New York rock quintet GIFT announce their new album entitled Illuminator today, to be released on August 23rd. A dynamic fusion of genres, perfectly blending electronic elements with widescreen pop production techniques, Illuminator is the sophomore record and follow-up to Momentary Presence that finds the young band remarkably fully formed. GIFT share another preview of Illuminator with ‘Going In Circles.’ Following the critically acclaimed previously released single ‘Wish Me Away,’ ‘Going In Circles,’ exemplifies a newfound confidence and versatility. The band’s vocalist/guitarist TJ Freda shares “This was the first song I...
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The Salmon Brothers’ journey began as a lighthearted jest, quickly evolving into a passionate musical endeavour fueled by the creative synergy between musicians Nick Weaver and Nick Meredith. One evening the long time friends coincidentally wore almost identical salmon-coloured blazers, and before the end of the night, the band Salmon Brothers was born. Not wanting a good name to go to waste, the duo were struck with a wave of...
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Romy releases a brand new single ‘Always Forever’. The song, which was debuted at Mexico City’s Ceremonia Festival and became an instant live favourite during Romy’s recent run of sold-out headline shows, is her first new music since the release of her acclaimed Mid Air debut solo album last year. Built around an interpolation of Donna Lewis’ iconic 1996 hit ‘I Love You Always Forever’ and made with Mid Air co-producer Fred again.., it’s a joyous piece of ecstatic ear...
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Rising up from the waves and primordial mist, Dirty Three emerge once again with the reverie of new single ‘Love Changes Everything II’, arriving ashore ahead of their first album in over a decade Love Changes Everything – released physically on Friday, 14th June and digitally on Friday, 28th June. This news follows that of a just-announced third Melbourne date to their ever-growing national tour this June. ‘Love Changes Everything II’ is Dirty Three at midday: glancing pensively back at the waters of...
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Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leif Vollebekk announces his brand-new album Revelation, to be released on September 27th, with new single ‘Moondog’ out now. ‘Moondog’ offers firm proof of this juxtaposition with its “meditation on love,” fateful meetings, family, and magic, with a lyrical nod to “tessellation”. The accompanying video was directed by longtime collaborator Kaveh Nabatian and was filmed in Norway. The eleven tracks on Vollebekk’s Revelation combine narrative lyrics and many one-take lead vocal performances with cinematic arrangements, gorgeous...
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Sleaford Mods’ era-capturing, breakthrough album Divide and Exit is set to be reissued on 26 July to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Originally released in May 2014, not only did Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson’s second ‘proper’ album, capture the ‘death by a million vested interests’ malaise that was engulfing British society as contaminative politics oozed its core, but its union of strong words and minimal electronics saw a fresh voice articulated a much-needed rage, anger, hurt and hope. Fully remastered,...
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Artist, producer, DJ and cultural trailblazer Peggy Gou releases a new single ‘Lobster Telephone’. Taken from her long-awaited debut album I Hear You, ‘Lobster Telephone’ is a perfect distillation of the kind of balmy, technicolour house music that Gou is globally renowned for, evoking career-defining earlier Peggy Gou releases such as ‘Starry Night’ and ‘It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)’. One of the most hotly-anticipated debut records in recent years, I Hear You will be released on 7th June 2024 via XL Recordings / Remote Control....
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Lauded by Paper Mag as “that rare act that melds the sweat of performance with the immediacy of a headphones-on experience,” cumgirl8 further proves their infectious nature with this new track, a throbbing, late night overture to twisted romance. With an unsettling, industrial air, here, the band touch close to Cabaret Voltaire in the style of “gothic pop and scuzzy dance-punk studded with horny prose”. Earlier this year, cumgirl8 shared another stand-alone track entitled ‘glasshour’ praised by the likes...
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After the release of ‘Talk To Me,’ their chart topping collaboration with avant-garde icon FKA twigs and epic and triumphant performance at this year’s Coachella, acclaimed production entity Two Shell today return with a brand new track, ‘gimmi it’. A front-facing example of Two Shell at their most club focused, ‘gimmi it’ hacks into the typical blueprint of the dancefloor and glitches its sonic template for a track that’s heavy...
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Lewis Roberts aka Koreless returns to once again push the boundaries of electronic music with the release of ‘Seven’. The single premiered on BBC Radio 6 Music’s Mary-Anne Hobbs’ show and has now been released globally via Young / Remote Control. ‘Seven’ has been a long time coming. After pouring everything into the intricate process of making his critically acclaimed debut album Agor (“a simply breathtaking debut album” – The Quietus), Koreless moved to the rural countryside in Wales from London and created ‘Seven’ out...
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A year after the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Good Lies, Overmono return with their highly-sought after version of The Streets ‘Turn The Page’. The single premiered on BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record of the Week with Jack Saunders. Overmono (aka Tom and Ed Russell) first performed their version of The Streets’ ‘Turn The Page’ at the 2022 edition of Lost Village Festival to a rapturous response. It has since...
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Uniquely reimagining the intersection of pop and R&B, the NYC-based, Miami-raised musician, vocalist and electronic composer returns today with his first single of 2024, ‘You Lost Me’ (feat. Colle Of Chanel Beads) via Sinderlyn / Remote Control. The track comes with a video that was filmed on Monday, April 8th during the solar eclipse. “I’m not sure the stakes get higher than a one-take choreographed video during a 1 minute and 11 second Total Eclipse that doesn’t...
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Nearly three years after the release of his critically acclaimed EP Aurora, Brazilian-Canadian singer-songwriter Fernie returns with a new single titled ‘Pain.’ His first official release via Secret City / Remote Control Records, this song was produced in collaboration with Montreal artist Patrick Watson. “Ultimately this song is about the universal feeling of emptiness. From my experience surrounding the idea of pain… it blinds you. Aside from love, pain is one of the most powerful feelings on earth....
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Fontaines D.C. today announce details of their highly-anticipated fourth album, ROMANCE. Released on 23rd August via XL Recordings / Remote Control, ROMANCE is the band’s first album with producer James Ford and is without doubt their most assured, inventive and sonically adventurous record yet. It’s set to build on the success of the Dublin-made, now London-based band’s acclaimed 2022 album Skinty Fia, which reached #1 in the UK and Irish album charts and saw the band receiving a host of accolades including “International...
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Ahead of the launch of their coast-to-coast North American tour this month, Belle and Sebastian have released a brand new song, ‘What Happened to You, Son?’ Stuart Murdoch says on the song “‘What Happened to You Son’ got pulled rather randomly from the last LP because the LP felt one track too long. Out it came. The song is about my youth, and the funny hole I fell into in my late teens....
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Jamie xx returns with a new single ‘Baddy On The Floor’ featuring GRAMMY Award-winning DJ, producer, and fashion icon Honey Dijon, out now on Young / Remote Control. The single premiered on Radio 1’s Future Artists with Jack Saunders, and features a new interview with Jamie xx. ‘Baddy On The Floor’ originally appeared in Jamie xx’s All Points East set in 2021 and is the first collaboration between the cross-continent based DJs and producers, who were in touch over the pandemic, and started working on the...
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