Guardian Music — (Domino)Canadian trio Austra have been lumped in with the synth-gothisms of Zola Jesus and Fever Ray, but there's a cleanliness and sharpness about them that belies those associations. Katie Stelmanis sings with a cut-glass voice, and the precision ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Austra's full-length debut, Feel It Break, comes out May 17. Growing up in Toronto in the 1990s, Katie Stelmanis knew she'd one day be an opera singer. She studied piano and violin and, as a child, sang with the Canadian Opera Company. Later, after... more info

Stereogum — In this video for dark, danceable Toronto BTW (x 2) Austra’s “Lose It,” Katie Stelmanis & Co. are carefully arranged by director M Blash to play cards, fight, bleed, and watch rockets in a stock NYC hotel room/dollhouse. The track’s the secon... more info

Nialler9 — Austra were so brilliant at SXSW I went to see them twice. The Toronto-based band led by Katie Stelmanis are a hugely impressive live six-piece act. Their album Feel It Break is out on May 13rd on Domino. The band play Crawdaddy, Dublin on Saturday J... more info

Guardian Music — As proponents of strident, goth-tinged electronica, this Toronto trio are in good companyHometown: Toronto.The lineup: Katie Stelmanis (vocals), Maya Postepski (drums, programming), Dorian Wolf (bass).The background: Apologies for giving the game awa... more info

Stereogum — Austra is the Toronto trio of vocalist/pianist/etc Katie Stelmanis (ex-Galaxy), drummer Maya Postepski (ex-Galaxy, currently TRUST), and bassist Dorian Wolf (ex-Spiral Beach), but the bulk of the band’s promo photos feature the singer by her loneso... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Austra - "Beat & The Pulse" (MP3) The last time Austra played New York was the tail end of last year at Glasslands with Diamond Rings. We didn't realize it at the time, but the Toronto... more info

DrownedInSound — "What happened to Katie Stelmanis?" was one question I found myself asking over the past couple of years. Well it turns out she kind of ditched the stuff under her own name and joined/formed a group called Austra, which also includes Maya Postepski a... more info

Nialler9 — Newly signed to Domino, Toronto-based Katie Stelmanis leads the charge in Austra. Along with fellow Canadian musicians Dorian Wolf (bass), and Maya Postepski (beats/programming/production), Austra are making the kind of dark electronica that I’m in... more info

Said the Gramophone — Austra - "Beat and the Pulse". I'd seen Toronto's Katie Stelmanis a couple of times. Didn't like her at all. Wailings without songs, atmosphere without substance. I felt bad thinking this, because Katie is a friend of friends; but... more info