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May 2021

Corduroy Spaceship reveals striking sophomore EP, Life In Hollywood
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CORDUROY SPACESHIP

by the partae May 31, 2021
written by the partae

What significance does this record have to you now, that it’s out there and you can look back on it as a completed record?

The record loses significance in some way to me after it’s been released. When I’m writing and recording it seems like this mammoth task and I imagine once I finish it I will feel really accomplished. But it kinda turns out the other way. I won’t listen to the record for maybe 2-4 weeks after it’s been released, then I’ll hit it up and kinda feel like ah well that’s kinda cool I guess?? What do I do now..? What’s next? It’s a weird rollercoaster of emotions.

How long did the recording of this EP take and if there was, what was something you learned about yourself as an artist during that process?

Roughly 18 months I think. There was a lot of delay due to lockdown here in Melbourne. Every time I’m involved in some kind of recording or record or whatever I seem to learn to be less and less hard on myself. I’m learning to take my foot off the gas when an obstacle comes my way. Instead of doubling down and hoping for the best. 

Is there any one song that stands out to you as a favourite (and why)?

Life In Hollywood is definitely the track I want people to hear. It’s something new for me with the guitar taking the backseat and letting the vocals and synth drive. It’s new territory for me and I want people to notice that more than anything else. 

Was there a moment when making this EP where you thought, ‘This is turning into something that I wasn’t expecting’ – did the initial vision you had for it change in the final product?

As soon as I started recording Life In Hollywood I was like, ‘Holy shit I haven’t been here before.’ I was trying to work out what the guitar was supposed to do, but it became obvious early on that it wasn’t needed. Homage Part 1 & 2 were going to be one bigger song but at some point got split up and book ending the EP. 

Was much of the material written pre-lockdown or during?

About 50/50. I wrote the bassline for She Wants You about 4 years ago. Life In Hollywood came in the depths of lockdown.  

Thinking about the music you’re wanting to make in the future, how does this EP capture this energy?

I’m excited about playing more synth and keys for sure, to broaden my knowledge a bit. This EP in particular I have really grown to love writing and playing bass, so I think these instruments that usually take a back seat role will come to the forefront in future recordings. 

Being in Melbourne, how much of an escape has music been for you over the last 12 months?

It’s been an escape and a prison. I had more time than ever to sit down and write and record, but it was almost the only thing I did during lockdown. Writing and recording is usually my happy place but during lockdown I didn’t really have any other place to escape to. Music felt like a chore at times.

 

The Life In Hollywood EP is out now.

 

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Where are you currently based? I'm currently based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. I'm in the city a lot too for uni and gigs so it's a lot of back and forth between where I live and Sydney city.  How did you first start playing music? I come from a very musical household so music was always around as I was growing up. My Dad is a music teacher and my Mum is a music therapist so it was kind of inevitable that I would end up in music as well! The first instrument I had proper lessons on was the violin. I played violin for about 6 or 7 years and I owe so much of who I am as a musician to those really formative years of playing violin. My teacher taught me how to listen and how to feel music and gave me all the foundations I needed to continue music through songwriting and other instruments. I picked up some other instruments through primary school and highschool like I played the flute for a while and had keyboard and singing lessons. One day I picked up my Dad's bass guitar and pretty much instantly fell in love with it and have been playing bass ever since. Guitar is probably my main songwriting instrument, I wouldn't say I'm Jimmi Hendrix or anything but I do have my favourite chord shapes and can hold a rhythm.  What's been happening recently and how has your Covid experience been? Recently lifes been pretty hectic with studying and teaching and gigging and writing. I keep pretty busy but I'm really grateful that all the things I'm busy with are things that I enjoy. Covid last year definitely had me in a bit of a musical slump. I was feeling a lot of pressure from social media and other people in the industry to use lockdown and isolation as a time to create and pump out content and I think all of that pressure ultimately turned me away from music for a bit. I also felt like I needed to give myself permission to not have to be productive for once and just get through the lockdowns as best as I could. I feel refreshed and re-inspired this year as things are gradually getting back to normal and I'm excited to keep collaborating, gigging, writing and learning as much as I can about music.  Your new single 'Good Mood' is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting? For this release I really wanted to share another side of my music with people. My last EP which was recorded in Nashville before Covid was very acoustic, down tempo sort of stuff which is definitely a big part of my songwriting catalogue, but for this track I wanted to share the more funky, upbeat side of myself as an artist. I was influenced by a lot of R&B artists for this track like Erykah Badu, ELIZA, H.E.R, Cleo Sol and Ravyn Lenae. In terms of the songwriting, a big part of writing this track was about letting go of having to have these really profound and metaphorical and I guess complex lyrics and instead just marinating on the simple idea of being in a good mood. At first I wasn't sure about how repetitive the chorus is as I've never written a chorus with so few words before, but I gradually started to appreciate the simplicity of it and how it gave more space for the instrumentation to really drive the vibe of the track.   How did you go about writing Good Mood? Like almost all of my songs, Good Mood started out with just me and my guitar. The chords were the first thing that I got excited about and then pretty quickly I'd written the chorus and the melody for the verse. I actually didn't think about the song too seriously or as my next release until I was on a family holiday and was going through all my voice memos and I got really excited when I was listening to Good Mood and pretty much decided then and there that it would be my next single. I wrote the rest of the lyrics for the verse and the bridge as soon as I got home and then I actually stumbled on the key change by accident and decided to stick with it!   What does Good Mood mean to you? Good Mood is all about celebrating those moments where you forget your troubles, you forget why you were crying in the first place and you actually just enjoy the moment and enjoy your life. It's definitely not a song to say that you have to be in a good mood all of the time because firstly that's just not realistic and secondly there isn't really a good mood without a bad mood. It's more about embracing the ups and downs and actually treausing those good moods to help you get through the bad ones. The song definitely helps me to remind myself that I do have good days, days so good that I write a song about it! It really helps me to stay optimistic and hopeful that the good days will always be around the corner.  Where and when did you record/produce/master and who with? The bulk of Good Mood was made in my humble bedroom studio. I also worked with Mel Ertler on keys and Ryan Park on lead guitar at the studios at the Con. We had a couple of sessions where we recorded lots of ideas and collaborated on some different parts to develop the track a bit more. I started recording and producing it around September of last year and wanted to release it in November or December but then life happened and the Northern Beaches went into lockdown and the track lost a lot of momentum. Thankfully my friend Chelsea Warner helped me revive it by producing some drum tracks for it which really brought it to life. She is an absolute legend, I can not recommend her enough for any production needs. My Dad also came into the Con studios one day and was my engineer for recording the lead vocals which was also helpful for reigniting my motivation for releasing the song. My partner Max mixed the track from his home studio. It was so great to work with him because I could be as fussy as I wanted! And he is also very talented at mixing so it was a pleasure. The final step was sending the track off to Studios 301 to be mastered and Harvey O'Sullivan did a really great job of it.  How did you approach the recording process? The recording process for this track was very different to the recording process of my last EP. Hypothesis for Happiness was all recorded in one day at a studio in Nashville with session musicians. That process was great and such an awesome learning experience but for this release I wanted to try the process of recording and producing over time and in different environments. It was great in terms of having lots of creative space to experiment and listen and re-experiment. It was also great for collaborating with different people in different spaces. I will say though, self producing a project without any concrete deadlines is really hard for keeping up motivation and momentum for the project, but we got there in the end!  What programs/equipment did you use? Logic Pro X is my musical home. I've tried many times swapping over to Ableton or Pro Tools but every time without fail I end up back on Logic! I think because I grew up playing Garage Band on the iPad every day as a kid, Logic feels really familiar and kind of connects me to my own artistic development over the course of my life. I played my Mini Maton and my red Fender Squire guitars on the track as well as my Lakland Skyline bass. Mel and I used Komplete Kontrol sounds by Native Instruments on the midi keys and Ryan used Guitar Rig by Native Instruments for his guitar tracks.  Please tell us about you experience with studying music: I'm studying Contemporary Music Practice at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney. There are some huge pros to studying music, meeting like minded people is definitely the main thing that I have enjoyed. Not only do those people become friends but they become collaborators and colleagues. Another pro is having structure and deadlines. I think there's a lot of music that I've made for uni over the past three years that wouldn't have been made otherwise. The structure and deadlines really help to get songs finished. Studying music isn't always easy though. Just like with every degree, there are going to be subjects that you just have to get through or subjects that are vastly different from how you expected them to be. Another challenge is the constant question of what does this get me? People always ask me what job will this degree get me and it's a really difficult one to answer. I guess we all chose to study music because we love it, not because we want a regular, well-paying job. If you want a regular well-paying job, music probably isn't the most direct path to that. So I guess my answer to that question of what does this get me is hopefully a life full of music and various opportunities opening up, and uni is just a launchpad to get us started.  What new music/projects do you have on the way? I'm working on a concept EP at the moment. I won't give away too much but it explores a lot of themes about living with creativity and how to live a satisfied life as a creative person. I'm also starting to recruit some female musicians to form a bit of a girl band to play some of my original music. Gender equality in the music industry is something that I care deeply about and I always want to be a driving positive force for women to have the same opportunities and experiences available to them as our male counterparts.  Who are you listening to at the moment? I've been listening to a fair bit of Jazz lately as I'm taking a Jazz vocal course at uni. Ella Fitzgerald is my absolute favourite Jazz singer, I have a poster of her and Louis Armstrong on my bedroom wall. In terms of other more modern artists, Eryn Allen Kane is an absolute queen. So is Charlotte Day Wilson, she has such a unique, buttery voice. I'm also very hyped for the new Hiatus Kaiyote album to come out. I've been a huge fan of theirs for many years and I love the tracks they've released already so I'm very excited! On a more mainstream note, I am a little bit obsessed with Silk Sonic (Anderson Paak and Bruno Mars). I just love how they're bringing motown back into the mainstream and exposing a lot of pop music listeners to a new genre.  What do you like to do away from music? I love travelling, not that there's much of that going on at the moment but even just exploring more of the state is something I love to do on uni breaks. I'm really into kickboxing at the moment too. It's a good outlet for any anger or frustrations I have that I can let out on the punching bag so that I can be a polite and nice person for the rest of the day! I am a little bit of a gamer girl too, I love my nintendo switch and my computer games.  What's planned for the remainder of 2021? I've learnt over Covid that the near future is so out of my control. These random Covid breakouts and on again - off again lockdowns make it really hard to plan for the rest of the year which has actually been good practice for me to stay in the moment more and accept that I can't control what the rest of the year looks like. That being said, I would like to release another EP by the end of the year and hopefully develop a new live set up so I can start doing my own original gigs at local venues on the Beaches.  Favourite food and place to hangout? There's a place in Redfern near the University of Sydney where me and some friends always go after our Jazz vocal workshops called Terra Cotta Roasters and they have this burger that has all of my favourite foods on it. Haloumi, hash browns, avocado, fried eggs and tomato relish. That with an oat milk latte is pretty much the ultimate dining experience for me. I also have a huge sweet tooth like I could eat sour patch kids every night if that was healthy!  Stream "Good Mood" here: https://linktr.ee/abbyfullermusic  https://abbyfullermusic.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqm2v6RZxeP1dlQmQ6Brzg  Instagram: @abbyfulllermusic Facebook: Abby Fuller MUSIC  SoundCloud: Abby Fuller MUSIC
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Abby Fuller

by the partae May 31, 2021
written by the partae
Where are you currently based?
 
I’m currently based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. I’m in the city a lot too for uni and gigs so it’s a lot of back and forth between where I live and Sydney city.
 
How did you first start playing music?
 
I come from a very musical household so music was always around as I was growing up. My Dad is a music teacher and my Mum is a music therapist so it was kind of inevitable that I would end up in music as well! The first instrument I had proper lessons on was the violin. I played violin for about 6 or 7 years and I owe so much of who I am as a musician to those really formative years of playing violin. My teacher taught me how to listen and how to feel music and gave me all the foundations I needed to continue music through songwriting and other instruments. I picked up some other instruments through primary school and highschool like I played the flute for a while and had keyboard and singing lessons. One day I picked up my Dad’s bass guitar and pretty much instantly fell in love with it and have been playing bass ever since. Guitar is probably my main songwriting instrument, I wouldn’t say I’m Jimmi Hendrix or anything but I do have my favourite chord shapes and can hold a rhythm.
 
What’s been happening recently and how has your Covid experience been?
 
Recently lifes been pretty hectic with studying and teaching and gigging and writing. I keep pretty busy but I’m really grateful that all the things I’m busy with are things that I enjoy. Covid last year definitely had me in a bit of a musical slump. I was feeling a lot of pressure from social media and other people in the industry to use lockdown and isolation as a time to create and pump out content and I think all of that pressure ultimately turned me away from music for a bit. I also felt like I needed to give myself permission to not have to be productive for once and just get through the lockdowns as best as I could. I feel refreshed and re-inspired this year as things are gradually getting back to normal and I’m excited to keep collaborating, gigging, writing and learning as much as I can about music.
 
Your new single ‘Good Mood’ is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?
 
For this release I really wanted to share another side of my music with people. My last EP which was recorded in Nashville before Covid was very acoustic, down tempo sort of stuff which is definitely a big part of my songwriting catalogue, but for this track I wanted to share the more funky, upbeat side of myself as an artist. I was influenced by a lot of R&B artists for this track like Erykah Badu, ELIZA, H.E.R, Cleo Sol and Ravyn Lenae. In terms of the songwriting, a big part of writing this track was about letting go of having to have these really profound and metaphorical and I guess complex lyrics and instead just marinating on the simple idea of being in a good mood. At first I wasn’t sure about how repetitive the chorus is as I’ve never written a chorus with so few words before, but I gradually started to appreciate the simplicity of it and how it gave more space for the instrumentation to really drive the vibe of the track.
 
How did you go about writing Good Mood?
 
Like almost all of my songs, Good Mood started out with just me and my guitar. The chords were the first thing that I got excited about and then pretty quickly I’d written the chorus and the melody for the verse. I actually didn’t think about the song too seriously or as my next release until I was on a family holiday and was going through all my voice memos and I got really excited when I was listening to Good Mood and pretty much decided then and there that it would be my next single. I wrote the rest of the lyrics for the verse and the bridge as soon as I got home and then I actually stumbled on the key change by accident and decided to stick with it!
 
What does Good Mood mean to you?
 
Good Mood is all about celebrating those moments where you forget your troubles, you forget why you were crying in the first place and you actually just enjoy the moment and enjoy your life. It’s definitely not a song to say that you have to be in a good mood all of the time because firstly that’s just not realistic and secondly there isn’t really a good mood without a bad mood. It’s more about embracing the ups and downs and actually treausing those good moods to help you get through the bad ones. The song definitely helps me to remind myself that I do have good days, days so good that I write a song about it! It really helps me to stay optimistic and hopeful that the good days will always be around the corner.
 
Where and when did you record/produce/master and who with?
 
The bulk of Good Mood was made in my humble bedroom studio. I also worked with Mel Ertler on keys and Ryan Park on lead guitar at the studios at the Con. We had a couple of sessions where we recorded lots of ideas and collaborated on some different parts to develop the track a bit more. I started recording and producing it around September of last year and wanted to release it in November or December but then life happened and the Northern Beaches went into lockdown and the track lost a lot of momentum. Thankfully my friend Chelsea Warner helped me revive it by producing some drum tracks for it which really brought it to life. She is an absolute legend, I can not recommend her enough for any production needs. My Dad also came into the Con studios one day and was my engineer for recording the lead vocals which was also helpful for reigniting my motivation for releasing the song. My partner Max mixed the track from his home studio. It was so great to work with him because I could be as fussy as I wanted! And he is also very talented at mixing so it was a pleasure. The final step was sending the track off to Studios 301 to be mastered and Harvey O’Sullivan did a really great job of it.
 
How did you approach the recording process?
 
The recording process for this track was very different to the recording process of my last EP. Hypothesis for Happiness was all recorded in one day at a studio in Nashville with session musicians. That process was great and such an awesome learning experience but for this release I wanted to try the process of recording and producing over time and in different environments. It was great in terms of having lots of creative space to experiment and listen and re-experiment. It was also great for collaborating with different people in different spaces. I will say though, self producing a project without any concrete deadlines is really hard for keeping up motivation and momentum for the project, but we got there in the end!
 
What programs/equipment did you use?
 
Logic Pro X is my musical home. I’ve tried many times swapping over to Ableton or Pro Tools but every time without fail I end up back on Logic! I think because I grew up playing Garage Band on the iPad every day as a kid, Logic feels really familiar and kind of connects me to my own artistic development over the course of my life. I played my Mini Maton and my red Fender Squire guitars on the track as well as my Lakland Skyline bass. Mel and I used Komplete Kontrol sounds by Native Instruments on the midi keys and Ryan used Guitar Rig by Native Instruments for his guitar tracks.
 
Please tell us about you experience with studying music:
 
I’m studying Contemporary Music Practice at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney. There are some huge pros to studying music, meeting like minded people is definitely the main thing that I have enjoyed. Not only do those people become friends but they become collaborators and colleagues. Another pro is having structure and deadlines. I think there’s a lot of music that I’ve made for uni over the past three years that wouldn’t have been made otherwise. The structure and deadlines really help to get songs finished. Studying music isn’t always easy though. Just like with every degree, there are going to be subjects that you just have to get through or subjects that are vastly different from how you expected them to be. Another challenge is the constant question of what does this get me? People always ask me what job will this degree get me and it’s a really difficult one to answer. I guess we all chose to study music because we love it, not because we want a regular, well-paying job. If you want a regular well-paying job, music probably isn’t the most direct path to that. So I guess my answer to that question of what does this get me is hopefully a life full of music and various opportunities opening up, and uni is just a launchpad to get us started.
 
What new music/projects do you have on the way?
 
I’m working on a concept EP at the moment. I won’t give away too much but it explores a lot of themes about living with creativity and how to live a satisfied life as a creative person. I’m also starting to recruit some female musicians to form a bit of a girl band to play some of my original music. Gender equality in the music industry is something that I care deeply about and I always want to be a driving positive force for women to have the same opportunities and experiences available to them as our male counterparts.
 
Who are you listening to at the moment?
 
I’ve been listening to a fair bit of Jazz lately as I’m taking a Jazz vocal course at uni. Ella Fitzgerald is my absolute favourite Jazz singer, I have a poster of her and Louis Armstrong on my bedroom wall. In terms of other more modern artists, Eryn Allen Kane is an absolute queen. So is Charlotte Day Wilson, she has such a unique, buttery voice. I’m also very hyped for the new Hiatus Kaiyote album to come out. I’ve been a huge fan of theirs for many years and I love the tracks they’ve released already so I’m very excited! On a more mainstream note, I am a little bit obsessed with Silk Sonic (Anderson Paak and Bruno Mars). I just love how they’re bringing motown back into the mainstream and exposing a lot of pop music listeners to a new genre.
 
What do you like to do away from music?
 
I love travelling, not that there’s much of that going on at the moment but even just exploring more of the state is something I love to do on uni breaks. I’m really into kickboxing at the moment too. It’s a good outlet for any anger or frustrations I have that I can let out on the punching bag so that I can be a polite and nice person for the rest of the day! I am a little bit of a gamer girl too, I love my nintendo switch and my computer games.
 
What’s planned for the remainder of 2021?
 
I’ve learnt over Covid that the near future is so out of my control. These random Covid breakouts and on again – off again lockdowns make it really hard to plan for the rest of the year which has actually been good practice for me to stay in the moment more and accept that I can’t control what the rest of the year looks like. That being said, I would like to release another EP by the end of the year and hopefully develop a new live set up so I can start doing my own original gigs at local venues on the Beaches.
 
Favourite food and place to hangout?
There’s a place in Redfern near the University of Sydney where me and some friends always go after our Jazz vocal workshops called Terra Cotta Roasters and they have this burger that has all of my favourite foods on it. Haloumi, hash browns, avocado, fried eggs and tomato relish. That with an oat milk latte is pretty much the ultimate dining experience for me. I also have a huge sweet tooth like I could eat sour patch kids every night if that was healthy!

Stream “Good Mood” here: https://linktr.ee/abbyfullermusic 
https://abbyfullermusic.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqm2v6RZxeP1dlQmQ6Brzg 
Instagram: @abbyfulllermusic
Facebook: Abby Fuller MUSIC
SoundCloud: Abby Fuller MUSIC
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Black Wax
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PBS Radio Festival ‘Black Wax’ Playlist!

by the partae May 31, 2021
written by the partae
It’s that time of year again folks, PBS Radio Festival is back and the station is celebrating with its 2021 theme ‘Make It Home’. PBS is asking listeners to help complete the build at their new residence at The Collingwood Yards, making it a great sounding and technically robust radio station that is capable of taking PBS into the future while continuing to be a warm and inviting home for music lovers.
 
Join up, renew or donate online via www.pbsfm.org.au
 
Adam Rudegeair host of Black Wax and local jazz and funk connoisseur graces the PBS airwaves each Monday at 11.00am with all his favourite jazz and funk with jazz influence, and spacier stuff that has psychedelic, avant garde or science fiction influences.
 
Adam shares his favourite local tracks of 2021 so far…

 

PBS Radio Festival – ‘Black Wax’s favourite local songs of 2021

Izy – Frantic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLRjRnTTE2c

I see this as a modern day take on Sly and the Family Stone, with surprising chromatic shifts in the chord changes, a healthy amount of grit in the instrumental tones. The bass and guitar work so well in tandem, hopping around the pocket and keeping the groove restless and insistent. Such a good funk jam.

Hiatus Kaiyote – Get Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWnKsyv6Olo

Is “instant classic” too effusive? Recognisable from the first notes, Hiatus serve up their version of a breezy summer jam, with amazing orchestra additions, and a surreal outro! Absolutely loved this one, and can’t wait to hear it in context of the album.

The Rookies – Jump Monk

https://therookiesplayjazz.bandcamp.com/track/jump-monk-c-mingus

The Rookies are going on 7 years of their Wednesday night residency at the Rook’s Return — their synergy is next level. Their new single is an absolutely cracking version of a Mingus tune with an expanded horn section. These are some of Melbourne’s hottest young players — and all total sweethearts too.

Firetail – Aphex

https://firetail1.bandcamp.com/track/aphex

Firetail are one of my favourite local groups, every tune they’ve released is really different. Aphex is a slick future jazz odyssey with blistering synth runs on a bed of breakbeats. It wouldn’t be out of place as action music from the next Tron movie!

Brian El Dorado and the Tuesday People – Alligator Man

https://brianeldorado.bandcamp.com/track/alligator-man

Edgy as hell, this is like 3 songs in one. For me it evokes the hard-edged rocky funk of the 90s. It’s one of my favourite vocal performances from Brian, and I love his surrealist lyrics. Killer guitar work from co-writer Kumar Shome in particular, but the whole band is blazing.

 

https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/black-wax

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Corduroy Spaceship reveals striking sophomore EP, Life In Hollywood
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Corduroy Spaceship reveals striking sophomore EP, Life In Hollywood

by the partae May 31, 2021
written by the partae

Two years on from his impactful debut EP Custard Gumboot, Melbourne’s Corduroy Spaceship returns to deliver its stunning follow on record: Life In Hollywood.

His most defining work to date, Life In Hollywood is an EP that finds strength in its musical complexities and use of different shades and tone. A significant step forward from his Custard Gumboot era, Corduroy Spaceship broadens his horizons with Life In Hollywood, breaking new ground for the artist as a songwriter and performer.

Across its five tracks, the musician and producer is at a new creative peak, demonstrating the material that speaks to the type of artist he has been flourishing into over the past three years. Confident, curious and completely in touch with a wide range of sonic influences.

The EP features previous singles including ‘I Don’t Cry’ from earlier this year and the more recent ‘She Wants You (I Don’t Know Why)’, and with ‘Homage #1 Part 1’, ‘Homage #1 Part 2’ and the EP’s title track, Corduroy Spaceship further introduces himself to newcomers while realigning his sonic identity for long time followers.

Comparisons to Tame Impala and Methyl Ethel aside, the sort of music Corduroy Spaceship has been making exists within this sun-kissed psych realm, but with his own vibrancy added, we’re getting an insight into his own approach to instrumentation – the craft of music itself.

Writing and recording the EP in Melbourne, Corduroy Spaceship took the opportunity to delve into the technical side of the process and learned a lot throughout the process.

“This process can be quite a lonely one when working by yourself. There is no one to bounce ideas off or gain some kind of confidence from, which I find creates a never ending loop with no feedback. You end up recording each part a thousand times thinking you can make it better, but the reality is the first or second take is usually the best. I gained an abundance of new recording gear through the 18 months it took to finish the EP, so as I added to my arsenal of gear the sounds developed and evolved. You can hear this throughout the record, especially in the vocals.” Corduroy Spaceship

PRAISE FOR CORDUROY SPACESHIP

“Cordy Boy coming through like the east coast Kevin Parker. Psych-pop embalmed in marmalade sounds.”
Triple J Unearthed, Dave Ruby Howe

“Getting so lost in this thick psych indie pop that has a big adventurous spirit.”
Triple J, Declan Byrne

“Corduroy Spaceship unveils a Fantasia of sound, honouring the wave party that is modern psychedelia.”
Happy Magazine

The Life In Hollywood EP is out now.
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Abby Fuller MUSIC Releases New Single "GOOD MOOD"
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Abby Fuller MUSIC releases new single ‘Good Mood’

by the partae May 31, 2021
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Abby Fuller is releasing her new single “Good Mood” on the 31st of May to streaming/purchasing platforms. She hopes for this track to lift people’s spirits and inspire people to embrace and celebrate their own good moods. It is a different kind of release for Abby in terms of genre and production. In contrast to her last EP release which was professionally recorded and produced in Nashville, “Good Mood” has been homegrown in Sydney, produced by Abby, with Ryan Park on second guitar, Mel Ertler on keys and Chelsea Warner on drum programming. Mixed by Max Shaw and mastered by Studios 301, it has a R&B, funk/pop style, exploring a new side of Abby’s artistry.

Abby Fuller is a Sydney based singer/songwriter, producer and multi- instrumentalist emerging in the Australian music scene. She has been writing music since she was 10 years old and is now honing in on her craft at the Conservatorium of Music, Sydney. Abby strives to weave her favourite music into her own style, ranging from acoustic ballads to fully realised funk bops.

Stream “Good Mood” here: https://linktr.ee/abbyfullermusic
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Saudi's Top Female DJ Cosmicat Releases Debut Vocal Underground Single "Toxic Romance." Out Now on MDLBEAST Records
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Saudi’s Top Female DJ Cosmicat Releases Debut Vocal Underground Single “Toxic Romance.” Out Now on MDLBEAST Records

by the partae May 28, 2021
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Artists: Cosmicat
Title: Toxic Romance
Label: MDLBEAST Records

Saudi Arabia‘s first and leading female DJ and producer Cosmicat makes her stunning debut with the first-ever single “Toxic Romance,” introducing herself to the global market as a sultry underground queen with both dancefloor and emotive potential. The track uses big-room synths and a rumbling, techno-influenced bassline to contrast exquisitely with her own feathery vocals; in this way, Cosmicat creates a soundscape that is both bold and delicate, personifying her own identity as a female artist who is trailblazing the electronic music scene in a culture that has traditionally forbid women from making any style of music. “Toxic Romance” is only the beginning for Cosmicat, so stay tuned to see what’s next as she establishes herself among electronic’s most exciting rising artists.

“When I was working on ‘Toxic Romance,’ all I had on my mind was that I wanted to create the sound I love. It got me romanticizing about my relationship with it, as it’s a human being; how it was there for me every time I needed it or how I always come around to seek and chase it. On the sonic level, I wanted to add a big-sounding synth to make the track sound bold and highlight how synthesizers and electronic music can coexist with gentle whispering and my own vocals. I believe this makes ‘Toxic Romance‘ sounding delicate and personal, while still being dancefloor-friendly.” – Cosmicat

As she rises from the underground, the world is ready to be introduced to Nouf Sufyani – better known as Cosmicat – as the first and leading Saudi female DJ & producer in the electronic scene. Born and raised in Jeddah, Cosmicat always had a strong passion for music in a world where it was considered taboo; there were limited record and music equipment stores and no live performances. Cultural protocol meant that she had to keep her passion a secret, so Cosmicat worked toward the more realistic 9-5 career but never gave up on her dream of producing. She became a “bedroom DJ” and taught herself everything she needed to know about producing in private. In 2019 she performed at the first music festival in Saudi Arabia – MDLBEAST‘s Soundstorm (which was also the biggest in the Middle East). Her reach quickly expanded to Bahrain, Lebanon, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, where she performed, and now she’s gearing up for the release of her debut original single. I believe that Nouf is a perfect example showing that it’s important to be persistent and take the chance whenever it arises. Currently, there are more female DJs in Saudi Arabia who support and empower one another, with Cosmicat being the first/leading one, paving the way for other Saudi female DJs. She also hosts her own TV show. Privately she’s a cat lady (hence the artist’s name). Her personal favorites are Solomun, Peggy Gou, and Jamie Jones.

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Sarah Jane releases 'MOTH' EP
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Sarah Jane releases ‘MOTH’ EP

by the partae May 28, 2021
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Sarah Jane is a prolific Alt-Rock, Indie singer, songwriter from Sydney, Australia who has amassed a huge online following. The singles for the videos ‘Lately’ and ‘Apparently’ from the upcoming ‘Moth’ EP are close to hitting 50,000 video views between them.

With over 295,000 subscribers and over 30 million views on YouTube it would be accurate to call the young musician a viral sensation. The six-track ‘Moth’ EP arrives on vinyl and streaming today Friday May 28th.

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Sarah Jane Moth Tracklist

1. Finger
2. Lately
3. Kiss Cross
4. I Complain Too Much
5. Nothing You Can Do
6. Apparently

Store link (HERE (VINYL+ SHIRTS)

Moth EP Launch Friday 4th June 2021, Three Wise Monkeys, Sydney, NSW

https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/sarah-jane-moth-ep-launch-three-wise-monkeys/128683

Sarah Jane Quote

“The idea of ‘moth’ is seeing the beauty in things that aren’t usually seen as such. I found with my experiences in life, my music is what comes from negative experiences. I’m also fascinated by how music can distract from the meaning of songs. You know that song you’ve been singing to for years and you have no idea what it means…just because the music makes you feel something.

I want to bring some positivity from the pain I’ve experienced and hopefully it will give someone something to relate to, or just to vibe with, either is fine!”

The new EP follows two solo albums “Absence’, an acoustic album released in 2019, and the album ‘Tainted Timeline” released late in 2020. Sarah Jane has released two full-length records with her band ‘The Violet Stones’ over the same period.

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BELOVED SYDNEY ALT-POP BAND I KNOW LEOPARD RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE 'LOVER AUTOMATIC' + ANIMATED VIDEO AND LAUNCH SHOWS + SIGN WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH BELIEVE
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BELOVED SYDNEY ALT-POP BAND I KNOW LEOPARD RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE ‘LOVER AUTOMATIC’ + ANIMATED VIDEO AND LAUNCH SHOWS + SIGN WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH BELIEVE

by the partae May 28, 2021
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Sydney trio I Know Leopard are back with “Lover Automatic”, their first new music since their acclaimed 2019 album Love Is A Landmine. They’ve also announced June live dates to launch the single in Sydney and Melbourne.

“Lover Automatic” sees the band shifting to a sugar-coated, hyper-coloured take on alt-pop that flirts with an almost lo-fi hip-hop aesthetic but their knack for timeless infectious pop hooks is as strong as ever. They may have moved from their previous ‘70s soft rock inspired sound but the band’s other trademark elements remain present: Jenny McCullagh’s violin provides gilding to the melody and brilliant decorative flourishes while Rosie Fitzgerald’s fluid bass playing adds extra rhythmic bounce (which helps explain why she is fast becoming one of Australia’s busiest session bass players). Luke O’Loughlin’s falsetto vocal sings of being defenceless in the face of new love regardless of how acquainted we are with its perils.

“Can’t you tell
That I’m ready for a new kind of hell

if you are as well”

The song was co-produced and mixed by Konstantin Kersting, who has found success with his work with Tones & I, The Jungle Giants, Mallrat, The Rubens, Tia Gostelow and WAAX. The animated video by Sydney designer Luke Saunders sees Luke, Rosie and Jenny reborn as vampires travelling through a sweetly psychedelic landscape that’s something like a 1980s Japanese remake of Yellow Submarine (but with vampires).

The band are also excited to have entered into a worldwide distribution deal with Believe. “We are thrilled to be working with I Know Leopard, and are looking forward to sharing ‘Lover Automatic’ with the world” commented Mick Tarbuk, head of Believe for Australia & New Zealand.

To launch “Lover Automatic” the band return to the stage for their first shows in 18 months, hitting Melbourne and Sydney with special guests Georgia June. These performances will be the first chance to hear some of the new music they’ve been working on during lockdown and that they plan to release later in 2021. Luke O’Loughlin has also been keeping busy co-writing with other artists, notably US act The Knocks, on the 2020 track “All About You”, which also featured Mark Foster of Foster The People on vocals.

I KNOW LEOPARD
‘Lover Automatic’
OUT NOW

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Friday, 18th June
The Night Cat, Melbourne

Saturday, 26th June
Oxford Art Factory

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DROWN THIS CITY UNLEASH NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR 'CARBON14' FULL EP 'COLOURS WE WON'T KNOW' OUT TODAY VIA UNFD
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DROWN THIS CITY UNLEASH NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘CARBON14’ FULL EP ‘COLOURS WE WON’T KNOW’ OUT TODAY VIA UNFD

by the partae May 28, 2021
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PRAISE FOR ‘COLOURS WE WON’T KNOW’

“Combining lethal down-tuned riffs and obliterating breakdowns with lyrical themes that coast around topics of trauma, rejection and depression, Drown This City are without a doubt one of Australia’s most jarring post-hardcore acts today.”
– Mixdown Magazine

“Powerfully brilliant….Drown This City are on a consistent streak with their newer work.”
– Pilerats

“…at once ethereal and acerbic – halcyon and silvery, while steeped in raw, ravenous savagery – the records spends 20 mind-melting, boundary-breaking minutes freezing its listener in a trance.”
– Australian Guitar

“Drown This City bite back with a monster new single, ‘New Burn Order’. Kong and Godzilla retreat when they hear this one start up.”
– Dave Ruby Howe, triple j Unearthed

Image: Electrum Photography

Melbourne metalcore risers Drown This City release their earth-shattering EP Colours We Won’t Know today via UNFD. Following their earlier music video for single ‘New Burn Order’, the band are celebrating today’s release with the reveal of a music video for EP standout ‘Carbon14’.

‘Carbon14’ was written lyrically by DTC bassist/vocalist Toby Thomas, who shares that the track is a comparison between carbon isotope (or, Carbon 14) and himself – where the former is an atom known for being in a constant state of decay, Thomas describes how he has often felt this way in relation to his mental health journey.

“The lyrics are a personal expression of the inner turmoil I have felt between the fight for positivity while also not believing it is something my atomic structure would ever allow me to experience,” he says.

“The story is told from the perspective of a man who has spent years working at his mental health only to feel a sense of failure and constant short comings. It describes the mental turmoil the character is experiencing whilst trying to stay on track to better himself instead of giving in to his demons and settling into the comfort of a darker state of mind.”

Drown This City boldy tackle further conversations concerning mental health, grappling with childhood trauma and healing returning wounds on their new EP Colours We Won’t Know.

Fuelled by references to metalcore, hardcore and other heavy sub-genres, CWWK finds Drown This City at their absolute heaviest, offering dynamic instrumentation among stark lyrical imagery and elevated clean/unclean vocal delivery.

Despite its darkness, the release ultimately offers a glimmer of hope with the message that it’s never too late to tackle your mental health head on, even long after you think you’ve beaten it. With their own personal wounds truly laid bare and continuing to heal, ultimately Drown This City hope to stir up the courage in everyone to dig deep and fight their buried pain.

To date, Colours We Won’t Know has garnered over 90K streams to date, meanwhile the band found themselves gracing the playlist cover for Homegrown & Heavy.

Colours We Won’t Know is out in full now via UNFD. Drown This City play the Melbourne leg of Full Tilt Festival alongside Northlane, Hands Like Houses, Thy Art Is Murder, Luca Brasi, Slowly Slowly, Make Them Suffer + more in July and are set to support In Hearts Wake on their national tour in November.

DROWN THIS CITY
‘COLOURS WE WON’T KNOW’ EP
OUT NOW VIA UNFD

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2021 TOUR DATES

Full Tilt Festival:Saturday July 3 – Coburg Velodrome, Melbourne, VIC (SOLD OUT)

Supporting In Hearts Wake:

Thursday November 11 — 170 Russell, Melbourne, VIC
Friday November 12 — 170 Russell, Melbourne, VIC (SOLD OUT)
Saturday November 13 — Manning Bar, Sydney, NSW (SOLD OUT)
Sunday November 14 — Manning Bar, Sydney, NSW
Friday November 19 — Magnet House, Perth, WA
Saturday November 20 — Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide, SA (SOLD OUT)
Sunday November 21 — Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide, SA (AA)

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THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND VICE CITY II OUT NOW!!
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THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND VICE CITY II OUT NOW!!

by the partae May 28, 2021
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“Vice City II”, the brand new issue from WA’s kings of Oz rock The Southern River Band is out now!

When The Southern River band released “Vice City 1” back in 2018, their reputation as a wild rocking outfit was only just starting to spread around their home state, since then their sophomore studio album Rumour & Innuendo and tours with the likes of The Darkness, Cold Chisel and sold out headline shows right around the country have proven that Aussie rock is in the safest of hands.

“Vice City II” leaves no doubt that as one of Australia’s premiere live acts, The Southern River Band are more than able to translate that raw power into the confines of the studio, producing one of their most inspired singles to date.

The Southern River Band launch Vice City II this weekend with two WA shows, at The Prince of Wales in Bunbury on the 28th of May, then at The Ravenswood Hotel on May 29th.

The Southern River Band, Vice City II is out on May 28th

https://www.thesouthernriverband.com/home

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JULIA JACKLIN x RVG TEAM UP TO RELEASE A COVER OF BJORK'S 'ARMY OF ME'
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JULIA JACKLIN x RVG TEAM UP TO RELEASE A COVER OF BJORK’S ‘ARMY OF ME’

by the partae May 28, 2021
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Julia Jacklin and RVG team up for a fierce take on Bjork’s ‘Army of Me’ as part of Rising Singles Club’s monthly full-moon releases.

The reimagining sees Jacklin and RVG add their own unique flair to ‘Army of Me’, whilst still retaining all of the intensity and frenetic energy of Bjork’s stunning original. Jacklin’s distinctive vocals echo over dissonant guitar tremors and bring forth the dark allure of the track.

LISTEN: Julia Jacklin x RVG – ‘Army of Me’
The collaboration was a vision realised for both Jacklin and RVG:

“I just love Bjork and I love RVG. I was running on a treadmill which I don’t do very often and I was listening to Army of Me over and over again to make me feel stronger than I am. Then I thought why not try and cover this song with another artist that makes me feel stronger than I am and I did! It was a good musical punch in the face to wake me up from a year of living a very small quiet life. RVG are one of my favourite bands in the whole world and it was a real blessing to spend some time with them making music.” – Julia Jacklin

“We adore Julia’s music and were thrilled when she asked us to do a precious Bjork song with her. I think we all wanted to challenge ourselves a bit and do things we haven’t done before in a studio, while at the same time just having fun and letting ourselves be as intuitive as possible.” – RVG 

Julia Jacklin’s last full-length album Crushing debuted into the Top 10 of the ARIA Albums Chart and captured hearts around the world, landing in more than 20 ‘Best Of’ lists for 2019, including Pitchfork, Junkee and I-D. It was nominated for six ARIA Awards and three AIR Awards and scooped the gong for ‘Best Independent Blues & Roots Album’, along with the Libera Award (US Independent Music Awards) for ‘Best Folk & Bluegrass Album’. Last year, the Blue Mountains raised, now Melbourne based singer-songwriter released a two-tracker through Sub-Pop’s coveted Singles Club and capped the year off with a Christmas single ‘baby jesus is nobody’s baby now’.Jacklin has also returned to the road for the first time since COVID hit, having finally finished her global Crushing Tour with re-scheduled Adelaide shows last weekend. In light of new restrictions for Victoria however, her shows for Rising Festival this weekend have been cancelled. Refunds will be issued to all patrons who held tickets. Jacklin’s upcoming performance for the Sydney Recital Hall’s Singular Voices series, which was due to take place next weekend, has also been postponed. Further details to follow.

RVG released their sophomore album Feral in April last year. Since forming, the much-loved four-piece have taken huge strides at home and internationally. They have toured locally with Kurt Vile, Pixies and POND, and played an iconic set at the Meredith Music Festival; they’ve also toured Europe, the UK and the US with likeminded acts and showcased at SXSW, The Great Escape and Reeperbahn. RVG have an arena tour with Faith No More coming up in 2022.

Julia Jacklin x RVG – ‘Army of Me’

Out now through Liberation Records

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JULIA JACKLIN – UPCOMING TOUR DATES
See juliajacklin.com for ticketsSunday May 30 Rising Festival performance at The Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

Monday May 31 | Rising Festival performance at The Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
Friday June 4 | City Recital Hall, Sydney – POSTPONED
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MUSTAFA Debut album When Smoke Rises out now! New video for 'The Hearse' Performs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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MUSTAFA Debut album When Smoke Rises out now! New video for ‘The Hearse’ Performs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

by the partae May 28, 2021
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Photo credit: Dexter Navy

Praise for Mustafa

“one of the most poignant, intimate and authentic projects of recent memory” – American Songwriter

“unrelenting grace and empathy” – The FADER

“one of the most compelling artists of the now” – Pigeons & Planes

“His voice and writing betray an intentional softness, a choice to honour pain rather than pave it over with destructive armour” – Pitchfork

“tender and direct” – Rolling Stone

Mustafa – ‘The Hearse’ (Official Video)
Listen / Download:
 https://mustafa.ffm.to/the-hearse

Today, poet and songwriter Mustafa releases his debut project, When Smoke Rises, via his own Regent Park Songs / Remote Control Records. The project, which American Songwriter called “one of the most poignant, intimate and authentic projects of recent memory,” exemplifies 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.

The project features production from heavy-hitters Frank Dukes and Jamie xx, along with multiple contributions from similarly forlorn geniuses Sampha and James Blake. Also present on When Smoke Rises are the voices of longtime friends and Regent Park natives Rax, Puffy L’z, and both the dearly departed Ali and Smoke Dawg. They are the ones without whom When Smoke Rises would not exist. More importantly, 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.

Alongside the project release, Mustafa is also sharing the video for the standout track ‘The Hearse’, which was self-directed alongside King Bee. The visual is the fourth from When Smoke Rises following ‘Ali’, ‘Stay Alive’ and ‘Air Forces’, and arrives after Mustafa’s GQ Middle East cover story, where he initially revealed the project’s title and spoke about the body of work, and after his late-night TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where he performed ‘What About Heaven’.

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 neighbourhood, Regent Park; a vehicle to honour 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 unrecognizable is a story that is playing out in neighbourhoods across the world — the inner city from which his folk songs are born.

Download / Stream Mustafa – When Smoke Rises https://mustafa.ffm.to/when-smoke-rises

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.

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LADYHAWKE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, SINGLE AND TOUR!!
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LADYHAWKE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, SINGLE AND TOUR!!

by the partae May 28, 2021
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THE NEW ALBUM ‘TIME FLIES’ DROPS ON OCTOBER 8. PRE-ORDER NOW HERE

SECOND SINGLE TAKEN FROM IT IS OUT NOW CALLED ‘MIXED EMOTIONS’ – AVAILABLE HERE

EAST COAST TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED FOR OCT/NOV TICKET DETAILS HERE

2021 is a comeback year for Ladyhawke (‘Pip’ Brown) with her single “Guilty Love”, a collaboration with BROODS topping Triple J’s most played list and clocking over 1 Million streams. Now the follow up single ‘Mixed Emotions’ is released today, the 2nd single from her anticipated forthcoming album “Time Flies” which will be released on Friday, October 8.

Pip says about the new single, “Mixed Emotions was written with old mates Jono Sloan and Nick Littlemore while I was on a writing trip in LA. Sloan had come up with a really cool bass groove which Nick and I riffed over to get the lyrics and melody. The song is about all the things you can feel with one person, sometimes all in a single day. Ups and downs, confusion, highs, and lows. And everything in between!”

If a new single and album isn’t exciting enough for fans an East Coast Australian Tour has also been announced which will see Ladyhawke hit the live stage again in October and November of this year. Pip expressed, “It seems unreal to be announcing a tour after the last year we’ve all had, but since the travel bubble has been announced I’m able to now tour Australia ! This is honestly something I could not see happening for ages, so here it is!! I am doing some shows!! I hope to see you all soon!!”

TOUR DATES:

Wed 27 Oct – The Triffid, Brisbane

Thurs 28 Oct – Miami Marketta, Gold Coast

Fri 29 Oct – Factory Theatre, Sydney

Fri 5 Nov – Corner Hotel, Melbourne

24 Hr Pre-sale:  Wed 2 June 12pm AEST

General sale:  Fri 4 June 12pm AEST

Tickets available from HERE

For more information on Ladyhawke, visit the Website or follow on Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube.

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Jack Botts
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Jack Botts

by the partae May 28, 2021
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Where are you currently based? Byron Bay

How did you first start playing music? I started teach myself guitar in the afternoons after school in grade 4.

How did you start busking and how has it influenced your live performance? I started busking with my mate Dusty Boots and it just kept going from there. Busking taught me so many things that I use in all my shows today. All the little things like breaking strings or talking to the audience. It all helps.

What’s been happening recently? Not a whole lot recently. Heaps or surfing around here and the Gold Coast which has been nice. And started writing new music again which is fun.

Your new EP ‘Slow Mornings’ is due to drop on June 4, what influenced the sound and songwriting? A lot of the writing and sound was influenced by bands I was listening to at the time. Mainly artists like Trevor Hall, John Mayer, Mt Joy, J.cole, and Jack Johnson is always pretty inspiring hahah.

Where and when did you record/produce/master and who did you work with? ‘Hold You’ and ‘18th Floor’ were both recorded in North Vancouver, Canada at Park Sound Studios, and produced by Garrett Kato back in Byron. The rest of the track were all recorded and produced by Garrett Kato. All tracks were mastered by Simon McIntyre.

How did you approach the recording process? I tend to go into the studio with the smallest of ideas, (sometimes a blank canvas) and see what comes out of it. I don’t like going in with too many ideas if it doesn’t feel right. I like keeping it open on the day.

What did you find most challenging and rewarding during the creation of Slow Mornings? I had about 3 or 4 months of writer’s block whilst I was on tour late last year which was super frustrating. But once I stayed still for a week, I got back into that rhythm of writing again and getting songs down.

Where and when are you playing next? I’m playing in Adelaide next Friday 4th to kick off my national tour and heading to capital cities after that! Can’t wait!

How’s life on the road touring with your van? Love it! Obviously it has its highs and lows but I love touring the way I do. It’s just super easy!

What’s your van setup? Queen bed, fridge, kitchen cabinet, tool box, 3 surfboards, 4 guitars, about 5 boxes of merch and the rest of my life is in here hahaha.

Who are you listening to at the moment? I’ve been listening to heaps of Cordae and Anderson. Paak lately. Love it.

What do you like to do away from music? I figured all I really do now outside of music is surf hahaha. If I’m not surfing for exercise, I love running and being outside. But also I try and catch up with friends and family if I’ve got time off.

What’s planned for the rest of 2021? I finish this tour in June and then will have a bit of time off to chill and maybe write and record some more music. Then hopefully wrap up with some more shows towards the end of the year!

Favourite food and place to hangout? I’ve been having so much Japanese food for dinner lately its ridiculous haha. But I think the Salt Mill cafe in Currumbin is one of my favs for coffee.

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Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jackbotts/

Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_tgVSEZaHRvNmcjMhdFOg

Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/4VeyhwBUfsaWMkQ2Ld8QNl?si=bWrKjQcvT3Owb5c3fyoYog

Tickets – https://linktr.ee/jackbotts

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Georgia Lee Johnson

by the partae May 28, 2021
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Georgia Lee Johnson plants a steady hand on the indie folk tree, climbs to the farthest limb and starts out on a fresh new branch of mythic folk. Her music enfolds an old soul with playfulness and creative freedom through a grand choice of sounds that ring out in presence and remembering.
Clear and deep, her voice touches the painful and profound of our past and present. Influences of traditional music from Appalachia, Ireland and the African Diaspora filter with fresh instrumentation, sounds and arrangements, pulling urgent ancestral connections forward in a present, grooving, lush sound.

Grown from burnished soil, ocean rain, mossy West Coast forests and winds that blow in from elsewhere, Georgia Lee Johnson draws music and meaning out of time. Likened to Adrianne Lenker, Steeleye Span and the beloved Joni Mitchell, Georgia’s songs are wild and layered. Full of playfulness, she says what needs to be said once, in a way that can only be Georgia Lee. An honest and trustworthy new voice in indie folk, Georgia is this year’s fresh bet.

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