Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius has dropped the second song from his forthcoming album No Shape, out Friday 5th May. Listen to ‘Go Ahead’ below! No Shape was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Blake Mills, mixed by Shawn Everett. Of the album, Hadreas says: “I pay my rent. I’m approaching health. The things that are bothering me personally now are less clear, more confusing. I don’t think I really figured them out with...
Spoon have shared a new video for the title track of their new album Hot Thoughts. The video shows atmospheric footage of Spoon performing at their three day residency at SXSW taking over The Main, captured through the lens of lo-fi yet vivid VHS style cam. Watch it below! Spoon recently performed ‘Hot Thoughts’ on Jimmy Kimmel and ‘I Ain’t The One’ on The Late Show with James Corden, and last month were...
Queens Of The Stone Age return to Australia and New Zealand at last, performing four headline shows in July! Kicking off their tour at Auckland’s Logan Campbell on Thursday 13th July, Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday 19th July, and Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Thursday 20th July. Then for the very first time – ever, performing in the Top End at Darwin’s Convention Centre on Sunday 16th July! General public tickets to...
Brooklyn based singer-songwriter & guitarist Steve Gunn is coming to Australia for the first time on a soul expanding solo tour. He plays at The Basement in Sydney on Thursday July 6, NGV Friday Nights in Melbourne on Friday July 7, The Northcote Social Club in Melbourne on Saturday July 8, and The Junk Bar in Brisbane on Sunday July 9. Tickets and more info below! Gunn’s music has always embraced expanse and movement, springing from...
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...
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...
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...
Spoon share their second track ‘Can I Sit Next To You’ from their career defining album Hot Thoughts, out Friday 17th March on Matador / Remote Control. To accompany the single, the band have unveiled a new video, directed by Marcel Dzama, the acclaimed contemporary artist whose previous musical collaborators have included the likes of Beck and Bob Dylan, not mention last year’s costume and stage design for the New York City...
In anticipation of its forthcoming ninth album heralded by a title track that “rises and falls like an orchestral disco opus” (Rolling Stone), Spoon has launched the ‘Hot Thoughts’ Aura Reader app. Go to: aura.spoontheband.com While the Aura Reader name may sound intimidating, the way the web app works is actually quite simple: A fan creates a Spoon Spotify playlist, the Aura Reader analyses that playlist then creates a individualised version...
Frontier Touring are excited to announce the long-awaited return of critically acclaimed Austin rock ambassadors Spoon, performing two special headline shows in March. Spoon will perform at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Thurs 23 March and Melbourne’s Croxton Bandroom on Sat 25 March in celebration of their highly-anticipated ninth studio album, Hot Thoughts – out Fri 17 March via Matador/Remote Control. Spoon will return to Australia with founding members Britt Daniel (lead vocals/guitar)...
After months of speculation, Spoon have announced the release of their monumental new album HotThoughts out Friday 17th March on Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Produced by Spoon and Dave Fridman, Austin’s most esteemed rock ambassadors have created the bravest, most sonically inventive work of their illustrious career. Reuniting the band with the label that released their 1996 debut, Telephono, and following on Spoon’s streak of three consecutive US Top...
Mistletone and Remote Control are rapt to announce that Kurt Vile will be stopping by the picturesque Meeniyan Town Hall as part of his supreme solo tour. Kurt Vile makes the journey to the South Gippsland township of Meeniyan on Sunday March 5 for a magnificently intimate show in the old-timey surrounds of Meeniyan Town Hall, following his fast-selling Zoo Twilights show at Melbourne Zoo the night before. Very limited...
After performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with members of The Roots, Car Seat Headrest have shared a new version of ‘Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales’. The six minute Teens of Denial epic has been reworked into a brand-new 4 minute version featuring lyrics from Will Toledo’s previous track ‘Plane Crash Blues’. Watch the performance and listen to the single below. Catch the band tour as a part of Laneway Festival this summer. In addition,...
Chavez have announced their new EP, Cockfighters. out Friday 13 January via Matador / Remote Control. It is both a blessing and a curse to be born with a penis. Freud knew this. So did Candy Darling. And so, mutatis mutandis, do the men of Chavez. They are phallus-wrestlers of the highest order, as evidenced not only by the muscular sensitivity of their music, but also quite literally by the...
Kurt Vile returns to Australia for his debut solo tour! It will include stops at Perth International Arts Festival on Tuesday 28th February, Sydney’s Taronga Zoo on Friday 3rd March, Melbourne Zoo on Saturday 4th March, Queensland Performing Arts Centre on Thursday 9th March, Golden Plains Festival on Saturday 11th March and A festival called Panama in Golconda on Sunday 12th March . Check out further details below. Kurt Vile has packed out rooms across Australia, including...
London based trio HÆLOS, who are late additions to both the Byron and Lorne Falls Festival lineups, will be playing their first ever headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne in January 2017, with help from an absolute stellar line-up of support acts; Yeo, Christopher Port, and BUOY (Sydney only). Check out further ticket and tour info below! After a massive year touring their debut album Full Circle all over the US and Europe, they played some of the world’s...
