San Cisco is one of those bands it’s impossible to dislike. Every song the duo releases puts a smile on my feet and starts my feet tapping. They’re so darned catchy, but quirky enough to keep me guessing. The trend continues with “SloMo,” the first official single from album number three.
“’SloMo’ was the first song we wrote as a band after Gracetown,” singer Jordi Davieson explained. “We wanted to create a song that made people want to move.”
Mission accomplished! While you can stream “SloMo” and its aptly named companion “B Side” right now, they’ll also be available on a limited edition two-track seven-inch vinyl, which you can order later this year. San Cisco’s yet-to-be-titled third album will be released in the first quarter of 2017.
Prepare to get swept up in the beauty of “Mary-Anne,” the new single from Tassie songbird Emma Anglesey.
I love her voice, which is reminiscent of Delores’ O’Riordan’s haunting tone. Her angelic vocals seem to float over the track’s driving drums and lush strings. I’ve also decided I should stop procrastinating and book that Tassie holiday after taking in the gorgeous music video for “Mary-Anne,” which celebrates the beauty of Emma’s home state.
Emma is currently on tour to support the release of “Mary-Anne.” There are two remaining shows: one at Melbourne’s Open Studio on November 30 and another at Sydney’s Gasoline Pony on December 7.
Kerser is on target to achieve his goal of releasing ten albums in ten years with the impending launch of album number six, Tradition, on November 18. He’s released a new LP every year since his debut, The Nebulizer, dropped in October 11.
After working with Sinima Beats on his last record, the MC from Campbelltown was keen to have the producer back on board for his latest release.
“We wanted to make it a lot more versatile and I think we’ve done that,” he enthused in a press release. “We’ve covered heaps of styles and a bit of dance, a bit of boom bap, a bit of original stuff … There’s a bit of everything on it.”
One of those tracks, “Bad Habits,” almost didn’t make the cut, but when fans swamped his YouTube channel Kerser knew this brutally honest song deserved its place on Tradition.
“Every album, I move up,” Kerser insists. You can find out if he’s right when Tradition hits stores on November 18.
After selling out the first leg of “Waking Up Easy” tour, Lime Cordiale is preparing to get back on the road to meet demand. The tour’s “Extended Edition” sees the Sydney indie act playing to the regular bar crowds and the under 18s at venues across Australia and New Zealand.
The new tour dates coincide with “Waking Up Easy” doing great things for the band. It’s been added to multiple Spotify playlists and cracked the Top 20 independent radio charts. It’s such a fun track, it’s not hard to see why it’s been so well received.
Given the swift response to the last Lime Cordiale dates, I wouldn’t wait too long before securing your tickets to these shows.
24 November 2016 – The Foundry Records, Brisbane (Under 18s Matinee)
24 November 2016 – The Foundry, Brisbane (18+)
25 November 2016 – Workers Club, Geelong (18+)
26 November 2016 – Wrangler, Melbourne (Under 18s Matinee)
26 November 2016 – Howler, Melbourne (18+)
3 December 2016 – Fowlers, Adelaide (ALL AGES)
9 December 2016 – Yoyos Youth Centre, Warringah (ALL AGES)
16 December 2016 – Rabbit Hole Festival, Merton (ALL AGES)
13 January 2017 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (18+)
14 January 2017 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (Under 18s)
19 January 2017 – Yot Club, Raglan
20 January 2017 – Soundsplash Festival, Raglan
Melbourne band Tiny Little Houses has loaded up the bus and set off on their very first national tour as headliners. The occasion commemorates the recent release of the Snow Globe EP, which features five killer cuts including the single “Song Despite Apathy.”
The EP shows Tiny Little Houses’ sonic and lyrical development since the release of You Tore Out My Heart. The songs are energetic and raw, the perfect indie-pop anthems to enjoy at these shows.
5 November 2016 – Republic Bar, Hobart
11 November 2016 – The Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Adelaide
12 November 2016 – Rosemount Hotel, Perth
18 November 2016 – Plan B Small Club, Sydney
25 November 2016 – Howler, Melbourne
26 November 2016 – The Workers Club, Geelong
8 December 2016 – Woolly Mammoth Alehouse, Brisbane
It seems Subsonic won’t be the last we’ll see of Shapeshifter. The soulful Kiwi drum and bass act will return to our shores early next year to headline shows celebrating the recent release of album number six, Stars.
The album features the single “Her” and 10 other tracks which push the band’s stadium-sized sound to new heights. You can hear its tracks and plenty of old favourites at the following shows.
31 March 2017 – Metro City, Perth
1 April 2017 – Settlers Tavern, Margaret River
5 April 2017 – Parkwood, Gold Coast
6 April 2017 – Triffid, Brisbane
7 April 2017 – 170 Russell, Melbourne
8 April 2017 – Manning Bar, Sydney
Little Wise transports us to the quiet towns of regional Australia with her delicate folky new single “Don’t Hurry Back.” It’s a beautiful slow burn complemented perfectly by this video directed by Agostino Soldati.
“Don’t Hurry Back” gives us a taste of Little Wise’s debut album Silver Birch, which drops on November 11. She split the recording time between Woodstock Studios and her empty childhood home. Talented Aussies including Megan Bernard, Rosie Burgess, and Ben Franz from the Waifs also make appearances on this nostalgic collection of songs.
Clearly Little Wise and Rosie had an exceptional time together, because Ms Burgess will perform as a special guest artist at many of the following Silver Birch shows.
11 November 2016 – The Treehouse, Byron Bay (FREE)
12 November 2016 – Sheoak Shack, Fingal Head (FREE @ 2pm – with Rosie Burgess)
12 November 2016 – Padre, Brisbane (FREE)
13 November 2016 – Black Bunny Kitchen, Alexandra Headland (FREE @ 3:30pm – with Rosie Burgess)
15 November 2016 – House Concert, Nambucca Heads
17 November 2016 – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney (with Rosie Burgess)
18 November 2016 – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra (with Rosie Burgess)
19 November 2016 – Commonground Festival, Seymour
24 November 2016 – The Bella Union, Melbourne (with Rosie Burgess)
25 November 2016 – Martians Café, Deans Marsh (with Rosie Burgess)
27 November 2016 – The Wheatsheaf, Adelaide (4pm – with Rosie Burgess)
9 December 2016 – Basement Discs, Melbourne (FREE @ 12:45pm)
10 December 2016 – Brookfield Shed, Margate (with Rosie Burgess)
11 December 2016 – Marakoopa Café, Mayberry (2pm with Rosie Burgess)
Sometimes you hear those voices you fall in love with in an instant. There’s something about the tone or the way they deliver a lyric which instantly connects to you. That’s how I’m feeling about the voice of Ashleigh Poulton, the lead vocalist of Brisbane band Alpha Phi.
She could sing the phone book and I’d love it, but thankfully the band’s latest single “Think About Me” is a little more exciting than that. The song, which speaks of a love never realised, was penned by Alpha Phi and recorded with Byron Short at Sunset Studios.
After time spent in the studio, Alpha Phi promises to get back gigging around Brisbane over the next six months, so keep your ear to the ground for those dates.
Sydney songstress Helen Perris lays her soul bare with her brand new single “Be There.”
“Be There” is the type of empassioned piano-pop ballad which we hear all too rarely these days. The lyrics are deeply personal, penned while Helen was battling post-natal depression. However, the topic is tackled so cleverly that you don’t need to have lived through that hell to feel connected to this song.
“Be There” was named among the top 20 songs in the Listen Up Australia song writing competition this year. It comes from Helen’s forthcoming album.
Aussie indie folk act Noah Earp has given us our first taste of his debut album Disinheritor with the release of the epic lead single, “The Raw and the Cooked.”
“The Raw and the Cooked is about a person who is trapped in a bad scene. At first she seems really cynical, but actually the cynicism masks a certain naivete,” Noah explained. “We all have this to some extent – nothing is too neat and nobody’s perfect. I liked the idea of a love song that wasn’t…in the end this pretty love song fragments into a million pieces, because life is scary and chaotic.”
Noah also made the charming clip that accompanies the single. Just see if you’re not grinning from ear to ear by the end of it!
Noah launches Disinheritor with a show at Melbourne’s The Toff in Town on October 27.