Premiere: Sydney’s Marveline serves up a darker dose of pop with the synth buzz of ‘Evil Worm’, and announces launch gig.
The solo work of Pete Marley (from The Nature Strip) under the name Marveline, has always delivered the most exquisite, intelligent and articulate pop, and we are honoured to be able to premiere his new track ‘Evil Worm’. It’s been a while since Marveline released ‘Fly By Instruments’ back in June (reviewed by me here) …
Track: Isla Noon is back with another fine pop delight with ‘I Need To Go Home’
We can all relate to that feeling after long night out filled with excess when you wish you could just press a button and be magically transported to the comfort and safety of your own home. New Zealand pop chanteuse Isla Noon makes a triumphant return with a follow up to her single ‘Talk About …
News: New Zealand’s pop prodigy BENEE announces world tour for 2022 and releases exquisite shimmering single ‘Doesn’t Matter’
New Zealand pop sensation BENEE has just announced her first world tour since the pandemic struck, with forty shows scheduled in the northern hemisphere (Europe and the UK in April-May and North America in June) well as new and rescheduled shows on her New Zealand tour in February-March, followed by her return to Australia – for the …
Track: Holly Hebe’s ‘I Tried To Give You Ways To Love Me’ is a gentle, breezy and wry delight.
There’s a gentle liquidity to the instrumentation and a sixties inflection to Holly Hebe‘s ethereal velvet vocals in her new track ‘I Tried To Give You Ways To Love Me’. Softly flowing in a dream pop reverie burnished with Hebe’s wry tones, this single literally floats like a leaf down a babbling stream, with a …
Track: Laura Mac release the bright and effervescent debut ‘Garage Full Of Dreams’: sparkling rays of sunlight straight out of the Sunshine Coast
‘Garage Full Of Dreams’ is the debut single from Sunshine Coast’s Laura Mac: a cheeky, hyperactive track filled with attitude and verve. Laura Mac is in fact a duo consisting of Laura Maclachlan and Zac Connely who romantically met at the music festival Splendour In The Grass where the couple fell in love, moved to …
Track: The Grogans surf the choppy rock’n’roll waves with the exuberant ‘Just A Kid’ and announce tour
Melbourne trio The Grogans are having a lot of fun with their collective tongues planted firmly in their cheeks. Evidence for the prosecution: their new single ‘Just a Kid’ is just over two minutes of swampy fun with shouty choruses, reverb drenched surf-inflected guitars and a pounding rhythm section. It careens along like a cartoon …
Premiere: We get an exclusive look at the video for Australian country pop sensation Rachael Fahim’s effervescent song, ‘Darts in the Dark’
‘Darts in the Dark’ is a bright and bubbling track that shines and radiates joy, yet a thread of melancholy gives it a bittersweet edge both in the lyrics and Australian singer Rachael Fahim‘s delicate yearning vocals. We are pleased to be able to provide an exclusive look at the video accompanying this piece of …
Track: Ireland’s Just Mustard release the epic and chilling track ‘I Am You’, and announce tours news.
Irish band Just Mustard have just released a visualiser for a new track ‘I Am You’, accompanying news that they will be supporting the marvelous Fontaines D.C.’s 2022 EU tour as well as releasing their new album in the new year through Partisan Records. The track perfectly captures Just Mustard’s brooding, stylistic music: serpentine rhythms, …
Album Review: The Terrifying Lows release a scintillating collection of dark edged gritty pop in the brilliant self-titled debut album.
The Terrifying Lows is the work of Melbourne-based musician and Gamilaroi artist Tyler Millott, and his new self-titled album is a sparkling collection of jewels: finely tuned pop vignettes that have a dark undercurrent beneath the shining melodies. To add to the wonder, Millott took full control of the creativity – writing, recording and producing. As …
Premiere: Marty K and the Electric Hurricanes unleash a sonic storm with their swaggering psychedelic track ‘Rattle Snakes & Bones’
We are pleased to provide an exclusive listen to the new single from newcomers Marty K and the Electric Hurricanes. ‘Rattle Snakes & Bones’ is an electronic blast – a steady moving rumble that travels resolutely on a carriage of crunchy guitars roaming wildly and freely across the sonic landscape, complete with squalling solos, the …