Angus and Julia Stone

Angus & Julia Stone have just been announced as support on three DeVotchKa dates, including two shows in Chicago at Lincoln Hall (Oct 15 and 16) and a special CMJ show at Sideshows at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park in New York City (Oct 23). The Aussie brother and sister have also added a Boston date to their headline tour on October 26 at Paradise. (Full list of dates below)

Check out the gorgeous new video for Angus & Julia's "Hold On" above. 

“They’re shedding new light on the intense but often subtle dynamics of male-female collaboration…Chart-toppers in their own country, the Stone siblings create the kind of music -- quiet, but driving, and rich with aura -- that turns casual listeners into cultish fans.” – LA Times

“Barefoot in a jade chiffon maxi dress, a flower in her hair, Julia looks like a young Loretta Lynn wafting around her first Glastonbury. Angus also sports a yellow bloom – in his trilby – but has the wild hair, beard and more earthy charms of Chas Hodges…watching the family Stone is like taking a minibreak – warm, intimate and inviting – you'll feel better for it.”– The Guardian (UK)

Indie-folk duo Angus & Julia Stone are set to return to North America this fall for headline tour dates that kick off with an appearance on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” on October 4 and a show at Los Angeles’s El Rey on October 5. They’ll also pass through Austin for their first Austin City Limits appearance on October 8, sharing the day with artists like Beach House, The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend and Spoon. (Tour dates after the jump.)

Angus & Julia Stone have officially wrapped their sold-out North American headline tour.  Before they head to Tennessee to make their Bonnaroo debut on Saturday, June 12, the Aussie brother/sister duo stopped by Philadelphia's WXPN for a special live performance from World Cafe Live. Listen to the performance HERE.

To celebrate the launch of their N. American tour, Angus & Julia Stone release the Big Jet Plane EP, featuring the radio edit of stand-out track "Big Jet Plane" from their latest full-length album Down The Way, along with two previously unreleased original tracks and a cover of "You're The One That I Want" from the musical Grease (which you can check out HERE). Watch the video for "Big Jet Plane" HERE.

The Aussie indie-folk duo recently wrapped up sold-out headline dates in Australia and the UK, including the 2,000 capacity Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. The N. American leg of the headline tour kicked off last night in Los Angeles with the first of two sold out dates at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery; the two dates sold out so quickly that the pair added a third LA date as well. Angus & Julia will also hit Toronto, Montreal and New York for headline shows before making their Bonnaroo debut on June 12 and then joining the John Butler Trio on a handful of east coast dates, including the Central Park SummerStage (tour dates below). They'll be back in the States this October as part of the Austin City Limits line-up as well. Angus & Julia had the #1 album in Australia for 2 weeks upon the release of Down The Way in March; their digital sales were so strong there that they broke the record for 1st week digital sales by an Australian Artist ever.

As they come off of their sold out Australian and UK tours and prepare to head to Los Angeles for their first N. American date on May 25, Angus & Julia Stone have just announced that they'll join the John Butler Trio on a handful of dates in mid-June, including the Central Park Summerstage. Their US headline tour dates are already beginning to sell out, and the pair will have yet another track ("The Devil's Tears") featured on this Thursday's episode of Grey's Anatomy.

Full N. American tour dates are below. Check out what the UK press had to say after the Aussie bro/sis duo's sold-out show at the 2,000 capacity Shepherd Bush Empire on April 22:

“Angus and Julia Stone are a ridiculously talented Aussie bro and sis duo… The packed-out crowd hung on every ethereal folky gem.” -- Daily Star (UK)

“Angus & Julia Stone…have come of age with their second album, Down the Way...Peddling a soft-focused but sometimes surprisingly hard-edged brand of modern folk, the duo draws on elements of Americana filtered through an otherworldly sense of romantic wonder. The darkened Empire stage looked like an enchanted cave, with sprays of bright electric flowers, fairy lights and a heavy cloak of billowing mist. Julia, dressed in a flowing green dress, looked like a sea nymph as she danced barefoot around the stage. She sang the opening number, And the Boys, in a dark, quivering voice that had something of the hippy-siren quality of Stevie Nicks. Angus, who opted for a more agrarian look involving a battered hat and an untended beard, took over the singing for Yellow Brick Road, an aching acoustic-guitar lament that he delivered in a voice as keening and fragile as a desert wind.” –-The Times (UK)

Aussie brother/sister folk duo Angus & Julia Stone debuted on the American Billboard Charts today at #19 on the Heatseeker Chart and #8 the Folk Chart with sophomore album Down The Way, nearly doubling the sales of their debut album A Book Like This just over a year ago. In Canada, the pair made their first ever appearance on the Canadian Soundscan Album Chart, coming in at #118 overall with 468 copies of Down The Way sold. They also landed at #80 on the Quebec overall chart, where over half of the total album sales in Canada came from; this continues on the success of their debut album, which has sold nearly 3,000 copies in Canada since its release in early 2009. 

This exciting North American news comes on the heels of the duo holding the #1 spot for two weeks on the Australian charts with record breaking numbers for 2010, ahead of the Gorillaz, Vampire Weekend and Lady Gaga; The Stone's went GOLD in Australia in less than two weeks. Grab a copy of the album now on iTunes or at Amazon. 

Angus & Julia Stone are currently on tour, charming sold out crowds from Australia to the UK with their enchanting live set.  The pair recently announced new North American tour dates, including a stop in Manchester, TN on June 12 for their Bonnaroo debut and their first show ever in Montreal.  A second New York City show was also just added at Tribeca’s 92Y. (Tour dates below)

With a #1 album two weeks in a row in their home country of Australia, sold out dates in Australia and the UK and global critical acclaim for their sophomore album Down The Way (out now on Nettwerk), brother/sister folk duo Angus & Julia Stone are ready to make their way back to North America in late May/early June for special shows in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto and New York City. They’ll also head down to Tennessee for their first Bonnaroo appearance on June 12 (all dates below).

Down The Way highlights the endless talents of this brother and sister as musicians, songwriters and producers. See what critics around the world are saying:

“…a sweet and savory blend to warm the soul." - MOJO (4 stars)

"Brother Angus' acoustic guitar wraps sister Julia's whispery trill with an unhurried, disarmingly simple melody that will propel you off the couch and into the sun."
- Marie Claire "Need To Download"

"If A Book Like This compounded the prospects of their future, consider Down The Way the fulfilling realization of all expectations." – Filter

“…the musical equivalent of a walk on the beach at twilight." - Nylon

“The pair melt in to one another to create a spectral and lush backdrop”
– Clash Magazine (UK)

“Very possibly the worlds' favourite Australian indie-folk brother and sister duo”
- Evening Standard (London UK)

On the heels of a record breaking #1 album in Australia and just a few days before the official release of their sophomore album Down The Way in North America, Aussie brother/sister folk duo Angus & Julia Stone will have music prominently featured in tonight's episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice on ABC. The tracks "Hold On" and "Draw Your Swords" will be heard on Grey's Anatomy (9/8 PM CT) and "Santa Monica Dream" will be featured on Private Practice (10/9 PM CT). Down The Way is out March 30. Pre-order your copy on Amazon or get it now oniTunes. 

Stay tuned for news and tour information coming soon!

Aussie brother/sister duo Angus & Julia Stone have much to celebrate this week.  Their sophomore album Down The Way just debuted at #1 in Australia, with 13,501 albums sold in its first week, making them the #1 new release in 2010 in Australia, and the second highest seller in a week, behind Susan Boyle.

The album is out March 30 in N. America, and the critical acclaim has already started to roll in:

"If A Book Like This compounded the prospects of their future, consider Down The Way the fulfilling realization of all expectations." - Filter

"[Angus and Julia Stone] make the musical equivalent of a walk on the beach at twilight." - Nylon

"Brother Angus' acoustic guitar wraps sister Julia's whispery trill with an unhurried, disarmingly simple melody that will propel you off the couch and into the sun." - Marie Claire "Need To Download"

Stay tuned for more news and tour information from Angus & Julia Stone.

Our friends at Filter Magazine were nice enough to exclusively premiere the brand new video for "Black Crow" from Angus & Julia Stone's upcoming sophomore album Down The Way, out March 30. Watch the video above and check out the full post on FilterMagazine.com.  Fans can also purchase the recently released single at iTunes HERE. 

As reported by Filter, "Black Crow" was directed/animated by Nick Murray Willis, and is a reworking of one of an art school projects that Angus and Julia took a liking to. Here's the story according to Willis:
"In the late 80s/early 90s I grew up in the forests of Winnie the Pooh, South of England. After studying at Norwich Art School and doing an animation degree at Solent University I've spent the last few years working on various animation projects. The video for "Black Crow" is a remake of my degree film The Hatch, a bleak look at a prisoner trying to break out of his mundane world. Angus and Julia sent me the track for "Black Crow" and knowing they liked The Hatch I suggested editing a version to the song. Angus had a few ideas on the direction they wanted the video to go so I worked them in as well as I could and that's how the video came out."