We’re past the halfway point of 2016 now and it looks like we’re in for a repeat of last year, with Australian artists absolutely killing it all over the world.
Acts like Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala, Hermitude, and Vance Joy dominated 2015, but it looks like this year belongs to homegrown EDM golden boy Flume.
As The Music Network recently reported, the producer’s collaboration with Kai, ‘Never Be Like You’, has gone quadruple platinum in Australia and platinum in the US.
It’s sold one million units in the States, where it sits within the Top 10 on radio, and has surpassed 200 million plays on Spotify.
Meanwhile, Flume’s 70-date world tour in support of new album Skin has sold more than 290,000 tickets. Like Vance Joy, he’s managed to sell out ever single one of his North American shows so far.
Whilst we’re on the subject of Australia’s electronic talent, don’t sleep on RÜFÜS, or RÜFÜS DU SOL as they’re known Stateside, where they recently announced a fall tour.
The trio unveiled the tour dates via a mind-blowing video of their performance at the picturesque Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado and you should just see the reception they got from the crowd.
In fact, it’s not unlike the reception Melbourne psychedelic collective King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have been receiving on their latest trek around Europe.
As we noted, the boys recently hit up the Paredes de Coura Festival where they were greeted by tens of thousands of screaming fans, who immediately proceeded to lose it over the band.
Back to North America, Violent Soho are selling out shows left and right before they return home for a tour with The Bronx, warming up the Stateside audiences for DZ Deathrays and Dune Rats, who will be rocking their socks as part of a joint world tour soon.
