Indie
Premiere: FLOWERTRUCK exclusively unveil their video for single ‘Pretending’ with announcement of new album ‘Partly Cloudy’.
We’ve long been fans of Sydney/Illawarra band FLOWERTRUCK who have perfected an antipodean-flavoured brand of indie pop that has a genetic link to an amalgam of The Go-Betweens and The Apartments on one side of the ditch, and the Dunedin sound epitomised by Flying Nun roster of The Bats and The Chills on the other …
Live Review: Summer Street festival 2022 – Cliffe Park, Sunderland 09.07.2022
By Adam Littlemore Sunderland’s Summer Street festival returned with some fantastic artists performing and also bringing new cultures together. The first band to kick off the day was Labyrinthine Oceans, who opened up the festival with their dark music, driving guitar riffs, and bewitching vocals from the lead singer. The next act to perform was …
Track: Exit Kid – Sura
Exit Kid have shared their new track ‘Sura’, ahead of the band’s upcoming summer shows and following on from the release of May’s alt-rock stomper ‘Out Of Time’ and their acclaimed ‘Basis’ EP in late 2021. Detailing their new track, Türkmen explained: “Sura is about the futility of trying to please everyone and the disconnect between who we claim to be and who …
Review: Jodi Phillis’ ‘We Need To Be Free’ Is A Much-Needed Warm Embrace
On her new album ‘We Need To Be Free’ Jodi Phillis sends a message of hope, love and personal growth to those who have endured so much trauma during the past few years.
Track: Carla Wehbe’s extraordinary vocals give an ethereal cast to the yearning single ‘is forever off the table?’
New single ‘is forever off the table?’ has an immeasurable buoyancy and lilt that weaves its way under the extraordinary agile vocals of Sydney artist Carla Wehbe. Infused with a deep sense of regret and despair that can only come from experience of frustration and loss, this is a beguiling track that tempers tragedy with …
Premiere: With a forecast for sunshine, Perth’s Bad Weather reveal the expansive anthemic ‘Flowers In Your Room’ and announce live dates.
We are very pleased to premiere the tasty morsel of indie alt pop from Boorloo/Perth band Bad Weather. ‘Flowers In Your Room’ combines an indelible anthemic thunder with a yearning melancholia: the perfect ingredients for a perfect pop song. Coupled with an oceanic wave of guitars and an insistent rhythm section, Bad Weather have cast …
Premiere: The magnificent Key Out return with the ethereal single ‘Face’ and news of signing to the iconic False Peaks Records label. A match made in musical heaven.
We are absolutely catatonic with joy to be able to bring you the first listen to the new single ‘Face’ from Sydney band Key Out – one of the most exciting and underrated antipodean bands in recent times. And if that wasn’t enough to gladden a heavy heart, Key Out have announced they have signed …
Track: Hope D releases new single ‘Emerald’ off upcoming Debut Album
Hope D releases new track ‘Emerald’ off her upcoming debut album.
Track: Balancing Act – A Little More Time
Indie rock quartet Balancing Act, have shared their third single ‘A Little More Time’, collaborating again with East London production duo Sunglasses For Jaws (Miles Kane, Spiritualized). They describe the single as being about “time pressures on what seems like everything in the modern world”. Mulling over constant expectations and time limits, ‘A Little More …
News: Line Up Completed For Sea Power’s 2022 Lake District Festival – Krankenhaus
Sea Power are delighted to announce the final bill for their magical Krankenhaus micro-festival, taking place on the August Bank Holiday 2022, at Muncaster Castle, where rock music meets the highest rocks in England – towering sounds by the peak of Scafell Pike – on the beautiful western edge of the English Lake District. Sea Power, the Mercury Prize-nominated …