Philadelphia’s Hop Along have announced their brand new album Bark Your Head Off, Dog to be released on April 6th in Australia and New Zealand. They have also shared first single ‘How Simple’. Listen below! The track displays a miraculous ability to marry folk, punk, rock and power-pop into a cohesive whole. Dynamic, intricate and textured, it spans the gamut from 90’s angst to 70’s girl-group vocal arrangements. Frances Quinlan (songwriter, lead vocalist, and...
Car Seat Headrest releases ‘Cute Thing’, the latest track to be previewed from forthcoming new album Twin Fantasy – a re-recorded, re-imagined new version of the 2011 self-released Bandcamp masterpiece of the same name – which will be out February 16. Listen below! ‘Cute Thing’ is an ecstatic multi-part epic of unbridled yearning, flirtation, and abandon – pairing masterfully layered production with a combustible house-party reverie. With a seven-piece band...
Melbourne’s Jess Locke has announced she will play shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Perth this March in support of her new single ‘Dangerous’. Check out further tour info below! To coincide with the single tour Jess has shared an accompanying video to ‘Dangerous’, being the final single from her latest LP Universe. Watch the video below! This is Jess’ first headline tour for the year after a busy 2017 culminating in a sold...
Belle and Sebastian have today released Part Two of the band’s new trilogy of EPs, How To Solve Our Human Problems. Recently adding an Australian leg to their busy live schedule in 2018, the band will embark on a national tour throughout May playing Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Further details below. How To Solve Our Human Problems has the classic blend of joy and melancholy and idiosyncratic spirit that has always characterised...
Starcrawler have today released their debut self-titled album, which was recorded by their #1 fan Ryan Adams, who said “This starcrawler record is gonna peel the paint off your brain”….“Starcrawler are so fucking insanely good. Soon they will rule this galaxy.” Starcrawler are a 4-piece band. The members are lead vocalist Arrow de Wilde, guitarist Henri Cash, drummer Austin Smith and bassist Tim Franco. The youngest member is 16 and the oldest is 22. The foursome...
Tune-Yards’ new album I can feel you creep into my private life is out now. The 12 songs explore bandleader Merrill Garbus’ place in the world, and ruminate on race, politics, intersectional feminism and environmental prophecies. Next week, the band will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Conan. On top of its release, the duo have shared an insightful mini-documentary following Merrill and Nate around their hometown of Oakland, US,...
Yo La Tengo’s new album There’s a Riot Going On will be released on Friday 16 March. This is a warm, ambitious record, a striking self-produced creation from one of the most celebrated and adventurous bands in rock history, whose dynamic range touches on pure noise and serene beauty and everything in between. To showcase the full depth of this fearless fifteen-track album, Yo La Tengo have released four new...
Richard Russell has announced details of the debut album from his collaborative artist project Everything Is Recorded. The musician, record producer and XL Recordings co-founder will release Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell on Friday 16th February. Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell features an international and inter-generational cast of collaborators and musicians who include Sampha, Obongjayar, Kamasi Washington, Damon Albarn, Giggs, Ibeyi, Wiki, Syd, Rachel Zeffira, Infinite, Green Gartside, Peter...
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker announce their new album, Seedlings All, released on Friday 23 March and have shared the stunning new track ‘Chicago’ with its accompanying video by award winning filmmaker Bob Gallagher. Watch below! Catch the duo perform their debut Australian shows this March at Port Fairy Folk Festival, Blue Mountains Music Festival and The Thornbury Theatre in Melbourne. Full tour details below. Seedlings All is Josienne Clarke &...
With the release of her second album Historian heading our way on the 2nd March, Lucy Dacus gives us another taste of what’s to come with a video, directed by Dacus herself, for the anthemic and horn-accented upbeat new single ‘Addictions’. Watch below! The video is a love letter of sorts to her native Richmond, VA, presented in its full fall glory. Our nameless protagonist walks, explores, and hitchhikes through...
With new album Natural Born Chillers only a few weeks away, The Bennies share new track ‘Dreamkillers’ and announce an epic run of shows and instores in February. See full tour dates and info below! “This song is our big fuck you to all the people that try and tell you not to chase your dreams” comments The Bennies’ lead singer Anty Horgan. Kicking off with a melodic yet hard rocking guitar riff and a...
Tune-Yards release a new song, ‘Heart Attack’ ahead of their forthcoming album I can feel you creep into my private life, out Friday 19th January. Watch the accompanying clip below! On the heart-rending bridge, bandleader Merrill Garbus pleads, “I’m only human,” as her voice dissolves into the digital, endlessly danceable abyss. The video is directed by Mimi Cave, choreographed by Megan Lawson and features improvisation by the cast of dancers. I can feel you...
U.S. Girls presents a new song, ‘Pearly Gates’, from her forthcoming album, In a Poem Unlimited out Friday 16 February. The single’s celestial companion video was directed by Chrissy Jones, who stars alongside Fizzy. Watch below! On ‘Pearly Gates’, Meg Remy describes a woman who wishes to seduce St. Peter to secure entry to the heavenly realm, with mixed results. Featuring vocalist James Baley and with music written by long-time...
Remote Control are excited to announce the newest signing to Dot Dash, Melbourne producer and musician, Katz. Katz reveals details of his debut EP Waterfall, out Friday 6th April, and shares first single ‘Hollow ft. Charlie Lim’. Watch the accompanying video below! Learning piano from the age of 4, Katz cut his teeth leading jazz ensembles around Melbourne. It wasn’t until he found himself sitting in on friends’ electronica projects that he...
Will Toledo’s 2011’s Bandcamp masterpiece, Twin Fantasy, has been re-recorded and re-imagined and will come out on Friday 16 Feburary. The album will be available on digital, vinyl and as a double CD including both Twin Fantasy (2017 version) and Twin Fantasy – Mirror To Mirror (re-mastered 2011 version). The announcement comes with the release of ‘Nervous Young Inhumans’ and its accompanying video. It is a frenetic, anthemic, split-screen choreographed...
The Breeders announce details of their long-awaited fifth album, All Nerve, and featuring recent single ‘Wait in the Car’, the group’s first record in a decade will be released on Friday 2nd March. Listen to All Nerve’s title track below! All Nerve reunites band members Kim and Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson. The quartet returned to the stage in 2013 to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary and have been...
