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Aaron Frazer Releases New Single/Video “Time Will Tell”

From New Album
Into The Blue
Out June 28th Via Dead Oceans

Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Frazer releases a new single/video, “Time Will Tell,” from his sophomore solo album, Into the Blue, out June 28th via Dead Oceans.

On the heels of his double lead single “Payback” b/w “Into the Blue,” “Time Will Tell’” sees Frazer plaintively considering the end of a relationship, “trying to figure out / how love went from sweet to sour.” “There are moments of a breakup where it’s like ‘wow it’s really happening’—when the art comes down off the walls, you know it’s over-over,” says Frazer. “’Time Will Tell’ encapsulates that feeling of being at a crossroad, unsure if you chose the right path. It’s very autobiographical.”

The video was directed by Aaron Frazer and Marielle Co and filmed by three cats, Georgie, Ginger, and Gigi, who capture a cat’s POV of Frazer singing the track around a house while playing around with them, ending with Frazer talking to one, saying “I feel like you get me.”


Photo Credit: Rosie Cohe

Following Frazer’s lauded 2021 Dan Auerbach-produced debut, Into The Blue is expansive—a daring blend of soul, psychedelia, spaghetti western, disco, gospel and hip-hop, representing the impressive range of Frazer’s sonic talents. “It’s the clearest portrait of who I am as an artist,” Frazer says of the album, which sees him maintaining the unmistakable falsetto and classic songwriting he’s known for but with a hip-hop mentality at its core, weaving together genres and production techniques to plant Into The Blue firmly in the now.

Spurred by the end of a long relationship, Frazer moved cross-country from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and embarked on a journey that’s reflected in the album’s themes of grief, loneliness, and searching for healing. Featuring moments of towering arrangements, recalling David Axelrod and Ennio Merricone, Into The Blue is balanced by rawness, incorporating iPhone recordings and one-take vocals. Frazer enlisted Grammy-winner Alex Goose as co-producer for the album, known for his crate-digging samples and collaborations with hip-hop artists like Freddie Gibbs, Madlib and Brockhampton. Frazer also experimented with samples for the first time on a record, drawing from unexpected sources like 90s R&B group Hi-Five.

Though Into The Blue is born out of heartbreak, Frazer hopes it leaves listeners with a sense of optimism. “You know, you can still laugh on a day when you’re grieving,” he says, “there’s no peaks without valleys,” but Into The Blue sees Aaron Frazer at new heights.

Pre-order Into The Blue

Into The Blue Tracklist
1. Thinking Of You
2. Into The Blue
3. Fly Away
4. Payback
5. Dime feat. Cancamusa
6. Perfect Strangers
7. Time Will Tell
8. I Don’t Wanna Stay
9. Play On
10. Easy To Love
11. The Fool

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Banks Arcade Announce Brand New EP ‘A Muse’ Due Out June 28 & Shares New Single ‘Heartstop’

BANKS ARCADE
ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW EP
A MUSE DUE OUT JUNE 28

BAND SHARES NEW SINGLE
HEARTSTOP

TOURING NATIONALLY THIS MAY

An enticing continuation of their earlier works, today Banks Arcade return with the announcement of a brand new EP, A Muse, due out on June 28 via UNFD.

Evolving from the darker sides explored on their recent DEATH 2 EP, released in February, A Muse finds the New Zealand-hailing, Melbourne-based quartet shedding the expected and instead flourishing between moments of searing rock, towering hooks, dance beats and fresh explorations into heavy surrounds.

A deeply personal extension of DEATH 2‘s chaos and sonic metamorphosis, today’s announcement of A Muse is also accompanied by the brand new single Heartstop; a swaggering, guitar-driven breakup anthem balanced with audacious grit and potent gloss, with the track premiering on New Zealand’s #1 rock station The Rock.

Heartstop is a sassy breakup rock anthem, the band shares of their latest single. It’s got a bit of ‘f*** you’ to it, but really it’s just a fun song that was made to make people dance and forget about that asshole that broke their heart.

Offering a memorable companion to their recent new single Self Help, also taken from the forthcoming A Muse EP, Heartstop readily wears its heart on its sleeve with infectious abandon, with vocalist Joshua O’Donnell powerfully declaring, “I like the way that I move / When I’m not hung up on you” alongside a sauntering chorus backdrop. And it’s this very notion of strength in vulnerability that carries throughout A Muse, from the vehement urgency of opening track Alive through to the moody ferocity of No Future and beyond.

Ruminating on their upcoming new EP, the band share: “A Muse follows on from DEATH 2 in a much more vulnerable way. It covers a lot of personal issues from relationships to internal struggles and in each song I tried to speak with my own voice as much as possible as opposed to the more abstract stuff on DEATH 2.”

Via DEATH 2, Banks Arcade didn’t merely build on their previously-established trademark sound; rather, it catapulted their heady blend of hard rock, electronic and metal into an entirely new sonic stratosphere, while also expressing the darkest and heaviest side of the quartet to date.

A band who always wanted to make history, Banks Arcade bring passion and potent execution to their myriad of influences and creative ideas. Formed over a shared love of music with a razor-sharp avant-garde aesthetic, Banks Arcade have always teetered on modernity; a fact displayed firmly on their 2018 debut EP Endnote, its 2020 follow up Fever Dreams, and the group’s head-turning singles Roses and Drown, both of which have gone on to amass well over 2 million individual streams.

Releasing their full-length Future Lovers in 2022, Banks Arcade cemented their future-facing trademark style while also turning heads courtesy of their emphatic soundscapes, searing metal and hip hop additions.

Fresh off the back of releasing DEATH 2in February, Banks Arcade also supported metalcore titans Northlane nationally alongside ERRA and Landmvrks that same month. And after two years of non-stop touring, Banks Arcade will also hit the road in New Zealand and Australia with a brand new live show this May, with the Death 2 A Muse Tour set to compile the band’s best work to date.

For Banks Arcade in 2024, DEATH 2 was only the beginning. Don’t miss a moment of what happens next.

HEARTSTOP – OUT NOW
https://banksarcade.lnk.to/AMuse

A MUSE – OUT JUNE 28
https://banksarcade.lnk.to/AMuse

A MUSE TRACK LISTING:
01. Alive
02. Heartstop
03. Faded AF
04. Lost Cause
05. No Future
06. Self Help

New World Artists Presents

BANKS ARCADE
DEATH 2 A MUSE TOUR 2024

FRIDAY 17 MAY 2024 – TUNING FORK, AUCKLAND
SATURDAY 18 MAY 2024 – SAN FRAN, WELLINGTON
SUNDAY 19 MAY 2024 – DARKROOM, CHRISTCHURCH
THURSDAY 23 MAY 2024 – LION ARTS FACTORY, ADELAIDE
FRIDAY 24 MAY 2024 – MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
SATURDAY 25 MAY 2024 – CROW BAR, SYDNEY
SUNDAY 26 MAY 2024 – THE ZOO, BRISBANE

Tickets from banksarcade.com

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Good Neighbours Announce Debut Australia Shows For This June

British viral wunderkinds Good Neighbours today announce their debut Australian shows this June.

The duo kick off their tour at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on Tuesday June 25 before heading to Brisbane’s Outpost on Thursday June 27 and concluding at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel on Saturday June 29.

Tickets for all shows go on sale 10am this Friday 10th May.

For complete tour and ticket information visit livenation.com.au.

Good Neighbours AKA Scott and Oli leapt onto the global scene from their East London studio in January of this year with debut single and viral sensation Home – a tender yet triumphant track that has since racked up over 160 million streams, peaked at number 21 in the ARIA Singles Chart and received extensive radio play across the country. The boys have since followed up with the equally infectious Keep It Up, with plenty more releases on the horizon.

A band born out of small towns and spare time, Good Neighbours first started out of Scott and Oli’s desire to make something positive and unpolished in a music scene where everything felt mellow and intimate. Throughout 2023, they began making music for the love of it with an urge to rekindle early 2000’s sounds of the likes of Passion Pit and MGMT, a nod to classic songwriting and raucous production and inspiration from A24, friendship, and a cinematic approach to making music.

Good Neighbours are wasting no time capturing the world’s attention – don’t miss their exciting debut shows down under.

GOOD NEIGHBOURS
AUSTRALIA 2024

TUESDAY 25 JUNE – OXFORD ART FACTORY, SYDNEY

THURSDAY 27 JUNE – OUTPOST, BRISBANE

SATURDAY 29 JUNE – CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 10TH MAY AT 10AM

For complete tour and ticket information, visit livenation.com.au

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Reliqa Release Video For New Single ‘Dying Light’. Debut Album ‘Secrets Of The Future’ Due Out Friday 31 May

RELIQA
RELEASE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE
DYING LIGHT

DEBUT ALBUMSECRETS OF THE FUTURE
DUE OUT FRIDAY 31 MAY

TOURING NATIONALLY THIS JUNE

Fast-rising Australian metallers Reliqa have released a video for their new single, Dying Light, the third cut to be taken from their upcoming debut album, Secrets of the Future, which sees a 31st May release via Greyscale Records and Nuclear Blast Records.

Vocalist Monique Pym comments: “Dying Light is your last taste of the album before we go full send on May 31st. This one is all about the attitude – it’s got a level of sass and femininity that we haven’t explored before, with a dirty, riffy groove to keep it grounded. I think this song really completes the picture alongside Terminal and Killstar for how many diverse kinds of sounds we’ve managed to pack into the record.”

A lush, diverse and sci-fi-hued collection of songs that traverse fleeting moments of the human experience, Secrets of the Future also possesses a melting pot of stylistic inspiration, with elements spanning melodic metalcore through to contemporary rap, K-Pop, J-Metal, atmospheric pop, modern progressive metal as well as more traditional rock and metal.

With Secrets of the Future, Reliqa aren’t merely gazing at what’s to come; instead, they conjure it with poise and finesse, unpacking a rich and vivid tapestry that explores political injustice on tracks like Killstar (The Cold World), finding power in femininity on Sariah, as well as oscillating spotlights on the inner push-and-pull between protest and acceptance of reality.

Defying genre labels and harnessing their potent sonic identity in the heavy music landscape over the years, Reliqa have evolved from being “ones to watch” into an act destined for genuine greatness.

Whether dazzling onstage supporting the likes of Spiritbox, Halestorm, Sevendust, BABYMETAL or Northlane, whipping festival crowds into a frenzy or headlining their own shows, Reliqa never cease to enamour in a live setting alongside multiple singles commanding over 2 million individual streams, including Doomed and Mr. Magic.

Most recently flexing their nuanced take on heavy modernity with their 2022 EP I Don’t Know What I Am, Reliqa brandished dark grooves, layered soundscapes, electronic flourishes and more. I Don’t Know What I Am may have initially stemmed from the group themselves and the broader music industry being unable to categorise Reliqa‘s unique and immersive stylings; but ultimately, it’s the group’s bold and boundless sense of self that radically sets Reliqa apart from your standard heavy act.

Facing the future to their impending new album and fresh off supporting American rock powerhouses Halesform for their Knotfest Australia 2024 headline sideshows, Reliqa will embark on their Secrets Of The Future Tour this June, with three headline shows in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney alongside supports RinRin, as well as a performance supporting Caligula’s Horse in Adelaide and an appearance at Never Had So Much Fun in Gosford alongside RedHook, Tiali and many more.

In 2024, the secret is out, the future is now; and its name is Reliqa.

PRE-ORDER + PRE-SAVE SECRETS OF THE FUTURE HERE

RELIQA ARE:
Miles Knox – Bass | Benjamin Knox – Drums
Monique Pym – Vocals | Brandon Lloyd – Guitars

SECRETS OF THE FUTURE TRACK LISTING:
01. Dying Light
02. Carve
03. Killstar (The Cold World)
04. The Flower
05. Sariah
06. Terminal
07. Keep Yourself Awake
08. Crossfire
09. Physical
10. Two Steps Apart
11. A Spark
12. Upside Down

Destroy All Lines + Open Door Mgmt Presents

RELIQA

SECRETS OF THE FUTURE TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
RINRIN

FRIDAY 14 JUNE 2024 – UNIBAR, ADELAIDE 18+*
SATURDAY 15 JUNE 2024 – BERGY BANDROOM, MELBOURNE 18+
THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2024 – BLACK BEAR LODGE, BRISBANE 18+
SATURDAY 22 JUNE – BOOTLEGGERS, SYDNEY 18+
SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2024 – DRIFTERS WHARF, GOSFORD LIC AA ^

*w/ Caligula’s Horse, RinRin not appearing
^ Never Had So Much Fun Fest, RinRin not appearing

TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Tickets from Tickets from destroyalllines.com

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PSYCROPTIC Announce August Tour Dates

Tasmania’s Psycroptic has joined forces with Destroy All Lines Agency for all Australian bookings and to celebrate, this August they will take a break from the studio to get back out on the road to play their only remaining shows of 2024! The legendary metal pioneers are currently hard at work ensuring their ninth full-length album, the follow up to 2022’s brilliant Divine Council, will be their most refined and fierce work yet. Catch them headlining the Necrosonic and Electric Eye Heavy Fests in Brisbane and Perth, and Perth, and stay tuned for stacked line-ups of killer all-Australian supports on their own headline shows.

Formed in Hobart in 1999, Psycroptic is indisputable in their legendary status as leaders of forward-thinking extreme metal. Rooted in technical death metal, recent records have seen the band explore many avenues of adjacent sounds to carry their unique identity to absolutely mind-melting heights. With brothers Dave and Joe Haley the creative core of the band since its inception, vocalist Jason Peppiat and bassist Todd Stern round out their most formidable form, and an endless devotion to technical wizardry and clever songwriting has seen the unit become a staple of the global circuit, having torn it up all around the world with acts such as Carcass, Whitechapel, Obituary, Aborted, Archspire, Thy Art Is Murder, and countless other iconic names, while releasing records through heavy metal institutions Willowtip, Nuclear Blast, and Prosthetic Records. With 2022’s spellbinding Divine Council album now firmly behind them, the band is presently hard at work on ensuring their ninth full-length leaves all that have come before in the dust.

DESTROY ALL LINES & DIRECT MERCH PRESENTS

PSYCROPTIC
AUSTRALIA 2024

FRIDAY AUGUST 16 – SINGING BIRD STUDIOS, FRANKSTON

SATURDAY AUGUST 17 – THE EVELYN HOTEL, MELBOURNE

FRIDAY AUGUST 23 – THE ROYAL OAK, LAUNCESTON

SATURDAY AUGUST 24 – ALTAR, HOBART

FRIDAY AUGUST 30 – CROWBAR, SYDNEY

SATURDAY AUGUST 31 – NECROSONIC FESTIVAL, BRISBANE

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15 – ELECTRIC EYE HEAVY FEST, PERTH

ALL SHOWS ON SALE NOW:
https://www.psycroptic.com/

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ANDREW STRONG Announces September 2024 Australian Tour – Performing THE COMMITMENTS Soundtrack in Full

ANDREW STRONG Performs THE COMMITMENTS Soundtrack in Full 2024 Australian Tour

ANDREW STRONG, the Irish Singer and Actor finally returns to Australia for the first time since 2018 to perform THE COMMITMENTS iconic Soundtrack in Full.

ANDREW STRONG, the Irish Singer and Actor finally returns to Australia for the first time since 2018 to perform THE COMMITMENTS iconic Soundtrack in Full.

Born into a musical family, Strong who was only 18 at the time, is best known for his portrayal of Deco Cuffe in the 1991 Global hit movie The Commitments. With a career spanning over three decades, Strong continues to captivate audiences, selling out shows wherever he goes, with his soulful performances and dynamic presence and breathing nostalgia into such world-wide hits from the Soundtrack such as ‘Mustang Sally’, ‘Take Me to A River’, ‘Chain of Fools’, ‘Take Me to The River’ and More

THE COMMITMENTS was a film which captured many a phenomenon, though none more resounding than the talents of ANDREW STRONG. It was a dive into the gritty underground scene of Northside Dublin in the 1980s, one highlighted by a time of social unrest.

A huge commercial success in its own right; THE COMMITMENTS soundtrack spent 51 weeks in the ARIA Top 40 peaking at #1. It has sold well over 12 million copies world-wide and collected a string of major awards including 4 BAFTAS’s and a Grammy nomination.

ANDREW STRONG’s upcoming tour will be an unforgettable night for fans of THE COMMITMENTS film and its soundtrack, which celebrated the soul influenced sounds of Dublin. Strong’s powerful vocals and charismatic stage presence made him a standout in the film, and now audiences can once again relive the magic of one of the greatest soundtracks of all time.

“He sings like a Guinness-soaked angel” (glam Adelaide)

“Nothing is better than seeing an awesome singer backed by a big six-piece band who were super tight and had all the moves and grooves” (Hi Fi Way)

“Andrew Strong’s voice, as powerful as it was in ‘The Commitments’ over two decades ago, has aged like fine whiskey on oak, delivering a soulful and unforgettable performance” (100% Rock)

Watch the tour trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr5kHEXgQdw

Andrew Strong September 2024 Australian Tour Dates

Wednesday 4TH September ADELAIDE, The Gov

Saturday 7TH September PERTH, Freo Social

Wednesday 11TH September BRISBANE, The Tivoli

Friday 13TH September SYDNEY, Metro Theatre

Saturday 14TH September MELBOURNE, Northcote Theatre

Tickets:

Pre-sale: Thursday 9th May, 9am Local time
General Public: Monday 13th May, 9am Local time

From: https://metropolistouring.com/andrew-strong-2024/

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Female Fronted CineMetal Discovery Ammify Signs Deal With International Label Wormholedeath

Emerging West Australian outfit Ammify has announced that they have signed with Italian-based metal label, Wormholedeath, who will oversee global marketing and digital distribution for their forthcoming debut album, Lost, Not Hiding.

Featuring the musical pairing of Ammy Phoenix (vocals/lyrics) and Pete Renzullo (music/production) Lost, Not Hiding makes its way through the heavier genres. Still, the duo has themselves described it best as CineMetal.

“I am so excited that Wormholedeath is taking us on as a band!” says Ammy.

“I have never been more proud of any project as I am of Ammify, and I am so happy that thanks to Wormholedeath, we get to put it out for people to hear. There’s nothing quite like being able to share a piece of yourself like this and I really hope it makes people feel understood in a way they really need to be.”

The cinematic lyrics and crushing soundscapes of Lost, Not Hiding speak like a song cycle of those who have been beaten down by life, by love, by relationships and by society… but not broken. And clearly resolute.

That it is the first album from Ammy and Pete is beyond impressive, the deep artistic connection between the two already speaks to the ages.

Part of the Warner Music and Sony Orchard Group, Wormholedeath has offices through Europe, the US, Japan, and Australia, distributing worldwide metal music, gothic metal, symphonic metal, and thrash metal.

“They said it was a very powerful album and they mentioned Ammy’s voice, of course,” Pete says. “They were just very impressed that the style was quite unique. One of the guys said that we’ve managed to find our own universe and that of the artists they’ve previously signed, nothing like this has come across before.

“Ultimately for me, the biggest thing about getting signed to a label is that they see what we have created here, which was essentially a passion project. As Ammy and I were writing the album we were saying, ‘There’s something about this’. The fact that an international label has found value in this is really exciting and just so promising.”

“Lost, Not Hiding” is released internationally by Wormholedeath on June 14th, 2024.

Connect with the band:
www.facebook.com/ammifymusic

“Lost, Not Hiding” cover and tracklist

01. Homesick
02. Coward’s Way Out
03. The Truth Will Set You Free
04. Favourite
05. Hey! You! (Over And Over)
06. Evaporate
07. The King Of Always Wanting More
08. Fluffy Little Rats
09. Grief
10. Involuntarily Celibate
11. Ready, Set, Let Go
12. The Canary
13. Run And Hide

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SWEET Announce ”The Farewell Tour – Greatest Hits” Australia November 2024

SWEET ‘’The Farewell Tour – Greatest Hits’’ Australia November 2024

The SWEET Farewell Tour performing all their timeless Greatest Hits including Ballroom Blitz, Fox of the Run, Love is Like Oxygen, Wig Wam Bam, Blockbuster, Teenage Rampage, Hell Raiser, Action + More

Few bands typified the Seventies as much as SWEET. The Glam rockers are a National British Treasure and a Rock Music Phenomena that took Australia by storm having 13 Top 50 Hits in Australia including two Number Ones. The Golden Thread that links the past through to the present and into the future is Andy Scott. The band today has an illustrious pedigree recreating “live” the high energy and soaring vocals associated with the SWEET sound that is the band’s trademark. SWEET are Andy Scott – Guitar and Vocals, Paul Manzi – Lead vocals, Bruce Bisland – Drums and Vocals and Lee Small – Bass Guitar and Vocals.

Journey back to the Seventies for a night of pure nostalgia as the SWEET perform all their timeless Greatest Hits on their Farewell Tour of Australia

“The Sweet delivered a hit-filled set stirring schoolboy memories”

“Supreme harmonies, faultless playing, and somewhat cheesy but fun sound effects between songs made for a thoroughly enjoyable evening.”

“The hits kept coming. The energy onstage was electric, Andy Scott shows no signs of slowing down”

SWEET The Farewell Tour: Greatest Hits Dates November 2024

Friday 8th MELBOURNE, Palms At Crown
Sunday 10th AIRLIE BEACH Music Festival
Wednesday 13th TWEED HEADS, Twin Towns
Thursday 14th TOOWOOMBA, The Empire Theatre
Saturday 16th BRISBANE, Princess Theatre
Monday 18th ADELAIDE, The Gov
Thursday 21st SYDNEY, Factory Theatre
Friday 22nd PENRITH, Penrith Panthers
Saturday 23rd THIRROUL, Anitas Theatre

Tickets:

Presale: Wednesday 8th May, 10am Local time
General Public: Friday 10th May, 10am Local time

From: https://metropolistouring.com/sweet-2024/

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