5-piece outfit 15 15 (FKA QuinzeQuinze) make music like no one else, conjuring up epic soundscapes coated in Moombahton and club-ready jaunts of the underground that’s been lauded by Crack, Dazed, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, and NPR. Today, they share their new shapeshifting 7-track EP ATAHEVA. “The overall theme of the EP is centred around the concept of death,” says the Parisian outfit of their latest release, ATAHEVA. “But not presented as a sad or dark subject – more as an invitation to...
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bar italia are the London based three-piece of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton. Today they release their second full length of 2023, The Twits, via Matador / Remote Control, less than six months after their acclaimed Matador debut, Tracey Denim. Songs like ‘my little tony’, with its in-the-red riff and excitable hooks, the cathartic four-on-the-floor of ‘world’s greatest emoter’ and the festival tent psychedelia of ‘Hi-fiver’ need little in the way of exposition – these are exhilarating rock songs, if...
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Wild Nothing shares new album Hold. Wild Nothing’s first LP in five years, and Tatum’s first self- produced record since his 2010 debut Gemini. A glorious capture of finding the space to grow during quieter moments, Hold melds the 80’s influences of Wild Nothing past with a spread of new electronica influences, reshaping the LP’s undercurrent of anxiety into a package that encourages meditation, levity, and moments of exhilaration. Deemed an “excellent comeback cut” by KCRW, and an “exciting...
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Celebrated for her powerhouse vocals, raw vulnerability and storytelling prowess, multi-award-winning artist Carla Geneve releases her deeply personal second LP Hertz via Dot Dash / Remote Control. Hertz marks a change in perspective for Geneve, informed by major life changes and intense growth brought to life with her signature brutally honest lyricism. Its lead by focus track ‘Jesus Take The Wheel’ which pairs an optimistic tone with the struggle of steering one’s life, and follows the downtempo wonder ‘Drive Carefully’, “dreamy” (Pilerats) ‘Euthymia’, and “earworm” (Happy Mag) ‘Bills’. Listen...
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After letting the dust settle on their widely supported 2020 double EP Siren, Sean Conran, Tamara Issa, and Kaelan Emond of Obscura Hail, mark their return with new album Playing Dead out Friday, 1st March. Helmed by musician Sean Conran, the indie rock trio’s second album is mature in content and playful in delivery and took two years to create with foundations of sounds and ideas laid some eight or nine years earlier. Not losing sight of Obscura Hails’ purpose to externalise memory for the sake...
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Future Islands announce the details of their new album People Who Aren’t There Anymore which will be released 26 January. The seventh album from the band – Samuel T. Herring (vocals, lyrics), William Cashion (bass, guitars), Gerrit Welmers (keyboards, programming), and Michael Lowry(drums) – follows 2020’s As Long As You Are. Along with the announcement, the band share a new single from the album, ‘The Tower’, alongside a video directed by Jonathan van Tulleken. Pre-order / Pre-save People Who Aren’t There Anymore here.Stream / Download ‘The Tower’ here.
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Jockstrap & Taylor Skye have today shared ‘Good Girl’, the latest track taken from their upcoming remix album I<3UQTINVU, a fully reworked version of the Mercury Prize shortlisted 2022 album I Love You Jennifer B. I<3UQTINVU – I Love You Cutie, I Envy You – is set for release on 3 November via Rough Trade Records. ‘Good Girl’ was inspired by some of Skye’s favourite dance acts growing up such...
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Sleaford Mods have released a new six track EP, MORE UK GRIM, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Recorded at the same time as their acclaimed 2023 album – UK GRIM – the freshly released songs not only continue Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson’s current dancefloor dominance, but with a mix of insight and wit, outrage and compassion, they critique and celebrate our turbulent times. Stream / Purchase MORE UK GRIM here.
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Sampha has released his highly-anticipated, sophomore album LAHAI, out now on Young / Remote Control. Taken from his paternal grandfather’s name, which is also Sampha’s middle name, LAHAI revels in the awe and magic of our existence, synthesising the exquisite chaos that one experiences confronting the cycle of life and the beyondness. The album spans 14-tracks, with contributions from some of Sampha’s closest friends, peers and collaborators including: Yaeji, Léa Sen, Sheila Maurice Grey (Kokoroko), Ibeyi, Morgan Simpson (black midi), Yussef Dayes, Laura Groves and Kwake Bass. Stream / Purchase LAHAI here.
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Florentino releases a brand-new EP Kilometro Quinze out now on XL Recordings / Remote Control. Kilometro Quinze is a total realisation of the riveting, cross-culture club sound that Florentino has carefully constructed over the last few years. By drawing on the vast musical influences of his British-Colombian heritage, Florentino presents a unique sonic world where the darker acid tones central to Manchester’s underground club scene meet the irresistible swing of Latin American dance sounds. It includes the celebrated single ‘Constrictor (feat....
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CASISDEAD releases ‘Venom’, the latest single to be taken from his highly anticipated debut album Famous Last Words. Following the success of recent single ‘Matte Grey Wrap’, ‘Venom’ ups the tempo and the stakes, packing a film’s worth of plot into under four minutes and set to join a long line of CASISDEAD cult classics. It’s a track unlike anything CASISDEAD has done before and comes accompanied by a video directed by...
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Tahitian/Parisian 5-piece outfit 15 15 (FKA QuinzeQuinze) are making music like no one else, conjuring up epic soundscapes coated in Moombahton and club-ready jaunts of the underground that’s been lauded by Crack, Dazed, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, NPR. Following their mesmerising slice of r&b ‘Perfect Heaven’, 15 15 have today shared their expansive juggernaut ‘That Boom’, which morphs in-and-out of r&b and alté rhythms with leader Tsi Min’s spellbinding vocals effortlessly gliding on top. Stream / Purchase ‘That Boom’ here.Pre-order / Pre-save ATAHEVA here.
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Lauded for his songwriting and production work, Glenn Hopper now steps front of stage, in full control with his own musings on everyday life and the human condition on his debut EP Something About The Weather alongside focus track ‘Tethered Word’. An omnibus of open-hearted, modern-day anthems, the EP offers dynamic, cinematic music telling accounts of love and heartbreak, self doubt and self love, growth, acceptance of the unknown, a search for the sublime, finding beauty in the...
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bar italia have released new single and video ‘Jelsy’, taken from their forthcoming second full length of 2023 – The Twits – out November 3rd. Led by the group’s three-way vocal dynamic, ‘Jelsy’ plays out like a conversation between friends over wistful, buzzing country blues, the alternating voices at points comforting, wry and hopelessly yearning. Stream / Purchase ‘Jelsy’ here.
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Jeremy Dutcher – the classically trained Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in Eastern Canada – shares his new record, Motewolonuwok (Muh-del-wool-en-oo-wug). Motewolonuwok heaves with dynamic orchestration and the inherent drama of grand piano, recalling a long line of artists who have turned the classical establishment on its head to deliver compositions that are doubly ecstatic and modern. Stream / Purchase Motewolonuwok here.
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Yorkshire-born, London-based singer, songwriter, and. producer Ethan P. Flynn releases his debut album, Abandon All Hope out now via Young / Remote Control Records. Abandon All Hope pours twenty-four years’ worth of experience into eight eclectic tracks. Featuring backup vocals from rising singer, Ava Gore, Abandon All Hope is a bold statement to mark Ethan P. Flynn’s arrival as a true artist in his own right. Stream / Download Abandon All Hope here.
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