What Have Our Indie Artists Been Up To?

ON THE ROAD...

Phebe Starr and Willow Beats have been announced as the support acts for the upcoming Gold Fields tour. The shows kick-off in June. More...

The Starry Field's Mark Myers will be ridin' solo on their next tour. He'll be playing a handful of shows throughout May. Read on...

Kay Proudlove will launch her first EP at The Ryans Hotel, Thirroul on Saturday 25 May. Entry is $10.

Tigertown have revealed a run of headlining dates this winter. The shows coincide with their latest single release What You Came Here For. More...

Central Coast guys Something With Numbers are hitting the road for a massive tour to promote their upcoming album Eleven Eleven. Read on...

Sydney band Before Ciada will be taking on the East Coast for a bunch of shows. Check out the dates at theGuide.

Rapper Mantra will tour in support of his breakout single Loudmouth with a handful of dates in June. More...

EYE ON THE INDIE CHARTS...

A couple of debuts in the top twenty of AIR's singles/EP charts for independent labels with independent distribution this week. Bombs Away scored the number two slot with Drunk Arcade (Central Station/Xelon), with Uberjak'd in at thirteen for GTFU (Central Station/Xelon). Ben Hazlewood entered in at eighteen with Parachute (Hazlewood/independent), rounding out the debuts.

Once again though, Flume literally held on to the top spot with Holdin' On (Future Classic/independent), no thanks to some impressive performances at Groovin' The Moo. Thanks should also go out to The Great Gatsby soundtrack, with Gotye's 2007 track Hearts A Mess (Samples'N'Seconds Records/independent), which features on the album, re-entering at eleven.

We've got a new number one in the top 20 albums released on independent labels through independent distribution this week. Chet Faker's Thinking In Textures (Opulent/independent) has knocked Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Push The Sky Away (Kobalt/independent) down to three.

Debuts this week included Citipointe Live's Holy Ground (Citipointe Music/independent) and Underground Lovers' Weekend (Rubber Records)

OTHER RELEASE NEWS...

Perth artists Felicity Groom and Diger Rockwell joined forces recently and we've got the first look at their debut single together. Check out Impossible Alps here.

The new LP from QLD outfit Seahorse Divorce is set for release in late July. You can listen to three of the tracks now for a little preview.

Songstress Krista Polvere has released a sultry new clip for her track. Beat Motel. Watch the singer hang out in a phone booth, singin' about heartache here.

We streamed the newy from Perth avant-garde producer Naik. Have a listen to Mutating Machines.