1 December 2017
RVG has been announced as the national support for Future Islands’ Australian tour. RVG’s debut LP A Quality Of Mercy finds band leader, Romy Vager, trying to move beyond ego, beyond the simple confessional of the songwriter, hoping to find perspective on both world and self. They will join Future Islands for all their headline shows. Production holds have been released for both Melbourne shows and final tickets remain for…
30 November 2017
Smerz have released their third new track and video in as many months. The new single ‘Have fun’ is a groovier cut of their breathed vocals and minimal beats. Watch the clip below! The video was produced and directed by Smerz, and as with all Smerz music, the track was produced, programmed and sung entirely by the Norwegian duo. Prolific doesn’t even cover it. Henriette and Catharina, who comprise Smerz, were…
29 November 2017
2017 marks a decade of U.S. Girls. The multi-disciplinary artist, Meg Remy announces the release of her sixth studio album, In a Poem Unlimited, out Friday 16 February. Watch the video to new single ‘Velvet 4 Sale’ below! In a Poem Unlimited was tracked in collaboration with Toronto-based instrumental collective the Cosmic Range, and features arrangements by long-time contributors Maxmilian Turnball and Louis Percival. Following ‘Mad As Hell’, the album opener ‘Velvet 4 Sale’ concerns…
29 November 2017
London’s King Krule will play headline East Coast dates on his return Australian visit in 2018. In addition to an already announced appearance at Golden Plains festival, Archy Marshall will take in Sydney’s Metro Theatre, Brisbane’s The Triffid and Melbourne’s The Croxton Bandroom in March. Further tour details below! Since his last Australian visit in 2014, during which he played St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Marshall has released music under a range of different…
28 November 2017
Belle & Sebastian return to Australia in May next year for the first time since their tour in 2015. With performances confirmed for The Sydney Opera House, Melbourne’s Palais Theatre, Perth’s Astor Theatre and The Tivoli in Brisbane. Further tour details below! To commemorate 20 years since the bands previous multi-EP release – 1997’s Dog On Wheels, Lazy Line Painter Jane and 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds Of Light – they have three…
20 November 2017
The video for ‘The Way You Used To Do’, taken from Queens Of The Stone Age’s album Villains, is now available to view on Youtube for the first time. The devilish promo has been realised as a fever dream Satanic dance ritual extravaganza—featuring QOTSA founder and frontman Joshua Homme. Conceived by Joshua Homme, directed by Jonas Akerlund and produced by Serial Pictures, ‘The Way You Used To Do’ somehow fit its…
17 November 2017
Kurupt FM are bringing back UK Garage once again with The Lost Tape, out now. Performing live in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge this week with their latest single ‘Suttin Like That’ followed by something from Chabuddy G, and a classic cover of Ross Young – ‘Smooth operator’. Watch it below! Once lost in a backpack in deepest Brentford, The Lost Tape has now been uncovered, remixed and mastered for the very first…
17 November 2017
The Bennies have announced a huge list of supports for their national ‘Get High Like An Angel’ tour which kicks off next week. Full list of supports & tour details below! The party legends will be performing tracks from their new album Natural Born Chillers on an epic thirteen date national tour. The album captures the extreme live energy the band has made a name for itself on, and features some of the…
16 November 2017
Smerz are on a roll at the tail end of 2017, with their second single ‘Half life’. Catharina and Henriette’s new track continues the duo’s penchant for minimalist beats and R&B vocals. Watch the video below! The video was produced and directed by Smerz, and as with all Smerz music, the track was produced, programmed and sung entirely by the Norwegian duo. The video is an off-kilter version of those classic R&B…
16 November 2017
PicaPica announce their debut EP, Spring & Shade, to be released on December 8. To celebrate they have shared a video for new single ‘Small Time/Secret’. Watch it below! PicaPica features the vocal interplay of Josienne Clarke and Samantha Whates, dual front women who create powerful harmonies atop layers of texture created by Adam Beattie & Sonny Johns. Josienne and Samantha met on the London acoustic music scene several years…
15 November 2017
Car Seat Headrest will be playing their biggest Australian shows to date early next year. Kicking off at Sydney City Limits Festival on 24th February, in Perth on 25th February, in Melbourne on 27th February and Brisbane on 1st March. Full tour details below! Car Seat Headrest began in 2010 when 17-year-old Will Toledo started gathering his thoughts and setting up a makeshift recording studio in his family’s car. Touching…
14 November 2017
Starcrawler announce their upcoming self-titled debut album to be released on 19 January 2018. Recorded by Ryan Adams on analog tape at his Pax-Am Studio. Starcrawler is now available for pre-order here. The first single from the album, ‘I Love LA’, comes with a video directed by music photographer Autumn de Wilde, a fun and feisty homage to the city of dreamers. Watch it below! Opening in a donut shop/Chinese food restaurant,…
10 November 2017
Perfume Genius has announced Australian tour dates, alongside recently announced festival shows, following the release of fourth album, No Shape, recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Blake Mills, mixed by Shawn Everett. Full tour dates and details below! Known early as a poster-wraith for notorious, joyous, tortured and free boys, girls and their fellow travellers, the first two albums by Perfume Genius consisted largely of exquisite and cruelly abbreviated songs…
10 November 2017
Good Boy have released their scorching EP Shirk Life, a whip-smart, catchy-as-hell collection of songs that show a young band finding and questioning their place in the world. Until recently, Good Boy never thought of themselves as a political band but sometimes the times just force your hand. The EP’s first track ‘A Waste Of 122 Million Dollars (Taxpayer Funded)’ spits a self-explanatory message about the absurd and insulting marriage equality…
8 November 2017
Oh Pep! shared their new track ‘Half Life’, released originally as an exclusive for the Thirty Days of Yes project in support of marriage equality, ‘Half Life’ is now available on all digital services. Since the release of their 2016 debut album Stadium Cake, Oh Pep! have proven to be highly sort-after collaborators, racking up co-writing credits with dozens of artists from all over the world. ‘Half Life’ is the…
3 November 2017
Total Giovanni are excited to share two brand new remixes for current single ‘Your Light’. Both remixes are now available on all digital service providers, listen below! Tuff City Kids – the duo consisting of Gerd Jason and Phillip Lauer – have delivered an amazing italo-disco inspired summer banger that begs you to worship at the altar of Total Giovanni. Sydney’s Sam Weston also unveiled ‘Your Light (Sam Weston’s Lights Low Rub)’…
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