After enrapturing audiences on their just-finished single tour, lyrical masterminds Obscura Hail share one more lament before the release of their upcoming album Playing Dead out March 1st via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. ‘Foreign Substances’ is accompanied by the announcement of album launch dates across the east coast next month. Sonically upbeat, ‘Foreign Substances’ deals in the highs and lows of modern life showcasing the band’s ability of masking mature content with a playful delivery. Bobbing on a bed of...
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Four-time ARIA award-nominated future-soul artist Ngaiire announces, alongside the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the release of Live At The Sydney Opera House – a recording taken from their sold out 2022 Forecourt performance for the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House. To be released on Friday, 26th April, the album consists of orchestral arrangements of tracks from across her career, including her critically-acclaimed album 3, performed to thousands of captivated fans and highlighting her powerhouse vocals. Today sees the release of ‘Once (Live at The Sydney Opera House)’. To celebrate, Ngaiire and the Sydney...
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Obscura Hail share the second single ‘Long Play’ from their upcoming album Playing Dead out March 1st. Marking their return, the band also announce a list of shows to launch ‘Long Play’ and the full LP including an in-store at Rocksteady Records in Melbourne. Crafted in the wake of a disorienting breakup, ‘Long Play’ reflects a heightened emotional experience that unfolded during an intimate performance by Angie McMahon at Melbourne’s Long Play in 2017. Blending lush harmonies, looped Nintendo DS synths and dynamic guitar-work,...
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Jess Locke returns with the announcement of her fourth album Real Life out on Friday, 3rd May, and shares a sample of the long play that explores mortality with ‘Uncomfortably Happy’, alongside a video. Watch below! Setting the tone on her forthcoming album, ‘Uncomfortably Happy’ says it all in the title. Backed by fuzzy guitars and swelling synths, Locke questions the temporary aspect of living. The buoyant chorus attempts to sweep these anxieties and overanalyses away – a...
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Idiosyncratic producer and DJ Memphis LK releases her second EP of the year titled True Love And Its Consequences via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records, a true lesson in beat-making set to cement her at the forefront of Australia’s dance scene. True Love and Its Consequences sees Memphis LK at her most concise and developed, sitting comfortably at the intersection of underground club and bubbly pop music. Conceptualised between the UK and Australia, True Love and Its Consequences is Memphis’ second EP for the...
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Coming off a national tour on this years Listen Out, Eora-based Handsome enlists Elgusto of Hermitude to transport a track from her latest collaboration album to new dimensions. Incorporating drum & bass elements, Elgusto transforms ‘Delirium ft. Hope D’ into a rave-ready anthem. The glitch-laden intro falls away to reveal a high-energy, emotionally-charged remix, employing some seriously heady beats in the hooky chorus. Stream / Download ‘Delirium (Elgusto Remix)’ here.
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Celebrated for her powerhouse vocals, raw vulnerability and storytelling prowess, multi-award-winning artist Carla Geneve releases her deeply personal second LP Hertz via Dot Dash / Remote Control. Hertz marks a change in perspective for Geneve, informed by major life changes and intense growth brought to life with her signature brutally honest lyricism. Its lead by focus track ‘Jesus Take The Wheel’ which pairs an optimistic tone with the struggle of steering one’s life, and follows the downtempo wonder ‘Drive Carefully’, “dreamy” (Pilerats) ‘Euthymia’, and “earworm” (Happy Mag) ‘Bills’. Listen...
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After letting the dust settle on their widely supported 2020 double EP Siren, Sean Conran, Tamara Issa, and Kaelan Emond of Obscura Hail, mark their return with new album Playing Dead out Friday, 1st March. Helmed by musician Sean Conran, the indie rock trio’s second album is mature in content and playful in delivery and took two years to create with foundations of sounds and ideas laid some eight or nine years earlier. Not losing sight of Obscura Hails’ purpose to externalise memory for the sake...
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Raw and unbridled, Carla Geneve offers further insight into her deeply personal forthcoming LP in the form of downtempo wonder ‘Drive Carefully’. Her second album HERTZ arrives on Friday, 27th October. ‘Drive Carefully’ finds Geneve embracing strength in vulnerability through her raw and honest lyricism. Over gentle strumming, her uniquely emotive vocals engulf before building to a cathartic, guitar-driven crescendo. Listen / Download Carla Geneve – ‘Drive Carefully’ here.Pre-order / Pre-save HERTZ here.
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Memphis LK returns with the instantly hooky, new dance-pop single ‘Closer To You’, alongside the deep instrumental track ‘Make Yourself At Home’. Both tracks will feature on a brand new EP True Love And Its Consequences, out Friday 27 October. Beginning as a dreamy soundscape punctuated only by Memphis LK’s sweet vocals, ‘Closer To You’ suddenly drops with an unflinching beat. Its hook-laden chorus gives way to Memphis’ sax solo, the highlight of the hyperthermia-inducing video clip. Watch below! Pre-order...
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Delicate vocals and breathtaking strings imbue the latest EP Lighting Up from singer-songwriter Gena Rose Bruce out now. Following her critically acclaimed album Deep Is The Way, Lighting Up features the brand new title track alongside reimaginings of album songs, new life breathed into them by the ethereal Budapest Art Orchestra. This weekend Bruce will mesmerise audiences in the UK appearing at End Of The Road Festival and then Reeperbahn...
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Carla Geneve today shares the second cut ‘Euthymia’ from her upcoming album HERTZ out 27th October – ‘Euthymia’ is Geneve at her most authentic. The track lands alongside news of the expansion of her national tour. As the clinical term for a state of balance within bipolar disorder, ‘Euthymia’ embodies its namesake – Geneve’s angelic, yet reserved tones float across bobbing acoustic guitar, later joined by restrained drums and licks of electric guitar. She shares “This song is about peace, growth...
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Gena Rose Bruce quickly follows up her critically acclaimed album Deep Is The Way with the announcement of the Lighting Up EP to be released on September 1st. Alongside the news she shares an enchanting reworking of ‘Destroy Myself (Avoid Myself Orchestral Version)’. Bruce enlists the Budapest Art Orchestra to breathe new life into the single, elevating it to new emotional heights with the haunting cacophony of strings. Pre-order / Pre-save Lighting Up EP here.Stream / Download ‘Destroy Myself (Avoid Myself Orchestral Version) here.
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Carla Geneve expands on her narrative with the announcement of her second album alongside first single ‘Bills’ out now. The omnibus titled HERTZ marks a fresh chapter for the multi-award winning artist and will be released on Friday, 27th October. Encompassing pop, indie, alt-country and a catchy-as-hell hook, ‘Bills’ reflects on the stress of a relationship that’s being ruled by finances. HERTZ marks a change in perspective for Geneve, informed by major life changes and intense growth brought to life with her signature brutally...
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Combining forces with a multitude of queer artists and friends, HANDSOME today releases her collaborative project HANDSOME GANG: Every Second We Try, via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. Named in Rolling Stone’s ‘Ones To Watch’, HANDSOME melds electronic beats with her co-conspirators indie-pop and singer songwriter tendencies to form a collection of dance floor anthems. Each unique track sees HANDSOME pair up with at least one other artist, from ‘Dumb it Down’ with EGOISM and Chloe Dadd, to ‘Running Out of Time’ with flowerkid and St South, ‘Delirium’ with Hope D, and most...
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After a slew of collabs, HANDSOME announces there’s more on the horizon with the forthcoming release of HANDSOME GANG: Every Second We Try. The project featuring HANDSOME’s friends and family will be released on 23 June via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. Another teaser dropped alongside the announcement in the form of ‘Pulse’ featuring Boorloo producer St. South, an uplifting, ambient tune punctuated by a solid pulsating beat – really elucidating its name. The track gathers steam before bursting into a dance-floor heater challenging any...
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