Cut Copy: Standing In The Middle Of The Field

Australian band Cut Copy dropped their fifth studio full-length 'Haiku From Zero' last month.

The superb album track/single "Standing in the Middle of the Field" now has a fantastic and very clever video created by Moscow-born, Melbourne-based sound/audio wizard Vincenzi Vandella of Sensory Systems.

Dan Whitford, Tim Hoey, Mitchell Scott and Benjamin Browning kick off an extensive North American fall tour in Santa Cruz on November 9 and wrap it up in Miami on December 6.(there are two shows scheduled in Canada: Toronto November 21 and Montreal November 22).  They will also be performing at four festivals in Australia in late December and late January.



https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/haiku-from-zero/id1267662979

https://www.facebook.com/cutcopy/app/123966167614127/

http://sensory.systems/ABOUT

City Calm Down: Blame

Melbourne quartet City Calm Down was founded in 2008, but did not release their debut EP 'Movements' until 2012. The full-length 'In a Restless House' followed in 2015. They are currently working on a second album.

The stunning new single "Blame" is paired with a stellar video, shot in the Nevada desert by L.A. based director Sam Kristofski.

Tour: Jack Bourke (vocals), Jeremy Sonnenberg (bass), Lee Armstrong (drums) and Sam Mullaly (keyboards) have five dates between November 23-29: four in the UK and one in Paris.  Between February 2 and 11, the band will be playing five shows in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Fremantle as part of the annual Laneway Festival.



https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blame-single/id1292495915

https://www.facebook.com/citycalmdown/app/308540029359/?ref=page_internal

https://www.kristofski.com/music-videos/

Ibeyi: Away Away + Deathless

Naomi & Lisa-Kaindé

22-year-old Paris born twins Naomi Diaz & Lisa-Kaindé Diaz aka Ibeyi (in Yoruba, the language of their Nigerian ancestors, the word means 'twins') have just dropped their second full-length 'Ash' on XL Recordings. The multi-lingual daughters of the late renowned Cuban percussionist Anga Diaz and French-Venezuelan singer Maya Dagnino (now also the duo's manager) once again combine vocals, percussion plus piano, and come up with their own intoxicating, unique sound.

My favorite tracks on the album, the superb "Take Away Away" and "Deathless" (featuring acclaimed saxophonist and L.A. native Kamasi Washington), are accompanied by excellent videos: the first clip gets the playful treatment from Christian Beuchet; for the latter clip, directed by Ed Morris (a frequent collaborator), a more artsy, but no less effective approach was taken.

A tour kicked off September 30 in France and also wraps up in France, March 25.  With more than forty shows this fall and winter in the UK, continental Europe and North America ahead of them, the Diaz sisters would be forgiven for taking some time off when they're done.



https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ash/id1271201703

https://www.songkick.com/artists/6257514-ibeyi/calendar

https://www.facebook.com/ibeyimusic/

https://vimeo.com/christianbeuchet

https://www.rattlingstick.com/directors/ed-morris/music-videos/