Today, Liz Stringer releases her seventh studio album The Second High, and celebrates with two in-store performances, on launch day Fri 28th at Rocksteady Records, 6pm, and Sat 29th at Readings St Kilda, 2pm. In April, Stringer kicks off an East Coast Australian tour and will go on to play a headline London show in June. Further tour details below. “The Second High was a record I wanted to make...
Mess Esque, the heavenly duo of Helen Franzmann and Mick Turner, release their much awaited third record Jay Marie, Comfort Me out now. Their East coast tour dates are in full swing, further info below. Jay Marie, Comfort Me is a bold third missive from Helen and Mick, building out the Australian duo’s handmade, openhearted soul into new dimensions with the help of live band members Keeley Young and Kishore...
Ed Kuepper (The Saints) and Jim White (Dirty Three) release their much anticipated collaborative album After the Flood. The record is a reimagined history of Ed’s career to date, including songs from The Saints, The Laughing Clowns, and his solo work. In April, Ed Kuepper will tour Australia solo for the first time in five years, playing 15 dates across April and May. Further tour details and ticket info below!...
Fontaines D.C. launch into 2025 with brand new single ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’. Produced by ROMANCE album producer James Ford, it’s Fontaines D.C. at their most anthemic and is set to soundtrack a huge year of live shows for the band. The single is accompanied by a video from acclaimed BAFTA-winning filmmaker Luna Carmoon, who previously directed the videos for Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Here’s The Thing’ and ‘In The Modern...
Ed Kuepper (The Saints) and Jim White (Dirty Three) announce collaborative album After the Flood. The two titans of Australian music have produced a goldmine of reimagined Ed Kuepper originals taken from his illustrious career. After the Flood will be released March 21. Shortly after the record’s release, Ed Kuepper will tour Australia solo for the first time in five years, playing 15 dates across April and May. The first...
Fresh from a festival-filled summer including Spilt Milk, Lost Paradise and Falls Fest, Telenova will take their sophomore EP Stained Glass Love to new audiences on a 15-date regional tour this April. In addition, the band have announced a limited custom marbled black and white vinyl repress of Stained Glass Love featuring their self-remixed EP by alter-ego Telenoir mirrored on the B-side which will be released on 14th April. To coincide with the regional tour announce, Telenova are also releasing fan favourite single ‘Lost In The Rush’, which was previewed on triple j’s Good...
On the anniversary of her ARIA nominated album 3 – and on the eve of her national tour – Sydney-based, Papau New Guinean future-soul artist Ngaiire reveals ‘F.U.’, taken from the album’s b-sides. The captivating artist also announces the supports for her lengthy tour this August/September. Stripped back to the bones of a single piano and spotlighting Ngaiire’s inimitable vocal alongside rousing choral harmonies, the single leaves a lasting impression as a delicate reminder of the importance of relying solely on yourself. On...
Aotearoa / New Zealand sludge-pop connoisseurs Soaked Oats have announced their return to the fine shores of Australia. With an arsenal of newly minted songs and ideas to share, the band are thrilled to present their endearing live show and road test new material this August. Finally returning to Australia after earlier tours were scuppered by the raging pandemic, you can catch Soaked Oats on their Australian jaunt in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in August. Further tour details...
Hachiku are excited to finally announce a tour of Victoria and New South Wales to celebrate the release of their acclaimed debut album I’ll Probably Be Asleep. The tour includes Melbourne album launches as part of the Brunswick Music Festival (the first of which is already sold out) as well as reaching many regional areas – tickets are available now here. To celebrate the tour announcement, Hachiku have released a...
Thrilled to announce that Big Thief will return to Australia in May 2020 to play shows in Melbourne and Brisbane. Following on from two near sell-out tours and a Meredith Music Festival appearance in 2017, Big Thief will play The Corner in Melbourne on Tuesday 19th May (presented by Triple R) and Brisbane’s The Zoo on Thursday 21st May (presented by Jet Black Cat Music). Sydney show details to be announced soon! To celebrate the announcement of Australian tour dates for 2020, Big Thief have shared two new live videos from Bunker Studios in New York...
Thrilled to announce the signing of Perth artist Carla Geneve to our local label Dot Dash Recordings! Listen to her new single ‘2001‘ here. Catch her on tour at the dates below. Those of you who’ve seen her live know her guitar work is mind blowing. It makes sense that the last album that inspired her was Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company. In 2018, she received...
Art of Fighting have returned with their first new music in twelve years. Their new single ‘Genie’ is released today, accompanied by a video directed by Sydney photographer Mclean Stephenson. Watch below! For more than a decade, Art of Fighting were an oasis of grace and elegance in the world of Australian independent music. First album Wires edged out Magic Dirt, Something For Kate & You Am I to win...
After 24 months of touring and toiling, four piece kiwi band Soaked Oats release the first single ‘Shuggah Doom’ from their forthcoming EP! The single is accompanied by a music video that sneakily combines both literal and deeper meanings to the easy-going manoeuvres of the track. Watch below! The song was produced alongside Tom Healy at The Lab in central Auckland, and the video was shot by Jake Munro in the south Auckland Bombay Hills featuring...
Lucy Dacus and her band are thrilled to announce their debut Australian tour. Catch the songwriter and member of indie-supergroup boygenius, tour Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and By The Meadow festival this March. Tour details below! Two years after her 2016 debut, No Burden, she returned with Historian, a remarkably assured 10-track statement of intent, a record full of bracing realisations, tearful declarations and moments of hard-won peace, expressed in lyrics that...
‘Low Grade Buzz’ is the gorgeous, melodic and slow-burning title track from Huntly’s debut album, Low Grade Buzz, to be released 15 March. ‘Low Grade Buzz’ is an ethereal ballad that communicates life’s bittersweet ache, a blissful comedown the day after a euphoric night. Listen below! Singer and songwriter Elspeth explains, “It was written while I lay in Tempelhof airfield in Berlin after a night out, accompanied by a dinky Yamaha...
Ahead of their Australian tour this April, Jungle release new video for ‘Casio’, from their second album For Ever, out now. A JFC Worldwide production, the video is directed by the band’s own ‘J’ alongside regular visual collaborator Charlie Di Placido and is another incredible video from a band renowned for their striking, original aesthetic. Watch below! Co-produced by Jungle’s ‘J’ and ‘T’ alongside highly regarded young producer Inflo, For Ever is a...
