Juan Wauters shares ‘Unity’, a new collaboration with disco pop multi-instrumentalist Cola Boyy. ‘Unity’ is the third single from Juan’s forthcoming album Real Life Situations, out April 30, which also features collaborations with Mac DeMarco, Peter Sagar (AKA Homeshake), Nick Hakim, El David Aguilar, and more. ‘Unity’ is a hip-hop inspired rumination on partnership and defying expectations that exudes a palpable playfulness. ‘Unity’ follows the “groove-heavy, feel-good” (Remezcla) first single ‘Presentation (with Nick Hakim and Benamin)‘, and the second single ‘Real” (with Mac Demarco)‘ which FADER called an “authentic...
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Following her previously released singles ‘Hardline,’ ‘Faith Healer‘ and ‘Favor‘ which features boygenius collaborators Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – Nashville-based, Memphis-native Julien Baker releases her new album Little Oblivions via Matador Records. Alongside the album, Baker share’s the lyric video for fourth single ‘Heatwave‘. Julien Baker recently announced her first streamed concert in support of the album, taking place on March 25 at 8PM AEDT. The fully-produced streaming concert will be broadcast from Nashville’s Analog (at Hutton Hotel) via STAGED, Audiotree’s acclaimed virtual concert series. Three screenings will air on March 25 to ensure fans worldwide can tune in during prime...
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Following his acclaimed 2018 debut album Running, Melbourne’s Ryan Downey returns with a new single & video ‘Heart Is An Onion‘, a vibrant full-throated indie-rock march and the first track to be taken from his forthcoming luminous art-rock album A TON OF COLOURS out Friday 14 May via Dot Dash Recordings. To celebrate the announcement, Downey has announced a string of single launches in Sydney, Melbourne & Castlemaine, kicking off mid-April – tickets on sale now here. Downey’s sound is a vibrant affair –musically, stylistically, and vocally. His astonishing voice often raises comparisons...
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Norwegian duo Smerz have released Believer, their debut album, out now via XL Recordings. With Believer, which Motzfeldt and Stoltenberg starting working on three years ago, they formalise the boundless sonic world that started to emerge within each of their famed NTS shows: these new songs seamlessly weave together techniques and sounds pulled from chamber and classical music, hip hop, R&B, and trance, but the end product is something altogether uncanny. Working mostly on their computer, their main instrument, Motzfeldt and Stoltenberg search...
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Bachelor is not a band, it is a friendship. Critically acclaimed, indie-rock powerhouses Jay Som (Melina Duterte) and Palehound (Ellen Kempner) have joined forces to form a new project called Bachelor. They release their debut single ‘Anything At All’ via Milk! Records. The two musicians came together in pre-quarantine 2020, recording in California during what was then a rare break from touring. Written, performed, and produced entirely by the pair, the new single starts with a heavy, funky bass line...
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Brijean – the Oakland-based duo of Brijean Murphy and Doug Stuart – release their new album, Feelings, out now on Ghostly International. Feelings is marked by a notable expanse in range and energy. Brijean’s signature sound — a golden-hued dream pop tropicalia of dazzling beats and honeyed vocals — elevates with the addition of live drummers, strings, and synths. The album also finds Murphy fully trusting in her strengths, not just as a percussionist, but as a songwriter...
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Becca Mancari announces her forthcoming digital EP, Juniata, out March 19 via Captured Tracks. Along with the announcement, Mancari shares ‘Annie’, a nostalgic tune reminiscent of old hollywood film soundtracks, featuring a lush strings quintet. Listen to ‘Annie’ here. Confronting one’s past doesn’t always end in a fiery explosion – sometimes, acceptance has the quiet strength of water. Mancari knows this; it’s why she chose to name her new EP Juniata, after the rural Pennsylvania river where she spent much of her childhood. In...
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Braids is thrilled to start 2021 with a brand-new ‘Young Buck’ remix from renowned New York-based DJ Python. The lead single from their most recent album Shadow Offering was widely acclaimed by fans and media when it was released a year ago. DJ Python’s take on the track is hypnotic, throbbing and intoxicating. Electronic modulations of Raphaelle’s voice project the listener to an out of comfort, new dimension where Braids is suddenly dominating the dancefloor. Amid this year-long pandemic struggle, it is time...
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A prolific artist and singular voice in the world of Australian music, June Jones releases her sophomore album Leafcutter on Emotion Punk Records in collaboration with Remote Control Records. Despite this being Jones’ first self-produced record, Leafcutter feels in many ways like a logical sequel to her previous releases, which include two albums with Two Steps on the Water, the self-proclaimed “emotion punk” band she fronted from 2014 to 2018. Like...
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Australian artist Indigo Sparke has released debut album Echo which was co-produced by Sparke, Big Thief‘s Adrianne Lenker and Andrew Sarlo. Sparke has released a track by track breakdown of the record via Consequence of Sound. Echo is out now digitally and available for vinyl pre-order via Sacred Bones. To celebrate the release Indigo has announced a six-date AUS tour performing in Eltham, Brisbane, Bellingen, Sydney and Melbourne this March....
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Liz Stringer announces her sixth studio album First Time Really Feeling; a ten-song collection documenting a recent reckoning and metamorphosis for the acclaimed singer-songwriter. Released Friday 30 April, it’s her first album for Milk! Records and is proceeded by the title track and video – both out now. Premiered on Mornings with Zan on Double J, Stringer says of the track, “It’s about experiencing the world with a clear and present...
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Melbourne’s twisted glam pop-inspired Pearls have returned with double A-side singles ‘Come See Me’ and ‘Heartbreaker’ – released via Dot Dash. Both tracks are taken from their second record due for release later in 2021. Joining frontman Ryan Caesar and drummer Ellice Blakeney, Pearls have expanded to include new members James L. Payne, Sam Wass & Zoe L. Hunting. In the band’s own words ‘Come See Me’ was “written by two people who had just broken up. It’s a tug of war between rude guitars and barbarous lyrics. A spat, finished resolutely in under...
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Elena Tonra of Daughter resumes her Ex:Re moniker to present a reinterpretation of her debut solo album. Ex:Re with 12 Ensemble, released digitally on 19th February 2021, is a collaboration between Tonra, classical composer Josephine Stephenson and one of the UK’s leading string orchestras, 12 Ensemble. Originally released in 2018, Ex:Re (pronounced “Ex Ray” and meaning “regarding Ex”) laid bare Tonra’s unfiltered internal monologue after the end of a relationship. Containing her most personal lyrics to date and brought into being with the help of Stephenson and producer/drummer Fabian Prynn, Ex:Re struck a chord with the broken-hearted...
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Comprised of two songs, ‘4th of july,’ a simmering swell of chaos and beauty and ‘i believe in you,’ a favorite of Meg Duffy‘s from the Neil Young canon, the EP finds the songwriter exploring themes of growth and finding ways to let go of the parts of their past that no longer serve them. After cutting their teeth in the upstate New York d.i.y. music scene and several years...
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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...
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Dry Cleaning are delighted to announce details of their debut studio album and have shared a new single ‘Strong Feelings’. The South London group of Nick Buxton (drums), Tom Dowse (guitar), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Florence Shaw (vocals) will release New Long Leg on 2 April via 4AD. The 10-track long-player, which includes ‘Strong Feelings’ and last year’s single ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’, was recorded over two weeks last summer at Rockfield...
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