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23 August 2017

The National announce Australian tour dates

The National return to Australia for the first time since 2014! The band will return in February 2018 to play shows in Sydney at The Sydney Opera House, Brisbane at Riverstage and Melbourne at Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Further tour details below. The National’s Australian tour will follow the release of their seventh LP, Sleep Well Beast, out 8th September. This will mark the first time Australian audiences will hear live performances…

22 August 2017

Listen – Cults ‘I Took Your Picture’

‘I Took Your Picture’ is another taste of what’s to come from Cults’ new album Offering, out October 6. Listen to the second single below! The band note, “I Took Your Picture was inspired by falling into a deeper love with 80’s power pop bands like The Motels and The Cars. It’s a song about fleeting moments and how we let past feelings interrupt the possibility for good things to happen. ‘Tinge…

21 August 2017

Watch – Renz ‘Anyting’

Renz shares ‘Anyting’, the first track to be released via New Gen’s newly created imprint on XL Recordings. The accompanying video serves to enhance the track’s summer vibe, it’s a recognisable street party but with a more subdued, mellow late-night London feel. Watch it below! Having executive produced the first New Gen record as well as creating one of the most popular songs on it (Flexin’), London’s Renz steps further…

18 August 2017

Listen – Jess Cornelius ‘Jealousy’

Jess Cornelius, frontwoman of Melbourne band Teeth & Tongue, released her searing first solo single ‘Jealousy’. Watch a live recording of ‘Jealousy’ in her room below! Cornelius says of the track, “Jealousy is one of those hideous emotions that stops us from being able to be happy, for others and ourselves. It’s insidious and destructive, and it’s also totally human.” Jess Cornelius is the New Zealand-born songwriter, singer and instrumentalist behind…

18 August 2017

Listen – The Black Seeds ‘Back To You’

The Black Seeds have shared a third new single from their forthcoming album, Fabric, out Friday 8 September. Listen to ‘Back To You’ below! Co-frontman of The Black Seeds, Daniel Weetman takes the lead in this heartfelt, summery track. ‘Back To You’ is a tribute to old relationships being revived – standing the test of time, being renewed and staying true. The band’s sixth studio album comes just a year…

18 August 2017

Julien Baker announces new album Turn Out The Lights + new single ‘Appointments’

Julien Baker will release her second album Turn Out The Lights on Friday 27th October. An early preview can now be heard in first single ‘Appointments’, a viscerally moving track that culminates in a swell of Baker’s voice, guitar, and piano. Listen below! Turn Out The Lights was recorded at Ardent Studios in Baker’s hometown of Memphis, TN. Throughout the album, she reflects on experiences of her own and those closest…

18 August 2017

Out now: Gold Class – Drum

Gold Class have released Drum, their follow-up album to 2015 debut It’s You. Drum showcases a new side to the band. Recorded at Melbourne’s Head Gap and Tropical Fuck Storm Studios and produced by Gareth Liddiard, Drum sees Gold Class expand their sonic pallet. Drum stands to be both personal and political, as Adam Curley, singer and lyricist for Gold Class explained, “I wanted the album to be defiant and full of…

18 August 2017

Methyl Ethel announce Australian tour

Methyl Ethel have announced an Australian tour kicking off this November in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. Full tour details and ticket links below! Recently, Methyl Ethel were invited by Huw Stephens to record a BBC Radio 1 session at the Maida Vale studios. Listen back to the live renditions of ‘Drink Wine’, ‘Ubu’, ‘No. 28’, ‘Groundswell’ and ‘L’Heure des Sorcières’ via the BBC iPlayer. In addtion, BBC 6Music saw…

17 August 2017

Reptaliens announce new album FM-2030 + share first single ‘If You Want’

Reptaliens, the Portland lo-fi pop band led by husband and wife Cole and Bambi Browning, will release their debut album FM-2030 on Friday 6 October. Listen to the first single ‘If You Want’ below! Reptaliens quickly evolved from a bedroom-recording project to a full-fledged band that explores fringe pop culture through analog synthesizers, electric guitars, melodic bass lines, and Bambi’s lulling vocals. The pair’s songwriting mirrors their strong connection. FM-2030 was recorded…

17 August 2017

Jess Locke announces new album – Universe + shares video for title track

Jess Locke has announced her new album Universe, out on Friday 20th October. She has also shared an accompanying video to the title track, made by friends of Jess, Marnie Vaughn (Bare Pictures) and Mim Montgomery at Monster House, an artist run studio space in Marrickville. Watch it below! Half stop motion animation and half video, the ‘Universe’ video shows Jess singing to the viewer through an old window as its panes are gradually…

17 August 2017

Watch – Queens Of The Stone Age ‘The Way You Used To Do’

Queens Of The Stone Age share the video to their first single from upcoming album Villains,’The Way You Used To Do’, created by Joshua Homme, directed by Jonas Akerlund and produced by Serial Pictures. Watch below! Homme says “Dancing and headbanging are truly individualistic expressions of losing oneself fully in appreciation of music—who better to combine these things into a singular vision than someone who’s directed Madonna and Lady Gaga videos–and also happens to…

16 August 2017

Watch – Banoffee ‘Ripe’

Banoffee has shared a new video for her single ‘Ripe’. Created alongside ‘I’m Not Sorry’ video collaborators, Coco and Maximilian, and featuring performers Aisha and Briana, watch it below! Banoffee says “I wanted to showcase the friendships I’ve made and the light heartedness that comes with making clanky pop music.” The video is also a reflection on the current, new state of Banoffee: “This video works to express the polarities…

15 August 2017

Listen – Widowspeak ‘The Dream’

Widowspeak have revealed their latest single, ‘The Dream’, from forthcoming full-length Expect The Best out August 25. Listen below! Expect The Best sees Widowspeak finding their greatest balance between opposing forces: darkness and light, quiet and loud, tension and calm. The album was written while lead singer-songwriter Molly Hamilton was living in Tacoma, Washington after previous stints in upstate New York and Brooklyn. So much moving around, and specifically a…

15 August 2017

Listen – Car Seat Headrest ‘War Is Coming (If You Want It)’

‘War Is Coming (If You Want It)’ is the new release from Car Seat Headrest. “This is a song about not murdering people” says Will Toledo of the band. Listen below! The demo version, ‘War Is Coming (If You Want It) [March Mix]’, cannot be heard anywhere anymore, having been made available for purchase via Bandcamp for just 24-hours on August 4th, to support their fundraiser for the Transgender Law…

15 August 2017

The xx announce Australian East Coast tour

Fresh from playing Splendour In The Grass, The xx will return to Australia in 2018 for an East Coast headline tour. Special guests Kelela and Earl Sweatshirt will be supporting The xx at all shows. Further tour details below! The xx have partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket purchased will go towards local LGBT+ programs in each city of the tour. Visit plus1.org for more information on the…

11 August 2017

Out now: Hamjam – a/s/l?

Perth duo Hamjam have released their new album a/s/l? along with sharing the video for ‘Sippin’ Rosé All Alone.’ Watch the clip below! Hamjam is the collaborative project between Hamish Rahn and James Ireland, two creative individuals who make music they describe as “blissed out sadness”. Distinguishing themselves as a band, and only sometimes as a bizarre type of food yet to be invented. Their debut full length, a/s/l?, is a collection…