Out now: The Lemon Twigs – Go To School

Today, The Lemon Twigs release Go To School, A Musical written, recorded, produced and mixed by brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario in their home in Long Island. Listening to this wildly ambitious album is like entering and inhabiting a parallel universe. Go To School tells the coming-of-age story of Shane, a pure of heart chimpanzee raised as a human boy as he comes to terms with the obstacles of life. Todd…

Out now: Interpol – Marauder

Interpol’s new album Marauder, is out today. To celebrate they have released the Kristen Stewart and Finn Wittrock starring video for storming new single and album opener, ‘If You Really Love Nothing’. Watch below! Directed by Hala Matar, the visual channels the songs’ nocturnal allure, with Sam Fogarino’s galloping, swing-infused drums, Daniel Kessler’s mesmerising guitar interplay, and Paul Banks’ soulful, spectral falsetto and lyrics evoking a doomed romance coming together…

Watch: Courtney Barnett ‘Charity’

Today Courtney Barnett shares the video for ‘Charity’, taken from her recently released album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Watch below! The video, by respected cinematographer Ashley Connor was shot on glorious 16mm film and captures fly-on-the-wall footage of Barnett and her band spending a day in Toronto, Canada. The beautiful honest depiction of a day on the road is interspersed with a roaring live performance of one of…

Watch: Hop Along – ‘Somewhere a Judge’

Hop Along have shared the charming, playful video for ‘Somewhere a Judge’, taken from their new album Bark Your Head Off, Dog which was released earlier this year. Watch below! The video invites viewers behind the scenes on the road, in the studio and documents the new Hop Along mural – which has just gone up on the Studebaker building in Philadelphia – done by the artist Noségo and woven together…

Listen: Molly Burch – ‘To The Boys’

Molly Burch shares new track ‘To The Boys’ from her forthcoming album First Flower out October 5th. Burch is both gentle and commanding on ‘To The Boys’, her enchantingly deep and smoky vocals are wrapped around shimmering guitar riffs. Listen below! She says of the timeless offering; “I’ve been called soft-spoken a lot in my life and I feel like I’ve carried that around with me. It seems like a lot of…

Introducing – boygenius

boygenius, the band of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus will release their self-titled EP debut on Friday 9th November. To celebrate, boygenius have released new songs ‘Stay Down’, ‘Me & My Dog’, and ‘Bite The Hand’. Listen below! Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus formed boygenius through a series of tours and performances together, and chance encounters that led to friendships, the lyrically and musically arresting singer-songwriters and kindred spirits…

Watch: HANDSOME – ‘No Cowards’

HANDSOME shares brand new single ‘No Cowards’. Today she announced her debut EP No Hat No Play will be released on Friday 21 September, available for pre-order here. Watch the accompanying video for ‘No Cowards’ below! HANDSOME welcome’s the growing visibility of queerness in music and art, saying “now more than ever the expression of sexuality in music is loud, proud and admired as a strength… its about time, isn’t it? I…

Out now: This Is The Police 2 Soundtrack

Boss Battle are pleased to release the soundtrack for This Is The Police 2. Featuring songs written by Perth’s Ben Matthews, London’s Kevin Penkin and Melbourne’s Jia Lih, the soundtrack is out now and the game is available for play via Steam. This Is The Police 2 explores a blend of jazz, Scandinavian folk, blues and was recorded by Sigve Bull at PhatCat Studios in Norway. The record features a range…

Fat Freddy’s Drop announce 2019 Australian Tour

New Zealand’s Fat Freddy’s Drop have announced their first national Australian tour since 2016, which will see the eight-piece band perform across Australia in March 2019, and supported by Ladi6 at all dates. Full tour details below. The group will commence their upcoming tour with two shows at The Forum in Melbourne, then head to play the Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Hordern Pavilion in Sydney and Eatons Hill Hotel in Brisbane before finishing…

Out now: Rabbit Island – Deep in The Big

Rabbit Island has released her new album Deep in The Big. To celebrate, Rabbit Island has announced a national tour, where she will play shows this September/ October in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Fremantle, Thirroul and Yass. Further tour details below. A culmination of the music Amber Fresh is known and adored for in her hometown, Perth/Fremantle and beyond, Deep in The Big is a pure experience that will take listeners somewhere beautiful…

Courtney Barnett releases 10 live videos + AUS tour starts today

Courtney Barnett today releases a series of 10 stunning live videos. Shot in the Southern American summer in conjunction with Apple Music, Barnett and her band (Bones Sloane, Katie Harkin and Dave Mudie) played through the entirety of Tell Me How You Really Feel in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. Each song on the album gets the full cinematic treatment directed by rising US film-maker Claire-Marie Vogel and mixed by Australia’s Cal Barter….

Watch: Kurt Vile – ‘Loading Zones’

Kurt Vile has shared a video for ‘Loading Zones’, the first new music to surface from him since 2015. Directed by Drew Saracco, the video is a paean to his City of Brotherly Love, and farcical tribute to the song’s lyrics, themselves an account of Vile’s peculiar parking strategy. Watch below! “I PARK FOR FREE!” he proclaims, as he goes about his day moving his car from one loading zone to another, narrowly avoiding parking…

East Brunswick All Girls Choir announce national album tour

Before kicking off their Australian and New Zealand tour with Courtney Barnett this weekend, East Brunswick All Girls Choir have announced their Teddywaddy album tour this November. Catch the band perform shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Castlemaine. In addition, they will be showcasing at BIGSOUND this September. Full ticket details and links below. Teddywaddy is the most profound and riotous statement of the band’s career, anchored at every…

Listen: The Lemon Twigs – ‘The Fire’

The Lemon Twigs share third single ‘The Fire’ ahead of their musical full-length release, Go To School, out this Friday 17th August, which was written, recorded, produced and mixed by brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario in their home in Long Island. Listen below! Michael says of the song, “With any musical, you’ve gotta first believe that people breaking into song every five minutes is normal—there are no rules. You’ve gotta believe it in…

Watch: Rabbit Island – ‘11, 12, 13’

Ahead of her new album Deep in The Big due this Friday 17th August, Amber Fresh AKA Rabbit Island has shared new single ‘11, 12, 13’ along with a beautiful clip, which reflects on her friendship with Nicholas Allbrook. Watch below! Amber says of the video – “We made the video at home in Freo (Walyalup) and on the Derbal Yerrigan (Swan River) one good day. It’s a portrait of our friendship I…

Watch: Iceage – ‘Under The Sun’

On the heels of the release of their new album, Beyondless, Iceage have shared a new video for album track ‘Under The Sun’. Filmed in Tokyo during their “Opening Nights” residencies, which was an inter-continental exhibition that saw Iceage collaborating with their favourite visual artists (also staged in NYC and LA). Watch below! Directed by XXX, the ‘Under The Sun’ video features the vibrant, eye-catching floral designs of renowned flower sculptor, Azuma…

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