What Have Our Indie Artists Been Up To?

18 December 2013 | 2:21 pm | Staff Writer

The big stories from our local indies

Melbourne muso Jake Rush - otherwise known as Louis Spoils - premiered an eerie clip for his track Sleep At Night on theMusic.com.au this week. Take a look.

Recently crowned triple j Unearthed Artist Of The Year REMi will kick-off his 2014 campaign with some headline shows. More details.

Tasmanian punk dudes Luca Brasi have a new album coming out soon and some tour dates locked in for next year. Read on.

Perth beachgazers Gunns have fully embraced the summer with their fresh, new video for their latest number Leaving Home. Watch it now.

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It's been a big twelve months for Brisbane indie-pop quartet Major Leagues and they don't appear to be slowing down in 2014. They've announced some headline shows for February. Info.

Singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke has teamed up with label Cooking Vinyl Australia to release her first independent album O Vertigo! next March. Details.

Western Australian trio The Floors recently played us a few of their dirty, gritty blues tracks. Check them out.

In the indie singles/EP chart for independent labels with independent distribution, Flume's held on to the top spot again with the appropriately titled Holdin' On (Future Classic/Independent). The John Butler Trio's Only One (Jarrah/MGM) stayed at second, while The Jezabels pushed up into third with The End (Independent/MGM).

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds had a slight order swap with their two albums, Live From KCRW and Push The Sky Away (Kobalt/Independent). The former jumped into number one, while the latter moved down to three. Rapper Kerser saw his LP S.C.O.T (Kerser N Nebs Records/Obese Records) move into second spot.