It’s almost midnight at the Oval Space in London’s trendy East End. Austra have just completed a mesmerising set to a crowd of devoted fans and the large, semi-industrial space is buzzing. In contrast to the band’s previous tour which…
Canadian band Austra are to release their second album, Olympia, later this year. The Toronto-based outfit will release the follow-up to 2011’s Feel It Break on June 17, when they will also play a lone UK date at the Hoxton…
Say it quietly but it looks like summer is finally here, and London is gearing up for its hippest festival of the season, Field Day – and what a stonking line-up it has. Here are FFS’s recommendations to negotiate your…
As we stand on Scala’s balcony overlooking our fellow audience members, we’re utterly transfixed by Austra. The only thing that can interrupt FFS’s state of mind is the raucous applause that separates each of their songs. Like many sailors drawn…
Having been around the Toronto music scene as a solo artist and a member of the band Galaxy, as well as collaborating with a number of other artists, Latvian-Canadian Katie Stelmanis is now fronting so-called electro-goth trio, Austra. There’s no…
I was first made aware of Katie Stelmanis through her work with Canadian wonders Bruce Peninsula. Stelmanis now goes under the name of Austra, a project that sees her powerful vocal talent given an electronic twist. ‘Beat and the Pulse’…