Indie
Live Review: Painted Places / Husk / Black Fern – NE Volume, Stockton 07.02.2025
My first visit to Stockton’s finest music venue, NE Volume, this year was an interesting choice, as tonight’s triple bill turned out to be a pleasing selection. Painted Places were down as headliners, and their finely honed brand of indie drew the crowd in, but they weren’t the only ones to entertain the masses. Starting …
Premiere: SXY XMS exclusively debut their thrilling high octane single ‘You’ll Never Know’ ahead of EP and launch date.
It is always a privilege to premiere a debut single for a band and the pleasure is always doubled when it’s something as good as ‘You’ll Never Know’ from Sydney indie band SXY XMS (pronounced Sexy Christmas). The track jets off with a chunky shimmering guitar that could have been lifted from a Stones album, …
Track: Capricorn Coast band Tidal Peak release the shimmering, glittering ‘Coasting’ ahead of album ‘Treasureville’.
‘Coasting’, the new single from Capricorn Coast band Tidal Peak, glitters and shimmers in the firmament like an aurora folding and moving amongst the stars. It is an ethereal track that is immersive and enchanting and filled with a dream pop/shoegaze aura. Essentially the work of musician/producer Kyle Lacko, the sound is like a delicious …
EP Review: Ideal Living – This Big House
Released on boutique label Crafting Room Recordings Ideal Living’s Indie Opera EP ‘This Big house’ will be accompanied by the release of a short film, and the publication of frontman Billy Marsh’s debut novel of the same name, from where the EP pools its narrative. The band are all about dramatics and a tactile approach to …
News: Reception: The Wedding Present Musical Premieres in Leeds This Summer
A brand-new musical featuring the songs of David Gedge, The Wedding Present, and Cinerama will premiere at The Warehouse in Holbeck, Leeds, from August 22 to September 6, 2025. Written and directed by Matt Aston, Reception: The Wedding Present Musical tells a story of love, loss, and friendships spanning five years, set against key life …
Track: The Perfect English Weather – Caroline of Brunswick Square; Popguns duo hit the heights
Well, If there’s a more beautiful slice of indie pop released this year, we’ll eat our ill-fitting cardigans. With Caroline of Brunswick Square, The Perfect English Weather return after a five-year absence with a single so effortlessly elegant, it feels like they were never away. There’s a warmth to the track, an ease in its …
Track: Melbourne rising star Bonita Habils releases the gorgeous slow burning, yearning track ‘Underdressed’.
There is a delicious dark pop undertone to the sound of Melbourne artist Bonita Habils in her new single ‘Underdressed’. Habils’s vocals are luscious and whispered with a velvet cloaking, the expression and delivery filled with a deep yearning, with a late night red velvet lounge atmosphere – a absinthe-soaked early morning loucheness. You can …
News: Welsh Rock Icons Feeder Amplify Stacked Australian Tour with Killer Supports
Feeder’s Australian Tour Is Shaping Up to Be a Rock Masterclass
Track: Eora/Sydney chanteuse Milly McPherson has an epiphany with her anthemic new single ‘Religious’ ahead of live performance.
Ahead of the release of her new album, Eora/Sydney artist Milly McPherson releases the second single ‘Religious’, a confessional of soaring beauty. Putting at the fore her rich velvet vocals and crystalline instrumentation, ‘Religious’ is less about religion and more about the spiritual thrills she enjoys as a musician – something uplifting and joyous: This …
Track: Second Idol’s ‘Postcolonial Blues’ is a Dark, Hypnotic Reckoning with Identity
Second Idol’s ‘Postcolonial Blues’ Brings Identity and Displacement to the Forefront