Track: Samuel Gaskin unveils the shimmering and elegant ‘PRESSŪRE’, with live date announced.
Last year we premiered the thrilling single ‘RĀIN’ from Melbourne based queer Māori musician Samuel Gaskin and it wonderful to see him back with the new single ‘PRESSŪRE’. It’s been quite a year in the intervening time (the appalling Referendum result in Australia denying the First Nations peoples a voice to Parliament and the descent into …
Track: Heartbeatz (from British India’s William Drummond) releases debut single ‘Sweeping Up My Shadow’ ahead of album release.
‘Sweeping Up My Shadow’ is a louche and sultry debut from songwriter and multi-instrumentalist William Drummond, from esteemed indie band British India as part of his new project named Heartbeatz. It has a bouncing sardonic beat that recalls Gorillaz and was born from personal tragedy, as Drummond recounts: Often it’s easy to fall into unhealthy …
EP Review: The Tullamarines’ debut ‘Ugly Cry’ is a zesty, refreshing and hyperactive collection of indie pop gems, with live dates ahead.
Adelaide band The Tullamarines have released a collection of effervescent indie pop songs in the EP ‘Ugly Cry’ that positively hum with vitality, energy and more than a dash of creativity. Lucinda Machin from the band says: The Tullamarines is a band of overthinkers so all the songs on the EP have been created through a fair share of love, care, …
News: The incomparable The Zutons return after 16 years with Nile Rodgers/Ian Broudie produced album ‘The Big Decider’ and UK tour.
The Zutons were one of those bands that seemed to burn brightly for an altogether too short a time before spluttering out in the early 2000’s. Purveyors of an intelligent style of indie pop inflected with a bit of soul, their greatest achievement – and one that is not recognised by many – is they …
News: The legendary Kid Congo Powers brings his Pink Monkey Birds to the southern hemisphere for a grand tour, to coincide with new album release.
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds are one of the greatest treats to see live and it is therefore great news that they will be touring Australia in April 2024, when their fifth album will also be released. Kid Congo Powers is, quite simply put, a legend – playing with The Gun Club, The …
Track: ‘Birthday Song ft C.J. Stranger’, gifted to us from Perth artist Skyuka, is a dappled delight.
Skyuka has highly impressed us with two singles ‘Micheal Cera’ and Houseplants’ this year that put on display her songwriting craft, effervescent pop mixed with a wry sense of humour and playfulness. She has now released the single ‘Birthday Song’ and sung as a gentle reflective duo with Darug/Blue Mountains musician C.J Stranger (the work …
Premiere: The Summertimes unveil their paean to Sydney in the glittering single ‘My Beautiful Girl Harbour’.
We are very honoured to bring you an exclusive look at the video for the third single from The Summertimes‘ radiant self-titled album (recently reviewed by me here). ‘My Beautiful Girl Harbour’ is a soaring, shimmering track – surfing like a dolphin on the wake from a Sydney Harbour ferry, coasting on a bed of …
Live Review plus Gallery: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 11.11.23.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre hit Australia for their opening show at the Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania – the first visit since 2018. Now, any cheap tabloid publication would make the review all about a certain on-stage bust up between founding members, leading to the departure of one of them three quarters of the way …
Track: Shining Bird are ‘Out of the Black’ – a stellar journey into a shimmering, evocative world, with a new album on the way.
Shining Bird today release the shimmering track ‘Out Of The Black’, the band’s first new music since the 2021 album Deadlands, and the first taste of album number four which is set for release in 2024. ‘Out Of The Black’ is a gorgeous shimmering track. With singer Dane Taylors deep resonant vocals reminiscent of Tindersticks …
Album Review: She’s ‘Not Your Cupid’ – Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Erny Belle unveils a delicately beautiful collection of sonic jewels ahead of live dates. Out through Flying Nun.
Released through the legendary Flying Nun label, the new album ‘Not Your Cupid from Tāmaki Makaurau’s Erny Belle is an absolute treasure. Delicate and nuanced, it has an indie pop style with a folk tinge and yet there is a electronic voltage throughout that is thrilling. Belle’s vocals reminds me at times of Sarah Cracknell …