Indie
Track: Ash release new track ‘Crashed out wasted’ ahead of new album
Good news, people. It’s little over a week until the release of the new Ash album Race the Night comes out on one of their earliest labels, Fierce Panda. Ahead of that, the band have released a further delve into what’s in store on the record with a new single, Crashed out Wasted. About this …
News: Supergroup The Ronson Hangup (featuring members of Dallas Crane, The Church, Paul Kelly’s band, Even, Courtney Barnett’s band) announce album and unveil single ‘Waxes & Wanes’.
Melbourne psych-pop supergroup The Ronson Hangup – featuring members of The Anyones, Dallas Crane, The Church, Even, Paul Kelly’s band and Courtney Barnett’s band – have announced their second album ‘Centaurus’ due for release on 3 November 2023, and unveiled a single. ‘Waxes & Wanes’ as a taste of what’s to come. ‘Waxes & Wanes’ …
Album Review: greenhouse are at the ‘Centre Of The Universe’ with the release of their shimmering and brilliant debut album, with launch dates on the horizon.
greenhouse have been together a while – first playing together in the late eighties but never quite getting around to releasing an LP despite some singles and EPs on the way. ‘Centre Of The Universe’ is their debut and it is fitting that the opening track is entitled ‘Here I Am’ – a fitting declaration …
Premiere: Alberteen unveil glittering and cinematic double a-side tracks ‘Dark Matter’ / ‘This Day Is A Gift’
We reviewed Alberteen‘s brilliant album ‘Lowenva’ back in 2021 and are honoured to be able to premiere their new double-a side singles ‘Dark Matter’ and ‘This Day Is A Gift’ ahead of the general release on Friday, 1 September 2023. Both tracks glitter with their crystalline instruments and dark vocals, creating an epic cinematic vista …
News: It ‘Feels So Good’ for Haiku Hands as they announce new album ‘Pleasure Beast’ and unveil new single.
The dreamy dance pop of Haiku Hands (Claire Nakazawa, Beatrice Lewis, and Mie Nakazawa) is better than ever with their heady, euphoric new single ‘Feels So Good’, as they announce their new album ‘Pleasure Beast’ due out on 1 December 2023 via Spinning Top Music. ‘Feel So Good’ channels a sort of eighties-influenced Bananarama hi-gloss …
Live Review: boygenius – Halifax Piece Hall, 23 August 2023
The bewitching harmonies of Without You, Without Them ring out around the majestic Italianate architecture of Halifax’s Piece Hall. It signals the start of one of the most hotly anticipated shows of the summer. The big screen at the back of the stage flickers to life, like an old TV, and the crackly image of …
Track: Skyuka ponders on the thoughts of ‘Houseplants’ in her visceral new single.
Perth-based artist Skyuka‘s last single was a zesty light-hearted look at obsession (‘Michael Cera’). Now, in ‘Houseplants’, Vanessa Raspa (the artist behind the name) is taking a much darker look at life in an eviscerating take down of a lover – and the anger and disappointment is reflected by the spiky grungy delivery. Distorted synths and …
Track: Fletcher Gull is ‘Lost In Berlin’ – a beautiful and reflective paean to unrequited love ahead of album release.
The beauty of Fletcher Gull‘s ‘Lost In Berlin’ is that it was born from great emotional pain – something that bleeds into every note. Gull (a nom de plume sourced from his favourite book the classic ‘Jonathon Livingstone Seagull) says of the inspiration behind the track: When I lived in Canada I loved a German …
Gallery and Set-list: Boygenius – The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 28.08.2023
Boygenius finished off their Europen tour with a night at Dublins Royal Hospital Kilmainham and it was the bands Irish debut. Boygenius photos & set-list: Intro (The Boys Are Back in Town-Thin Lizzy song)Without You Without Them (from backstage)$20SatanistEmily I’m SorryTrue BlueCool About ItSouvenirBite the HandRevolution 0Stay DownLeonard CohenPlease Stay (Lucy Dacus song)Favor (Julien Baker …
Live Gallery: Franz Ferdinand/Pillow Queens/ really Good Time, Wider Than Pictures, Collins Barracks, 27/08/2023
Franz Ferdinand closed out this year’s Wider than Pictures series at Collins Barracks this year with support from Pillow Queens and Really Good Time. Check out the gallery.