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Carmada are hitting the road, and bringing Kilter along for the ride.. The bromance that envelops Drew Carmody and Max Armata - aka Carmada continues in 2015 with the duo going from strength-to-strength, after they trailblazed their way through 2014 capturing an iTunes No.1 album and much acclaim for performances on the Listen Out and Stereosonic tours, and just recently popping up at #41 in the triple j Hottest 100 with their huge debut single, Maybe. After releasing their debut Realise EP plus a VIDEO for the Maybe single, a track that led to the guys bagging a deal with the Skrillex-run OWSLA label in the states, the pair have decided to turn things up a notch and are taking their strong party game on the road for a headline Australian tour where they'll be joined by Kilter, coinciding with their Groovin' The Moo dates: GROOVIN THE MOO DATES: Sat 25 April - Groovin the Moo, Oakbank SA Sun 26 April - Groovin the Moo, Bunbury WA Sat 2 May - Groovin the Moo, Bendigo VIC Sun 3 May - Gr

The Melbourne disco-funk duo give us an insight to some of their influences.. GL are engaging in a hectic start to 2015 - with show announcements coming out the wazoo. Check down the bottom of this post for a full wrap because there's a heap, although Melbourne fans are in for a triple treat this March when they take up an artist residency at Hugs & Kisses starting March 4. Click the poster below to go to the Facebook Event, then revel in the glory that is GL's 'tiny' guide to some of their electro-funk favourites. GL'S TINY GUIDE TO ELECTRO-FUNK: Kevin McCord - From the band One Way and known for his hits with Alicia Meyers, but it's the stuff from his own label Presents Records that really gets us: Leon F Sylvers - You can pretty much listen to anything written or produced by Leon and know that it will be amazing: Hubert Eaves III - Best known for his work with D Train as the producer of the Boogie classic You're The One For Me, Hubert also wrote and produced this one for a group

Go storm-chasing to the tune of Tchami's banger, Promesses.. The father of future-house will soon be back in the country for Future Music Festival, and any time we find some news that's Tchami-related is fine by us. This video clip is a couple of weeks old, but we only just stumbled upon it today so we're gonna fucking talk about it. Why? Because it's pretty beautifully shot, and tells a pretty cool (although sadly fictional story) about Oaklahama's Struckist Subculture. What's a struckist? I'm assuming it means someone who chases lightning, because that's what seems to be happening in this video. And what a merry band of misfits they are - tieing forks to their persons, dressing up in full armour, all to attract the lure of the lightning, and get some sweet electrified body art in the process. Follow Tchami: FACEBOOK / SOUNDCLOUD

Listen to London producer fLako's intriguing new Chilean-soul influenced beats.. fLako - Dario Rojo Guerra - is a German-raised, London-based producer, with Chilean roots, that’s been making incredible, mystical and atmospheric music for a while now. International music tastemaker Gilles Peterson once rated fLako as the ‘most highly rated emerging producer’ out right now. For some reason though; he seems to keep a low profile most of the time; despite being up there with producers such as Lapalux, or Flying Lotus, when it comes to his talent for making wonky electronic tracks. However, that looks set to change; with a new EP out now, and debut full-length on the way. It’s been nearly three years since fLako’s last EP Eclosure, although we were lucky enough to get a big dose of fLako via his work on Eglo Records' singer Fatima’s debut album, Yellow Memories, that came out on Eglo, as well as the B Side on her incredible Family / La Neta 12” – Black Dough (listen HERE). The ethereal bea

Cloud Control take us behind the scenes of their current Angus & Julia Stone support.. Angus & Julia Stone's Australian tour kicks off tonight in Perth (check their 10 essential tour on-tunes HERE), one that sees them supported by dream-pop outfit Cloud Control, and for something a little different the Blue Mountains group will be taking over the Pilerats Instagram to offer you some behind the scenes looks at their shows and a look into what they're up to over the next couple of days in Perth and then Darwin - from February 4-7. To get in on the action, follow our respective instagrams below: PILERATS INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/pilerats_ CLOUD CONTROL INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/cloud_control Given they're in stinking hot Perth for a couple of days we're expecting plenty more of the above and this: Follow Cloud Control: FACEBOOK

Some beautiful new sounds from Melbourne trio Stonefox.. This City is the second single from fresh Melbourne trio Stonefox - a three-piece consisting of vocalist Jenna Russo, guitarist Tim Carroll and drummer Monica Spasaro, and it's a beautifully restrained piece of ambient indie-pop. Wisely letting Russo's vocals carry the load, the track works in its simplicity, which is in itself credit the other band members. In the vein of other femme-led acts like Daughter and The xx, it was recorded by Simon Paul Moro, who's worked with the likes of Goldroom, Ta-ku and Vance Joy, and instantly has us looking forward to new music from the gorup. Follow Stonefox: FACEBOOK / SOUNDCLOUD

Purity Ring premiere the first video from their forthcoming 'Another Eternity' album.. We were awash with Purity Ring fever in December last year, when the Canadian duo released their first music in two years (since their 2012 album Shrines) with dreamy single Push / Pull, a track that, along with subsequent release Begin Again, demonstrated Purity Ring ability to make killer music is as strong as ever, and that has us hanging out for their sophomore release, Another Eternity, which is due out next month. A couple months on, Megan James and Corrin Roddick have just given us the visuals to accompany the track. The surreal video is directed by Renata Kaksha, and begins with Megan’s face enshrouded in darkness, before she tumbles through a cosmic ocean of purple and pink, in a visual echo of the track's lyrics: "A fever billowed with the wind / And I obeyed the sky therein." Dressed in a pink ostrich feathery-like dress, James weaves in and out of her own hair, before light begins to radi

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Some slinky rap jams ahead of Kittens' Australian tour.. Lauren 'KITTENS' Abedini has gone from DJing in her bedroom to touring with Kid Cudi, performing with Chief Keef, DJing for Usher and starting LA's most exciting club collective ATHLETIXX - a crew consisting of herself, DJ Hoodboi, Falcons and Promnite. Rocking a special blend of genres from hip hop, trap, future bass, obscure club and more, she's hitting Australia for a run of shows starting February 12, check the dates once you've traversed through a night of tunes with Kittens: "FYI U GUYS: All of these answers are basically hip hop related. While most of my sets are made up of mostly dance music or some form of electronic stuff (whatever you wanna call it), my foundation and heart are married to the rap game lol. So it only makes sense that the most important highlighting tracks of my sets have some connection to that." Numero Uno – What are we starting with? This always depends on a few things. The event, what time I’m playi