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Video: Lisa Mitchell - Wah-Ha + BTS Photo Exclusive
Watch Lisa Mitchell be pretty and charming on holiday in the snow.. Lisa Mitchell’s latest track Wah-Ha was written on the back of a shopping receipt while on a holiday. She's just released a dreamy little video to accompany it, and it came about in equally as casual a way: Mitchell and her mate Kirrilee went up to the snow in Falls Creek and stayed in an eccentric lodge filled with stuffed dead animals and “possibly the largest collection of Christmas-themed Austrian souvenirs in Australia”, tells Mitchell in her video description. There, the two messed around filming each other, as you do on holidays. However, watching the footage later, Lisa found the combination of intensely blue skies, heavenly light and alpine wilderness looked pretty damn fine on film; and would make the perfect accompaniment to her new track: a chilled, lush folk number whose depths we first fell into back in September. Seeing as though the delicacy in Lisa's voice is akin to that of a snowflake, the clip's loc
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Video - Rustie feat. Redinho - Lost
Plantlife, light-beams and topless women. Nailed it, Rustie.. That devilish wee Scot rave-maker Rustie (whose about to tour the US taking in dates with Danny Brown and Oneohtrix Point Never, the lucky lad) brought buzzing producer Redinho onboard for his track Lost, his second single from the brilliant Green Language. Director Adam Hummel’s just turned out this video clip for the track, which he describes as: “the real-world, physical iteration of his 3D video work for Rustie’s new AV live show.”  The clip depicts a bunch of intersecting illuminated light sculptures, that flash on and off in time to the robotic but heartfelt lyrics (“I’d…be…lost…with..out…you..”), interspersed with plantlife and subtle hints and shadowy silhoutttes of topless, tattooed women. It’s the perfect visual accompaniment for the soulful ambience of the track:  Rustie’s headed our way for dates around the country at Laneway Festival next year. Green Language is available now on Warp.
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New: Coin Banks - Tails EP
Coin Banks delivers on months of hype with his Tails EP.. Perth MC Coin Banks has worked with the likes of Ta-Ku, Homeboy Sandman, and countless other new school legends, first on the Heads EP, then a couple of tracks with Ta-Ku (like the astounding Hatches) and a massive run of live shows supporting everybody from Action Bronson to Cypress Hill, and coming up soon, an opening slot for Wu-Tang legend Ghostface Killah. Teasing us with screenshots from new videos, and audio clips from the EP for some time now, we're stoked to let you know that his Tails EP is finally here, five tracks of head nodding summer business with catchy-as-you-like soul hooks and some top shelf word smithery from Dan Banks. It comes after his barnstorming set at last weekend's WAM Festival, and the just-announced news that he's been nominated as a triple j Unearthed Arist Of The Year. Big things are coming for a humble and super-talented dude, you can stream the lead single from Tails - Someone below (a track we
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Chet Faker 2015 National Tour
Built On Glass gets its final go round with some huge dates early next year.. As his huge year draws to a close, Nick Murphy AKA Chet Faker has announced the details of his biggest Aussie tour to date, and the final tour celebrating his world-beating debut LP, Built On Glass. The homecoming national tour (featuring Chet in three-piece band form) will take in five capital cities February 2015, and see him supported by fellow Melbourne producer Roland Tings and rising cosmic-funk duo GL. The announcement comes on the back of a simply massive year - here and abroad - which included his sold out Australian July tour, ARIA Award and J Award nominations, and some incredible international shows including a recent performance at FYF Festival in Los Angeles that had the 7,000-person arena at capacity for his performance and breaking through barriers bringing the festival to a stand still. Murphy also recently recorded his first iTunes sessions - an exclusive six-track set only available on iTun
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Introducing: Leisure Suite
Get to know the exciting Melbourne trio ahead of their EP launch this weekend.. Currently riding a wave of hype since the release of their debut self-titled EP, Melbourne trio Leisure Suite are gearing up for the launch of said four-tracker this weekend at Melbourne's Boney, with a few friends in tow. Click on the tour poster below our chat with Bridgette Le from the group to head to the Facebook event. Tell us about about yourselves:  We’re Leisure Suite, a three-piece electronic act from Melbourne. What kinda tunes we talkin’? Down-tempo electronic with a wee bit of soul. Production/writing process: We usually start with the sounds first; so a specific synth, guitar tone or drum beat, which will immediately trigger the mood of the song for me. From there onwards, it’s a process of improvisation where the first words and melodies that come to mind are then written down and recorded. What do you guys do outside of Leisure Suite? We’re usually scoping out good burger joints and general
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EMC Play Launches It's HUGE Lineup
10,000 punters, 120 artists, 14 showcases and 4 venues over 2 nights.. The upcoming Electronic Music Conference just added a veritable shitstorm of world's most exciting dance acts to the event, announcing the much-anticipated EMC Play lineup, taking place over Dec 3-4 across four venues in Sydney's Kings Cross. The all-star lineup features over 120 Aussie electronic music artists across 14 showcases curated by some this country's best labels/crews/collectives, for the ridiculous early bird price of just $29. Taking control of the soundtracks to your Sydney soiree will be inthemix, Future Classic, onelove, Astral People, Plastic World, Picnic, Select Music, UNDR Ctrl, Audiopaxx (in celebration of Pioneer’s 20th anniversary), Lucky Entertainment, Konkrete, #JDFutureLegends presents The 7 Wonders of World Bar with Sweat It Out, etcetc, Pilerats, October Records, Die High, Purple Sneakers and Halfway Crooks. The artist bill is obviously a bloody huge one, but you can count SAFIA, Wave Rac
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Will Bixler's Beaufort St Festival RTRFM Block Party 2014 Mix
A silky smooth half-hour from one of RTRFM's finest.. This Saturday 15 November in Perth sees the return of the increasingly massive Beaufort Street Festival taking over the Mount Lawley area with some 150,000+ people getting a huge dose of music, art, fashion, food & drink, awesome ugly dog shows and a heap more. Along with heaps of bands playing over a bunch of street stages, you may be able to catch a couple of us doing DJ things, along with the return of RTRFM's Third Annual Block Party. After getting our vibe on there last year, we can confirm the space within RTRFM's carpark is a cozy backyard party filled with curbside couture, old school furniture, cold beverages and a most chillaxed of vibes. Said vibes are only enhanced thanks to a fine selection of RTRFM's best DJs taking control of the sounds, featuring Rock Rattle & Roll's Holly Doll, John Safari, Razor Jack & David Redding, Drivetime's Harvey Rae & Dennis Gedling, All City's Veeness & Kid Tsunami, and Full Frequency's Jo
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