Features / Music

The Newtown trio drop new single, from an upcoming 7-inch.. Since first coming to our (and pretty much everyone's) attention with the release of their debut single Delete and simultaneously joining the I OH YOU family, DMA's have had a killer 2014. Their self-titled EP has seen them touring the country already on the reg, slaying Splendour In The Grass and garnering influential new fans like NME Radar and Blur's Dave Rowntree. Keeping the good vibes going, the trio have announced the release of the Laced/So We Know 7-inch. It's not out til November, when it will drop in the USA via Mermaid Avenue/Mom & Pop Records (Wavves, Fidlar) and here via I OH YOU. Stream the first taste below, and head along to their WEBSITE to grab a pre-order and see if they're touring in your neck of the woods soon. Follow DMA's: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Andy Bull gets us up to speed halfway into his Sea Of Approval tour.. Currently touring his new album Sea Of Approval, Andy Bull has taken to little bit of downtime he had last week to give us a few things he's learnt over the past few shows. For the remaining tour dates, click HERE. 1. Steely Dan I never really understood the appeal of Steely Dan. I mean, I thought I got the basic gist but couldn’t imagine a setting wherein I would really get into it. But this is what i’ve learned: the perfect time to listen to Steely Dan’s Aja record and also Donald Fagen's solo album The Nightfly, is between the hours of 1am and 5am, driving from Canberra to Sydney. Why? Well, in the case on Nightfly, it's about a lonely, sort of passive aggressive dude named Lester who works the graveyard shift at W-JAZ (…"with jazz and conversation from the foot of Mount Belzoni”) and somehow you can relate to his plight. Further to this, at that late night time, it helps to have music that is easy to listen to, b

Some blissful dream-folk-shoegaze from Still Parade.. I always start these kinds of posts with something about how running a music blog means I get sent shit loads of music every day, but only some of it really grabs my attention. So now that I've started this post by pointing out that very thing, it also means that certain entry point for a blog post is now done and dusted. This is the last time. So I guess congratulations to Still Parade? Because Beach certainly made me stop and listen. It's kinda shoegazey, kinda folky, with a bit of dream-pop...and all beautiful (I also need to find a new word for beautiful). Now that I've made this blog post about a great new song from a band called Still Parade all about me, I'll shutup. You just press play, 'cause it's five minutes of blissful music that will help you forget what you just read, and have you as excited as I am to grab their EP, Fields, which you can do HERE. Follow Still Parade: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Angie Stone reveals her secret to surviving in an ever-changing music industry.

Brandon Boyd explains why being in Incubus is "like living life permanently on amphetamines."

"I was just blown away to discover that I wrote a bunch of songs. I mean, that might sound silly but it really was a surprise."

"Man, we work tirelessly at trying to surpass our most recent bests."

"In modern music there is rarely uniqueness."

"I mean I’m not just a songwriter – I’m a musician too."

"I’m not blaming anybody; I’m not pointing fingers at the label."