Queens of the Stone Age have announced their long-awaited 8th studio album, In Times New Roman…out June 16th on Matador / Remote Control Records. In Times New Roman… is raw, at times brutal and not recommended for the faint of heart. And yet, it’s perhaps the most beautiful and definitely the most rewarding album in their epic discography. Founder Joshua Homme’s most acerbic lyrics to date are buoyed by the instantly identifiable QOTSA sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented...
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Water From Your Eyes have released a new single and video ‘14,’ the latest preview from their forthcoming album and Matador debut Everyone’s Crushed, out May 26th. A crescendo of swelling strings, pizzicato and electronic drone moving around a cyclical vocal refrain of “How many is 14?,” the band describe the song as “a quasi-serial inkblot signifying submission to personal demons and the realisation that change is both necessary and inevitable.” On the video, director and band member Rachel Brown says “I...
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This Is The Kit today shared their latest single ‘More Change’ from the band’s new album Careful Of Your Keepers – produced by Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) – due out on June 9th via Rough Trade/Remote Control Records. Featuring Rhys on backing vocals, the meditative track is out now alongside an adorable animated video created by Benjamin Jones that brings everyday objects to life as it follows along to the song’s heartfelt lyrics. Jones explains the video: “With this video I wanted to create something...
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On July 7th, Matador Records / Remote Control Records will release Crowd Can Talk / Dressed in Trenches, a composite of two EPs by Lifeguard. Crowd Can Talk was originally released in the summer of 2022 by Chicago label Born Yesterday, while Dressed in Trenches features five brand new and unreleased songs. On each record, there are echoes of underground guitar bands from decades past. This is not record-collector music, though. It’s the product of a present-day community. Lifeguard are, first and foremost, a...
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The National has released its ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, on 4AD / Remote Control. The project has already garnered rave reviews, with Rolling Stone saying, “Nine albums deep, the National find new energy by conjuring not just a great, suffocating fog but also the far light that guides the way out.” Also out today is a lyric video for the new album’s song ‘The Alcott,’ a pensive yet luminous duet between The National’s Matt Berninger and Taylor...
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The next in a line of stellar collaborations from HANDSOME comes ‘Delirium’, the result of a team up with confessional songwriter Hope D. It’s new territory for both artists, melding mellow production with electric guitar. HANDSOME says of the tracks evolution “It was such a pleasure to work with Hope. She really has a way of writing that no one else does in this country. I really wanted to write something that felt really wordy – and...
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Tama Gucci returns with ‘Only Smoke Trees,’ out now via Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. The track is his first new single of 2023, and first taste of his latest project. ‘Only Smoke Trees’ is a celebration of friendship and life, written during the height of the pandemic. The New York-based, Miami-raised musician, vocalist and electronic composer notes, “I was stuck in Miami and the only thing my friends and I could do was...
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Ethan P. Flynn releases a brand new single ‘Used to It’, his first solo music of 2023. Out now via Young / Remote Control Records, ‘Used to It’ is a celebration of that feeling of finally belonging. The lyrics are buoyed by a production that seamlessly blends stripped-back acoustics with electronic experimentation, all underpinned by Flynn’s idiosyncratic voice. The new music follows Ethan P. Flynn’s acclaimed 2022 EP Universal Deluge and is the culmination of an intensely fruitful period of personal creativity. Having...
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Swiftly following up her acclaimed sophomore album, Gena presents brand new single ‘Lighting Up’. Thoughtful and powerful vocals are the centrepiece of this mesmerising track that sees the songwriter at her most vulnerable and intense. “For a long time I would just suppress how I was feeling and would give off the fake ‘I don’t care about anything’ vibe” says Gena. “But I came to a point where I was just numb. You stop the pain, you stop...
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bar italia, the London trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton, have announced details of their new album Tracey Denim, which will be released on May 19th via Matador / Remote Control. The album will be available physically on September 8th. Tracey Denim was recorded and produced by bar italia with mixing from Marta Salogni. It features the single ‘Nurse!’ which was released in March to acclaim, and described as “a hypnotic post-punk ballad” (The Guardian) and “narcotically arresting” (Pitchfork). Pre-order / Pre-save Tracey...
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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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Interpol announced Interpolations, which sees songs from the band’s latest album, The Other Side Of Make-Believe, reworked by a group of artists encompassing Daniel Avery, Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Jesu and Water From Your Eyes. The first instalment of the series is released, with Makaya McCraven’s interpolation of ‘Big Shot City’. From the Latin drum and bass rhythms applied to ‘Big Shot City’ by Makaya McCraven to the esoteric and propulsive soundscape created by Water From Your Eyes for ‘Something Changed’, Interpolations is an exotic journey that reframes our songs and joins them to the vision of...
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Blawan announces a brand new EP Dismantled into Juice out 17 May. To mark the announcement, he releases the opening track ‘Toast’, a playful preview into the spell-binding, otherworldly productions to come. Across the five tracks Blawan effortlessly flickers between instrumentals and vocal-led songs that flex a deep technical ability and see him transcend the “techno” box he has so often been put in. Bringing in distorted drum rhythms, piercing synths, unbelievable drums, and original vocal cuts, Dismantled Into Juice is Blawan’s most riveting...
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Today, Yaeji’s highly-anticipated debut album With A Hammer is available globally. The omnibus is a daring statement of emotional evolution. Singles ‘For Granted,’ ‘Done (Let’s Get It)’ and ‘Passed Me By’ are an introductory snapshot of the shapeshifting sonics on With A Hammer that follow Yaeji’s journey as she wades through the murkiness of sorrow and doubt and releases the frenzy of anger, with the help of a metaphorical hammer...
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Following the crossover success of her recent single ‘Strong’ – a collaboration with Fred again.. that has become her biggest solo song to date – Romy returns with a new single ‘Enjoy Your Life’. Premiered as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record, ‘Enjoy Your Life’ features the voice of Beverly Glenn-Copeland and is produced by Fred again.., Stuart Price and Jamie xx. ‘Enjoy Your Life’ is inspired by a special evening when pop icon Robyn took Romy to see American-Canadian singer and songwriter Beverly Glenn-Copeland perform in...
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The National has released the fourth and final offering ahead of its upcoming album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein (out April 28th), the idyllic ‘Your Mind Is Not Your Friend’ featuring Phoebe Bridgers. The track confronts the entanglements of the habitual mind and the overwhelming nature of scrutiny. “Don’t you understand? / Your mind is not your friend again / It takes you by the hand/ And leaves you nowhere,” frontman Matt Berninger croons in tandem with the distinct grace...
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