26 July 2019
DIIV are back. Their new album Deceiver it out 4 October through Captured Tracks. Preorder and stream the first single ‘Skin Game‘ here. The band—Zachary Cole Smith [lead vocals, guitar], Andrew Bailey [guitar], Colin Caulfield [bass], and Ben Newman [drums]— return for the first time since 2014’s critically acclaimed Is The Is Are. The track gallops forth on a clean guitar riff before unfolding into a hypnotic hook offset by…
26 July 2019
In the lead up to the release of her debut album Losing, Linda, Melbourne-based artist Sui Zhen has shared two remixes of her first single ‘Perfect Place‘ by Roza Terenzi & Bell Towers. On Roza Terenzi’s remix, Sui Zhen says “the broken electro style kick and fresh style she brings is super addictive.” She describes Bell Towers’ take on ‘Perfect Place’ as “relentless and deep,” while remaining “soft around the…
26 July 2019
‘Kill Some‘ is the third single released by talented young artist HAWA, complete with its own video. HAWA explained that ‘Kill Some‘ “is a love song about a toxic relationship inspired by a true story.” The song follows that journey from its hopeful beginning to the end of the “fairytale,” presenting the “challenges of being in love with a gorgeous woman who you know could never truly be yours.” Check…
19 July 2019
Carla Geneve has announced a national tour this August performing shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle! She’s taking her debut self-titled EP on the road, which was released in June via Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control Records. Carla’s also been announced on a national tour from September-October with HOLY HOLY. To celebrate the announcement, Carla has shared a video for ‘Things Change’. The video was filmed on her recent debut tour of…
19 July 2019
Lina Tullgren has released a new single off their forthcoming album, ‘Bad At Parties‘ a second taste of Free Cell, out 23 August. It’s an elegant and introspective ballad featuring gorgeously arrange strings – communicating a moment of quiet social paralysis. The new video premiered via Tiny Mix Tapes earlier and was directed by Lina’s close friend and musical collaborator Ty Ueda, who explains: “[it’s] an adaptation of an old studio practice of mine that…
19 July 2019
Check out the brand new video from jade imagine – ‘The News‘ – the third track from their forthcoming debut album Basic Love, out 2 August through Milk! Records. It’s jade imagine at their most direct and succinct, ruminating on the troubles of a 24-hour news cycle. “I really can’t keep up with the news. No word of a lie. A story about accepting the fact that the wheels will…
18 July 2019
Sleater-Kinney release the title track from their forthcoming album, The Center Won’t Hold. It is the tenth album from iconic trio. Brownstein explains, “We’re always mixing the personal and the political but on this record, despite obviously thinking so much about politics, we were really thinking about the person — ourselves or versions of ourselves or iterations of depression or loneliness — in the middle of the chaos.” Watch the lyric video…
12 July 2019
It’s a total pleasure to announce the signing of Chastity Belt to Milk! Records for Australia and New Zealand! Their self titled third record is out 20 September. Chastity Belt’s energy is like a circuit, circling around the silly and the sincere. Tongue-in-cheek shit-shooting and existential rumination feed into each other infinitely. Theirs is a long-term relationship, and that loop sustains them. That’s a creative thesis in and of itself, but…
12 July 2019
Ahead of his North American tour opening for Tame Impala, Velvet Negroni, 4AD’s latest venture in experimental RnB, shares his new song ‘WINE GREEN’, whose visual features his own drawings. The single is the second to be taken from his forthcoming debut album NEON BROWN out 30 August. Velvet Negroni, the creative alter-ego of Minneapolis’ Jeremy Nutzman, creates raw, experimental R&B centered on the level of intimacy his voice evokes hybridizing classic soul and West Indian elements.‘WINE GREEN’ is preceded by a…
12 July 2019
pang [ pang] noun a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of regret a sudden, brief, sharp pain or physical sensation; spasm: hunger pangs. Pang! the new album from Gruff Rhys, out Friday 13 September via Rough Trade. It’s a pop album with a couple of verses of Zulu and an English title, which developed unexpectedly over about 18 months. It’s…
12 July 2019
Following ‘I Want’ and their explosive follow-up ‘Pressure Inside’, New York punk trio B Boys have shared their new single & video ‘Instant Pace’ – taken from their second album Dudu out Friday 26 July via Captured Tracks. As premiered by Talkhouse, directors Jon Campolo and Josie Keefe explain “We were inspired by drummer Andrew Kerr’s introspective & candid photographs that document B Boys’ tours. His behind the scenes photos show the band goofing off, setting up, and blowing off steam – mostly offstage. We manipulated Kerr’s photographs by painting, cutting and tearing them,…
5 July 2019
New Zealand reggae-soul legends The Black Seeds have dropped REFABRICATED: Fabric Remixes & Rarities – a selection of unreleased tracks, remixes and versions from their 2017 Fabric album. The 6-track companion EP features 3 new, unreleased tracks from the Fabric sessions, as well as album re-workings from the likes of DJ Mu (Fat Freddy’s Drop), MC Gardna (UK), Israel Starr (NZ) & Deep Fried Dub (AUS). Firmly rooted in the bass-heavy Jamaican sounds that inspired the birth of the band, over the past…
5 July 2019
Jess Ribeiro’s third album LOVE HATE is out now – a masterclass in songwriting and melody. Jess pivots to the visual realm with her directorial output for album track ‘Young Love.’ Premiering via Pilerats, watch the video below. ‘Young Love’ is a standout sleeper on her new record. It’s noticeably different from Ribeiro’s previous work – a trip-hop groove, and a more heavily processed electronic sound. The song was inspired…
4 July 2019
Days of the Bagnold Summer began life as a 202 award-winning graphic novel by Joff Winterhart. It’s since been turned into a feature film, the directorial debut of Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners, Friday Night Dinner), and comes accompanied by an original soundtrack album by Belle and Sebastian. The album will be released 13 September via Matador Records. Watch the video for first single ‘Sister Buddha‘ – anthemic and transcendent, led…
28 June 2019
Ontario’s Chastity announce their sophomore album and share the first single off the record. Home Made Satan is due Friday 13 September via Captured Tracks. Check out the video for new track ‘Sun Poisoning.’ Stream it here. The single is about the contradictory melancholy that often comes with the vulnerability of a new relationship, capturing the juxtaposition of feeling both joy and sadness simultaneously. The raucous visual features an adolescent…
28 June 2019
Thrilled to share the debut album from Gena Rose Bruce – Can’t Make You Love Me. Stream / Order the vinyl here. The album is a distinct and dynamic debut from a young artist with a clear vision. It is an electrifying balance of tension and playfulness underpinned by a smouldering vocal performance that leaves audiences full of longing. Melbourne-based Gena Rose Bruce is one of the newest additions to the Dot Dash family and a truly exciting new voice in…
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