Indie Focus

Indie hip hoppers Last Kinection and Yung Warriors were among a list of great Aussie talent honoured with Deadly Awards last night, the ceremony celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievements in the arts.

A range of great Aussie performers including Archie Roach, Amy Saunders, Blue King Brown's  Natalie Pa'apa'a and Dan Sultan have released three new versions of Goanna's Solid Rock for its 30^th anniversary. These artists will also join the song's writer Shane Howard on stage for showsin Uluru and Melbourne.

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Hungry Kids of Hungary are back with a new single and plans for a March record release. They released some Aussie tour dates, keeping fans interested after a time away from the Australian music scene, working abroad.

You can stream Children Of The Wave's second record The Electric Sounds Of Faraway Choirs, released last Friday, right here.

And set to be released tomorrow, Diafrix's sophomore record Pocket Full Of Dreams is also up for stream ,and to top off their exciting week, they have also just been added to the Queenscliff Music Festival in its last spot.

Tex Perkins returns to The Dark Horses to release the group's second album Everyone's Alone in November, with its exact release date, track listing and tour dates announced last week.

Byron Bay's In Heart's Wake announced an east coast tour scheduled for October this year, with two Sydney acts and an up-and-coming group from Melbourne joining their shows.

Late last week, Brisbane country duo Texas Tea announced a new record and a tour in celebration, planned to kick off mid-October.

The Ruben's scored themselves a top three spot on the ARIA album charts with their self-titled debut record this week, with Seth Sentry debuting in sixth place and The Amity Affliction sadly falling out of the top ten all together. But will The Ruben's success last?

New Zealand indie label Flying Nun has become under the new management Auckland independent group Arch Hill Recordings, with the low-fi punk label's founder to carry on as a shareholder.

OutsideIn announced a great second round of acts, including a range of indie talent such as Fishing and Bon Chat, Bon Rat who will tread the boards next to musicians from overseas.