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Brisbane producer/songstress JOY. gives her killer single Captured the grand piano treatment.. We've been enthusiastically following the progress of Brisbane native Olivia McCarthy AKA JOY. since she first popped up on vocal duties for Young Franco's Close 2 U EP earlier this year (listen HERE). Enthusiastically following became changed to anticipation for everything that comes next once we heard her beautiful first single Captured (listen HERE). So while waiting for whatever comes next from this young producer and thoroughly enjoying her social media game, we came upon this beautiful live recording of Captured, featuring McCarthy tinkering away on a grand piano. We hope you enjoy it as much as we have below, and keep your an eye/ear on JOY. from here on - good things are coming. Follow JOY.: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Redial returns to Aus' dance music bringing some serious noise.. For those of us who were balls-deep in the electro-haze of 2007-09 Redial will be a familiar name, bringing an impressive set of banging remixes and originals to clubs and festivals around the country. After we assume spending a little time on tropical islands sipping coconuts and chilling out (basically 'cause we wish were doing the same thing), Redial is back and has entered the Aussie trap realm with a sound that still feels fresh - no doubt down to the fact the dude's serious production chops haven't gone anywhere. It all starts out pretty chill, before kicking into gear and going into a few unexpected areas over the four-minute journey. Follow Redial: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Newcastle’s Trophy Eyes came out swinging last year. After a great debut EP, the band has been touring consistently ever since and are now set to drop their debut full-length, ‘Mend, Move On’ later this month. In support of their debut album, the group is also touring nationally this November with Endless Heights, Columbus, and UK’s Landscapes along for the ride. Killyourstereo.com caught up vocalist John Floreani to talk about how 2014 has been for the band so far.

BEEN TRILL cashes in on A$AP Rocky’s ‘Multiply’ Video Diss.. Less than 24 hours after A$AP Rocky released his video clip for Multiply, in which he disses clothing brand BEEN TRILL, the company's co-founder, Heron Preston, responded on Instagram, then, in a rather genius move, promptly made a tee-shirt, which he calls the ‘Tip Drill’ tee, that depicts Rocky standing in front of the exed out BEEN TRILL logo from the Multiply video (and doesn’t look all that different from something BEEN TRILL might regularly put out). The tees are for sale for $50, which means Preston’s subversion of A$AP’s critique is not just clever, but profitable. In his RESPONSE on Instagram, Preston made a positive out of the whole thing. Whilst suggesting that a rapper having a go at a clothing label (rather than a rapper versus rapper beef) might be a sign of rap having ‘lost it's edge’, he then praised the video, “the song/video is good,” said Preston, “let's continue to shake shit up! Our culture needs it.” If

Sydney trio Little May offer some insight into their upcoming debut EP release.. Sydney indie-folk trio Little May have a huge week ahead of them. They've just released a new single - Bones - which features on their upcoming debut self-titled EP release, itself due out Friday 10 September. Not only that, they've just signed to two (!) hugely influential international labels in Island Records and Capitol Records, along with joining the Paradigm Roster (The National, Tame Impala). The threesome were kind enough to take a bit of time out of what must be a hectic schedule to give us some insight into each track you'll hear on the EP. Have a read below, and check the huge list of tour dates they have coming up over this November/December. HIDE - Answered by Hannah Field  The track Hide was written a few years back in a dingy motel in a town called Mallacoota. Liz and I had made the poor decision to road trip it down to Melbourne, where we would be playing one of our first gigs. The always