Jen Cloher is in the midst of what some might call a victory lap. Just 9 months ago she’d never played a show outside of Australia, but now with two sold out tours of both Europe and the USA she’s taking her self-titled album around her home country for one last spin. After playing the largest shows she’s ever played in Brisbane and Perth, Cloher announces that she’s sold out...
HANDSOME has announced her debut headline shows in Sydney on April 26 at Lansdowne Hotel and Melbourne on April 27 at The Gasometer (upstairs). In addition, HANDSOME shares the video for her second single ‘Save Some Love’. Watch below! Following on from some of the themes of ‘Late Night Ball Game feat. Joyride’, this video revolves around a tight knit group of friends, supporting each other through ups and downs of...
Jarrow’s second album Expensive Hugs is released into the world today! All riffs, melody and noise – it’s a masterclass in exultant garage rock from Footscray’s favourite self-taught, self-produced, multi-instrumentalist. Drawing inspiration equally from 21st century meme culture and classic 90’s indie-rock, Expensive Hugs is an immensely enjoyable dash through Oke’s world of pop-hooks, weird soundscapes and riff-jams – all fighting to break free of his perfect pop structures. Having just smashed...
Ryan Downey shares the striking second single ‘Those Eyes That Answer’, from his jaw-dropping debut album Running out April 13, and has now announced a headline east coast tour in support of the album! See further ticket details and watch the video below. ‘Those Eyes That Answer’ encompasses everything that is great about Downey’s music. His undeniable voice resonates with richness and gravity while a minutely detailed and singularly original musical world unfurls around...
With just over a week until Jarrow’s second album Expensive Hugs is out in the world, the band share their rousing new single ‘Bleach’ and announce a run of headline shows. Watch the video to ‘Bleach’ below! Self-guided therapy through garage rock, that’s ‘Bleach’, the third single from Expensive Hugs. All riffs, melody and noise, the song moves at breakneck speed as Jarrow sings of strange childhood memories before finding catharsis and solace from...
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders have announced their return with the darkly beautiful ‘White Flag’, the first taste from their forthcoming album Blue Poles, to be released Friday 4 May. Watch the video to ‘White Flag below! The spectacular video was shot in Indonesia by visual mastermind Wilk and directed by Jim Pillion. “It’s written from two perspectives”, says Ladder. “I didn’t want to duet so I sang both parts....
Hachiku shares a steamy new video for latest single ‘Murray’s Lullaby’. Having just returned from a sold out tour of the Europe and U.K. opening for Jen Cloher, you can catch them heating up a stage in celebration of the single’s launch in March. Full details below! The video for ‘Murray’s Lullaby’ is slick in every other meaning apart from ‘cool’. Set within the dripping wet walls of a sauna...
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker shared a new single ‘Bathed In Light’ from their forthcoming album Seedlings All which will be released physically Friday 9 March and digitally Friday 23 March in Australia. Catch the duo perform their debut Australian shows this March at Port Fairy Folk Festival, Blue Mountains Music Festival and The Thornbury Theatre in Melbourne. Full tour details below. Josienne explains the background to the song, “As...
Jeremy Neale has shared a new clip for ‘Video’. The track comes from his debut album Getting The Team Back Together. Catch Jeremy launch the album on his national tour this March with a new Adelaide date just added! Full tour info below. Jeremy described the clip “Outside of astral projection – the most accessible way to get a break from the day-to-day grind is to go for a drive or...
Belle and Sebastian have released the third and final part of their EP trilogy under the umbrella title How To Solve Our Human Problems. Recently adding an Australian leg to their busy live schedule in 2018, the band will embark on a national tour throughout May playing Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Further details below. How To Solve Our Human Problems has the classic blend of joy and melancholy and idiosyncratic spirit that...
Car Seat Headrest releases new album Twin Fantasy – the re-recorded, re-imagined new version of the 2011 self-released Bandcamp masterpiece of the same name. The band will tour Australia next week. Further tour details below. Will Toledo always knew he would return to Twin Fantasy. Will’s first love, rendered in the vivid teenage viscera of stolen gin, bruised shins, and weird sex, was an event too momentous for the medium assigned to record...
Spellbinding indie-folk artist Ryan Downey releases the striking video for his new song ‘Running’, the title track to his debut album due April 13. Like a time-lapse flower, ‘Running’ reveals itself over the course of three gorgeous minutes. Watch below! Ryan and director Alex Badham took the video’s character into a half internal void, half real world space, drawing from the sensual aesthetics of Italian cinema to compliment the songs mix of...
On this day, Valentines Day, a day of love celebrated, remembered, and lost, “D” grade Sydney celebrity, recording artist and relationship guru Donny Benét serves up his latest offering ‘Santorini’. Watch the accompanying video below! Influenced by Giorgio Moroder’s Scarface and the only Ryan Paris hit La Dolce Vita, Benét is sure to offer you a tale of hope, begging and extinguished love. The music video was conceptualised and directed...
Car Seat Headrest unveil another preview from forthcoming new album Twin Fantasy, out Friday 16 February. Listen to album opener ‘My Boy (Twin Fantasy)’ below! The song commences with the sparse declaration of “my boy, we don’t see each other much,” and blossoms into a towering climax, with the life-affirming mantra of “It’ll take some time, but somewhere down the line / We won’t be alone” standing as the statement-of-intent for the record’s...
The Bennies today release their new album Natural Born Chillers, on top of that they have shared one hell of an epic video to new single ‘Dreamkillers’ featuring the band on campaign trail. Watch it below! In a world gone mad, a nationwide scandal has emerged where people are now trying to ‘Ban the Beers’. With less than no experience, The Bennies garner the support of the people and are forced...
Jeremy Neale is excited to announce the Getting The Team Back Together national album tour. Catch Jeremy perform in Sydney (this weekend!) plus headline shows in Melbourne and Brisbane this March. Full tour details and ticket links below! This is likely to be Jeremy’s only tour in 2018 as he will travel to New York City for 3 months to focus on songwriting as the recipient of the prestigious Grant...
