The irrepressible King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard have today released their fourth album in 18 months, Nonagon Infinity via Flightless / Remote Control. After the acid-flecked cosmic jazz of Quarters! and the hazy, pastoral, acoustic bliss of Paper Mache Dream Balloon, Nonagon Infinity sees the Gizzard once again dive head-long into the gonzo freak-beat frenzy that mark both their Heavenly debut I’m In Your Mind Fuzz, and their perpetually...
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4AD is set to release Day Of The Dead – a celebration of the Grateful Dead’s music on May 20th, 2016. Today, five additional tracks have been made available from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Friends; Charles Bradley and Menahan Street Band; Jim James & Friends; Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten & Friends and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The five Grateful Dead reworkings can be downloaded instantly with Day Of The Dead...
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We are very excited that Låpsley has announced her very first headline shows in Aus – playing Oxford Art Factory in Sydney and Howler in Melbourne. Get full ticket details here. UK-based producer Dark0 has stepped up to remix ‘Falling Short’, the latest single from Holly ‘Låpsley’ Fletcher. Simultaneously euphoric and melancholic, this is the latest in a line of Dark0 remixes for the likes of Anushka, OT Genasis and...
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Remote Control Records, in partnership with Dot Dash, are pleased to share the new single from Melbourne’s Client Liaison. ‘World Of Our Love’ is the first taste from the duo’s forthcoming debut album and was World Premiered on triple j’s 2016 with Richard Kingsmill on Sunday night. With shareholder confidence at an all time high and strong yield from the 2015/2016 festival season, Client Liaison are also about to embark...
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May 20th sees the release of Day of the Dead – a Grateful Dead tribute album benefitting the Red Hot Organisation. The album was curated by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National and they have share a new song, ‘Terrapin Station (Suite)’, off the compilation. The track is the most musically elaborate recording on the album, featuring nearly 50 musicians. The Grateful Dead’s ‘Terrapin Station’, found on the album...
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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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After recently announcing his highly anticipated debut album 99.9%, due May 6th via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records, KAYTRANADA is back today to share new track ‘Glowed Up’ featuring Anderson .Paak. The Bo Mirosseni directed video perfectly captures the technical world KAYTRANADA creates in his music and comes on the heels of KAYTRANADA’s recent FADER profile. Speaking about the video, Mirosseni described the process of shooting the clip as being “as surreal and dreamy as the video concept itself actually is.” Read the in-depth and fascinating feature...
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Mourn are excited to announce Ha, Ha, He., the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut album which will be released on Friday 3rd June 2016 via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. With the announcement of Ha, Ha, He., Mourn have shared single ‘Storyteller,’ which goes on a trip through downtempo drudgery, into a melodic bridge, and concludes with anthemic sing-screaming. Listen to ‘Storyteller‘ below: Mourn’s self-titled 2014 debut LP gave the world an interesting idea: Catalonian teenage wunderkinds making authentically great...
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Mike Simonetti has shared ‘Release Your Body To The Best‘ and ‘Slave‘ out now on 2MR / Remote Control Records. It’s rare to hear an acid track with vocals these days, but when you do it’s done well and done right by New Jersey based, 2MR co-founder and producer Mike Simonetti. Santana of French group Claap! features as guest vocalist, coaxing the listener “come to me” on minimal acid tweaker ‘Release,’ and on ‘Slave’ floating above an intensely hypnotic rhythm in francophone whisperings. The two releases...
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The irrepressible King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard have shared People-Vultures, the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming album, Nonagon Infinity. Amazingly their fourth album in 18 months, Nonagon Infinity is released on Flightless / Remote Control on Friday April 29th 2016 and the band previously announced its release with a free-wheeling video to album track, Gamma Knife. After the acid-flecked cosmic jazz of Quarters and the hazy,...
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Melbourne duo Oh Pep! have a HUGE year ahead of them. Having just signed to Dualtone Music Group(The Lumineers, Shakey Graves) in the US and announced a giant run of shows across Europe and America, they have now shared with us their incredible new single ‘Doctor Doctor.’ ‘Doctor Doctor’ is the first taste of an indie-pop masterpiece with the DNA of a folk record. Their obsession with great songs, regardless of genre, has led them...
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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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Danish artist Søren Juul will release his new album This Moment on Friday 17 June via 4AD / Remote Control Records. This is his first album under his own name, having previously recorded under the moniker Indians. It’s a deeply personal account of Juul’s life over a tumultuous three-year period, and a first taste of the record can be heard today, the track ‘Dear Child’. As Indians, Juul scored the song ‘Oblivion‘ for the major motion picture The Fault In Our Stars, composed works for the...
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Tim Hecker, the pioneering electronic composer has today shared a second track, album closer ‘Black Phase’ from his eighth studio album Love Streams, out next Friday 8 April via 4AD / Remote Control. As with its predecessor, the cavernous ‘Castrati Stack’, the influence of 15th century choral scores strongly resonate on ‘Black Phase’, which showcases the voices of the Icelandic Choir Ensemble dissolving into a darkly hypnotic dissonance Listen to ‘Black Phase‘ on: Spotify | Apple Music | Google Play Buy on iTunes | Google Play Check out Hecker’s selection of his past and current collaborators on Spotify,...
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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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On May 20th, 4AD will release Day of the Dead — a celebration of the Grateful Dead’s music created and curated by brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National. Today 5 of the album’s 59 tracks have been made available via instant grat with album pre-order, on streaming services and accompanied by a series of videos directed by Michael Brown, Nick Ciontea, and Christopher Bartlett. The five songs shared today include the first new music from The War on Drugs since 2014’s critically-acclaimed Lost In The Dream with a...
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