Wolf & Cub are back with new music ‘Blue State’ released via Part Time Records. As premiered by Double J’s Zan Rowe, ‘Blue State’ is a dark and abrasive-sounding beast that sees the band gravitate away from previous psych-rock offerings in favour of a masterful and revelatory heaviness. Where previous album Heavy Weight hinted at the band’s ability to traverse tougher terrain, ‘Blue State’ has its roots firmly planted in...
Jai and A. K. Paul’s Paul Institute have been teasing new music via their website for the past week, and now you can stream the release in full. The label continues to raise its game with previously released artists as well as newcomers among these Summer 2020 Releases. Listen to it here. A. K Paul says “I’m really happy we’re releasing new music with Paul Institute this summer. It’s been...
Rough Trade Records & Remote Control Records are excited to announce they will be releasing the debut album by Californian group Hello Forever, with two new tracks, on October 2nd, 2020. Check out the video for new track ‘Everything Is So Hard’ via the image below. Preorder Whatever It Is here. Based in Topanga, California, on a piece of land once used by the infamous Sandstone Retreat and free-love nudist...
Cults (pictured), aka multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin and multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion, share their third single ‘No Risk‘ off their fourth studio album Host out September 18 via Sinderlyn. The peppy melody of ‘No Risk’ is accompanied by a self assured sentiment that without taking risk, there is no reward. Cults on ‘No Risk’: Antithetical to the title, the song is all about the benefits of taking risks, and how difficult that...
Obscura Hail – the Melbourne-via-Wollongong indie rock trio, helmed by musician Sean Conran, announce their new EP Siren which will be out Friday 18 September via Dot Dash, digitally and as a Siren EP / Zero EP combined 12″ vinyl. New single ‘Doomer‘ is the first taste off the EP and comes with an accompanying video which you can watch below. “Born in the age of information, the Doomer is...
Following his recent signing to Dot Dash Recordings & debut single ‘Voices In My Head‘, Melbourne’s Ex-Olympian has shared anew single ‘Lilac Youth ft. Nkechi Anele‘. The disco-tinged track is the B Side to Ex-Olympian’s Voices In My Head / Lilac Youth 7″ vinyl out now thanks to a partnership between Northside Records & Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. ‘Lilac Youth’ is a meditation on the dangers of losing...
Part Time Records and Remote Control are thrilled to announce Siberian Tiger will release their debut EP First Dance on Friday 14 August. To celebrate the announcement, Siberian Tiger – Bree Tranter (The Middle East) and Chris Panousakis (Timberwolf) have shared their new single and video ‘Call On Me.’ A fitting song for current times, ‘Call On Me’ is a song about camaraderie inspired by the late Bill Withers’ ‘Lean...
The Paul Institute website has relaunched to host a new array of music from a label known for supporting creativity and independence. The Paul Institute is an independent label founded by brothers Jai and A.K. Paul alongside their friend Muz Azar. With early access for PI enrolees at http://www.paul-institute.com, this is the biggest drop from the Paul brothers’ label yet. A. K. Paul says “I’m really happy we’re releasing new music...
The Lemon Twigs offer another taste of their upcoming album, Songs For The General Public, with fourth single ‘No One Holds You (Closer Than The One You Haven’t Met).’ The track is a barnstorming 3-minute song covers failed relationships and romantic fantasies, “No one compares to the one that you invented in your head.” Songs For The General Public will be released on 21 August 2020 and features previous singles...
Jen Cloher releases a new remix and video of her much-loved track ‘Sensory Memory’, from her 2017 self-titled album that won her Double J Australian Artist of the Year, out now on Milk! Records. The track has been remixed by good pal Anika Ostendorf aka Hachiku and is accompanied by an animated clip directed by Celeste Mountjoy aka Filthy Ratbag. Cloher says of the song and remix, “Sensory Memory was a...
SOAK – aka Ireland’s Bridie Monds-Watson – has released a new collaboration track and film called ‘I’m Alive‘. Conceptualised by Ellius Grace during the height of lockdown, ‘I’m Alive’ is based around a poem written and performed by SOAK with instrumental music created by Gemma Doherty of Saint Sister. It brings together a team of collaborators from across Ireland who worked in isolation to create the track and accompanying short...
Around the release of his critically acclaimed new album Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas), announced the ‘Without You’ video competition. Hadreas asked his fans to submit music video ideas for the single, currently on the BBC 6 Music playlist, and while the competition was fierce, 3 winners have now been chosen. Each director received $1,000 to make their vision come to life as well as...
New Zealand-born, Melbourne-bred and now Los Angeles-based Jess Cornelius has release her debut album, Distance. A lot has changed since Jess Cornelius began writing the songs that would comprise Distance. For starters, she moved halfway around the world from Melbourne, Australia to Los Angeles. At the time, Cornelius had a few new songs and the idea of finally making a record of her own, excited to start fresh after several...
Becky and the Birds, the moniker of Swedish producer Thea Gustafsson, has released her new EP Trasslig via 4AD. Gustafsson uses Becky And The Birds as an outlet for songs about complex women – strong, independent, sensitive and romantic women – and Trasslig (Swedish for “entangled, messy, intricate”) echoes that sentiment. She says, “people are scared of women who could be both powerful and vulnerable at the same time, and...
Melbourne artist Jess Locke is known for penning indie pop tracks that are at times subtle and full of melancholy, at times delivered with an acerbic tongue, but always steeped heavily in narrative. Her new single ‘Fool’ is simple and raw, seeking to partner dirty grunge guitars, a fuzzy lead, gritty vocals and a punchy rhythm section. With the new track comes the announcement that Locke has inked a deal...
Lewis Goldmark, releases his debut solo single ‘Twilighting’ via Broken Stone Records & Remote Control Records. Lewis Goldmark is the brainchild of Liam Judson, frontman of the much loved Sydney psychedelic pop group, Belles Will Ring. With this new persona, Liam explores sonic territories that are informed by his musical memories of growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, blended with his warped perception of what is current and what...
