By: Niki van den Heever The Young Punx make good on their promise to release one track a month for the year 2019 as they dropped their latest single ‘Wonderland’ on 12 April. This comes as the fourth instalment and an excellent warm-up for their fourth studio album. ‘Wonderland’ is
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After 6 years, Australian indie-pop quintet Gold Fields released their second album Dalawa via Haven Sounds on 12 April. Produced by Malcolm Besley (Northeast Party House, City Calm Down) and mixed by Tony Espie (The Avalanches, Cut Copy, Architecture in Helsinki) and is bound to be in your top albums
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Feature Image by Steve Hogg Taking a moment of calm in our daily lives is essential to our wellbeing, as a constant build-up of stress can not only affect our mental health, but our physical health too. The affect of music on our lives is unprecedented, and despite whatever emotions
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At just 17, Spanish songstress Elsa Barahona has just shared her debut single ‘Enseñame’ produced by UK multi-platinum songwriter and producer Kiz Keyz. This dynamic youngster was raised in a family of creatives, immersed in both Spanish and Swiss culture, and her passion for music, dancing and acting, makes her a triple-threat
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By: Niki van den Heever Swedish electronic pop artist Kevin Lake has a mind to cultivate like-minded people with whom he can share and experience art and stories. He has a very strong sense of community and a firm belief that no one is ever truly alone. It’s this theme in
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt If you’re a fan of electronic dance music, especially if you are a DJ yourself, you’ve undoubtedly stumbled upon MEDUZA’s ‘Piece of Your Heart Ft. Goodboys.’ MEDUZA consists of Mattia, Luca and Simone, 3 natives from Milan who have been making waves since their
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“When we play we completely disappear; dissolve into music.” Interview by Arnold van der Walt Disappeared Completely follows the exact same path that countless acts before them have; a couple of friends meet at university and decide to create music together. What sets them apart, is where this Ukrainian 5-piece will take their
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt Already being compared to the likes of Bonobo and Caribou, Oscuro has been making waves with his richly textured soundscapes. Today, he brings us the deep ‘Take Me Down’, exclusively on The Playground. Oscuro was formed in 2014 after he won a contest on
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Whether you’re watching the flowers bloom as the leaves fill with vibrant greens in the Northern Hemisphere; or admiring the oncoming auburn of Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere – April is a transitional journey for us all; in beauty and in letting go of what the previous seasons have brought.
Joni Void | Mise En Abyme | Constellation Records Release Date: 29 March 2019 Feature Image Credit: Thomas Boucher & Sonya Stefan Review by Jenna Dreisenstock A woman speaks; robotic, clinical – observant. An artificial understanding of the painful, the thoughtful, the healing and broken. A look within the self;
