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 frontwoman Katie Stelmanis wants the group’s forthcoming album Future Politics to inspire in listeners “a commitment to replace the approaching dystopia.” We saw the initial threads of this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Katie Stelmanis, the songwriter behind the Canadian electronic group Austra, does not see the band’s latest release, Future Politics, resonating with the public as a good thing. “People have been ...

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 ...

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 ...