-formed art-rock outfit Drahla return with the contorted thrill of ‘Under The Glass’, their first new material since acclaimed debut LP Useless Coordinates and a cover of Psychic TV’s ‘Godstar’ landed in 2019. On the themes behind the new single, the band say “‘Under the Glass’ represents a moment of creative reconnection, almost a sense of euphoria in the darkest moments – an awaited, yet slight, respite from reality. The song is a collage, reworking early ideas...
THUS LOVE recently announced their debut album Memorial, out on Captured Tracks digitally October 7th & physically November 11th. The Vermont trio have now dropped the beat-driven, new-wave-post-punk inspired single ‘Family Man,’ with accompanying video. Watch below! “Family Man is a playful commentary on internalized capitalism and the mutual hardships of the working class in a binary world,” says THUS LOVE. “This song hints at an inevitable systemic collapse relieving all anguish.” Listen / purchase ‘Family Man’ here.Pre-order / Pre-save Memorial here.
On previous singles ‘A Dream in Slow Motion’ and ‘Summer Lungs’, Mount Monda demonstrated they’re no strangers to exploring deeply personal experiences within their beautifully crafted songs. New single, ‘Death in a Retirement Home’, heads a notch deeper again. Introspectively focussed, the song examines the grief that comes with losing a parent. In 2014, singer Matt Walters’ mother was diagnosed with a rare, neurodegenerative disease. “I was close with my mum. She was a...
It is with great pride to announce THUS LOVE’s debut album Memorial, out on Captured Tracks October 7th. With the release of their first single, ‘Inamorato’, and early critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, THUS LOVE hits us with a pugnacious rhythmic punch on lead single ‘In Tandem,’ out now via Remote Control Records. The band explains, “Written in 12 hours of digestion of emotional turmoil, “In Tandem” is a sonic promise to hold awareness of a fundamental truth: we are nothing...
JayWood releases his new album Slingshot, a self-portrait of JayWood at his surface and his depths, merging fantasy scenarios, personal anecdotes, and infectious pop and dance instrumentals. From the first track to the last track, JayWood takes you on a journey that touches on themes of childhood, religion, and identity. While writing and recording the album, Haywood-Smith put together a complex “script” mapping out all of the plot points, environments, characters that make up this...
JayWood – Winnipeg musician & songwriter Jeremy Haywood-Smith – presents a new single ‘Thank You’, from his forthcoming album Slingshot, out July 15th. Pre-order here. ‘Thank You’ was co-produced with Jacob Portrait of Unknown Mortal Orchestra & Blouse and features string arrangements by Johan Lenox. The charming accompanying video, directed by Chantel Simpson, shows Haywood-Smith passing out flowers across Harlem. Watch below! The song brings JayWood’s sound full circle, offering something reminiscent of Haywood-Smith’s earliest recordings while flaunting that “the...
Saâda Bonaire has released their collection of recently uncovered ’90s material which saw the band dip their toes in dub, house, & trip-hop territories – straying away from their earlier post-punk & new wave sound, creating a time capsule that up until now – no one knew existed. Until recently, it was thought that we had heard all there was to hear from Saâda Bonaire. The German studio project’s 1980s recordings had...
