Jack Ladder will perform a series of solo shows starting in September, which will delve into all five albums that he’s released to date. Performed within intimate settings, Ladder will for the first time reveal the “true” stories behind some of his most admired songs. In the thirteen years since his debut album, Ladder’s fascinating musical journey has been notable for perpetual reinvention between albums, but it has always been...
Jarrow has shared a new video for ‘Season’. The single comes from his second album Expensive Hugs, out now. The video is Jarrow aka Dan Oke’s take on gun culture in America. Watch below! Dan describes “Season reflects my outside perspective of the desensitization of gun culture within the USA. It’s a topic I feel pretty strongly about – which I feel a lot of Australians share. The track attempts is to...
Eighteen year-old Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu today releases her debut EP How Many Times Have You Driven By. The EP is warm, sparse, smooth and whisper-intimate; showcasing Vu as an exciting and genre-straddling songwriter. Written and produced by Vu herself, and mastered by Clay Jones, How Many Times Have You Driven By displays an extraordinary maturity and originality. With rocking post-punk ballads such as ‘Shallow’, and super silky and infectious...
Fresh off the back of a run of east coast shows launching his fifth album, Blue Poles, and prior to solo shows in Los Angeles and New York, Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders have released a video for ‘Feel Brand New’. Watch below! Returning to Bali, where Ladder filmed ‘White Flag,’ the first video from the album, ‘Feel Brand New’ has a markedly different tone. Where Ladder was once attempting...
Seventeen year-old Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu recently announced her self-produced debut EP How Many Times Have You Driven By, out June 29th. Today she shares the EP’s next single ‘Shallow’. See previous singles ‘Crying on the Subway’ + ‘Cool ft. Satchy’ below! ‘Shallow’ is a rocking departure from the gorgeous haze of her previous releases which retains Vu’s knack for effortless and heady melody. Hana Vu may still be in high...
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...
After the release of Hop Along‘s new album Bark Your Head Off, Dog last week, Hop Along shares the first official video for the album to ‘How Simple’, it’s the first time the band has starred in a music video. Watch below! The song’s joyful, kinetic energy is met with its emotional depth as viewers are immersed into the fantastical world they create. Frontwoman Frances Quinlan worked closely with director Derrick Belcham in...
Ryan Downey today releases his jaw-droppingly beautiful debut album Running. Downey has created a musical world unlike any that you’ve heard, illuminating an artist who has the power to break your heart, mend it and set it on fire, all at the same time. Ryan grew up in rural Victoria on a property out of town. At 10 he was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. “I was a young boy with...
Philadelphia’s Hop Along have today unveiled their third studio album Bark Your Head Off, Dog. Crafted by Frances Quinlan (songwriter, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist), Tyler Long (bass), Joe Reinhart (guitar), and Mark Quinlan (drums). Bark Your Head Off, Dog is Hop Along’s most dynamic, textured and cohesive album to date, the album imagines what it’s like to cast off longheld perceptions, often without being certain about the new ones that will...
‘Feel Brand New’ is the third song taken from Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders’ forthcoming album, Blue Poles, out 4th May. Listen below! The track takes a different direction, both musically and thematically from previous single ‘White Flag’. Instead he captures and celebrates the sweet disposition that love can make life’s problems seem insignificant. It’s Jack Ladder at his most playful and joyous. “The bones of the song appeared on...
Ryan Downey shares the incredible track ‘1+1’, a duet with Zoë Randell. It’s the third taste from Downey’s jaw-dropping debut album Running, out next Friday 13th April. The breathtaking visual was again collaborated with filmmaker Alex Badham (this time co-directing), watch below! The video narrows its hypnotic focus to the legs of two dancers as they support, interact and carry each other. Much like the song, which Downey explains “follows a frank and honest conversation...
Hop Along have released the epic album closer ‘Prior Things’, ahead of release of their new album Bark Your Head Off, Dog, out April 6. The single explores the bitter triumph of a relationship that never comes to be. Listen below! Crafted by Frances Quinlan (songwriter, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist), Tyler Long (bass), Joe Reinhart (guitar), and Mark Quinlan (drums), the album considers what it’s like to cast off...
Jarrow’s second album Expensive Hugs is released into the world today! All riffs, melody and noise – it’s a masterclass in exultant garage rock from Footscray’s favourite self-taught, self-produced, multi-instrumentalist. Drawing inspiration equally from 21st century meme culture and classic 90’s indie-rock, Expensive Hugs is an immensely enjoyable dash through Oke’s world of pop-hooks, weird soundscapes and riff-jams – all fighting to break free of his perfect pop structures. Having just smashed...
Ryan Downey shares the striking second single ‘Those Eyes That Answer’, from his jaw-dropping debut album Running out April 13, and has now announced a headline east coast tour in support of the album! See further ticket details and watch the video below. ‘Those Eyes That Answer’ encompasses everything that is great about Downey’s music. His undeniable voice resonates with richness and gravity while a minutely detailed and singularly original musical world unfurls around...
With just over a week until Jarrow’s second album Expensive Hugs is out in the world, the band share their rousing new single ‘Bleach’ and announce a run of headline shows. Watch the video to ‘Bleach’ below! Self-guided therapy through garage rock, that’s ‘Bleach’, the third single from Expensive Hugs. All riffs, melody and noise, the song moves at breakneck speed as Jarrow sings of strange childhood memories before finding catharsis and solace from...
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders have announced their return with the darkly beautiful ‘White Flag’, the first taste from their forthcoming album Blue Poles, to be released Friday 4 May. Watch the video to ‘White Flag below! The spectacular video was shot in Indonesia by visual mastermind Wilk and directed by Jim Pillion. “It’s written from two perspectives”, says Ladder. “I didn’t want to duet so I sang both parts....
