ELIZABETH RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR 'HERE' + ANNOUNCES SUPPORTS FOR AUSTRALIAN ALBUM TOUR

Today Elizabeth shares the video for her glistening pop anthem 'here', from her critically acclaimed 2019 album The Wonderful World of Nature. The video features snapshots of Elizabeth's time in Los Angeles last year and was crafted by the artist herself.

Of the video, Elizabeth says:

This video is my chaotic summer energy. There is footage from my personal collection of travels, nudes, crying spells and more. It’s about the division between the public and the private, how sometimes it can feel like the space between these things is collapsed by a compulsion to share what’s “real”. This is all that’s real for now, enjoy, I love you x"
 

~Click to watch the video for Here~
 

In support of her critically-acclaimed album The Wonderful World of Nature, Elizabeth & her astounding 7-piece band will be heading to the major East Coast cities to launch the album in March.

Joining Elizabeth in Sydney at The Vanguard on Friday March 6th will be Greenwave Beth, Solo Career & Baby Velvet. The band will then head to Brisbane's Black Bear Lodge on Saturday March 7th and will be supported by Phoebe Sinclair and Chakra Efendi. Upon arrival in her home city of Melbourne, Elizabeth will be joined at Estonian House for Brunswick Music Festival on Monday March 16th  by Eilish Gilligan, Katie Dey & Chitra.

The Wonderful World of Nature provided a new pop cocktail through the female gaze – with an antagonist wielding shimmering melodies and soaring sounds as her weapons, wiping away the mascara and stepping into a cocktail gown.
 
Elizabeth delivered a new kind of heartbreak album in 2019 with The Wonderful World of Nature casting herself as the antagonist wielding pop songs as weapons, she wipes away her running mascara and escapes a destruction of her own making. A new patron saint of sad girls, Elizabeth is a glamorous tragic, a queer pop anti-heroine holding a curtain of glittering melodies and catchy veneers over ugly truths. 

ELIZABETH UPCOMING TOUR & FESTIVAL DATES

Friday March 6 ~ The Vanguard, Sydney -
w/ Greenwave Beth, Solo Career and Baby Velvet - tickets

Saturday March 7 ~ Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane -
w/ Phoebe Sinclair and Chakra Efendi - tickets

Monday March 16 ~ Brunswick Music Festival -
w/ Eilish Gilligan, Katie Dey and Chitra @ Estonian House House, Melbourne - tickets

Saturday March 28 ~ Meadow Music Festival, VIC
w/ Angie McMahon, Rolling Blackouts CF, Frankie Cosmos + more. tickets

ELIZABETH
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MERK SHARES NEW SINGLE & VIDEO H.N.Y.B

Today we are thrilled to be collaborating with Humblebrag Records & AWAL to promote the release of H.N.Y.B by Merk. H.N.Y.B is the new single from New Zealand artist and producer Merk. The title is the acronym for the songs ear-worm chorus Happy New Year Baby, and reminiscent of artists like Phoenix and Porches, the songs stark minimalism and hypnotic, woozy synths provide the counter point to the sweetness in the reflective lyrics and vocal. 

~ Listen to 'H.N.Y.B' here ~

Describing the song, Merk says “This track is an exercise in minimalism for me. I was wanting to see how long you could go with doing very little while keeping it interesting. That’s why a lot of the song is just a very basic drumbeat, bass, and vocals with no reverb or anything to hide behind. I was very inspired by Serge Gainsbourg's 'Histoire de Melody Nelson' when recording this track. His dry and minimal production makes him sound effortlessly cool, and it gives a feeling of suspense and rawness that keeps you hooked."

He also shares the video for H.N.Y.B, an equally hypnotic DIY celebration with a surrealist twist directed in a blissful collaboration between director Martin Salgadin and Merk himself. Together they encapsulate the song capturing both the celestial beauty and terror of the quiet passing of time. 

"This song has become a more general reflection on time passing without you noticing, and how whether we like it or not we’re getting older. New Years just happens to be a time when people are musing over this with all their personal reflection and goal setting”

Watch the video for 'H.N.Y.B'

Video Credits

Directors: Martin Sagadin & Mark Perkins (Merk)
Director of Photography: Kirk Pflaum
Production Assistant: Reuben Biggelaar
Special thanks to Nikoline Løgstrup & Olive Jeffares
Made with the help and support of NZ on Air. 

Of the video that accompanies H.N.Y.B Merk says "I think there's a beautiful tension in being a DIY producer making pop music. You are searching for these vast sounds, while being confined to a bedroom studio. That's one reason (among others) for the sun & moon murals in the video, they remind me of making this song. Dreaming of celestial heights while being stuck in my room. There's also scenes where we are floating around the streets which remind me of making the song too. Ambling around suburbia, having a studio break while everyone else is at work.

This video is telling a surreal story that Martin and I have hidden in there for people to find. But the main idea is that life is circular, we spin around the world every day, the moon around us every month, and the world around the sun every year. Then the cycle repeats, and it's beautiful and scary at the same time."

Merk (real name Mark Perkins) began his career as a touring member of New Zealand bands Tom Lark and Fazerdaze, before releasing his debut album Swordfish in 2017. 

Swordfish was recorded from a makeshift studio in a store basement at Roundhead Studios, where Perkins was learning the craft of recording and producing under the stewardship of New Zealand’s greatest musical export Neil Finn. Merk would stay late after work, writing songs and applying his newfound engineering skills to make a record that is full of indie-pop gems. Swordfish went on to win Best Debut Album at the Taite Music Prize (New Zealand’s equivalent of the Mercury or Polaris Prize), and led to tours with Cub Sport, Marlon Williams and Julia Jacklin in Australia and NZ. 

Now with new music under his belt, Merk is undertaking his first global release via Humblebrag Records/AWAL, showcasing at SXSW in March and playing his first run of headline shows in NZ and Australia.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES

March 2 - The Retreat, Melbourne
w/ Darvid Thor + Prettything, Free Entry details 

March 3 - Cafe Lounge, Sydney
w/ Darvid Thor + Ainsley Farrell, Free Entry details

March 11 - Whammy Bar, Auckland
SXSW fundraiser w/ Imugi + Antony Jeffares tickets

March 17-21 - SXSW, Austin TX, USA details

April 5 - Meow, Wellington
supporting Frankie Cosmos tickets

Merk - H.N.Y.B - OUT NOW

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Merk's Cool Songs Bandcamp

 

RVG ANNOUNCED AS MAIN SUPPORT FOR FAITH NO MORE AU/NZ ARENA TOUR

In very exciting news, RVG have been announced as the main support for US band Faith No More's AU/NZ Arena Tour in May 2020. The seven date tour will be FNM's first headline shows in Australia & New Zealand in 23 years. The tour will visit Auckland, Christchurch, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth, and RVG are heading along for the ride.

Exclusive fan pre sale tickets for the shows go on sale Monday 10th February with general tickets on sale Wednesday 12th February.

2020 will see RVG release their highly-anticipated second album as a follow up to their critically acclaimed 2017 debut A Quality of Mercy. Since releasing their debut LP the band have made huge strides both at home in Australia and internationally. In their short time as a band RVG have played supported the likes of Kurt Vile (USA), Future Islands (USA), Shame (UK), U.S Girls (USA), Sleaford Mods (UK), Pete Doherty (UK), Real Estate (USA), POND, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Tropical Fuck Storm, Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, Camp Cope, Jen Cloher and more.

The band have showcased at music industry events including SXSW, The Great Escape, Reeperbahn Music Festival, and BIGSOUND. RVG have played international festivals Roskilde Festival, Festval Les Escales, London’s Calling Festival, Garage Mu Festival and played a BBC Radio 1 Live Session at the iconic Maida Vale Studios in London. In Australia they have played festivals Meredith Music Festival, Dark Mofo, Farmer & The Owl, Panama Music Festival, and more.

In 2017 RVG were nominated in four categories in Music Victoria Awards best album, best band, best song, and best emerging act. Romy Vager won the 2017 National Live Music Award for Live Voice Of The Year. RVG also received nominations in four categories of the AIR Awards in 2018 and Romy Vager was nominated for Best Female Artists at the 2019 Music Victoria Awards.

RVG are also supporting The Pixies on their Australian tour in March and tickets are available here

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS:

07/02 @ PBS Drive Live
 Melbourne. RSVP here.

09/03 @ Palais Theatre
Supporting Pixies, Melbourne, Sold Out

10/03 @ Palais Theatre
Supporting Pixies, Melbourne, Sold Out

12/03 @ Fortitude Valley Music Hall
Supporting Pixies, Brisbane, Tickets

13/03 @ Fortitude Valley Music Hall
Supporting Pixies, Brisbane, Sold Out

14/03 @ Opera House Forecourt
Sydney, Sold Out

15/03 @ Opera House Forecourt
Supporting Pixies, Sydney, Tickets

 17/03 @ Fremantle Arts Centre
Supporting Pixies, Perth, Sold Out

08/05 @ Spark Arena
Supporting Faith No More, Auckland, Tickets

10/05 @ Horncastle Arena
Supporting Faith No More, Christchurch, Tickets

13/05 @ Entertainment Centre
Supporting Faith No More, Brisbane, Tickets

15/05 @ Qudos Bank Arena
Supporting Faith No More, Sydney, Tickets

16/05 @ Rod Laver Arena
Supporting Faith No More, Melbourne, Tickets

18/05 @ Entertainment Centre
Supporting Faith No More, Adelaide, Tickets

20/05 @ RAC Arena
Supporting Faith No More, Perth, Tickets

Listen to RVG’s ‘Alexandra’ below.

CHITRA SHARES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO 'LEAVING' + ANNOUNCES DEBUT EP RELEASE DATE

Melbourne's Chitra premiered her brand new single, 'Leaving' on Triple J's Home and Hosed with Declan Byrne last week. Declan had some beautiful observations of the song:

"I find it cruisey and beautiful and relaxing but when you listen to those lyrics, they're personal, they're sometimes heavy. Sort of feels breezy and you listen carefully and you're like Ooh shit, it sounds so gorgeous and beautiful but you listen and you sort of peer a bit deeper and there's real emotion on display here" 

~ Listen to 'Leaving' here ~
 

Today she shares an accompanying video for 'Leaving' directed by good friend and creative collaborator Nick McKinlay (Julia Jacklin, Stella Donnelly, Teskey Brothers) along with details for the release of her debut EP.

The song's video features Chitra reflecting on projected moments and memories - a beautiful visual for the feverish feelings the song elicits. 

Chitra also announced today that she will be releasing her long awaited, self-titled, debut EP on 28th February 2020. Chitra's EP squeezes the juice out of country, indie-rock and pop and turns it into a zesty new taste of woozy intimacy. Covering deeply complex narratives of unspoken thoughts, self preservation and figuring-it-all-out, Chitra catches the listener off guard. Though things sound breezy, the deeper observations on the EP are astute and rich.

Check out the music video for ‘Leaving’ down below.

ELIZABETH ANNOUNCES MELBOURNE ALBUM LAUNCH AS PART OF BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL + SHARES PARTIES (ALICE IVY REMIX)

Today Elizabeth announces her Melbourne album launch show for The Wonderful World of Nature at Estonian House on Monday 16th March, as a part of Brunswick Music Festival.  Support for this show will come from powerhouses Eilish Gilligan, Katie Dey and Chitra.

This launch will join the shows already announced in Sydney and Brisbane, as well as appearances at the Grampians Music Festival and Meadow Music Festival to make up the Australian leg of The Wonderful World of Nature Album Tour.  Tickets for these very special shows are available now, all links below.

Today Elizabeth also shares a glitter-soaked remix of her track parties courtesy of Alice Ivy on Pilerats. You can read more about the collaboration with both artists and how the remix came about here
 

You can listen to 'parties (Alice Ivy remix)' here

 
The remix provides the glamour-tragic, cinematic beauty of parties a new veil of smoke and haze for the club environment. Elizabeth's cathartic and bittersweet imagery of crying in the club paired with the vibrant dayglo sounds of Alice Ivy make for a perfect combo – the club as both celebratory and melancholy. Two sides of the emotionally spinning coin. Alice Ivy's remix leaves a bruise where the original parties left a wound.

Of working with Elizabeth on the remix, Alice Ivy said “I still remember the first time I heard Elizabeth singing, it was a Sunday morning at Meredith Music Festival and she completely cured my hangover! I was stoked to be able to flip ‘’parties’’ into a little dance remix.”

The remix's accompanying video was beautifully crafted by Elizabeth's ex-wife Xanthe Dobbie - a Melbourne and Sydney based new media artist and curator. Their practice aims to capture the experience of post-internet contemporaneity and the visuals provide the perfect accompaniment to the glistening remix.

For the first month of release, all proceeds from the download of parties (Alice Ivy remix) via Bandcamp will be split between The Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities and Wildlife Victoria.

Music Video | Elizabeth - parties (Alice Ivy remix) Listen to 'parties (Alice Ivy remix) - https://ourgoldenfriend.lnk.to/PartiesAliceIvy Video by: Elizabeth & Xanthe Dobbie FOLLOW ELIZABETH: Website - https://www.elizabethmusic.club Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/elizabethmusicband/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/elizabethmusic___/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/elizabeth___hi Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4PeDuiJ3tM8So1Ai7c5szN?si=TaV1xc6hT4uSjl61x8kqbQ Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/au/artist/elizabeth/724028420 Released by Our Golden Friend/ Universal Music Australia

Saturday February 29 ~ Grampians Music Festival, VIC
w/ Julia Jacklin, Ecca Vandal, These New South Whales, DRMNGNOW + more. tickets

Friday March 6 ~ The Vanguard, Sydney - tickets

Saturday March 7 ~ Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane - tickets

Monday March 16 ~ Brunswick Music Festival
Estonian House, Melbourne - tickets

Saturday March 28 ~ Meadow Music Festival, VIC
w/ Angie McMahon, Rolling Blackouts CF, Frankie Cosmos + more. tickets

GOOD MORNING ANNOUNCE FIRST UK & EURO TOUR IN 3 YEARS + RETURN USA TOUR IN 2020 INCLUDING SXSW

Today Good Morning - the Melbourne-based recording project of Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons - announce their first UK & European Tour in 3 years. In March 2020 the beloved songwriting duo will take their four-piece live band across the Oceanic seas and into Europe.

Stops will include Paris, Rotterdam, Berlin & London where the band will transcend language and culture to bring their laid back, intimate melodies to the world's 6th largest continent. The band will perform at two festivals in the midst of their intimate club shows during the tour - Motel Mozaique in Rotterdam and Manchester festival Sounds From The Other City.

These shows will be the band's first shows in Europe in 3 years - the band have plenty of new notches on their belts in the form of a sold out show at Melbourne's Howler for their surprise/secret pre-album launch show last year and a string of sold out shows on their debut visit to America. 

In addition to the band's Euro-trip they are super excited to announce that they will return to the United States & Mexico for another headline tour in February & March 2020 prior to trekking off to Europe. Four additional dates have been added in Phoenix, Dallas, Albuquerque and Reno, tickets for which be found below. The band will also make special appearances at San Francisco's Noise Pop Festival and Austin's prestigious music industry conference SXSW.

Full Good Morning tour dates and ticket information can be found below!

GOOD MORNING UPCOMING TOUR DATES

USA & MEXICO TOUR 2020!
Fri. Feb. 28 - Noise Pop Festival, San Francisco, CA @ Starline Social Club tickets
Fri. Mar. 6 - Mexico City, MX @ Baja Circuito tickets
Mon. Mar. 9 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar tickets
Tue. Mar. 10 - Garden Grove, CA @ Garden Amp tickets
Fri. Mar. 13 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar tickets
Sat. Mar. 14 - Alburquerqe, NM @ Sister Bar
Sun. Mar. 15 - Dallas, TX @Three Links tickets
Mon. Mar. 16 - Thu. Mar. 19 - Austin, TX @ SXSW tickets
Sun. Mar. 22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teregram tickets
Mon. Mar. 23 - Sacremento, CA @ Harlow's tickets
Tues. Mar. 24 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project tickets
Wed. Mar. 25 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios tickets
Thu. Mar. 26 - Seattle, WA @ Back Bar of Crocodile tickets

UK & EUROPEAN TOUR 2020!
Tue. Apr. 14 - Paris @ La Boule Noire tickets
Thu. Apr. 16 - Brussels @ Witloof Bar tickets
Fri. Apr. 17 - Rotterdam @ Motel Mozaique tickets
Sat. Apr. 18 - Koln @ Acephale tickets
Sun. Apr. 19 - Berlin @ Kantine Am Berghain tickets 
Mon. Apr. 20 - Hamburg @ Aalhaus tickets
Tue. Apr. 21 - Copenhagen @ Alice
Wed. Apr. 22 - Aarhus @ Tape
Sat. Apr. 25 - Groningen @ Vera tickets
Mon. Apr. 27 - London @ Oslo tickets
Tue. Apr. 28 - Brighton @ Latest Music Bar tickets
Thu. Apr. 30 - Glasgow @ Broadcast tickets
Fri. May. 1 - Cardiff @ Clwb Ifor Bach tickets
Sat. May. 2 - Manchester @ Sounds From The Other City tickets

GOOD MORNING ANNOUNCE FIRST EVER AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR + RETURN USA TOUR IN 2020 INCLUDING SXSW

Today Good Morning - the Melbourne-based recording project of Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons - announce their first ever full Australian Headline Tour. In February 2020 the beloved songwriting duo will take their four piece live band all the way around Australia including stops at Ballarat, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Sydney and Canberra with more dates to be added in the coming weeks. These shows will be the band's first shows in Australia since they sold out Melbourne's Howler for their surprise/secret pre-album launch show in September. Full tour dates and ticket information can be found below.

After playing a string of sold out shows on their debut visit to America in October & November this year, Good Morning are super excited to announce that they will return to the United States & Mexico for another headline tour in February & March 2020. The band will also make special appearances at San Francisco's Noise Pop Festival and Austin's prestigious music industry conference SXSW. For a full recap on Good Morning's USA tour this year you can check out the reddit AMA the band completed whilst on tour HERE.

This year saw Good Morning release two full length albums out into the world, first The Option which was released in March and then very quickly followed up with the iconic Basketball Breakups in October.

Full Good Morning tour dates and ticket information can be found below

GOOD MORNING UPCOMING TOUR DATES

AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2020!
Sat. Jan. 25 – Ballarat @ The Eastern  tickets
Sun. Feb 2 - Brisbane @ Black Bear Lodge tickets
Fri. Feb. 7 - Melbourne @ Thornbury Theatre tickets
Sat. Feb. 8 - Adelaide @ Swirl Fest tickets
Thu. Feb. 13 - Fremantle @ Mojo’s tickets
Thu. Feb. 20 - Sydney @ Marrickville Bowling Club tickets
Sat. Feb. 22 - Canberra @ Sideway tickets

USA & MEXICO TOUR 2020!
Fri. Feb. 28 - Noise Pop Festival, San Francisco, CA @ Starline Social Club tickets
Fri. Mar. 6 - Mexico City, MX @ Baja Circuito tickets
Mon. Mar. 9 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar tickets
Tue. Mar. 10 - OC, CA @ Garden Amp tickets
Mon. Mar. 16 - Austin, TX @ SXSW tickets
Tue. Mar. 17 - Austin, TX @ SXSW tickets
Wed. Mar. 18 - Austin, TX @ SXSW tickets
Thu. Mar. 19 - Austin, TX @ SXSW tickets
Sun. Mar. 22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Telegram tickets
Wed. Mar. 25 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios tickets
Thu. Mar. 26 - Seattle, WA @ Back Bar of Crocodile tickets

ELIZABETH ANNOUNCES 'THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF NATURE' ALBUM TOUR

Today Elizabeth announces shows in Sydney and Brisbane, as well as an appearance at the Grampians Music Festival, the first round shows for The Wonderful World of Nature Album Tour.

Pre-sale tickets for these very special Sydney and Brisbane shows are available for Elizabeth's mailing list subscribers today, with general sale beginning at 9am this Monday November 18 – keep an eye on the Facebook events for tickets, and for the announcement of special guests!

Saturday February 29 ~ Grampians Music Festival
w/ Julia Jacklin, Ecca Vandal, These New South Whales, DRMNGNOW + more. Tickets.

Friday March 6 ~ The Vanguard, Sydney
Tickets on sale this Monday Nov 18 - Tickets

Saturday March 7 ~ Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
Tickets on sale this Monday Nov 18 - Tickets

POPPONGENE SHARES NEW SINGLE 'WET TOWEL'

Today Poppongene shares 'Wet Towel', the third single taken from her upcoming EP. Produced in collaboration with Tim Harvey (Real Feelings, Jade Imagine, Emma Louise), “Wet Towel” is a pop elegy for a relationship, frustrated but ultimately accepting.

Of the song, Poppongene says:
Wet Towel describes the disconnect and parallel release at the end of a relationship. It’s a punchy and sparse song about the multitude of feelings loss brings. At its core, Wet Towel snapshots the frustration of not being able to help someone you love - and the bittersweet realisation that you’re not responsible for anyone other than yourself

Wet Towel will have its radio premiere tonight on Triple R's Out On The Patio. Poppongene graced the Bigsound stages this year, and played a dream supporting set opening for Lucy Dacus. Sophie from the band recently caught up with Nick from Sunbeam Sound Machine over at Trouble Juice!

Originally from Byron Bay, Sophie Treloar is now based in Melbourne, and plays as Poppongene both solo and with a five-piece band, with Skube Burnell, Gemma Helms, Justin Kuchel, and  Deanna Ramsey. Off the back of the success of her first three singles, Poppongene has played significant shows, supporting Lucy Dacus (US), Weyes Blood (US), and Slow Dancer. 
 

~ Listen to Wet Towel here ~

RVG ANNOUNCE SUPPORTS FOR AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR

Melbourne's RVG have announced a string of Australian headline shows this November and December, and today they announce the special guests joining them at each show, including the likes of Rabbit Island, Babey, and Native Cats. Currently on tour through Europe with Tropical Fuck Storm, after playing a packed-out showcase at Reeperbahn in Germany, the band will return to Australia for their first ever national headline tour, playing shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Fremantle, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Wollongong.

Having just wrapped up a Europe tour with UK electro-punks Sleaford Mods, RVG released “Alexandra” earlier this year, the first single since their inimitable debut album A Quality of Mercy. Since releasing their first album to critical acclaim and audience adoration, RVG have made huge strides at home and internationally: the band played an iconic set at Meredith Music Festival, travelled Europe and the UK with Shame (UK), toured the US with Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, played shows in Australia with Kurt Vile (US), showcased at South By Southwest and played headline shows in New York and LA, performed at Denmark’s renowned Roskilde festival, and played a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session, hosted by Huw Stephens. ‘Alexandra’ was only the first taste of new music from RVG: produced by Victor van Vugt (PJ Harvey, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Beth Orton, The Triffids), and recorded in Melbourne, ‘Alexandra’ signals the next stage in RVG’s thrilling trajectory.

Click here for tickets to RVG's upcoming national headline tour, available now!