28 March 2017
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker have announced new single ‘Nine Times Along’ from their latest album Overnight. Listen below! Josienne & Ben have also just been nominated in the ‘Best Duo’ category at this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The Awards will take place on 5th April at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The fifth time they have been nominated for awards in various categories since 2014, including winning…
24 March 2017
Julien Baker’s new 7” Funeral Pyre is fresh in stores this week! The single, with previously unreleased track B-side ‘Distant Solar Systems’ can be heard below. The Memphis, TN-based songwriter’s contribution to the Our First 100 Days compilation – a piano version of Sprained Ankle track ‘Good News’ – was also released today. Our First 100 Days was started in conjunction with Secretly Group and 30 Songs, 30 Days, and is raising funds…
22 March 2017
After Molly Burch released her acclaimed debut album Please Be Mine last month, following a triumphant round of SXSW showcases, she shares the Jordan Moser directed video for the album’s title track, watch it below. Growing up in LA with a writer/producer father and a casting director mother, Burch’s childhood was filled with old Hollywood musicals and the sounds of Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. After finding her…
22 March 2017
Perfume Genius’ fourth album, No Shape will be released on May 5. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Blake Mills, mixed by Shawn Everett. Watch the video to first single, ‘Slip Away’ below! With his new songs, Mike Hadreas goes even further, merging church music, makeout music, R&B, art pop, krautrock, and queer soul into his take on stadium anthems, completing the journey from critically acclaimed underground hero to…
21 March 2017
Sam Gellaitry shares new single ‘Ceremony’ from his Escapism III EP out 7 April. Listen below! Escapism III is the third chapter in his Escapism saga: a coming-of-age trilogy that demonstrates Sam’s unique, filmic musical productions. The EP sees Sam Gellaitry’s sound transcending, invoking a cinematic feel of technicolour-esque scope to his experimental production. “I always liked when people would compare my tracks to a story or a journey. It is…
21 March 2017
Client Liaison have shared their long awaited video clip for ‘Off White Limousine’. Directed by Tobias Willis (KEWL) and Zachary Bradtke (BANALARAMA), the video expands on the grand Client Liaison narrative. ‘Off White Limousine’ reveals that in the chess game of international diplomacy, for every move you make, for every advance across the board, a counter lies in wait. Those with Diplomatic Immunity, however, will always prevail. Watch it below! Along with the video…
17 March 2017
Arca surprises us with a new song and video from his forthcoming, self-titled third album, watch it below. Shot in one take and featuring Arca (aka Alejandro Ghersi), the new video for ‘Reverie’ was created by longtime visual collaborator Jesse Kanda, who has also directed the video for previous cut, ‘Anoche’ and created the stunning artwork for Arca. In ‘Reverie’, Arca is a wounded matador, made mighty with mechanical legs, or bleeding…
17 March 2017
Spoon’s new album Hot Thoughts is out today! Produced by Spoon and Dave Fridmann, they’ve created the bravest, most sonically inventive work of their career. Last week, Spoon announced two in-store appearances ahead of their Sydney and Melbourne shows at The Metro Theatre and The Croxton Bandroom next week. More details below. “I love going down to Australia, but it seems we’re never able to stay for long, so I rented a…
17 March 2017
ANOHNI releases Paradise, the companion EP to last year’s HOPELESSNESS. In collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke, on Paradise, ANOHNI seeks to support activist conversations and disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicised lyrics. Paradise includes new songs as well as material recently debuted live. On the title track, ‘Paradise,’ ANOHNI voices ecstatic alienation, describing a dystopian life filled with horror, awe, comfort…
10 March 2017
Benjamin Booker is back! Overnight he has shared details for his new album Witness and has released the title track from the record. The single, Booker’s most profound and politically charged song to date, features a guest vocal by Mavis Staples. The album is out June 2nd via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. Read his powerful statement regarding the track below: WITNESS By Benjamin Booker “Once you find yourself in another…
9 March 2017
Spoon announce two intimate in-store appearances to precede their shows in Sydney and Melbourne this month. The band will appear at Redeye Records in Sydney on Wednesday 22nd March, and at Polyester Records in Melbourne on Friday 24th March on the eve of their shows at The Metro Theatre and The Croxton Bandroom. Further details below. Capacity is strictly limited for the Polyester Records in-store appearance, so for guaranteed entry, all you need…
9 March 2017
B Boys have announced their debut album Dada, set for release on 19 May via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. Listen to first single ‘Energy’ below. – B BOYS MEET THE PRESS – A: It all began with a dream, really. The album. Q: Oh, there’s an album? A: 13 songs, recorded with microphones and such. A variety of instruments. Q: I’d call that an album. A: We call it Dada….
8 March 2017
Sui Zhen has released a new track ‘Calm Winds’ via Our First 100 Days. Sui Zhen performs at SXSW this March and in Melbourne on Friday 7 April with Harvey Sutherland at The Night Cat. Full ticket details below. Sui Zhen, aka Becky Freeman, talks about the track: “I started to compose this song when I was on artist residency in Hokkaido, Japan. I’d recently learned that my mother was sick and I used the time and space to process my emotions, consequently a…
8 March 2017
The xx have released a video for ‘Say Something Loving’, taken from The xx’s hugely acclaimed third album I See You, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart upon release in January. Filmed in the band’s hometown of London, the video was directed by renowned photographer and filmmaker Alasdair McLellan who also directed the video for previous single ‘On Hold’. Watch it below! Speaking about the video, The xx…
7 March 2017
Sleaford Mods share their new video for ‘Moptop’, filmed in a friend’s kitchen, taken from their new album English Tapas, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control. Watch the clip below. According to singer Jason Williamson, the song is “based around the disgusting lie that is Boris Johnson, the wannabe Churchill (We don’t need another one). The song also discusses the void that is modern music, internet attention spans, one dimensional acts…
6 March 2017
Brisbane trio Good Boy and Melbourne quartet Jarrow are about to become the bestest of friends. They’re hitting the road together this April for a co-headline tour in support of their respective new singles. Good Boy’s ‘Braap’ and Jarrow’s ‘Cody’ were premiered last night by Richard Kingsmill on triple j and are now available on all digital platforms. The tracks will also be released as a Split 7” exclusively through Barely…
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