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Iceage are a band of brutal honesty, and they're not apologetic about it. These Denmark lads aren’t afraid to reject unnecessary questions, to disregard media controversies and, most importantly, to let their music speak for itself -and it’s clear to anyone that’s ever heard an Iceage song that their abrasive outpours of tension and emotion need no explanation. Despite that, we spoke to singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt about their new LP 'Plowing Into the Field of Love', their recent dalliance down under and those pesky fascist rumours. 

"About halfway through the writing process, the Anjunadeep guys suggested we consider another alias as our sound had changed so much."

"When you become successful you calm down a bit, you slow down and let everything flow."

Inaugural two-day musical festival, UNIFY takes place this January. The likes of The Amity Affliction, Northlane, In Hearts Wake, Thy Art Is Murder and more will converge on South Gippsland. With tickets now on sale, we get the bands to answer some quick-fire questions for us, continuing with Electrik Dynamtie’s Duane Jackson.

Club Cheval kid and Bromantic producer Sam Tiba gives us five favourite Bromance Records tunes.. Friday 10 October sees Nina Las Vegas's next NLV Presents tour, the International Edition, kick off in Perth at Villa, where she'll be joined by a fresh list of some of the world's most on-point tune selectors. And while it's almost shameful I've used the words "fresh" and "on-point" in one sentence, you try think of some better descriptors when we're talking about LuckyMe's Eclair Fifi, USA Jersey Club queen UNiiQU3 and Booty-beatmaker Swick for a global club lineup to die for. Also joining the fray is Club Chavel/Bromance Records darling Sam Tiba, who's know stranger to deep and dark bangers, and we asked him for his five essential Bromance Records tunes ahead of the tour. Click HERE for more info/tickets. ILLANGELO - CLOCKWORK feat. PHLO FINISTER Illangelo is an amazing producer. Each track I’m listening to surprises me and this one is no exception. It’s a deep, well-thought sonic adven

A music festival in the Bermuda Triangle on Halloween? Why not.. Bacardi obviously had a sit-down earlier this year and thought, Halloween is scary and all, but how can we make it scarier - and with bangers. Through this fictional pow-wow/festival organisation meeting that I've just made up in my head, the Bacardi Triangle Festival was born, featuring some of the world's biggest acts hitting one of the world's most intriguing and scary tropical island areas for a three-day musical adventure over the Halloween weekend. And I'm not kidding when I say 'world's biggest acts' either. All willing to throw superstition to the wind and fly into an area of the globe notorious for disappearing acts will be: Calvin Harris, Kendrick Lamar and Ellie Goulding take headline honours, joined by a variety of dance music deviants including Tensnake, PBR Streetgang, Crazy P Soundsystem, bass music pioneers AC Slater, Nadastrom and Sinden, Marc Roberts, Thee Mike B, Jubilee, Cuban Brothers, Futureboogie, F

Surecut Kids drop a bass-heavy colab with Spenda C to announce their new tour.. In another case of perfect producer match, Gold Coast bass swag kings Surecut Kids have combined with trap terror Spenda C for a naughty new tune called Slut Drop feat. Hello Gevena. It comes packaged with a tidy little video produced by audio/visual lord Ego, featuing Geneva on the vocals and plenty of party swagger times that are sure to come on Surecut Kids' upcoming Australian tour (Spenda C is currently on his own Broken tour - check some bass bombs of his HERE along with all of those dates). Scope the video below, and check the run of dates after that. SURECUT KIDS TOUR DATES: Thu 9 Oct - Quite Frankly, First Floor, Melbourne Fri 17 Oct - Father Villa Takeover, Perth Sat 18 Oct - Family Nightclub, Brisbane Thu 30 Oct - Kicks, The World Bar, Sydney SUn 2 Nov - Black Cherry Sundays, Zhivago, Adelaide Follow Surecut Kids: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Who better to get the lowdown on Jersey than from the queen herself.. Friday 10 October sees Nina Las Vegas's next NLV Presents tour, the International Edition, kick off in Perth at Villa, where she'll be joined by a host of some of the world's most on-point tune selectors. LuckyMe's Eclair Fifi, Booty-beatmaker Swick and Bromance Records/Club Chavel dude Sam Tiba will be joined by Nina and also New Jersey bounce babe/DJ/rapper/producer UNiiQU3 AKA the queen of Jersey Club. We asked UNiiQU3 for some cliffnotes on the Jersey sound as it gathers steam into our Aussie summer. Check 'em below, and click HERE for more info/tickets on the NLV Presents shows. RAE SREMMURD - NO TYPE (GIANNE LEE x HI$TO REMIX) I really love the vibe on this track. Gianni and Hi$to never disappoint when they team up for a collaboration. JAY R NEUTRON - RUN A MUCK This is amazing. I always love how Ballroom and Jersey Club both influenced each other. On top of that this is so cunt and ravey. WALE - THE BODY FEA

We say it every year, but BEST ONE YET.. The St. Jerome's Laneway Festival returns in 2015, and once again like clockwork this country's favourite indie festival has produced another stellar line-up of up-and-comers, established stars and future heroes to get your eyes and ears around. Traversing seven cities and three countries, let's just tuck into the lineup shall we? Agnes DeMarco* - Andy Bull - Angel Olsen - BANKS - Benjamin Booker - Caribou - Connan Mockasin - Courtney Barnett - Dune Rats - Eagulls - Eves*** - FKA Twigs - Flight Facilities - Flying Lotus (Layer 3) - Future Islands* - Highasakite - Jesse Davidson** - Jon Hopkins** - Jungle - Little Dragon - Lykke Li - Mac DeMarco - Mansionair - Perfect Pussy - Peter Bibby - POND - Ratking - Raury - Royal Blood* - Rustie - Seekae - SOHN - St Vincent* - Vic Mensa *Exclusive to Laneway: no sideshows**Laneway Adelaide only***Exclusive to East Coast shows only NZ line-up HERE. Singapore lineup HERE. DATES: Saturday 24 January - SINGAPO

Movement are currently supporting Banks overseas, and just released a sneaky little HAIM jam.. If you're getting tired of our bleating on about Movement - too bad. It's not gonna stop til the rest of Australia catches on. They're currently supporting Banks in the US, so while they're star continues to rise overseas, they remain relatively quiet over here. We're hoping that all changes when they melt your face at the upcoming Falls and Southbound Festivals, but until then here's a sweet HAIM cover, and while you're at it go have another LISTEN to their EP from earlier this year. Follow Movement: FACEBOOK // WEBSITE

Hiatus Kaiyote, Remi, Kirkis, Silent Jay and Jace XL are getting in the tour bus.. Featuring four boundary-pushing Melbourne-based artists, the Sound Architect's National Conference is taking in all capital cities this November/December for a four-hour live soundclash featuring some of this country's brightest new breed. Hiatus Kaiyote, Remi, Kirkis and Silent Jay & Jace XL will combine for a unique run of shows featuring artists from four different schools of sound, all sharing a focus on innovation. Enjoy a few tasters below of what to expect, along with the tour dates after that: TOUR DATES: PERTH – THE BAKERY – SAT NOV 29  (TICKETS) ADELAIDE – THE GOV – SUN NOV 30  (TICKETS) MELBOURNE – THE CORNER HOTEL – FRI DEC 5  (TICKETS) BRISBANE – THE HIFI – SAT DEC 6  (TICKETS) BYRON BAY – THE BREWERY – SUN DEC 7  (TICKETS) HOBART – BRISBANE HOTEL – SAT DEC 13  (TICKETS) SYDNEY – THE METRO – SUN DEC 14  (TICKETS) More info HERE.

Lucinda Hearn AKA Fieldings brings some beautiful soundscapes to your headphones.. Sydney producer/songwriter Lucinda Hearn AKA Fieldings has been releasing experimental folk-pop sounds for the past six months, culminating in a recent appearance at BigSOUND in Brisbane a few weeks ago. It's beautiful, delicate stuff, that provides a good opportunity to tune out for a few minutes, or in the case of this free EP, a little longer. The little sound bytes that come in on a couple of the tracks are awesome - I'm a sucker for that kinda thing. She's playing with Setec on October 10 at Projects in Redfern, if you wanna catch her in live form. Follow Fieldings: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD