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Which tunes are getting the kettle boilin' this week?

A music documentary film festival in WA, curated by radio station RTRFM.. A film festival solely dedicated to music documentaries is a pretty great idea, made even better when it’s spearheaded by a local independent radio station with impeccable taste in music. Gimme Some Truth - RTRFM's music documentary festival – returns for its sophomore year, showcasing eight films over six days, including two world premieres (score!).  The film opening proceedings is Heaven Adores You - a documentary about the late singer Elliot Smith. Directed by a high school mate of Smith’s, Nickolas Rossi (from a Kickstarter project), it’s said to be the first project that’s been allowed to use Smith's music. Closing night is Finding Fela, a film about the father of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, that’s been doing the rounds of the global indie festival circuit to strong acclaim. There’s a tour documentary, Come Worry With Us!, which goes on the road with Canadian post-rock trio Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra.

Tkay's debut EP confirms a breakout year, along with a killer video clip for her latest single.. Tkay Maidza continues to take 2014 by the scruff of the neck, following a slew of great releases (listen HERE and HERE), last Friday saw the release of her debut EP Switch Tapes, featuring the Paces-produced joint Switch Lanes. And after premiering with Complex yesterday, the animated video clip for the single is now live and you need to check it out below, because it is all kinds of rad. And once you've watched it, get stuck into Switch Tapes HERE, which features Friend Within's brand new track Monochrome, collabs with local legends like Kilter, Motez, Carmada and Paces, Skrillex's protege Must Die! and Mad Decent alumni Swick and Lewis Cancut, along with Tkay's personal take on SBTRKT's Everybody Knows. If you're gonna do a mixtape - do it right.

May your wildest role-playing fantasy options come true.. Whoever your celebrity crush or darkest fantasy, someone will likely be role-playing them at a party this Halloween. So the time is now to fulfil that celebrity crush or fantasy fetish this week… Well as close as you’re probably going to get. Elsa You’ve seen the movie and bought the soundtrack, now it’s time to get stake your claim on Elsa’s snowy kingdom. She may be a little frosty to begin with, but those icey fingers will soon warm to your charms, especially if you have your trusty living snowman by your side. Plus now that Elsa and her sister Anna have reconciled, there’s other fantasies in play... Scary clown Scary clowns are back in fashion (Did they ever leave fashion? Why am I talking about fashion and clowns?), especially this past month where scary clowns have been fucking with people on cold dark nights in a small Californian town. Not to mention those hectic pranks involving clowns “killing” people in front of, an

Crank the synth overdrive up to 11, we're going to the retro-future.. Today marks the official release of Melbourne electronic duo Rachel By The Stream's new single Reasons To Live, first receiving a visually brilliant video clip, and now coming with a sonically synthy remix affair from Sydney's Jordan F. Since the tracks release it's been knocking up plays around the clock, no doubt thanks in part to to the Jono Chong-directed clip, which has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Warehouse Cinema Competition. Please enjoy both the clip and Jordan F's remix below, catch Rachel By The Stream celebrating the single's release at The Workers Club in Melbourne - event details HERE, and buy the singles from iTUNES.