Melbourne three-piece Otouto have recorded a live session for the good folks at Daytrotter, playing four songs from 2010′s ‘Pip’ and one unreleased track.

Australia’s premiere hub for local music, Mess + Noise, has opened their annual readers poll for voting and a heap of our favourite artists have been nominated including Sia, PVT, Axxonn, kyu, Midnight Juggernauts, Otouto, Parades and Sirens of Venice.

Nominations for the fifth Annual Jagermeister Independent Music Awards (formally known as the Jagermeister AIR Awards) have officially been announced, and Inertia has proved its dominance – with nine of its artists nominated, and a whopping fourteen nominations in total.

The Melbourne trio OTOUTO are hitting the road to promote their new album, ‘Pip’ – out now on Two Bright Lakes. OTOUTO have an eclectic set up of instruments with tin pan drums, quirky keyboard sounds and jangly guitars, accompanied by a twin vocal attack which will stun audiences around Australia.