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Track: Dropping Honey unfurl ‘Branches’ – a cathartic blast of immersive and spine chilling shoegaze.
Wollongong’s Dropping Honey display many of the facets of what I call the Marrickville Sound – bands from the eighties or nineties that have evolved into other bands or reconvened where they left off, rejuvenated, refreshed and just as creative as ever. Dropping Honey are the latter variation – a band that has got back …
Track: It takes ‘Seven Days’ for The Lovetones to spread a little spaghetti western joy.
Perennial favourites here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, the glorious The Lovetones are back in the saddle with an intriguing new single ‘Seven Days’ that seems to stash a little Ennio Morricone in its genetic code, with just a touch of oriental exotica also detectable. Matt Tow’s sonorous, thundering vocals are leavened by …
News: THE THE announce new album ‘Ensoulment’ – their first in 25 years – ahead of tour, with new visceral single ‘Cognitive Dissident’ unleashed as a taster.
With an Australian tour ahead, the fabled THE THE have announced a new album ‘Ensoulment’, their first studio album of new songs in a quarter century. This 12-song album will be released on Cinéola / earMUSIC on Friday, September 6. As a taste of what’s to come, the single ‘Cognitive Dissident’ is out today and …
News: Antipodean legends The Church announce a celebration of their iconic first four albums with ‘The ALREADY YESTERDAY Tour’
The legendary The Church, will be hitting the road for their ‘The ALREADY YESTERDAY Tour’ which will see them perform songs from their first four iconic albums in theatres across Australia. The Church will play a selection of songs from the band’s first four albums – ‘Of Skins & Heart’, ‘The Blurred Crusade’, ‘Séance’, and ‘Heyday’. Collectively, these albums …
Live Review & Gallery: Hands Like Houses Introduce a New Era for East Coast ‘Tropo’ Tour – Oxford Art Factory, Eora/Sydney, 16.05.2024
Thursday night at the Oxford Art Factory was a whirlwind of high-energy excitement as Hands Like Houses, the post-hardcore sensation from Canberra, took centre stage. This marked a pivotal moment in the band’s journey, with the debut of their new lead singer, Josh Raven, as part of their Tropo Tour. Stepping in the doors, it …
Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne band Jazz Tiger signs to False Peak Records and exclusively unveils a soothing sonic journey to ‘Batemans Bay’ ahead of debut album.
Ultra cool Brisbane label False Peak Records has announced the signing of Naarm/Melbourne band Jazz Tiger and we are honoured to premiere their first single on the label, the atmospheric and languid ‘Batemans Bay’. Like warm summer shower, the song flows with a soothing delicacy, dappling guitars and a frisson of melancholy augmented by the …
News: Wunderhorse Announce New Album and drop track
Wunderhorse’s new album ‘Midas’ set to strike gold in August
Premiere: Brigitte Bardini has a ‘Crush’ – a gorgeous single expressed in a kaleidoscope of sonic colours that glitter and shine.
Brigitte Bardini is a brilliant singer/songwriter who delivers the most majestic pieces of sonic delights, and we are ever so honoured to premiere the new jewel in her crown, ‘Crush’. There is a shimmering eighties dream pop blush to the new single, with a sparkle that evokes New Gold Dream-era Simple Minds or Orchestral Maneuvers …
Live Gallery: YL Hooi & Silzedrek at the Sydney Biennale 15.05.2024
YL Hooi brings her enigmatic dub-infused soundscapes to life at the Sydney Biennale 2024