Before a note has even been played and with just two digital singles to their name, the newest Melbourne ‘supper’ group no one has ever heard of have sold out their first two shows. Shows 3&4 on the march too. Tickets via feelpresents.com
ED & JIM ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN DATES
The hardest working men in showbiz Ed Kuepper and Jim White reunite for a limited run of shows this October in support of their new album After the Flood. On sale 11am Wed July 27.
“… the results are stunning. Playing tunes as old as The Saints Swing For the Crime and as new as The Ruins (from Kuepper’s 2015 Lost Cities), the album is a brilliant roll of invention” – Byron Coley (The Wire).
NEW MUSIC FROM FOUR TET
Ahead of his just announced Sydney show Four tet has shared his new song “Into Dust (Still Falling).” The track, which samples Mazzy Star’s 1993 song “Into Dust,” is now available both digitally and as a limited-edition 12″ vinyl record via XL. Check it out here.
THE SAINTS ’73-’78 ONLY OZ SHOW
This October 25th, come celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ via the only Australian show for The Saints ’73-’78 in 2025! Tickets on-sale 12pm June 12 via feelpresents.oztix.com.au
THE RETURN OF ELENI DRAKE
British/Greek singer, songwriter and producer Eleni Drake returns to Australia this December. Eleni’s hauntingly beautiful sound is at once refreshing and timeless, uplifting and introspective, inspired by a deep love of music that spans from Mazzy Star and Adrienne Lenker to Mac Miller and Cleo Sol. With over 40 million streams to date and still only just getting going, 2025 promises to be Eleni’s biggest year yet with her most personal and profound music on the way. Grab a taste of new single Deloris here and get your tickets here.
NEW FROM BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY!
The Purple Bird finds Bonnie “Prince” Billy working with a “producer” for only the second time in his illustrious career. His relationship with David ‘Ferg’ Ferguson dates back more than two decades to the sessions for the Johnny Cash album American III with Rick Rubin, where Ferg served as engineer and where Cash performed a cover of the BPB track I See A Darkness. The pair have worked together on numerous projects over the years but none as deeply as The Purple Bird (which takes its name from a drawing Ferg made as a second-grader). He is credited as a co-writer on 7 of the 12 tracks. Oldham says of the relationship:
“I’ve made records with friends, collaborative records like The Brave and the Bold with Tortoise; the two Superwolf records with Matt Sweeney; The Wonder Show of the World with Emmett Kelly; Get on Jolly with Mick Turner. These collaborators get top billing because that’s how this business works. This record, The Purple Bird, is similarly a collaborative effort but the collaborator is the producer, David Ferguson. He’s a giant of a man, an epic musical force, a dear friend. Our work together on this record was the result of years of sharing hard times and great joys, songs and stories, of making music together and apart. There’s a lot of trust in this record on Ferg’s part and on mine, and the trust was hard- and well-earned. When I listen to the record, oftentimes I can’t help but laugh in wonder that life allowed me to participate in such a thing.”
The Purple Bird is available now via No Quarter / Rocket distribution. Watch/hear first single London May here
