17-year-old Olivia O’Brien followed up her collaboration with gnash, 'i hate u, i love u', with the sassy tracks, 'Trust Issues', 'Root Beer Float' (featuring blackbear) and 'Find What You're Looking For', and has now served up new single 'Empty' which also showcases forthright and candid lyrics.
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We couldn’t be more excited about the announcement of Tegan And Sara returning to New Zealand this March - their first official headlining gig in the country since 2005, FYI - so we’ve decided to compile a list of reasons why you don’t wanna miss out on this show.
Firstly, here’s the official on the show:
Ahead of the release of their upcoming second album, Glass Beach (out on February 24th), Los Angeles band Of Verona have dropped a lyric video for the record’s lead-single, 'Kids On The Street'.
About the new song, the band say: "Someone is always watching... A bit of a commentary about social media on social media if you will."
Listen to 'Kids On The Street’ below...
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Auckland-based musician Liv Jones released her debut single 'Callin' Ur Phone' as ives. last year, attracting over 40,000 plays on Soundcloud and some love from NZ student radio stations. Now, she’s returned with a new treat of a song titled '172', which has again been produced and mixed by Mark Perkins (a.k.a. Merk).
Katy Perry has dropped a music video for 'Chained To The Rhythm' - the first single from her forthcoming fifth album - which was filmed over the course of three days in January at California’s Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Watch the 'Chained To The Rhythm' music video below...
The 1975 premiered their cover of Sade’s song 'By Your Side' on BBC Radio 1 today, which they’re releasing in support of the charity War Child and features the band’s distinctive production-style.
And in an accompanying interview with Mistajam, Matty Healy also revealed that: "Honestly, there’s so much going to happen next... you can take this as a barometer of what’s going to happen next."
Listen to The 1975’s cover of 'By Your Side' below...
In the lead-up to the release of her forthcoming new album, 'Preservation' (out March 3rd), Nadia Reid has unveiled a music video for new song, 'The Arrow And The Aim', which was filmed on location in Mount Somers (just outside of Christchurch).
About the video, Reid says: "I guess there's a lot left to the imagination with the video. I like that. The song is about reaching the very end of a relationship."
Watch 'The Arrow And The Aim' music video below...
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In typical Halsey fashion, everyone is bamboozled and no-one really knows quite what is going on, but following her announcement that Album #2 will be released sometime this June, comes a mysterious new Twitter account (@houseofangelus) and Tumblr account (oncelebratinglife.tumblr.com), as well as a call-to-action for RSVP’s via listentohalsey.com...
While in Australia earlier this year for Laneway Festival 2017, half of Glass Animals appeared on TV show The Loop to perform a tinkly easy-listening piano-led rendition of their single, 'Life Itself'.
Watch the performance below...
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