Track: Bandicoot have the ‘Worried Blues’: another excessively brilliant single from the entertaining Welsh band.
Bandicoot have an attitude and an impeccable sense of theatre and drama that make their releases utterly cathartic and completely mesmerising. We premiered the video for their last single ‘Fuzzy’ – seductive with all the delicacy of a velvet coated sledgehammer – and the band has released a follow up single ‘Worried Blues’: another blast …
Premiere: Jessica unveils the lush and gorgeous video for the haunting track ‘Apparition’
We are very honoured to premiere a new video from Sydney’s Jessica, for the track ‘Apparition’. Last year we reviewed the quite frankly astonishing debut album from her called ‘The Space Between’ in which we wrote it was: …impossibly beautiful – quiet, reflecting vignettes filled with a haunting sadness and an aura that could only …
Track: Atlas Genius unveil an elegant serving of indie pop with the shimmering single ‘Elegant Stranger’
The smooth and indelible melodies that feature in Adelaide’s Atlas Genius‘ single ‘Elegant Stranger’ has a shimmering eighties feel: an anthemic chorus and a bubbling undertow serving the layered harmonies. It is purest of pop with intelligence and a sonic vibrancy. ‘Elegant Stranger is a collaboration between the band’s singer Keith Jeffrey, acclaimed producer Ben …
EP Review: Second Idol’s ‘Defence Mechanisms’ is satisfyingly powerful indie rock with a heart, plus tour news
‘Defence Mechanisms’, the powerful EP by Sydney band Second Idol, is a solid, grounded guitar-driven indie rock’n’roll gem filled with memorable riffs, a hard unapologetic rough hewn edge and scintillating melodies that reach for the sky. Singer Kate Olivia’s strong uncompromising vocals and lyrics add an indelible sheen to the driving force of the instruments. …
Album Review: BSÍ’s doubled edged ‘Sometimes depressed…but always anti-fascist’ is a dream pop delight with some serrated edges.
There are two sides to this story: Icelandic duo BSÍ have released an album of two sides in ‘Sometimes depressed…but always antifascist’. Side one – sometimes depressed – is a collection of dream pop vignettes: restrained, delicate and eminently beautiful tracks that are reflective and melodic. Side two – always antifascist – presents some slightly …
Album Review: CLUSTERSUN’s Avalanche is a magnificent, mesmerising and eviscerating piece of gothic shoegaze magic
‘Avalanche’, the new album from Italian shoegaze behemoths, CLUSTERSUN, clearly sets out its sonic intent from the very beginning. ‘Desert Daze’ is an aural buzzsaw, tilting along a thundering rhythm section with sonorous, razor sharp guitars and impassioned vocals. It is a wall of sound filtered through by flange, reverb and feedback that leaves one …
Premiere: Welsh psych-rock exponents BOI release visually mesmerising video for the slinky track ‘Ribidires’ and announce debut album.
‘Ribidires’ is a slinky smooth and effervescent track from Welsh band BOI with a gorgeous pace and delivery: all plonking pianos, razor-sharp guitars and layers of vocals and harmonies. With doo-wop backing vocals and a transfixing and memorable melody, it really stands out in a crowded field with its gentle ambulatory motion and shimmering tones. …
Track: Moody Beach delivers a scuzzy fuzzy delightful blast with ‘The Other’ and announces new EP ‘Assembly of the Wild’
There is a lovely scuzzy, dirty edge to Moody Beach’s (aka Melissah Mirage) new track ‘The Other’ that fills it was swagger and attitude – matched by Moody Beach’s performance in the accompanying video. The track contrasts with her earlier release (‘Chance’, reviewed by me here) which was a more restrained dream pop piece. The gloves come …
Track: Polish Club releases gorgeous ballad ‘No Heaven’ and announce new album
Last time we came across the delectable Polish Club, they were blasting the cobwebs from our ears with a funky dance number ‘Stop For a Minute’ (reviewed by me here). Now, upon the announcement of their new album ‘Now We’re Cookin” on 23 July through Island Records Australia, Polish Club have put on display the …
Album Review: Tori Forsyth’s ‘Provlépseis’ is a collection of the most satisfyingly visceral indie rock anthems you could hear this year
‘Provlépseis’ means predictions in Greek, and in the new album from Tori Forsyth, out through Island Records Australia and UMA, becomes a mysterious label for a blistering, visceral piece of work with a pop heart and barbed-wire veins. Combining Forsyth’s swooping, ascendant vocals with chunky, thundering guitars and an insistent driving rhythm gives wings to …