Now Playing - November 2014


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

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.

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Stream the new Sunbeam Sound Machine record Wonderer courtesy of Wondering Sound. 

Stream the new Parkay Quarts album Content Nausea. 

Stream Trust Punks' new album Discipline courtesy of NME.

Stream Ariel Pink's new album pom pom courtesy of The Guardian. 
Following the release of their Underlay EP in August this year, Melbourne four-piece Twerps have delivered "Back To You", the first taste of their forthcoming album Range Anxiety, which is due out in 2015 through Chapter Music in Australia and New Zealand, and Merge Records elsewhere. 
Alta are a Melbourne based electro-pop duo consisting of singer Hannah Lesser and producer Julius Dowson. "Hold Your Fire" is their new single. 
Koi Child are 7-piece outfit from Perth, describing themselves as a "nu-jazz hip-hop jam collaborative". "Slow One" is their debut single. 
"The Party Line" is from the forthcoming Belle & Sebastian album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, due out in January. They'll visit Australia in 2015, playing 28th January at The Tivoli, Brisbane; 29th January at The Enmore Theatre, Sydney; 1st February at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne and 3rd Feb at The Astor Theatre, Perth.
"Back, Baby" is the first single from Jessica Pratt's second album On Your Own Love Again, which is due out 23rd January 2015. The San Franciscan is headed to Australia playing 6th January at The Toff In Town; 8th January at City Recital Hall, Sydney Festival; and 10th January, The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney Festival. 

Gem Simba is a Melbourne musician. 
Melbourne based 5-piece Total Giovanni have just released their debut single "Human Animal" through Two Bright Lakes. They'll play opening night of Melbourne Music Week alongside Architecture in Helsinki and Rainbow Connection DJs at Queen Vic Market on Friday 14th November as well as Paradise Music Festival, at Lake Mountain Alpine Resort from 28-30th November alongside Klo, Banoffee, Oscar Key Sung, Kirin J Callinan & more.
Machine Translations have released "Doom Boogie Ticket" and to celebrate they'll visit all of the former home towns of main man J Walker in the coming weeks. Catch the band Friday 21st November at Anita's Theatre, Thirroul, with Jim Moginie; Saturday 22nd November at Turner Bowling Club, Canberra, with Shining Bird & The Finnickers; Sunday 23rd Nov at Newtown Social Club, Sydney with North Arm, Patrick Lyons and the American Creek Band; and Sunday 7th Dec – The Retreat, Melbourne – with Tim Guy.
Parkay Quarts is the alter-ego of Brooklyn four-piece Parquet Courts, and features Andrew Savage and Austin Brown from the band. "Uncast Shadow Of A Southern Myth" is the first taste of the new Parkay Quarts album Content Nausea, due out on 11th November. 
Sydney outfit Day Ravies will release their second album via Popfrenzy in 2015. In the meantime, we can enjoy their latest track "This Side Of The Fence".
Les Sins is the dancefloor project of Chaz Bundick, best known for his work under the Toro Y Moi moniker. 
As well as releasing Collecting Dust with Kista this year, US emcee/producer (and co-founder of Building Block Records) Glad2Mecha has also released a number of tracks under his own name. Check out "Science & Math" and "Evils That Lie prod.Y3sca [Hungary]" below. 
Collecting Dust by UK producer Kista & Arizona based emcee Glad2Mecha was recently released on independent hip hop label Soundweight Records. The label is based in North Yorkshire, UK and specialises in limited edition vinyl releases. 

Other music we're enjoying this month...

Check out the clips for "Quails and Dumplings" by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, "Looking Back" by Andras & Oscar, and "Can We Work This Out" by The Harpoons.

Want more music? 

In October we were listening to new 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 last month 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.

Check out our September Now Playing page to hear tracks by Sunbeam Sound Machine, Davey Lane, Augie March, Ariel Pink, Zammuto, The Ocean Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Fictonian, Steve Gunn, Cass McCombs, C.W. Stoneking and Boats. You can also listen to our Spotify and 8tracks playlists from October featuring alt-J, Interpol, The Frowning Clouds, Big Deal, Sounds Like Sunset, Steve Smyth, Zeus, The New Pornographers, Bear In Heaven, Spoon, Alvvays, The Zebras and Twerps.

Check out our August Now Playing page to hear tracks by Anthony Atkinson and the Running Mates, SBTRKT, Japanese Wallpaper, Kindness, Bored Nothing, alt-J, Sweet Jean, Beep, Dan Kelly, Firekites, One Day, Augie March, Snakehips, J Mascis (featuring Cat Power), Laura Jean, #1 Dads and Lowtide. We've also got Spotify and 8tracks playlists  featuring Angus and Julia Stone, #1 Dads, Kimbra, Sylvan Esso, Jazz Spastiks, Watsky, Pell, Hilltop Hoods, Joelistics, Jungle, Shabazz Palaces, OOIOO, Beverly, Alvvays, Woods and Julia Holter.

For more music, visit the Now Playing pages from previous months here or visit the HOME page for a variety of music and music-related things selected by musicians and music-industry types.