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Their first headline national tour is a biggun.. Fresh from what appeared to be a KILLER TOUR with Elizabeth Rose that finishd up in our neck of the woods last weekend, Canberra trio Safia have just announced an epic tour of their own taking over May and June. The tour will follow on from another run of shows, supporting some girl called Lorde, in a bunch of venues we're sure are tiny and not really much to talk about. Their most recent single, Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds has been killing it of late, with a video clip to come that follows an awesome remix from dreamboat Brisbane producer Young Franco: Young Franco joins Paces, Akuou and Wordlife on the Paranoia... remix package due May 1. We had the pleasure of hanging out with the young chaps over the weekend, so keep your eyes peeled for our next ISSUE for that video interview, and mark your diary with whatever date you can catch the guys at below: SAT 24 MAY - Transit Bar - CANBERRA, ACT / Tix $10 + BF (presales) & $15 (door sa

From Issue 15 of Pilerats Magazine.. This excerpt has been taken from Issue 15 of Pilerats Magazine. To experience the full interactive feature download it HERE. So how have the live shows been going, I know you’ve played one already right? Yeah we did one a while ago because Johann (I OH YOU) wanted to see us play live to make sure we didn’t totally suck haha. There wasn’t many people there, but we’re doing one next week as well, I think, maybe, I dunno.  Well you’ve got a tour in May, so how’s rehearsing going and how do you guys gel on stage so far? Yeah it’s good. All the other dudes we’ve got to play – there’s us three and then three other dudes to play. We’ve all been in bands for ages so it’s mad. And we’re all good friends, so it doesn’t feel like we haven’t played before. It feels like we’ve been doing it for a while. How’s it been for you guys, I know you’ve been in bands for a long time and working on the DMA’s for a while now as well, but then at the start of the year I OH

We caught up with him while finishing up another beautiful under-the-sea-inspired piece..

Pyramid and Chela are bringing Kitsuné to a club near you.. French taste-maker label extraordinaire Kitsuné are returning to the country this May for the second edition of their Kitsuné Club Night Tour, and this time they're bringing French heavy-hitter Pyramid, who you probably know from his track Wolf. He's playing a select run of shows around the country, the dates for which go as follows: May 9 - Laundry Bar, Melbourne May 10 - Chinese Whispers, Brisbane May 16 - The Bakery, Perth w/ Chela May 17 - Civic Underground, Sydney w/ Chela May 24 - Warehouse 82, Seminyak We are particularly excited about The Bakery show, which we're presenting in conjunction with the crazy dudes at Get Weird, which will be featuring Pyramid, Chela, Flower Drums, Lemon Lime & Biddiss, Lightsteed & more TBA. You can get tickets for that bad boy HERE, and get excited for Pyramid's first ever shows down under... PS. Chela fans can catch her at a solo show at Mojos in Fremantle Thursday May 16, with Bastian's

You will believe a man has boobs in these incredible body-paintings..

Super chilled, super beautiful new music outta Melbourne.. Luke Howard is a composer/pianist from Melbourne who last year released his first solo album, Sun, Cloud. Filled with beautiful compositions of the ivory-key kind, he's following it up with a remix EP called Night, Cloud. Today he's released the Kyson remix of his track August, which preceeds a massive pack featuring re-works from Tim Shiel, Brambles, Jimmy Saunders, Paul Evans, Mike Katz, Elisabeth Carlsson and personal fave of ours, Japanese Wallpaper. Take a listen to August (Kyson Remix) below, and head along to Luke's BANDCAMP to pre-order the release, which is due April 17 for a measly $5.

Drinking, drugs and death - a new short film from QOTSA.. Directed by Hiro Murai (Childish Gambino, St. Vincent) this new video clip for Smooth Sailing - the next single from Queens Of The Stone Age's latest album, ...Like Clockwork - is all kinds of awesome. What starts out as somewhat harmless drinks with friends, ends with all kinds of drugs under the sun, people getting well hurt with golf clubs, and Josh Homme just continuing to be a badass. Enjoy, and remember the days when video clips were events, not just an excuse to get played on Channel V.

A unique indoor dance event hitting Syd and Melb this June.. HOLEANDCORNER is the combined efforts of touring companies Illusive and Funf, and it's hitting the east side this winter with a line-up that puts the focus on top-quality acts, in an environment that will strive for 'memorable experience' over anything else. Rolling in to Melbourne's Docklands Saturady 7 June and Sydney's Home Nightclub Sunday 8 June (Queen's Birthday Long Weekend), HOLEANDCORNER will be putting a strong emphasis on converting both venues into unrecognisable spaces in an effort to provide punters with something a little out of the ordinary. To compliment this, they've arranged a forward-thinking line-up to get your feet shuffling, whether it be house, techno, wonky electronica or something else, featuring: Hot Chip (DJ Set) Matthew Dear Henry Saiz (Live) Guy J Cosmin TRG Xosar (Live) For more info and to grab yourself a ticket, click the poster below:

'What You Can't Forget' an exhibition of painted works on canvas by Sam Octigan.

The Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and The Tooth Fairy ruin childhoods..

Celebrating his debut EP release, Oscar Key Sung is hitting the road.. From his infectious dancefloor worms to super sexy minimalist slow jams, there's nothing we don't like about Oscar Key Sung. A prominent part of the new wave future-R&B crop, we definitley got our sway on last time Oscar played in Perth, so we're excited for him to come back as part of a big national tour. All in celebration of this: Check the picture below for a list of dates, and then in this crazy internet world click on it to find yourself some tickets. And follow Oscar Key Sung on FACEBOOK for more updates, and just 'cause he's one dreamy son-of-a-bitch.