News: Detroit’s Strata Records + BBE Music announce rework LP from Jazzanova with special remixes: Hear first single ‘Creative Musicians’
Jazzanova offers up first single Creative Musicians from the project’s forthcoming LP Strata Records – The Sound Of Detroit – Reimagined By Jazzanova due out 22 April via 180 Proof/BBE Music. Since their very first release in 1974, Detroit-based record label Strata Records has gained almost mythical status amongst true music fans, despite its relatively …
News: The Teskey Brothers and Emma Donovan cover Archie Roach’s ‘Get Back to the Land’: East Coast tour kicks off this weekend
Those brothers in blues The Teskey Brothers have started the new year with a wonderfully soulful rendition of Archie Roach’s 2016 single, Get Back To The Land, featuring acclaimed singer-songwriter Emma Donovan. The release comes on the eve of their East-Coast tour which kicks off tonight at Brisbane Riverstage. Of the collaboration, Archie Roach himself …
Track: Norway’s Sea Change shares the solitary longing of ‘Is There Anybody There’ with new album ‘Mutual Dreaming’ out 11 Feb
With new album ‘Mutual Dreaming’ set for release next month via Shapes Recordings, Norwegian producer and singer Sea Change shares the latest single from the record, the hallucinogenic electronica of Is There Anybody There. Of the track, Sea Change says it “came from a very lonely place – it was in the middle of the …
Track: Bonobo shares ‘From You’ ft. Joji ahead of new album ‘Fragments’ out this Friday
Electronic superstar and master of diverse collabs Bonobo (aka Simon Green) shares the final single from the highly anticipated new album drop Fragments, ahead of its release via Ninja Tune this Friday. From You features the Brooklyn-based, fledgling lo-fi-er Joji and follows previous singles Tides with Jamila Woods and Shadows with Jordan Rakei, showing the …
Track: The Plane Sailors pair cheeky wit with playful indie melodies on new single ‘Bell Curve’
“This is not your cliche story, I’m sick of happy endings, they feel so boring” declare The Plane Sailors in the typically candid, offbeat style that defines their new single Bell Curve. Blending amusing honesty with hooky melodies, the Brisbane-based outfit recorded the track in singer Curtis Hooper’s bedroom, before completing the session in bassist …
Premiere: Float away to the ethereal, dream-soaked sounds of Juniper Stone’s latest lo-fi offering ‘Moonchild’ out November 26
Backseat Mafia is excited to premiere the latest, dreamy drop from Brisbane’s Juniper Stone, who officially unveils newest single Moonchild this Friday 26 November. The track is truly a sonic flow of lo-fi indie that wraps itself around you like a cosy blanket on a rainy day, if that blanket was also woven with delicate …
NEWS: Hiatus Kaiyote share enchantingly lit new video for single ‘And We Go Gentle’ + announce 2022 EU/UK tour
Hiatus Kaiyote have shared their intoxicating and captivating new video for the effortless groove that is And We Go Gentle, directed by frequent collaborator Jeremy Koren, aka Grey Ghost (Get Sun and Canopic Jar). The Melbourne-based group have also shared their 2022 EU/UK tour dates, which will begin in Berlin on 29 September and take …
Track: Brisbane’s Hannah Sands’ new single ‘La La Land’ delivers the dreamiest, lo-fi soul
Since debuting in 2020, shimmering, modern soul vocalist Hannah Sands has experienced a whirlwind couple of years, sharing her emotive, jazz-infused sounds and eloquent, story-driven songwriting through numerous releases. The Brisbane singer now makes a beautiful return with newest single La La Land. Continuing on a soulful sonic exploration, Hannah unveils La La Land as …
Track: Women’s Day every day – Clovo brings feminist dark electro pop on debut single ‘Girls’
We still can’t get enough of this track, recently released by new Australian outfit clovo, the project creating seductively dark, alt-pop sounds a la Mia Rodriguez, Billie Eilish and Grimes. Clovo (aka Gold Coast’s Chloe Magee) has debuted her single Girls, a track written on International Women’s Day this year, as an anthem for all …
EP: Alba Rose shines a light in the dark with soulful, indie jazz magic of Debut ‘Silhouette’ released today
New Zealand-based musician Alba Rose has just released her much-anticipated, self-produced EP Silhouette – a wonderfully reflective collection of jazz-infused indie tracks. This follows on from two single drops earlier this year; contemporary, jazz-edged debut Eve, as well as the sultry and soulful Holding On, released in October. Silhouette is Alba Rose’s first full body …