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SPILL NEW MUSIC: AVALON STONE UNLEASHES “SHAKING ME UP” – AN ANTHEM OF EMOTIONAL TURMOIL AND DEFIANCE

AVALON STONE UNLEASHES “SHAKING ME UP” – AN ANTHEM OF EMOTIONAL TURMOIL AND DEFIANCE A JOURNEY FROM EMOTIONAL TURMOIL TO A FIERCE, ALMOST REBELLIOUS AWAKENING Avalon Stone, one of Canada’s promising alt-rock talents, has just released her latest single, “Shaking Me Up,” and the track, produced by JUNO Award-winning Kevin Dietz, delves into the depths […]

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A. Savage Announces 2024 Australian Tour

A. Savage. | CREDIT: Scott Legato/Getty Images.

A. Savage has announced a run of Australian tour dates, set to take place in November 2024. The Parquet Courts frontman will be performing solo in Australia for the first time, marking his return after his band’s visit in July 2022 for both Splendour In The Grass and select headlining shows. The full run of solo tour dates, as well as ticketing information, can be accessed below.

Prior to the full tour announcement today (July 23rd), Savage had been announced on the line-up for the regional Victorian festival Town Folk. Set to take place in Castlemaine in mid-November, Savage will join the likes of The Teskey Brothers, Marlon Williams and Grace Cummings on the bill.

A. Savage – ‘Elvis In The Army’

Savage first toured Australia over a decade ago, arriving in the country with Parquet Courts in January of 2014. There, he played with the band at that year’s Laneway Festival. Parquet would return for a one-off appearance six months later at that year’s Splendour In The Grass before returning for Golden Plains in February 2015 and again over the 2016/17 new-year period while performing at that year’s Falls Festival.

Later in 2017, Savage released his debut solo album Thawing Dawn. The band returned to Laneway Festival in 2019. Savage’s most recent release, The Loft Sessions EP, was released in April 2024.

A. Savage 2024 Australian Tour

Friday, November 15th – Howler, Melbourne VIC

Saturday, November 16th – Sunken Oval, Castlemaine VIC*

Wednesday, November 20th – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney NSW

Friday, November 22nd – Season Three, Brisbane QLD

Saturday, November 23rd – The Sound Doctor, Anglesea VIC

* – Town Folk Festival

Tickets are on sale now via Mistletone.

Further Reading

Parquet Courts Talk Philosophy In Songwriting & Australia’s “Inspiring” Music Scene

Here Are The Top 50 Albums Of 2018, According To Double J

UK Indie-Rockers Yard Act Announce 2024 Australian Tour Dates

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Track: Charlie Lane battles herself in her new single ‘I Hate Me’ – a raw and bittersweet paean to self doubt.

After the indie pop jaunt of earlier single ‘Dance With You’ (premiered by Backseat Mafia here) , the irrepressible Charlie Lane returns with ‘I Hate Me’: a far more pared down and reflective single that explores self doubt and the attendant anxieties with a raw authenticity. The emotions are expressed by a pounding insistent percussive beat, spidery frail guitars that drape across the sonic landscape and Lane’s velvet vocals that are infused with a sense of aching, regret and longing.

The feelings expressed are immediately identifiable and, while personal, eminently universal:

Hey, I hate me
I make plans with my friends
And then I cancel on them
Because I hate me
This social anxiety is wrapped up around me like a vine
I’m not fine
So I take it out on you, and then blame me
Because hey
I hate me

Lane’s expression is uniquely antipodean in delivery – adding a tangible veracity and aching beauty to the expression. The accompanying video is close and intimate, an immersive performance that is as raw as the song:

‘I Hate Me’ is out now and available to download and stream here. Lane’s debut album ‘I’m OK Now, But I Wasn’t’ will be released in later this year.

Feature Photograph: Marcus Beach-Pier

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Isabella&Sebastian share new single & video, ‘Hopscotch’

Memphis-based, rising indie pop duo Isabella&Sebastian have unleashed their new single and video, ‘Hopscotch.’

Airy, saccharine vocals float over an infectious drum beat of whimsy pop wonder, weaving lyrics that detail a strained relationship marked by a desperate yearning for stability and a relentless pursuit of their partner, despite enduring continuous heartbreak.

“‘Hopscotch’ describes an on-and-off partner who toys with their significant other solely for their own entertainment,” the band expands. “The singer is desperate for stability and continuously chases after their partner despite the amount of heartbreak they have caused her. It’s a torturous cycle for her and a twisted game for her partner.”

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Isabella&Sebastian share new single & video, ‘Hopscotch’

Memphis-based, rising indie pop duo Isabella&Sebastian have unleashed their new single and video, ‘Hopscotch.’

Airy, saccharine vocals float over an infectious drum beat of whimsy pop wonder, weaving lyrics that detail a strained relationship marked by a desperate yearning for stability and a relentless pursuit of their partner, despite enduring continuous heartbreak.

“‘Hopscotch’ describes an on-and-off partner who toys with their significant other solely for their own entertainment,” the band expands. “The singer is desperate for stability and continuously chases after their partner despite the amount of heartbreak they have caused her. It’s a torturous cycle for her and a twisted game for her partner.”

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