Pilerats, Journalist

The disco is strong with this one.. A couple of weeks back we had the pleasure of offering you Sydney disco outfit Midnight Pool Party's new single, Linger, as our FRIDAY FREEBIE, and now you can download the whole Linger EP, featuring B-side Disco Delight, plus a couple of killer remixes from Luke Million and Sondrio. The whole release oozes mountains of funk, soul and disco reminiscent of the days when Stardust and Jamiroquai ruled the dancefloor (not that they still don't). Luke Million adds a touch of Swiss-synth/vocoder to the piece, while Canberra producer Sondrio adds some deeper, housey vibes. If you're in Sydney you can catch the guys live at one of the following dates: Saturday 12 April - Brighten Up Bar, Sydney (EVENT) Saturday 10 May - Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach Thursday 29 May - FBi Social, Kings Cross (EVENT)

Melbourne four-piece Ceres give us the skinny on their new album.. Just ahead of their national tour kicking off this week, we thought it'd be nice to get to know Melbourne outfit Ceres, who are celebrating the release of their album I Don't Want To Be Anywhere But Here. Buy it via the Hobbledoyhoy Records WEBSITE, and read on with one of the most self-deprecating bands we've ever met. Who are you? We are four friends from Melbourne trying really hard to be a cool band, but failing miserably. More specifically, my name is Tom and I play guitar and sing in the band CERES. How’d you meet? Met Rhys drunk at a party one time, then met GY drunk at a party one other time. Frank doesn’t really drink, so I guess the rest of the band were drunk and Frank was sober when we met him at a party some time after that. What kinda tunes we talkin’? I guess they are pop-rock? Hate that term though. A little punk-ish maybe? A fair bit of emo influence in there too. They are definitely woosy at times. I d

Fresh fire from the Adelaide producer.. Adelaide producer/DJ Motez is, to coin Zoolander but in an updated internet fashion, saahhhhh hot right now. His Madison Avenue REMIX has been dominating clubs and charts for a few weeks now, and he's just been over in the US chilling with his Sweat It Out pals and generally being awesome. This Friday sees the release of his next original EP, Promise Me, featuring the title track plus B-side Bodyrock, it's all killer. Promise Me is the perfect mash of '90s piano house and bassy house bang, while Bodyrock is like its tougher bro packing garage vibes and keeping those singature Motez vibes. You can BUY it both now.

It's been a big week for ya boy Franco.. Following last week's ANNOUNCEMENT that he'll be joining Alison Wonderland and Wave Racer on the upcoming Wonderland Warehouse Project Tour, Brisbane producer/DJ Young Franco has today released a remix package that you can all download for free. Featuring re-workings of Major Lazer, Kilter, and Bridges, it's all killer from the young lad who earlier this year featured on our Pilerats Rat Pack Compilation. We've got nothing but love for the kid, so grab yourself some freebies by clicking HERE, and make sure you get tickets to the Warehouse Project by clicking the picture below, which you will notice is rapidly selling the fuck out.

Sable is taking his good feels around Australia.. The apple in our eye, the spring in our step, the icing on our cake, the ketchup on our chips (you get the idea)... We're very excited today to announce WA young gun Sable has just announced his first national tour, taking the Feels So Good EP around the country this April/May for a run of dates that is probably coming to a town/city near you. To celebrate, he's also just released a free JT edit for your downloading pleasure: You can catch Sable at one of the following dates, although keep your eyes peeled on his FACEBOOK for a few more that may or may not pop-up between now and then...

Fresh, free new music from a duo we don't know much about.. We can't tell you much about a new duo called Klo. We couldn't even tell you where they're from. A little bit of research reveals they are cousins. So there's that. So I guess that leaves us to focus on the music, and put simply - it's beautiful. Super chilled beats and sultry, smooth vocals are at this point the only words starting with 's' that I can apply to it, but I'll think of some more. In the mean time you should just listen to it, and if you love it like we do download it for free via their FACEBOOK.

We catch up with Atlanta's favourite punks Black Lips for a chat about their new record.. It's 7am Perth time when my phone rings with an ultra polite conference call man connecting me through to Jared Swilley, the bass-playing party extraordinaire from Atlanta, Gerogia. We are a both a little hazy, I've had like three hours sleep and he is currently driving from one show to the next, in the mountains on his way to Portland. The phone will drop out three times before the interview is done which is tough at the best of times but the state we are both in is making things a touch hard.  Fortunately Jared is a lord about the constant drops out and we have a great chat about their latest record Underneath the Rainbow, which has just come out, the truth about SXSW and touring the Middle East. Underneath the Rainbow is the new record, it’s been three years in the making since Arabic Mountain so what’s been happening in the world of Black Lips? Well, we toured a lot. When we go on tour it's no

DJ Tom Loud is bringing the party to a club near you.. After slaying some huge crowds over this year's Fringe World program in Australia's various capital cities, DJ Tom Loud AKA Hot Dub Time Machine is taking the "World's First Time Travelling Dance Party" back to where it belongs - in da clurb. Think Sampology, Z-Trip and Yoda and you're in the right place - watch the video down below for some idea of the madness you're no doubt in for. Loud creates a funk-filled adventure from 60′s rock, through 70′s disco, 80′s cheese, 90′s mayhem all the way up to now, with a visual assault to go with it. Climb inside the Hot Dub Time Machine at one of these remaining dates, tickets via Oztix and the usuals: Fri 4 April, Fremantle, Metropolis (Blu-V Party) Sat 5 April - Perth, Capitol Fri 11 April - Melbourne, Northcote SC Thurs 17 April - Canberra, Academy Sat 19 April - Sydney, Metro Thurs 24 April - Ballarat, Karova Sat 3 May - Byron Bay, Beach Hotel! Sun 4 May - Darwin, Discovery Sat 10 May 

An angel in white has finally arrived to explain exactly what 'Australian Sound' is.... ...and it involves a finely tuned mix of artists such as Flume and Wave Racer.   Actually, just those two.

A new video clip to go with a heap of tour dates for the Melbourne disco enthusiasts.. Whoever out there was saddened when Azari & III promptly stopped doing Azari & III last year need no longer worry - Melbourne duo Client Liaison are bringing the '80s pastiche and bringing it hard. The thing that separates good music from novelty is earnestness though, and it's something Client Liaison have in spades - you need to believe they're vibing the tunes they are making. And it's been pretty obvious from the word go Client Liaison do, and it is glorious. They've just released a new video for the single That's Desire, and it's super fun and the song is a cracker. It's actually a B-side to earlier single Free Of Fear, which itself has just received the remix treatment from Com Truise and Knightlife. Check 'em all below, pre-order the vinyl HERE, and make sure you get along to one of a bunch of dates on their upcoming Australian tour: TOUR DATES: Sun April 20 – Portsea Beach Club, Portsea VIC

Fresh of the production press, a newbie from Perth kid Palace.. Today's Friday Freebie is guaranteed to get you all nostalgic on the d-floor this weekend with its sample. I don't really wanna tell you where it's from, I'd rather you listen and let it bug you for a while until you figure it out. This tune comes fresh out of WA today, from young-gun producer Palace, who most recently has been killing it with his remix of another WA product - Crooked Colours, and their cracking single, Come Down. So enjoy Slow Burn, get around Palace on FACEBOOK, and if you can't figure it out, scroll down.   Don't click HERE until you've truly given up, 'cause sample-spotting is a fun game.