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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. …
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 …
Gallery: Electric Six at The Croxton 03.03.2023
Detroit’s Electric Six returned to Australia to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of ‘Fire’ (Danger! High Voltage, Gay Bar, Dance Commander, Synthesizer) + Fan Faves, at The Croxton in Melbourne on 3 March 2023 for a sold out show. Supported by Fancy Face. View galleries of the show by Suzanne Phoenix below. Happy Face supporting Electric …
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 …
News: Indie folk-rock darlings, The Paper Kites unveil the wistfully beautiful The Sweet Sound Of You
Winter of 2022 saw Australian indie folk-rock band, The Paper Kites take themselves away from the lights of the big city to begin the process for writing and recording a new album, their sixth. While working on the album, the band performed an unannounced month-long residency in the small Victorian town of Campbells Creek. Word …
News: Melbourne industrial goth duo Velatine release new album ‘I Won’t Be Civilised’ and unveils thundering ominous title track
Purveyors of a gothic pop industrial sound infused by an ominous darkness, Melbourne outfit Velatine have just released the album ‘I Won’t Be Civilised’ accompanied by the vivid and dynamic title track. The track has a funereal, elegiac quality propelled by thundering drums and an insistent drone that stabs underneath the surface. Singer Maggie Alley’s …
Track: Sydney’s Royel Otis appoint themselves the ‘Sofa King’ in a splendid, yearning blast of sonic pleasure ahead of EP news.
With a refrain that sings out you’re so fucking gorgeous with an impish, exultant delight, the new single ‘Sofa King’ from Sydney duo Royel Otis is utterly enchanting. The rambling refrain and the floating melodies mark out something that is euphoric and joyous with a raffish demanour and a thread of melancholy desire. The lyrics …
Premiere: Chavez Cartel have a ‘Dead Weekend’ ahead – a rumbling, prowling thunderous onslaught that quickens the pulse accompanied, by UK/Australian tour news.
We are absolutely delighted to premiere the new single ‘Dead Weekend’ from Gold Coast indie band Chavez Cartel. ‘Dead Weekend’ is as satisfying as anything produced by an illicit organisation with the same level of malevolence and threat attached. Opening with a reverberated voice, the track begins to prowl and circle with intent – an …