What Have Our Indie Artists Been Up To?

ON THE ROAD...

Willow Beats are heading out on tour to promote their upcoming EP Alchemy. They'll play a handful of dates before they hit the road for another run of shows with Gold Fields. More...

Extreme local music outfit The Amenta have announced some national shows - looks like these guys don't plan on slowing down anytime soon. They were the supports on the recent Cradle Of Filth tour. Details...

Melbourne band Them Swoops will play at the Northcote Social Club on Saturday 15 June. They'll launch their debut EP Glimmers at the gig. Read on...

Tiger & The Rogues, Travelaz, Crossing Red Lines and Rufflefeather will get the party started at Sydney's The Metro Theatre on Saturday 8 June for a night of rock, reggae, psychedelia and hip hop. Info...

The Smith Street Band will perform at a bunch of shows across the country on a headlining tour. The guys will take on the UK and Europe once their Oz dates are complete. More...

EYE ON THE INDIE CHARTS...

The only debut in this week's top twenty of AIR's singles/EP charts for independent labels with independent distribution chart was I Didn't Believe (Future Classic/independent) from indie electro outfit Flight Facilities feat. Elizabeth Rose. The track came in at four. Seth Sentry once again had a couple of re-entries, this time with Dear Science and Float Away (High Score Records/independent) - they collected the final two placings in the twenty.

Flume continued his dominance with Holdin' On (Future Classic/independent) in at the top spot again. Sheppard kicked Hermitude out of second position with their self-titled release through Independent/MGM. Hermitude's Parallel Paradise EP (Elefant Traks/independent) came in third.

The big debut in in the top 20 albums released on independent labels through independent distribution this week comes in the shape of Perth songstress Abbe May. Her LP Kiss My Apocalypse (Independent/MGM) is number one this week, pushing last week's leader Storm The Sky with Vigilance (Taperjean Records/Shock) not only off the top, but out of the twenty.

Ben Hazlewood's Loveless and Kerser's The Nubulizer re-entered the album chart at eighteen and twenty respectively.

OTHER RELEASE NEWS...

Melbourne rapper Dylan Joel has dropped his latest video for his track YEP. It features a smooth lip-sync part from his 80 year-old neighbour - let's be honest, she owns the clip. Take a look...

MT WARNING have unveiled a hauntingly epic video for their single Burn Again. The band are gearing up to take on the UK but they figured they'd spook us out before they left. Watch...

We've heard the debut track from newly formed band Cambridge. Former Heroes for Hire frontman Brad Smith is leading this pack of rockers. Have a listen...