Jim Lawrie has today released his album Slacker of the Year via Barely Dressed Records / Remote Control Records. His most ambitious work yet, the album is a culmination of years of creative introspection, Jim’s own gloriously crafted interpretation of classic rock and folk. Purchase / Stream Slacker Of The Year Catch Jim celebrate the album release at Northcote Social Club on Friday 28 July. Tix available here: http://bdr.ec/jimlawriensc
Through the band’s new label home Barely Dressed Records, Gold Class return with new single ‘Twist In The Dark’, and announce a huge national tour. Check out the new single, tour dates and ticket info below! Rarely has punk music been so danceable. Lead singer Adam Curley states that with the song, produced by Gareth Liddiard, he wanted to “push everything further”. Gold Class have been working on new music, due later this...
Melbourne’s Jim Lawrie, returns with the shimmering title-track from his new album Slacker of the Year, a gorgeously finger-picked daydream ballad which entertains the idea that a bedroom-bound slacker could somehow be celebrated as hero to the masses. Jim has also shared his video for the song, directed & produced by James Ruse. Watch it below! The video features a forlorn Lawrie travelling around Melbourne during peak-hour in nothing but a pair...
Brisbane trio Good Boy and Melbourne quartet Jarrow are about to become the bestest of friends. They’re hitting the road together this April for a co-headline tour in support of their respective new singles. Good Boy’s ‘Braap’ and Jarrow’s ‘Cody’ were premiered last night by Richard Kingsmill on triple j and are now available on all digital platforms. The tracks will also be released as a Split 7” exclusively through Barely...
Oh Pep! do not stop touring. They’re currently half-way through their 6th jaunt around North America in two years, with an itinerary that ranges from intimate jams at Folk Alliance International with Billy Bragg, shows with Valerie June, a special show at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio and dozens of iconic theatres around the United States and Canada. They’ve even taken the time to record...
Jarrow has just released a new video for his track ‘Mutual Feelings’, ahead of a run of shows that includes supports for Car Seat Headrest and a headline show at Melbourne’s Yarra Hotel. Watch the clip below! Film-maker Max Wood drew from unlikely inspiration when making the visually compelling clip. It features a non-plussed Jarrow performing to the camera while the surprisingly beautiful urban landscape of Footscray swirls manically in the...
Beguiling performer and esteemed singer-songwriter, Martha Wainwright will return to Australia for an extensive twelve-date run in March 2017 in celebration of her new album (and first in four years) Goodnight City which is out tomorrow. She will be accompanied on vocals and guitar by a three-piece band, comprising drums, piano and bass. Oh Pep! are extremely delighted to be joining Martha as Special Guests on the full tour. Check out the dates below!...
Big Smoke have released their highly anticipated debut album Time Is Golden. The album, which was completed after singer and songwriter Adrian Slattery passed away, is an astounding and virtuosic document of a songwriter and a band at the height of their respective powers. Time Is Golden is cinematic, breathtakingly powerful and heartbreakingly intimate – a triumph in the face of unimaginable adversity. Above everything else, the album is a testament to the band’s determination...
Melbourne’s Oh Pep! have today premiered their new video for ‘Wanting’. The single comes from the band’s incredible debut album Stadium Cake out now through Barely Dressed Records / Remote Control. ‘Wanting’ (much like the rest of the album) is an indie pop masterpiece with the DNA of a folk song. It is accompanied by a video encapsulating their current ’on the road’ lifestyle. In Pepita’s words “We’ve spent the...
Jarrow has just released a new video for his track ‘James Impala’ taken from his debut album 2003 Dream. Spoiler alert – it’s awesome! The film-clip was created in spare time between university assignments by Dan Oke (aka Jarrow). It is as a hybrid between a lyric video, a personal mission statement and homage to the classic Windows screen-savers of yesteryear. The video starts with footage of a chimpanzee (named Enos) being launched...
Big Smoke share their new single ‘Wrong’, which is accompanied by a video that is both raw and beautiful, premiered via Stereogum. Watch it below. “In this video, the aim was to get participants to the same place of raw vulnerability you hear in Adrian’s voice on the track by stripping away the familiar—both physically and mentally—and then saving them from it,” says Director Sean Lynch. “We allowed the partners to re-discover each...
Big Smoke was formed in 2009 by lead singer and songwriter, Adrian Slattery. The band became a beloved staple of the Melbourne music scene, building a reputation as a group of phenomenal players with an exceptional command of classic rock ‘n’ roll song-writing. In early 2015, Adrian was diagnosed with terminal oesophageal cancer. Despite significant health obstacles and the knowledge his cancer was incurable, Adrian was determined and the band...
The enigmatic and beguiling Jarrow has released his stellar album 2003 Dream today via Barely Dressed Records. Dan Oke (the mastermind behind Jarrow) is a self-taught, self-produced, multi-instrumentalist wunderkind from Footscray spent the last few years delving into music by artists like Ariel Pink, Mac Demarco, The Shins, Ty Segall, Darwin Deez and The Strokes – but it’s the bands in his relatively unheralded western suburbs community who provide Dan...
After the great success of our Dot Dash Pre-BIGSOUND Party last year, we are stoked to bring you the 2016 edition: REMOTE CONTROL RECORDS PRE-BIGSOUND PARTY Tuesday 6th September @ The Elephant Hotel, Brisbane From 8PM 18+ We are very excited about this incredible line up of Australian artists from our local labels Dot Dash, Barely Dressed & Flightless. A brilliant array of talent crossing multiple genres will join us for the parrrttaaayyy, including: friendships Lost Animal...
Melbourne’s Jarrow has released a hilarious video for ‘$$ Spoilers $$’ $$ Spoilers $$ reveals an as-yet unseen side of the prolific and enigmatic Jarrow. The single is an astonishingly creative mix of self-produced garage-pop, tongue-in-cheek humor and flourishes of psychadelia – all performed and mixed by Dan Oke aka Jarrow. The hilarious/absurd video for $$ Spoilers $$ (premiered via Noisey ) was written and conceived in a month, filmed...
Barely Dressed Records and Remote Control are incredibly excited to announce the signing of indie-pop wunderkind Jarrow. Jarrow is the solo project of 20 year-old Footscray-based musician Dan Oke. After spending much of the last year studying and performing in Nashville, Jarrow returns to Australia to join the Barely Dressed Records roster. Cube is the first taste of Jarrow’s upcoming debut album and a masterful example of his ability as a producer and songwriter. The economy of Jarrow’s songwriting is laid bare. The charming...
