Out now: Mdou Moctar – Tears of Injustice

Out today, Tears of Injustice is the acoustic version of Mdou Moctar’s Funeral for Justice. It is an evolution of the band’s critically-adored breakout – the meditative mirror image to the blistering original. The band has also shared a new live session ‘The Agadez Folders: Live at Mdou’s House’, premiering at 4pm today AEDT. The 20-minute performance features three songs – ‘Takoba,’ ‘Modern Slaves,’ and ‘Funeral For Justice’ – filmed...

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Courtney Barnett nominated for 9 ARIA Awards + shares solo video of ‘Sunday Roast’

Courtney Barnett and her album Tell Me How You Really Feel have been nominated for 8 ARIA Awards including Album Of The Year, Best Female Artist, Best Rock Album, Best Independent Release, Best Video and Best Live Act. Courtney was also nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album for Lotta Sea Lice – her collaborative album with Kurt Vile. Earlier this morning at the Art Gallery Of New South Wales it...

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Queens Of The Stone Age raise $20,000 + share acoustic ‘The Way You Used To Do’ live at MONA

Having left a trail of ecstatically exhausted fans in its wake from Niagara Falls to Australia, Queens Of The Stone Age’s world tour in support of their seventh album Villains has careened to a triumphant finish in Perth with its 129th show. As the tour came to a close, fans in Tasmania were treated to an intimate one-off acoustic set at MONA in Hobart – a benefit that generated $10,000 matched...

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Courtney Barnett releases 10 live videos + AUS tour starts today

Courtney Barnett today releases a series of 10 stunning live videos. Shot in the Southern American summer in conjunction with Apple Music, Barnett and her band (Bones Sloane, Katie Harkin and Dave Mudie) played through the entirety of Tell Me How You Really Feel in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. Each song on the album gets the full cinematic treatment directed by rising US film-maker Claire-Marie Vogel and mixed by Australia’s Cal Barter....

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Teeth & Tongue announce ‘Greatest Hurts’ party + share live video for ‘Turn Turn Turn’

Over the course of four albums, Teeth & Tongue – the music project of songwriter and instrumentalist Jess Cornelius – had gradually morphed into a more collaborative ‘band-like’ affair, with long-time collaborators Marc Regueiro-McKelvie, Damian Sullivan and James Harvey. Now, Jess is heading to the USA to focus on a new ‘actually solo’ project, with material that is more stripped back, personal and lyrically direct. To say goodbye (for a while),...

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Oh Pep! announce headline Australian tour + share live video for ‘Doctor Doctor’

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...

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