Austra are an electronic band from Toronto, ON, Canada comprising Katie Stelmanis (principal songwriter), Maya Postepski, and Dorian Wolf. They d?buted with the single "The Beat And The Pulse" (November 2010, One Big Silence), and their latest release is the remix album "Sparkle" (July 2011, Domino) . Their debut album, "Feel It Break" (May 2011, Domino), came after a long sequence of bands for Stelmanis, representing a near ten year musical progression performing as an artist, then fleshed-out by a full band.
Their debut album, "Feel It Break" (May 2011, Domino), came after a long sequence of bands for Stelmanis, representing a near ten year musical progression performing as an artist, then fleshed-out by a full band. More settled and dominant than ever, the band's sound represents Stelmanis' influences tightened into a shiny metal ball ? pianos give way to keyboards as songs build and pull, their urgent, dark melodies arpeggiating through multiple synthesizers, wrapping themselves around Stelmanis' voice.
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Glasser 3
Ionnalee 3
Purity Ring 10
Zola Jesus 17
Fever Ray 8
Grimes 18
Kate Boy 10
Polica 11
Princess Century 5
TR/ST 8
Agnes Obel 10
Aurora 20
Braids 3
Class Actress 5
Diana 5
HTRK 13
Kristin Kontrol 1
Ladytron 43
Niki & The Dove 5
Pixx 6
Public Memory 4
Soho Rezanejad 3
The Golden Filter 6
Blessure Grave 7
Chelsea Wolfe 16
Cold Beat 5
Esben And The Witch 11
Florence + The Machine 47
Jenny Hval 9
Lyla Foy 2
oOoOO 4
Salem 17
Sevdaliza 12
So Below 3
Viktoria Modesta 2
Bat For Lashes 28
Born Gold 4
Deep Sea Diver 7
Ela Minus 3
Foxtrott 3
Jehnny Beth 2
Lorde 16
Lou Canon 1
London Grammar 23
Tanlines 9