US multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer CLAIRO has announced her return to Australia in support of her debut album Immunity. She brings her captivating live show to Fremantle’s Freo.Social on Tuesday 28 April, Melbourne’s Max Watt’s on Thursday 30 April, Brisbane’s The Triffid on Tuesday 5 May, and Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Wednesday 6 May. Clairo will also tour the country as part of Groovin’ The Moo 2020.
Returning after last year’s sold out shows and stand-out Laneway Festival sets, the lo-fi pop prodigy left local audiences raving:
“… her musical production screams years of experience.” – Scenestr
“… soaring melodies and enticing choruses.” – Tone Deaf
Deeply moved by the Australian bushfire crisis, Clairo has decided to donate all proceeds from her headline dates to bushfire relief charities; Fire Relief Fund For First Nations Communities, Foodbank and Animals Australia.
Clairo’s unique brand of dream-pop sees intimate confessions laid delicately over washed out textures and clean beats. Since first experiencing viral fame with the sardonic smash ‘Pretty Girl’ – that has since amassed 45 million views on YouTube and 96 million streams on Spotify – she has more than proved her skills, with self-produced smashes ‘Flaming Hot Cheetos’ and ‘4EVER’ coming next.
With last year’s stellar debut album Immunity, Clairo took her deeply felt songs from the bedroom to the world stage, cementing herself as a global force of indie-pop. Co-produced by Clairo and Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend), the record married her DIY roots with sophisticated production that took in trip-hop, indie-rock and hymns – punctuated by her now-trademark diaristic lyricism.
“The uptempo tracks are breezy and chill; the ballads are lush and deeply felt.” – Pitchfork
“Clairo is a superstar …the album is bulletproof from start to finish.” – Zane Lowe / Beats 1
Clairo’s crystalline voice has been widely sought-after, and she features on the tracks ‘February 2017’ by Charli XCX, ‘Are You Bored Yet’ by Wallows, ‘I Don’t Think I Can Do This Again’ by Mura Masa, ‘Better’ with SG Lewis, and more.
As well as touring with Tyler, The Creator; Khalid and Dua Lipa, Clairo has appeared at Coachella, Lollapalooza and Pitchfork Music Fest, and delivered gob-smacking performances on Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Audiences in the US will soon be treated to her live set when she supports Tame Impala on their upcoming tour.
Step into Clairo’s intimate universe when she returns to Australia in April and May 2020.
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It is with great excitement that I OH YOU reveal Violent Soho’s fifth studio album, Everything Is A-OK, with scorching second single, ‘Lying On The Floor’. Recorded by Australian producer Greg Wales (You Am I, Sandpit, Youth Group), it will be released into the world on Friday 3 April. In true Soho fashion, the Mansfield boys are celebrating the news by throwing a series of sold out, exclusive shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this weekend.
Premiered this morning via triple j Breakfast, ‘Lying On The Floor’ is an energetic track packed with slacker attitude and the raw energy that Violent Soho are famous for. Opening line, ‘I don’t want to be a photograph / They’re like handing out brochures that a rapture is close’ burns into your brain like only a Luke Boerdam lyric can, but where we might have come to expect a certain wry suspicion and existential despair from the Brisbane four-piece, we are instead met with a song that suggests a band that is content; ‘Lying on the floor is all I wanna do / So thank you’.
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With only 3 weeks to go til Hidden 2020 kicks off in Brisbane and Perth, the hip hop and bass music festival has proven again to be in demand as the festival moves into it’s final release tickets. In its fourth year, the 2020 rendition in Perth and Brisbane is lead exclusively by ASAP mob’s A$AP Ferg joining Tesla loving trio Injury Reserve, Beyonce collaborator SAINt JHN who will play his first ever Australian shows and western Sydney’s finest quartet Triple One. Belgian dubstep icon EPTIC heads up the bass contingent, alongside UK drum and bass heavyweights Delta Heavy, bass dream team Alix Perez and EPROM who will join together for the first Australian shows as Shades, UK performer and producer Koven and dubstep dons Barely Alive and Virtual Riot doing an exclusive back to back set. Taking on Brisbane’s Victoria Parklands and Perth’s Gloucester Park, with special Sydney event at the Hordern Pavillion; the 2020 edition is set to be its biggest yet.
Originating as a single event in Perth, the bass and rap formula was first expanded to Brisbane, Perth and Auckland at the start of this year featuring heavyweights Lil Yachty, J.I.D, Troyboi, and Kayzo with previous editions Perth editions pulling sets from Wiley, Shockone. Last year saw attendees discover new food, new artists and flying high at the festival’s own amusement park.
29th February 2020 – Victoria Parklands, Brisbane
1st March 2020 – Gloucester Park, Perth
ASAP FERG
INJURY RESERVE
SAINt JHN
TRIPLE ONE
BARELY ALIVE B2B VIRTUAL RIOT*
DELTA HEAVY
EPTIC*
KOVEN
SHADES
* exclusive to Hidden 2020
TICKETS ON SALE
www.discoverhidden.com
Strictly 18+ Event. Valid ID Required for Entry
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TO SAVE A MOMENT TOUR
Sat 15 Feb – Mountain Goat Valley Crawl – Brisbane
Sat 22 Feb – Oxford Art Factory (with Drab Majesty) – Sydney
Fri 28 Feb – Colour – Melbourne
Sat 29 Feb – Grampians Music Festival – Halls Gap
Fri 6 Mar – Waywards – Sydney
Sun 8 March – Yours & Owls Sundays – Wollongong
Tickets available here.
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“…tastier than a Marrickville pork roll.” – Life Without Andy
After announcing their expansion to the two-day Bad Friday Weekender, the beloved Marrickville block party now reveal the OAF second stages and their crammed second line up, to really sully the Easter long weekend. With first release tickets sold out it’s another reason to bag a spot now.Taking To the stage on Friday will be visceral Aussie rock veterans Bad//Dreems who are sure to leave a trail of sweaty Friday attendees when they play tracks from their defiant three albums. Recently landing in triple j’s Hottest 100, Spacey Jane are in fine festival form after slaying Laneway this month. With one of the most chaotic and unpredictable live shows in the biz, Private Function‘s set will be a barrage of beers, broken glass, blood and probably good times. Rounding out Friday’s deviants are plaid cloaked 90s riot grrls Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Japanese punks 50/50s, cosmic monolith Joseph Liddy & The Skeleton Horse and the newly-formed alt-pop revellers The Melodrones.
Saturday will see the irreverent disco vigilante Late Nite Tuff Guy take to the decks as well as disco funk-lords Groove City, tropical sunbeam and all round mood lifter Clypso, cult producer-rapper duo Slim Set, dance enthusiasts The Goods, FBi Radio’s Next Big Thing A.Girl, melancholic pop groover Lola Scott and outer space soul train Planet Vegeta.
These substantial additions join the already ample list of acts including the endlessly hypnotising POND, funky festival staple Winston Surfshirt, Sydney’s favourite twins Cosmo’s Midnight, recent Hottest 100 inclusions Holy Holy, infamous live maestros Twin Peaks (USA), The Jezabel’s front woman Hayley Mary, the groove-tinged Mildlife, jangly pop rockers Cool Sounds, dreamy Wollongong local Stevan, experimental punk kings Shady Nasty, underground Melbournites 30/70 and the uncontainable Americana impressor Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys.
With one in two acts hailing from Sydney, Bad Friday once again commits to its mission of championing homegrown talent and providing a platform for those up and coming acts to launch their career.
With first release tickets already gone and the last two editions selling out before doors, it’s all the more important to get in early this year. Listening to punter feedback organisers have made the decision to decrease capacity and increase amenities for a more spacious and enjoyable day.
Ditch the fam this Easter to party like you’ve got two days off afterwards.
Railway Parade, Marrickville
Friday, April 10th – Saturday April 11th
Doors 2:00pm
BAD//DREEMS
SPACEY JANE
PRIVATE FUNCTION
THE PINHEADS
TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS
50/50S (JPN)
JOSEPH LIDDY & THE SKELETON HORSE
THE MELODRONESjoiningPOND
HOLY HOLY
TWIN PEAKS (USA)
HAYLEY MARY
SHADY NASTY
CAITLIN HARNETT & THE PONY BOYS
Saturday April 11th
LATE NITE TUFF GUY
GROOVE CITY
CLYPSO
SLIM SET
THE GOODS
A.GIRL
LOLA SCOTT
PLANET VEGETA
joining
COSMO’S MIDNIGHT
WINSTON SURFSHIRT
MILDLIFE
30/70
STEVAN
COOL SOUNDS
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From there the song, which premiered overnight on triple j, only continues to ramp up and by the time the second chorus rolls around, it’s already an all-out yell like hell to the heavens moment. All bets are off – guitars are soaring, drums are raining down debris all around, vocal chords are tearing, and there’s nothing left to do except punch the sky, kiss your crush, get an impulse tattoo, and start the song all over again.
On their breakout 2019 EP, Gravis, and particularly its killer single ‘Lately’ feat. Carla Geneve, Sly Withers showed that they had tremendous potential to perhaps break free of the confines of the Australian punk and indie rock scene they were raised on, and make a name for themselves as their own unique entity. ‘Explode Into View’ is the fulfilment of that and then some.
Nothing between then and now has changed in the band’s make-up. Same four members – Mata (guitar / vox), Sam Blitvich (guitar / vox), Joel Neubecker (drums) and Shea Moriarty (bass) – using the same producer as Gravis (Matthew Templeman at his studio in Mount Hawthorn), but now they possess not only another hard year on the road of shows under their belts (including major sets at Falls Festival and supporting the likes of Amy Shark and Slowly Slowly), and a pulsating self-belief that can only be built on the back of hard work and a brotherhood forged in the trenches. The result is a towering sound that is much, much greater than the sum of its parts, yet reflects the depth of the emotional core of the band and the love they share for the music they make together.
Speaking about the song, Mata says, “”When I wrote this song I was on the brink of an exciting new relationship which, by no fault of either party, never came to fruition. Some things just aren’t meant to be, and sometimes irrational thinking gets the better of us. The song is about moving on with the feeling that things will never be as good as we imagined, that we seek closure we’ll never get, and how weeks, months and years down the track, a chance run-in or out of the blue text can send us spiralling out of logical thinking and right back to where we started. ‘Explode Into View’ is about finding moments of clarity in times of confusion.”
To coincide with the release of ‘Explode Into View,’ Sly Withers has announced they’ll be embarking on a national tour this May and June, starting in Hobart and working their way around capital cities and regional centres across the country. Tickets are on sale Tuesday, February 18.
Sly Withers’ New Single ‘Explode Into View’ Is Available Now Via Dew Process and Universal Music Australia
SLY WITHERS EXPLODE INTO VIEW TOUR 2020
Tickets on sale from www.slywithers.com
Pre-sale: Monday 17th 8am AEDT / On sale: Tuesday 18th 8am AEDT
Thursday, May 14, Altar Bar – Hobart
Friday, May 15, Barwon Club – Geelong
Saturday, May 16, Howler – Melbourne
Thursday, May 21, Solbar – Maroochydore
Friday, May 22, Vinnie’s Dive Bar – Gold Coast
Saturday, May 23, The Brightside – Brisbane
Thursday, May 28, Newcastle Hotel – Newcastle
Friday, May 29, Crowbar – Sydney
Saturday, May 30, UC Hub – Canberra
Thursday, Jun 4, Jive – Adelaide
Friday, Jun 5, The Rosemount – Perth
Saturday, Jun 6, The River – Margaret River
Perth’s Ben Catley launches new single ‘RUN’ after a huge year of shows and festivals all across Australia, New Zealand, UK, Holland, Réunion Island and The Philippines. With blistering guitar playing, huge vocals and an uplifting, infectious stage energy, Ben captivates crowds like few other solo acts.
The release comes directly after returning from his third tour around New Zealand, a Melbourne show and before heading to perform at festivals in India in February.
‘RUN’ is an up-tempo, guitar-driven summer track about Ben’s long-standing love for running, and using fitness as a tool for mind, body and spirit. The track suggests that just getting ‘out the door’ is often all it takes to change your frame of mind to quickly garner motivation, clarity and positivity.
Ben’s guitar playing on ‘RUN’ is energetic, the message is uplifting and the vocals are his best performance to date. Recorded in the Perth hills with Andy Lawson (Eskimo Joe, Tired Lion) and mastered by William Bowden (Gotye, Hermitude).
Originally from the north of England, he has been living in Perth for almost a decade – advocating his love for Western Australia and its music scene everywhere he tours, finding himself on huge international festival lineups with the likes of Xavier Rudd, Ocean Colour Scene, Skunk Anansie and more.
New single ‘RUN’ is available for download on all major online stores.
SATURDAY MARCH 28TH 12PM-10PM
FULL LINEUP:
Theo Parrish, Sister Nancy, Mella Dee, Anastasia Kristensen, C.FRIM, Cassettes For Kids, Lord Echo (LIVE), JESS B, Mildlife, Pink Matter, SK Simeon, Sophie McAlister, Wax’o Paradiso
Untitled Group, Crown Ruler, Moon Dog Craft Brewery & PBS 106.7FM are collaborating to bring the second edition of Abbotsford’s block party this March.
The 2020 edition will see an expansion of the event to run along Bond Street and Southhampton Crescent as well as Duke Street, meaning more room for punters to dance, move & dive into the high energy block party all-rounder.
Duke Street Block Party 2020 will be headlined by Detroit icon Theo Parrish, Mella Dee for his first tour of Australia, Dancehall pioneer and vocalist Sister Nancy, Russian selector Anastasia Kristensen, & more.
As well as showcasing live acts and DJs from around the globe, punters can explore the nooks and crannies of Duke Street. Local legends Hub Furniture are dedicating trade to the event with tucked away delights to discover, such as a unique wine bar experience.
The exceptional Moondog Brewery will be operating on the day and serving their local craft beers as well as hosting their very own selectors stage. Food will be provided by some iconic Melbourne institutions such as Good Gnocchi, Nhu Lan Bakery, Moondog OG Pizza, Real Jerk Chicken & more.
Theo Parrish
Theo Parrish was born in Washington D.C. in 1972 and raised in Chicago, where his passion for music developed. MIles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, George Gershwin, Bob Marley, as well as his uncle, jazz musician Dexter Sims, all had strong influences on Theo’s early musical life.
He began spinning and producing tracks in 1986, at the age of thirteen. In 1994, Theo Parrish moved to Michigan where he became heavily involved in Detroit’s underground music scene. Producing music and delivering his unique and dynamic sets in venues throughout Detroit and surrounding areas, as well as abroad he has gained the attention and respect of DJ’s, producers, listeners and dancers worldwide.
Sister Nancy
Sister Nancy, aka Muma Nancy, real name Ophlin Russell-Myers, (born Ophlin Russell, 2 January 1962, Kingston, Jamaica) is a dancehall pioneer and vocalist. She is known to the world as the first female dancehall DJ and was described as being a “dominating female voice for over two decades” on the dancehall scene. One of her most famous songs is “Bam Bam”, labeled as a “well-known reggae anthem” by BBC and a “classic” by The Observer.
Mella Dee
Following the breakthrough success of ’Techno Disco Tool’; reaching number 1 in BBC Radio 1’s Dance Music chart, in addition to his Warehouse Music imprint winning the ‘Best Breakthrough Label’ award at the DJ Mag awards, Mella Dee is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after names in dance music. More recently, he was named one of Mixmag’s ‘Stars of the year’ for 2018 and also put out his debut Essential Mix for the legendary BBC Radio 1 series.
Anastasia Kristensen
Always the adventurer, the Copenhagen-via-Moscow producer has been at it for a while — finding inspirations from the likes of ballet to effusively digging for records to satisfy her curiosity. With her track “Spring Ballade” released on Nous Disques in 2016 and previous work with BLD and Monasterio, she only sought to move forward and carve out a path that would only broaden the scope for her reach as time goes on. It begins with her DJ sets – Kristensen starts with tone as the foundation; she weaves a web that incorporates barreling breaks, blistering techno and buoyant electro in scintillating fashion. With featured mixes on Mixmag and Red Bull, Anastasia is determined to take even bigger chances and leap farther into the sonic spectrum of underground music – by never staying in one lane.
Mildlife
Mildlife take the musical canvas, rip the lids off the paint tins, and throw vibrant splashes of colour into kaleidoscopic jams. The four-piece bonded over the desire to push musical boundaries on record, and develop a tight live shows bolstered by wild improvisation.
The bands mines jazz, psych and disco for its irresistible groove and their tracks have been a staple in Nightclubs and band rooms the world over for the last 2 years. Bringing the songs alive on stage is a process of transformation, the audience moulding the songs, the songs moulding the audience, Mildlife casting themselves as the cosmic funk house band for a party at the edge of the universe.
Lock it down for Saturday March 28th from 12pm-10pm and head over to the facebook page for full line up and more information: https://www.facebook.com/
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Untitled Group are the group behind Beyond The Valley and Pitch Music & Arts Festival, the collective also represents boutique event brands Ability Fest, Grapevine Gathering and Melbourne electronic hub XE54.
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Between acts like soul-jazz icon Roy Ayers, Detroit house godfather Theo Parrish, and Chicago dance luminary Larry Heard, the Crown Ruler name has become synonymous with soulful underground music.
Presale Registrations Close Tuesday 12th February 4pm AEDT:
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Recorded in-house by guitarist Callan Orr, the band left no stone unturned in the production of the track to ensure every moment has its purpose – Delivering with maximum emphasis what the band feel to be an important message to anyone who might be feeling lost.
“When we were writing this song I guess it came from a pretty low place. We’ve all been through a lot of shit in the last few years and it’s all manifested its way onto our next release in some way or another. I think being in that state of mind needs to be given a name or something to embody it. Some call it their demons. In this song I named the darkness Reaper. Sometimes we gotta crash and burn all the way to rock bottom before we can push up again. There’s been times I hope to see the bottom. I’ve been ready to look the reaper in the eye and give him this weight. One piece at a time.
In the end If we beat this shit and fight through. The weight is lifted and we can live to see a brighter day” explains Zachary Britt, Rhythm Guitarist & clean vocalist.
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WORDS: Kirsty Argento
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nate Hill
https://www.natehillphotography.com.au/
Laneway is a festival you always leave deeply satisfied with because you take away a collection of new artists to binge through on Spotify afterwards. Your own interests expand in a day as unique acts flout genre boundaries and open you up to new ideas musically. Reading Melbourne right, the 2020 line-up was peppered with new and underground talent from home and abroad – allowing the festival to hold true to it’s identity amidst it’s massive expansion from it’s dirty humble 2004 block party.
UK’s Col3trane and America’s Omar Apollo started the sunny day right with their pleasurey soulful voices followed by confident Benee, the 20yr old NZ superstar who’s upbeat vibe brought everyone to their feet stomping happy place.
Tones and I’s set was all voice and left of centre sounds. Of course captivating the crowd with Dance Monkey makes you appreciate her creativity but more so you’re hit hard by the depth of her vocal talent. Australian group DMA’s induced the crowd with their can’t hate Britpop rock adding to the days diversity.
Sultry RnB singer songwriter Mahalia couldn’t have been a better soundtrack to the pink sky sunset. Representing the global rise of new wave female soul-pop-RnB artists, UK’s Mahalia has garnered international fame since her 2017 hit ‘Sober’. She carried and moved the crowd with her lyrical honestly that made you feel like she was an old friend. Melbourne has championed her sound since her debut performance here in January 2019 and it showed in stage turnout.
Charlie XCX’s performance was on another level. Pulling all the pop treats she awakened the audience with a crafted set that only experience can bring to the table. Her intense vocal expression blew her synth pop tracks up in this stunning live performance.
Honouring Laneway’s essence is difficult with their transition to huge staging and lowering the age to 16+. Performances were solid but crowds are young and swarming, sets less intimate. Lucky for spaces like the Russel Athletic Lockeroom, that showcased the likes of emerging local artist Jordan Dennis out on the grass with a small crowd working his MC talent. Maybe Laneway’s still got.
WORDS: Kirsty Argento
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nate Hill
Together with the New York based Made Event, ID&T will continue to set the bar for quality electronic music events globally with this new partnership.
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