Arca has presented a second song from his forthcoming third album, Arca. Again featuring his revelatory singing voice, ‘Anoche’ comes accompanied by a stunning video from Arca’s longtime visual collaborator Jesse Kanda, continuing the pair’s inimitable creative partnership. Watch the video for ‘Anoche’ below. ‘Anoche’ follows news last week that Arca (aka Alejandro Ghersi) will release a much-anticipated new album. Released on Friday 7th April 2017, the self-titled record will be...
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Vaguess have released a second track ‘Can’t Hang’ from their second album Guilt Ring that’s out this Friday 3rd March on Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. Guilt Ring is the second helping from the acid tongued punk rock smashers from Vaguess (pronounced “Vegas”) which is the moniker of one Vinny Vaguess. It is the follow-up to his 2015’s compilation The Bodhi Collection. With the new album Vinny successfully peels back the sun dappled, “surf’s up” lies of the California tourism board...
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ANOHNI will release PARADISE, the companion EP to last year’s HOPELESSNESS, on March 17th via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. A collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke, the PARADISE EP seeks to support activist conversations and disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicised lyrics. ANOHNI presents the video for the invigorating title track, ‘Paradise’, directed by Colin Whitakerand featuring visual artist and model Eliza Douglas as an avatar...
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Remote Control Records, triple j, Dot Dash and Village Sounds are excited to announce the Australian album tour for Methyl Ethel. Spanning the month of May, the album tour will showcase brand new music from forthcoming record Everything Is Forgotten which will be released on Friday 3rd March via Dot Dash / Remote Control. See the full tour dates and ticket info below. To mark today’s announcement, the band have shared a new album track ‘L’Heure des...
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Following the frazzled freakbeat of 2016’s Nonagon Infinity LP, the mayhem of the national Gizzfest tour and their last loud summer lap on Laneway Festival, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released their new LP Flying Microtonal Banana through Flightless / Remote Control Records. It’s the band’s ninth studio album in five years, and the first of five to be recorded and released in 2017. Flying Microtonal Banana is King Gizzard’s first-ever experience in...
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On Friday 7th April 2017, Arca will release his third full-length album via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. The self-titled record will be the Venezuela-born, London-based artist’s first on XL Recordings and follows the release of his two previous albums: 2014’s Xen and 2015’s Mutant. To mark the news, Arca today reveals the first track from the record: album opener ‘Piel’. It is the first piece of Arca music to feature his...
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Spoon share their second track ‘Can I Sit Next To You’ from their career defining album Hot Thoughts, out Friday 17th March on Matador / Remote Control. To accompany the single, the band have unveiled a new video, directed by Marcel Dzama, the acclaimed contemporary artist whose previous musical collaborators have included the likes of Beck and Bob Dylan, not mention last year’s costume and stage design for the New York City...
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Sui Zhen has shared her new clip for ‘Hangin’ On’ premiered over at NPR. The track is taken from Secretly Susan, released via Dot Dash/Remote Control in Australia and New Zealand and TwoSyllable Recordings in North America. Watch it below! The ‘Hangin’ On’ music video continues the story of Susan. We find her in a dream, a billowy satin room where we encounter pieces of the world we know Susan inhabits. Pastels, foliage, her beloved egg and saccharine pink drink. All the...
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Sam Gellaitry is ready to present the third chapter in his Escapism saga: a coming-of-age trilogy that demonstrates the young prodigy’s unique, filmic musical productions. Hot off the heels of the previous two Escapism instalments, Escapism III will be released Friday 7th April via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. The EP sees Sam Gellaitry’s sound transcending, invoking a cinematic feel of technicolour-esque scope to his experimental production. Gellaitry, now 20,...
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Hannah Rodgers, the 21 year old musician behind Pixx, has announced details of her long-awaited debut album, The Age Of Anxiety, released on Friday 2nd June via 4AD / Remote Control, and previews its opening salvo, ‘I Bow Down’. Following the singles ‘Baboo’ and ‘Grip’, its technicolour video was created by Natasha Lawes and premiered by FADER. Watch it below. The Age Of Anxiety is a brave step forward from...
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Bing & Ruth have today released their third studio album No Home of the Mind via 4AD / Remote Control Records. The record sees the New York outfit continue with the deft minimalism that has marked them out in critical circles in recent years. Just ahead of the release, Bing & Ruth shared an accompanying video to their new single ‘The How of it Sped’. Watch the video below. Directed by previous collaborator Sebastien Cros, the video was shot in...
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4AD and Remote Control Records welcome Aldous Harding, a remarkable talent from New Zealand. Today, she presents a powerful opening statement with a new song ‘Horizon’ and startling companion video. Watch it below. Aldous Harding’s music is not for the faint of heart. Disarming in its desolate imagery and stark instrumentation, her songs draw from the core facets of life: death, birth, grief and love. There are few happy endings, but...
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XL Recordings are delighted to unveil the video for ‘High Roller’, Nines’ debut release for XL Recordings / Remote Control. Co-directed by Nines and starring Nines and J Hus, ‘High Roller’ is another step towards cementing Nines as one of the most exciting names in British rap music. Watch the video below. For those not familiar with with the most authentic name in London’s exploding underground scene, Nineshails from the...
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Fresh Air, the new album from Homeshake is out today via Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. Previously released single ‘Call Me Up‘ was praised by The Fader as “push[ing] his bedroom R&B in a slightly funkier direction..a strong sense of hospitality is the track’s most defining characteristic” and I Heart Moosiq said it, “envelops us in buttery smooth, swirling warm R&B pop, leaving us in a divinely relaxed state of mind.” Latest single ‘Khmlwugh’...
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Process, the highly anticipated debut album from Sampha, is released today via Young / Remote Control Records. Earlier this week, Sampha revealed the video for his new single ‘(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano’ – directed by Jamie-James Medina and starring Sampha alongside model and activist Adwoa Aboah – comes in two different formats. As well as a traditional music video, viewers can also immerse themselves in a virtual reality version, a product of...
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Methyl Ethel have announced their new album Everything Is Forgotten, to be released Friday 3rd March via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The band have also shared new single ‘Ubu’, a frenetic pop song inspired by Alfred Jarre’s surrealist play Ubu Roi. A self-portrait of self-flagellation and guilt, its companion video, directed by Paxi, takes some of its absurdist cues from Jarre. Watch it below. Due to overwhelming demand a handful of...
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