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Meet WA-based outfit Late Night Hysterics and their debut single, Limerick.. Late Night Hysterics are a WA-based five-piece who impressed all who saw them earlier this year at Groovin The Moo Festival, and it's now time for the group to release their first single - Limerick. Melding shoegaze, rock and synth in an atmospheric, lush hodge podge of sound, it's a restrained piece of rolling indie-pop that will ease you gently into group's sound. Limerick's a slow burner in the truest sense, and you'll be able to catch it live when the group plays a few single launch shows around Perth this month. Check the dates following the stream, and Limerick is out now on newly launched Perth bookings/management/production/media/publicity label - Blue Grey Pink. SHOW DATES: Nov 28: The Causeway w/ They're There & Apollo's Sun (SINGLE LAUNCH) Nov 30: Osborne Park Bowls Club (BLUE GREY PINK LAUNCH) Dec 3: Prince of Wales w/ They're There + Guests Dec 4: Clancy’s Fish Pub Dunsborough Dec 6: White Star H

HYLA are one of three bands in the running to play at next year's Southbound Festival.. As part of Southbound's Stagebound competition, three acts have been chosen to go in the running for a chance to play at next year's edition of the Festival, with three media outlets each picking one to get behind. As you obviously already guessed by the header, we're backing relatively fresh outfit HYLA, who pull inlfuences from dream-pop, garage and shoe-gaze, for a sound reminiscent of shoe-gaze classics My Bloody Valentine and Jesus & Mary Chain, with a hint of newer garage-rock influences like Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees. As you can see from their press photo, they also have incredible hair, which we're jealous of. But rather than have us existing in a world of our own anxieties and fretting about how shit our hair is, here's a short Q&A to get to know the act a little better. You can vote for them HERE before 11.59 Sunday 30 November, it will take you less than a minute, and automatically puts

Shlohmo, Jerome LOL, Groundislava, feature on LA label collection.. FoF Music (Friends Of Friends Music), a collective/label from LA, have always been ahead of the game when it comes to guiding us towards left-leaning electronic sounds. Their founding philosophy and approach to releasing was even different. Driven by the philosophy that we hear about new music through friends, they have always put out tracks in a way that is not only more involving for the artist (A&R, artwork, marketing) but more importantly truly enticing for the fans, products "worth the hard earned money spent to create and purchase". In their time, FoF Music have led the charge for visionary artists like Shlohmo, Salva, LOL Boys etc., backing those artists as they were breaking (lots of Shlohmo's official back catalogue can be found in their shop). They've always put out great free compilations too, full of one-of-a-kind, forward-thinking electronic music - like Show Me The Future #1 (grab it free here) and #2 (gr

The WA-based beatmaker doth finally return.. Hometown pride runs deep around this office, and WA boy Palace is another young producer from these parts we're always excited to hear new music from. It's been a long time between drinks though - his killer remix for good mate Paces' Leave, other good mates Crooked Colours' Come Down, along with his own Slow Burn all came out ages ago - and we're very happy to report he's finally revealing a peak behind those seemingly ever-closed studio doors. What You Want is a weirder, darker direction for the producer, but we're digging, and can't wait to see what else he's been hiding from the world. Take a listen, and keep your ears peeled for new shit coming over the summer.

Dumped Chinese chick so devo she spends a week living in KFC.. Have you ever gone to a café just to swindle their wireless, and felt really guilty for staying longer than the regular time it would take to drink a cup of coffee, and bought more coffee you didn’t want to drink just to feel like you have a right to be there? A 26 year-old woman in China has clearly never felt those ‘overstayed your welcome’ guilts – Tan Shen just spent a week in a 24-hour KFC restaurant in Chengdu, after getting dumped by her boyfriend. The staff didn’t initially notice as there was such a high volume of people coming through – then, said worker Jiang Li Lung, after about three days, they realised, and asked her if she was okay – at which point she asked for another box of chicken wings and said she “just needed time to think”. She even phoned in sick to work! “I didn’t want to go back to my apartment because it was full of memories of him,” said Shen, "so I stayed." When she attracted media attention, sh

There's some rad sideshows coming up around next year's festival.. When a touring festival like St Jerome's Laneway Festival announces a bunch of sideshows with some of the lineup's biggest hitters it's a sure sign that a) tickets are running like hot-cakes, and b) you're wallet is going to be hurting even more. Laneway have announced a heap of sideshows, which we've kindly collected into one little place for ya'all right here. BANKS Tuesday 3 February - St. Stephen’s Uniting Church, Sydney (TICKETS) Read our recent interview with Banks HERE. BENJAMIN BOOKER Monday 2 February - Newtown Social Club, Sydney (TICKETS) Thursday 5 February - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (TICKETS) HIGHASAKITE Tuesday 27 January - Metro Theatre, Sydney (TICKETS) Wednesday 4 February - Corner Hotel, Melbourne (TICKETS) Watch their awesome video for Darth Vader HERE. LYKKE LI Thursday 29 January - Forum Theatre, Melbourne (TICKETS) MAC DEMARCO Friday 30 January - Metro Theatre, Sydney (TICKETS) Wednesday 4

We take a look at the work of LA photographer James Stanciell....

Hip hop superstar Future has released a dark new mixtape just in time for Halloween weekend.. Future has released a new mixtape just in time for Halloween weekend - the appropriately named Monster features 16 speaker-shattering tracks. Monster is dark in mood – is it a deliberate Halloween theme-ing thing or has his recent break up with Ciara gotten the guy down? Unusually for a hip hop artist, who usually have loads of collaborations on their releases, there’s a lone guest spot on this one – from Lil Wayne. After That takes a more streetwise direction than the two’s last collaboration, club hit Love Me. Over a trap beat by TM-88 and Southside, the artists wax poetic about a few of their favourite things, from expensive watches and paper stacks to liquor shots and fellatio. Additional production on the tape cones from Metro Boomin and DJ Spinz. Download the release free HERE or stream it below: Future, Monster video clip:

This year it's all about Discovery featuring Flume and over 30 new speakers.. This year's Electronic Music Conference has released details of its daytime program, featuring more than 80 artists and industry leaders speaking over 20 panels to be held across The Eternity Playhouse, The Beresford Upstairs, Lo-Fi and The Standard Bowl in Sydney's Darlinghurst from December 2-4. In addition to already-announced names like Porter Robinson, Steve Aoki, Will Sparks, Peking Duk and The Aston Shuffle, EMC will host some of the world's leading industry figures including Donnie Estopinal - regarded as the Godfather of dance in the US, co-directing Electric Daisy Carnival along with hundreds of major shows each year; Gary Richards AKA Destructo of Hard Events (Holy Ship, Hard Summer); Matt Colon - Steve Aoki and Nervo's manager; and Johnny Shockey - LED Presents founder (booker of Sahara Stage at Coachellla). EMC will feature over 20 programs, with Production Masterclass sessions and the EMC Play l

The Melbourne cousins add more reasons to be excited about their upcoming EP.. Following impressive turns earlier this year in debut single Make Me Wonder and then False Calls, Melbourne cousins Klo have premiered their latest single Under Lies via Thump this week, and it's doing nothing to quell our excitement for the duo's debut EP Cusp to be released Friday 14 November via Dot Dash/Remote Control. It comes with beautifully chill garage vibes, and Chloe Kaul's delicate coo washing over my Monday-morning is making life much more bareable. They've got a few shows coming up in November, check the dates after taking Under Lies in below: SHOW DATES: SAT 15 NOV: Melbourne Music Week Hub, Melbourne, VIC THU 20 NOV: Laneway Presents MMW Showcase @ Kelvin Club, Melbourne VIC SAT 22 NOV: Strawberry Fields Festival @ The Wildlands, VIC SAT 22 NOV: Paradise Music Festival @ Lake Mountain Ski Resort, VIC WED 31 DEC: Beyond The Valley Music Festival @ Phillip Island, VIC