‘We Appreciate Power’ is the new track from Grimes; a hard, audacious rock banger which was produced, performed and written by Grimes and featuring HANA. Watch the accompanying video below! The song meshes the dark, heavy sounds of rock and industrial music with huge pop sensibility and hooks, further underlining the sonic innovation which Grimes time and time again masters. ‘We Appreciate Power’ is anthemic. Inspired by the North Korean...
Courtney Barnett (photo by Christo Herriot) made history when she became the first ever solo female artist to win the Best Rock Album category at the ARIA Awards. Barnett’s achievement was all the more significant given the fact that she released her album independently through her own label Milk! Records, she’s the second fully independent artist to win the award. The award is deserved recognition for Barnett whose second album Tell...
Jess Ribeiro has today released her new single ‘Love Is The Score Of Nothing’, it’s the first taste of new music in more than 3 years and is something of an indie rock banger from Ribeiro, signalling a new sound for an artist whose previous albums explored a kind of intricate folk-noire. Watch the accompanying video, directed by Nick McKinlay and shot around Collingwood’s famous Ginger Hair Salon, below! This time...
In what could be either the most confrontational or hilarious video of the year, Jack Ladder willingly endures intense but creative punishment from British model, musician and writer Alys Hale in ‘Tell It Like It Is’, the fourth video taken from the Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders album Blue Poles, out now. The video was directed and shot by acclaimed and exhibited photographer McLean Stephenson. Stephenson isn’t worried about how it will...
Today Molly Burch shares the video for ‘Candy’ taken from her recently released new album First Flower. Captured beautifully on 8mm film and playfully nodding to pushy photographers and crazed shoots, ‘Candy’ was shot by director, songwriter and actress Nöel Wells and is a perfect meeting of minds between the two artists. Watch below! Of the collaboration, Burch says; “I’ve been a huge fan of Noël’s for quite some time...
The Lemon Twigs reveal the new video for ‘Never In My Arms, Always In My Heart’ from their new album Go To School. Shot on Long Island and directed by Michael D’Addario, who also stars in it, & Winston H. Case, the video was filmed inside a local Hicksville bar and tells the heartbreaking tale of one couple’s struggle. Watch below! In discussing the video, Michael said, “Brian and I played in a whole...
After performing in Charli XCX’s band across the global Taylor Swift Reputation tour and curating three sold out Australian parties with Charli XCX, Melbourne-born, LA-based multidisciplinary artist Banoffee releases her new single ‘Bubble’. Watch the accompanying video below! ‘Bubble’ exemplifies Banoffee’s unique style of subversive electronica-pop. Banoffee explains the meaning behind the single: “Bubble is my combat to bullies. It’s for the underdogs when they lose sight of their power....
Over the last few years, Latin American artist Juan Wauters has covered a lot of ground, both artistically and geographically. Until this point in his career, most of his songs had been sung in English, but revisiting his Latin roots inspired him to record songs in his native tongue. Juan announces the wonderful La Onda de Juan Pablo, the world of Juan Pablo Wauters, set for release on Friday 25th January. He’s...
boygenius, the band of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus today release the physical version of their debut self-titled EP, boygenius. It follows the surprise digital release 2 weeks ahead of it’s official release and their late-night television debut, playing ‘Me & My Dog’ on Late Night with Seth Meyers earlier this week. Watch below! Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus formed boygenius through a series of tours and performances together, and...
Cyanide Thornton today release their stunning debut self-titled album. Cyanide Thornton is a record wreathed in tenderness, honesty and intimacy, and will guide you from the dark corners of your mind to somewhere unearthly and supernatural. The band launch their debut album at The Curtin in Melbourne on Friday 16 November. While incorporating elements of folk and rock, Cyanide Thornton transcends its composite parts, moving into a space of raw emotion...
Methyl Ethel announce their third album Triage, released on 15th February 2019. Following on from instant classic ‘Scream Whole’, they have shared new single ‘Real Tight’ along with the official video directed by Matt Sav. Watch below! Triage was written, produced and performed by lead singer Jake Webb. The album was recorded in Jake’s home studio in West Perth and mixed at Mute Studio in London with Marta Salogni. With his 30th birthday,...
Minimalist pop-luxe masterminds Huntly have released new single ‘Wiggle’, a strikingly original and danceable track with a glossy and voguish new video (directed by Gianna Mazzeo and shot by Amy Dellar), watch below! On ‘Wiggle’, Huntly pair an elastic bass-line with a deep percussive groove to provide clean, evocative dance music at its best. Lead singer Elspeth’s typically mellifluous lead-vocal celebrates space and freedom while second singer Charlie’s compelling counter-melodies provide...
Fresh from multiple tours of north America and Europe as a solo artist and as a member of lauded indie supergroup boygenius. Julien Baker has announced a run of dates that will see her phenomenal live show return to Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Melbourne and outback NSW in 2019. This will be the Memphis native’s third visit down under after wowing Australian audiences with her sparse and devastating ballads...
California’s HXXS are happy to announce their signing to Captured Tracks. The band will be releasing their debut EP MKDRONE on Friday 7 December on cassette, vinyl and digitally. When prescription medication became the only reprieve for an inoperable tooth infection that had one member sliding between unbearable pain and prescription-induced euphoria, the first single ‘Seppuku’, the historical Japanese term for suicide by disembowelment, came to fruition. HXXS are the duo of...
Deerhunter return with the announcement of their new album Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? out on Friday 18th January 2019. Today they share opening track ‘Death in Midsummer’, watch the accompanying video below! How do you describe an album out of time, concerned with the disappearance of culture, of humanity, of nature, of logic and emotion? Why make this album in an era when attention spans have been reduced to...
After years of writing and rewriting Lee Hartney has finally recorded his first solo venture as Ghoatte Hordour. This debut EP titled Blackened Blood On The Suthourn Altar is released digitally today. Watch the video to new single ‘Refuge of the Serpiant’ below! During breaks in The Smith Street Band’s heavy touring schedule, Hartney set up an 8 track in his room and started recording. With roots in black metal and...
