Every week a plethora of big name acts, Australian musicians and little-known musos drop brand spankin’ new tracks on the internet. We’ve trawled through the internet to find some of our favourites and plucked them from the masses. Grab your headphones and enjoy.
Purity Ring – ‘Begin Again’
Canadian electronic duo Purity Ring are gearing up to release their sophomore albumAnother Eternity – the followup to their acclaimed 2012 debut, Shrines. Having already shared ‘Push Pull’ – their first song in two years – the pair have just dropped the second glimpse of their anticipated upcoming LP.
‘Begin Again’ is one of Purity Ring’s more moodier cuts – starting off dark and slow with dramatic keys and Megan James’ high-pitched vocals whispering underwater. And then, it bursts – exploding with razor-sharp synths taking the track to dizzying new heights of emotional synth-pop. (DM)
Cakes Da Killa & Uniiqu3 – ‘Get 2 Werk’
Cakes Da Killa is one of rap’s most exciting upcoming voices, who after releasing three mixtapes (Easy Bake Oven Vo.1 , The Eulogy, Hunger Pangs), an insane banger of a single ‘I Run This Club’ and visited Australia twice should be receiving 100 times the accolades he his receiving now.
Produced by New Jersey’s Uniiqu3, Cakes has just dropped the latest single’Get 2 Werk’ featuring Rye Rye. It’s manic and seductive, camp, and aggressive all at one. (LD)
Ghostface Killah & BadBadNotGood – ‘Ray Gun’
With BadBadNotGood leading the charge with a chilled-out, lounge jazz beat, ‘Ray Gun’ is oddly reminiscent of Ghostface Killah’s early solo work and the crackly loops that characterise so much of DOOM’s output. Both Ghostface and DOOM are given ample time to flex their respective lyrical muscle, each sounding as sharp as ever, before the track explodes with trumpets and wild drumming. (GM)
Dorsal Fins – ‘Mind Renovation’
With this single already making waves on the blogosphere, with its warm horns, tight arrangements, and dynamic vocals from Jarrad Brown and Ella Thompson, all eyes are now on the band’s forthcoming LP, which sees the group collaborate to create a genre-spanning sound that is held together by the excitement, sincerity, and instrumental prowess of its ten or so musicians, which famously includes mastermind Liam McGorry of Saskwatch and Eagle & The Worm. (GM)
The Smith Street Band – ‘Wipe That Shit-Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face’
Ahead of their Australia Day performance at the Corner Hotel with pals The Bennies, Joelistics, Curse Ov Dialect, Fear Like Us, and Stockades, The Smith Street Band have unveiled a surprise new digital and 7″ single, ‘Wipe That Shit-Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face’, a scathing attack on the Australian government’s treatment of asylum seekers.
The record comes packaged with Shaun Thatcher’s ghastly painting of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on the cover and features the B-side ‘God in the Name of the Father’. Both of the songs were recorded in Forrest, Victoria as part of the sessions for the band’s critically acclaimed 2014 album Throw Me In The River. (GM)
Pond – ‘Zond’
The legendary boys of Pond are mere weeks away from the release of their sixth full-length LP, Man It Feels Like Space Again, and in the lead-up, have just unveiled a killer new tune with an insanely hilarious music video, as well as Laneway Festival sideshow announcements.
The fresh tune ‘Zond’ sees the psych-space rockers step even closer to the zany world of dancin’ synthesisers and drum machines, whilst pertaining to their usual kaleidoscopic trip of psychedelica. This time the loveable Nick Allbrook takes the lead vocal reigns, howling through the jovial song. This is the third release from their forthcoming record, Pond having already dropped ‘Elvis Flaming Star’ and ‘Sitting Up On Our Crane’ prior. (JH)
The Wombats – ‘Greek Tragedy’
Frequent visitors to our shores the trio wisely took their time after This Modern Glitch dropped back in 2011. Aside from last year’s ‘Your Body Is A Weapon’ the British outfit have remained largely silent in the interim. Which makes the lead single from Glitterbug, set for release this April, a welcome surprise for fans. While their second album ushered in a synth-led dance perspective ‘Greek Tragedy’ brings more of the same to the table. Hear for yourself below.(CT)
ESESE – ‘AINTNO (Feat. Hancoq)’
If you haven’t heard of the Eastern Seaboard Electric Soul Ensemble (ESESE), you should know than they’re more than just a mouthful of a name. This collective of Melbourne-based rappers, vocalists, musicians, producers, videographers, and creatives have been kicking around for a little while and they’ve now unveiled their first single, ‘AINTNO’.
The track, with a blazing beat that comes courtesy of producer Hudson James Jr, is a collaboration with rapper Hancoq and comes primed for summer beach parties and poolside BBQs. If that’s enough to sell you, maybe we ought to mention that Hancoq delivers his lines from a rowboat drifting down the Yarra River. (GM)
