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Album Review: Squarepusher – Dostrotime
Whether composing Music For Robots with 78 fingers, performing with Shobaleader One, or exacting the drum and bass carnage his three decade career is prized for, Tom Jenkinson presents exhilarating experiments in a stoic yet playful manner. But as with any album bearing the “Made In Lockdown” tag, it’s hard not to attribute emotionality to …
Live Review plus Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival, Trentemøller, MAC 02 Centre, Hobart, 18.06.2023
Last night, Anders Trentemøller and his full band played the last night of the musical part of the Dark Mofo Festival in the vast cold cavern that is the MAC 02 hall. A performance so immersive and cathartic it made the venue feel like an intimate cavern, and heated up the interior like a solar …
News: Debbie Sings drops new cut ”Wish Upon A Star”
The latest single from Debbie Sings, AKA Danish Pop Producer Sophia Hage, ‘Wish Upon A Star’ presents a bombastic, bittersweet ode to the transient joys of ‘splash the cash’ hedonism. Overwhelmed and depressed by feelings of directionless futures, where wishes never seem to come true, our singer says “fuck it”, discards tomorrow and lives only …
Premiere: Late Night Therapy sign to Mugatunes and takes us on a thrilling ‘Drive’ – the pulsating electro-pop single featuring Lily Belle.
The enormously talented Harry Suttor is Late Night Therapy and we are very honoured to premiere his new single ‘Drive’ (featuring Lily Belle), accompanied by news that Late Night Therapy has signed to the cool Mugatunes label. ‘Drive’ sets off on a dynamic percussive beat and washes of natural sampled sounds with a synth undercurrent. …
Track: Sydney trio The Duke of Randwick demand ‘Where You Gonna Go?’ in a raucous anthemic blast.
The Duke of Randwick are a Sydney trio whose exact musical genre is hard to define, but their new single ‘Where You Gonna Go?’ is a veritable blast of fuzzy jangle pop with an anthemic, melodic attack. There are certainly elements of a Britpop swagger but this is ameliorated by a harder, punchier attack that …
Premiere: Melbourne chanteuse Bella Deer unveils the anthemic dance track ‘Bloom’, with a force that would power the universe. Plus launch dates announced.
With a powerful voice filled with a ineluctable power that would light up an entire universe, we are very proud to premiere the new single ‘Bloom’ from Melbourne singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bella Deer. With a pulse quickening cyclical piano thrum that drives the song forward like an out of control billy cart with no …
Live Review: De Staat (The State) / CLT DRP – The Grand Social, Dublin 15,10,2022
Dutch alternative rock band rolled into or should I say strutted into Dublin’s The Grand Social, bringing with them Brighton’s three piece electro punk outfit CLT DRP.The night was a total sell out and the room was rammed. Opening the night were as mentioned Brighton band CLT DRP, taking to the stage at 8pm to …
Premiere: Arty Ziff says ‘ByeByeBaby’, a delicious wave of bubble pop melancholia featuring the velvet vocals of Jade Alice.
We are very pleased to premiere the silky smooth sibilant sounds of ‘ByeByeBaby’ from Arty Ziff, featuring the velvet vocals of singer Jade Alice. Arty Ziff is the nom de plume of Naarm/Melbourne-based producer, Mitch Kelly, whose mastery of the genre is confirmed with a pop-infused clarity in this new track. Imbued with a neon …
Premiere: Brisbane electronic artist and producer Du0 exclusively unveils his ethereal EP ‘LIFT’: a dreamy, billowing collection of glittering gems.
Meanjin/Brisbane-based electronic artist and producer Du0 is releasing his gorgeous debut EP ‘LIFT’ (produced by the artist himself and mixed by Mario Borgatta – alt-J, Major Lazer, Foster The People). and we are very honoured to be able to bring you an early listen before its release tomorrow. The music is shimmering and cinematic: wide …
Album Review: Visceral, free-form electronic perfection: Sea Change’s new album ‘Mutual Dreaming’ drops tomorrow via Shapes Recordings
The highly anticipated new album from Norwegian producer and singer Sea Change, ‘Mutual Dreaming’, is set for release this Friday through Shapes Recordings. Sea Change is the project of Norway’s Ellen A. W. Sunde. Since her debut album, 2015’s Breakage, Sunde’s sound has mutated from atmospheric dream-pop to shapeshifting electronica without a change to her …