July 6, 2017

New Video From The Bombay Royale!

By Tristan

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“Really, what’s a girl to do? Wandering the cratered surface of a sci-fi desert the Mysterious Lady is set upon by a legion of swarthy suitors. Love is a high stakes game for our fighting princess and she despatches each with deadly efficiency. Going through the motions – is this all that love can ever be?  Or is it all part of a bigger game?”

Angular synthesisers, gated snare and riffing sitar. ‘I Love You Love You’ is vintage Bollywood injected with 80’s influences like Bowie, Talking Heads and Wire.  At once a lovers’ duet and more subtly a protest about the bureaucratisation and automation that impinges on every aspect of modern life, love included.  ‘I Love You Love You’ sees The Bombay Royale invade some new stylistic territory whilst retaining their trademark style and swagger.

The second taste of the new album ‘Run Kitty Run’ due out August 11, coinciding with the band’s appearance at Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary and Paimpol Festival in Brittany, France.

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June 30, 2017

The Bombay Royale Announce New Album “Run Kitty Run”

By Tristan

*Grab the limited edition transparent red vinyl LP! Available now for pre-order, and only 200 worldwide!

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Cult band The Bombay Royale are set for a triumphant return with their third studio masterpiece ‘Run Kitty Run’. A Retro Bollywood fuelled rampage through Psyche-Surf, 80’s Electro-Pop and Desert Rock, ‘Run Kitty Run’ is, like its predecessors, conceived as the soundtrack to a lost film. The music conjures into life a devastated futuristic landscape peopled by robotic horsemen, killer satellites and grinning sadhus. Overlaid with vocals in Hindi, Bengali and English, the resulting soundtrack is one of love and betrayal, hopeless escapes and unlikely salvation.

The first single ‘Ballygunge’ has an angular 80’s vibe, infused with gated snares and the spirits of Talking Heads and David Bowie and it’s a love song set in a dark sci-fi vision of Kolkata. Familiar landmarks like Gol Park are dwarfed by aerial highways and transmitter towers framed by the plumes of departing spacecraft. Despite the odds love blazes defiantly – whether it can survive is another question

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March 23, 2017

THE CACTUS CHANNEL & SAM CROMACK ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN EP TOUR!

By Darvid Thor

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Following their much-acclaimed first single ‘Sorry Hills’, alt-soul gang The Cactus Channel & Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music, My Own Pet Radio) are announcing a one-off Australian tour in May/June in support of their upcoming EP ‘Do It F or Nothing’.

Mostly known as the moody instrumental children of Melbourne’s world famous soul scene, The Cactus Channel have been moving in a new stylistic direction with this collaboration. The EP treads a thin line between alt-soul and the best of indie pop, swimming in compelling atmospherics and deftly weaving Cromack’s rich, drawling vocal and disarming, meditative lyrics through the band’s typically intuitive arrangements.

MAY 25TH – HOWLER (MELBOURNE, VIC) BUY TICKETS
MAY 26TH – HUDSON BALLROOM (SYDNEY, NSW) BUY TICKETS
JUNE 2ND – THE BRIGHTSIDE (BRISBANE, QLD) BUY TICKETS

Support from New Venusians & Frida.

Presented by Select Music, FBi Radio, RRR, 4ZZZ & The Music.

Their first single ‘Sorry Hills’ single climbed to # 154 in the Australian iTunes Alternative charts, and gained over 110,000 plays on Spotify in just 4 weeks, making its way into the Viral charts at #30. The single also received Triple J full rotation, as well as top Amrap charting .

The full 6-track EP “Do It For Nothing” is out April 21st on all streaming services through HopeStreet Recordings . 12” vinyl EP’s and CD’s will be available soon after, and are available for pre-order now at http://hopest.re/DoItForNothing

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February 17, 2017

The Meltdown release ‘Don’t Hesitate’ from their debut self-titled album!

By Darvid Thor

The Meltdown, Melbourne’s purveyors of the finest country soul are pleased to announce the release of their newest single ‘Don’t Hesitate’! Joyous, upbeat and fiery, ‘Don’t Hesitate’ lifts us up and onto the dance floor urging us to push aside our fears and troubles and live in the moment. Blazing horns, sugar sweet backing vocals and Simon Burke’s honey voice take us back to the days of Stax and Motown with a little Nashville for good measure. After the sweetness of the last single, the ballad ‘Colours In The Sky’, this is a more boisterous taste of their soon to be released self-titled debut album, due out April 7th 2017.

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February 8, 2017

Pre-order The Cactus Channel & Sam Cromack’s 6-track EP on 12″ vinyl!

By Darvid Thor

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Melbourne alt-soul gang The Cactus Channel have released ’Sorry Hills’, the first single with Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music, My Own Pet Radio) from a collaborative 6-track EP due in April. That EP is now available for pre-orders! Only 500 being made worldwide… Shipping in April/May.

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This EP treads a thin line between alt-soul and the best of indie pop, swimming in compelling atmospherics and deftly weaving Cromack’s rich, drawling vocal and disarming, meditative lyrics through the band’s typically intuitive arrangements. Lyrically, “Sorry Hills” is heavy with a kind of guilty melancholy that belies the wordplay in its title — Cromack’s dark, introspective lyrics are accompanied by an instrumental that buzzes with a slight sense of paranoia: in the song’s instrumental bridge, the rhythm section simmers as horns let forth quiet squeals.

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February 1, 2017

The Cactus Channel tease EP with Sam Cromack

By Darvid Thor

Just after announcing a national tour, The Cactus Channel have announced that they’ll be releasing a 6-track EP with Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music, My Own Pet Radio). The first single ‘Sorry Hills’ will be out February 10th, with the full EP due in April through HopeStreet.

For now they’ve left us with a little teaser of what happened in the studio:

Sam Cromack has been busy with Ball Park Music’s ‘Every Night The Same Dream’ album that was released late last year.

“I got into The Cactus Channel years ago and I was thrilled when we met each other and talked about maybe making some music. Working on the EP has been a lot of fun, it’s been very laid back. They’re extremely talented players so it’s been kinda effortless. The sound is nice; it’s probably some of the moodiest and most chilled-out music I’ve ever made. It’s gonna be a good late-night record.” – Sam Cromack

Expect to see The Cactus Channel & Sam Cromack around Australia for 3-date tour in May/June. Dates TBC.

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January 19, 2017

The Cactus Channel announce Australian tour this February!

By Darvid Thor

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Our alt-soul lads The Cactus Channel are excited to announce that they’ll be hitting the road this February. The now 7-piece band will play shows in Melbourne, Hobart, Party In The Paddock, St Kilda Festival, Canberra, Sydney & Secret Garden Festival.

On the cusp of releasing new music from a collaboration that’s been in the works, The Cactus Channel have also refined their lineup and have introduced new sounds and occasional vocals.

Preparing to record the follow up to their second album Wooden Boy, The Cactus Channel will be playing unreleased songs from album #3 and their upcoming collaboration.

The Cactus Channel tour

February 5th – Fairfield Amphitheatre (VIC) FREE

February 10th – The Grand Poobah (Hobart, TAS)

February 11th – Party In The Paddock (TAS) BUY TICKETS

February 12th – St Kilda Festival (VIC) FREE

February 23rd – Transit Bar (Canberra, ACT) BUY TICKETS

February 24th – The Captain Cook (Sydney, NSW) BUY TICKETS

February 25th – Secret Garden (NSW) SOLD OUT

Tickets and information from thecactuschannel.com/tour

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December 19, 2016

PREMIERE | Zillanova drops new single ‘The Fader’ ahead of 2017 EP

By Darvid Thor

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Zillanova (the lads who brought you that 2013 hit ‘Suicide’) are back!!

“The Fader is a dark horse, riding on a dark and funky pocket with a Latin tinge and shades of gospel. It’s a bit 70’s and a bit now – equal parts What’s Going On and Alabama Shakes.”

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December 19, 2016

HopeStreet Recordings | 2016 recap

By Darvid Thor

2016 was a quieter year for us with an LP by San Lazaro, an EP by The Do Yo Thangs and two singles, one by The Meltdown and one by Zillanova, both of which hint at their upcoming 2017 releases. So far, 2017 looks completely packed. We’ll have new music from The Cactus Channel (finally!), The Bombay Royale, Zillanova, The Meltdown, The Do Yo Thangs and even more! But as always thanks for sticking around and supporting our artists this year. As an indie label we’ve learnt a lot.

Have a good Christmas (don’t forget about the annual James Brown tribute night on xmas night @ the curtin), and a funky new year. 2017 will be massive… we can feel it.

If you’re interested in buying any of our 2016 releases you can here.

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December 12, 2016

Emma Donovan | Her Sound, Her Story feature

By Darvid Thor

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Emma Donovan shares stories about her influence, history and inspiration as a phenomenal woman in the Australian music scene. Big ups to the #hersoundherstory campaign for championing strong women in the music scene!

The #hersoundherstory 12 part videos series can be viewed at www.hersoundherstory.com

EMMA DONOVAN from Her Sound, Her Story on Vimeo.

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