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Third song from As Long As You Are out Oct 9
Tickets for global livestream concert on sale now!
Today, Future Islands have shared ‘Moonlight’, the third new song from forthcoming album As Long As You Are out 9 October via 4AD / Remote Control Records. The song is paired with a video directed by Will Mayer (BADBADNOTGOOD) and starring Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds, 500 Days of Summer) and Callie Hernandez (La La Land, Alien).
Samuel T. Herring says of the song, “’Moonlight’ is a song about love in a depressive state. It’s about recognising the holes in ourselves and recognising the circular whole of others. ‘Moonlight’ is about acceptance because that’s what love allows us all. “I couldn’t see, I had a cloud in my arms, but if I asked you would you say, It’s only rain, nothing more.””
To coincide with the release of their sixth full-length album As Long As You Are, Future Islands will perform their only show of 2020 which will be livestreamed to Australian audiences on Saturday 10 October at 8PM AEST. The Baltimore group have been road warriors for over a decade, touring extensively every year without fail, but 2020 is the first year the band will not hit the road since 2008. Instead, for their 1,235th live show, the group will move online for a one-off global livestream event. ‘A Stream of You and Me’ will be filmed in Maryland and feature a bespoke one-off light show created by light artist Pierre Claude (The Strokes, Phoenix, Gesaffelstein). The broadcast will be directed by Michael Garber (Phoenix, Bon Iver, Kamasi Washington). For further details, and to purchase tickets, head to Handsome Tours.
As Long As You Are looks to the past as well as the future, confronting old ghosts and embracing a new hope. It is an album about trust, full of honesty, redemption and “letting go”, allowing old wounds to heal and bringing painful chapters to a close. The album features previously released singles ‘Thrill’ and ‘For Sure’. Signalling a new era for Future Islands, touring drummer Mike Lowry officially joins as a fully-fledged member and songwriter bolstering the founding trio of William Cashion, Samuel T. Herring and Gerrit Welmers. Together, the four-piece took on official production duties for the first time, co-producing As Long As You Are with engineer Steve Wright at his Wrightway Studios in Baltimore. Given time to allow the songs to slowly come to life, these 11 new songs of post wave synth-pop are as euphoric and uninhibitedly joyful as anything the band has done in their 14-year career.
As Long As You Are will be available digitally, on CD, standard black vinyl, petrol blue vinyl (4AD and indie stores only), fluorescent orange vinyl (band store only) and cassette (4AD Store, band store and US indies only). To pre-order, head to futureislands.ffm.to/
Currently based in Brunswick Heads, Northern NSW.
When this time came upon us, I had a mini freak out and decided to get up at 5AM everyday, run 6km and write for an hour. For 10 weeks, 6 days a week. It was kind of my way of being able to control something in a time that had completely collapsed. It was a hectic time but I found great clarity and ultimately created a whole new sense of value on sleeping in!
Music was my teenage angst outlet. I picked up a guitar at 13 and remember vividly walking into my teachers studio and he was playing Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix. I new it was all over when I heard that intro.
The main sonic influence on this song was my previous single ‘Alone’ . We’d recorded that the day before and when we came in the next day, we decided to write this song in aq similar session using an iNtimate piano sound, drenched in analogue synthesiser. Kind of my heaven TBH.
The song was written by Joel Quatermain and myself. He’d ducked out to grab coffee and the chords had formed some structure. By the time he’d come back, he picked up the lyrical direction and we we’re off. Finishing the song at 1:00am in a north Melbourne pub, scrawling something dodgy down on a beer coaster.
The songwriting process on this song was unusual to how I normally work. When you set out to ‘Write a song’, There’s a lot of factors involved. The main one for me is who I’m working with. As Joel and I already have a great friendship, this song was basically an extension of a lot of conversations around the concept of saying you’re OK when really you’re not.
The most satisfying for me was on the final day of tracking, the song was pretty much complete. It’s hard to describe the feeling of when you feel something is missing because sometimes its just a feeling. But we trusted, set the mic up and I sang a few harmonies that now reside in the chorus. This was a massive win as its probably one of my favourite aspects of the song. Solidifying the notion of trusting your gut.
All the good place, Spotify, Apple Music, youtube, the radio.
I’m a birding enthusiast! So I spent most of my time away from the studio, with an old camera trying to track down some real beauty’s. It helps me clear the mind and be engulfed in something truly special.
I’m in love with the new Sufjan Stevens song, Video Game. I’ve always been a massive fan and now, after 15 years since releasing an album like ‘Illinois’, to come out with thIS? I’m blown away.
Good question, right now it’s just about writing and getting better at my craft.
A record number of people visited Moscow Music Week 2020
Moscow Music Week 6th annual showcase festival and conference took place in Moscow from 2nd to 5th September with over 100 artists distributed across 24 thematic showcases and over 5000 visitors — a record number for MMW, which is especially remarkable considering the pandemic year with all its cultural events cancellations. Online showcases with live streams from Budapest, from the Moscow events and the live stream of MMW x IMI 2020 educational program were watched 55K times, which not only significantly enlarged the audience and festival’s borders, but also offered an opportunity to partially «visit» the festival to people outside Moscow.
Festival’s program presented a diverse multi genre line-up (MMW special feature often compared with American analogue — SXSW, which take place since 1987): from Caucasian peoples traditional music, contemporary fem-punk and new Russian wave to jazz, experimental improvisation and techno within day and night events.
Among MMW musical program participants are Turkish band Lalalar, CENTR, Hadn Dadn, SOYUZ (Belarus), Bad Zu, Zaur Nagoev, Intourist, Lucidvox, Fardi, USSSY, CEO Of Everything, Dima Midborn, Wooden Whales, Lutik and many more.
No matter how niche each of the offered directions of the music scene was (each wrapped in one or the other showcases), Moscow Music Week managed to get a full-house — organizers report about clubs and conference space full of people.
Eugeniy Gorbunov (Intourist and Glintshake bands participant): «MMW 2020 was very soulful. Like all that could happen considering all oddities of this year, the festival gained humble homey form and helped to take some kind of stock of the last several years, which very much changed Russian independent scene. It had a very soothing effect on me — it became obvious that all artists are very different, that there’s no one paradigm (like pervasive post-punk in 2014), at the same time everyone is on one common creative wave, nobody competes no one (at least at the moment) and everyone feel like a part of cool company and at the same time of a boundless chaos, where everything can happen. I see that together we create a new enabling environment for society consciousness evolution. Young musicians today are much more conscious and responsible than 10 years ago, and further it will get better».
Participating in MMW 2020 for many artists became the first performance after quarantine and let not only perform at one of the main stages of the country and show themselves to music journalists, promoters, booking agencies and labels representatives, but also reconnect live communication with listeners.
Nikita Rasskazov (V-A-C foundation showcase curator): «MMW 2020 became a restoring connection event not only between artists and listener, but also with «workmates». If one can maintain dialogue online, for the others it’s very important to communicate within reality, which in turn often leads to the birth of new ideas and creation of the music of the future».
Moscow Music Week x IMI (Institute of the Musical Initiatives — main partner of MMW educational program) conference program gathered musical industry professionals, who discussed the most vital and pressing issues affecting Russian market players including music distribution, digital marketing, working with streaming services and much more, in a difficult year that has changed the course of the industry. Among the themes raised within conference by representatives of the Russian and foreign clubs and festivals, marketing agencies, streaming and record labels were such topics as the search for a balance between creative work and management; future of the festivals in the terms of new reality, what will happen if restrictions will continue for the next year and how the events economy will change; how the perception of the clubs changed and do they have the ability to secure visitors from COVID; whether the musical spaces lost their credibility and many more. Among lectors, moderators and open tables participants were: Pavel Kamakin — partner of 16 Tons company group and eponymous club art director, Daria Shulga — Afisha Picnic director, Ksenia Shapovalova — Melnitsa agency and Park Live festival marketing director, Gleb Lisichkin — ONErpm digital distribution international company marketing director.
Tatiana Makarova (MMW x IMI 2020 conference director): «The main target of the festival and conference was to create a strong, independent musical community. And despite all twists and turns, already now we can say with confidence that we are on the way to reach it. There is a lot to be done, but the foundation for the industry in Russia to develop, improve and become independent has already been laid».
Once again, the organizers of Moscow Music Week showed a cut of the young Russian scene, presented new names that will potentially be popular tomorrow to the visitors and proved that love for music can break all obstacles and overcome any restrictions.
Stream Dates: October 3rd & October 17th
Ticket Link: cosmicgate.tixr.com
When its come to creatively streaming their way through lockdown, Cosmic Gate have known few bounds. From New York City’s rooftops to initiating Miami’s balcony raves, where there’s been a Cosmic will, there’s been a Cosmic way.
In October though, Nic & Bossi will go beyond the simply groundbreaking to take premium-livestreaming to its zenith. Long story short: if you can’t come to Cosmic Gate, Cosmic Gate are gonna come to you. And better yet, in the comfort of your own home! CG will perform two concerts from Miami’s The Temple House dream-factory – a place where the only real limitation is the artist’s imagination. Globally recognised and award winning for its 360-degree projection mapping, the venue will host the concerts in their digital environment, delivering shows the exact likes of which have never been seen before.
On Saturday October 3rd, Cosmic Gate will perform For Your Mind – a two-hour concert, backed – or more accurately mapped – by retina wowing, purpose-created visuals. Featuring a wealth of new and exclusive CG-composed music, each track will be accompanied by its own thematic take-you-there graphics. Music featured will include new Cosmic Gate & Andrew Bayer collab ‘The Launch’, as well as the CG remixes of Andrew Rayel’s new single ‘Everything Everything’ and their exceptional take on Joe Smooth’s endlessly hope-filled ‘Promised Land’. Also playing their part will be recent CG releases ‘Universal Love’ & ‘Your Mind’, and the desk-hot latest & greatest from trance music’s highest-achievers. Two weeks later on Saturday October 17th Nic & Bossi will be back with their second concert The Classics (more details of which will follow). You can check out this amazing teaser video and catch a glimpse of what’s in store here!
Living in different cities and unable to meet during lockdown has been a surreal experience for two artists accustomed to spending 50 weeks a year together. The concerts will be the first time Nic & Bossi have spun together in six months, doubtless adding an extra expectation to the performance.
Nic says: “naturally we hold out hope that the current situation doesn’t rule out every event for the rest of 2020. Like many though, we don’t like the way it’s looking”. Bossi continues: “we live to play for our fans and if we have to be creative to do that, that’s what we’re gonna do. So we’re doing two unique events that’ll allow us all to club ‘apart-but-together’ in the absolute mask-free safety, and with the added thrill that we’re going to be able to take you hundreds of ‘places’ we otherwise couldn’t!” Talking about the venue, Nic continues: “The Temple House is a place where – digitally – our wildest ‘wanna-play-there’ dreams come true. So for two Saturdays in early autumn, push back your couch, zoom up the brightness (& volume!) and join us for some shows that’ll bring us together for an experience we’ll never forget!”
Tickets for Cosmic Gate In Concert are $9.99 USD for each show or $15.99 USD for both events, with limited early bird tickets (at a 20% discount rate) available now through cosmicgate.tixr.com . You can find regional streaming times for the show below, which will also be available to watch/re-watch video-on-demand-style two hours after their first broadcast.
Berlin 12.00am CET
New York 6.00pm EST
Los Angeles 3.00pm PST
Melbourne 8.00am AEST
Singapore 6.00am SGT
Tixr’s live chat will also be enabled, allowing you to talk with friends locally and internationally throughout the show. Limited virtual meet & greet tickets are also available, allowing you and other fans from around the world to video-chat to Nic & Bossi just prior to concert time. The site’s also carrying a limited edition merchandise line featuring a dedicated t-shirt, Cosmic Gate In Concert flag and CG’s most recent album, ’20 Years: Forward Ever Backward Never’.
Cosmologists: its time for us come together as one and make livestreaming special again! Cosmic Gate bring the party to your place October 3 and October 17. More details at cosmicgate.tixr.com
For more information check socials:
www.facebook.comm/cosmicgate
www.twitter.com/cosmicgate
www.instagram.com/
Where are you currently based?
Toronto, Ontario
How did you first start playing music?
My mom put me in guitar lessons when I was younger and I actually hated them! Crazy, right? It made me put the guitar down for years. Funny that I’d figure out my passion was music years later. After I graduated highschool, I started putting covers up on youtube and that was it! I was in love with music. I didn’t want to do anything else, especially when I started writing my own lyrics.
What’s been happening recently and how has your Covid experience been so far?
A lot of writing, my goal right now is one song a day! The covid experience has been an emotional rollercoaster for sure. At the beginning it was tough, my anxiety was pretty bad- I had a lot of fear around the whole situation, but as time went on I started to get into a great routine. I learned how to manage my anxieties by exercising more frequently…also, I go for long walks and listen to new music and I’ve been connecting with friends(distanced and outside). Finding ways to make this new normal feel like the old normal.
Your new single ‘Can’t Stop’ is now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?
YES! Well, I’m obsessed with arpeggiated bass. If I could have it in every song, I would. At the time, I was listening to a lot of ‘Now, Now’ – they’re this amazing indie band that I love. I was inspired by their lo-fi 80’s pop sound, so at first I wasn’t even trying to write a song. I was just trying to produce a beat that kind of emulated what the songs on their album made me FEEL. They made me feel care-free, that hands up, driving through the night, wind in your hair type of vibe.
How did you go about writing ‘Can’t Stop’?
After I made the beat, It kind of sat there for a while, not really inspiring anything but one day, out of nowhere -one line and a melody popped into my head. “can’t stop lovin you” just spilled out. A couple months after that, I held a writing camp in a log cabin in the middle of the woods with zero reception (a recipe for a horror film) and finished the song with my artist/producer friends. I think it’s pretty obvious what it’s about haha. It was just one of those songs that had to be written.
Where and when did you record and who with?
The song was actually written last November 2019. It stayed a demo until the middle of July 2020. In order to get this song to the world, we basically worked every night for a month. Late nights trying to get it right! I worked with one of my writing partners Ben Nudds and producer Joel Stouffer. Ben was there for all of my vocal booth breakdowns haha.
What programs/instruments did you use?
I use logic when I demo a song or a beat. I usually play some guitar and the rest are programmed instruments!
What do you like to do away from music?
Photography
Who are you listening to at the moment?
Dominic Fike
What’s planned for the remainder of 2020 going into 2021?
Work, work, work, work, work… and i’m so down for it.
Favourite food and place to hangout?
Pho is my favourite food right now. Probably always haha! My favourite place to hangout is definitely my place of course! Couldn’t find a better vibe!
AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD HERE
With silky vocals and heartfelt songwriting, Vancouver pop artist Richard returns with his hopeful new single “The One“. Sure to be one of the next biggest voices on the Canadian pop scene, “The One” is available today on all major streaming platforms.
On the new track, Richard notes:
“The One is a very important song to me. It was the first song written and recorded out of all of the sessions I’d done last year. This song is about falling in love. Sometimes we are in a position in life where we need change or help, and sometimes you stumble upon ‘The One’ to make that change.“
Richard’s new single follows his early 2020 release “Proud,” an anthemic tribute of appreciation to the strong women who surround him in life, which garnered over 330K streams across platforms. The two singles prelude his upcoming debut album, Richard, a stunning full-length debut which was co-written and recorded between Vancouver and L.A. alongside veteran songwriters Brian Howes, JVP, and Ryan Stewart.
This charismatic pop recording artist, singer/songwriter and guitarist builds on a CV already stacked high with countless accolades and awards, two EPs, and performances on marquee stages from Toronto to Los Angeles and many points in between as both headliner and sought-after supporting artist.
A 2019 recipient of the 25 Under 25 Award from the Surrey Board of Trade as well as a Surrey Arts & Business Award in the music category, Richard’s most recent achievements include, the 2018 Don Weldon Memorial Award at the Calgary Stampede, a Peninsula Arts Foundation Scholarship, plus recently stateside songwriter’s retreats and vocal camps, high-profile management with K Music Management, and countless competitions, video shoots, writing sessions and event hosting gigs.
For more information, please visit www.
SUPPORT FOR ‘THINK ABT U’
“Blending the most gut-busting of riffs with one of the most sing-along ready choruses you will hear all year, they have delivered a real statement of intent that will be stuck in your frontal lobe for weeks on end.”
– Rocksound (UK)
Premiered on Kerrang! Radio
Bristols exciting noise-pop band Superlove are back with their new single ‘THINK ABT U‘.
The band, who recently signed to Rude Records, will release their new EP later this year which will include ‘THINK ABT U’ and their first single ‘I Love It‘. This follows their previously self-released material which has garnered over 400,000 streams to date & found them fans within the alt rock scene after sharing stages with Roam, Dream State, Stand Atlantic & Vukovi.
SUPERLOVE are:
Jacob Rice – lead vocals and bass
Jon Worgan – guitar and vocals
Alex Matthews– drums
Stay tuned for more new music coming soon and touring information for 2021.
‘THINK ABT U’ is available worldwide now through Rude Records
FOLLOW SUPERLOVE
SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER: 8PM AEST
(3AM PDT, 11AM BST)
LOCATION: LONDON TOPAZ FACEBOOK PAGE
“London Topaz refuses to drown in lockdown” – Mikey Cahill (The Age)
“Taps into emotion and also movement the same way a Hayden James, or RÜFÜS DU SOL track would.” – Purple Sneakers
“London Topaz is his own force, and isn’t just another producer following in the footsteps of his predecessors.” – Happy Mag
“His music feels like an organic extension of himself, and his desire to portray this energy throughout his art is infectious.” – PONDER
After featuring on Untitled Group’s Virtual Day Party series, which saw more than half a million households tune in globally, London Topaz is giving us a glimmer of joy, announcing he will be broadcasting a special one-off headline stream from the Avalon Airport Hangar. London Topaz is providing the opportunity for music lovers to connect with each other whilst confined to their homes. The stream will be presented by Untitled Group, Baxter Vodka, Red Bull and Soda Shades.
Filmed from the monumental 8400sqm Avalon Airport Hangar kitted out with Untitled Group’s signature expanse of impressive lighting and production, London Topaz will be showcasing his versatility with deep melodic sounds entwined with some of his own signature productions.
With a style reminiscent of top-tier electronic artists such as RÜFÜS DU SOL and Disclosure, London Topaz’s sound has captured the attention of dance music enthusiasts globally. Building on his impeccable discography that has already clocked over 3 million streams, 2020 has seen London Topaz release successful tracks such as ‘Be Mine’ and ‘Drown’. Despite the pandemic he has reached new heights this year, with releases being supported by triple j (click here for recent triple j Mix Up) and a series of out-of-this-world performances including Untitled Group’s Virtual Day Party alongside Dom Dolla & Torren Foot, Beyond The Valley, For The Love, as well as a sold out headline show.
Curating a profound, raw and emotive force, join London Topaz on Saturday 19th September at 8PM AEST.
(Facebook event going live at 4:30PM AEST)
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Today, Sydney punk rock band Kids Of Yesterday announce their debut album Escape Planet, to be released Friday November 6. The first single to drop is the punk rock banger Reefer Madness.
Reefer Madness draws heavy influence from the film of the same name released in the 1930’s and seeks to undo the damage it caused to an industry that could quite literally save our species. The song harps back to the classic punk of Bad Religion, NOFX with a touch of Frenzal Rhomb. Reefer Madness introduces listeners to Kids Of Yesterdays comedic side.
Kids of Yesterday is the brainchild of singer/ guitarist / chief songwriter Duncan Davidson. The band first formed in 2010 in the jam room of a Tempe share-house. Over the years founding members Duncan Davidson and Joseph Lamond have been joined by many talented musicians in the line up, as the band gigged frequently throughout Sydney, while self-releasing several EPs.
2020 saw the band enter The Grove studios on the central coast of NSW to record their debut album with producer Jack Nigro (DMA’s, Skegss, Vacations). The result being one of the best punk rock albums to come out of Australia in a very long time.
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The EP was premiered exclusively via Good Intent.
Raro creates a truly unique brand of music that will burrow into your cerebral cortex. He debuted in 2019 with the release of his single ‘Cat N Mouse’, which was aired on FBi Radio. The music video was quickly added to rotation on MTV’s Call & Response program.
The multitalented artist then followed up with the release of his debut album ‘Planet Cool’, which has been aired on multiple radio stations throughout Australia. The debut was highly praised by fans and propelled Raro to new heights, whilst being compared to heavyweights such as Brockhampton, Childish Gambino and Tyler The Creator.
Raro recently released his single and music video ‘Aversion’, which was the first offering from his new EP.
‘Aversion’ was quickly added to rotation on radio stations across Australia and received positive attention from AAA Backstage, Good Intent, AMNplify and many more outlets.
New EP ‘Warm Blooded’ is available for download on all major online stores.
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“Big feeling in this track. Its got a Safia style grandiosity to it” Dave Ruby Howe, Triple J Unearthed “I’m liking when CASPIA goes large and sends you spinning with his dramatic pop Oomph” Declan Byrne, Triple J Unearthed “ALONE is a shimmering and sultry slice of indie-electronic listening bliss.” Happy Mag
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