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April 2020

American DJ and producer Baddies Only just dropped his third single "I Need You," a modern club banger with a nostalgic element. The track delivers tech-house influenced style, incorporating a bouncy bassline paired with symbols and other instrumentals to create a high-energy sound born for sinister club parties. The catchy vocal riff in "I Need You" may sound familiar to fans of Steve Angello's side-peoject Mescal Kid; Baddies Only first heard the vocal during Angello's set when he first began going to shows, and he'd been waiting to use it in his own track ever since. Check out what he has to say about "I Need You" below: "About 8-9 years ago, I heard this female vocal sample - "I Need You," in a Steve Angello's mix from an artist named Mescal Kid (which ended up being Steve's alter-ego). It was so memorable because I was at that age when I just started going to concerts and meeting the baddest girls, dancing and partying with them, so my passion and excitement was on overload. I told myself I had to wait for the perfect song to bring the sample back to life and capture that euphoric, nostalgic feeling. We all can trace back to our first or second show/concert where the music and scene really enthralled us. I bring that energy and passion that ignited my love for house music" - Baddies Only Los Angeles-based newcomer Baddies Only has already made a name for himself in the party circuit; he's played at clubs and festival destinations around the world, including Mykonos, St. Tropez, Miami, Dubai, Los Angeles and more. His high-energy sound is made for hedonistic indulgences in the form of Club Bad, a concept he has built his brand around. Follow him on Instagram and Facebook to see what he's up to next! More info on Baddies Only: Baddies Only: Facebook | Instagram | Spotify
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Baddies Only Releases “I Need You,” Throwing Back to His First Raves

by the partae April 8, 2020
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American DJ and producer Baddies Only just dropped his third single “I Need You,” a modern club banger with a nostalgic element. The track delivers tech-house influenced style, incorporating a bouncy bassline paired with symbols and other instrumentals to create a high-energy sound born for sinister club parties. The catchy vocal riff in “I Need You” may sound familiar to fans of Steve Angello‘s side-peoject Mescal Kid; Baddies Only first heard the vocal during Angello‘s set when he first began going to shows, and he’d been waiting to use it in his own track ever since. Check out what he has to say about “I Need You” below:

“About 8-9 years ago, I heard this female vocal sample – “I Need You,” in a Steve Angello‘s mix from an artist named Mescal Kid (which ended up being Steve‘s alter-ego). It was so memorable because I was at that age when I just started going to concerts and meeting the baddest girls, dancing and partying with them, so my passion and excitement was on overload. I told myself I had to wait for the perfect song to bring the sample back to life and capture that euphoric, nostalgic feeling. We all can trace back to our first or second show/concert where the music and scene really enthralled us. I bring that energy and passion that ignited my love for house music” – Baddies Only

Los Angeles-based newcomer Baddies Only has already made a name for himself in the party circuit; he’s played at clubs and festival destinations around the world, including Mykonos, St. Tropez, Miami, Dubai, Los Angeles and more. His high-energy sound is made for hedonistic indulgences in the form of Club Bad, a concept he has built his brand around. Follow him on Instagram and Facebook to see what he’s up to next!

More info on Baddies Only:
 

Baddies Only: Facebook | Instagram | Spotify

 

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"Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico" video: https://youtu.be/PWx7d9zzsSM "Alien" video: https://youtu.be/E4MKrntql1Y "Strange God" video: https://youtu.be/FL5EK_B2qsc QUOTES ABOUT TAN COLOGNE: "Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico is a total vibe record, and a terrific, beautiful and fully realized one at that, man.” -Bill Pearis | Brooklyn Vegan   "This Taos, New Mexico duo’s debut album is a fine set of atmospheric dream-pop with a haunting desert-psych sound combining circling guitar lines, serene vocals and hypnotic melodies. - DY| KEXP   "The duo of Lauren Green (ex Mirror Travel) and interdisciplinary artist Marissa Macias have made something that feels sonically spiritual with their debut album, Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico, an airy record that is heavy on atmosphere and meditative dreaminess.” - Dan Goldin | Post Trash Tan Cologne is a new project by Lauren Green (ex Mirror Travel) and interdisciplinary artist Marissa Macias. The two artists met in Taos 5 years ago and began exploring new musical and creative terrains together. From forming an underground gallery space to composing experimental soundscapes, "Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico" emerged from parallel observations and growth, with New Mexico as the axis of the journey. Tan Cologne recently released their debut album on Labrador Records (Sweden).  It is a story of time capsules and contact; examining fossilized terrains, monsoons, New Age dreams, alien visitations, resurrected communes, and the life cycle of a human ego on Earth. Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico is an entryway to a new portal – a journey that explores the mysteries and oddities of New Mexico, alongside spatial inner-workings of growth and spirit. Using sound as a vibrational connective tissue, Cave Vaults was recorded in two unique spaces – a 250+ year old historic adobe fortress located in Ranchos de Taos Plaza, and a small casita in Northern New Mexico. Everything you hear was written, performed, recorded, and produced by Green and Macias. The only other musician on the debut album is Green’s mother, who plays the flute. The album title was grafted from Taos Composer Joanne Forman’s 1987 soundscape. Her composition “Cave Vaults of The Moon” accompanied a sculpture exhibition in Taos, NM on imagined alien artifacts – a resonant investigation and scent of Tan Cologne. LINKS: www.tancologne.com www.instagram.com/tancologne www.twitter.com/tan_cologne tan-cologne.bandcamp.com riotactmedia.com/roster/tan-cologne/
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TAN COLOGNE

by the partae April 8, 2020
written by the partae

“Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico” video: https://youtu.be/PWx7d9zzsSM

“Alien” video: https://youtu.be/E4MKrntql1Y

 

“Strange God” video: https://youtu.be/FL5EK_B2qsc

 

“Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico is a total vibe record, and a terrific, beautiful and fully realized one at that, man.”
–Bill Pearis | Brooklyn Vegan
 
“This Taos, New Mexico duo’s debut album is a fine set of atmospheric dream-pop with a haunting desert-psych sound combining circling guitar lines, serene vocals and hypnotic melodies.
– DY| KEXP
 
“The duo of Lauren Green (ex Mirror Travel) and interdisciplinary artist Marissa Macias have made something that feels sonically spiritual with their debut album, Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico, an airy record that is heavy on atmosphere and meditative dreaminess.” – Dan Goldin | Post Trash
Tan Cologne is a new project by Lauren Green (ex Mirror Travel) and interdisciplinary artist Marissa Macias. The two artists met in Taos 5 years ago and began exploring new musical and creative terrains together. From forming an underground gallery space to composing experimental soundscapes, “Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico” emerged from parallel observations and growth, with New Mexico as the axis of the journey.
Tan Cologne recently released their debut album on Labrador Records (Sweden).  It is a story of time capsules and contact; examining fossilized terrains, monsoons, New Age dreams, alien visitations, resurrected communes, and the life cycle of a human ego on Earth. Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico is an entryway to a new portal – a journey that explores the mysteries and oddities of New Mexico, alongside spatial inner-workings of growth and spirit.
Using sound as a vibrational connective tissue, Cave Vaults was recorded in two unique spaces – a 250+ year old historic adobe fortress located in Ranchos de Taos Plaza, and a small casita in Northern New Mexico. Everything you hear was written, performed, recorded, and produced by Green and Macias. The only other musician on the debut album is Green’s mother, who plays the flute.
The album title was grafted from Taos Composer Joanne Forman’s 1987 soundscape. Her composition “Cave Vaults of The Moon” accompanied a sculpture exhibition in Taos, NM on imagined alien artifacts – a resonant investigation and scent of Tan Cologne.
www.tancologne.com
www.instagram.com/tancologne
www.twitter.com/tan_cologne
tan-cologne.bandcamp.com
riotactmedia.com/roster/tan-cologne/
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Where are you currently based?  I’m based in Brooklyn, NY. How did you first start playing music? I started strumming a guitar at the age of 13, just learning all the tunes to covers that made an impression on me like Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Everclear and so on. You've started a new project 'Shacks & Palaces', how did this come about? OH, dang a hard question. So there’s many ways to look at it I guess, but one way it started is because of my love for lyrics. When I heard different lyrics dropped, like the song from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Wait, they don’t love you like I love you,” the hammer dropped. I think everyone is an artist and has something to say that is beautiful and can lift you up.  A lyric can dance with you, so in my belly I’ve always wanted to give that piece of myself that may make you feel something. How do you go about juggling the your commitments with The Temper Trap with this new project? Well, at the moment The Temper Trap has set ambitions to release more music, but the juggle lies with us all being in different parts of the world! We are all in each other’s corner with the different releases we have coming up and projects in the works. Who else is in Shacks & Palaces and what instruments do they play? Although this is released as solo record my lady Britni had an integral part in these songs.  She is singing on the whole record and has been able to be in the development of the songs and help me to turn on the wind screen wipers, so to speak, to see what is in front of me. Oscar Dawson, an up and coming Aussie and legend,  is an incredibly gifted multi-instrumentalist and we also hit this task together. Your debut single 'Once Upon A Hilltop' is out now, what influenced the sound and song writing to for this track? I’d say I dared myself to use a simple chord structure to write something imaginative. I’ve always been such a fan of the Flaming Lips and it feels like there’s a little bit of magic in everything they do, so with this song I used them as frame work and thought, what would they sound like if the wrote a folk song? How did you go about writing Once Upon A Hilltop? Well on the road touring you’re always riffing away and I don’t what country I was on when I came up with the riff but many years later I decided this was a song bed worth fighting for. Some songs come easy over years.  This was a song I’ve been writing for years trying to understand what it should be Where and when did you record/produce? I recorded in Melbourne and Brooklyn… I met up with Oscar Dawson, band member of Holy Holy and producer for a bunch of what you’re hearing on triple jjj, at the moment.  We started in Melbourne, I texted him and said do you want to work on this tune and he loved it, so we started there 6 months later he met up with me in Brooklyn to finish it. What programs/instruments did you use? Oh, this song is a marriage between organic foot stomping and to mellotron synths. Oscar records on Logic What do you like to do away from music? I’ve been keen on playing b-ball here in NYC, there’s always pick-up games here. I’m not that good, but I love it! I tell you what the games here go straight to people's hearts and they never forget so if you’re not that good aka me sometimes it's hard to get on the court again! Who are you listening to at the moment? Oh well with everything going on right now I’ve gone inwards and not listening to much except a nice a DJ playing all sorts of tunes to keep you comfy at home. How are you spending your days in this very unique time in history: Well, Britni and I have two kids, so I’ve become a total school teacher and it’s hands-on now.  Outside of that we just got Disney Plus and I’m watching Mandalorian which is pretty epic.   Any advice for aspiring professional musicians? I’d say in a band setting, you grow together and you develop together and your ability to stay connected in your personalities is as equally, if not more important to understand and resolve if possible then the music your making. I’ve seen some awesome bands never make the light of day and I’d dare say it’s because of this. Favourite food and place to hang out? Ha-ha coronavirus times so my home is my hot spot for now!
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The Temper Trap’s ‘Jonny Aherne of Shacks and Palaces’ Interview

by the partae April 8, 2020
written by the partae

Where are you currently based?

 I’m based in Brooklyn, NY.

How did you first start playing music?

I started strumming a guitar at the age of 13, just learning all the tunes to covers that made an impression on me like Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Everclear and so on.

You’ve started a new project ‘Shacks & Palaces’, how did this come about?

OH, dang a hard question. So there’s many ways to look at it I guess, but one way it started is because of my love for lyrics. When I heard different lyrics dropped, like the song from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Wait, they don’t love you like I love you,” the hammer dropped. I think everyone is an artist and has something to say that is beautiful and can lift you up.  A lyric can dance with you, so in my belly I’ve always wanted to give that piece of myself that may make you feel something.

How do you go about juggling the your commitments with The Temper Trap with this new project?

Well, at the moment The Temper Trap has set ambitions to release more music, but the juggle lies with us all being in different parts of the world! We are all in each other’s corner with the different releases we have coming up and projects in the works.

Who else is in Shacks & Palaces and what instruments do they play?

Although this is released as solo record my lady Britni had an integral part in these songs.  She is singing on the whole record and has been able to be in the development of the songs and help me to turn on the wind screen wipers, so to speak, to see what is in front of me. Oscar Dawson, an up and coming Aussie and legend,  is an incredibly gifted multi-instrumentalist and we also hit this task together.

Your debut single ‘Once Upon A Hilltop’ is out now, what influenced the sound and song writing to for this track?

I’d say I dared myself to use a simple chord structure to write something imaginative. I’ve always been such a fan of the Flaming Lips and it feels like there’s a little bit of magic in everything they do, so with this song I used them as frame work and thought, what would they sound like if the wrote a folk song?

How did you go about writing Once Upon A Hilltop?

Well on the road touring you’re always riffing away and I don’t what country I was on when I came up with the riff but many years later I decided this was a song bed worth fighting for. Some songs come easy over years.  This was a song I’ve been writing for years trying to understand what it should be

Where and when did you record/produce?

I recorded in Melbourne and Brooklyn…

I met up with Oscar Dawson, band member of Holy Holy and producer for a bunch of what you’re hearing on triple jjj, at the moment.  We started in Melbourne, I texted him and said do you want to work on this tune and he loved it, so we started there 6 months later he met up with me in Brooklyn to finish it.

What programs/instruments did you use?

Oh, this song is a marriage between organic foot stomping and to mellotron synths.

Oscar records on Logic

What do you like to do away from music?

I’ve been keen on playing b-ball here in NYC, there’s always pick-up games here. I’m not that good, but I love it! I tell you what the games here go straight to people’s hearts and they never forget so if you’re not that good aka me sometimes it’s hard to get on the court again!

Who are you listening to at the moment?

Oh well with everything going on right now I’ve gone inwards and not listening to much except a nice a DJ playing all sorts of tunes to keep you comfy at home.

How are you spending your days in this very unique time in history:

Well, Britni and I have two kids, so I’ve become a total school teacher and it’s hands-on now.  Outside of that we just got Disney Plus and I’m watching Mandalorian which is pretty epic.

Any advice for aspiring professional musicians?

I’d say in a band setting, you grow together and you develop together and your ability to stay connected in your personalities is as equally, if not more important to understand and resolve if possible then the music your making. I’ve seen some awesome bands never make the light of day and I’d dare say it’s because of this.

Favourite food and place to hang out?

Ha-ha coronavirus times so my home is my hot spot for now!

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WESTERMAN SHARES NEW SONG 'WAITING ON DESIGN' DEBUT ALBUM 'YOUR HERO IS NOT DEAD' OUT 5 JUNE 2020 VIA PLAY IT AGAIN SAM
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WESTERMAN SHARES NEW SONG ‘WAITING ON DESIGN’ DEBUT ALBUM ‘YOUR HERO IS NOT DEAD’ OUT 5 JUNE 2020 VIA PLAY IT AGAIN SAM

by the partae April 8, 2020
written by the partae
Photo credit: Bex Day

PRAISE FOR WESTERMAN

“Westerman’s songwriting takes in the tumult of a whirring mind and turns it into music that has the power to soothe modern anxieties, if not solve them” 
Pitchfork“Developing imperfect ideas into something brilliant”
Interview Magazine

“Manages to delicately balance melodic complexity and a variety of different instruments in a way that sounds not just easy, but effortless”
Dazed

Today, Westerman shares a new song from his forthcoming debut album Your Hero Is Not Dead, out June 5th 2020 via Play It Again Sam. ‘Waiting on Design‘ begins with a slight buzz, then slowly builds into a beautifully intricate cut on emotional limbo and trepidation. The song is the third single from his album following ‘Think I’ll Stay‘ and ‘Blue Commanche‘. Watch Bráulio Amado’s visualiser for ‘Waiting on Design‘ HERE.

Speaking on the inspiration behind ‘Waiting on Design‘, Westerman shares: “I was thinking about the absurdity of the self, and how nobody wants to look at themselves from the perspective of the people they hurt. What’s interesting to me about storytelling isn’t necessarily the stories themselves, but the mutual connection that comes from people’s understanding of what’s being conjured by that story.”

Westerman’s London, Berlin and Paris shows have now been moved to August and October. Tickets are on sale now here. You can also check out westerman.world which recently launched as a new interactive website that features a custom playlist of songs that inspired the new album, animated illustrations and future sneak peeks of new music before it’s released.

Your Hero Is Not Dead is the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed Ark EP. Recorded alongside his close friend and producer Nathan Jenkins (A.K.A. Bullion) at first in Southern Portugal before finishing the process in London, Your Hero Is Not Dead is an album about empathy and compassion, struggle and release, and all the ways we contradict and battle within ourselves. The project is full of supremely crafted, groove-hinged songs about moral, political, and ethical grey areas, that find Westerman attempting to resolve external issues by looking inward.

Listen to ‘Waiting on Design‘ and find further details on the album, including tracklisting and cover art by renowned New York via Portugal Graphic Designer and Illustrator Bráulio Amado below.

‘Waiting On Design‘ by is out now, buy/stream it here.

Westerman
Your Hero Is Not Dead
Play It Again Sam
June 5

Pre-order here

See all world tour dates at westerman.world

Stay connected with Westerman:
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

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The Courtneys’ Courtney Garvin Announces New Gum Country Album, Shares Lead Single ‘Somewhere’

by the partae April 8, 2020
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“‘Somewhere’ will give you that same euphoric tingle you felt after falling in love with your first underground jangle pop band. Nimble guitar riffs swarm around Garvin’s subtle, sweet vocals, and it captures everything great about fuzzy rock and good-natured, classic indie-pop.” – Paste Magazine

“A phenomenal slice of totally ’90s droning guitar-pop bliss” – Stereogum

“Fuzzy guitar riffs, dynamic drumming, and lo-fi ambience.” – New Noise

Gum Country are an indie rock band brought to you by vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Courtney Garvin (The Courtneys) and multi-instrumentalist Connor Mayer. Their self-described “harsh twee” project began back in Vancouver as a series of lo-fi four track recordings made in an apartment, very quietly. After relocating to Los Angeles where they currently reside, the pair recorded their debut full-length album Somewhere with Joo-Joo Ashworth at Studio 22, this time at full volume.

Today they’ve revealed a video for the album’s lead single and title track “Somewhere” that was inspired by 80s and 90s performance music videos. Courtney explains,”I wrote ‘Somewhere’ a couple years after moving to LA. It’s about leaving a place that you are comfortable in and landing in a strange new one, and discovering what parts of your identity remain and which were left behind. The first line I wrote was ‘haven’t felt this way in a while, I can’t think straight can’t hide my smile, I guess this is gonna be my life for a while’, and then it was just a process of unravelling that thought.  I think the song could be about the range of emotions that come with any big change, and ultimately settling on a mellow excitement for vulnerability.”

Watch Somewhere video. Stream/buy Somewhere.

The songs on Somewhere meander through the highs and lows of daily life, touching on subjects ranging from love, loss, and anxiety, to tennis, video games, and gardening. Garvin navigates these topics with humor and sincerity, her unassuming delivery riding amidst the swirling instrumentals like a snowboarder shredding fresh pow.

Gum Country draws on groups like Stereolab, The Replacements, The Breeders, Beat Happening, Yo La Tengo, Meat Puppets and The Magnetic Fields, enveloping and transforming these influences in the warm embrace of Garvin’s fuzzy open-tuned guitar tone. Mayer’s driving drums and melodic keyboard accompaniments provide a backdrop for these rich textures, casually blending digital and analogue to produce a sound that would feel right at home on NME’s C-86 compilation.

Somewhere (album) will be released digitally, on vinyl, CD and cassette on June 19 via Dinosaur City Records (Aus/NZ), Kingfisher Bluez (Canada), Burger Records (USA) and Waterslide Records (Japan).

Keep up to date with Gum Country via their blog.

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DVNA CHANGES PACE WITH NEW SINGLE ‘HALF PAST SOBER’

by the partae April 8, 2020
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“Honestly, one of my fave new voices right her“
– Bridget Hustwaite, triple j

“…seriously worth keeping an eye on…”
– Pilerats

“DVNA gonna be making some huge waves real soon“
–The Aston Shuffle

Raw, emotional and stripped back, DVNA (pron. Da-na) returns today with her most passionate single yet and first offering of 2020, ‘Half Past Sober’, premiering via triple j’s Home & Hosed last night. 

Writing songs about her friends is somewhat DVNA’s trademark and ‘Half Past Sober’ is no exception. A true story about heartache and betrayal, the track’s origins are cemented in a conversation with a mate two years ago. “My friend’s told me about her relationship that was equally as passionate as it was toxic. A dysfunctional, heated, electric love affair that probably never should have happened, though glad it did. We’ve all been in situations where feelings aren’t reciprocated. You begin to feel weak, desperate and a slowly turn into a shell of your former self. Pricking your fingers on the staples barely holding the relationship together and learning to love the pain.”

Fusing her soulful vocals with a more stripped back production, the song was originally just acoustic but DVNA felt it needed a little more. “I teamed up with my good friend Fractures in his cute little Melbourne studio to bring this song to life,” she says. The result is musically dynamic, soft and intimate in times of vulnerability and climactic/ chaotic towards the end when frustration and anger begin to take over.

‘Half Past Sober’ lands fresh from a huge 18 months for the Gold Coast-based artist. Captivating the market with her first three singles ‘Sushi In Tokyo’, ‘Looking Like a Snack’ and ‘Girl On The Move’, DVNA has since racked up an impressive 3.2 million streams and caught the attention of triple j, becoming a triple j Unearthed feature artist while taking out their coveted spot to open up the main stage at Brisbane’s Laneway Festival. Recently signing with Falcona booking agency, DVNA has also supported the likes of LEISURE, Alice Ivy, Kira Puru, Arno Faraji and performed at various tastemaker festivals including BIGSOUND, Bleach Festival, Arcadia and The Mountain Goat Valley Crawl. 

With more releases planned and a few sobering surprises, DVNA’s ‘Half Past Sober’ is the first sip the next phase for this talented producer, performer and songwriter.

DVNA’s ‘Half Past Sober’ is out NOW.

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PRAISE FOR DUNE RATS Hurry Up And Wait ARIA Number 1 Album The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit ARIA Number 1 Album Hurry Up And Wait triple j Feature Album The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit triple j Feature Album 'Rock Album Of The Year' (The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit) ARIA Nomination ‘Scott Green’ & 'Bullshit' ARIA Gold 'Rock Work Of The Year' (Scott Green) APRA Nomination Today, Brisbane band Dune Rats share their new video for album track ‘Bad Habits’. Premiering now on YouTube, the video takes the viewer across the band's headlining album tour last month which saw them play their biggest rooms yet in Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne with bands Ruby Fields, Dear Seattle and TOTTY on support. Watch it HERE.  Of the video Dune Rats frontman Danny Beus says, “We always pictured Bad Habits would be a live clip, even when recording it we’d joke about how big the chorus feels and fun it would be to play it live. So we all feel really lucky we were able to go out on tour a few weeks back and film it while having an awesome time playing to epic crowds.” The video follows the release of the band's long-awaited third LP, Hurry Up And Wait, out now via Ratbag Records / BMG. Featuring tracks such as ‘Stupid Is As Stupid Does (feat. K.Flay)‘, ‘Crazy’ and ‘No Plans’, the record went #1 on the ARIA charts, #1 on the AIR Independent Chart, #1 Australian Album Chart,  #1 ARIA Vinyl Chart as well as the coveted triple j Feature Album week of release.  Hurry Up And Wait, with producer James Tidswell (Violent Soho), engineer Mitch Kenny, producer/songwriter Miro Mackie and mixer Mike Green is the band’s cleanest and most mature release to date, seeing the trio evolve while also honing their beloved brand of raucous, anthemic 90s skate-punk. And while they might write about new life experiences and exploring new musical styles – they can’t just be that ‘Scott Green’ band forever – the band proves just as tongue-in-cheek and down-to-earth as ever. Above all, Dune Rats are just always trying to keep it real, no matter where they are in life.  The bands’ third record is their first since the breakthrough success of their 2017 record, The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit, which landed four singles in triple J’s Hottest 100 between 2016 and 2017, debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts, was nominated for ‘Best Rock Album’ at the ARIAs and saw the trio taking their explosive live show to larger and larger crowds at sold-out headline shows around the world and at home with headline slots at Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Laneway Festival and more.    Hurry Up And Wait is out now via Ratbag Records/BMG, buy/stream it here.  Photograph by Matt Walter. Stay connected with Dune Rats:  Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
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Dune Rats share new video for ‘Bad Habits’

by the partae April 7, 2020
written by the partae

PRAISE FOR DUNE RATS

Hurry Up And Wait
ARIA Number 1 Album

The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit
ARIA Number 1 Album

Hurry Up And Wait
triple j Feature Album

The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit
triple j Feature Album

‘Rock Album Of The Year’ (The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit)
ARIA Nomination

‘Scott Green’ & ‘Bullshit’
ARIA Gold

‘Rock Work Of The Year’ (Scott Green)
APRA Nomination

Today, Brisbane band Dune Rats share their new video for album track ‘Bad Habits’. Premiering now on YouTube, the video takes the viewer across the band’s headlining album tour last month which saw them play their biggest rooms yet in Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne with bands Ruby Fields, Dear Seattle and TOTTY on support. Watch it HERE.

Of the video Dune Rats frontman Danny Beus says, “We always pictured Bad Habits would be a live clip, even when recording it we’d joke about how big the chorus feels and fun it would be to play it live. So we all feel really lucky we were able to go out on tour a few weeks back and film it while having an awesome time playing to epic crowds.”

The video follows the release of the band’s long-awaited third LP, Hurry Up And Wait, out now via Ratbag Records / BMG. Featuring tracks such as ‘Stupid Is As Stupid Does (feat. K.Flay)‘, ‘Crazy’ and ‘No Plans’, the record went #1 on the ARIA charts, #1 on the AIR Independent Chart, #1 Australian Album Chart,  #1 ARIA Vinyl Chart as well as the coveted triple j Feature Album week of release.

Hurry Up And Wait, with producer James Tidswell (Violent Soho), engineer Mitch Kenny, producer/songwriter Miro Mackie and mixer Mike Green is the band’s cleanest and most mature release to date, seeing the trio evolve while also honing their beloved brand of raucous, anthemic 90s skate-punk. And while they might write about new life experiences and exploring new musical styles – they can’t just be that ‘Scott Green’ band forever – the band proves just as tongue-in-cheek and down-to-earth as ever. Above all, Dune Rats are just always trying to keep it real, no matter where they are in life.

The bands’ third record is their first since the breakthrough success of their 2017 record, The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit, which landed four singles in triple J’s Hottest 100 between 2016 and 2017, debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts, was nominated for ‘Best Rock Album’ at the ARIAs and saw the trio taking their explosive live show to larger and larger crowds at sold-out headline shows around the world and at home with headline slots at Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Laneway Festival and more.

Hurry Up And Wait is out now via Ratbag Records/BMG,
buy/stream it here.

Photograph by Matt Walter.

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Big League Interview

by the partae April 7, 2020
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What is your name and role within Big League?

Travis, I sing, play guitar, and write the songs.

How did Big League form?

Marie (vocals/bass/wife) and I started messing around with a 4-track recorder, playing and writing at home. When we had enough material to share we got a couple of mates involved to complete the sound.

What’s been happening recently?

We’ve had a bit of a line-up change recently, our mate Jackson has joined us on guitar, and Marie broke her ankle, so we’ve been spending most of our time rehearsing new music from the comfort of our lounge room. We played a show at the Tote just before the city went into lockdown and Marie did it from a chair!

Your new single ‘Earth = Active Neutral’ is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?

 A mate told me I should try EADABE tuning, and said a new tuning always gets you a couple of new songs! Lyrically, the planets impending doom was definitely on my mind, and once I had the vocal melody it sounded right to layer up the singing. I try to let the music get a little weird while still being hooky, I want it to rock without being cliché.

Where and when did you record?

We recorded at home in our makeshift studio. Drums, guitar, and bass were recorded live, with everything else dubbed over the top. It’s part of the album we’ve been recording and piecing together over the last two years.

How did the concept for the music video come about?  – Where and when did you film and who with?

I think Gordon (Holland) wanted to draw on the shoegazey, dreamyness of the song so we just let him do his thing. It was filmed at our friend’s house early in the year, we didn’t have to decorate at all, it was a cool place to shoot. Gordons partner Cassie brought a heap of lights for us to play with and we took turns keeping our hungover mates company in the backyard!

You also have an upcoming album, how did the songwriting take place? – What influenced the sound and songwriting for the album?

Yes! Our new album’s called A Symbol Like A Cloud. I did most of the writing during stages of semi-unemployment in our living room with my Les Paul, and a coffee or beer.

I’ve been a fan of lo-fi recordings for a long time, and I’d just started listening to Car Seat Headrest’s album Twin Fantasy, a relatively recent, and boldly lo-fi record I thought. Seeing as our last album had been well rehearsed prior to recording, and was laid down in just a couple of days in a studio, I decided I wanted to go in the opposite direction; record weird ideas as they came without rushing to get an album out.

Some of the songs were written and recorded in a day, some were ideas that sat for a year before being completed. I just kept going until the album felt finished.

Who are you listening to at the moment?

I never gave the Lemonheads a proper go, but I have recently, they’re really good!  I’ve also been listening to a bunch of US 80’s bands, X, Gun Club, Dream Syndicate.

What do you like to do away from music?

I tinker, we have a house that I’ve been renovating for the last few years, I’ll finish it one day.

What’s planned for 2020?

We’ll try and do as many shows home and abroad as we can, we were gearing up to tour Japan midyear but now that’s canned we’ll have to see how the lockdown plays out… like a lot of people right now, all our plans might push into next year.

Favourite food and place to hangout?

Love a good pizza, although once we’re allowed to go out again, I’ll be frothing for a beer and a burger somewhere. The Union in Fitzroy’s great, and so is Leonards House Of Love in Prahran.

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UNIFY Gathering is set to return to Tarwin Lower from January 21 – 24 2021 with an all-Australian lineup. Read the festival statement below: It’s no secret that the music industry is one of the hardest hit industries by the current situation, and our hearts go out to the artists, crew, agents and managers that have lost their entire touring plans with no certainty of when it is coming back. This festival launched in 2015 with entirely Australian artists, and we’ve had the pleasure of having pretty much every heavy artist in the country perform across our six events. Now we want to invite all of them back for a celebration of this community and everything it provides. We hope to get back as many artists as we can. We’ll be pushing dates back a week to make the January 21 - 24 weekend in 2021. In all of this chaos, one message stands as true as ever: music saves lives. It’s the inspiration in our lives and it’s the basis of communities that can band together to survive through tough times. We wanted this announcement out now to declare our intentions, and give the people in our community something to look forward to.  While UNIFY prides itself on connecting with the global heavy music community, it was with the local community of artists, crew, agents and managers that we launched our festival in 2015. In that first year, it felt like most of the Australian heavy music community got together to create one of the most memorable weekends of our lives. At the time, Australian heavy music artists were mostly unable to play festivals in AUS. We launched UNIFY because we wanted to see what it would be like for The Amity Affliction, Northlane and In Hearts Wake to play 40 minute sets at night at a festival. Looking at that lineup, it included many of the bands that defined the next half decade of Australian music, and that poster has become an iconic moment in the history of this community.  We are also aware that Australian artists are right now doing their best to reschedule current dates and look for opportunities that can work once life resumes. As such, UNIFY will also have no restriction on artists wanting to do tour dates surrounding our dates. We also won’t worry about putting through artists that played last year or the year before. It’s not about exclusivity for us, it’s about community.  We will be back with more details soon, but for now please join the event page to stay up to date as we roll out. 
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UNIFY GATHERING ANNOUNCE ALL-AUSTRALIAN EDITION FOR 2021 + REVEAL FESTIVAL DATES LINEUP TO BE ANNOUNCED

by the partae April 7, 2020
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UNIFY Gathering is set to return to Tarwin Lower from January 21 – 24 2021 with an all-Australian lineup.

Read the festival statement below:

It’s no secret that the music industry is one of the hardest hit industries by the current situation, and our hearts go out to the artists, crew, agents and managers that have lost their entire touring plans with no certainty of when it is coming back. This festival launched in 2015 with entirely Australian artists, and we’ve had the pleasure of having pretty much every heavy artist in the country perform across our six events. Now we want to invite all of them back for a celebration of this community and everything it provides. We hope to get back as many artists as we can. We’ll be pushing dates back a week to make the January 21 – 24 weekend in 2021.

In all of this chaos, one message stands as true as ever: music saves lives. It’s the inspiration in our lives and it’s the basis of communities that can band together to survive through tough times. We wanted this announcement out now to declare our intentions, and give the people in our community something to look forward to.

While UNIFY prides itself on connecting with the global heavy music community, it was with the local community of artists, crew, agents and managers that we launched our festival in 2015. In that first year, it felt like most of the Australian heavy music community got together to create one of the most memorable weekends of our lives. At the time, Australian heavy music artists were mostly unable to play festivals in AUS. We launched UNIFY because we wanted to see what it would be like for The Amity Affliction, Northlane and In Hearts Wake to play 40 minute sets at night at a festival. Looking at that lineup, it included many of the bands that defined the next half decade of Australian music, and that poster has become an iconic moment in the history of this community.

We are also aware that Australian artists are right now doing their best to reschedule current dates and look for opportunities that can work once life resumes. As such, UNIFY will also have no restriction on artists wanting to do tour dates surrounding our dates. We also won’t worry about putting through artists that played last year or the year before. It’s not about exclusivity for us, it’s about community.

We will be back with more details soon, but for now please join the event page to stay up to date as we roll out.

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After two years of long work, even working across winter to finish the tune, Just A Gent & Xavi release their melodic masterpiece - ‘Miso & Memories’ this Friday March 20. The song is produced by both Just A Gent and Xavi, with vocals by the extremely talented Akira Flay released independently. ‘Miso & Memories’ is an emotional track blending the best elements of pop and dance music creating an earworm you won’t soon forget. The catchy vocals paired with the bouncy feel of the production could sit across a nightclub dancefloor or commercial radio station. The track’s strong swing influence, along with the laid-back future bass style of the drop, keeps the listener wanting more. ‘Miso & Memories’ is also a sonic tale that brings about a sense of not only love, but also loss. This track expresses a feeling about the fabled “one that got away” and getting over them. Just A Gent is a young pioneer for the future bass music scene, teaching himself to produce at a young age accumulating millions of streams before he was legally allowed into a nightclub. In 2019 he released his third EP ‘URCA’ through Monstercat which was well received by media and fans alike, with Just A Gent going on to perform at FOMO, Groovin the Moo and Falls Festival over the year. With over 75 Million plays on Spotify alone, Just A Gent continues to grow with each release reaching new heights. Xavi is a St. Louis based melodic bass music producer, who has seen support from artists like Porter Robinson, San Holo, Luca Lush, and many more. His most recent releases include an official remix of “Kids” by Lione, released on Tiesto’s record label Musical Freedom, and a single on Electric Hawks recent compilation Rebirth, titled “She’s Beyond Us.” Akira Flay is a Santa Barbara, California based songwriter and producer blending hip-hop and electronic music with a varied somber or bombastic vocal delivery. Last month he released an EP titled “Hello, Goodbye.”
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JUST A GENT RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘MISO & MEMORIES’ WITH XAVI FEAT. AKIRA FLAY

by the partae April 7, 2020
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After two years of long work, even working across winter to finish the tune, Just A Gent & Xavi  release their melodic masterpiece – ‘Miso & Memories’ this Friday March 20. The song is produced by both Just A Gent and Xavi, with vocals by the extremely talented Akira Flay released independently.

‘Miso & Memories’ is an emotional track blending the best elements of pop and dance music creating an earworm you won’t soon forget.  The catchy vocals paired with the bouncy feel of the production could sit across a nightclub dancefloor or commercial radio station. The track’s strong swing influence, along with the laid-back future bass style of the drop, keeps the listener wanting more.

‘Miso & Memories’ is also a sonic tale that brings about a sense of not only love, but also loss.  This track expresses a feeling about the fabled “one that got away” and getting over them.

Just A Gent is a young pioneer for the future bass music scene, teaching himself to produce at a young age accumulating millions of streams before he was legally allowed into a nightclub. In 2019 he released his third EP ‘URCA’ through Monstercat which was well received by media and fans alike, with Just A Gent going on to perform at FOMO, Groovin the Moo and Falls Festival over the year. With over 75 Million plays on Spotify alone, Just A Gent continues to grow with each release reaching new heights.

Xavi is a St. Louis based melodic bass music producer, who has seen support from artists like Porter Robinson, San Holo, Luca Lush, and many more.  His most recent releases include an official remix of “Kids” by Lione, released on Tiesto’s record label Musical Freedom, and a single on Electric Hawks recent compilation Rebirth, titled “She’s Beyond Us.”

Akira Flay is a Santa Barbara, California based songwriter and producer blending hip-hop and electronic music with a varied somber or bombastic vocal delivery.  Last month he released an EP titled “Hello, Goodbye.”

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Gordi along with the team behind the popular weekend streaming festival Isol-Aid are proud to unveil a special international lunchtime edition of Isol-Aid: Lunch Without Borders. Taking place over 2 hours from 11.30am Australian eastern time this Wednesday, Lunch Without Borders will see 5 artists from around the globe play a short Instagram Live concert for their Australian fans via Isol-Aid’s growing platform. They’ll be joined by 3 local Australian artists throughout the event. Isol-Aid launched 3 weeks ago and has run a live streaming festival over consecutive weekends and has been warmly embraced by the Australian music community. As borders start to close and touring in Australia an impossibility for international artists, Canowindra musician Sophie Payten (aka Gordi) wanted to connect her musician friends abroad with their Australian fans, while expanding the reach of Australian music industry charity Support Act. The curated event will see each artist play 15 minute back to back sets on their own Instagram Live stories, with traffic directed from Isol-Aid’s site and social accounts. The lunchtime concert will feature Tennessee singer and boygenius member Julien Baker. Her first two albums Sprained Ankle and Turn Out The Lights were met with critical acclaim and saw her perform numerous times on US late night TV, collaborate with an impressive list of artists and toured Australia most recently in 2018. Of Monsters And Men’s frontwoman Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir joins the Australian lunchtime event from her wintry home studio late at night in Iceland. With several number one albums in many countries, they recently celebrated the eighth anniversary of their debut album My Head Is An Animal. OMAM were recently out in Australia for Falls Festival over the new year period. Further inland from Nanna’s home in Reykjavik, Iceland is electro-folk falsetto star Asgeir.  Originally due to return to Australia next month, the popular singer released his third album Bury The Moon earlier this year. One in 10 people in Iceland own a copy of his debut album In The Silence. British indie electronic producer-singer Shura comes to us from her newly adopted home in Brooklyn.  Recently fleeing the UK as President Trump threatened to close borders, she made it back to the US just hours before the British travel ban was imposed. Her second album Forevher features the slinky synth pop single “religion”. Staying in New York, Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell make up synth pop duo Overcoats. Recently joining the Loma Vista roster, their recent track “The Fool” showcases the band’s emotionally-led harmonies and passionate delivery, which will no doubt be highlighted in raw acoustic duo format. Joining the overseas visitors for lunch are locals - our host Gordi whose second album Our Two Skins is out in June, as well as Melbourne experimental bedroom pop purveyor Katie Dey in solo piano mode and triple j Unearthed star George Alice who has caught global attention with her streaming hit “Circles”. The live stream will kick off from 11:30am this Wednesday (Aus EST), with each artist playing a 15 minute live set via Instagram Live.  It will be moderated by the Isol-Aid Instagram page where viewers can be directed to the individual artist accounts for each set. Viewers can donate to Support Act, Australia’s leading organisation raising awareness and funding for musicians and arts industry workers suffering from mental illness, injury and other related issues. More information on Support Act can be found at: supportact.org.au/about-support-act/who-we-are/   www.isolaidfestival.com/ Lunch Without Borders A Special International Edition of Isol-Aid   Wednesday 8 April   11:30am - 1:30pm AEST (Tue evening America and Europe) 8 course spread curated by Gordi: Asgeir Gordi Julien Baker Katie Dey Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (from Of Monsters And Men) Overcoats Shura George Alice GORDI
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GORDI & ISOL-AID PRESENT LUNCH WITHOUT BORDERS: AN INTERNATIONAL LUNCHTIME EDITION OF ISOL-AID FEATURING JULIEN BAKER, ASGEIR, SHURA, NANNA FROM OF MONSTERS AND MEN AND MORE

by the partae April 7, 2020
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Gordi along with the team behind the popular weekend streaming festival Isol-Aid are proud to unveil a special international lunchtime edition of Isol-Aid: Lunch Without Borders.

Taking place over 2 hours from 11.30am Australian eastern time this Wednesday, Lunch Without Borders will see 5 artists from around the globe play a short Instagram Live concert for their Australian fans via Isol-Aid’s growing platform. They’ll be joined by 3 local Australian artists throughout the event. Isol-Aid launched 3 weeks ago and has run a live streaming festival over consecutive weekends and has been warmly embraced by the Australian music community.

As borders start to close and touring in Australia an impossibility for international artists, Canowindra musician Sophie Payten (aka Gordi) wanted to connect her musician friends abroad with their Australian fans, while expanding the reach of Australian music industry charity Support Act. The curated event will see each artist play 15 minute back to back sets on their own Instagram Live stories, with traffic directed from Isol-Aid’s site and social accounts.

The lunchtime concert will feature Tennessee singer and boygenius member Julien Baker. Her first two albums Sprained Ankle and Turn Out The Lights were met with critical acclaim and saw her perform numerous times on US late night TV, collaborate with an impressive list of artists and toured Australia most recently in 2018.

Of Monsters And Men’s frontwoman Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir joins the Australian lunchtime event from her wintry home studio late at night in Iceland. With several number one albums in many countries, they recently celebrated the eighth anniversary of their debut album My Head Is An Animal. OMAM were recently out in Australia for Falls Festival over the new year period.

Further inland from Nanna’s home in Reykjavik, Iceland is electro-folk falsetto star Asgeir.  Originally due to return to Australia next month, the popular singer released his third album Bury The Moon earlier this year. One in 10 people in Iceland own a copy of his debut album In The Silence.

British indie electronic producer-singer Shura comes to us from her newly adopted home in Brooklyn.  Recently fleeing the UK as President Trump threatened to close borders, she made it back to the US just hours before the British travel ban was imposed. Her second album Forevher features the slinky synth pop single “religion”.

Staying in New York, Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell make up synth pop duo Overcoats. Recently joining the Loma Vista roster, their recent track “The Fool” showcases the band’s emotionally-led harmonies and passionate delivery, which will no doubt be highlighted in raw acoustic duo format.

Joining the overseas visitors for lunch are locals – our host Gordi whose second album Our Two Skins is out in June, as well as Melbourne experimental bedroom pop purveyor Katie Dey in solo piano mode and triple j Unearthed star George Alice who has caught global attention with her streaming hit “Circles”.

The live stream will kick off from 11:30am this Wednesday (Aus EST), with each artist playing a 15 minute live set via Instagram Live.  It will be moderated by the Isol-Aid Instagram page where viewers can be directed to the individual artist accounts for each set.

Viewers can donate to Support Act, Australia’s leading organisation raising awareness and funding for musicians and arts industry workers suffering from mental illness, injury and other related issues. More information on Support Act can be found at: supportact.org.au/about-support-act/who-we-are/

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Lunch Without Borders
A Special International Edition of Isol-Aid
Wednesday 8 April
11:30am – 1:30pm AEST

(Tue evening America and Europe)

8 course spread curated by Gordi:
Asgeir
Gordi
Julien Baker
Katie Dey
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (from Of Monsters And Men)
Overcoats
Shura
George Alice

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Southern California twin duo, The Garden, share the video for “Clench to Stay Awake” off their recently released fourth studio album Kiss My Super Bowl Ring. The album debuted #1 on the Alternative New Artists Albums Chart in the US and #6 on the Top New Artists Albums Charts in the US while just clicking over 1 million streams for the album worldwide.  WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “CLENCH TO STAY AWAKE”   The Garden have been carving their own path since their formation in 2011. Known musically for their fast, punk-influenced jungle and DnB styles, they have a total of four studio albums and four EPs under their name, including LPs The Life and Times of a Paperclip (2013), Haha (2015), and Mirror Might Steal Your Charm (2018), Kiss My Super Bowl Ring (2020). Touring at a constant rate across the US, Europe, UK, China, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and Mexico since 2013, their show is a mix of aggressive, unpredictable and trickster-ish tendencies. Additionally, The Garden made their Coachella debut in 2019 with previous festival appearances at Camp Flog Gnaw, Sasquatch, Riot Fest, Concrete & Grass in Shanghai, Neon Desert, End of the Road Festival, Tropicalia, and more.    Kiss My Super Bowl Ring, though primarily self-produced, includes tracks co-produced by Dylan Brady, and Wharfwhit, along with tracks featuring Ariel Pink, Khalif Jones (aka Le1f) and even a snippet from Carrot Top. The new album rivals the band’s previous work lyrically and sonically with unmatched belligerence. Kiss My Super Bowl Ring boasts a roster of songs that just might be the most creatively rattling yet from the duo
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THE GARDEN SHARE “CLENCH TO STAY AWAKE” VIDEO

by the partae April 6, 2020
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Southern California twin duo, The Garden, share the video for “Clench to Stay Awake” off their recently released fourth studio album Kiss My Super Bowl Ring. The album debuted #1 on the Alternative New Artists Albums Chart in the US and #6 on the Top New Artists Albums Charts in the US while just clicking over 1 million streams for the album worldwide. 

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “CLENCH TO STAY AWAKE”

The Garden have been carving their own path since their formation in 2011. Known musically for their fast, punk-influenced jungle and DnB styles, they have a total of four studio albums and four EPs under their name, including LPs The Life and Times of a Paperclip (2013), Haha (2015), and Mirror Might Steal Your Charm (2018), Kiss My Super Bowl Ring (2020). Touring at a constant rate across the US, Europe, UK, China, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and Mexico since 2013, their show is a mix of aggressive, unpredictable and trickster-ish tendencies. Additionally, The Garden made their Coachella debut in 2019 with previous festival appearances at Camp Flog Gnaw, Sasquatch, Riot Fest, Concrete & Grass in Shanghai, Neon Desert, End of the Road Festival, Tropicalia, and more.

Kiss My Super Bowl Ring, though primarily self-produced, includes tracks co-produced by Dylan Brady, and Wharfwhit, along with tracks featuring Ariel Pink, Khalif Jones (aka Le1f) and even a snippet from Carrot Top. The new album rivals the band’s previous work lyrically and sonically with unmatched belligerence. Kiss My Super Bowl Ring boasts a roster of songs that just might be the most creatively rattling yet from the duo

LISTEN TO KISS MY SUPER BOWL RING NOW

THE GARDEN – KISS MY SUPER BOWL RING – OUT NOW

KISS MY SUPER BOWL RING TRACKLIST

    1. Clench To Stay Awake
2. A Struggle
3. Sneaky Devil
4. Kiss My Super Bowl Ring
5. A Fool’s Expedition
6. AMPM Truck
7. Hit Eject
8. The King Of Cutting Corners
9. Lurkin’ (feat. Khalif Jones)
10. Lowrider Slug (feat. Ariel Pink)
11. Please, Fuck Off

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Neon Future IV is Steve Aoki’s most pop-focused album yet, standing as the largest creative output from the futuristic concept series to date, featuring music from countless collaborators across global genres, including names such as Tory Lanez, Mike Shinoda, Lights, Desiigner, AGNEZ Mo, and actress/singer Zooey Deschanel amongst many more. Most recently, Steve teamed up with one of China’s biggest superstars Lay Zhang (from Exo) and will.i.am for ‘Love You More’, Travis Barker and Global Dan for ‘Halfway Dead’, and Latin pop sensation Maluma for the release of ‘Maldad’, which was #5 on Billboard’s Vamos a Bailar: The 10 Best Collaborations Between Dance & Latin Pop Artists list. Last year, Steve Aoki also worked with the iconic Sting and platinum-selling trio SHAED on contemporary love anthem ‘2 In A Million’ which received praise from the likes of The New York Times and Billboard, and capped things off with the Backstreet Boys on the emotional single ‘Let It Be Me’.   Steve Aoki says, “I have songs that are intrinsic to the DNA of what Neon Future is about and I have my club bangers and all this stuff, and they all work together, because at the end of the day they’re all musical expressions of this period of time of Steve Aoki. “The central force of Neon Future is more about the narrative of the evolution of Neon Future I, II, III and IV. If you listen to each album back to back, you can hear this musical evolution and that is most important for my fans to take away. Each volume in the series goes hand in hand with the songs that are meant to tell our future story.” In addition to including the biggest names in music, Neon Future IV stays true to other albums in the series by incorporating some of the leading minds of today, with the 17th song on the album ‘Homo Deus’. The track is named after the book Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow, and features its writer: historian, philosopher, and bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari, who is also known for New York Times chart-toppers Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind, and 21 Lessons For The 21st Century. Continuing with the effortless fusing of literary and intellectual flare, the record includes Kita Sovee in the intro and outro, otherwise known as the character modelled after Steve Aoki from his Neon Future comic series with Impact Theory that explores the world of techno-optimism.
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STEVE AOKI RELEASES HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED CROSS-GENRE COLLECTIVE, NEON FUTURE IV

by the partae April 6, 2020
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Two-time Grammy-nominated DJ/producer and entrepreneur, Steve Aoki, has released his star-stuffed genre-bending album, Neon Future IV, alongside lead single ‘I Love My Friends’ featuring Icona Pop.

LISTEN: ‘I Love My Friends’ by Steve Aoki & Icona Pop
Neon Future IV is Steve Aoki’s most pop-focused album yet, standing as the largest creative output from the futuristic concept series to date, featuring music from countless collaborators across global genres, including names such as Tory Lanez, Mike Shinoda, Lights, Desiigner, AGNEZ Mo, and actress/singer Zooey Deschanel amongst many more. Most recently, Steve teamed up with one of China’s biggest superstars Lay Zhang (from Exo) and will.i.am for ‘Love You More’, Travis Barker and Global Dan for ‘Halfway Dead’, and Latin pop sensation Maluma for the release of ‘Maldad’, which was #5 on Billboard’s Vamos a Bailar: The 10 Best Collaborations Between Dance & Latin Pop Artists list. Last year, Steve Aoki also worked with the iconic Sting and platinum-selling trio SHAED on contemporary love anthem ‘2 In A Million’ which received praise from the likes of The New York Times and Billboard, and capped things off with the Backstreet Boys on the emotional single ‘Let It Be Me’.
Steve Aoki says, “I have songs that are intrinsic to the DNA of what Neon Future is about and I have my club bangers and all this stuff, and they all work together, because at the end of the day they’re all musical expressions of this period of time of Steve Aoki.

“The central force of Neon Future is more about the narrative of the evolution of Neon Future I, II, III and IV. If you listen to each album back to back, you can hear this musical evolution and that is most important for my fans to take away. Each volume in the series goes hand in hand with the songs that are meant to tell our future story.”

In addition to including the biggest names in music, Neon Future IV stays true to other albums in the series by incorporating some of the leading minds of today, with the 17th song on the album ‘Homo Deus’. The track is named after the book Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow, and features its writer: historian, philosopher, and bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari, who is also known for New York Times chart-toppers Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind, and 21 Lessons For The 21st Century. Continuing with the effortless fusing of literary and intellectual flare, the record includes Kita Sovee in the intro and outro, otherwise known as the character modelled after Steve Aoki from his Neon Future comic series with Impact Theory that explores the world of techno-optimism.
Neon Future IV 
Steve Aoki

Album out now through Liberator Music/Ultra Music
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Neon Future IV tracklist:
1. Steve Aoki – Closer To God (feat. Kita Sovee & Julen Marchall)
2. Steve Aoki – I Love My Friends (feat. Icona Pop)
3. Steve Aoki – Halfway Dead (feat. Global Dan & Travis Barker)
4. Steve Aoki – Daylight (feat. Tory Lanez)
5. Steve Aoki & Slushii – One True Love
6. Steve Aoki – GIRL (feat. AGNEZ MO & Desiigner)
7. Steve Aoki & Maluma – Maldad
8. Steve Aoki – Last One To Know (feat. Mike Shinoda & Lights)
9. Steve Aoki – Love You More (feat. LAY & will.i.am)
10. Steve Aoki, Sting & SHAED – 2 In A Million
11. Steve Aoki & Backstreet Boys – Let It Be Me
12. Steve Aoki – 1 4 U (feat. Zooey Deschanel)
13. Steve Aoki & Felix Jaehn – Inside Out (feat. Jamie Scott)
14. Steve Aoki & Monsta X – Play It Cool
15. Steve Aoki & Darren Criss – Crash Into Me
16. Steve Aoki – New Blood (feat. Sydney Sierota)
17. Steve Aoki – Homo Deus (feat. Yuval Harari)
18. Steve Aoki & Alan Walker – Are You Lonely (feat. ISÁK)
19. Steve Aoki & Alok – Do It Again
20. Steve Aoki – Terra Incognita (feat. Bryan Johnson)
21. Steve Aoki & Going Deeper – 2045
22. Steve Aoki, Ummet Ozcan & Dzeko – Popcorn
23. Steve Aoki & Bassjackers – I Wanna Rave
24. Steve Aoki & Timmy Trumpet – Hava (feat Dr Phunk)
25. Steve Aoki, Showtek & MAKJ – Rave (feat. Kris Kiss)
26. Steve Aoki – Cut You Loose (feat. Matthew Koma)
27. Steve Aoki – Eevos Atik foes ireht (feat. Kita Sovee)

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Download / Stream After teasing listeners with the releases of "Sexy" and "Love Like That" over the last month, dance music veteran and icon Kaskade releases his highly-anticipated "Redux 004" EP in full. Redux series has become a much-loved tradition for the fans of Kaskade around the globe, and the new installment of the EP delivers a rich dose of intimate, deep and groovy vibes that the concept has become so well known for. In addition to "Sexy" and "Love Like That," the full release includes two brand new tracks that will transport you to another place and time in dance music, where underground shows were the norm, and the music took precedence over special effects. "Feel It" delivers a deep, driving bassline and liquid melodies that are born for making dark rooms groove. Next up is "Find Love," a sultry vocal-driven and melodic song on the lighter end of the spectrum for the EP. "Sexy" is perhaps the most provocative track, evoking images of balmy Miami nights, while "Love Like That"'s haunting piano riffs and sultry vocals will make you want to find a beautiful stranger on the dance floor. Just like its predecessors, "Redux 004" provides an immersive experience that takes listeners to the heart of dance music as it was years ago. It has always been a concept close to the hearts of Kaskade and his fans, and we hope it continues for many years to come.  As a household name in electronic music for nearly two decades, Kaskade needs no introduction. His list of achievements is a mile long: 11 studio albums, 7 GRAMMY nominations, the first solo electronic dance artist to sell out both Navy Pier in Chicago and the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the first DJ to ever secure a Las Vegas residency, and the first electronic artist to headline Coachella. Less tangible but even more important has been his influence on dance music tastes and culture for generations of listeners. Often Kaskade is one of the artists who introduced now-veteran listeners to the genre, and such fans are usually fans for life. In 2019, he worked with multi-award winner Meghan Trainor on "With You" and Gorgon City on "Go Slow," among solo releases, such as "My Light," "Come On," and official remixes for the likes of Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, and Gwen Stefani earlier. Kaskade continues what has become a nostalgic tradition for many dance music veterans and a cherished experience for new listeners. Stay tuned for more news from Kaskade in 2020.
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Kaskade Takes You to the Heart of Dance Music with Full Release of His Highly-Anticipated “Redux 004” EP. Out Now on Arkade

by the partae April 5, 2020
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After teasing listeners with the releases of “Sexy” and “Love Like That” over the last month, dance music veteran and icon Kaskade releases his highly-anticipated “Redux 004” EP in full. Redux series has become a much-loved tradition for the fans of Kaskade around the globe, and the new installment of the EP delivers a rich dose of intimate, deep and groovy vibes that the concept has become so well known for. In addition to “Sexy” and “Love Like That,” the full release includes two brand new tracks that will transport you to another place and time in dance music, where underground shows were the norm, and the music took precedence over special effects. “Feel It” delivers a deep, driving bassline and liquid melodies that are born for making dark rooms groove. Next up is “Find Love,” a sultry vocal-driven and melodic song on the lighter end of the spectrum for the EP. “Sexy” is perhaps the most provocative track, evoking images of balmy Miami nights, while “Love Like That“‘s haunting piano riffs and sultry vocals will make you want to find a beautiful stranger on the dance floor. Just like its predecessors, “Redux 004” provides an immersive experience that takes listeners to the heart of dance music as it was years ago. It has always been a concept close to the hearts of Kaskade and his fans, and we hope it continues for many years to come.

As a household name in electronic music for nearly two decades, Kaskade needs no introduction. His list of achievements is a mile long: 11 studio albums, 7 GRAMMY nominations, the first solo electronic dance artist to sell out both Navy Pier in Chicago and the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the first DJ to ever secure a Las Vegas residency, and the first electronic artist to headline Coachella. Less tangible but even more important has been his influence on dance music tastes and culture for generations of listeners. Often Kaskade is one of the artists who introduced now-veteran listeners to the genre, and such fans are usually fans for life. In 2019, he worked with multi-award winner Meghan Trainor on “With You” and Gorgon City on “Go Slow,” among solo releases, such as “My Light,” “Come On,” and official remixes for the likes of Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, and Gwen Stefani earlier. Kaskade continues what has become a nostalgic tradition for many dance music veterans and a cherished experience for new listeners. Stay tuned for more news from Kaskade in 2020.

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Alex Virgo debuts on TRICK with ‘Cheap Thrills’ EP. The London DJ & Producer brings pure energy and rave action with a definite licence to thrill. Alex Virgo – Cheap Thrills (Trick007 – Out Now)

by the partae April 4, 2020
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London-based DJ and producer Alex Virgo is the latest artist to debut on TRICK, dropping  ‘Cheap Thrills’, a club-ready, four-track EP, out 3rd April.

The title track kicks things off, a slick, synth-driven dancefloor-filler that sets the tone for the rest of the EP. ‘Flex’ then follows a similar route – high-energy, pumping house music that builds to a climax, before ‘Tallywhacker’ shifts things into more metallic, techno-oriented waters while losing none of the intensity. EP closer ‘Chorus Tool’ asserts itself with the kind of four-to-the-floor throb that the TRICK imprint is quickly becoming synonymous with.

“So excited for these tracks to get released,” Alex enthuses. “Patrick has been hammering them for a while now so I can’t think of a better home than TRICK.” It follows on from ‘The 302’, DJ Deeon & Gettoblaster’s rollicking EP that marked TRICK’s first release of the new decade.

Something of a fledgling artist, Alex Virgo launched his own label, Pomme Frite, last year, kicking it off with the release of his ‘Let Me Through’ EP, which received support from the likes of Dan Shake, Horse Meat Disco and Mella Dee.

TRICK was initially launched as a platform to exhibit Topping’s versatility as a producer, as well as a platform to showcase the wealth of emerging talent which he has been pushing in his DJ sets.

Four masterful, dancefloor-focused cuts, TRICK 007 could well have been made by a dance music James Bond.

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