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Deerhunter release new album Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?

January 18, 2019

YT DINGO RETURNS WITH THE CAPTIVATING ‘THRILL OF THE CHASE’

January 18, 2019

MIKE POSNER RELEASES HIGHLY ANTICIPATED THIRD ALBUM, A REAL GOOD KID

January 18, 2019

STEVE GUNN releases new album The Unseen In Between

January 18, 2019

Norwegian Pop Star Lil Halima Releases New Single ‘Hold Me’ + New...

January 18, 2019

NEW MUSIC ALERT Sigrid – Don’t Feel Like Crying – Out Now

January 18, 2019

MAGGIE ROGERS’ DEBUT ALBUM ‘HEARD IT IN A PAST LIFE’ OUT NOW...

January 18, 2019

Phé – Sultry, Raw & Honest // Soulful R&B // Debut EP

January 17, 2019

Divinyls – Rebooted line-up offer a sneak peek into rehearsals for upcoming...

January 17, 2019

The Southern River Band

January 17, 2019

Acid Pauli – BLD Bonus

January 17, 2019

Braunbeck – Schlaflos EP

January 17, 2019

One Track Brain & Ceili deliver three spontaneous analogue belters for ‘The...

January 17, 2019

JAKUZI – Announce new album ‘Hata Payı’ set for release April 5th...

January 17, 2019

Experimental artist Gazel shares video for ‘Mina’s Hymn’

January 17, 2019

Advance Base (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone) shares video for ‘Answering Machine’...

January 17, 2019

Flamingods Announce New Album Levitation and Single Marigold + Confirm London Village...

January 17, 2019

ORVILLE PECK – Announces debut album ‘Pony’ due out March 22nd via...

January 17, 2019

Luke Slater is putting out a double EP under his Planetary Assault...

January 17, 2019

Don Brownrigg New Single’Bad Timing’

January 17, 2019

SPELLLING shares new track ‘Under The Sun’. Album ‘Mazy Fly’ out Feb...

January 17, 2019

Alice Phoebe Lou unveils new single & video, “Skin Crawl”

January 17, 2019

HOCKEYSMITH shares new single “Lonely Loving Me”. New EP ‘Tears At My...

January 15, 2019

INSTYTUT FESTIVAL announces first artists for its second edition!

January 15, 2019

The Southern River Band

The Southern River Band

Donnarumma

Donnarumma

Fredfades & Jawn Rice

Fredfades & Jawn Rice

Batts

BATTS

Simon Ashford Collarts

Simon Ashford – Australian College of the Arts AKA Collarts – Head of Animation & VFX

What is your name and role within Twin Dive? My name is Robert. I'm the lead singer-guitarist, chief-songwriter, co-manager and producer for the music videos and above all I hate boasting. My name is Raggi, I am the drummer and the better-looker in this band. Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there? Our band is situated in Aarhus Denmark, which recently gets around as the Seattle of the modern day. The city is largely populated by young people, thus has a large artist community, therefore the music here is thriving. There's little to none divisiveness based on genre, if anything you will see the same faces at a metal concert as at a hip hop show. People go for the experience, not a genre and we think it's a good style for an audience. How did Twin Dive start? Having parted with our former bands some time ago, we were both looking for a new gig and then almost naturally found each other. We co-acted in a music video for my former band earlier, which involved a lot of preparation and physical contact, during which Raggi and I became good friends. Starting a band was an obvious move so we did it. How do you usually go about writing music and what or who influences your sound? It's quite organic all of it. I'd normally show up with some skeleton of a song that I made up in my room or during one of my frequent walks, Raggi would drop the drums on it and then it's all down to details, you know, dynamics, phrasing, bars, transitions and what have you. After all of that is done, I'd go into my bubble and take a fukin forever to finish the lyrics. The influences of our sound are quite obvious and we see it as a good thing. Everything reputable that came out from early 90's and onwards is in there, all the grunge, all the british cool, the punk, even the hip hop. Make a hotpot with Nirvana, Kings of Leon, Oasis and QoTSA and garnish it with some modern thinking and originality and there you have it. Who are you listening to at the moment? IDLES was spinning quite heavily for a while along with Flyte, both great fukin bands. The UK, they just got the music sorted, man. Being late into my 20's I've naturally been listening to a lot of the old stuff that shaped me too. Raggi has been hooked on The Acid. The band, not the substance. It used to be both though. What have you been working on lately? We are lucky to work with some of the finest film makers in town, so there's been a lot of making and conceptualizing of music videos. We are also working on an outdoor event where we will play a live soundtrack to a movie being projected onto a huge wall. Sort of like the very early format of film where you had a dude playing piano to a silent movie, but with all the tech and musical upgrades. What do you like to do away from music? We both love a good workout, I do thai boxing, Raggi loves his gym routines. We read whenever we feel like it, averaging to about 4 books a year but our local library is just glorious, so we go and enjoy the big open spaces there quite often. Making money is nice too. Spending it even more so. As is often the case with musicians, we are flirting with the idea of acting in film and are looking into some ideas and making some minor plans. What do you have planned for 2019? Currently we are looking at 4-5 single releases, plenty of gigs in the country and a weekend in the UK, dates of which aren't confirmed yet. Booking for Europe has just started so we will take the gigs as they come. And then that outdoor film-soundtrack event we mentioned above. Favourite food and place to hangout? Robert: I basically run on grapefruit, nuts, cookies, pizza and sandwiches. I'll eat one healthy substantial meal a day in a nearby cantina. The rest is snacking. Everything is a sandwich anyway. I like to hang out in local bars where you can smoke indoors. Luckily, they seem to attract my kind of people and the playlist is great too. I love my friends above all, with them it can be a ditch in a bigger ditch and it will be great. Raggi: I'll eat whatever has been cooked for me. Again, our local library is the bomb. It's got this great view overlooking the ocean, hangout spots, huge comfortable chairs, infinitely high ceilings, gaming consoles and the nicest staff. It's a prime location for dates as well, hands down. You can find photos here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Xxxv0B_pOa1XaI4nhXz6NicIfAl7yuPq?usp=sharing Social media: https://www.facebook.com/twindiveband/ https://www.instagram.com/twindive/

Twin Dive

Hands Like Houses

Hands Like Houses

nathan ball

Nathan Ball

Manovski

Manovski

Duendita

Duendita

The Gooch Palms

The Gooch Palms

Super Drama

Super Drama

Iris Gold

Iris Gold

Luminous

People Luminous

Jurek Riegler

Jurek Riegler

Arran

Concrete Surfers

Concrete Surfers

Lanisa Dawn

Lanisa Dawn

Sarah DeBorre (Music Victoria)

Sarah DeBorre (Music Victoria)

Marco Resmann

Marco Resmann

Kids At Midnight

Cream with a K

Cream with a K

Sugar Jacket

Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there? I am currently based on the Gold Coast. Live music here is not too bad, there are a couple great venues to play and we seem to be getting more and more major artists booking in a stop on their tours on the GC. There does seem to be more of a buzz in Brisbane, which is only an hour way and not too far to get to. You recently collaborated with with Jarryd Shuker (The Art of Sleeping) please let us know what the both of you worked on? Yes I did. Jarryd produced Alive my debut single with me. We met up about once a week for a good couple of months this year and worked on Alive, as well as some new tracks hopefully to be released one day soon. He is a great producer and writer and he really believed in the project just as much as my self. I am super grateful to have been able to work with him on my debut release, and I am even more grateful to now call him a friend. I hear that you have an EP in the works, what has been influencing the sound and songwriting? Well it’s another big debut for me and by the time the release comes the aim is to have people sit up and take notice. The tracks I think are all so different, which makes total sense having all been written over a few years. The sound is influenced by a combination of the team of producers I have been working with and myself falling in love with electro pop music. The brief I set for this EP was I wanted to be able to groove hard! Very broad, I know. But I am pretty confident that we have come up with some serious jams. I am hoping that this collection of tracks will really show the potential I have to be in this industry and hopefully stir a serious buzz for d e n n i s. How do you usually go about writing music? Writing music varies a little for me. I really love to write with other likeminded producers/artists as well as on my own. However collaboration is definitely key for me. I believe collaboration is important; it keeps out creative minds on top of our game and sometimes it may feel as if we have met our rival, but healthy competition is good and it pushes us to want to create further than what we already know. When will you be releasing the EP? The date is yet to be confirmed, however it looks like the half way mark of 2019 and the debut EP will be here! Who are you listening to at the moment? Right now I am on the BROODS vibe. I am totally digging their recent releases and am so keen for more new music from them. The new E^ST EP is also a cranker! I also as cliché as it is right now am pumping the Xmas tunes! My absolute favourite is ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside” – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan. What do you like to do away from music? Honestly so many things but right now its perfect weather on the GC to be at the beach. So probably spending a day out on the water boarding and sunbaking is my top thing to do when I’m after a break from music. What do you have planned for 2019? I feel like I have set super big plans for myself in 2019! Releasing more music is number one. Playing some live shows will be super nice and hopefully I get to make some new music friends and starting building a name for my project! I’m pretty stoked for 2019 to get here already! How did you first start playing music? Music has been all I have ever known since I was pretty young. Everything sort of began because my neighbour showed me how she could play the piano and so then I wanted to be able to do the same. I am super lucky that my family and my Mum and Dad in particular saw that music was serious for me and encouraged me to pursue music as a career. Not everybody is fortunate enough to get that type of support so I really do consider myself lucky. Plus growing up in a small town, there isn’t always a lot to do! Favourite food and place to hangout? There is this pasta/pizza roof top bar – Justin Lane in Burleigh Heads (GC) right on the beach and its super hip and trendy. Definitely is where you want to be on a Sunday afternoon as the sun is setting and is also definitely where I plan to be all summer long.

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Youthfire X Diemne Interview Each Other

Cat Dealers

Hussykat

Dj Assad

Here you go :) Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there? I’m currently based in Toronto. The music scene is awesome here because it’s super diverse. You can pretty much find all types of people playing all types of music at all times— and everyone’s always awesome. How did you first start playing music? Ever since I can remember I loved to sing—but I picked up my first guitar when I was in grade 9, because my little sister started playing and I was really jealous that she could play, and I couldn’t. After that I never really put it down. My guitar teacher is the one who encouraged me to start writing songs. Once I started, I fell in love with it and knew I didn’t want to do anything else with my life. Please tell us about your new remix with TRU Concept, how did this come about and how did you approach the remix? I was walking in NYC and got a Facebook message from a girl who found me on Spotify and was interested in talking to me about my music. We ended up chatting and getting along great, and she ended up being TRU Concept’s manager. I loved his Lauv remix and he loved my new single, so it seemed like the right thing to do. What programs/equipment did you use? I’m actually not sure what he used…but whatever he did, I like it. To make the original track we used Ableton and Pro Tools. What did you find most rewarding and challenging during the remix process? I guess the most challenging thing was wrapping my head around my song sounding different than how it originally was intended, but that’s also what the most rewarding part was. Having someone else reimagine your song into a completely different genre and vibe is so cool. Some of my closest friends are super into dance music and they’re pretty obsessed with it. I got to hit a whole different audience with this one, so that made me happy. How has being from Toronto influenced your sound? There are so many amazing artists that have come out of Toronto recently. It’s super inspiring to look up to those artists and learn from them. So I don’t know if it’s influenced my sound per se, but living in Toronto has definitely given me a lot of motivation to try my best. How do you usually go about writing music? It really depends. Sometimes when I’m feeling really sad or mad, I’ll sit on my bed with my guitar and write an entire song in an hour or 2. My bed is pretty much my songwriting sanctuary. Whenever I get inspired outside of my bedroom, I’ll always write my ideas down on a massive note in my Iphone. These are sometimes just song title ideas, or words that I think are cool. I’ll go back and use this note for ideas when I’m collaborating with other songwriters in writing sessions, or when I just feel like it myself. I want to learn, but right now I have no idea how to produce. Luckily I have 2 amazing men in my life who help me with that. So once I’ve written a song, I always take it back to my producers and we record it together. They help me bring it from my bedroom, to life. It’s pretty cool. You won iHeart's Future Star, how has this effected your music career? For sure the best thing that’s happened to my music career thus far. The Future Star program helped my song get heard all across Canada. I owe a lot to IheartRadio and to all the radio music directors who believed in me, and believed in the song. I’ll never forget that. Being on the radio is MESSED UP in the most amazing way possible. I asked people to send me videos of themselves singing it when they hear it, and I’ve gotten so many videos. People from all over, singing and dancing to my song, as well as people letting me know that they can relate to it, or that it helped them through a breakup or something. That’s what makes all the hard work feel so worth it. I hear you have a tour planned, where will you be headed and what can we expect from these shows? I can’t say much, but i’m starting to plan out and practice for my live show and I’m really excited. In the past I’ve always performed acoustic, so it’s going to be an experience for me to perform with a lot more elements. I’m working on making some cool merch as well. What do you like to do away from music? Hang with my friends, my family, and my puppy. I also love some ‘me’ time. Sometimes I have crazy weeks where I’m in the studio for hours upon end. So it’s nice to just take time to relax and catch up on my favourite TV shows. I just finished Handmaid’s Tale and I am obsessed. Who are you listening to at the moment? Billie Eilish, Tove Styrke, Sasha Sloan, Gavin Degraw, and ‘Shallows’ from a Star is Born, on repeat. What do you have planned for the remainder of 2018 going into 2019? I actually have 1 more remix coming out on Dec 7th from an awesome DJ who’s also based here in Toronto— “Pusher”. If you don’t know him yet, you should listen to his stuff because it’s reallllllly cool. This next remix is super vibey, i’m pretty obsessed with it. I’ve spent the last two months working on my EP. I’m going to put out another single from it in 2019 and i’m REALLY pumped about this next song. It’s very special to me. Favourite food and place to hangout? My favourite food is a tie between grilled cheese and angel hair pasta with rose sauce. My favourite place to hangout is at a music studio, or Disney World. PHOTOS - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0ulf4sjoxznlon9/AAAjYe3EI0mZir_u2bSYO1sNa?dl=0 http://www.itslolomusic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lolopopgurl/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MjcGshMggPgIHinIUDaX0?si=J8YRuhtuSVO-IFw_HR3bOA https://twitter.com/itslolomusic https://www.facebook.com/itslolomusic/

Lo Lo

Madison

Mason

Bugs

Nelipot

Jay Pryor

Chopstick & Johnjon

Sebastian Roca

upsidedownhead

Feng Suave

Milk Buttons

The Kooks

Marabou

T. Thomason

The Attics

Rocco Bene

Sin Santos

The Northern Folk

Otha

Feather Touch

ROYAL

Alex The Astronaut

LINES

Jengi

Dylan

We sit down with Mat from The Beautiful Girls

Forest Hall

KIDSØ

Regurgitator with Quan & Ben Ely

Fabich

Jungle

Candy

Wilderglow

Graham The Grand

The Bennies

Fake Shark

illstrtd

Skegss

Spike Vincent

Lucille Croft

Tamino

Kyso

Gemini Horror

Kesmar

Boundary

Elektro Guzzi

Brayden Sibbald

Mat.Joe (Mother)

Ghost Caravan

Openside

Milky Thred

Josh The Cat

BATTS

The Holy Gasp

Mani Blü

Sue Newberry & The Law

Insect O. (Etui) // Atacama LP

Third Son

Hot Wax

Hot Wax

Jack Gray

Jack Gray

Mason Maynard

Mason Maynard

Katile

Katile

Port Royal

Port Royal

Aida Frantzen

Aida Frantzen

Colour Picture Book

Colour Picture Book

Surf Trash

Surf Trash

Japanese Television

Japanese Television

K.E.E.N.E. (Cacao)