Blue Poles, the fifth album by Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders is out now. From one of the most singular characters in Australian music, Blue Poles is mournful, sardonic and surreal – showcasing an essential voice and master of musical narrative. To complement the album release is a mesmerising new video for the song ‘Susan’. Inspired by 1980s psychic hotline infomercials, director Leilani Croucher interpreted the song as someone looking for...
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East Brunswick All Girls Choir announce their new album Teddywaddy to be released Friday 29th June. The band share first single ‘Essendon 1986’, an old song revisited and accelerated, with an accompanying video shot in Castlemaine and directed by Thomas Hyland, watch below! Frontman Marcus Hobbs shares – “The song is about the drudgery lumped upon the working class in order to maintain. It’s about the little things people do in order to feel...
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This winter, Melbourne trio Jaala hit the road in support of their newly released sophomore album Joonya Spirit. Tour dates and details below. After touring last year with Nai Palm, the band are back to launch their new LP with their signature jazz-prog-soul sound. Led by the incredible voice of guitarist & vocalist Cosima Pay, the songs range from gentle, subdued lullabies into a deluge of psychedelic rock madness, all with an...
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All-round legends The Bennies will be taking their pumping new album Natural Born Chillers around the country next month. The 11 date run will see the four-piece take to regional and metro hotspots across VIC, NSW, QLD, SA and TAS. Further tour info below! The Bennies kicked off their year in fine form with the release of their new album in February, following slots at St. Kilda Festival, the inaugural Pool...
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Good Morning return to the stage this month to launch their upcoming album Prize // Reward, out 11th May. The band are excited to play two intimate Melbourne launches in Collingwood on Friday 18th & Friday 25th May. Venue information will be sent upon ticket purchase. Made up of Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons, two high school friends who grew up in the outer suburbs of Melbourne who slowly began to...
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Gabriella Cohen shares ‘Music Machine’, the second single from her new album Pink Is The Colour Of Unconditional Love, out June 1st. To coincide with the single release Gabriella Cohen has shared dates for an East Coast Australian album tour. Full details below! Gabriella shares – “Music Machine was born about the time I came back from my first U.S tour and found myself down and out crashing on a friends...
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Evelyn Ida Morris has shared a new video directed by Julia Suddenly for ‘Darwin Heat’, from their newly released self-titled album. Watch below! Evelyn shares – “When Julia pitched the idea of a naked body filmed in the murky waters of a river it resonated with me so clearly that I insisted on being that body. I am a big fan of using artworks as experiences, and the challenge of letting...
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Jaala has today released her new record Joonya Spirit. Catch her celebrate the album release tomorrow as she plays a whopping four in-stores for Record Store Day in Melbourne. Full details below. Through your ears, deep in your mind, down in your heart, in a way you never knew you wanted, Jaala will caress you and Jaala will entice you. Like the roots of a tree Jaala is ever growing,...
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The self-titled album by Evelyn Ida Morris is out today. They have shared details for upcoming shows in Melbourne & Hobart. Details below. Evelyn Ida Morris represents a significant departure from the looping pop of Pikelet, for which Evelyn is best known. It builds on the structural complexity of that project, but focuses wholly on piano. Indeed, a number of these songs don’t have words, because Evelyn Ida Morris didn’t know...
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Courtney Barnett shares ‘City Looks Pretty’, the third single from her upcoming album Tell Me How You Really Feel, out Friday 18 May. Watch below! ‘City Looks Pretty’ has Barnett experimenting with new song structures while delivering one of her most exhilarating guitar performances to date. It’s metronomic drive and squealing lead guitar provide the sonic foundation from which Barnett sings a melodic exploration of friendship, place and home. A Record...
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Ryan Downey today releases his jaw-droppingly beautiful debut album Running. Downey has created a musical world unlike any that you’ve heard, illuminating an artist who has the power to break your heart, mend it and set it on fire, all at the same time. Ryan grew up in rural Victoria on a property out of town. At 10 he was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. “I was a young boy with...
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Today, “D” grade Sydney celebrity, recording artist and relationship guru Donny Benét offers up his new album, The Don. Donny has also indulged us with a brand new video for ‘Love Online’, directed by PAXI. Watch below! The complete listening experience comes to us following previous singles ‘Konichiwa,’ a song as smooth as the silken tofu from whence the song’s spirit is inspired, and ‘Santorini,’ an ode to love worth fighting...
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‘Feel Brand New’ is the third song taken from Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders’ forthcoming album, Blue Poles, out 4th May. Listen below! The track takes a different direction, both musically and thematically from previous single ‘White Flag’. Instead he captures and celebrates the sweet disposition that love can make life’s problems seem insignificant. It’s Jack Ladder at his most playful and joyous. “The bones of the song appeared on...
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Ryan Downey shares the incredible track ‘1+1’, a duet with Zoë Randell. It’s the third taste from Downey’s jaw-dropping debut album Running, out next Friday 13th April. The breathtaking visual was again collaborated with filmmaker Alex Badham (this time co-directing), watch below! The video narrows its hypnotic focus to the legs of two dancers as they support, interact and carry each other. Much like the song, which Downey explains “follows a frank and honest conversation...
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Belle and Sebastian have shared the video for ‘Poor Boy’, the latest single taken from their new triptych of EPs, How To Solve Our Human Problems, out now. Watch the video below! Continuing the EP series’ nuanced exploration of the tapestry of human lives and interactions, the video, made in partnership with Tidal and directed by Oscar Sansom & Ciaran Lyons of The Forest of Black, follows the various goings-on of...
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After stunning fans at Port Fairy Folk Festival and Blue Mountains Music Festival last week, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker have released their new album, Seedlings All. Watch their stunning video to ‘Chicago’ by award winning filmmaker Bob Gallagher below! In addition to their festival appearances, they played a co-headline show at Thornbury Theatre and performed on ABC Radio National’s The Music Show. Listen to the interview and performance here. Clarke and...
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