Methyl Ethel have announced an Australian tour kicking off this November in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. Full tour details and ticket links below! Recently, Methyl Ethel were invited by Huw Stephens to record a BBC Radio 1 session at the Maida Vale studios. Listen back to the live renditions of ‘Drink Wine’, ‘Ubu’, ‘No. 28’, ‘Groundswell’ and ‘L’Heure des Sorcières’ via the BBC iPlayer. In addtion, BBC 6Music saw...
Fresh from playing Splendour In The Grass, The xx will return to Australia in 2018 for an East Coast headline tour. Special guests Kelela and Earl Sweatshirt will be supporting The xx at all shows. Further tour details below! The xx have partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket purchased will go towards local LGBT+ programs in each city of the tour. Visit plus1.org for more information on the...
Jen Cloher releases her self-titled album. Four albums into her career, this is Cloher at her most incisive and witty, cutting and expressive. She’s delivered her best album yet. An album which plays it fearlessly close to the bone, with raw, unflinching dissections of her life, love, and Australia, Jen Cloher is the culmination of a period of artistic and personal growth in which the artist took her rightful place...
Gold Class have released yet another stirring and urgent single, ‘Get Yours’, from the new album Drum, out on August 18. The accompanied video, directed by Defero Productions, was filmed at the band’s sold out Corner Hotel show last month. Watch it below! ‘Get Yours’ has been described by the band as the centerpiece of Drum. “It was the first of the songs we wrote for the album” said singer Adam...
Jim Lawrie has shared shared a new video for ‘Lost on Earth’, taken from his new album Slacker of the Year. Teamed up with filmmaker James Ruse to create the clip, ‘Lost on Earth’ captures the magic of unearthing something new and exciting in someone else. Watch it below! As Jim explains; “The majority of this planet is accounted for by Google maps. This song is about the fact that, even when every...
The Lemon Twigs have announced Brothers of Destruction, a six-track EP of previously unreleased material, slated for Friday 22 September. The siblings shared the first single from the EP ‘Night Song’ with fans during a Reddit AMA. Brothers of Destruction was written and recorded by the D’Addario brothers on their 8-track at home in New York during 2015, not long after recording their debut album, Do Hollywood. “Many of you will...
Celebrating the international release of Diplomatic Immunity and their collaboration with Tina Arena, Client Liaison will reward audiences worldwide with their biggest production yet for A Foreign Affair World Tour. Client Liaison will reveal the benchmark for what’s to come, when they ignite the Splendour In The Grass main Amphitheatre this Sunday evening. A Foreign Affair World Tour will be the final mark of their Diplomatic journey, starting in Australia, with support from...
Gold Class release their second single, ‘Rose Blind’, from their new album Drum, out on Friday 18 August. ‘Rose Blind’ is accompanied by a dark and ambiguous video directed by Defero Productions, watch it below! ‘Rose Blind’ explores themes of personal and societal politics. Vocalist Adam Curley explains “We wanted to write something with a big, raging chorus. It’s a love song, really, but a love song to a friend. It’s about feeling that...
Sigur Rós return to Australia this month, performing at Splendour in The Grass, Sydney’s Hordern Pavillion and Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena. Further tour details below. Having being made aware of recent comments by former tennis player Margaret Court, the band decided to commission a special t-shirt celebrating positivity and inclusion, with proceeds going towards Australian Marriage Equality. The band approached London-based illustrator Andrew Rae to create a special crest, who...
Jim Lawrie has today released his album Slacker of the Year via Barely Dressed Records / Remote Control Records. His most ambitious work yet, the album is a culmination of years of creative introspection, Jim’s own gloriously crafted interpretation of classic rock and folk. Purchase / Stream Slacker Of The Year Catch Jim celebrate the album release at Northcote Social Club on Friday 28 July. Tix available here: http://bdr.ec/jimlawriensc
South Pacific reggae-soul legends The Black Seeds return with their first single ‘Better Days’. The lead track is a Black Seeds classic and an exciting taster of what’s to come from their long awaited 6th studio album. Listen below! “It’s a mantra and anyone who is struggling, to stay positive and not give up” says guitarist/vocalist Barbnaby Weir. “To strive for what’s important to you.” The legendary eight-piece will be touring the new record around the world this year. The Black...
Through the band’s new label home Barely Dressed Records, Gold Class return with new single ‘Twist In The Dark’, and announce a huge national tour. Check out the new single, tour dates and ticket info below! Rarely has punk music been so danceable. Lead singer Adam Curley states that with the song, produced by Gareth Liddiard, he wanted to “push everything further”. Gold Class have been working on new music, due later this...
Queens Of The Stone Age return to Australia and New Zealand at last, performing four headline shows in July! Kicking off their tour at Auckland’s Logan Campbell on Thursday 13th July, Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday 19th July, and Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Thursday 20th July. Then for the very first time – ever, performing in the Top End at Darwin’s Convention Centre on Sunday 16th July! General public tickets to...
Brooklyn based singer-songwriter & guitarist Steve Gunn is coming to Australia for the first time on a soul expanding solo tour. He plays at The Basement in Sydney on Thursday July 6, NGV Friday Nights in Melbourne on Friday July 7, The Northcote Social Club in Melbourne on Saturday July 8, and The Junk Bar in Brisbane on Sunday July 9. Tickets and more info below! Gunn’s music has always embraced expanse and movement, springing from...
Pool House Records and Remote Control are thrilled to announce the signing of Melbourne’s Jess Locke, she’s the first addition to the Pool House family. To celebrate, Jess has shared a new single ‘Better/Bitter’, taken from an album due for release later this year. Watch the video below! Pool House Records’ Chris Cowburn says of Jess: “We have loved and admired Jess Locke for some time now. We were all...
Client Liaison have shared their long awaited video clip for ‘Off White Limousine’. Directed by Tobias Willis (KEWL) and Zachary Bradtke (BANALARAMA), the video expands on the grand Client Liaison narrative. ‘Off White Limousine’ reveals that in the chess game of international diplomacy, for every move you make, for every advance across the board, a counter lies in wait. Those with Diplomatic Immunity, however, will always prevail. Watch it below! Along with the video...
