Premiere: ‘No Meaning Man’ – Primo Italo shoegaze maestros We Melt Chocolate cook up a dreamy psychedelic video for the sonic thunderstorm single, with a new album on the way.
Straight out of Florence, We Melt Chocolate are an integral part of the highly impressive Italian psych/shoegaze scene and we are overjoyed at being able to bring you an exclusive look at the video for their thundering new single ‘No Meaning Man’. ‘No Meaning Man’ is shoegaze dream pop heaven: a hazy fugue of guitars, …
Track: Naarm/Melbourne artist Eilish Gilligan make a welcome return with a harder edge in new single ‘Involved You’
It has been nearly two years since Naarm/Melbourne multi-talented artist Eilish Gilligan released her EP ‘First One To Leave The Party’ – reviewed by me here and described as being a beautiful expression of deeply personal frailty and vulnerability, tempered by a defiance and strength. Gilligan is back and her new single ‘Involved You’ exhibits …
Track: In a brilliant antipodean collaboration, BENEE and Mallrat unveil the ultra pop track ‘Do It Again’, Official Song for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ with live dates ahead.
Aotearoa/New Zealand’s BENEE and Australia’s Mallrat have joined forces to release the Official Song for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, ‘Do It Again’. Could there ever be such a perfect collaboration? Fittingly, the football competition takes place across Australian and New Zealand throughout July and August and the collaboration between the antipodean über pop …
News: New Zealand’s Clementine Valentine (fka Purple Pilgrims) announce new album and unveil the elegant single ‘Time and Tide’ as a taste of what’s to come.
Clementine Valentine, the New Zealand-based art-pop duo formerly known as Purple Pilgrims, today announced their upcoming album, ‘The Coin that Broke the Fountain Floor’, out on 25 August via the prestigious Flying Nun Records. To whet our appetites, they have released a delicious single entitled ‘Time and Tide’. There is a baroque, pastoral elegance to …
Premiere: Wade Jackson’s dramatic ‘The Sweetheart’ now has a fittingly evocative and cinematic video.
We are very honoured to bring you an exclusive look at the brilliant new video for the track ‘The Sweetheart’ from troubadour extraordinaire Wade Jackson – a tune we astutely described as being bold, cinematic and luscious. Fitting, therefore, that the new video is as visually eloquent and as stately as the soundtrack. Created by …
Premiere: ‘How I Miss Home’ – Max Aurora & The Southern Lights deliver a dreamy and poignant paean to Aotearoa from a wandering sailor
We are very honoured to premiere the new dreamy, floaty track ‘How I Missed Home’ from Naarm/Melbourne-based band Max Aurora & The Southern Lights. Drenched in sweet poignancy, it’s a delicate and raw paean to home from a sailor on the high seas, sparked from deep feelings of longing and displacement. Recorded down at Marigold …
Premiere: Black Market Karma exclusively unveil their video for the anthemic shoegaze psychedelic joys of ‘Wonky’, featuring Craig Dyer (The Underground Youth).
We are very pleased to bring you an exclusive look at the new video for the track ‘Wonky’ from London’s psychedelic pop artists Black Market Karma, featuring Craig Dyer of iconic psychedelic rock duo The Underground Youth. ‘Wonky’ is a glorious scuzzy shoegaze blast that fuses a Jesus and Mary Chain insolence with a Velvet …
Premiere: Wesley Fuller is ‘Back To Square One’ and exclusively unveils video for his vibrant new single, along with news of signing to Cheersquad and live date.
We are very honoured to bring you an exclusive look at the new video from power pop maestro Wesley Fuller for his song ‘Back To Square One’. ‘Back To Square one’ is a rather poignant reference to the rollercoaster career of Fuller. Fuller first made a name for himself early in the second decade of the …
Premiere: We Set Sail unfurl their last ever single ‘Living In A Time When Only Cigarettes Would Kill You’ as it’s anchors aweigh for the dream pop maestros.
It is with mixed emotions that we premiere the final ever single from Brisbane dream pop exponents We Set Sail, amusing entitled ‘Living In A Time When Only Cigarettes Would Kill You’. Nothing ever lasts forever and all good things must come to an end. The track opens with a poignant spoken conversation asking how …
News: The legendary Slowdive announce new album ‘everything is alive’ and unveil the glorious first single ‘kisses’ on eve of antipodean tour
In very exciting news, today, Slowdive announced their new album, everything is alive, coming out Friday, 1 September on Dead Oceans, and unveiled the video for the gorgeous lead single, ‘kisses’. This comes ahead of the band’s headline Australia and New Zealand tour which kicks off in July — tickets on sale here. The announcement also comes ahead of the band’s first-ever Glastonbury performance this weekend, …