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Headed back down under with their latest album, Nabuma Rubberband.. Following the release of their critically-adored fourth album Nabuma Rubberband earlier this year, Swedish electro-pop guns Little Dragon are headed down our way for a limited run of initimate shows on the east coast. Zone Lowe already proclaimed single Klapp Klapp (video below) as the 'Hottest Record in The World', while Paris is also killing it with the groups patented brand of R&B/electro/pop/dance, always glued together by the beautifully unique vocals of frontwoman Yukimi Nagano. Sydney TICKETS // Melbourne TICKETS

Probably the act we're most excited about at Circo Festival.. ODESZA are two-piece production duo made up of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, an enigmatic two-some who have been pouring out irresistible, sample-filled tracks for a few years now. Circo Festival (Perth, June 28) has recruited this duo to bust out the best they have in what will be their first ever shows in Australia. They're also playing a couple of sideshows with Kele (Bloc Party) and Hayden James (170 Russell June 25; Metro Theatre June 26), but before this all happens, Liam Apter got a hold of ODESZA's Clayton Knight to talk about what we can expect when they come over to Australia, how their set has changed over time and their upcoming album release.

We speak with Leigh Carmichael, a passionate Tasmanian and Creative Director of Dark Mofo, MONA’s winter festival..

Meet dreamy New York trio Wet.. Wet have had a pretty great past 12 months, in Australia especially once triple j latched onto a couple of tracks and got everyone 'round here very familiar very quickly. Enjoy their self-titled EP below while you learn a tiny bit more about them... Who are you? Kelly, Marty and Joe. How’d you meet? Through mutual friends as students in New York. What kinda tunes we talkin’? Emerging adult emo. Production/writing process: Songs start with a demo from Kelly with lyrics, melody, and chord changes then Marty and Joe flesh out the music and the three of us work out the details together.  What’s the rest of the year have in store? Work work work.  Where can we hear more of your music? SOUNDCLOUD // FACEBOOK // TWITTER

Jack "Zeazy" Bleasdale showing unreleased images of the youth culture that surrounds him..

Their debut album is out this week, and Liam Apter caught up with the guys whilst they were in Aus.. A GLASS ACT By Liam Apter  On their recent – and first ever – tour of Australia last month, I had the chance to sit down with two of the members of much-hyped UK act Glass Animals, whose singles Psylla and Gooey have been killing it on the nation’s youth radio broadcaster. What I found was a couple of young musicians, taking the growing hype towards their debut album release in their stride, already killing SXSW Festival and doing the same on their short trip to Australia… Click the album cover above to stream Zaba before its Friday 6 June release.

Yeo's single Kobe is hitting the road with a killer new clip from the Moop Jaw Collective.. To celebrate the release of new single Kobe, downtempo Melbourne producer Yeo is setting off on a massive national tour to celebrate what's been a great year following the success of previous single Girl. Having spent the summer touring with the likes of Ngairre, Fractures and UK buzz-band Glass Animals, Yeo has released the second offering from his upcoming debut EP, Kobe, and it comes with a gorgeous video clip filmed by music video director Rhett Farrell from Sydney collective Moop Jaw. Check it down the bottom, and catch Yeo at one of the following dates: FRI 6 JUNE – NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, MELBOURNE SAT 14 JUNE – THE CAUSEWAY, PERTH SAT 14 JUNE – LOST SOCIETY BAR, PERTH (DJ SET) SUN 15 JUNE – INDI BAR, SCARBOROUGH FRI 20 JUNE – UPSTAIRS BERESFORD, SYDNEY SAT 21 JUNE – THE ARMIDALE CLUB, ARMIDALE FRI 27 JUNE – ALHAMBRA, BRISBANE SAT 28 JUNE – SOL BAR, MAROOCHYDORE FRI 4 JULY – CATS @ ROCKET

Meet NY-based producer Thomas Arsenault, AKA Mas Ysa.. Mas Ysa is another of a heap of interesting acts making up the lower part of the Splendour In The Grass 2014 line-up - acts you might not know too well yet, but will do yourself a massive favour in getting to know them... Who are you? Thomas Augustin Lenny Davila Arsenault is my name if that's what you mean. Other than that, aren't we all one? I'm you, you're me, and so on.   How’d you meet? I was incarnated then found a mirror. I'm just one person in this music of Mas Ysa. What kinda tunes we talkin’? Electronic, some upbeat, some ballads, some instrumental, loosely improvised, pretty confessional. Lots of kick drum, sometimes noisy. Sometimes soft.  Production/writing process: Each tune is different. And as my tour schedule changes, the way I work is changing. The normal stuff, I muse, I dance around. Not much is done on a computer until I record. Mostly I'm in the dark on my live rig.   What do you do outside of Mas Ysa? I want

A night for the vinyl edz out there, featuring Touch Sensitive, John Wall and Ariane.. Sunday 8 June (Queen's Birthday long weekend for you east-coasters) sees some serious vinyl fanatics going for a dig through their (EPIC) crates for an all-vinyl assault on the Cliff Dive Bar. Sexy bass basher Touch Sensitive will be joined by John Wall and lady about town Ariane for a no-CDs, no-laptops, no USBs affair from 9pm til 3am. How deep will they be digging? Well we have it on good authority that Touch Sensitive's record collection rolls some 5000+ deep, while Fuzzy director Wall has a ridiculously large 20,000 he'll be flipping through. Expect plenty of late night grooves, from italo to funk, disco, balearic and late '90s/early '00s house and all that lies between. Free entry, long weekend Sunday and vinyl grooves - what's not to love? More info from the team at UNDRCRTL.

A rad new music/art venue in Wollongong opens June 6.. Washed Out is a new live music venue/art space opening in Wollongong next month, with a focus on booking emerging local and touring acts whilst simultaneously pushing the local art and design communities of the area. Initiatives like monthly feature artists and custom limited t-shirts will be backed by regular band shows and good times. It kicks off June 6 with a launch party backing all these claims by hosting Triple J Unearthed winners Lunatics On Pogosticks and Central Coast indie-pop quartet Sea Legs, joined by locals The Vanns and psychedelic surf-rock collective Sheerkhan. More info, including the awesome t-shirt designs you can expect on the night can be obtained by clicking on the image below:

New York-based photographer Alison Brady has an interesting view of the world..

New music from weakling, LO'99 and Raph Lauren's newest.. With the internet's penchant for releasing a crazy amount of new music for free, it was foolish to think we'd be able to keep this Friday Freebie column to one tune per week. With that in mind, here's three new tracks we came across this week which you can download for free. A couple of housey ones, plus Raph Lauren's latest, which was originally only available in Ryan Hemsworth's "Cool DJ Mix" earlier this year. Let's start with that one... RAPH LAUREN - HOME First time I heard this the Aussie-as vocal sample was kinda jarring, but it very quickly just felt really natural and awesome in this track. This is Raph Lauren's second single, and it's two for two as far as we're concerned. A really left-field take on future-beats, we're really looking forward seeing what comes next. WEAKLING - JEALOUS Brisbane-based producer weakling has been doin' his thing for a few years, and while this is the first taste of weakling we've been for