Austra is gearing up to release new album, Future Politics, in January and she’s just shared the video for the title track. “How do we find hope when things seem so bleak?” Austra (aka Katie Stelmanis ...

Austra’s Thursday night performance at the Rickshaw in Vancouver was a confident reminder of how much of the long-running synth-pop project’s power rests in Katie Stelmanis’ voice. Commanding the ...

Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? “Future politics” is a phrase that might have sounded vaguely hopeful ...

It was hard to imagine how Austra, a clubby electronic outfit from Toronto, would sound early in the day in an intimate environment. But Katie Stelmanis and her two vocalists kindly obliged, singing a ...

On the latest Must-Hear Music podcast, Austra's Katie Stelmanis swings by the Billboard office for a wide-ranging chat. Plus the Billboard crew talks Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Jidenna and more. By Joe ...

Austra is back with her first new single since 2017’s Future Politics. Featuring a skittering beat, warm horn pulses and pitched-up vocals, “Risk It” is an instantly appealing track and it also marks ...

Mention synthesizers and dance beats in the same breath these days, and pop fans automatically assume you're talking about electronic dance music, the insistent pulse of the current Top 40. It's brash ...

Wednesday, Canada-based act Austra (aka Katie Stelmanis) shared her first piece of music since 2017’s Future Politics, further defining the dark synth-pop sound she has been crafting for the last ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Austra released her tremendous critically acclaimed and eerily prescient Future ...

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 an operatic voice and a palpable affinity for ...

When is a dance band not a dance band? For some groups, the answer to that question would reflect a range of musical failures, from flat-footed drumming to an overall lack of groove, but happily, that ...