17 May 2018
Baba Stiltz is pleased to announce his Showtime EP, to be released Friday 8th June. Sharing from it ‘Maze’, the kind of summer floor-filler he is such a natural at crafting. Watch the clip below! Swedish-born 24-year-old Baba Stiltz (real name) has been steadily releasing his idiosyncratic take on dance music to growing fanfare. His is a playful brand of electronic music that crosses boundaries and genres unlike many before. “This EP is a collection of songs…
17 May 2018
Snail Mail shares a third song from debut album Lush, out Friday 8th June. The third single,‘Let’s Find An Out’ showcases a softer, more restrained facet of Lindsey Jordan’s songwriting. Listen below! ‘Let’s Find An Out’ puts the 18-year-old songwriter’s childhood classical guitar training on display. Layering a warm folk-inspired melody with quick arpeggios, Jordan’s intricate playing pairs perfectly with her pensive words of longing. Throughout Lush, Jordan’s most masterful…
16 May 2018
Barcelona’s fledgling rockers MOURN share ‘Fun At the Geysers’, the second single from their third LP Sorpresa Familia, out Friday 15th June. The accompanying video was shot in Iceland where the story that inspired the song took place. MOURN explains the song and video, “The people from the label that came with us [to Reykjavik] were telling us that through the years we’d learn how to endure being hungry. They didn’t really…
16 May 2018
Gang Gang Dance release ‘J-TREE’, the second single from their long-awaited album Kazuashita, out Friday 22nd June. Listen below! A stirring and euphoric paean to nature, co-founder Brian DeGraw says, “J-TREE has always been about open space to me. When I started writing the skeleton of the song I imagined it would only ever be played live in an outdoor setting. That was the goal: to create a song that…
11 May 2018
Gruff Rhys shares ‘Limited Edition Heart’, the second song to be released from Babelsberg, the fifth album by Gruff Rhys and his first record for Rough Trade and Remote Control since 2007’s classic Candylion. Gruff said “I wrote Limited Edition Heart whilst walking along a polluted yet beautiful river. It has beautiful orchestral arrangements thanks to Stephen McNeff and the BBC NOW orchestra.” Babelsberg was initially recorded in early 2016 in…
11 May 2018
Courtney Barnett shares ‘Sunday Roast’, the fourth taste from her forthcoming album Tell Me How You Really Feel which is released next Friday, May 18. Watch the accompanying video below! ‘Sunday Roast’ (which was given a very special limited release on 12” alongside ‘City Looks Pretty’ to celebrate Record Store Day last month) is the beautiful album closer, an ode to friendship and simple pleasures, the perfect conclusion to a rich and complex record,…
11 May 2018
Good Morning have today released their debut album Prize // Reward. The band are excited to share dates for two intimate Melbourne launches in Collingwood on Friday 18th & Friday 25th May. Venue information will be sent upon ticket purchase. Good Morning, made up of Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons, are two high school friends who grew up in the outer suburbs of Melbourne and slowly began to spend their…
10 May 2018
Donny Benét is excited to announce a European tour in support of his new album, The Don. Donny Benét will bring his live show loving to stages in Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Russia, Spain and Portugal in July. Full tour dates below. The Don is transportive. Singles ‘Konichiwa,’ a song as smooth as the silken tofu from whence the song’s spirit is inspired, and ‘Santorini,’ an ode…
10 May 2018
With their new album, Sparkle Hard, heading our way on May 18, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks have shared a documentary short film shot on-location in Portland, OR this past January, directed by Brook Linder. Watch below! It’s an intimate and brilliant glimpse into the quotidian world of Stephen Malkmus – songwriting legend, tennis champ, horseback rider, band-leader, and all-around charming goofball. “Since watching this doc,” says Stephen, “I’ve improved…
10 May 2018
Milwaukee Banks return with news of their new album, No Time, set for release on Friday 29th June. Lead single ‘Coming For You’ is described as a song about the state of the world and how fragile society feels. Production was a collaborative effort by both members, and highlights their push into the forefront of top electronic and hip-hop music production. The song highlights their mission to continue pushing sonic…
9 May 2018
Jungle burst onto the scene towards the end of 2013. They would transform over the next few years from an anonymous production duo to a kaleidoscopic, personality-filled seven piece live band built around the core duo of Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland. Jungle return with a set of new songs, each showcasing a very different side of their sound. ‘Happy Man’ and ‘House In LA’ are the first tracks to be…
4 May 2018
Copenhagen’s Iceage — Elias Bender Rønnenfelt (vocals, lyrics), Jakob Tvilling Pless (bass), Dan Kjær Nielsen (drums), and Johan Wieth (guitar) — release their fourth album, Beyondless. It’s an album that radiates joy. It shows the four-piece finally catching up with their ambition, all the while retaining the rich character of the band’s brash beginnings. On Beyondless, the band are treading with a disarming assurance, but no loss of charm. Produced by…
4 May 2018
Blue Poles, the fifth album by Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders is out now. From one of the most singular characters in Australian music, Blue Poles is mournful, sardonic and surreal – showcasing an essential voice and master of musical narrative. To complement the album release is a mesmerising new video for the song ‘Susan’. Inspired by 1980s psychic hotline infomercials, director Leilani Croucher interpreted the song as someone looking for…
4 May 2018
East Brunswick All Girls Choir announce their new album Teddywaddy to be released Friday 29th June. The band share first single ‘Essendon 1986’, an old song revisited and accelerated, with an accompanying video shot in Castlemaine and directed by Thomas Hyland, watch below! Frontman Marcus Hobbs shares – “The song is about the drudgery lumped upon the working class in order to maintain. It’s about the little things people do in order to feel…
3 May 2018
Blending wiry, dark post-punk with unpredictable art-rock, Drahla have established themselves as a formidable and distinctive band across their two sold out 7” singles and the 2017 Third Article EP. Formed in late 2015, Drahla quickly found their identity in Yorkshire’s fertile music scene with their minimal yet robust bass-heavy sound. Their reputation as a fervent live act is ever-growing, with the band being asked to share stages with the…
2 May 2018
Starcrawler have launched a new video for their song ‘Love’s Gone Again’. The single comes from their debut self-titled album, which was recorded by their #1 fan Ryan Adams. Filmed mainly at two shows in Tokyo during their recent sold-out tour of Japan, the video for ‘Love’s Gone Again’ is a fun view into their stunning and impressive live shows, and the amazing reaction from audiences in Japan. Starcrawler are…
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