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SLOWLY SLOWLY ANNOUNCE MORE DATES + SUPPORT FOR AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR NEW ALBUM 'RACE CAR BLUES - CHAPTER 2' OUT NOW
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SLOWLY SLOWLY ANNOUNCE MORE DATES + SUPPORT FOR AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR NEW ALBUM ‘RACE CAR BLUES – CHAPTER 2’ OUT NOW

by the partae March 31, 2021
written by the partae
Credit: Kyle Caulfield

Australian alt favourites Slowly Slowly have announced a huge list of added dates and venue upgrades to their 2021 national headline tour, and revealed label-mates Yours Truly as special guests. It comes after the band played a huge set at Live At The Bowl alongside Ocean Alley, Maddy Jane & The Grogans last week, and ahead along the east coast with Full Tilt Festival shortly.

Now fresh from the release of their February album Race Car Blues – Chapter 2, this full band headliner will see Slowly Slowly finally able to celebrate the release of both this and their 2020 album Race Car Blues. 

On heading out on the road, Slowly Slowly bassist Alex Quayle shares:

“With RCB being out in the world for over a year now, we’re so eager to finally be able to give this album the tour and live show it deserves.” 

CLICK BELOW TO WATCH SLOWLY SLOWLY’S LATEST MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘THE LEVEL’

Slowly Slowly vocalist Ben Stewart shares how Race Car Blues – Chapter 2 particularly captures the heart of the band:

“[It’s] always been the ultimate aim for the band to celebrate the music we love – anthemic heart on sleeve songwriting – but across a broad spectrum of genres. Having no creative ceiling for this project only pushed that ethos further….Chapter 2 pushes the envelope a little further in every direction – heavier, more pop sensibility and a deeper dive into intimate solo songs.”

Upon release, both Race Car Blues and Chapter 2 enjoyed coveted feature positions on triple j, bagged knockout global reviews and together have garnered over 11 Million streams to date.

With both parts of the Race Car Blues saga now out in the world, UNFD is pleased to feature both albums on a whopping 24-track double LP collection titled “Race Car Blues Extended Edition”. Available as an extremely limited collectors’ item, fans can snag remaining copies via 24Hundred now.

Slowly Slowly play their Race Car Blues Australian Tour in June/July. Full details and tickets below.

STREAM ‘RACE CAR BLUES – CHAPTER 2’ IN FULL NOW:
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Praise for ‘Race Car Blues – Chapter 2’
“…a hugely impressive demonstration of Slowly Slowly’s craft. 4/5.” Kerrang!

“Slowly Slowly truly are the best there is.” Blunt Magazine

“[Race Car Blues – Chapter 2] is new, exciting, and it’s pushing our concept of what we believe Slowly Slowly sounds like. 9.5/10.” Wall Of Sound

“Slowly Slowly amplify the vulnerability and realism offered last year… completing the Race Car Blues saga with an album void of insincerity that dances across some darker pop-punk inclinations.”  Hysteria

SLOWLY SLOWLY

2021 RACE CAR BLUES TOUR

~ w/ special guests Yours Truly ~

TICKETS

Friday June 4 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW **VENUE UPGRADE
Thursday June 10 – 170 Russell, Melbourne, VIC ** NEW SHOW
Friday June 11 – 170 Russell, Melbourne, VIC **SOLD OUT
Sunday June 13 – 170 Russell, Melbourne, VIC **SOLD OUT
Friday June 18 – Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide, SA **SOLD OUT
Saturday June 19 – Badlands Bar, Perth, WA **SELLING FAST
Friday July 2 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD **VENUE UPGRADE
Friday July 9 – Odean Theatre, Hobart, TAS **VENUE UPGRADE
Saturday July 10 – Saloon Bar, Launceston, TAS **SELLING FAST

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MUSTAFA Shares new single & video 'Ali' Announces debut album When Smoke Rises out May 28
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MUSTAFA Shares new single & video ‘Ali’ Announces debut album When Smoke Rises out May 28

by the partae March 31, 2021
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Photo credit: Samuel Engelking

Today, Muslim poet and songwriter Mustafa details his debut project When Smoke Rises, due May 28th via his own Regent Park Songs / Remote Control Records. After revealing its title and speaking about the body of work in his recent GQ Middle East cover story, Mustafa is sharing one more offering from the new record, the powerful ‘Ali’, which arrives alongside a self-directed visual.

Mustafa’s two singles to date – ‘Stay Alive’ and ‘Air Forces’ – have been met with adoration from fellow artists, critics and fans and serve as a near-perfect introduction to an important new voice in music. Both songs will be included on When Smoke Rises alongside the aforementioned ‘Ali’. They exemplify a style Mustafa himself describes as “inner city folk music” that finds musical inspiration in the folk greats such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Richie Havens but channelled through the contemporary lens of Mustafa’s modern day Toronto.

Mustafa was moved to release his own music following the loss of close friends to gun violence. Much of his music is addressed to those departed friends and to his Toronto neighborhood, Regent Park; a vehicle to honor and affirm the concerns of his community while providing sonic solace for those looking to make sense of their own loss. The video for ‘Stay Alive’ prominently features footage of Regent Park, one of the first housing projects in North America and one of the biggest redevelopment projects on the continent. Mustafa‘s experience of seeing the blocks, community, and culture that raised him transform into something unrecognisable is a story that is playing out in neighbourhoods across the world – the inner city from which his folk songs are born.

Mustafa – ‘Ali’ (Official Video)
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Twenty-four year old singer/songwriter Mustafa Ahmed grew up fighting. He would do so firstly as a child growing up in Toronto’s Regent Park community, matching up with other children his age at the behest of the older kids from around the way. Somehow, it did not harden him. He would continue fighting, though now against stereotypes, as an adolescent poet dispelling notions of who Black Muslims from Regent Park were with every stanza of his continuously celebrated poetry. He would attempt to fight again, this time on behalf of his immediate community, as a member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Youth Advisory Council, an effort that helped him realise his mission would be better served by amplifying the stories he’d collected over the years through song. And that is how we got Mustafa, child of Sudanese Muslim immigrants, one time Pan American Games Poet Laureate, cherished collaborator of acts like Majid Jordan, The Weeknd, and Khalid, and the artist whose debut project When Smoke Rises aims to exalt the Regent Park MC whose legacy Mustafa fights for now, Jahvante “Smoke Dawg” Smart.

“It just kind of shattered my entire world,” Mustafa says of Smoke Dawg’s murder. “I didn’t even realize how much weight we shared until I had to take that weight on for myself.” More painfully then, When Smoke Rises isn’t even only about Smoke Dawg. The project references a number of presences taken from Mustafa, names like Ano, Santana, and Ali, the friend whose doom Mustafa might have actually felt when he’d ask Ali to relocate for fear of such an unsavory end. That story, titled for its subject, appears as track six on When Smoke Rises. “All of the deaths that I experienced, I experienced through the time constraints of mourning,” Mustafa says. “Specifically, for young black people in inner city communities that die while at war with the state or at war with themselves, I wanted to beautify those departures. Because none of those departures were made beautiful for me.” On When Smoke Rises, Mustafa has sewn these departures – and his attempts to cope with them – into song, immortalising friends in the most honest way he knows how. Through his interpretation of folk music.

“The first folk singer I was introduced to was Joni Mitchell,” Mustafa says. “But Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan – they were anodising the White experience. But in hearing them, there was a kind of melancholy or sadness – something I didn’t hear in the songs that were representing the nuances of my life.” Ultimately, it was a video of Black American folk singer Richie Havens performing Woodstock that would empower him to perfect his medium. “When you see someone that looks like you, that feels like you, embodying the emotion that you are familiar with, it gives you the courage to walk in that path,” Mustafa says. He would reference the performance at every recording session thereafter. Racking up songwriting credits for pop stars while he developed his personal style, Mustafa would become one of the industry’s most sought after pens, understanding that the kind of music he helped to make great for others couldn’t possibly support the stories he needed to tell. For his diligence, both as student and creator, we get When Smoke Rises, a release that balances the impossible heft of honoring fallen comrades with the tenderness of a mother singing to a newborn. And it’s buttressed by Islam.

“It’s so important to be able to look at God,” Mustafa says. “As something someone can hold for themselves. Of course I want to be able to raise people’s tolerance level for Muslims, but even bigger than that, I want Muslims, themselves, to know that no one can take God away from them.” You’re likely to believe you hear God working through Mustafa on songs like ‘Stay Alive’, where he declares unconditional support for the Regent Park archetypes he knows so well and on ‘Air Forces’, where he can be heard pleading with these same affiliates to do their best to stay out of harm’s way. Then there is ‘What About Heaven’ where he wonders if the friends he’s lost have done enough to be forgiven for their sins and ‘The Hearse’ where a startling authenticity trumps even the singer’s purest intentions, Mustafa acknowledging revenge impulses in the presence of a friend’s dead body. “With my dogs/Right or wrong,” he sings.

The project features production from heavy-hitters Frank Dukes and Jamie xx, along with multiple contributions from similarly forlorn geniuses Sampha and James Blake. In them, Mustafa has found both established creators and kindred spirits, the kind of people who can’t help but feel the young singer’s vision. Also present on When Smoke Rises are the voices of longtime friends and Regent Park natives Rax, Puffy L’z, cityboymoe, and both the dearly departed Ali and Smoke Dawg. They are the ones, of course, without whom When Smoke Rises would not exist. More importantly though, they are at least some of the people it is for. “My entire plight, since I was young, has been in and around protecting and preserving the stories of my community,” Mustafa says. “It’s the reason that I began writing poetry. I’m like how am I going to preserve the stories that are not currently being told with any authenticity?” When Smoke Rises is our answer.

Mustafa – When Smoke Rises

1. Stay Alive
2. Air Forces
3. Separate
4. The Hearse
5. Capo (ft. Sampha)
6. Ali
7. What About Heaven
8. Come Back

Mustafa – When Smoke Rises is out May 28 via
Regent Park Songs / Remote Control Records

 
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Share new single & video 'Unsmart Lady' Debut album New Long Leg out this Friday!
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Share new single & video ‘Unsmart Lady’ Debut album New Long Leg out this Friday!

by the partae March 31, 2021
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Pictured: Dry Cleaning [L-R: Nick Buxton, Florence Shaw, Tom Dowse, Lewis Maynard] Photo Credit: Steve Gullick
Praise for Dry Cleaning

“The most exciting guitar bands of recent times.”  – The Wire

“Cerebral, caustic, exhilarating debut.” – MOJO ★★★★

“Fresh, clever and endlessly intriguing, it adds up to a stellar debut.” – Record Collector ★★★★

“Pleasingly grubby, and, in the best possible way, a tough act to follow.” – Uncut 8/10

“One of the most fascinating bands out there.” – DORK, Album of the Month ★★★★

“Peerless peddlers of post-punk spoken-word ennui deliver another mini-masterpiece.” – The Sunday Times on ‘Strong Feelings’

“Florence Shaw evokes Jarvis Cocker at his most sardonic.” – The Guardian on ‘Strong Feelings’

“[Dry Cleaning] grafts post-punk grooves onto semi-absurdist poetry in a way that’s a little reminiscent of the great Scottish band Life Without Buildings, but Shaw’s vocals are uniquely, and a little menacingly, deadpan.”  – The New York Times

“[‘Strong Feelings’ is] a bundle of contradictions, wringing pathos out of detachment, narrative out of non sequiturs.” – Pitchfork

“[‘Scratchard Lanyard’] has all the strange allure of their 2019 output, plus a little extra verve and polish courtesy of PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish.” – Rolling Stone

“”Dry Cleaning infuse post-punk with psychedelia on their new single ‘Strong Feelings.’ The track is tied together by lead vocalist Florence Cleopatra Shaw — her lyrics are a quiet tempest of passing thoughts that are pointless and profound, often at the same time.” – the FADER

“’Scratchcard Lanyard’ is a jumble of wordplay and wired tension. Bandleader Florence Shaw sounds disaffected and scattered, singing of bouncy balls and knitting circles and women in aviators firing bazookas, as she lands on one central refrain: ‘Do everything and feel nothing.’” – Stereogum

With their debut album New Long Leg out this Friday, Dry Cleaning have shared a third new single, ‘Unsmart Lady’, and its official video today. Premiered yesterday by Double J’s Zan Rowe, ‘Unsmart Lady’ is driven by a pleasing bone-rattling grunge groove and lyrics about body image. The band’s lyricist Florence Shaw says, “’Fat podgy, no make-up’ – I was thinking about these things that are supposed to be a source of shame about your appearance and wanting to use them in a powerful way. Just trying to survive when you feel knackered and put-upon and shit about yourself, but you say, ‘I don’t care what I’m supposed to be.’” The song’s Tilly Shiner-directed Hi8 analogue promo finds the band playing live in the humdrum surroundings of a south London carpet shop.

Dry Cleaning is Nick Buxton (drums), Tom Dowse (guitar), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Florence Shaw (vocals). Buoyed by the universal acclaim they received for 2019 EPs Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks and Sweet Princess, the south London foursome spent more and more of their lives on tour, refining their craft even further and developing a near-psychic knowledge of how to leave the right amount of space for each other in their songs. Their debut album New Long Leg, produced by John Parish, and featuring the singles ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’, ‘Strong Feelings’ and ‘Unsmart Lady’ is more ambitious and complex, with Shaw’s spoken vocals tightly intertwined with the band’s restless instrumentals. Shaw extracts the most immense meaning from the most trivial things; she peppers the songs with a thousand tiny details, little witty asides about supermarkets, cupboards, beauty products and body parts add up to sonic landscapes that teem with the strange magic of ordinary life.

New Long Leg will be released on 2 April digitally and on CD, cassette, standard black vinyl and limited-edition yellow vinyl.

Earlier this month Dry Cleaning made their television debut on Later…with Jools Holland, performing the single ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’ at London’s MOTH Club. Watch the performance in full HERE.

Pre-order / Pre-save Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg: drycleaning.ffm.to/newlongleg.opr.

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After consultations with NSW Health and the NSW Minister for Health, Brad Hazzard, sadly they have arrived at the decision that it is in the interests of the safety of everyone the festival be cancelled over the Easter period and re-scheduled to a later date. The Minister for Health has signed a health order cancelling Bluesfest. Bluesfest was due to open the gates on Thursday April 1st and close on Monday April 5th, 2021. Bluesfest was scheduled to return after being cancelled in 2020 by a public health order and had worked diligently to present the event in 2021. We are heartbroken that COVID-19 has spread into our local community. We are getting the message out as quickly as possible so that those traveling to the event can make alternate arrangements Bluesfest was to have been the first major festival to occur in Australia and possibly the world since the summer of 2019/20. It had a capacity of 16,500 people daily over its five days, with three performance stages, plus camping - operating at approximately 50 percent of normal capacity and production. The Bluesfest team has worked day and night for a year to achieve the approved COVID-19 Safety Plan – the first of its kind in the music industry and have been told by the NSW Health that it exceeded other major sporting events in its depth and ability to protect the public. Peter Noble, Bluesfest Director says “This is one of the most difficult statements I have ever had to make. We really wanted to be at the forefront of the return of live music at Pre-COVID-19 level. We feel deeply for everybody affected, the fans, the artists, and the hard-working Bluesfest team. But in the end, the health of our community must come first. We will be having discussions regarding Bluesfest postponement and will update everybody soon. However, this weekend we will be packing down the event that was cancelled within 24 hours of gates due to open. Please do not come to the festival site. To all ticket buyers and music fans, we are hoping that you will support the festival and hold tickets to the rescheduled event. All patrons will be contacted by Moshtix directly once we have an update on how to proceed. Keep in touch via Facebook | Twitter | Instagram  
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BLUESFEST IS CANCELLED FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW

by the partae March 31, 2021
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After consultations with NSW Health and the NSW Minister for Health, Brad Hazzard, sadly they have arrived at the decision that it is in the interests of the safety of everyone the festival be cancelled over the Easter period and re-scheduled to a later date.

The Minister for Health has signed a health order cancelling Bluesfest.

Bluesfest was due to open the gates on Thursday April 1st and close on Monday April 5th, 2021.

Bluesfest was scheduled to return after being cancelled in 2020 by a public health order and had worked diligently to present the event in 2021. We are heartbroken that COVID-19 has spread into our local community.

We are getting the message out as quickly as possible so that those traveling to the event can make alternate arrangements

Bluesfest was to have been the first major festival to occur in Australia and possibly the world since the summer of 2019/20. It had a capacity of 16,500 people daily over its five days, with three performance stages, plus camping – operating at approximately 50 percent of normal capacity and production.

The Bluesfest team has worked day and night for a year to achieve the approved COVID-19 Safety Plan – the first of its kind in the music industry and have been told by the NSW Health that it exceeded other major sporting events in its depth and ability to protect the public.

Peter Noble, Bluesfest Director says “This is one of the most difficult statements I have ever had to make. We really wanted to be at the forefront of the return of live music at Pre-COVID-19 level.

We feel deeply for everybody affected, the fans, the artists, and the hard-working Bluesfest team. But in the end, the health of our community must come first.

We will be having discussions regarding Bluesfest postponement and will update everybody soon. However, this weekend we will be packing down the event that was cancelled within 24 hours of gates due to open.

Please do not come to the festival site.

To all ticket buyers and music fans, we are hoping that you will support the festival and hold tickets to the rescheduled event.

All patrons will be contacted by Moshtix directly once we have an update on how to proceed.

ARTISTS THAT WERE DUE TO PLAY AT BLUESFEST 2021

JIMMY BARNES| TASH SULTANA

 OCEAN ALLEY | ZIGGY ALBERTS | THE TESKEY BROTHERS

 JOHN BUTLER | XAVIER RUDD | THE CAT EMPIRE

PETE MURRAY | MARK SEYMOUR & THE UNDERTOW

KATE CEBERANO | KASEY CHAMBERS | THE WAIFS

THE CHURCH | JON STEVENS |  JOHN WILLIAMSON

IAN MOSS| THE LIVING END | THE ANGELS

ROSS WILSON and THE PEACENIKS | RUSSELL MORRIS

KEV CARMODY | TROY CASSAR-DALEY | BRIGGS

TEX PERKINS THE MAN IN BLACK

HIATUS KAIYOTE | KATE MILLER-HEIDKE

JOSH TESKEY & ASH GRUNWALD

 WEDDINGS PARTIES ANYTHING

 THE BLACK SORROWS | THE BAMBOOS

 CHAIN | BACKSLIDERS | ASH GRUNWALD

MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA

VIKA & LINDA

 HARTS PLAYS HENDRIX | JEFF LANG | NATHAN CAVALERI

MICK THOMAS’ ROVING COMMISSION

KIM CHURCHILL | HENRY WAGONS  |  JK-47

GARRETT KATO | MAMA KIN SPENDER | DAMI IM

PIERCE BROTHERS | EMILY WURRAMARA | THE BUCKLEYS

FIONA BOYES & THE FORTUNE TELLERS

RAY BEADLE | PACEY, KING & DOLEY

ALL OUR EXES LIVE IN TEXAS | KARA GRAINGER

HUSSY HICKS | ROSHANI | DECLAN KELLY

DANIEL CHAMPAGNE | LITTLE GEORGIA

LAMBROS. | ROUND MOUNTAIN GIRLS | THE REGIME

 ELECTRIK LEMONADE | PALM VALLEY

BYRON BUSKING COMPETITION

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Depaart makes their debut on Diynamic Music
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Depaart makes their debut on Diynamic Music – The Spanish duo is back with their latest release DIVISION EP

by the partae March 31, 2021
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The last twelve months have become one of the most important moments in our history. A year that has allowed everyone to do more, or less.  The truth is that many producers have managed to use this extra time to dive into their personal bubble in the studio and work on various projects that, perhaps at another time, would have been unthinkable.

This is the case of Depaart. The duo from Madrid have been paused for a while, but not at all on vacation. Guille Marraco and Fran Zaragoza make their debut on Diynamic, the more than well-known label owned by Solomun, with two songs that form  Division EP. Depaart debuts on Diynamic with ‘Take The Love Now’ and ‘Le Tour’, two tracks that are different in nature yet both faithful to what, little by little, is becoming the duo’s personal sound.

‘Take The Love Now’ is a nod to that electro-pop side of the duo, with a certain resemblance to  their first releases, but with an instrumental twist from arpeggios, synths and a bass that wraps around the song and gives it meaning throughout the seven minutes.

‘Le Tour’ is the night, the darkness and energy, a trip to an old life. It’s the most rebellious part of Depaart that takes shape thanks to a completely unpredictable arpeggiated bass, surrounded by fine percussion and sets the perfect climax of an EP that  evokes the desire of partying.

The release, which you can now preorder on  Beatport, also features two tracks by the American producer Mister Sweatband. On top of that, Depaart has two new releases confirmed in the coming months and will also present their new live show very soon, which they have also been working on throughout this last year during the pandemic. We knew life would return soon, we’re getting closer and closer.

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GARBAGE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM NO GODS NO MASTERS OUT JUNE 11 + NEW SINGLE 'THE MEN WHO RULE THE WORLD' OUT NOW
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GARBAGE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM NO GODS NO MASTERS OUT JUNE 11 + NEW SINGLE ‘THE MEN WHO RULE THE WORLD’ OUT NOW

by the partae March 31, 2021
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  • Garbage announce their seventh studio album, No Gods No Masters, out 11 June. Pre-order here
  • The new single ‘The Men Who Rule The World’ is out now – listen here
  • No Gods No Masters will be released on neon green vinyl, white vinyl, and deluxe CD (with 8 bonus tracks, 4 art cards and a poster), plus standard CD, streaming and download
Garbage will share their seventh studio album No Gods No Masters. The record’s first single, ‘The Men Who Rule The World’, and its accompanying mixed media video—created by Chilean film director, animator and painter Javi.MiAmor—are out today, listen and watch here.

“This is our seventh record, the significant numerology of which affected the DNA of its content: the seven virtues, the seven sorrows, and the seven deadly sins,” says the band’s iconic frontwoman Shirley Manson of the album and its twists and turns from capitalism and lust to loss and grief. “It was our way of trying to make sense of how f**king nuts the world is and the astounding chaos we find ourselves in. It’s the record we felt that we had to make at this time.”

‘The Men Who Rule the World’, the opening track of No Gods No Masters, is a protest song – a searing indictment and call to arms critiquing of the rise of capitalist short-sightedness, racism, sexism and misogyny across the world. It’s a clear statement of intent from a band who still believe in the power of dissent, setting the tone for the rest of the record.

Produced by Garbage and long-time collaborator Billy Bush, the seeds for No Gods No Masters were planted in summer 2018 in the desert in Palm Springs. The quartet – Manson and bandmates Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig – convened at a home belonging to one of Marker’s relatives and sketched out the skeleton of the album over two weeks, jamming, experimenting and feeling the songs out. They then took those demos and went their separate ways before connecting in Los Angeles to finish the record.

Garbage will unveil a deluxe CD/digital version of No Gods No Masters featuring covers of classic tracks by David Bowie, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen along with rare Garbage originals. The deluxe version also features new voices, with appearances from Screaming Females, Brody Dalle, Brian Aubert, John Doe and Exene Cervenka. The album will also be available on neon green vinyl and white vinyl.

Since releasing their eponymous debut album in 1995, Garbage has blazed a unique sonic trail, garnering critical acclaim and amassing a passel of hits as well as seven Grammy nominations along the way to 17 million albums sold.

Garbage – ‘The Men Who Rule The World’
Single out now through Liberator Music
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Garbage – No Gods No Masters
Album out 11 June 2021 through Liberator Music
Pre-order here

Garbage – No Gods No Masters tracklisting: 
1. The Men Who Rule The World
2. The Creeps
3. Uncomfortably Me
4. Wolves
5. Waiting for God
6. Godhead
7. Anonymous XXX
8. A Woman Destroyed
9. Flipping the Bird
10. No Gods No Masters
11. This City Will Kill You

Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
1. No Horses
2. Starman
3. Girls Talk (with Brody Dalle)
4. Because The Night (feat. Screaming Females)
5. On Fire
6. The Chemicals (with Brian Aubert)
7. Destroying Angels (feat. John Doe & Exene Cervenka)
8. Time Will Destroy Everything

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SHORT STACK UNVEIL 'BURN YOU DOWN' ACOUSTIC LIMITED 7" AVAILABLE NOW
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SHORT STACK UNVEIL ‘BURN YOU DOWN’ ACOUSTIC LIMITED 7″ AVAILABLE NOW

by the partae March 31, 2021
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Fresh from their signing to UNFD and first new music in over 6 years earlier this month, Short Stack are backing it up with the reveal of ‘Burn You Down (Acoustic)’ today. Meanwhile, fans can also head to 24 Hundred to grab a limited Burn You Down 7″ featuring the original & acoustic versions.

Causing a stir with industry and fans with their new music, ‘Burn You Down’ has amassed over 88,000 streams, radio pick up from the likes of Triple M, triple j and US Rock Radio and press from Rolling Stone Australia, NME, The Music, The Industry Observer, Blunt, Dead Press, Bring The Noise + more.

Short Stack celebrated their rebirth with an intimate show at Sydney’s Crowbar which sold out in a matter of seconds. Meanwhile, the band will play their rescheduled headline tour later in 2021 – keep up to date with Short Stack’s socials for more details soon.

The original ‘Burn You Down’ found Short Stack embracing their hardcore roots at last, offering screams and riffs never before heard from the trio. Today’s acoustic cut dials down the intensity completely and lets the band’s softer side shine.

Short Stack frontman Shaun Diviney explains that thematically, ‘Burn You Down’ is part a reflection on the breakdown and rebuilding of the band and part observation on the world around them.

“It’s about the duality of being young and feeling both indestructible and fragile at the same time,” he says. “I don’t think the world needs another happy pop song at the moment, because I don’t think the world is a happy place at the moment. This song comes from a place of anger and destruction, about wanting to tear something down and begin again.” 

On creating its acoustic cousin version, he adds:

“We were blown away with the reception to ‘Burn You Down’ and it was really exciting for us to completely reimagine the song acoustically  for the vinyl release. We produced the track entirely ourselves in Bradie’s home studio and approached it as turning the most aggressive, heaviest song we’ve ever released into something soft and beautiful.”

On their comeback to music, Diviney explains how everything about how the band approached recording this time was different.

“I think a lot of bands at the time when we first broke out were put together by labels and a lot of people threw us in that basket, but we were just a bunch of dudes that went to high school together and played Blink covers and it snowballed from there.

“To go back to our roots now and really just strip things back and play together in a room was really important to us. The reason we broke up was that it just wasn’t fun… it’s been a fair chunk of time now, so coming back finds us in a different stage of life with a different idea about what we want out of music.”

From beginnings in a Budgewoi garage at 16 to their explosive debut album ‘Stack Is The New Black’ at just 20, Short Stack quickly made a playground of the Australian landscape and were one of the biggest names in the country by the late ’10s. Beyond ascending to #1 on the ARIA Album chart with their debut record, the band claim credits including Channel V’s Oz Artist Of The Year (twice), a coveted Rolling Stone Magazine cover, two certified Platinum records and tens of thousands of tickets sold throughout their career.

‘Burn You Down’ (Acoustic) is out now via UNFD. Stay tuned for more details on the band’s upcoming rescheduled Australian headline tour.

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Watch the J.S. Bach – Music For Celebration Live Stream tonight from 7:30pm!vv
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Watch the J.S. Bach – Music For Celebration Live Stream tonight from 7:30pm!

by the partae March 31, 2021
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Celebrate Bach’s birthday and join our musical celebration live from your living room.

Born 31 March 1685, J.S. Bach is one of the greatest musical influences in music history. Bach’s music comforts and delights, soothes and enthralls, inspires and uplifts us all.

Tonight at 7:30pm, streaming live from Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Bach’s Musicians directed by Rachael Beesley explores his joyous repertoire for strings combined with imaginative works by fellow Baroque composers.

Bach’s Suite No.3 welcomes us to the party with its fittingly grand opening and sprightly violin section. Violins also shine and swagger in the spotlight in Bach’s buoyant and zealous Concertos. The rich sounds of the Baroque continue to ring out in music by Bach’s contemporaries, with Biber’s Sonatas and Muffat’s magnificent Passacaglia in G.

Bach would have blown out 336 candles on his birthday cake this year, and yet his music is so inventive that it could have been composed just yesterday. This concert is a triumphant salute to his ever-dazzling virtuosity.

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J.S. Bach – Music For Celebration
7:30pm, Online

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Introducing 16-year-old singer-songwriter Elke Schon and her debut single ‘Talk To Me’. Not to be underestimated due to her age, the Gold Coast based artist has been taking singing lessons since she was young and had music as a foundational part of her childhood. She explains, “singing has always been a gateway for me to express myself”, and now she is taking the natural next step. Fulfilling her childhood dream to release her own music, this single marks the beginning of her journey as a professional musician.
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Elke Schon Enters The Fray With Debut Single ‘Talk To Me’

by the partae March 31, 2021
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Introducing 16-year-old singer-songwriter Elke Schon and her debut single ‘Talk To Me’. Not to be underestimated due to her age, the Gold Coast based artist has been taking singing lessons since she was young and had music as a foundational part of her childhood. She explains, “singing has always been a gateway for me to express myself”, and now she is taking the natural next step. Fulfilling her childhood dream to release her own music, this single marks the beginning of her journey as a professional musician.

Listen to ‘Talk To Me’ here

Sourcing inspiration from key contemporary artists like Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Lana Del Ray, Elke has created her own polished version of modern pop. ‘Talk To Me’ is a moody, cinematic piece of music, produced by Josh Beattie. It’s a slow-burner, with piano-heavy instrumentation culminating in a soaring finish carried by her subtly raspy voice. There’s a depth to her vocals that shows talent beyond her years- a genuine softness accompanied by undeniable strength that is incredibly endearing.

The track is an intimate expression of unconfined emotion, outlining the inimitable experience of first love and Elke’s struggle grappling with this. Whether this feeling is long in the past or something yet to be felt, this song is guaranteed to tug on listeners heartstrings.

With this single showcasing her clear potential and a promise of more to come, it’s no doubt that Elke Schon will soon be finding her way into national consciousness.

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BEN HARPER SHARES “JOSHUA TREE” AND “INLAND EMPIRE”
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BEN HARPER SHARES “JOSHUA TREE” AND “INLAND EMPIRE”

by the partae March 30, 2021
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Ben Harper has revealed B-side versions of the songs “Joshua Tree” and “Inland Empire”, which originally appeared on his 2020 album Winter Is For Lovers. While the original tracks are solo instrumental slide guitar performances from Harper, the new B-sides feature an ensemble including Robert Glasper, Jimmy Paxson and Mike Valerio.

Listen to the new versions of “Joshua Tree” and “Inland Empire” HERE.

“It is hard to call these B-Sides,” Harper explains. “They are another iteration of the album that exists and I am very excited we found a way to release these versions. Going into Capitol Studios with Robert, Mike and Jimmy – 3 of my all-time favourite musicians in the world – with Niko Bolas engineering, was off the chain. Music happened between the laughter and the joy. I hope you can hear that in these sessions.”

Winter Is For Lovers is in many ways a culmination of Ben’s entire musical life. The intimate and ambitious solo recording is his first-ever entirely instrumental project, 15 original compositions that seamlessly flow together, imagined as a symphony for guitar. Watch just Ben and his Monteleone lap steel guitar perform Winter Is For Lovers in its entirety at The Folk Music Centre, the famous music shop that his grandparents opened in the late 1950s in Claremont, CA, HERE.

The music heard on Winter Is For Lovers is deeply ingrained in Harper’s DNA and leads directly back to aforementioned Folk Music Centre. The shop and community centre has hosted music legends of all stripes, many of which Ben met while working there. Some of the album’s many musical inspirations were visitors, including John Fahey, the godfather of the American Primitive movement, slide guitar master Taj Mahal, who Ben would later study with, plus the likes of Leonard Cohen, Jackson Browne and more.

Listen + Order ‘Winter Is For Lovers’

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our Announcement | Full Tilt Festival Welcomes The Sydney Edition!
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Tour Announcement | Full Tilt Festival Welcomes The Sydney Edition!

by the partae March 30, 2021
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Hey Sydney! We have some exciting news to share with you. You’ve waited so patiently, and the wait is now over as we’re stoked to reveal Full Tilt Festival is heading your way. That’s right, the biggest alternative music festival will be held at Bella Vista Farm on July 31 with its huge all Australian line-up joining Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide dates.

That’s not only the good news we have. For those who missed out on tickets to the Melbourne edition, we are delighted to let you know that due to the recent venue restrictions easing, we’ve released an extra 1,000 tickets on sale Wednesday 31 March.. Brisbane, there’s only under 500 tickets left.

You don’t want to miss the epic line up, headlined by Aria Award winners Northlane.

Joining them is a cavalcade of the best hard hitters in the land including Hands Like Houses, In Hearts Wake, Frenzal Rhomb, Thy Art Is Murder, Luca Brasi, Slowly Slowly, Make Them Suffer, Press Club, Alpha Wolf, Thornhill, RedHook, The Bennies and Closure.

Along with market stalls, there will be a huge variety of vegetarian, vegan and meat food trucks and Kickass DJ’s spinning tunes between the best live bands in the Nation.

Early Bird Pre-sale Tickets Are Available On: Wednesday 31 March, 9am AEDT Time
Register for pre-sale access

General Public Tickets On Sale: Thursday 1 April, 9am AEDT Time

Head to www.destroyalllines.com for more information.

FULL TILT FESTIVAL

SATURDAY 31 JULY
SYDNEY, BELLA VISTA FARM, BELLA VISTA – 18+

LINE-UP:
NORTHLANE | HANDS LIKE HOUSES | IN HEARTS WAKE | FRENZAL RHOMB
THY ART IS MURDER | LUCA BRASI | SLOWLY SLOWLY | MAKE THEM SUFFER | PRESS CLUB
ALPHA WOLF | THORNHILL | REDHOOK | THE BENNIES | CLOSURE

SATURDAY 17 JULY
ADELAIDE, ADELAIDE SHOWGROUND – 18+
LINE-UP:
NORTHLANE | HANDS LIKE HOUSES | IN HEARTS WAKE | FRENZAL RHOMB
THY ART IS MURDER | LUCA BRASI | SLOWLY SLOWLY | MAKE THEM SUFFER
….AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

SATURDAY 3 JULY
MELBOURNE, COBURG VELODROME EXTRA TICKETS RELEASED

LINE-UP:
NORTHLANE | HANDS LIKE HOUSES | IN HEARTS WAKE | FRENZAL RHOMB
THY ART IS MURDER | LUCA BRASI | SLOWLY SLOWLY | MAKE THEM SUFFER | PRESS CLUB
ALPHA WOLF | THORNHILL | YOURS TRULY | THE BENNIES | DROWN THIS CITY

SATURDAY 12 JUNE
BRISBANE, EATON’S HILL OUTDOORS – 18+

LINE-UP:
NORTHLANE | HANDS LIKE HOUSES | IN HEARTS WAKE | THY ART IS MURDER | LUCA BRASI
SLOWLY SLOWLY | MAKE THEM SUFFER | FRENZAL RHOMB | PRESS CLUB
ALPHA WOLF | THORNHILL | YOURS TRULY | THE BENNIES | RELIQA

Tickets for Full Tilt Festival Adelaide, and Brisbane are on-sale now. Extra Melbourne tickets on sale Wednesday 31 March.

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WE ARE FSTVL 2021 ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP 11TH – 12TH SEPTEMBER 2021, CENTRAL PARK, DAGENHAM ANDY C / CAMELPHAT / CARL COX / CHARLOTTE DE WITTE / GORGON CITY / JAMIE JONES / JOSEPH CAPRIATI / LOCO DICE / MK / NINA KRAVIZ / PENDULUM TRINITY / MARCO CAROLA / MICHAEL BIBI / THE BLESSED MADONNA / THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS PLUS MANY MORE….
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WE ARE FSTVL 2021 ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP 11TH – 12TH SEPTEMBER 2021, CENTRAL PARK, DAGENHAM ANDY C / CAMELPHAT / CARL COX / CHARLOTTE DE WITTE / GORGON CITY / JAMIE JONES / JOSEPH CAPRIATI / LOCO DICE / MK / NINA KRAVIZ / PENDULUM TRINITY / MARCO CAROLA / MICHAEL BIBI / THE BLESSED MADONNA / THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS PLUS MANY MORE….

by the partae March 30, 2021
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Celebrating the very best in House, Bass, Techno and Drum & Bass, today the biggest dance festival in the capital announces its full lineup, proving that this year’s extravaganza is set to be its biggest yet. Headliners for 2021 include, Andy C, Camelphat, Carl Cox, Charlotte De Witte, Gorgon City, Jamie Jones, Joseph Capriati, Loco Dice, MK, Nina Kraviz, Pendulum Trinity, Marco Carola, Michael Bibi, The Blessed Madonna, The Martinez Brothers plus many more.

The ultimate highlight of the festival calendar is returning for the hugely anticipated 8th edition and heads to a brand new site at Central Park, Dagenham, bringing together some of the most iconic names in Bass, Techno, Drum & Bass, Dance music. Stage hosts include Paradise, Defected, Glitterbox, Circoloco, Abode, Bassjam, PIV and Centreforce.
Saturday and weekend tickets for the event have sold out. The last few Sunday tickets are available via WEAREFSTVL.COM
Artists (A-Z):
Saturday:
 
Andy C
Artbat
Bru-C
Camelphat
Carl Cox
CDC
Charlotte De Witte
Claptone
Crucast
Darkzy
Detlef
Eli Brown
Gorgon City
Harriet Jaxxon
Jamie Jones
Jess Bays
Joseph Capriati
Kanine
Lazcru
Loco Dice
MC AD
Michael Bibi
MK
Monki
Nina Kraviz
Patrick Topping
Pendulum Trinity
Sam Divine
Sasasas
Skepsis
Sonny Fodera
Syreeta
The Blessed Madonna
The Martinez Brothers
TS7
Turno
Window Kid
Sunday:
 
Alan Fitzpatrick
Arielle Free
Chris Stussy
Dave Lee
Dimension
Djoko
Friction
GW Harrison
Holy Goof
Horse Meat Disco
Hybrid Mnds
Jamie Jones
Joseph Capriati
Joseph Edmund
Katie Goodman
Marco Carola
Mas Vida
Melvo Baptiste
Nicole Moudaber
Pendulum Trinity
Pruk
Purple Disco Machine
Richy Ahmed
Secondcity
Simon Dunmore
Solardo
Sub Focus
Techitdeep
The Shapeshifters
Toma
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Where are you currently based? Melbourne, Australia. How did you first start playing music? Music has always been a part of my life.  I came from a lineage of piano players so having a musical instrumental around the house growing up was a normal thing.  I taught myself how to play the guitar and started teaching myself how to produce music on Acid Pro, when that was the thing back in the day.  I did all the music subjects throughout high school and just started writing and studying songs for fun, never knowing it would lead to this someday.  What's been happening recently? Been a little crazy, just released the second single, Just Another Love Song and the promo around that has been a little taxing.  It's super exciting though, just really happy to get some new music out there and to be working with an amazing management team (Cartel Management), who have really helped to streamline the process.   Danny Hacket has been your long-time writing partner and has been instrumental in writing your new single, how did the two of you meet and please tell us about your journey up until this point: Danny and I met many eras ago lol!  I was actually his singing teacher back in the day and he came to me with some lyrics that he'd written, and we sat down, and things just started to flow.  Originally, we were working more on Danny's solo stuff with his vocals on the songs but as time progressed, we felt that my vocal would be more suited to how we wanted the stories to be told.  Your debut single 'Treading Water' made it to the final of the international songwriting competition, how did this song come about? Honestly, don't know how it came about. We were very surprised but nevertheless, humbled, and very thankful for the opportunity.  One thing we can attribute to its success is the amazing director for the video clip, Herson Delos Santos.  Herson really saw the vision we had for the video clip which centred around the awareness of mental health and really brought it to life.  If anything, we've got him to thank for making it as a finalist. Your single 'Just Another Love Song' is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting? The song concept actually started as being a sappier type of love song but as we started to write it, Danny came to me with some lyrics that were a little more painful and about unrequited love.  As songwriters, Danny and I both seem to lean towards the more honest concepts around life.  If we're going to write about love, we're going to write about the little honest thought processes that go on in someone's head, like how worried we are about being uncool in front of someone they're attracted to.   The sound was really influenced by the indie pop sound going on at the moment.  As a producer, I really wanted to find the balance between acoustic and electronic sounds, incorporating acoustic guitars and pianos with synths and subby kicks etc.  For me, using thick harmonies has always been an Eli Dan trademark so I had to put it in the hook of this song.   Where and when did you record/produce/master and who with? JALS was 100% recorded, produced and mastered at my home studio and I did it all on my own.  All of our tracks have been produced this way.   What does this single mean to you? It's the second single and especially after Covid last year, which effectively ruined all of our plans, this single means a heck of a lot.  It's about just getting back out there and being free to just speak truth.  As a private person, there's a lot of things that I write in songs that I'd never say out loud and that's what these songs do.  In effect, being able to speak my mind without actually saying any words.   We're really excited about JALS and for the rest of this year with some follow up singles but JALS is the first cab of the rank and we can't wait to see how she goes.  How did you find inspiration during Covid? Well, Covid was a little of a blessing in disguise.  Both Danny and I found that we had more time to write and focus on our music.  We were in Zoom sessions every couple of days, just writing our little butts off and JALS was actually a song that was written in Covid.  I did a streamed show as well which was pretty fun and slightly awkward because I was clapping at myself at the end of each song.  Who are you listening to at the moment? I'm really loving JP Saxe at the moment.  I love how clever he is with the way he crafts his melodies around the honesty of the lyric.   What do you like to do away from music? I've recently started taking up bike riding.  I'm not very good at it but it's a good way to get out of the house for some fresh air whilst also incorporating some exercising.  What's planned for 2021? We're really excited about 2021.  We've got another 2 singles we're looking to drop and hopefully an EP towards the end of the year or early 2022.  We're also looking to get out there and do our own shows hopefully in the second part of this year.  Favourite food and place to hangout? Favourite food? That's a tough question, ummm, everything! Being from a Filipino background, food is definitely a huge part of me.  If I had to boil it down to a specific cuisine, I'd have to say Malaysian food because it's got such a broad variety of flavours.   Favourite place to hang out? I love being outdoors, going on hikes or going camping so one of my favourite places to go to just get grounded would be Wilson's Prom.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eli.dan.music/​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EliDanproductions Website: www.elidan.com.au Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/26JuiVTaxKBh7msNFcVxKw?si=C0PkfgrdS0Wb_nHJZD7Lrg&utm_source=copy-link YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43JWQIw2x3Q
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by the partae March 30, 2021
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Where are you currently based?

Melbourne, Australia.

How did you first start playing music?

Music has always been a part of my life.  I came from a lineage of piano players so having a musical instrumental around the house growing up was a normal thing.  I taught myself how to play the guitar and started teaching myself how to produce music on Acid Pro, when that was the thing back in the day.  I did all the music subjects throughout high school and just started writing and studying songs for fun, never knowing it would lead to this someday.

What’s been happening recently?

Been a little crazy, just released the second single, Just Another Love Song and the promo around that has been a little taxing.  It’s super exciting though, just really happy to get some new music out there and to be working with an amazing management team (Cartel Management), who have really helped to streamline the process.

Danny Hacket has been your long-time writing partner and has been instrumental in writing your new single, how did the two of you meet and please tell us about your journey up until this point:

Danny and I met many eras ago lol!  I was actually his singing teacher back in the day and he came to me with some lyrics that he’d written, and we sat down, and things just started to flow.  Originally, we were working more on Danny’s solo stuff with his vocals on the songs but as time progressed, we felt that my vocal would be more suited to how we wanted the stories to be told.

Your debut single ‘Treading Water’ made it to the final of the international songwriting competition, how did this song come about?

Honestly, don’t know how it came about. We were very surprised but nevertheless, humbled, and very thankful for the opportunity.  One thing we can attribute to its success is the amazing director for the video clip, Herson Delos Santos.  Herson really saw the vision we had for the video clip which centred around the awareness of mental health and really brought it to life.  If anything, we’ve got him to thank for making it as a finalist.

Your single ‘Just Another Love Song’ is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?

The song concept actually started as being a sappier type of love song but as we started to write it, Danny came to me with some lyrics that were a little more painful and about unrequited love.  As songwriters, Danny and I both seem to lean towards the more honest concepts around life.  If we’re going to write about love, we’re going to write about the little honest thought processes that go on in someone’s head, like how worried we are about being uncool in front of someone they’re attracted to.

The sound was really influenced by the indie pop sound going on at the moment.  As a producer, I really wanted to find the balance between acoustic and electronic sounds, incorporating acoustic guitars and pianos with synths and subby kicks etc.  For me, using thick harmonies has always been an Eli Dan trademark so I had to put it in the hook of this song.
 
Where and when did you record/produce/master and who with?

JALS was 100% recorded, produced and mastered at my home studio and I did it all on my own.  All of our tracks have been produced this way.

What does this single mean to you?

It’s the second single and especially after Covid last year, which effectively ruined all of our plans, this single means a heck of a lot.  It’s about just getting back out there and being free to just speak truth.  As a private person, there’s a lot of things that I write in songs that I’d never say out loud and that’s what these songs do.  In effect, being able to speak my mind without actually saying any words.   We’re really excited about JALS and for the rest of this year with some follow up singles but JALS is the first cab of the rank and we can’t wait to see how she goes.

How did you find inspiration during Covid?

Well, Covid was a little of a blessing in disguise.  Both Danny and I found that we had more time to write and focus on our music.  We were in Zoom sessions every couple of days, just writing our little butts off and JALS was actually a song that was written in Covid.  I did a streamed show as well which was pretty fun and slightly awkward because I was clapping at myself at the end of each song.

Who are you listening to at the moment?

I’m really loving JP Saxe at the moment.  I love how clever he is with the way he crafts his melodies around the honesty of the lyric.

What do you like to do away from music?

I’ve recently started taking up bike riding.  I’m not very good at it but it’s a good way to get out of the house for some fresh air whilst also incorporating some exercising.

What’s planned for 2021?

We’re really excited about 2021.  We’ve got another 2 singles we’re looking to drop and hopefully an EP towards the end of the year or early 2022.  We’re also looking to get out there and do our own shows hopefully in the second part of this year.

Favourite food and place to hangout?
 

Favourite food? That’s a tough question, ummm, everything! Being from a Filipino background, food is definitely a huge part of me.  If I had to boil it down to a specific cuisine, I’d have to say Malaysian food because it’s got such a broad variety of flavours.

Favourite place to hang out? I love being outdoors, going on hikes or going camping so one of my favourite places to go to just get grounded would be Wilson’s Prom.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eli.dan.music/​

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EliDanproductions

Website: www.elidan.com.au

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/26JuiVTaxKBh7msNFcVxKw?si=C0PkfgrdS0Wb_nHJZD7Lrg&utm_source=copy-link

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43JWQIw2x3Q
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The Lathums set for HUGE ‘homecoming’ show at O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester as they announce 21 new and rescheduled live dates Multiple autumn tour dates upgraded due to demand, with the poetic four-piece set to debut at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom and London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town
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The Lathums set for HUGE ‘homecoming’ show at O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester as they announce 21 new and rescheduled live dates Multiple autumn tour dates upgraded due to demand, with the poetic four-piece set to debut at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom and London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town

by the partae March 30, 2021
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The Lathums, 2021 Headline UK Tour
Tickets on general sale Wed 31 March 2021, 9.30am
www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk / www.thelathums.com

Singing songs of exuberant, youthful hope, The Lathums bring on even more reasons to be cheerful with fans around the UK getting another chance to grab tickets for their unmissable, rapid sell-out tour. The tipped-for-greatness four-piece make a statement by adding a HUGE ‘homecoming’ show at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse this October to their expanded and rescheduled 2021 Tour, alongside a debut at Glasgow’s legendary Barrowland Ballroom – plus their biggest London show to date at the O2 Forum Kentish Town

The BBC Sound Poll-tipped four-piece’s last headline tour in February 2020, selling out in just 60 seconds, saw them play the same cities in 300-person capacity venues including King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Night and Day Café and Omeara. Having also torn through fastest sell out records at both Leicester’s O2 Academy 2 and Stoke’s Sugarmill, demand to join The Lathums’ generation-defining live experience grows at a pace equal to the band’s songwriting stature.

With a total of eight dates upgraded to bigger venues, four brand new dates and nine shows at existing venues moved from April and May to new nights this winter, the full list of The Lathums 2021 UK Headline Tour dates are as follows:

  • Wed 29 Sep        Newcastle, O2 Academy*
  • Thu 30 Sep         Birmingham, O2 Institute*
  • Sat 2 Oct             Nottingham, Rock City*
  • Mon 4 Oct           Cambridge, Junction
  • Tue 5 Oct            Brighton, Concorde
  • Thu 7 Oct            London, O2 Forum Kentish Town*
  • Fri 8 Oct             Southampton, The 1865
  • Sat 9 Oct             Bristol, SWX
  • Mon 11 Oct         Sheffield, O2 Academy*
  • Tue 12 Oct           Leeds, O2 Academy*
  • Thu 14 Oct          Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom*
  • Sat 16 Oct           Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse*
  • Fri 12 Nov           Hull, Social – SOLD OUT^
  • Sun 14 Nov         Leicester, O2 Academy 2 – SOLD OUT^
  • Mon 15 Nov        Stoke, Sugarmill – SOLD OUT^
  • Tue 16 Nov         Cardiff, Globe SOLD OUT^
  • Wed 17 Nov        Oxford O2 Academy 2 – SOLD OUT^
  • Fri 3 Dec             Dunfermline, PJ Molloys – SOLD OUT^
  • Sat 4 Dec            Dundee, Fat Sam’s^
  • Mon 6 Dec           Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree – SOLD OUT^
  • Tue 7 Dec            Edinburgh, The Liquid Room – SOLD OUT^

*Upgraded and Rescheduled Dates
^Rescheduled Dates

Tickets for all venues go onsale via www.gigsandtours.com, www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.thelathums.com. All previously purchased tickets remain valid for rescheduled dates.

With stepping-stone singles, All My Life and I See Your Ghost, seeing the Wigan band safely across the torrents of live music’s lost year, The Lathums also dug out positives during the trauma of Covid in their UK Album Chart debut with the vinyl-only EP compilation, The Memories We Make. The dreams kept coming true as they invaded the nation’s front rooms as guests on Later… With Jools Holland as well as breaking into BBC Radio One’s Introducing Playlist.

2021, all being well, appears to present open goals for the band made up of old soul, literary front man, Alex Moore, vintage guitar-obsessed, multi-instrumentalist Scott Concepcion, wild man Johnny Cunliffe on bass and the chill metronome, Ryan Durrans behind the drums. Quoting influences as head-scratchingly disparate as The Housemartins, The Ramones and Patsy Cline, the band is rumoured to have completed their debut album in the company of producers, James Skelly (The Coral) and Chris Taylor at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool.

In addition to their own headline tour, The Lathums are also looking forward to rescheduled support dates in the UK and Europe with Blossoms and domestic engagements with Paul Weller.

For future release news and updates about sought-after tickets for The Lathums’ live shows, connect with the band online at:

https://twitter.com/TheLathums
https://www.facebook.com/thelathums
https://www.instagram.com/thelathums

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Bakers Eddy Release Live Video For '21' + Add More Shows To Their Single Launch Tour
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Bakers Eddy Release Live Video For ’21’ + Add More Shows To Their Single Launch Tour

by the partae March 30, 2021
written by the partae
(Filmed live at The Forum by Mushroom Creative House)
‘21’ is a dance between the uncertainty of growing up and the reflection of youth; what starts off like a ballad soon bursts into a cathartic mass singalong for the times, a sensitive yet carefree homage to all the unknowns ahead for early 20-somethings. Packed full of the band’s signature punch, ‘21’ – which has been going down a treat live – continues Bakers Eddy’s reign as one of the most exciting local bands!
The band were psyched to get back on the stage in Melbourne in support of 21 this month and will now also bring the show to Sydney & Wollongong in May. Tickets on sale now!

Bakers Eddy – ’21’

Out now through Ivy League Records

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