Now Playing - September 2014


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

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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Stream Steve Smyth's new album Exits here courtesy of musicfeeds.com.au 
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Steve Smyth - image courtesy of the artist
Sunbeam Sound Machine will release their debut album Wonderer on 4th November via Dot Dash/Remote Control. Catch the launch of current single "Real Life" on Friday 26th September at Shebeen Bandroom, Melbourne with I, A Man, Hollow Everdaze & Chips Calipso. 
Davey Lane will release his debut solo album Atonally Young on October 3rd. "Komarov" is the first single from the You Am I guitarist's eagerly anticipated album, and he's announced a run of shows to support the album's release: 30th October at Karova Lounge, Ballarat; 31st October at Northcote Social Club, Northcote; 7th November at Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle West; and 21st November at the Brightside, Fortitude Valley.  
"A Dog Starved" is the latest single from Melbourne's Augie March. Their new album Haven's Dumb is due for release on 3rd October. Catch up with the first two singles, "Definitive History" and "After The Crack Up". The band have some shows scheduled between now and the end of the year, including a slot at Meredith Festival.

"Put Your Number In My Phone" is the first track to be released from the forthcoming Ariel Pink album pom pom, which is due for release mid November.
Zammuto is the project lead by Nick Zammuto of The Books, in which he's joined by Sean Dixon, Nicky Oddy and Mikey Zammuto. Anchor is their second record. 

Melbourne band The Ocean Party will release their fourth album Soft Focus on 31st October through Spunk. They'll play they "Building Bridges for Refugees" fundraiser at the Marrickville Bowling Club on Saturday 13th September with Dick Diver, Holy Balm, Ray Davies and others. Following that they'll head to the US for some shows before returning home for a national tour in November. 
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have released "Give Us A Kiss", taken from the semi-autobiographical Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth. The track will also be released as a limited edition 10", which will include a live recording from the Sydney Opera House of "Jubilee Street" as the B-side. 
"Full Circle Influence" is the debut track from young UK songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fictonian.
Steve Gunn is a New York based musician who will release his new album Way Out Weather on 3rd October. Out through Mistletone/Inertia, the album will include "Milly's Garden". Gunn has played in numerous acts over the last 15 years, including Kurt Vile's band, The Violators. 
Boats is the new project by Melburnian Blake Paterson. "Spiders Soul" is his first single and it will feature on his debut EP due for release before the end of the year. 
"Night Of The World" comes from the split 7" Cass McCombs has released with Meat Puppets, prior to the two acts touring the US together. If you like this, check out Fee B-Squared's piece on McCombs' 2013 album "Big Wheel and Others"
"Get On The Floor" comes from Australian artist C.W. Stoneking's forthcoming album Gon' Boogaloo. It's due for release on 17th October through King Hokum Records/Caroline Australia. 

Other music we're enjoying this month...

We're loving "Miracle" by Kimbra, "Return To" by #1 Dads and "Like That" by White Fence. Check out the clips for each of them here.

We've also been revelling in our love of the Little Dragon album Nabuma Rubberband which was released in May, since Phoebe Dubar reviewed their August Melbourne show. Check out her review and watch a clip of the band playing live in the Music Feeds studios here.

This month on the HOME page you can check out the favourite things of local musicians Ben Mason and Tobias Hengeveld, along with selections from Fee B-Squared and Lex Cran.

Want more music? 

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.

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. 

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