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Do what the guy said and just fuckin’ check out the album, okay.. Header photo by Slice Of Life Photography. Leading up to today’s release of their sophomore album Land Of Pleasure, Sticky Fingers’ bassist, Paddy Cornwall, took some time to chat to us. If you want to hear the story behind the album art, read on. If you want to know why Paddy thinks it’s a good album, read on. If you want to read about The 23 Greatest Hair Flips Of All Time, Ranked, then that’s what Buzzfeed is for and this is probably the wrong website for you.

Hypnotic sounds from Melbourne solo artist Jane Tyrell.. Melbourne songstress Jane Tyrell has released the first taste from her forthcoming solo debut (due later this year on Elefant Traks), and Wild Waters is an attention-grabbing first cut. Based around Tyrell's smoky vocals to sparse production featuring soft melodies crescendoing into delicate percussion and synths, it's a beautifully pared-back single, reminiscent of Banks with a hint of Sarah Blasko about it. We can't wait to hear more, but for now this first single is bold statement, stamping Tyrell as one to watch (buy it HERE). Follow Jane Tyrell on FACEBOOK // WEBSITE

Our 10 fave images from this year's Splendour In The Grass, shot by Slice Of Life.. Splendour In The Grass this year saw us joined by a young Perth photographer Jack Lawrence, who operates under the name Slice Of Life (Follow him on FACEBOOK yo), and needless to say the kid done good. Cutting his teeth on social photography, this year has seen him taking on more gig photography, with some killer results. You can check out his RUFUS Splendour diary HERE, along with a Dune Rats photo diary he shot earlier this year HERE. A huge bunch of his photos can be found in our Facebook photo album (HERE), but here are 10 of our faves from the weekend that was: Danny Brown Dreamy Harley AKA The Kite String Tangle Sticky Fingers Andre 3000 The Presets Big Boi Fin.

Kele is finally releasing a follow-up to his debut solo album: Trick.. Last June when we ran a little music festival called CIRCO (video wrap HERE), and it gave us the pleasure of hanging out with one Kele Okereke. Notoriously quiet and humble, he was both of those things, but still super friendly and fun to hang out with. He rocked a slamming DJ set filled with mainly house bangers, his weapon of choice in recent years, especially under his solo guise of Kele. His debut album The Boxer was filled with some killer dance tracks, and we're really keen to see how he's developed that passion over the past few years into the follow up - Trick. Due October 10, Trick will be a different, sleeker beast, with a newfound emphasis on Okereke’s soulful vocals, at the crossroads of club history, old school soul and modern electronic R&B, with a distinctively British twist. Check the album teaser below, pre-order it HERE, and follow Kele on FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD for new stuff as it comes to hand.

After rolling around Germany for a year, JB is back baby.. 2014 sees the return of Sydney's Jonathan Boulet after a year in Germany, with his new album Gubba. It's a departure from 2012's rad album We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart, a more sonically noisey and aggressive album, with the first single Hold It Down introducing us to a grimier, ballsier Boulet, and we dig it. Hold It Down kinda reminds us off early days TV On The Radio, and that is definitely okay by us. He's just released a new video for it, starring his own freakin' dad as a biker dude. It's awesome, and makes us wanna go for bike rides through rural North West Sydney (where this was shot). Check it below, along with the Gubba tour dates: DATES: FRIDAY 15 AUGUST - NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, MELBOURNE (TICKETS)SATURDAY 16 AUGUST - PIRIE & CO SOCIAL CLUB, ADELAIDE (TICKETS) THURSDAY 21 AUGUST - GOODGOD, SYDNEY (TICKETS) THURSDAY 28 AUGUST - BLACK BEAR LODGE, BRISBANE (TICKETS) Jonathan Boulet FA

Brissy young gun backs up his debut single with a killer EP.. There's SO many young producers coming out of Australia it's becoming harder and harder to cut through noise, and this fact alone makes it really pleasing when someone does. And today we're happy to share with you Brisbane producer cln's debut EP, Sideways. Featuring lead single Better Than (which we covered a while BACK) along with its follow-up title track, the EP also includes a couple of unheard trip/hip hoppy jams in Dayum and What You Said, along with a remix for fellow Brisbanite, Golden Vessel. For mine it's the snares in cln's productions that originally grabbed my attention - maybe it's the drummer in me - but a good snare will prick up my ears straight away. Fortunately the downtempo melodies, pitched-around vocals and general smoothness of the whole package works beautifully. He's got some shows coming up too - including supporting our beloved Willow Beats on their Merewif SINGLE TOUR, check 'em after you give Si

After a top showing at Splendour, DMA's are hittin' the ol' dustry trail.. Since bursting onto the scene earlier this year with the one-two punch of sing-along smash Delete and joining the increasingly strong I OH YOU team, DMA's have done nothing to dispell the hype with much-hyped live shows around the country, constant radio play and copping love from the likes of Blur's Dave Rowntree. And following a barnstorming set on the McLennan Stage at Splendour last weekend, they're hitting the road with special guests The Creases. Check the dates below, and click the tour poster to nab yourself a ticket (on sale this Friday): Follow DMA's on FACEBOOK

A photo diary and video interview from Splendour.. So the Splendour come down is still running hard - cold sweats, acid flashbacks, dancing in our sleep: the whole shebang. Fortunately looking over the photos and working on some of the video interviews we conducted is helping. Today we're happy to share our first - with Australian dance music overlords RÜFÜS. They're currently hyping the expanded re-release of their world-beating debut album Atlas (check all the details HERE), so the timing is all coming up Milhouse. We also took photographer-on-the-rise Jack Lawrence AKA Slice Of Life Photography (chuck him a follow HERE) over with us, and he shot a bunch of killer photos during the boys' set:

Goldroom wants you to remix his new track before it's even released.. And now for a remix competition with a difference - LA-based producer Goldroom (he of Embrace fame) has announced the August 11 release of his new single, Till Sunrise feat. Mammals, by releasing a "premix". He can explain a little better: "The Premix is an experiment. Remixes are a big part of the creative world I live in... One thing that I've struggled with, though, is that when crafting a remix, you're bound in one way or another by the original track. Inevitably the song, its arrangement, and its instrumentation influence the remix. What I'm interested in here is seeing what happens when people remix a song without having actually heard that song." With that in mind, he's released the vocal stem for the track (listen below), and is inviting people to put their own spin on the track just using the vocals, before even hearing Goldroom's own take on it. It's a pretty interesting concept, and he (along with ourselve

Beautiful (and very NSFW).. We've said it TIME, and TIME, and TIME again, but Sydney trio Movement are easily one of our favourite Australian acts going around at the moment. And again, they've done nothing to make us stray from that opinion with one of the video clips of the year thus far. The clip for Ivory off their debut EP from earlier this year is nothing short of incredible - which isn't surprising given the pedigree involved; directors Fleur & Manu have worked with the likes of M83 and Gessafelstein in the past. It's also incredibly NSFW, and will make you re-assess your feelings towards those of the fair-haired persuasion. They've got some live dates on the east coast coming up - go and see them, you won't be disappointed (we haven't seen them yet 'cause they haven't come to Perth, but it's just one of those things you know). Thurs 4 Sept || LAMBDA @ Alhambra Lounge || Brisbane QLD Fri 5 Sept || Northcote Social Club || Melbourne VIC Sat 6 Sept || Newtown Social Club || Sydne

Melbourne electronica duo Hopium enlist Snakadaktal's frontwoman for a beautiful new single.. Earlier this year we featured the first single from Melbourne outfit Hopium - called Cut it came complete with a visually stunning video clip and brooding, post-industrial/darkwave beats, which had us rather excited (check it HERE). This excitement has proved justified with the recent release of their follow-up single - Dreamers, featuring Phoebe Lou, former frontlady of Snakadaktal (RIP). They've proved a perfect match, with Phoebe's spoken word parts reminiscent of Before The Dawn Heals Us-era M83, and on-point production from Hopium themselves. Dreamers hit number 2 on Hypemachine last week and has already been added to full rotation on triple j, so one gets the feeling this is only the beginning. Follow Hopium on FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Photographer Marc Shubitz took a heap of photos at Roskilde for us.. When friend of the Pilerats Marc Shubitz hit us up asking if we were keen to send him along to Roskilde Festival - one of the largest music festivals in Europe - who were we to say no? Especially given the process of arranging a media pass was incredibly easy. Featuring the likes of The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys, Jack White, Major Lazer and Stevie fricking Wonder, the 100,000-strong attended festival looked supremely epic. With an expected profit of around EUR 2,500,000 (!) - all of which going to charity before next year's event, the proof is in the pudding. Here's some of Marc's snaps, and you can find more of his work on his WEBSITE // FACEBOOK.