INTRODUCING ISSAC ET NORA

And now for something completely different… introducing French act Isaac Et Nora (Isaac and Nora) multi-instrumentalist / multi-talented (barely) teenage siblings and their father who have become a viral sensation since the innocent upload of a family video back in 2019. The song, a cover of 1935 Latin folk song Veinte anos (a favourite of their mothers) and sung in Spanish, hit a nerve generating several million views and resulting in a full album of similar material and in 2022 their first ever (sold-out) tour of first Spain then South America. The later having been documented on film with release via streaming services coming in early 2024.
“Nora carried the audience from before the minute that she walked on stage, in her very pretty velvet knee-length dress and her hair in a ponytail looking very much a 10-year-old. She had the audience eating out of her hand before she opened her voice.” 

ED KUEPPER THIRD VINYL PRESSING

Ed Kuepper is finding similar success and for for similar reasons with sold-out shows in Meeniyan and Canberra for the Exploding Universe, Ed’s first full band tour of solo material since 2009! The tour finds Ed hitting the path less travelled – Wyong, Springwood, Queenscliff, Eumundi, Hobart as well as the all the city hot spots; a truly national tour.
In continued good news for Herr Kuepper, the gold vinyl version of Honey Steel’s Gold has now sold out with Ed introducing a limited run of powder-pink (not punk) vinyl to the store. Available for pre-order now. Be sure too to check out the extended EOFY sale of many more Ed releases.

JIM WHITE AMP NOMINEE

And it’s a hearty congratulations to Gentleman Jim White: twice nominee for the AMP (Australian Music Prize) award for album of the year via his work with bands Xylouris White and Springtime. A unique achievement. Photo: Jim Kyriakidis. Stay tuned for Xylouris White national tour dates.

THE EXPLODING UNIVERSE OF ED KUEPPER

Ladies and Gentlemen it’s time; introducing The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper the first live band experience of Ed Kuepper’s solo material since 2009.
Featuring Ed, Mark Dawson, Peter Oxley, Alister Spence and Eamon Dilworth The Exploding Universe will tackle the best of Kuepper’s recent vinyl reissues Electrical Storm and the classic Honey Steel’s Gold (plus more) this September.

BUILT TO SPILL THIS SEPTEMBER!

UPDATE: Thu 26 Melbourne sold-out! All others selling fast. Seven years on from their glorious Golden Plains debut Built to Spill return to Australia as special guests for Melbourne’s inaugural Eighty-Six Festival building on their enormous reputation for a transcendental live show. On-sale May 18.

FOUR TET RETURNS

A mere six months after his last visit UK DJ and electronic soundscape artist Four Tet returns to Australia for the travelling fest that is Listen Out. It’s his second appearance at the Listen Out line-up having first made an appeared back in 2014. On-sale May 18 via listenout.com