May 01, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Austra (the project of Katie Austra Stelmanis) has released a new album, HiRUDiN, today via Domino. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, today we posted our review of the album. More

Apr 17, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie)

Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under lockdown, with lots of debate on when things can get back to normal. Still not anytime soon it seems. More

Apr 16, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Austra (the project of Katie Austra Stelmanis) is releasing a new album, HiRUDiN, on May 1 via Domino. Now she has shared another song from it, “Mountain Baby,” which features Cecile Believe and a children’s choir from Wilkinson Public School in Toronto (Stelmanis’ mother is a teacher there). More

Apr 07, 2020 By Mark Redfern

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Katie Austra Stelmanis of Toronto, Canada’s Austra. More

Mar 06, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s been a topsy-turvy week. SXSW was just cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. The Democratic presidential primaries have dramatically changed in the last week, with Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg, and, sigh, Elizabeth Warren all dropping out of the race, leaving just Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. More

Mar 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Austra (the project of Katie Austra Stelmanis) has announced a new album, HiRUDiN, and shared a new song from it, album opener “Anywayz,” via a video for the track. More

Jan 29, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Austra (the project of Katie Stelmanis) has shared a new song, “Risk It,” via a Jasmin Mozzafari-directed video for the track. More

Feb 02, 2018 By Stephen Mayne

It’s State of the Union time, an event that saw a slightly different Trump from the usual edition. Don’t worry, you can’t keep him subdued for long. Amongst other things, we also have a rouge memo, resigning lords, unimpressive awards, and Austra looking to a brighter future. More

Dec 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Austra released a new album, Future Politics, way back in January via Domino. Now they have shared a new B-side from the album, “Change the Paradigm.” Listen below. The band is playing a hometown show in Toronto this Thursday, December 14, at The Velvet Underground.

Jun 15, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Austra released a new album, Future Politics, back in January via Domino. Now the band led by Katie Stelmanis has taken part in A.V. Club’s Undercover series, in which bands pick a song to cover from a predetermined list. More

Jan 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Austra released a new album, Future Politics, last Friday via Domino. Previously the band shared videos for “Utopia” and “Future Politics.” Now the band has shared a video for “I Love You More Than You Love Yourself.” More

Jan 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Austra are releasing a new album, Future Politics, next Friday (January 20) via Domino. Previously the band shared videos for its first single “Utopia” and “Future Politics.” Now you can stream the whole album via NPR First Listen. Listen below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Dec 05, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Austra are releasing a new album, Future Politics, on January 20, 2017 via Domino. Previously the band shared a video for its first single, “Utopia.” Now the album’s title track has been shared via its video. Allie Avital directed the “Future Politics” video, which features frontwoman Katie Stelmanis singing the song while dancers move across an urban landscape. More

Oct 19, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Austra have announced a new album and shared a video for its first single, “Utopia.” Future Politics is due out January 20, 2017 via Domino. Below is the video for “Utopia,” followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art.

Aug 06, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Toronto’s synth outfit Austra have just released a new video from their Habitat EP. It’s called “Doepfer,” and was directed by Adrienne Crossman. It features mundane yet ghostly images from around Toronto, and a lot of trippy digital distortion. No need to adjust your flash settings. More

Jul 11, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Austra has covered the Duran Duran song “American Science.” More

Jul 03, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Here’s the latest video from Toronto’s Austra. “Hulluu” is the second video from their latest four-track EP, Habitat, following the title track. It was directed by Zeesy Powers and features dancer Emily Law. More

Jun 19, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Austra released a four song EP this week called Habitat, and now we have a video for the title track. Director Matt Lambert describes the video in a press release as an exploration of “the fragile and tender moments of anxiety and anticipation that lead up to first intimate contact”. More

May 06, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Following last year’s full-length Olympia, Austra have announced the release of a new four-song EP titled Habitat. More

Jan 17, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Rarely opting for something straightforward or even understandable when it comes to their music videos, Toronto outfit Austra have premiered an equally strange visual for their Olympia single “Hurt Now Me.” More

Nov 14, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Austra dives into the dark in new video “Forgive Me” a cut from the band’s excellent sophomore album Olympia. More

Jul 15, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Austra have premiered a new music video featuring their second Olympia single “Painful Like.” More

Jun 17, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Tomorrow sees the release of Austra‘s sophomore LP Olympia. More

Jun 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Austra’s latest electro/operatic opus Olympia will street June 18 via Domino. More

May 30, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Here’s another cut from Austra’s forthcoming album Olympia (due out June 18 on Domino). More

May 01, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

This June Toronto six-piece Austra will release their sophomore album Olympia. More

Mar 07, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On June 18, dark Toronto six-piece Austra will release their sophomore album Olympia. More

May 16, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Canadian electronic-classical outfit Austra have announced that they will return to the U.S. for a select number of live performances starting this coming August. More

Feb 17, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Just as Chairlift had done not too long ago, Toronto electro goth/pop outfit Austra recently took to the Australian radio waves of network Triple J to take part in the program’s cover series “Like a Version.” More

Apr 07, 2020 By Mark Redfern

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Katie Austra Stelmanis of Toronto, Canada’s Austra. More

Jan 20, 2017 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2016 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from Katie Stelmanis of Austra. More

Jul 26, 2013 By Selena Fragassi

“Poetry is not one of my strengths,” admits Austra founder and frontwoman Katie Stelmanis, reflecting on the Toronto band’s 2011 debut, Feel It Break. More

Jun 17, 2013 By J. Pace

Olympia reportedly captures a more democratic Austra, with benevolent dictator Katie Stelmanis relinquishing some of her control and the road-weathered six-piece now writing as a band. More

Mar 25, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Although the last day of SXSW usually has a sparse schedule, I managed to catch some heavy hitters, including Heyerdahl, Autre Ne Veut, Willy Moon, Majical Cloudz, HAIM, Vampire Weekend, and Austra. More