Now Playing - August 2014


On this page you'll find a selection of the music we're enjoying in August! 

More tracks will be added to this page throughout the month, so come back often!
The 8tracks playlist below will give you most of the same content as the Spotify playlist above, so choose the format that works best for you. The 8tracks playlist has the tracks in reverse order though, so the newest additions to the playlist are up first. 

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Listen to Laura Jean's new self titled album here, with thanks to Broadsheet. 

Stream the new album from Newcastle's Firekites here, courtesy of Mess + Noise. 

Stream J Mascis' new album 
Tied To A Star here courtesy of themusic.com.au 
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J Mascis image courtesy of theguardian.com
In mid October, Melbourne musician Anthony Atkinson will release Broken Folks, his first album in eight years. Formerly of The Mabels, Atkinson is backed by The Running Mates (featuring members of The Zebras, The Lucksmiths and Mid State Orange). The album will be released on Lost and Lonesome, with the launch on Saturday 18th October at The Gasometer with support from Machine Translations, Duke Batavia and Amarillo.  
Japanese Wallpaper is the project of 17 year old Melbourne artist Gab Strum. His debut single "Breathe In (feat. Wafia)" was included in the soundtrack to Zac Braff's film Wish I Was Here, alongside tracks by Cat Power, Bon Iver and The Shins, amongst others. "Waves" features vocals by Pepa Knight (Jinja Safari). Japanese Wallpaper recently won this year's Triple J Unearthed High competition. 
The new SBTRKT album Wonder Where We Land is due for release on 22nd September. Until then, we can enjoy the track "New Dorp. New York" which features Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig. The album will include guest appearances by Caroline Polacheck (a.k.a. Ramona Lisa), Jessie Ware, Warpaint, A$AP Ferg and many more. 
"World Restart" is the first single from the forthcoming record by Kindness (a.k.a. Adam Bainbridge). The album will be called Otherness and is due out on 10th October via Inertia. It follows his 2012 debut World, You Need A Change of Mind.
Melbourne artist Bored Nothing (a.k.a. Fergus Miller) will release his second album on 24th October through Spunk (Australia and New Zealand) and 27th October via Caroline International (UK and Europe). Some Songs is the follow up to the 2012 self titled Bored Nothing album, and "Ice-Cream Dreams" is the first single from it.  
British act Alt-J will release their second album This Is All Yours in late September. They've just been announced as headliners of this year's Falls Music and Arts Festival over the new Year period. Check out their clip for lead single "Hunger of the Pine" here.
Following their 2013 debut album Dear Departure, Melbourne duo Sweet Jean (Sime Nugent & Alice Keath) have just released a mini album called Greetings From Goodbye. 
They'll launch the release with a duo show in Sydney on Thursday 14 August at the Folk Informal FBI Social, and full bands shows in Melbourne on Sunday 7th September at The Workers Club and Brisbane at Bigsound on Thursday 11 September. 
"Shit Pony Rides Again" comes from Too Physical, the new album by Beep. All members of Beep (Michael Coleman, Nate Brenner and Sam Ospovat) have played on tUnE-yArDs records at one time or another, with Brenner appearing in the current lineup of tUnE-yArDs that recently toured Australia. 
"Melbourne vs Sydney" is the first single from Melbourne musician Dan Kelly's 4th album which is due out in early 2015. The single's artwork is by Melbourne musician and artist Bjenny Montero. Single launches are scheduled for Melbourne on Saturday 13th September at Howler with supports The Harpoons and Totally Mild and Sydney on Friday 26th September at Newtown Social Club with supports Richard In Your Mind and Fraser A Gorman.
Much loved Melbourne band Augie March will release their first album in six years on 3rd October. Havens Dumb will feature "Definitive History" along with first single "After The Crack Up". The band will play five shows at Howler from 29th October to 2nd November.
British producers Snakehips recently released "Days With You" which features Sinead Harnett. We're also particularly fond of their track "Forever" from a few months ago, which we've posted below. 
"Wide Awake" comes from the forthcoming J Mascis record and features Cat Power. The Dinosaur Jr frontman's new album will be called Tied To A Star and is due out on 29th August through Sub Pop. 
#1 Dads (formerly Dads) is the name that Tom Iansek from Big Scary has adopted for his solo project. "So Soldier" featuring Ainslie Wills comes from his forthcoming album About Face, which is due out on 8th August and follows his 2011 release Man of Leisure. 
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Tom Iansek, a.k.a. #1 Dads
"Don't Marry The One You Love" is the second single from Melbourne musician Laura Jean's forthcoming album. The self titled release is due out on 22 August via Chapter Music. Listen to the stunning first single "First Love Song" here.
Lowtide's self titled debut album is out now through Lost and Lonesome and follows their 2011 7" Underneath Tonight and their 2010 EP You Are My Good Light. 

Want more music? 

Check out our July Now Playing page to hear tracks by White Fence, Los Angeles Police Department, Rob Snarski, Courtney Barnett, Meenk, Bat For Lashes, Gum, Banoffee, Alt-J, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Jungle, Luluc, Spoon, Total Control, Ali E and Husky. 

You might also want to check out our July playlist via Spotify or 8tracks which features The Black Angels, Gum, Woods, Phosphorescent, Tiny Ruins, Ramona Lisa, Little Dragon, Straight Arrows, Bob Mould, Parquet Courts, Sharon Van Etten, The Felice Brothers, First Aid Kit, Conor Oberst, The Antlers and Total Control. 

Visit the June Now Playing page to hear tracks by Aldous Harding, Kate Tempest, Augie March, Angus and Julia Stone, Lower Plenty, Alt-J, Luluc, Firekites, Milwaukee Banks, Woods, Taylor McFerrin (feat. Nai Palm), Laura Jean,  Adult Jazz, First Aid Kit, Royston Vasie, Firekites and Marlon Williams, You can also listen to our June playlist via Spotify and 8tracks. It features Jack White, Parquet Courts, First Aid Kit, Sharon Van Etten, Nick Mulvey, Damon Albarn, Conor Oberst, Herzog, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Gum, Temples, Chad VanGaalen and Gruff Rhys. 

For more music, visit the Now Playing pages from previous months here.

Read Fee B-Squared's feature album pieces on Total Control, Sylvan Esso, tUnE-yArDs, Luluc and loads more. View the full list here.