In celebration of his signing to Pointer Recordings / Remote Control, Sydney based songwriter, composer, producer and friend to many Glenn Hopper today shares his debut single and video’Just For Now’. Almost a decade in the making, ‘Just For Now’ began as a spontaneous stoned voice memo and later brought to life in Glenn’s sun-dappled studio above Newtown’s bustling Enmore Road. A tongue-in-cheek ode to the transient nature of modern life, ‘Just For Now’ is a sprawling affair that knows no bounds...
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New York four-piece cumgirl8 (aka cg8) share the new song and video ‘cicciolina’, their debut release on their new label 4AD / Remote Control. Made up of Lida Fox (bass), Veronika Vilim (guitar), Chase Lombardo (drums) and Avishag Rodrigues (guitar), the quartet come together to make boundary-less, brilliantly chaotic music that pulls from the likes of CocteauTwins, ESG, Suicide, B-52s, Madonna and more. ‘cicciolina’ is a perfect introduction, a four-minute cut that encapsulates the raw and daring energy of its namesake, Hungarian-Italian pornstar turned politician Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina. The video directed by Emmie America is...
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bar italia, the London based trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton, have joined the Matador Records roster and released new single ‘Nurse!’. Over the last couple of years, bar italia have released two albums and an EP on Dean Blunt’s World Music label, as well as several singles. Throughout 2022 they have performed at festivals including Pitchfork Music Festival London, by:Larm, OUT.FEST, Le Guess Who?, and End Of The Road, in addition to their own headline shows. Stream / Purchase ‘Nurse!’ here.
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Kosaya Gora, (Oblique Mountain) is a brand new indie project from acclaimed electronic producer / singer Kedr Livanskiy and experimental producer / visual artist, Flaty. Though the two are no strangers to artistic collaboration, (Flaty co-produced Livanskiy’s lauded album Your Need and features on her most recent album Liminal Soul), Kosaya Gora is an entirely new sonic direction for both artists. Their debut single ‘Te Slova’ (‘Those Words’) is a hypnotic foray into guitar-based indie/alternative, with echoes of ‘90s grunge and haunting dream pop. Though these...
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Juan Wauters returns with Introducing Juan Pablo… out now via Captured Tracks. Travel has always left a mark on Juan’s music. While his previous album, with its folkloric airs and Latin roots, made that clear, this is an album which at its core is an internal journey. Wauters explores his two worlds, his two languages, and his day-to-day life in his NYC neighbourhood, and his life as an artist. “At...
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Under their respective artist names Truss and Tessela, brothers Tom and Ed Russell have forged formidable individual reputations as producers. Defining tracks such as Truss’ ‘Kymin Lea’ and ‘Beacon’ and Tessela’s ‘Rough 2’ and ‘Hackney Parrot’ for the likes of R&S, Perc Trax, and their own Poly Kicks label, have encapsulated so much of what is exciting and vital in UK underground, electronic music. Their new collaborative project Overmono, now sees Tom and Ed come together on record for the very first time, and the duo will release their...
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