The third & final EP in Overmono’s acclaimed Arla series, Arla III, is out now! Overmono have also shared a new video for ‘Phase Magenta’, watch it below! Arla III finds Ed & Tom Russell’s Overmono project again reinvigorating & reshaping rave culture, through a deep personal affection for UK electronic music’s past acting as fuel for the inexorable forward momentum of their music. Over the series’ 14 tracks, they have...
The National have released the video for ‘Dark Side Of The Gym’, directed, choreographed and starring NYC Ballet Resident Choreographer and soloist Justin Peck and executive produced by former Miami City Ballet dancer and current dance filmmaker Ezra Hurwitz. Also starring former Miami City Ballet mentor and Principal dancer, Patricia Delgado, the video finds the duo gracefully move around a balloon filled auditorium. Watch it below! The National will return to...
The xx release ‘We See You – Berlin’, a short film supported by and exclusively available on YouTube that celebrates the incredibly close bond between The xx and their fans, affectionately turning the spotlight onto the band’s audience. It’s the first in a series of ‘We See You’ films. Watch it below! Directed by Berlin-based filmmaker Sylvie Weber, the film features live and documentary footage from The xx’s headline set at...
RVG has been announced as the national support for Future Islands’ Australian tour. RVG’s debut LP A Quality Of Mercy finds band leader, Romy Vager, trying to move beyond ego, beyond the simple confessional of the songwriter, hoping to find perspective on both world and self. They will join Future Islands for all their headline shows. Production holds have been released for both Melbourne shows and final tickets remain for...
Smerz have released their third new track and video in as many months. The new single ‘Have fun’ is a groovier cut of their breathed vocals and minimal beats. Watch the clip 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. Prolific doesn’t even cover it. Henriette and Catharina, who comprise Smerz, were...
2017 marks a decade of U.S. Girls. The multi-disciplinary artist, Meg Remy announces the release of her sixth studio album, In a Poem Unlimited, out Friday 16 February. Watch the video to new single ‘Velvet 4 Sale’ below! In a Poem Unlimited was tracked in collaboration with Toronto-based instrumental collective the Cosmic Range, and features arrangements by long-time contributors Maxmilian Turnball and Louis Percival. Following ‘Mad As Hell’, the album opener ‘Velvet 4 Sale’ concerns...
London’s King Krule will play headline East Coast dates on his return Australian visit in 2018. In addition to an already announced appearance at Golden Plains festival, Archy Marshall will take in Sydney’s Metro Theatre, Brisbane’s The Triffid and Melbourne’s The Croxton Bandroom in March. Further tour details below! Since his last Australian visit in 2014, during which he played St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Marshall has released music under a range of different...
Belle & Sebastian return to Australia in May next year for the first time since their tour in 2015. With performances confirmed for The Sydney Opera House, Melbourne’s Palais Theatre, Perth’s Astor Theatre and The Tivoli in Brisbane. Further tour details below! To commemorate 20 years since the bands previous multi-EP release – 1997’s Dog On Wheels, Lazy Line Painter Jane and 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds Of Light – they have three...
Kurupt FM are bringing back UK Garage once again with The Lost Tape, out now. Performing live in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge this week with their latest single ‘Suttin Like That’ followed by something from Chabuddy G, and a classic cover of Ross Young – ‘Smooth operator’. Watch it below! Once lost in a backpack in deepest Brentford, The Lost Tape has now been uncovered, remixed and mastered for the very first...
The Bennies have announced a huge list of supports for their national ‘Get High Like An Angel’ tour which kicks off next week. Full list of supports & tour details below! The party legends will be performing tracks from their new album Natural Born Chillers on an epic thirteen date national tour. The album captures the extreme live energy the band has made a name for itself on, and features some of the...
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...
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...
