Now Playing - December 2014


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

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.
Joey Aich (a.k.a. Joseph Holbert) is a young hip hop artist from Cleveland, Ohio who has been making music since 2011. "Tattered Labels" is his latest single. Earlier this year he released his College D.egree album. 
"Waste The Alphabet" is the lead single from Melbourne four-piece Dick Diver's forthcoming album Melbourne, Florida,  which is due out on 6th March via Chapter Music. Their previous album Calendar Days topped lots of year end lists in 2013.
The Babe Rainbow hail from Byron Bay. "Planet Junior" is their latest track. 
Last month Total Giovanni released "Human Animal" which is one of our songs of the year. Now the Two Bright Lakes signing have released their second single "Can't Control My Love". They're definitely a band to watch! 
Last month Melbourne act Twerps released "Back To You", the lead single from their forthcoming album Range Anxiety, which is due out in 2015 through Chapter Music (Australia and New Zealand) and Merge Records (elsewhere). "Shoulders" is the next taste from the eagerly anticipated album, and in the lead up to it's release, guitarist and singer, Julia McFarlane shared her music related highlights of 2014 with us. Catch Twerps on Thursday 18th December at The Curtin, Carlton, supported by Sarah Mary Chadwick + Bad Family.
Melbourne duo Milwaukee Banks have been creating waves since releasing their debut EP Rose Water in June. Heralded as part of the new wave of Australian hiphop, they're definitely an act to watch. "Van Gogh" was produced by Andrei Eremin. Check out the music that Edo from Milwaukee Banks counts as the year's best here. 
Back in September we fell in love with "Real Life", the first single from the debut Sunbeam Sound Machine album, Wonderer. The album is out now through Dot Dash/Remote Control and we're loving it's second single, "Wandering, I".

Want more music? 

In November we shared new music by Alta, Koi Child, Jessica Pratt, Sunbeam Sound Machine, Gem Simba, Ariel Pink, Belle and Sebastian, Trust Punks, Total Giovanni, Machine Translations, Glad2Mecha, Parquet Courts (or should we say Parkay Quarts?),  Day Ravies, Les Sins and Kista & Glad2Mecha. We also made you a playlist featuring Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders, Kinematic, Anthony Atkinson & The Running Mates, Bored Nothing, Husky, Augie March, Steve Gunn, Thurston Moore, Tweedy, My Brightest Diamond, alt-J,  Goat and Forest Swords. Listen via  Spotify or 8tracks.

In October we were listening to music by Bored Nothing, Ariel Pink, Trust Punks, Bonobo, CW Stoneking, Peter Bibby, Andras & Oscar, Footy, Brighter Later, Sui Zhen, The Harpoons, Ross McLennan, DMAs, Angel Olsen and The Frowning Clouds. You can also listen to our Spotify and 8tracks playlists from October featuring Zammuto, Laura Jean, Airling, Tricky, The Harpoons, SBTRKT, Caribou, Jungle, Banoffee,  Georgia Anne Muldrow, Peaking Lights, Andras & Oscar, Dorian Concept, Flying Lotus, and Bahamas.

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