What Have Our Indie Artists Been Up To?

ON THE ROAD...

Frank Sultana & The Sinister Kids are celebrating the release of some new material. You can catch them and tunes from their Greetings From Devilstown album at the Vanguard, Sydney on Saturday 20 April.

San Cisco have added another Melbourne date to their upcoming 'Beach Tour'. They'll play at the Corner Hotel on Wednesday 5 June. We're also jumping out of a plane with them very soon - you could be too. More...

Matt Corby will play his first headlining dates back home in over a year. He's touring in May & June. Read on...

Melbourne band Vaudeville Smash will tour this June to celebrate the release of their upcoming debut album. They are returning from a successful overseas stint that included a SxSW appearance. More...

House of Laurence are releasing their debut EP very soon, so they're hitting the road to promote it. They'll be launching the EP in Melbourne on Friday 10 May at the Workers Club.

EYE ON THE INDIE CHARTS...

There was one debut in the top ten of AIR's singles/EP charts for independent labels with independent distribution this week, with hotly-tipped Sydney outfit Sheppard debuting at seven this week with their EP Sheppard (independent/MGM). Michael Chugg is shining on this outfit and they're lining up a big 12 months.

Natasha Duarte's Wanted To Feel (Empire Records/independent) was another big mover, re-entering the top 20 at two just behind Flume's Wanted To Feel (Future Classic/independent).

The rest of the top five was rounded out by Rufus's Take Me (Sweat It Out/Xelon) at three, Flume featuring T.Shirt's On Top (Future Classic/independent) at four and Hermitude's HyperParadise Flume remix (Elefant Traks/Inertia) at five.

There were two debuts in AIR's albums chart for independent labels with independent distribution, with 22-year-old Melbourne rapper Allday shooting to the top of the chart with Loners Are Cool (independent/MGM). The release is an EP but is listed as an album for ARIA's charts, which is where AIR gets its figures from. It debuted at 18 on ARIA this week. The other debut came from Brisbane pop-punk outfit Call The Shots whose When Everything Goes Wrong (independent/Shock) arrived at 17.

The albums top five also featured Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Push The Sky Away (Kobalt/Inertia) at two, The Drones' I See Seaweed (independent/MGM) at three, Emma Louise's Vs Head Vs Heart (independent/MGM) at four and Seth Sentry's This Was Tomorrow (High Score Records/Inertia) at five.

Kingswood's Change Of Heart (Capgun Kids/MGM) re-entered at six.

OTHER RELEASE NEWS...

We premiered Dune's new video Oh Innocence. Watch the captivatingly creepy clip here.

Ella Hooper will release her second solo single titled Häxan later this month. Her album In Tongues will be out in June. More...

We gave you an exclusive stream of the new Gay Paris LP this week. The Last Good Party is out on Friday 19 April. Read on...

Shady Lane will feature on a split 7 release compiled by four international indie labels. Kissability (UK), Cardinal White (US), Hou (Japan) and our own Rice Is Nice are behind the release.

More details on Kirin J Callinan's new album Embracism have been revealed. It's out Friday 28 June and you can listen to its title track here.