Track: Benny J. Ward demands you ‘Tell Me Tell Me’ in a vibrant ball of fuzz that clatters and jangles with a louche aplomb.
Perth’s Benny J. Ward is a busy chap – if he’s not fronting the psych jangle pop maestros Rinehearts and punk outfit LEECHES!, he has half a dozen other projects on the boil. Lucky for us, he is also dropping a bundle of solo work on us and ‘Tell Me Tell Me’ is first off …
News: Cool London indie trio bar italia sign to Matador and release the slow burning track ‘Nurse!’ and UK/European tour dates.
London trio bar italia have been building quite a reputation for their minimalist brand of cool indie rock, and this has lead to their signing with iconic US label Matador and the release of new single ‘Nurse!’. With its louche, laconic style and dual vocals, this is an enigmatic and slow burning fuse of a …
Track: New Zealand’s Queen of indie Fazerdaze releases ethereal and anthemic new single ‘Flood Into’ from her EP ‘Break!’
Delayed by the unfortunate climate events in the North Island of New Zealand, and following a high profile support for New Zealand’s other pop magician Lorde‘s tour, the magnificent singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Fazerdaze (the nom de plume for Amelia Murray) has just released her stunning new single ‘Flood Into’. The final track off her recent EP ‘Break!’ …
Premiere: Matt Ward’s ‘Nobody Told Me’ is a golden ray of dappled sunshine filled with a deliciously delicate poignancy.
We are very excited to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single from Matt Ward entitled ‘Nobody Told Me’. Pedal steel guitars tremble and shimmer over a thundering rhythm section and Ward’s vocals are yearning and soft as they deliver a brillant anthemic alt country tune that canters along with an indelible melody. …
Track: The New Pornographers unveil ‘Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies’ following signing to Merge Records and on eve of new album ‘Continue As A Guest’.
Veteran indie legends The New Pornographers are about to release their ninth album ‘Continue As A Guest’ through new home Merge Records on 31 March 2023 and have unveiled the deliciously entitled single ‘Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies’ to whet the apetite. The single is a buoyant horn-tinged jingle jangle delight with an ominous riff running …
News: Dave Graney and Clare Moore detail launch dates for their album ‘Dave Graney & Clare Moore in a mistLY’ but first declare ‘We Need Cash’ in wry new single.
The swagger and panache of antipodean legends Dave Graney and Clair Moore is center stage in the release of the delightful single ‘We Need Cash’ with its chaotic accompanying video. It is a fitting amuse bouche to the announcement of a series of dates launching last year’s tremendous album ‘Dave Graney & Clare Moore in …
Premiere: The Golden Gaytimes are ‘Hot As Buggery’ and as wacky as anything – see the new video for the title track from their new album.
We are honoured to premiere the new video for the title track to The Golden Gaytimes‘ newly released album ‘Hot As Buggery’. I don’t know if it’s a universal thing but any Australian knows well the delicious and refreshing confectionary curiously called the Golden Gaytime and the band has amusingly appropriated the name for their …
Track: Ritual Cloak envelopes us in a delicious psychedelic fugue with their new track ‘Left Behind’ as new EP ‘Vanished in Transition’ is announced.
Welsh duo Ritual Cloak have just announced a new EP entitled ‘Vanished In Transition’ through Bubblewrap Collective Records, and to whet the appetite have released the track ‘Left Behind’. ‘Left Behind’ is an absorbing, mesmerising fugue of jangling guitars that circulate and flow below the distant vocals. The effect is hypnotic and enchanting, with an …
Premiere: Fingerless let us know there’s ‘More To Come’ in another enigmatic anthem that sends chills down your spine. Launch date also announced.
We are catatonic with excitement to premiere another slice of Brisbane joy from the magnificent and criminally underrated Fingerless, with their new droplet of pleasure, ‘More To Come’. Musical Chameleons as they are, this is a smooth snaky slice of sunshine from the band that has a Queens of the Stone Age element to it, …
Track: Sydney’s End Scene wish everything could be ‘New’ again – track that simmers with an epic sparkle.
End Scene highly impressed us with their debut album ‘All My Ghosts‘ way back in 2021 and they are back with the shimmering ‘New’: a gentle reflective piece that wishes for a form of renaissance or rejuvenation, growth after a period of stagnation. ‘New’ is an ethereal and haunting track augmented by weeping strings and …