Body/Head, the duo of Kim Gordon and guitarist Bill Nace, release No Waves on Friday 11th November. Recorded on 24th March 2014 during Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN at the Bijou Theater, this high-quality live recording captures Gordon and Nace at peak chemistry, clearing pathways of possibility using great waves of amplification and voice, during the tour supporting 2013’s critically lauded Coming Apart. Instead of presenting “tracks” or “songs” from the...
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Kim Gordon has released an incredible new track ‘Murdered Out’. Read her words on the song below: “Black matte spray. When I moved back to LA I noticed more and more cars painted with black matte spray, tinted windows, blackened logos, and black wheels. This was something I had occasionally seen in the past, part of low-rider car culture. A reclaiming of a corporate symbol of American success, The Car, from an outsider’s...
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Richmond, VA-based songwriter Lucy Dacus is the latest addition to the renowned Matador Records / Remote Control Records roster. The 21-year-old’s critically acclaimed debut album, No Burden, which was released earlier this year, is out now digitally, with a re-pressing of CD and LP out Friday 9 September. For a behind-the-scenes look at Lucy’s life on the road, which includes recent headlining shows, SXSW, and dates with Daughter and Julien...
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Steve Gunn is set to release his Matador / Remote Control debut, Eyes On The Lines, on Friday 3 June. Inspired by dreams, the road and trusting the unknown, it’s Gunn’s most explicit ode to the blissful uncertainty of adventure yet. After presenting debut single, ‘Conditions Wild,’ Steve now shares the album’s opening song, ‘Ancient Jules,’ a rock ‘n’ roll number and travel fantasy of a different sort. Directed by...
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Car Seat Headrest is excited to share the latest single ‘Fill In The Blank’ from his forthcoming record Teens of Denial out Friday 20 May via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. The track was named Best New Track by Pitchfork – read the review here. Teens of Denial is the thirteenth album in Car Seat Headrest’s (aka 23-year-old Will Toledo) oeuvre, second on Matador, and first to be recorded...
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Car Seat Headrest is excited to announce the release of Teens of Denial out Friday 20 May via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Teens of Denial is the thirteenth album in Car Seat Headrest’s (aka 23-year-old Will Toledo) oeuvre, second on Matador, and first to be recorded in a proper studio with a full band and producer (Steve Fisk). On Denial, Toledo moves from bedroom pop to something approaching classic-rock grandeur and huge (if detailed and personal) narrative ambitions, with nods to the Cars, Pavement and William...
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Matador Records and Remote Control are excited to announce the release of Steve Gunn’s new album ‘Eyes On The Lines’, out Friday 3 June. To celebrate, Gunn has shared the first single from the record ‘Conditions Wild.’ Gunn’s music has always embraced expanse and movement, springing from the simple and profound relationship between humans and their environment. Eyes On The Lines, his Matador debut and follow-up to the pastoral and...
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Stereogum has premiered UK trio HÆLOS’ video for ‘Separate Lives’. The new single is taken from their darkly shaded and radiant debut album, Full Circle, out March 18th via Matador / Remote Control. Made entirely by the band and filmed during their first west coast tour, the ‘Separate Lives’ video gives insight into HÆLOS’ Lotti Benardout, Arthur Delaney and Dom Goldsmith’s lives on the road. As described by the band,...
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‘Adore Life’, the highly anticipated second record from UK’s Savages, is released today via Matador Records / Remote Control. The record has been praised by The Music, Pitchfork, and The Brag. Have a read of Blunt Magazine’s chat with the band about the creation of the record here. Overnight Savages performed ‘The Answer’ and ‘Adore’ on Jimmy Kimmel.
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London-based trio HÆLOS have announced the release of their debut album Full Circle – due out via Matador / Remote Control on Friday 18th March. First introduced in early 2015 with debut track ‘Dust’, HÆLOS (Arthur Delaney, Dom Goldsmith and Lotti Benardout) spent 2015 in their studio writing and producing their debut album. The result is ‘Full Circle’ – a darkly shaded yet ultimately radiant 11 track record that perfectly...
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Overnight Savages released their stunning new track ‘Adore’. Marrying Jehnny Beth’s commanding vocals and evocative facial expressions with intimate closeups of the band, oscillating rhythms, and surging guitars, the affecting ballad is inspired by the American poet and activist Minnie Bruce Pratt. The song comes from their forthcoming record ‘Adore Life’ out Friday 22 January via Matador / Remote Control. STACK Magazine have praised the new record in a review here...
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Following on from the announcement of their highly anticipated second album, Savages have unveiled new track ‘T.I.W.Y.G.’, another unflinching musical attack. Adore Life will be released on January 22nd 2016 on Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Adore Life was recorded in RAK Studios, London in April 2015. Johnny Hostile was the producer and Richard Woodcraft the engineer. Anders Trentemøller took care of the mixing in Copenhagen. Have a listen...
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