Melbourne trio Huntly have released their debut album Low Grade Buzz, a beautifully constructed and deeply personal record. Out now via Barely Dressed. Listen here. Drawing lines between all spectrums of RnB and electronica, its an album that engages the heart as much as it does the body. Hear it live in Sydney and Melbourne in May. From Huntly: “Low Grade Buzz is that feeling you get on a Sunday night...
Leeds-based post-punk outfit Drahla announce their new full length – Useless Coordinates, out 3 May via Captured Tracks. Check the accompanying single and video for ‘Stimulus For Living‘ – a composition based upon abstracted ideas and thought. And take a tip from the Fader – “Drahla make the kind of literate punk to kickstart a revolution in your mind.”
The rumours are true: The “rejected” electronic album that Stephen Malkmus has been telling everyone about will see the light of day…has finally seen the light of day. But new album Groove Denied (Matador) is not a full-blown plunge into EDM or hiptronica. In fact, there aren’t any purely instrumental tracks on the album. Every song is precisely that: a song, featuring Malkmus staples like an artfully askew melody and...
SOAK shares a new video for ‘Déjà Vu‘ – the lead single from her new album Grim Town, out 26 April via Rough Trade. Director Brother Willis calls the video “a looping, nonsensical, Lynchian dream,” and explains further that his goal “was to make a disconnected and confusing performance video, one that recasts Bridie as both performer, then observer, and back and forth in dreamlike messiness. I have a bit...
The National are back. The band have announced new album I Am Easy To Find, out Friday 17 May via 4AD. The news comes with opening track ‘You Had Your Soul With You’ which features the vocals of long-time David Bowie collaborator Gail Ann Dorsey. This is the first new music since 2017’s GRAMMY®-Award winning release Sleep Well Beast. A companion short film with the same name will also be released...
Read on for a roundup of some excellent new music out this week. Happy Friday. Starcrawler – ‘She Gets Around’ (Rough Trade) LA band Starcrawler take a nod to 90s alt-rock in their new track ‘She Gets Around.’ You know front-person Arrow de Wilde for their manic live performance – hear it on this record, strange and frenzied. Watch out for an album to be announced very soon. Pixx –...
Denise Le Menice has shared a new track and video ‘Stars.’ Based in Melbourne-via-Sydney-via-Perth, Denise Le Menice is the project of Ali Flintoff. Listen to the track here. Premiering on triple j Home & Hosed, ‘Stars’ is a psyched-out, dream pop triumph of happiness over total darkness. It radiates from the video; an hilarious and adorable montage of Ali as a young’un. Take a trip down memory lane, Denise Le...
LA based artist, Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy) has released their new album placeholder via Milk! Records. Meg Duffy grew up in a small town in Upstate New York, and cut their teeth as a session guitarist and touring member of Kevin Morby’s band. The name placeholder stems from Meg’s fascination with the undefinable. Their songs serve as openings, carved-out spaces waiting to be endowed with meaning. As a lyricist, Meg is drawn to the in-between, and...
A pleasure to share the news of Big Thief‘s signing to 4AD! Their third record U.F.O.F. ‘F’ standing for ‘Friend‘, will be released 3 May. The band have spent 4 years on relentless world tour, striking chords with every audience they played to. Having already lived their new songs on tour, they were relaxed and ready to experiment once they settled in the studio. Hear the new direction in gorgeous...
Melbourne’s Black Cab have returned with new single ‘Take It‘ ~ listen here. Premiering on Double J, vocalist Andrew Coates says of the track “Take Is is about surrendering material things in the age of conspicuous consumption and waste. We’re only going to waste it, so why don’t you just take it?” The track is a marked step towards tighter, more concise songwriting and live instrumentation. Perfect for when you...
The collaborative project from So.Crates, Alnitak Kid and Nelson Dialect have released their debut output – Sunset Cities. Listen here. Last year in Adelaide over a plate of Ethiopian food, MCs Nelson Dialect and Cazeaux O.S.L.O. crafted the basic principles for waxing poetic over two sonic dimensions – a record made up of two sides, the first produced by Melbourne beatmaker Skomes (known for his work with Caseaux O.S.L.O under the moniker SO.Crates) and the second by Adelaide resident Alnitak Kid....
As summer nears ever closer to its end, let’s take a moment to squeeze out some final additions to your seasonal playlists. Melbourne trio Huntly release a heavenly track in ‘Giving Circle,’ the final single before the release of their emotionally weighted electronic album Low Grade Buzz on 15 March via Barely Dressed. Listen here. Stephen Malkmus shares another cut off his forthcoming album Groove Denied (15 March via Matador). ‘Rushing...
Thrilled to announce the signing of Perth artist Carla Geneve to our local label Dot Dash Recordings! Listen to her new single ‘2001‘ here. Catch her on tour at the dates below. Those of you who’ve seen her live know her guitar work is mind blowing. It makes sense that the last album that inspired her was Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company. In 2018, she received...
Aldous Harding is back. Watch the delightfully stirring, off-kilter video for new song ‘The Barrel.’ It is the first track from an album to be released Friday 26 April via 4AD – Designer. Harding reunites with John Parish, producer of previous album Party, on an album that again showcases an artist undoubtedly confident in their work. Preorder here. There is nothing more to be said apart from, watch the Martin Sagadin...
2Methyl Ethel – Triage (Dot Dash) Here it is, the (already) critically acclaimed third album from Methyl Ethel: Triage. It’s out now everywhere – digitally, on CD, vinyl, and cassette via Dot Dash Recordings. Purchase here. Receiving 5 Stars by the Herald Sun, featuring on triple j, RTR and more, Triage marks a sense of closure. It’s a reflective album, one that explores the notion of coming of age. In...
Phonetic Hero – Wargroove (Boss Battle Records) Game on, friends. Our partners in the realm of video game music, Boss Battle Records, have shared another epic soundtrack – Wargroove by Phonetic Hero. Listen here. Wargroove is a turn-based strategy game for up to 4 players, in which each player takes control of an army and its commander unit to wage war on their enemies. It’s extremely easy to pick up,...
