Proud to announce the news of Memphis LK joining the Dot Dash family! New single ‘Roses‘ was premiered this week on triple j‘s Home & Hosed, and single launch shows have been announced for Sydney and Melbourne. ‘Roses‘ is spirited bass-pop atop a bed of dystopian electro. It’s an empowering antidote to Australia’s prevalent tall poppy syndrome. Memphis offers, “We’d all just grow so much taller and brighter and stronger and...
Memphis LK grows tall with the release of her fresh single ‘Roses’. Spirited bass-pop that blooms from a bed of dystopian electro, the new single reveals a further metamorphosis for the self-sufficient songwriter and producer since her introduction with ‘Speak Honestly’. Her newly cherished creative independence has been a journey of renewal and rebirth. Memphis looks back on the cathartic process as “clearing things that don’t serve you anymore, so you can step into...
Sui Zhen’s new record Losing, Linda is out today! To celebrate she has shared the music video for ‘Matsudo City Life’. Speaking about the video, Sui said “Where Perfect Place touches on the artificial in its pristine, dreamlike atmosphere – a rose tinted memory, Matsudo City Life is the gritty cityscape, reality with the cuts and bruises and darkness we too easily forget. The Red Room represents death and decay...
Melbourne experimental electronic / pop and performance artist Sui Zhen has revealed her latest single, ‘Being A Woman‘ off her forthcoming new album Losing, Linda – out Friday 27 September via Dot Dash / Remote Control. Sui Zhen explains, “I don’t know quite where this song came from but it is probably older than the story of this album. The threat of losing my mother, the person who birthed and raised me triggered these sentiments. It was just before all the #metoo stuff...
The world of Sui Zhen, expands once more. Enter ‘Matsudo City Life’ taken from her forthcoming album Losing, Linda out Friday 27 Septemberv ia Dot Dash. The track, inspired by Annie Lennox in the Eurhythmics ‘Love Is A Stranger’ era, The Cranberries’ ‘Dreams’ and ‘Linger’ era and Japanese City Pop of the late 80s, was captured in the city of Matsudo, Japan in a repurposed Love Hotel. Zhen further explains, “the walls of the Love Hotel – titled ‘Paradise Air’ –...
A total joy to announce the signing of Melbourne’s Obscura Hail to Dot Dash Recordings! Watch the video for first single ‘Swear Jar‘ below, from their new EP Zero out Friday 25 October. Conceived on NSW’s South Coast, and now buried alive somewhere in Melbourne, Obscura Hail are Sean Conran, Tamara Issa & Steven West. Conran says of the video: “Swear Jar is about the dumb stuff we fight about in the heat of the moment, and having the patience to...
Carla Geneve has announced a national tour this August performing shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle! She’s taking her debut self-titled EP on the road, which was released in June via Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control Records. Carla’s also been announced on a national tour from September-October with HOLY HOLY. To celebrate the announcement, Carla has shared a video for ‘Things Change’. The video was filmed on her recent debut tour of...
Thrilled to share the debut album from Gena Rose Bruce – Can’t Make You Love Me. Stream / Order the vinyl here. The album is a distinct and dynamic debut from a young artist with a clear vision. It is an electrifying balance of tension and playfulness underpinned by a smouldering vocal performance that leaves audiences full of longing. Melbourne-based Gena Rose Bruce is one of the newest additions to the Dot Dash family and a truly exciting new voice in...
Sui Zhen has announced her latest chapter, Losing, Linda, which is set for release Friday 27th September via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records and is sharing the first single & video from the record ‘Perfect Place’. The video for the lead single, ‘Perfect Place’ introduces the character Linda, a ghostly apparition, representing the fragments of self, the avatars we leave behind after one dies in the physical realm — but do our digital selves ever...
New Zealand’s indie sludge-pop rockers Soaked Oats are on a high. After a massively successful summer tour of Australia and New Zealand and, having just returned from their UK tour, the band have released their new EP Sludge Pop – digitally and on limited edition 10″ multi-coloured vinyl via Dot Dash. Soaked Oats also reveal their most ambitious music video to date for ‘Don’t Chew‘ – premiered via Pilerats. Of the song itself, lyricist Oscar Mein shares “Inspired by the line...
Another taste of the debut album from Gena Rose Bruce, ‘I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You.’ It comes with a beautiful lyric video created by Kate Adams and Alex Badham. Gena explains – “We wanted to create a meditative, surrealist-inspired video for this song. The imagery hints at the concept of being buried, in this case by the thoughts or memories of someone you can’t let go of. It’s quite...
Local Feature at RTR FM, and featuring a KUTX Song Of The Day, Carla Geneve‘s self-titled debut EP is out today! Check out the intimate video for ‘Yesterday’s Clothes‘ released alongside the EP. Directed by Matt Sav, Carla says of the video, “I wanted the video to reflect the personal nature of the song. To me, sitting alone in front of a camera is a vulnerable situation, a lot like...
Katz is back! His first new music since last year’s collaborative debut EP Waterfall – ‘Back From Nothing‘ is out now everywhere via Dot Dash Recordings. Written and produced in Katz’ Collingwood home studio with Melbourne based songwriter Janeva Burrill, the track features powerful, soaring vocals that are both rich and intimate. “It’s a song about being grateful for someone’s friendship and guidance, particularly through difficult times,” says Katz. It...
Thrilled to announce Carla Geneve‘s debut self-titled EP will be released on Friday 7 June via Dot Dash Recordings! Hear the triple j premiered new single ‘Yesterday’s Clothes‘ and preorder the EP vinyl here. Carla explains the meaning behind the song – “Yesterday’s Clothes is about falling out of love with someone and feeling guilty about it. I wrote it at time when I was burning the candle at both ends and...
A new album out through out Dot Dash family! Sunbeam Sound Machine‘s Goodness Gracious is out now everywhere. Stream it here. The album debuted at #10 on the NACC (North American College and Community Chart) this week and has sold out on vinyl through Bandcamp. Copies will be available at a special in-store in Melbourne at Oh Jean Records, this Saturday 4 May at 5pm. Details here! Goodness Gracious is a self-produced...
Thrilled to announce our latest signing to Dot Dash, Gena Rose Bruce. Her debut album, Can’t Make You Love Me will be released Friday 28 June. Watch the video for ‘Angel Face’ here. We are taken by Gena’s vocal. It drives this album; a stirring force amidst the pulsing rhythms, with echoes of Mazzy Star and Lynchian undertones. We can’t wait for you to hear it. Or maybe you already...
