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The bass music baes are hittin' the ole dusty trail this February.. This February Nina Las Vegas and Swick band together for a quick string of club dates all around this great southern land, picking up where they left off with the release of their two-tracker late last year: 2015 is shaping up large for Nina Las Vegas as she looks to take her Mix Up Exclusives program to even higher places then they reached after she took over the reigns in 2014, while Melbourne producer Swick is no slouch either, releasing a hefty slew of tracks via labels such as Mad Decent, Main Course, Dim Mak and Enchufada. Collabs with Diplo, Lewis Cancut and productions for the likes of Tkay Maidza and Jillionaire. Watch out for more remixes and originals from Nina and Swick early this year, check out this TEXT MESSAGE interview they did with each other for us, and catch 'em at the following dates:

Kagu’s second single is an exciting step-up from Shadow Of The Wind.. Where Shadow Of The Wind was a cut of dreamy of electronica with an apt music video to boot Sean Heathcliffe’s second single Human is a huge step-up in energy and direction. Indeed, to balance calming moods in an EP with hungry drum lines and reverb-laced vocals is a tricky one but it also means that Heathcliffe won’t be boxed into one niche. That isn’t to say that Human is a roaring garbage rock crusher of tune but it has a restless energy that makes you want more. Providing a perfect compliment to Shadow Of The Wind; the track that satiates this hunger. Follow Kagu: FACEBOOK | SOUNDCLOUD | TWITTER

Geelong’s Galtier has an open-faced attitude to production, drawn from years of genre-traversing experience on the DJing circuit, and gathered influences from beyond the Continent.. Geelong-based avant-club producer Galtier (Jiah Wells) is a rarity on the Australian contemporary electronic music scene at the moment; actually adamant on breaking ground and approaching creativity with fierceness rather than formula, to come up with energising, future-forward music that stands out a mile amongst all the generic trap-infused house bangers clubgoers seem to have no problem continually lapping up of late. Galtier challenges convention with his music, and has soldered a style all of his own – but at the same time, it’s not chin-stroking shit, either – this is music with a firm stake in dancefloor action. Unfortunately for many left-minded Australian club music fans, this kind of creative and influential stuff is not embraced nearly as much as it should be by the general listening populace, wi

Montgomery busts out another beautiful clip, this time for her latest single, Not Around.. Following her introduction to the Australian/world soundscape in 2014, I OH YOU's most recent signee, Montgomery has released another beautifully shot video clip. Not Around is the follow-up single from her debut track Pinata, both appearing on her debut EP New Clear War. The clip was filmed in the Praga District of Warsaw, Poland and shot on Kodak Super 16mm film - a collaborative effort between herself and director Jessica Lawton, who had this to say on the video: "Inspiration came from the track's natural hinging between the melancholy lyricism and notion of a love gone sour, and the instrumentation that, to me, suggested hope." After being very impressed with her output so far, we're very intrigued as to where the Montgomery project heads in 2015. Follow Montgomery: FACEBOOK / WEBSITE

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Will Butler - the talented composer from Arcade Fire, and the 'Her' film soundtrack - gives us his first solo single.. Californian artist Will Butler, better known as the composer for Arcade Fire, is forging himself a solo career, late last year announcing a debut solo album is on the cards, Policy. Will, whose been in Arcade Fire for ten years, is brother to the band’s lead singer, Win Butler. While Win writes a fair amount of tracks for the group, Will led the charge for the band’s recent sountrack to Spike Jonze’s Her, in conjuction with Owen Pallet. Policy was recorded in Jimi Hendrix's old living room at Electric Lady Studios in New York,  and Butler has announced that "Policy is American music—in the tradition of the Violent Femmes, the Breeders, the Modern Lovers, Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, the Magnetic Fields, Ghostface Killah. And John Lennon (which counts)." At a gig in Brookyln in November last year, Will Butler previewed his solo material, playing guitars and synth, with b

As “rinsers” take over a nightclub near you, we jump (all over the fucking place) to their defense..