Via her album, Fireproof, & the single, Bodyguard, Kentucky native Dawn Landes is proving to be more than just someone to watch. An astonishing mix of the urban and the rural, this definitely isn't the sound of yet another singer-guitarist plucked from the nearest coffee house & plonked down in front of a microphone. Having worked as a recording engineer for the likes of Ryan Adams & Phillip Glass, Landes is more than familiar with the ins & outs of the studio, & has delivered a lovingly crafted & beautifully textured album that melds folk, country & indie without contradiction.

Having played a string of sell out shows around the country in 2003, The Breeders are at long last back with a new album, the wonderful Mountain Battles, & are finally visiting our shores again this August to celebrate. By turns goofy, groovy, melancholic, strung-out, catchy, atmospheric & impossibly lovely, Mountain Battles captures all the bittersweet electricity of classic Breeders records like Pod & Last Splash, whilst still managing to break new ground.

Riding high on the freewheeling success of their recently released Cease To Begin album, Band of Horses return to Australia this August for a series of east coast shows. Having deservedly experienced a somewhat rapid ascent via their raggedly epic 2006 record, Everything All The Time, Band of Horses have delivered a passionate & confident follow-up in Cease To Begin, this time embracing flourishes of country & southern rock (they are South Carolina natives after all!) into their sparkling, dreamy and evocative songs.