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What Have Our Indie Artists Been Up To?

The biggest indie news of the week

Melbourne pop act Hello Satellites have unveiled a simple yet captivating video for their track Television Screens. Watch it now.

Former Kisschasy frontman Darren Cordeux has a new musical project called White Caves and he recently showed-off a few tracks for us exclusively. Check them out.

Sydney electro artist Elizabeth Rose has signed a deal with one of the world's biggest booking agencies, The Agency Group. Read on.

The first video from Melbourne band Robot Child is an epic, animated war tale that we think you should definitely watch. View it here.

Local punks The Smith Street Band will team up with American outfit The Menzingers for a co-headline tour next year. More details.

Indie electro artist Fractures has been snapped up by booking agency Village Sounds, despite only having one live show under his belt so far. Continue reading here.

In the indie singles/EP chart for independent labels with independent distribution, Flume's big night at the ARIAs has seen his hit Holdin' On (Future Classic/Independent) reach number one yet again, pushing the John Butler Trio's Only One (Jarrah/MGM) down to second.

And in the albums chart, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds also benefitted from their ARIA win. Push The Sky Away and their recent live release Live From KCRW - both through Kobalt/Independent - came in at one and two respectively. Courtney Barnett had a debut entry at 19 with her The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas (Milk Records!/Independent)

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