Locate S,1 (aka Christina Schneider) shares the devastating Bossa Nova-inspired single ‘Go Back to Disnee’ from the forthcoming full-length Wicked Jaw, due out July 28, 2023. The song’s release is accompanied by a video directed by frequent collaborator Tristan Scott-Behrends. On this tune Schneider’s exceptional songcraft is most evident through her ability to excavate the toxins lingering beneath the surface in a way where they begin to shine and radiate...
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Becca Mancari (they/them) recently announced their third album, Left Hand, due out this August 25th. Mancari has already shared the record’s lead single and queer joy anthem ‘Over and Over’ featuring Julien Baker to critical acclaim, and now Mancari shares another taste of the album, releasing ‘Don’t Even Worry,’ a guitar-driven ode to our closest friends. Featuring Mancari’s friend and fellow Bermuda Triangle bandmate, ‘Don’t Even Worry’ was written with Brittany Howard, who also provided additional production and performs backing vocals, guitar, keys, sub bass, percussion and even snaps on the track....
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British-born, New York-based ANOHNI presents ‘Sliver of Ice,’ the new single/video from ANOHNI and the Johnson’s forthcoming album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, out July 7th on Remote Control / Rough Trade. “Now that I’m almost gone/Sliver of ice upon my tongue/In the day’s night/It tastes so good, it felt so right/For the first time in my life” ANOHNI sings on ‘Sliver of Ice,’ remembering some of the last words Lou Reed shared with her. The singer embodies the voice of someone whose experience becomes more awed...
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Artist, producer, DJ and cultural icon Peggy Gou returns with her first new music in nearly two years. Inspired by the eclectic house and pop classics that defined the Balearic sound, alongside 90s and 2000s dance anthems and Peggy’s own inimitable contemporary club production, ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’ makes an early claim to to soundtrack sunsets and sunrises the world over. ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’ is released via XL Recordings / Remote Control, her first release for the label....
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Acclaimed Nashville musician Becca Mancari (they/them) announces the release of their third album, Left Hand, due out this August 25th via Captured Tracks/ Remote Control Music. Left Hand came out of a dark period in Mancari’s life, yet the self-produced album is anything but. Wide-open and welcoming, the music beckons all listeners, encouraging community among strangers. To that end, Mancari surrounded themself with some friends and long-time collaborators for the making of Left Hand. On Left Hand, Mancari offers the listener a collection of songs that should...
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Jeremy Dutcher is a Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and ethnomusicologist from Tobique First Nation in Eastern Canada. Dutcher’s 2018 debut — Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa — vaulted him into the upper echelons of Canadian performance, from the Polaris and Juno Award stages to the judges’ panel on Canada’s Drag Race. Dutcher — a classically trained opera tenor and pianist that has been singing the songs of his ancestors since he was a child — returns with his first new solo work since...
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King Krule shares a new single and video for ‘If Only It Was Warmth’, the latest piece of new music from the highly anticipated forthcoming new album Space Heavy, out Friday, 9th June via XL Recordings / Remote Control. The wistful, stripped-back instrumentation of ‘If Only It Was Warmth’ comes alongside a self-directed music video that sees King Krule journey across vast waters, with a cactus. Along the way, he is confronted by thoughts of love and lost connection,...
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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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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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Following the release of their acclaimed fifth album, Jen Cloher reveals the clip for the title track ‘I Am The River, The River Is Me’. Supports have also been announced today for the national album tour which kicks off in Perth on the 6th of May and concludes June 1st at the Sydney Opera House as part of the VIVID Live program. The title is taken from a Māori proverb with Jen sharing further insight saying “It holds especially deep significance for Iwi (tribes) along the Whanganui...
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