Music Category

Honey Bunny, the second single from Girls’ newest LP, is a sun-soaked Beach Boys knockoff that serves as an anthem for hopeless romantics everywhere.

In September 1991, Nirvana released their seminal sophomore record, ‘Nevermind’. ‘Nevermind’ skyrocketed Nirvana’s success to unprecedented levels, surprising them with a household name. Surviving members of Nirvana have gone on to influence contemporary acts, and cover song after cover song has been produced in homage of one of the most influential alt-bands of all time.

The Ben Berman-directed clip for Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s (AKA Will Oldham) ‘Quail and Dumplings’ is a haunting and mildly bizarre exploration of what it means to feel lost.

DAMPVAMP are a trio of Sydney ladies putting the tired “blonde, bikini-wearing, beach-goer” stereotype to rest with their unique spin on the current witchhouse music movement. Caroline and Ariel have been writing and playing together—on bass and guitar/vocals, respectively—for the last four years, and in early 2011 they recruited drummer Kitty to add the extra dimension to their sound. The result, they tell us is “a trio with full force of the moon.”

The clip for chillwave wunderkind Washed Out’s latest release Amor Fati plays out like a lo-fi celebration of youth and freedom.

As part of Victoria’s State of Design festival in July, Melbourne was blessed with a visit from fascinating young designer Lucy McRae. What brought her back to her home country was this video for local synth-pop group Rat Vs Possum, which was made with the help of RMIT architecture, fashion, media and interior design students.

Denmark native Katrine Ottosen creates spooky synth jams under the moniker CALLmeKAT. Last month, she performed an intimate three-song set for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series.

Summer Camp’s Better Off Without You is a manic pixie dream girl in song form—it’s quirky, cute, catchy and playful, but you can’t have it. It doesn’t want you!

A new video from Montreal band The Belle Game, directed by Toronto filmmaker Jeffrey Zablotny, depicts a man inventing a device that captures and records strangers’ memories like a photocopier. All is sweet and innocent until he finds, in someone else’s memory, one he had since forgotten of his own. We spoke with Jeff about his relationship with the band and this Kaufman-esque trip into the subconscious.

The video for Ed Sheeran’s first single The A Team was made for just £20 and debuted at number three on the UK charts. The follow-up You Need Me, I Don’t Need You is black and white shot of 17 year old sign-language actor Matthew Morgan performing to the track is all it takes to sell what Sheeran is all about—something he, himself, told us during a quick interview recently.