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On the roll with Andrew Fallara.. Andrew Fallara is a young Perth skateboarder known for his cruisy attitude, faultless style and effortless ability. Having grown up in a household where his old man surfed and there were regular roadtrips to the beach, Andrew transferred what he saw in the ocean onto the streets of Perth. This eventually led him to link up with Perth skateboarding royalty like Barry Mansfield, Luke Carl Thompson and a host of others. Be sure to keep an eye out for some new footage of him dropping later in the year. Andrew embodies the perfect roadtripper - not only is he rather mellow, his go with the flow character and keenness for adventure make every situation fun. The guy doesn’t drive so it’s an arguable point that he has hit the most roadtrips out of any of us on that skateboard of his. In saying that he even managed to light up a few skate parks in the short amount of time available on our trip, and worked tirelessly with Shadow Data and DYP to bring this projec

One of the year's most anticipated albums gets another single.. A couple of months ago Caribou dropped the first taste from his upcoming album release in Can't Do Without You, which was met with super excitement - one friend said it sounded like Caribou by way of David Guetta, and that he really loved it. I'm not sure what kind of praise that is, but he's one of the biggest Caribou fans that I know, so let's go with positive. Well he's now dropped the title track - Our Love - and it's another indication of where Dan Snaith is heading in 2014 - rave town. Caribou's sound has always had elements of house and techno, but it was always fairly restrained. Our Love feels like he's really going for it, and goddamn I'm fucking excited. That drop is anything. Enjoy below. Get it and Can't Do Without You when you pre-order the album HERE - it's due October 4. Hype hype fucking hype. Follow Caribou: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

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A dreamy new single from WA outfit Our Man In Berlin.. We've been keenly following WA outfit Our Man In Berlin since first hearing their single Flight earlier this year (listen HERE), and their latest effort - Cirrhosis - makes it pretty clear why. It's dreamy, ethereal indie-pop, lying somewhere between Foals, Alt-J and Glass Animals, and it follows the aforementioned Flight and also Airhead as the third single lifted from latest EP Is It Right? But enough of my jibber jabber, just chuck your headphones and bliss out to this wonderful tune: Follow Our Man In Berlin: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Pilerats' fave $wag lord Paces chills things down for the first of a few Problems remixes.. Adelaide duo Problems are making some serious inroads into the Aussie producer scene if their new single Capture Me is anything to go by. While you can check out the original version of the tune via this wavey VIDEO CLIP, this week the focus shifts towards a pretty sweet remix package that kicked off last Friday with none other than ya boi Paces. Having a killer year himself (including recently slaying Splendour In The Grass), he had this to say of of a somewhat more subdued re-work than we're used to: "I’ve been learning some music theory lately. This is the first of a bunch of new tunes I’ve made with a slightly improved grasp on what I’m doing. Hope you vibe on it!" Well we do vibe on it mate, and you can take a listen below and download it for free via Problems' FACEBOOK, and check back this Friday when we might have a cheeky little Problems remix to premiere ourselves. Follow PACES: FACEBO

The Troye Sivan express charges on with his debut EP, TRXYE, out now.. 19-year-old internet sensation Troye Sivan in the last few weeks has been proving worthy of his hype, releasing his first official single Happy Little Pill to chart-topping success, and - on a much smaller scale, obvs - crashing our own website when we were premiered this Happy Little Pill's killer remix from Melbourne trio Casper Zazz. With his debut EP TRXYE out now (buy it HERE), Troye jumped on the iPhone with us to try and get our heads around what's been a massive year for the WA-based gun: [Update - TRXYE just went to #1 in 55 countries - whoa]

Bathurst duo LOLO BX bring future R&B vibes on their new EP.. DIY, Bathurst-based bros LOLO BX have announced themselves to the Australian electronic scene with their first official two-track EP, Too Curious, out now on Die High Records. The title track is an electronic jam celebrating our current R&B resurgence, featuring the unique vocals of Chicago-based "next big thing", Mayo. The second offering, Airworks, is the perfect follow-up, rounding out a killer one-two punch for the duo following their self-released Spring EP late last year. They scored a nomination at the recent Stoney Roads Breakthrough Producer Of The Year Awards, and if Too Curious is any indication, we're looking forward to lot more from the twosome. Follow LOLO BX: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

With their (cracking) debut album out, we get nostalgic about MTV Cribs'ing with Millions.. Brissy babes Millions are on the verge of releasing their debut album Max Relax - and following a sneaky advance listen we're bloody stoked for them - so we thought now would be a good time to dig up an old fave from the archives. Back when we went on a Pilerats tour to launch this little project, we not only had the pleasure of watching the guys live, but chilling at their pad, getting the tour, and just generally hanging. A likelier bunch of lads we guarantee you would struggle to find, and we hope this album kills it 'cause it's a bloody ripper (seriously - go buy it HERE). Apologies for the abuse of the word "bloody", this video just feels very Australian. They're playing a few launch shows starting this weekend: Sydney 16 August - GoodGod Small Club Melbourne 21 August - The Worker's Club  Brisbane 22 August - Black Bear Lodge Follow Millions: FACEBOOK // WEBSITE

Benson's serious new basshouse banger is touring the country.. Melbourne mate and man of the night Benson has dropped a new single, which also doubles as announcing his annointment into the Australian House Mafia you know as Sweat It Out, and it's a ball-tearer of a start. The tune, Hot Mess feat. Lex Famous on the vocals and starts out all nice like, before slamming in to the kind of bassy goodness which has had us grooving all year, to the point where we threw him in with a bunch of legends doing grand things in house music at the moment (check it HERE). It's out officially via Sweat It Out August 22, with remixes from Aussie house illumaniti such as Yolanda Be Cool, Dom Dolla and Jad & The Ladyboy. Stream it below, and check the remaining dates for his Hot Mess Tour below. HOT MESS TOUR DATES: Fri 15 Aug - Cant Say, Melbourne Sat 16 Aug - Eureka, Geelong Sat 23 Aug - Zilla, Bathurst Sat 30 Aug - The Factory, Sunshine Coast Wed 3 Sep - Akuna Club @ Llama Bar, Perth Fri 5 Sep - The M

Sydney's Mammals give us a short'n'sweet run through of their debut EP.. Sydney's Mammal's release their debut EP Animalia Friday 15 August, and it caps off an impressive time for the group that includes the first single Wolf garnering accolades all over the place, along with the just-dropped Goldroom collab - Till Sunrise (listen HERE). Guy from the group gives us a little bit of insight into the five-tracker below, and you can buy Animalia right HERE: CIRCLES This is one of my favourites to play live for sure. Just flowing with the music. CODEINE EYES Sometimes you got to learn to let go before you hold on. I feel the lyrics in this are so true to me. DEPRAVED Deep from the depths of the subconscious. MOVE SLOWER Flash is the man. Without him this wouldn’t exist. We made a connection months before this existed and finally came up with this. WOLF I will always love and miss Wolf very much. It's always tough to play this live without him. Follow Mammals: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

The talented actor making the rest of us feel talent-less with this surprise album.