Obscura Hail – the Melbourne-via-Wollongong indie rock trio, helmed by musician Sean Conran, digitally release their new EP Siren via Dot Dash, and physically as a combined Siren EP / Zero EP on 12″ vinyl. The band have also shared a beautiful video for ‘Penumbra‘ – directed by Rick Clifford and shot in Conran’s lounge room during Melbourne’s lockdown. Conran says of the video – “This one was low key...
Future Islands have shared ‘Moonlight’, the third new song from forthcoming album As Long As You Are out 9 October via 4AD. The song is paired with a video directed by Will Mayer (BADBADNOTGOOD) and starring Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds, 500 Days of Summer) and Callie Hernandez (La La Land, Alien). Samuel T. Herring says of the song, “’Moonlight’ is a song about love in a depressive state. It’s...
Cults, aka multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin and multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion, release their fourth studio album Host via Sinderlyn. With praise for singles: ‘Spit You Out‘ that Consequence of Sound compares to a “My Bloody Valentine sample,” ‘Trials‘ that Entertainment Weekly calls “a witchy dream-pop track that channels the creepiness of an abandoned opera house” and Variety calls “remarkably atmospheric,” “No Risk” that The Line of Best Fit calls “empowering,” and “Monolithic”...
Californian group Hello Forever have released a new single and live video for ‘I’m Feeling It’ ahead of their album release on October 2nd. Based in Topanga, California, on a piece of land once used by a free-love nudist commune, the art-pop collective Hello Forever are led by the eccentric, magnetic figure of Samuel Joseph. They live together, in this pastoral setting high above the Pacific Ocean – not far...
Barcelona trio MOURN, have shared their compelling new single ‘Men.’ ‘Men’ is lyrically patent proof of MOURN’s newfound growth and heightened consciousness. A revealing song, necessary and deliberately uncomfortable. Watch the video for ‘Men’ below. MOURN said on the single – “This song is about walking the streets and having to deal with looks, words and attitudes from different men. To enter a store and be treated differently than male...
Cults have released a new single and video ‘Monolithic‘ off their fourth studio album Host out September 18 via Sinderlyn. ‘Monolithic’, that Stereogum describes as “Cults’ classic earworm melodies with the band’s new cinematic scope” now gets cinematic video treatment. The video is centered around a larger stone monolithic that is allowing Cults (and those who also enter “The Strong Magnetic Field”) to move through space and time. Director Will McDowell...
Experimental audiovisual duo friendships have released an incredible video and single for ‘meat sack‘. The track comes from their highlight anticipated new album FISHTANK will be released September 30 via Dot Dash Recordings. The record will be released physically on USB via Anterograde. Of ‘meat sack’ Nic Brown describes the track “meat sack is hindsight with impaired vision. Revisiting distorted scenes and centring yourself as every archetype: the heroine, the...
Emerging producer and rapper Asha Imuno shares the single ‘CAVIAR’ featuring Gidi, from his forthcoming album Good News, set for release October 15th via b4. The track is available to download and stream now on all available platforms. The second song to be taken from the Good News album following the release of ‘BIG WORDS’, Asha collaborates with fellow Raised by the Internet member Gidi. Of the song, Imuno says,...
Melbourne group Black Cab have released new single and video for ‘Hanna.’ The single comes from a brand new Cab album. Keep your eyes peeled for more release details soon. The single ‘Hanna’ is an ode to the cosplay community. The song is pulsing and uplifting, filled with vibrant synths and features both GL’s Graeme Pogson on drums plus Lowtide’s Lucy Buckeridge on backup vocals. “She’s a dress up girl...
Ethan P. Flynn has released an expanded version of his debut compilation and career retrospective B-Sides & Rarities Volume 1. Originally released via Bandcamp, B-Sides & Rarities Volume 1 is an evolving body of work featuring a collection of songs recorded between 2015 and 2018. Showcasing a deft songwriting flair and touching on musical inspirations that run the gamut from Sparklehorse to Madlib, Julia Holter to Danny Brown and Tom...
This Is The Kit are pleased to announce their new single ‘Coming to Get You Nowhere‘. This is the second track taken from her forthcoming fifth album Off Off On which will be released by Rough Trade Records Friday 23 October. The single was premiered yesterday via Triple R’s Breaking and Entering program. Kate Stables of This Is The Kit explains the meaning behind the video and the song: “We...
Following on from his debut 7″ release in July, Melbourne’s Ex-Olympian is proud to announce his debut album Afterlife will be released Friday 16th October via Dot Dash Recordings. The announcement comes alongside brand new single ‘Penny In The Well (feat. Sam Lawrence)‘. Ex-Olympian is the new musical vessel for Liam McGorry – songwriter & musician for bands such as Saskwatch and Dorsal Fins. Named after the neon sign that adorns...
Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker announces two new albums, songs and instrumentals, out Friday 23 October, and presents a new single, ‘anything’. ‘anything’ is a look into Lenker’s introspective and quietly magical catalogue. Backed by soft fingerpicking, Lenker’s magnetic voice references a flurry of memories and beautiful imagery – a hot sun, juicy mango, family fighting on Christmas eve, a circle of trees. It’s a deep and unflinching love song. As...
Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983 – 1987 is the first volume of Captured Tracks‘ new venture into compilations – Excavations. Spread across two LPs, Strum & Thrum includes an 80+ page booklet with an extensive oral history of the ’80s indie scene, an introduction by Captured Tracks label head Mike Sniper, and tons of archival images and ephemera. Along with the announcement, the label releases the first...
Plants and Animals drop a brand new single and video for ‘Le Queens‘. A French song featuring Adèle Trottier-Rivard on vocals, the theme was inspired by an evening spent in Queens, NY. The Jungle, their fifth studio album, is set to be released October 23rd via Secret City Records. The band shares the inspiration behind the song: “Woody got this machine that makes a drum kit play samples and he didn’t...
Yaeji has announced that she’ll return to Boiler Room on Saturday August 29th at 9am AEST for a performance titled ‘Yaeji In Place.’ This will be her first time performing material from her full-length mixtape WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 (released April 2 on XL Recordings / Remote Control). ‘Yaeji In Place’ will see Yaeji joined by collaborators from the mixtape and incorporating live performance and DJing, in a signature hybrid...
