Jamaica Moana announces her new EP BUD & DENI, released August 1st. Following a first play on triple j Unearthed’s TOPS, she releases fierce new single, and ode to Western Sydney, ‘LIVIN’ OUT WEST’. “I’m extremely proud to be from The West. It’s a beautifully diverse melting pot of cultures, with a plethora of connections to home as diasporic people. I had to honour this with a sound that took me...
Planet Rami releases his latest single ‘Mother Eye’. The captivating alt-pop track is about those moments when you’re being thrown around by the universe – whether that be through failed loves, friendships, or jobs – and the only balm can be comfort from your mother. Written with ARIA nominated record producer, composer, mixer and songwriter Tony Buchen. “When I wrote this track, I was going through some major changes in...
Jamaica Moana releases ‘KEEP IT REAL’ ft. Prinnie Stevens, a vulnerable R&B track about the loss of her father, out now. The Sydney-based queer rap artist is once again proving she can’t be pigeonholed. ‘KEEP IT REAL’ is a reflective slow jam about losing her father at the tender age of 20. Produced by alt-rnb artist and producer Milan Ring, the song takes flight with the crystalline vocals of soul...
Bandcamp Friday is back! May 2nd (at 7pm AEDT for 24hrs – check your local timezone), and will continue on August 1st, September 5th, October 3rd, and December 5th. As always is it Bandcamp Friday? has the details. On the first Friday of the month since March 2020, Bandcamp waived their revenue share to help support artists. Since then, fans have paid artists and labels more than $200 million AUD....
🔔🔔 RING-A-DING 🔔🔔 Pointer Recordings is thrilled to release the newest R&B, rap single from Jamaica Moana called ‘TUGGAWAR’. The Sydney-based artist, rapper, creative director and songwriter of Māori (Ngāpuhi/Tainui) and Samoan descent is entering a new era and ‘TUGGAWAR’ is the unapologetic, blistering rap track that shifts it into gear. Produced by Melbourne-based producer, MC, and composer POOKIE, this single is a war cry for self-belief. “I took a...
Planet Rami releases his newest single ‘Pink to Blue’, the heart-rending story of love’s slow death. The single arrives with a stunning music video directed by Hirondelle, watch below! ‘Pink to Blue’ is a captivating soul-driven indie lament written with ARIA nominated record producer, composer, mixer and songwriter Tony Buchen and lauded American musician Luther Russell. “A turbulent love was existent in my life when we were writing this song....
Planet Rami graces us with new single ‘Another Day At Home’, which follows Rami’s recent announcement that he has signed to Pointer Recordings. ‘Another Day At Home’ is a lush, melancholic indie tribute to the dull days produced by Julian Sudek, and is accompanied by a tongue-in-cheek, gorilla-filled music video directed by film maker Luke Hackett. Watch below! Planet Rami says, “’Another Day At Home’ is about the stagnant nature...
Lauded for his songwriting and production work, Glenn Hopper now steps front of stage, in full control with his own musings on everyday life and the human condition on his debut EP Something About The Weather alongside focus track ‘Tethered Word’. An omnibus of open-hearted, modern-day anthems, the EP offers dynamic, cinematic music telling accounts of love and heartbreak, self doubt and self love, growth, acceptance of the unknown, a search for the sublime, finding beauty in the...
Sydney’s multi-hyphenate Glenn Hopper follows up his melancholic debut single with the shimmering piano ballad ‘Easy Way Out’. The track lands alongside news of his first EP Something About The Weather which will arrive on Friday, 13th October. With a measured blend of humour and sincerity, ‘Easy Way Out’ explores a crisis of identity and motivation. Early 2022, in the aftermath of a heavy breakup is when the phrase “there is no easy way out” came to him, the idea that one often looks for...
In celebration of his signing to Pointer Recordings / Remote Control, Sydney based songwriter, composer, producer and friend to many Glenn Hopper today shares his debut single and video’Just For Now’. Almost a decade in the making, ‘Just For Now’ began as a spontaneous stoned voice memo and later brought to life in Glenn’s sun-dappled studio above Newtown’s bustling Enmore Road. A tongue-in-cheek ode to the transient nature of modern life, ‘Just For Now’ is a sprawling affair that knows no bounds...
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...
Fresh from taking out Best Breakthrough Artist at this year’s AIR Awards, Telenova release their sophomore EP Stained Glass Love. In celebration, the band will take to the road travelling around Australia and New Zealand this August, September and October. Full tour info below! Widescreen pop music, cinematic in scope and ambitious in design. The tracks on Stained Glass Love delve into self-destruction, heartbreak, addiction, desire, anxiety, isolation, and – eventually – rebirth. There’s...
Following the success of their recent singles, hypnotic Melbourne trio Telenova further tease their forthcoming EP with latest track ‘Scarlet’. In celebration of the extended release Stained Glass Love – due out Friday 19 August via Pointer Recordings / Remote Control Records – Telenova will take to the road travelling around Australia and New Zealand this August, September and October. Buoyed by recent success with ‘Why Do I Keep You?’ and ‘Haunted’, the laconic ‘Scarlet’ is all raindrop pianos, and FM...
Pointer Recordings is thrilled to release the new single from Jamaica Moana called ‘HERMIONE’ featuring Temgazi. The Sydney-based artist, rapper, creative director & songwriter of Māori (Ngāpuhi/Tainui) and Samoan descent made her Pointer Recordings debut with fiery new single ‘CYA’ earlier this year. Speaking on ‘HERMIONE‘ Jamaica shares – “Firstly, Temgazi has been my boo for a decade! We’ve been close friends tied to the hip since we met each other in 2013. Amongst so many people who blend in, Temgazi’s personality drew me to her...
Two new remixes of ‘Chi-Co-La’ are available now – one by Frank Topaz & the other by Spod. Frank Topaz remix: Lured out of retirement by the opportunity to grow new house cuttings from these assorted stems, the Frank Topaz remix takes the vocals on a dark horse journey via the bygone dance floors of Manchester, Mallorca and Milan. Now operating from an abandoned warehouse in Malaga, Western Australia, Frank...
Cavallo Nero are back with an electric new single ‘Chi-Co-La’. A dizzying combination of brass and animalia fill the air, staining the walls and pressing up against the ceilings, the chandelier swinging to the rhythm of the lion’s drum. Every bird in the building flocks to the dance floor, feathers rising and falling with the beat. Finally, the frenzy erupts into chanting delirium, ‘Chi-Co-La’. For those who need a refresher – Cavallo Nero are a...
