Indie
Album Review: Babaganouj serve a shimmering immersive feast of delights in debut album ‘Jumbo Pets’ and announce live dates.
The terrific Brisbane quartet Babaganouj has just released their debut album ‘Jumbo Pets’. It comes as quite a surprise that this is indeed a debut given band formed in 2011 and first released material quite a few years ago. Given the quality of their previous releases, however, what is no surprise is that they have created something …
Track: Bedroom High Club – What You Did
Indie wonders Bedroom High Club have shared the second taste of their forthcoming EP with track ‘What You Did’. The band’s EP ‘Above The Belt’ is set for a summer release via Ampersounds. With a hint of summer in the jangly guitars of the chorus the track has a swagger to it that’s infectious. It’s …
Track: Radio Free Alice broadcast with style that ‘Paris Is Gone’, but all the excitement remains. Launch dates also announced.
Radio Free Alice are proving to be one of the most exciting musical forces emerging at the moment and their third single with the excellent Double Drummer label is a case in point. Wasting no time and coming in at under two blistering minutes, ‘Paris Is Gone’ is a vibrant piece of post punk glory …
Track: Brisbane’s RINSE asks us ‘Does It Feel like Heaven?’, and the resounding response is in the affirmative. A welcome return.
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Joe Agius, the genius behind RINSE, has a day job with his partner Harriette Pilbeam’s solo work Hatchie, and his last release under the RINSE moniker was the magnificent EP ‘Wherever I Am‘ – my album of the year for 2021 (see my 9.8/10 review here). As a measure of the stature …
Premiere: Mark Moldre has a ‘New Suit’ and it’s a moving tribute to love, loss and the indelible power of memory.
Troubadour extraordinaire Mark Moldre is on the cusp of releasing his highly successful crowd-funded album ‘Nambucca Fables’, and we are honoured to be able to bring you an exclusive listen to one of the tracks off the album, ‘New Suit’, accompanied by a gorgeously rich video. Moldre’s voice is yearning and melodic above an intricate …
Gallery: The Apartments at the Great Club, Sydney 25.03.2023
The Apartments at the Greek Club 25.03.2023
Track: Awabakal/Newcastle’s dust settles with the evocative thrill of ‘Joy (Guilt)’ on news of new EP and tour.
Hailing from Awabakal / Newcastle, dust have announced their debut EP ‘et cetera, etc’ on 29 March and provided a very enticing taste of what to expect with their new single ‘Joy (Guilt)’. Travelling a very similar path to bands such as Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital and Idles, but with a distinctly antipodean blush, …
Track: Sydney’s Body Type unveil the exuberant grungy pop sparkle of track ‘Holding On’ on announcement of new LP ‘Expired Candy’ and UK/Europe dates
‘Holding On’ is an exuberant grungy pop joy from Australian band Body Type: it canters along with a brilliant high-stepping trot and fuzzy guitars augmented by vocals that have sixties-flavoured timbre – a sort of Bananarama pop sparkle overlaying a darker indie sensibility. Lead vocalist and guitarist Sophie McComish says that: ‘Holding On’ came from a particular …
Track: Stephen Cummings (The Sports) unveils superb new single ‘Carry Your Heart’ in readiness for new album ‘100 Years From Now’.
Last month we brought to you news that the legendary Stephen Cummings from Australian icons The Sports (and with a prolific and highly successful solo career) was releasing a new album ‘100 Years From Now’ in the aftermath of a stroke, made in collaboration with Robert Goodge of the legendary I’m Talking and other old …
Premiere: Mako Bron recalls those ‘Newtown Nights’ – another brilliant release from the Sydney maestro of glittering indie pop.
We are inordinately proud to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Newtown Nights’ from the mysterious and criminally under appreciated Mako Bron. Mako Bron is the moniker of one Chris Brookman whose work we have followed assiduously now for years – his EP ‘Cloudbites’ making our list of favourite antipodean releases for …