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Left. - Lay With Me [Video Premiere + Album Stream]
Check Left.'s new video, along with an album stream and Q&A.. A few weeks ago Sydney duo Left. released their latest single Lay With Me in advance of their upcoming LP Sirens - due February 6 via Create/Control (pre-order HERE). Drawing comparisons with the likes of AlunaGeorge and Little Dragon, there’s a lot to love about them, which is why we're very stoked today to premiere the video clip for that single, along with a cheeky album stream a week in advance. We also asked the guys a few little questions to help you get to know them a little better, ahead of the album's release and the accompanying launch shows Thursday 12 February in Melbourne at Laundry Bar, Friday 13 February in Sydney at the Oxford Art Factory – details and tickets HERE, and Saturday 14 February at Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane. ALBUM STREAM:  Tell us a bit about yourselves? We’re just a couple of friends from Inner-West Sydney. We met writing and performing with our friends Spit Syndicate and Horrorshow. We random
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New Music: Paces - Nothing's Forever feat. Kučka
Paces steps it up yet again with WA's own Kučka.. Following a barnstorming 2014 that included a heap of rad singles and remixes, his On My Mind EP, a mainstage set at Splendour and lifting Tkay Maidza to the swaggiest spot on the Hottest 100 of 2014 list - #100 - with his tight production on Switch Lanes, Mikey Perry AKA Paces has kicked off 2015 with a tune that is arguably his best yet - Nothing's Forever feat. WA producer Kučka. They've proved a match made in heaven on this shimmering slice of future-beat, which contains some of the touches we've come to expect from Perry, but also just a general ramping up of the epic-ness after a very subdued beginning. Kučka's vocal work here is also feels slightly different to her output under solo moniker, and it all adds up to perfection. Follow Paces: FACEBOOK / SOUNDCLOUD
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Domestic Bliss - A Clique Arcade Editorial
Ross Wyness shoots Pia and Oli for WA fashion house Clique Arcade.. The Clique Arcade are a new force on the Western Australian fashion scene, putting the focus on indepedent designers and supporting up-and-coming labels. Last week they shot this killer editorial, called Domestic Bliss and featuring emerging models Oli Callisto and Pia Herring. While the look on the models faces doesn't exactly scream "bliss", with the rundown house vibes one gets the feeling that is very much the point. Please enjoy it below, and head along to the Clique Arcade WEBSITE to get amongst it. STYLING Clique Arcade // PHOTOGRAPHY Ross Wyness // MODELS Pia Herring & Oli Callisto Credits: 1. Miami Bralette by Intimates By Monique, and PETjamas Paddle Pop by PET. PETjamas Clueless by PET. 2. Black Lace by Intimates By Monique, necklaces by Grace+Scarper & the Step-out Skirt by Catini Designs. Premium White Shirt & Navy Chinos by Wishful Thinking 3. Maya Sport Bodysuit by Palm Swimwear  4.Black
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New Music: Lapalux - Closure + Album Announce
Lapalux's second album, Lustmore is coming. Hear a new track.. Back in 2013, when Flying Lotus' experimental beats-driven imprint Brainfeeder first put out producer Stuart Howard, Lapalux’s first proper album of dreamy electronica, Nostalchic, Lapalux was the label's only signing. Now in 2015, Flying Lotus has added 29 acts to the roster, including Jeremiah Jae, Samiyam, Teebs, Tokimonsta, Mono/Poly and more. Lapalux might have been neglected for a minute with all these new talented babies joining Flying Lotus' family (not to mention Flying Lotus being busy making awesome music of his own), but the attention's back on Lapalux today, with the announce of his sophomore album, Lustmore, due out in the states on April 7. A pretty apt title, seeing as though this guy knows how to make some seriously seductive tunes (and also, could the 'more' be a reference to it being his 'sophomore'?). According to a statement released by Lapalux, Lustmore will thematically focus on “hypnogogia, a kind of
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Nina Las Vegas & Swick Aus' Tour
The bass music baes are hittin' the ole dusty trail this February.. This February Nina Las Vegas and Swick band together for a quick string of club dates all around this great southern land, picking up where they left off with the release of their two-tracker late last year: 2015 is shaping up large for Nina Las Vegas as she looks to take her Mix Up Exclusives program to even higher places then they reached after she took over the reigns in 2014, while Melbourne producer Swick is no slouch either, releasing a hefty slew of tracks via labels such as Mad Decent, Main Course, Dim Mak and Enchufada. Collabs with Diplo, Lewis Cancut and productions for the likes of Tkay Maidza and Jillionaire. Watch out for more remixes and originals from Nina and Swick early this year, check out this TEXT MESSAGE interview they did with each other for us, and catch 'em at the following dates:
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New Music: How To Dress Well & TALA – The One
How To Dress Well and new flame TALA team up for a new-age take on love.. When big brands; Nike, Adidas and any number of alcohol companies get involved in making sponsored articles it often seems that they lack any real feeling. Adidas and Yours Truly’s (publication company) creation ‘Songs From Scratch’ have bucked this by creating a space to host tracks made by talented artists in a 24 hour timeframe. In the past this has been done with Danny Brown/Araabmuzik and Jeremih/Shlohmo to name a few, and with overwhelmingly good results. Their latest session has brought together How To Dress Well and TALA for a track called The One, and it has resulted in not one, but two different versions of The One to admire. Arguably the differences are minimal with How To Dress Well’s track slightly longer and more subdued. If you pause only momentarily to gaze on to this song then take in the gliding choruses of How To Dress Well, the Jersey club-esque breakdowns and the surging darkness amidst the
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Interview: PUCK
Best Metal/Heavy WAM Award winners PUCK talk split EPs with Jack Burton.. After landing themselves Best Metal/Heavy Act at the WA Music (WAM) awards, local legends PUCK have been making some serious waves in the past few months. The Perth-based three-piece have a distinct aesthetic to their sound with slow and heavy riffs, touching on areas of stoner rock, shoegaze and all around heavy goodness. Earlier this week we sat down with Liam, the vocalist and drummer from PUCK, and asked him a few questions about their upcoming split EP and how they’ve been growing as a band. Can you tell us a bit about the members of PUCK and how it started up? It was just me and Steve at first and we were just jamming on new riffs of his that didn’t really sound like riffs that we were writing at the time. It sort of filled itself out just between the two of us enough, and then when we decided to actually start something with it he’d play with a bass amp live. We were a two-piece for ages but then we were
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Video: Montgomery - Not Around
Montgomery busts out another beautiful clip, this time for her latest single, Not Around.. Following her introduction to the Australian/world soundscape in 2014, I OH YOU's most recent signee, Montgomery has released another beautifully shot video clip. Not Around is the follow-up single from her debut track Pinata, both appearing on her debut EP New Clear War. The clip was filmed in the Praga District of Warsaw, Poland and shot on Kodak Super 16mm film - a collaborative effort between herself and director Jessica Lawton, who had this to say on the video: "Inspiration came from the track's natural hinging between the melancholy lyricism and notion of a love gone sour, and the instrumentation that, to me, suggested hope." After being very impressed with her output so far, we're very intrigued as to where the Montgomery project heads in 2015. Follow Montgomery: FACEBOOK / WEBSITE
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