Smerz are on a roll at the tail end of 2017, with their second single ‘Half life’. Catharina and Henriette’s new track continues the duo’s penchant for minimalist beats and R&B vocals. Watch the video below! The video was produced and directed by Smerz, and as with all Smerz music, the track was produced, programmed and sung entirely by the Norwegian duo. The video is an off-kilter version of those classic R&B...
PicaPica announce their debut EP, Spring & Shade, to be released on December 8. To celebrate they have shared a video for new single ‘Small Time/Secret’. Watch it below! PicaPica features the vocal interplay of Josienne Clarke and Samantha Whates, dual front women who create powerful harmonies atop layers of texture created by Adam Beattie & Sonny Johns. Josienne and Samantha met on the London acoustic music scene several years...
Car Seat Headrest will be playing their biggest Australian shows to date early next year. Kicking off at Sydney City Limits Festival on 24th February, in Perth on 25th February, in Melbourne on 27th February and Brisbane on 1st March. Full tour details below! Car Seat Headrest began in 2010 when 17-year-old Will Toledo started gathering his thoughts and setting up a makeshift recording studio in his family’s car. Touching...
Starcrawler announce their upcoming self-titled debut album to be released on 19 January 2018. Recorded by Ryan Adams on analog tape at his Pax-Am Studio. Starcrawler is now available for pre-order here. The first single from the album, ‘I Love LA’, comes with a video directed by music photographer Autumn de Wilde, a fun and feisty homage to the city of dreamers. Watch it below! Opening in a donut shop/Chinese food restaurant,...
Perfume Genius has announced Australian tour dates, alongside recently announced festival shows, following the release of fourth album, No Shape, recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Blake Mills, mixed by Shawn Everett. Full tour dates and details below! Known early as a poster-wraith for notorious, joyous, tortured and free boys, girls and their fellow travellers, the first two albums by Perfume Genius consisted largely of exquisite and cruelly abbreviated songs...
Good Boy have released their scorching EP Shirk Life, a whip-smart, catchy-as-hell collection of songs that show a young band finding and questioning their place in the world. Until recently, Good Boy never thought of themselves as a political band but sometimes the times just force your hand. The EP’s first track ‘A Waste Of 122 Million Dollars (Taxpayer Funded)’ spits a self-explanatory message about the absurd and insulting marriage equality...
Oh Pep! shared their new track ‘Half Life’, released originally as an exclusive for the Thirty Days of Yes project in support of marriage equality, ‘Half Life’ is now available on all digital services. Since the release of their 2016 debut album Stadium Cake, Oh Pep! have proven to be highly sort-after collaborators, racking up co-writing credits with dozens of artists from all over the world. ‘Half Life’ is the...
Total Giovanni are excited to share two brand new remixes for current single ‘Your Light’. Both remixes are now available on all digital service providers, listen below! Tuff City Kids – the duo consisting of Gerd Jason and Phillip Lauer – have delivered an amazing italo-disco inspired summer banger that begs you to worship at the altar of Total Giovanni. Sydney’s Sam Weston also unveiled ‘Your Light (Sam Weston’s Lights Low Rub)’...
Jeremy Neale’s album Getting The Team Back Together is out today! Catch him play free in-store performances tonight in Brisbane at Jet Black Cat, Sunday 5 November in Melbourne at Oh! Jean Records on and Thursday 9 November in Sydney at Red Eye Records. Full details below. Recorded at Brisbane’s storied studio The Plutonium, with producer Miro Mackie and a who’s who of Brisbane’s leading musicians including Charles Sale and...
Methyl Ethel share the exciting news of earning multiple prizes for the WAM Awards. After scoring 7 nominations, Methyl Ethel take home Best Album, Best Pop Act and Best Male Vocalist! WAMFest continues through the weekend. Head to the WAM website for more information, and see the full list of WAM Award winners here: http://wam.org.au/ Methyl Ethel’s latest album Everything Is Forgotten has also been nominated for Australian Album Of The Year, alongside their video for ‘Ubu’ as...
The final day of the Mixtape for Marriage Equality kicked off this morning, Thirty Days of Yes will release a special surprise 10 extra songs, including a stunning new track from Jess Ribeiro and a demo from Sui Zhen. The project will continue with more tracks, along with a new song from Jarrow premiered today at 1.30pm on FBI Radio. See all of the released tracks here. Over the thirty days there was a...
South London’s Goat Girl share new single ‘Cracker Drool’, which was produced by Dan Carey and recorded in his South London studio. The video was directed by CC Wade and filmed in Sussex by the London based brothers who have previously worked with King Krule. Watch it below! ‘Cracker Drool’ is now available on all streaming services and will be released on the 8th December on limited edition 7” backed by...
Kurupt FM have decided to make history bringing back UK Garage once again with The Lost Tape, out 17 November. ‘Suttin’ Like That’ kicks off the hype of The Lost Tape and goes some way towards proving it’s legendary status. Watch the new video below! Taken from The Lost Tape set, which was broadcast live on Kurupt FM 108.9 and recorded onto cassette tape by an anonymous listener, ‘Suttin’ Like That’...
Dublin four-piece, Lankum release their new album Between the Earth and Sky. To celebrate, they have shared a new video for ‘The Granite Gaze’, made by cult Irish filmmaker Stephen McCollum. Watch below! Stephen has described the video as: “A metaphysical allegory exploring mankind’s capacity for ignorance and destruction of innocence in the face of celestial mystery, expressed in plasticine.” The band comprises of brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch along with...
Upon finishing her US/Canada tour with Paul Kelly, Jess Cornelius is ready to return to Australia to launch her debut EP, Nothing Is Lost, out now. Tour dates and details below! The EP is available on vinyl as a very limited release – Only 150 copies available on vinyl and includes a bonus track ‘What Do I Look Like, Stupid?’ – not available for streaming/download or in any other format....
The now 21-year-old Julien Baker returns with her new album Turn Out The Lights, exploring themes such as broken relationships, the search for a cure that may not exist and the impossibility of never truly understanding each other. The album was recorded at Ardent Studios in her hometown of Memphis, TN, and mixed by Craig Silvey. Strings and woodwinds now shade the corners of her compositions, and Baker takes to piano...
