Elle_Australia_Sep_2019

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prior listening

IFYOU’REINTO...Banks

TRY...Melbourne-based

musicianAnnie Bass

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JuliaJacklin

TRY...Americanindie-folk

musicianFaye Webster

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Cosmo’sMidnight

TRY...Young

Brisbane-based

producerUV Boi

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CourtneyBarnett

TRY...Aussieindieartist

Carla Geneve

IFYOU’REINTO...

Florence+

TheMachine

TRY...Theemotivevocals

of British singer Laurel

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LITTLESIMZ

ThisyearcouldbeBritishrapper

LittleSimz’sbiggestyet.Aside

fromsteppingintotheworldof

acting(bagginga mainrolein

theDrake-produced,Netflix-

revivedseriesofTopBoy

oppositeAshleyWaltersand

Kano),theartisthasjustreleased

herthirdalbum,GreyArea. The

firstsingle“Selfish”,featuring

soulfulsinger-songwriterCleo

Sol,wasrecentlydubbedthe

“hottestrecordintheworld”and

showsoffSimz’snaturalgiftfor

lyricism– andthealbumwillno

doubtcementherasa prominent

artistacrosstheglobe.Honest,

ferociousandpoliticallyaware:

she’sonetokeep on your radar.

@littlesimz

FLOHIO

Flohiois theNigeria-born,

London-raisedMCwho,last

yearalone,wasnominatedfor

theUK’slaudedBBCSound

Of2019,selectedbyNaomi

Campbellasoneof“10Rising

FemaleStarsReimaginingOur

Future”,releasedhersecond

EPWild Yout and had her first

headlinetour.Impressively,she

pennedherfirstrapinYearSeven.

“I rememberthemomentI first

pickedupa penandpaperinmy

sister’sbedroom.Wedidn’thave

phones,soit wasn’ta typingthing.

Youwrite,scribbleout,write...”

Ona dayoff?“I sleepand I eat;

I watchPlanet Earth.”

@flohio_

KAIIT

Byeverymeasure,PapuaNew

Guinea-born,Melbourne-based

Kaiit(that’s“Ka-eet”)andher

honeyedrapsarea formidable

force:inherearlytwentiesand

withonlya handfulofsingles

andanEPunderherbelt,

she’salreadysupportedJoey

Bada$$,ChanceTheRapper

andTheInternet,andhasbeen

co-signedbyErykahBaduand

JillScott(fromTheRoots).Forthe

uninitiated,herode-to-an-extrack

“OGLuvKushPt.2”willwinyou

overwithlyricslike:“You’re

neverreallyonmymind,I just

thinkofyoufromtimetotime.”

Catchherforthetail-endofher

localtourinlateSeptember

(thenwatchthis space).

@kaiit_isshe

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THERE’SA FIERCE

COHORTOF

FEMALEARTISTS

PUSHINGTHEIR

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THERAPGAME.

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MALLRAT

ThealiasofnascentBrisbane

writerandproducerGrace

Shaw,Mallratis ona sharp

upwardtrajectory,herstrain

ofbubblegumraplandingher

fansasdiverseasMaggie

RogersandPostMalone(who

havepickedherforsupport

slots)andpraisefromthelikes

ofZaneLowe,RollingStone,

TheNewYorkTimesandNME.

Havingalreadyappearedat

SXSW,aswellassecuring

a placeontheAussiefestival

circuit,herlastroundoflocal

showswerea sell-out,butif

you’reaftera fixyou’reinluck–

she’sabouttoheadontour

withAllday(fromAugust17)

anddropa newsingle,

“Charlie”.HerDrivingMusic

EPis alsodueSeptember 6.

@lilmallrat>

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music special

Little Simz

Kaiit

Mallrat

Flohio

Annie Bass

Faye Webster

Carla Geneve

Laurel

UV Boi