Katie Stelmanis's chilly synth-pop project Austra is back with a new single, "Future Politics." Its video depicts the inhabitants of a sterile, urban-industrial environment, some of whom…
With Austra's Habitats EP out this week, the Toronto trio now shares a video for the title track that continues their decidedly NSFW aesthetic. Steamy vignettes follow the…
For their latest video, Austra take a trip to a moonlit park where "people purge and absolve their sins through sexual liberation," according to Toronto's shadowy…
Austra are kicking off an extensive international tour next week, but first comes a new remix of "Painful Like," the stellar second single from the electronic pop crew's…
DIANA are a Canadian outfit specializing in sumptuous, Sade-nodding soul-pop and led by Carmen Elle, former guitarist for fall tourmates Austra. Their sax-adorned smoothness caught our…
Austra's Kate Stelmanis told SPIN recently that the Toronto electronic pop group wanted to break away from much of what characterized their Polaris Prize-shortlisted 2011…
Austra, the goth-leaning electronic pop act led by Katie Stelmanis, release sophomore album Olympia tomorrow in North America via Domino and Paper Bag. The trio, turned…
Austra have been keeping the sounds of their forthcoming second album very close. Olympia is due out June 18, via Domino, but until now we've only had a…
The last time we checked in with Austra, the dark electroni-pop act was a three-piece overseen by Katie Stelmanis, a former Fucked Up contributor with…
Despite taking the name of the Latvian goddess of light, this Canadian trio craft dark and turbid moods. And while singer Katie Stelmanis' roots connect…
