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Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there? I am currently based in between Brisbane and Byron Bay, my family home is in Byron and often go home to see my parents who own a farm there and help out. Both places for me have a unique place in music. There are some really good promoters who throw some spectacular parties at the moment - Sub Rosa in Brisbane has been a highlight recently bringing some really tasteful international acts like Patrice Baumel, Jeremy Olander, Pig & Dan, Undercatt just to name a few. How did you first start playing music? When I was 13 I had gone to Canada on a family trip and was heavily influenced by my cousins who at the time were holding events and listening to Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, Armin Van Buuran and most of the big trance Dj’s back then. I came back from that trip a bit inspired and very interested by dance music as it was all very new to me. I saved some money and bought some CDJ’s when I was about 14, I was still in high school but me and a few friends started all djing at these house parties which really shaped my sound, it was a great time as we would be all searching on blogs and sharing music with each other…we all have a few release’s under our belts now which is funny too. After about 2 years I became friends with some of the local promoters in Byron Bay and managed to sneak into some gigs in town in-which they put me on the line up and opened up the door so very thankful to those guys – Webber, Deegs & Dobbie thanks!. Please tell us a little about where you grew up and how this impacted your music? I grew up in 10 minute’s from Byron Bay so there wasn’t naturally a lot to do with friends as we were always so spaced away and not being able to drive then was an issue. I would spend most of my teen years just listening & collecting music but I guess living away from friends was also a blessing as I had a lot of spare time trying to learning to use music software after school. What's been happening recently? I’ve been working in studio and finishing some more music, a bit darker and a more peak time techno so pretty keen to get that out and begin to play it out at gigs. I’m also beginning to lock in some shows locally which im looking forward to showcase a lot of unreleased material. Your new 3 track EP 'Sour Minds' is out now, what influenced the sound and writing for this EP? Fusions of sounds that I really like I guess. Most of the tracks have a progressive vibe and a nice groove underneath with a few afro percussive elements also. i really wanted to have some sort of vocal in every track to just use as an element and carry the track through which really tied the whole EP together. You can hear a bit of everything and I guess that’s me just listening to a bit of everything at the moment. How did you go about writing Sour Minds? Sour Minds I wrote over 2 days, I started with a simple drum rhythm and added in some atmospheric elements to get the main atmosphere going which is that main saw synth that you hear in the intro. I had recently just bought the Mini V synth plugin and was playing around with that a fair bit so tweaked some patches and came up with the main arpeggio/lead with a vocading LFO on it to give it a bit of movement. After that I found some vocals that fitted the right vibe which I actually found on splice, yes Splice! Its an awesome platform and go to when I need to find an element just to get the idea’s flowing. The next day I kind of just refined the song structure and a quick mix down to get it ready to send away as a demo. It was the actually the last track I wrote and became the 1st on the EP Where and when did you record/produce? In my studio room at my 2 bedroom flat in Brisbane. I often find myself up in the mornings or late afternoons in the studio, its almost a routine for me to hop on in the early mornings for an hour or 3. I wrote the Sour Minds EP over the course of about 2 months early last year, although I had produced ‘The Thoughts, The Fears” about 2 years ago now I revisited that and changed it quite a bit. What programs/equipment did you use to record/produce? I wrote the whole EP on Ableton and used a range of VST plugins, I had actually used some old speakers from Pioneer to write & mix down roughly at the beginning of the year. I have recently just purchased some ADAM Audio S2V’s which are freaking awesome and really pin pointed the flaws in my 1st mix down for all three tracks. Please tell us about your current recording/production setup, what you have in the arsenal and how you came about finding the equipment: As mentioned I have a pretty simple space as im mostly in the box with Ableton, although I have just purchased some ADAM S2V’s which were an expensive purchase but 100% worth it, they have really given me a bit more depth/clarity and helped me refine my mix down’s at the pre-mastering stage. I have been really loving the V Collection which has some awesome plugins modelled off some great vintage & modern synthesizers -They sound really organic even though they are digital thanks to the TAE modelling process. Besides that I have a Minilogue which I use often for random sounds like effects and background sounds in tracks. I’m looking to purchase a DeepMind 12 & ASM Hydrasynth. I luckily have a really good friend who has just built a dream studio of his (little street studios). He has a lot gear which I am able to play with and I guess pick the synths that cater to my taste which is a bonus!. Its good to have his knowledge and bring that back into my studio which is always refreshing for creativity. What do you have planned for Sour Minds? I’ve got some shows coming up so I’m am really keen to play it out and see the reaction from people as I haven’t actually played it loud yet. I’ve had some really good feedback from other DJ’s who have played it out loud and they said it works really well, I guess all 3 tracks bring a different vibe to the floor. What do you like to do away from music? I play a lot of soccer and often am at the family farm which is kind of therapeutic for me to get away from the city. I also work for JBL in their consumer electronics side of the business as a rep which is awesome. It gives me great insight into fresh products, music, events and how that all correlates into business which is interesting to see. Who are you listening to at the moment? Listening to a range of everything really. I have been liking Henrik Schwarz, Guy J, Patrice Baumel, Adriatique & Tiefscwarz. Besides that everything on the Innervisions label has been really inspiring. You've been receiving a lot of support from big names in the dance music scene like Eric Prydyz and the likes, how has the whole experience with these big artists been so far? Eric Prydz has really been a inspiration to me from the beginning, just his simplicity with production in his music always astonishes me. For him to play one of my tracks in his BBC essential mix a couple of years back was a huge thing for me, I just wrote that track sitting in my bedroom studio and totally forgot about it until I heard it randomly. This for me gave me a bit of confidence to try new things in the studio and really dig deep into production. What's in store for 2020? More music and more shows, I have been working on a lot of new material!. Favourite food and place to hangout? Kimchi Pork fried rice . Its always good to just hang out anywhere with friends really, personally my favourite is the lounge room when I have nothing on haha! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/maniandyou Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/manian Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/maniandyou

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Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there? Currently based out of Toronto! My heart will always have a soft spot for our music scene. There is a real sense of community and people supporting other people that I really love. It makes navigating this crazy industry feel a lot less lonely when you do it together. How did you first start playing music? My little 7 year old self in piano and voice lessons! Music and art were the biggest part of my childhood. Fun fact: I played trombone in highschool! What's been happening recently? I find winter, especially post January there’s this surge of change and it sparks a lot of feelings that get put down onto paper. I’ve also been tapping into other creative aspects of the project, creating some cool visuals for live shows, videos, etc. trying to make the Bedhead experience a little more multi-media which is something I’ve always envisioned. Basically it’s a lot of fabric shopping, I love me some new fabrics. Your new single 'Fight No More' is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting for this single? The songwriting just flowed from this heavy emotional space I was in. I started writing the song when I found myself feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with my depression, after years of getting help and feeling like I hadn’t made any progress. The song was born from that moment of “enough’s enough”. For the production, artists like Robyn, Lorde and the Naked and Famous were big influences on the sound for this song. How did you go about writing Fight No More? I started writing Fight No More about 2 years ago in the summer at this park near where I live. It started with a few melodies and the main lyric in the chorus. The baseline intro was the next thing written. From there I usually noodle around with a piano or guitar to start putting the pieces of the puzzle together. Although the songwriting process changes every song, I usually start with chords and melodies, and the lyrics sprinkled in between. Where and when did you record/produce and who did you work with? I first recorded the song with Feurd Moore, who I’ve worked with before on an earlier project. It started as just a basement recording, but we knew we had something special. There were so many things that Feurd added in that I can’t imagine the song without now, like the guitar licks and bright synths. Later on, we brought on Derek Hoffman of Fox Sounds (who also mixed the track) who really just took what we had to the next level, giving it that extra kick (literally) How did you approach the recording process? With this track I really grasped the importance of emotion when delivering a vocal performance, which is a very vulnerable place to be away from the park by yourself to a booth with other people. Having Derek and Feurd there made the process a lot more comfortable, and they are wonderful friends and mentors. What programs/equipment did you use to record? We’re all about ProTools!! What do you like to do away from music? I love being creative and crafty! I paint a lot, and love taking photos of pretty much everything, but especially nature and animals. My favourite things are going on nature walks, and exploring new places with my friends. Who are you listening to at the moment? Tame Impala’s new record The Slow Rush!! What's planned for 2020? I have a Sugar Beach session with 102.1 The Edge AND a show at the Rivoli on Feb 27th! More shows to come throughout the year, and the release of my EP. I have a few other surprises up my sleeve, stay tuned! Favourite food and place to hangout? Wow I love so many foods, I will never say no to pizza or pasta (please don’t make me choose haha!) As much as I love going out to see shows at the Horseshoe Tavern, there’s nothing like going over to my friends’ place, staying in and playing some board games. Socials: @heyitsbedhead Website: bedheadmusic.com

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Meadow – March 27 - 29, 2020 Bambra, Victoria MUSIC – CAMPING – BYO Final Release Tickets on sale now The seventh annual Meadow festival lineup just got even tastier. Festival organisers, The Locals are proud to announce the final pickings for the smorgasbord of aural delights set to take over the iconic Bambra Bowl this March. Joining previously announced festival headliners Angie McMahon and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever will be beloved 80s channeling Italo-disco heavyweight Donny Benét, dynamic alt-country outfit Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys, newfangled rock supergroup Mr. Teenage, and euphonious wordsmith POOKIE, as well as exploratory indie outfit Snowy Band and regular Meadow frequenters The Attics. Nestled amongst the mighty Otway gums, Meadow takes place in the regional Victorian town of Bambra for three days and two nights of non-stop audio-visual stimuli. The tasty lineup is coupled by an even more mouth-watering spread of local produce and regionally focussed sips, with craft beers from Salt Brewing, gin from Great Ocean Road Gin, plus hand-picked cool climate wines from neighbouring Otway Hinterlands vineyards including acclaimed newcomer, Heroes. Select food stalls will boast some of the best bites of the region, operated by local restaurants and businesses such as Sticks And Bones BBQ (Geelong), Pete’s Woodfired Pizzas (Aireys Inlet), Tin Can Alley Café (Lorne) plus more still to be announced. The final release tickets now moving fast with just over five weeks to go. Don’t sleep on it. MEADOW 7 March 27-29, 2020 Bambra, Victoria Final release tickets available at $185.00 + BF Glamping available – $330 for two people, $450 for four people Includes double mattress, super soft linen bedding, towels, cushions, blankets, chairs, LED lanterns and decorations. + Children under 12 free and Children over 12 can enter on a full price ticket On Sale now until 24 February (unless sold out prior) 2020 LINEUP ANGIE MCMAHON ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER FRANKIE COSMOS SHEER MAG DONNY BENET DYSON STRINGER CLOHER CLOSE COUNTERS YOUTH GROUP LOURE ELIZABETH EMILY WURRAMARA COOL SOUNDS 3K DARCY JUSTICE SWEET WHIRL FIRST BEIGE ELLE SHIMADA COLLECTIVE COLETTE EGOISM SURPRISE CHEF 100 CAITLIN HARNETT & THE PONY BOYS MR. TEENAGE POOKIE SNOWY BAND SWAZI GOLD THE ATTICS MATT BOURKE & THE DELUSIONAL DRUNKS Tickets, information, artist profiles - https://www.meadowmf.com/

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Newly signed to ANTI- Records, Christian Lee Hutson today announced his new album Beginners—produced by Phoebe Bridgers—will be released on May 29th, 2020. Christian Lee Hutson also shared the Zoe Donahoe and Adam Sputh-directed video for the stirring first single “Lose This Number,” which features backing vocals by Bridgers and a string arrangement by Nathaniel Walcott (Bright Eyes). “I think ‘Lose This Number’ is about someone fixating on the past, wishing they could go back and change things,” explains Hutson. “My friends Zoe and Adam made fake rain, granny’s basement, dragged a mattress onto a rooftop, and vacuumed up thousands of feathers in order to bring their beautiful video for this song to life.” Donahue and Sputh add, “We believe in the imagery that Christian’s music already presents, and wanted to create something that allows you to bask deeper in its lyrical and sonic intimacy, instead of distracting you. We opted for something overwhelmingly honest that takes you with Christian through a few dreamy scenarios in life, which often tend to unfold through immeasurably small moments.” On “Lose This Number,” Hutson reveals one of his greatest strengths as a songwriter: a rare ability to infuse his lyrics with myriad idiosyncratic detail, yet leave the narrative slippery enough for the listener to fill in their own meaning. Throughout the song, his storytelling is threaded with incisive turns of phrase (e.g., “It’s like I was born on the back of a bullet/With your name written on it”). News of Beginners and “Lose This Number” follows the Los Angeles-based Hutson’s previous single “Northsiders,” released last year as an early preview of the album to praise from outlets including The New York Times, Rolling Stone (‘Song You Need To Know’), Stereogum, Uproxx, Paste, and Brooklyn Vegan, among many others. On Beginners, Hutson embeds every lyric with his most intimate self-dialogue, sharing painful confessions and private jokes, imagined conversations and elaborate daydreams. The album spotlights a nuanced songcraft and understated candor that all but erases the distance between feeling and expression. Throughout this collection of songs, Hutson ultimately speaks an illuminating truth about regret and forgiveness and the endless confusion in growing up. “I went with Beginners as the title because that’s where I feel like I am in my life—like I’m still just learning and trying to figure out how to navigate the world,” Hutson notes. Hutson—who also co-wrote a song on the 2018 boygenius EP and two on the 2019 Better Oblivion Community Center LP—and Bridgers recorded Beginners at L.A.’s legendary Sound City Studios, but purposely preserved the homespun quality of his cell-phone-recorded demos. The album mines its subtle textures from Hutson’s warm vocals and graceful guitar work, and also unfolds flashes of sonic brilliance achieved with the help of its guest musicians—including Bridgers herself, as well as Walcott (who created all the string arrangements for the album, in addition to playing trumpet).

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A.Swayze & the Ghosts have unleashed ‘Mess of Me’, a rollicking punk anthem that’s as fun and bold as their theatrical live shows. The track received its world premiere by Matt Wilkinson on Beats 1 and is accompanied by a groundhog-day inspired video, directed by Nick Green. In further exciting news, A.Swayze & the Ghosts will embark on their first North American tour across April-May, including Shaky Knees festival as well as headline shows across the East & West Coast. Parallel to the sass and irresistible swagger of the track is a deep dive into the attitudes and habits we develop from childhood. Described in the words of frontman Andrew Swayze: “This song discusses inheritance. Not the conventional heirloom, but the type of negative trait you may learn as a child voyeur of your surroundings. Hendrik brought the song to us with the chorus "you're always trying to make a mess of me". Since I don't have any saboteur but myself, I changed his lyrics and wrote the rest around the new chorus.” The Hobart natives have amassed a fierce live following thanks to their raw, bold and at times, wild shows – heightened by the notably charismatic and enigmatic lead singer, Andrew Swayze. Over the last 18 months A.Swayze & the Ghosts have performed at Falls Festival, Splendour in the Grass, The Great Escape, BIGSOUND (in many ‘best of’ lists across STACK, triple j, Double J, The Music), A Festival Called Panama and Boogie Festival. As well as shows alongside Shame, Total Control, Nude Party, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, West Thebarton, Jet, The Vines, Batpiss & The Stems to name a few. A. SWAYZE & THE GHOSTS North American Tour Sun 26 Apr | Washington, DC | DC9 Mon 27 Apr | Allston, MA | Great Scott Wed 29 Apr | Brooklyn, NY | Baby's All Right Thu 30 Apr | Philadelphia, PA | Milkboy Sat 2 May | Atlanta, GA | Shaky Knees Music Festival Tue 5 May | Los Angeles, CA | The Echo Wed 6 May | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill For all ticket information, head to www.aswayzeandtheghosts.com Australia Sat 30 May | The Big Music Pineapple Festival 'Mess of Me' A. Swayze & the Ghosts Single out now through Ivy League Records Available to buy/stream here A. SWAYZE & THE GHOSTS

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$Sydney’s Micra have today released their swirling and euphoric new single, ‘Chemical Freedom’ via Liberation Records. ‘Chemical Freedom’ marks the start of an exciting chapter for the rising dreampop duo and is a spellbinding example of their ability to turn a melting pot of influences into their own hallucinatory indie pop perfection. A technicolor journey through #NSFW chemical-fuelled erotic encounters, the theatrics of ‘Chemical Freedom’ is presented in a stunning music video directed by Justin Ridler. Having worked in the past with Baz Luhrmann and Iraxta Ansa, Justin perfectly captures the essence of the track using motion capture animation through psych-tinged lens distortion. The song and video arrives as music lovers around Australia continue to battle with state governments over harm minimisation approaches to chemical consumption. Speaking on video, Justin said “I was really interested in Roger Penrose’s theory of the fractal universe and I think that plays into the clip. There's also a kind of paradigm shift that's occurring in the contemporary cultural landscape around drug use which I wanted to reflect in the abstract narrative that plays out." ‘Chemical Freedom’ was recorded at the band’s own studio and mixed by Grammy-Award winning producer Ben Allen (Deerhunter, MIA, Youth Lagoon). Speaking on ‘Chemical Freedom’, Micra said “It’s been so frustrating to see the narrow minded attitude of Australian authorities towards pill testing and drug reform. We wanted to shine a light on that and highlight the ways in which the whole issue is actually bringing young people together.” ‘Chemical Freedom’ follows on from the release of dreamy ‘Fuzz Captain’, which was instantly added to rotation on triple j unearthed and FBi Radio, supported globally on Spotify and Apple Music and profiled by international tastemakers The Line Of Best Fit and Clash Magazine. After wooing industry at last year’s BIGSOUND, Micra went on to perform alongside Tyler, The Creator and RÜFÜS DU SOL at Beyond The Valley as well as recently supporting Lime Cordiale on six sold out shows across Australia. Micra are the sonic experiment from Bulgarian born and raised singer/guitarist Ivana Kafedjiyska and Australian guitarist/producer Robbie Cain who met by serendipitous fortune at an Unknown Mortal Orchestra show after the ticketing Gods coincidentally sat them next to each other. That chance meeting blossomed into a musical kinship which, after months of jamming in a friend’s Sydney basement, led to the formation of Micra. With much more music to come, 2020 is gearing up to be an exciting year for Micra. “It's got depth, it's got drive, it's got some magic dust sprinkled on top” – Richard Kingsmill, triple j “you know when you order a milkshake and it arrives and you know you should sip it but instead you just go bull at a gate and down it in like 2 mins. that was me with this chorus, i wanted to savour it but i wanted it all at once too.” – Declan Byrne, triple j “Shimmering swathes of synth and lush guitar tones bring to mind the psychedelic tendencies of fellow Aussies Tame Impala, whilst the hushed vocal of Kafedjiyska conjures a dreamily lucid air that is wholly entrancing” – The Line of Best Fit “Gorgeous noise pop that isn't afraid to bleed into the red,” – Clash “Ariel Pink and Tame Impala thrown in for a mish-mash of psych- and dream-pop you'll get lost in” – Pilerats 'Chemical Freedom' Micra Single out now through Liberation Records Available to buy/stream here MICRA$

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