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Acts we’d like to see if we were in New York at the CMJ Music Marathon right now.. While there's an incredibly strong Aussie contingent over at CMJ at the moment (break a leg SAFIA, Fractures, Banoffee, DMA's and errybody else!), we've got pretty bad FOMO for a bunch of international acts we're also missing out on. If you’re based in New York you’re probably not reading this right now because you’re already having the time of your life discovering ALL of the new music at the CMJ Music Marathon, an annual event well known for showcasing every future star the city might have in its veins. While Coachella and Lollapolooza have become global brands worth millions, selling out before tickets are even on sale, and every year new festivals pop up hoping to become the next Coachella or Lollapolooza, one of the biggest and most important festivals to the music industry - not to mention a tastemaking event for the music industry - often gets overshadowed by these music goliaths.  For the uniniti

16 Dead in K-Pop Concert Catastrophe; plus Five of History’s Worst Live Music Tragedies.. On Friday, 16 young people fell to their deaths when a grate they were standing on collapsed, at a K-Pop Concert in South Korea. Today, the accident has promoted one of the concert organisers, wracked with guilt, to jump off a ten-storey building and commit suicide. 16 people are dead and eight people are dealing with life-threatening injuries after a ventilation grate collapsed underneath an audience at a K-Pop concert in Seongnam, just south of Seoul. K-pop band 4Minute, one of Korea's most beloved and well-known bands, were performing as part of a band showcase when disaster hit. A video recorded by someone at the concert that was shown on the YTN television network showed the band continuing to dance in front of a crowd that appeared to be unaware of the accident. 4Minute’s record label CUBE Entertainment issued a statement saying: “We can’t express how regretful they are for what happened. Th

Mulholland-Drive meets Boogie Nights in new video for trippy avant-rap duo Shabazz Palaces.. Who are Shabazz Palaces? Tendai Maraire and Ishmael Butler from Seattle. What do they do? Make trippy avant-raps with wild drum beats (Ishmael’s on vocals and is the face of SP, while Tendai plays ancient instruments from his homeland, Zimbabwe). What do they do on a par with making trippy avant - raps? Make some of the most engaging, dark and cinematic video clips around, that push the very boundaries of video. We know you’re super busy and only have a limited amount of time each day for music video watching (if any) but you won’t regret using your procrastination allocation to watch the clip for Shabazz Palaces' new track Motion Sickness, directed by TEAN. The clip is cinematic in scope, and Lynchian in style. The narrative follows the daily struggle of a female drug dealer and reality star. She drifts around a vibrantly coloured 70s poolside film set, wrangles with an unrelenting drug addict

A new video, new album, and a heap of tour dates for the 'balladeer' Peter Bibby.. From his upcoming debut album Butcher/Hairstylist/Beautician, Peter Bibby released his latest single Hates My Boozin' just over a week ago, and today sees the release of the accompanying video clip, telling a ramshackle tale of WA songwriter Peter Bibby's love for a beverage. The album will be released in two formats: as a digital download and CD on Friday November 14 via the most excellent folks at Spinning Top, with a vinyl release also in the pipeline. Next year he joins the St Jerome's Laneway Festival LINEUP, but before then you can catch him around Perth before he jets off to America for a few shows. Check the dates after the vid: TOUR DATES: Oct 22 - The Moon Cafe / Northbridge, WAOct 23 - Mojos / Fremantle, WAOct 25 - Mojos / Fremantle, WAOct 28 - Tractor Tavern / Seattle, WAOct 29 - Doug Fir Lounge / Portland, OROct 30 - The Independent / San Francisco, CAOct 31 - The Echo / Los Angeles, CANov

Alldeezy gets the wonky electronic treatment from future-pop duo De̊ǰa.. Melbourne duo De̊ǰa have had a killer 2014, having just wrapped up their headlining tour celebrating the Infinite Ecstatic EP which included shows in all capital cities, on an island at Rottofest and closing the Listen Out Festival in Melbourne. The clip for their single Heavy Water also just ticked 200,000 plays (watch HERE), and they're about to head out on the road again supporting first Gold Fields then electro-popstress KLP on her Medicine tour (check the premiere for that track HERE), but first they've dropped a chilled re-work of Allday's radio-smashing single Always Know The DJ, which we're very excited to premiere today. Take a listen below, and check those support dates after that before the group get stuck into their debut LP, due for release next year. SHOW DATES: Sat 25 Nov - GoodGod Sydney w/ Gold Fields Sat 1 Nov - The Toff Melbourne w/ Gold Fields Sun 2 Nov - Shebeen Melbourne w/ KLP Follow De̊ǰa:

James Blake snuck an unreleased track into his radio show last week.. As has become more and more standard for James Blake's Thursday night BBC Radio 1 Thursday night residency shows, the British producer slipped a previously un-released track from the archives onto the airwaves. Called Building It Still, it's Blake the way we love him - sparse, throbbing bass, the occasion vocal, some piano tinkling, and a percussive beat saying not much while also saying a lot. That's about it really... Enjoy it below.  Follow James Blake: FACEBOOK // TUMBLR via Dummy Mag

In what's been a massive year for NZ duo Broods, we chat albums and teleportation.. Here to prove New Zealand isn't just responsible for one pop starlet in Lorde, Georgia and Caleb Nott have had an equally impressive 12 months following the release of their self-titled debut EP earlier this YEAR. After their hype-affirming set at this year's Splendour In The Grass, Broods have just returned from an American tour celebrating the release of their debut album Evergreen, which has also included supporting the likes of international heavyweights like Sam Smith (along with HAIM and Chrvches supports to come). They're back in Australia next month to play a few headline shows, and we went duck-hunting with them at Splendour, before catching an increasingly rare smaller show with them in Perth a couple of months back. Check the dates after our little chat below: EVERGREEN TOUR DATES: Sat 22 Nov: The Metro, Sydney (TICKETS) Sun 23 Nov: The Metro, Sydney (TICKETS) Wed 26 Nov: The Forum, Melbourn

The WA psych-rockers go Ziggy Stardust on us, and announce a new album.. One of the most prolific outfits to ever come out of Australia, let alone WA, Pond have announced details for their upcoming sixth studio album, born from the group and a parade of friends taking a couple months worth of mountains of tape stitched together to form Man It Feels Like Space Again. The LP will live up to its wonder-filled title with a collection of warm and fuzzy psychedelic gems, some kind of cosmic mish-mash of The Flaming Lips, MGMT and Supergrass, starting with the single you can listen to/watch below - Elvis' Flaming Star. It drops the heavier-rock vibes we got from their previous album, with an almost '70s-glam-Bowie era rock-pop, that's pretty awesome. They're on tour in the US at the moment, but you can catch them at St Jerome's Laneway Festival NEXT YEAR, just after the new album drops on January 23. Follow Pond: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

A quick chat with three dudes currently taking over the world with their psych-dance tunes..

Australia's golden boy of future bass drops his new single, stakes claim as Australia's Porter Robinson.. To say Jacob Grant has had a big 2014 is selling it far too short - smashing Hypemachine charts, national tours, Stoney Roads awards and Soundcloud plays to go along with hype from some of the world's biggest names in dance is just the beginning under his producer guise as Just A Gent. Signed to WME in North America, he's now ready to harness the ocerseas acclaim with shows in America to round out the year. You can check out his new single Limelight feat. ROZES, the first taste of his upcoming EP release Stories To Tell. It's a dreamy synth banger that finds a happy middle ground between the Aussie producer scene and the stil-exploding EDM scene in America. Take a listen below, and keep your eyes peeled for more Australian tour dates around the end of the year. Follow Just A Gent: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD