New York City quartet Skaters' music, ethos, and attitude are remarkably entrenched in the late nights, eclectic characters, and punk roots of their hometown, adopting it as their muse and infusing their sound with the grit and energy of the kind of post-punk and new wave scenes that thrived in the city decades earlier.

Their first EP, Schemers, arrived in 2012, and the band followed it up by heading to the famed Electric Lady Studios to begin work on their first full-length, Manhattan, which appeared earlier in 2014 and has already been featured as a triple j album of the week. 

Currently touring the USA, Skaters will play Splendour sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne this July.

Evoking early-'90s grunge, British three-piece, Darlia has lured fans and industry alike; landing Zane Lowe's Next Hype Record on BBC Radio 1 and full rotation on triple j.

Their debut EP Candyman dropped in April with the title track causing quite a stir online, also named Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1. Catch Darlia play to Aussie audiences for the first time this July.