Oliver Sim debuts a remix of ‘GMT’ from legendary artist and musician Wolfgang Tillmans and his production partner Marc Krether. Longtime mutual admirers, this is the first official collaboration between the two. The original version is taken from Oliver’s much lauded debut album Hideous Bastard. Produced by Oliver’s The xx bandmate and lifelong friend Jamie xx, the album is a collection of songs inspired by Oliver’s love of horror movies and his own life experience. Stream...
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Daring to go where few bands have gone before, Future Islands have done the unthinkable and covered ‘Last Christmas’, the classic festive song originally made famous by Wham! The Baltimore group’s playful reworking retains the song’s charm and melody as Samuel T. Herring’s distinctive vocals adds potent emotional heft to George Michael’s bittersweet lyrics. Future Islands headline Australian / New Zealand tour tickets go on general sale Thursday, 3rd November at 10am local time. For more information and full tour details head to handsometours.com Stream...
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Patrick Holland shares a brand new single and his first new material since releasing his debut record. Holland explains that ‘Years In The Ground’ is “a discussion between a shoulder angel and devil on how to spend your time and money.” Watch the accompanying video below! He continues, “I made this video with my best friend Geoff (Meugens). We woke in the early hours of summer 2021 to catch the sunrise on...
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Brooklyn-via-Kansas City artist Scout Gillett has released her debut album no roof no floor. While “home” can be a tough thing for Gillett to pinpoint, she found her place in Brooklyn’s DIY scene, playing in multiple live bands and even starting her own booking company to organize shows for other independent artists. Her intrepid nature results from a childhood spent running barefoot through rural Missouri and coming of age in...
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Ōtepoti/Dunedin four-piece, Soaked Oats return with their call out track, ‘Headline Opinion’. Headline Opinion’ is the third single from Soaked Oats’ upcoming album, Working Title to be released November 18th, 2022. Lead vocalist and lyricist, Oscar Mein, comments pithily, “Headline Opinion is a song about the news. How we serve it, how we consume it, how we regurgitate it, how we serve it again and…” The track is accompanied with a video of old newspaper headlines and clippings compiled...
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Sunset Poem features three songs from Circuit des Yeux’s otherworldly 2021 album, -io, re-worked by experimental musician, Claire Rousay. In its first year on Earth, -io has continued to evolve. Though the record was written for a 25-piece orchestra, Haley Fohr’s songs have been refreshed and rearranged to suit each round of touring. This has included performances with string ensembles, a trio with bass and drums, and an expansive duo with multi-instrumentalist Whitney Johnson (Matchess). Sunset Poem extends this...
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Ahead of their debut Australian tour in December, Dry Cleaning release their sophomore album Stumpwork. Having already started writing their second record before their first New Long Leg was released, they spent twice as much time with producer John Parish on the follow-up, Stumpwork. Vocals which coil tightly around deft and complex riffs, great meshes of instrumental texture and the willingness to launch into full-on abstraction. “We felt more confident,” says guitarist Tom...
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jade imagine take a journey through dizzying, upbeat jams and melancholic retrospectives with the release of their sophomore album Cold Memory. The album arrives alongside a film clip for ‘I’ll Guess We’ll Just Wait’ and a string of live shows. See below! Written and recorded between Melbourne, Warrnambool and Fremantle, Western Australia, Cold Memory offers ten songs that explore notions of connection – to self, to nature, and to others – across a stunningly diverse collection of...
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The new single and title track of The Smith Street Band’s forthcoming sixth album, ‘Life After Football’ is out now with the news the album will land November 25th. The song was penned after lead singer Wil Wagner escaped a “once in a lifetime” storm at the band’s studio. “I woke up around 5am to the sound of a tree hitting the roof and from the back deck I watched huge, ancient gums and...
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Lucinda Chua presents ‘Golden’: a self-produced song about identity and representation, accompanied by a short film co-created with director Tash Tung. Written from the perspective of her younger self, ‘Golden’ is an intimate and heartfelt meditation on identity in the absence of a role model. Watch below! “Who do I turn to, when I don’t look like you?”, Chua whispers softly, a quiet, uncertain call to the universe. “When the sunlight hits me /...
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Mdou Moctar announce details of part two of the Niger EP series – featuring live and alternate versions of songs spanning the band’s discography recorded in their native Niger – which will be released digitally on October 25th. A preview of Vol. 2 is available to listen to with a live version of ‘Ibitilan’. First appearing on 2019’s Blue Stage Session, the latest iteration of ‘Ibitilan’ captures the band’s renowned live energy in unmediated form, pushing the...
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HAWA releases ‘PROGRESSION’, the second single from the genre-bending singer/rapper/producer’s debut album HADJA BANGOURA which arrives on November 4. Produced by Anthoine Walters and WAVES, ‘PROGRESSION’ is a stirring piano ballad about moving on and thriving in the wake of heartbreak. The accompanying visual opens with an intimate conversation between HAWA and her long-time friend and collaborator, the iconic designer Telfar Clemens. Written and directed by Alex Huggins, it sees...
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Emotional dance music pioneers Huntly meld UK garage, breakbeat, electronic-pop and alternative R&B in their high-tempo new single ‘Undertage’. It arrives alongside news of their signing to Dot Dash Recordings! Between Elspeth Scrine and Andrew Huhtanen McEwan there exists a strong creative partnership, one that has been built upon from years of friendship. This friendship has bred an intuitive and unique artistry; perfectly exemplified on the band’s acclaimed 2019 debut album Low Grade Buzz, which positioned Huntly as a dynamic new...
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Dry Cleaning take a more sombre turn on ‘No Decent Shoes for Rain’ taken from their upcoming album Stumpwork, out 21 October. It begins with Florence Shaw’s vocals coiled tightly over woozy guitar and minimal percussion: “my poor heart is breaking.” Shaw says “’No Decent Shoes for Rain’ is inspired by grief; grief over past relationships, grief for loved ones who have died, and all the things that come with that; loneliness, numbness, yearning,...
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Ibeyi has returned to release a new single ‘Juice of Mandarins.’ A rendition of the song recently debuted on A COLORS SHOW, who exclaimed that the track is “a delectable slice of electronic neo-soul.” Written by Ibeyi’s Lisa-Kaindé, with production from Richard Russell, this latest single follows the duo’s critically-acclaimed third album Spell 31, which was released in May. About the single, Lisa-Kaindé says “‘Juice of Mandarins’ is my favorite love song I’ve ever written. It is about the ecstasy of falling...
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On Sunset Poem, experimental musician Claire Rousay reworks three songs from Circuit des Yeux’s otherworldly 2021 album, -io. The complete EP will be out on October 20th. Rousay’s work often utilises environmental recordings to cultivate rich and evocative ambience. Here, the composer unspools three -io compositions –’Vanishing,’ ‘Sculpting the Exodus,’ and ‘Argument’ – stripping back layers of instrumentation and sheltering Fohr’s voice amid a weave of hushed electronic textures. The results reveal a newly tender, meditative, and boundless space within the songs. Circuit des...
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