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SEE: HighSchool – ‘New York, Paris And London’: another jangly cracker from the scene Down Under
HIGHSCHOOL, the Melbourne trio known to their friends as Rory, Lilli and Scotty, have signed to British indie Dalliance (home already to Wilsen and Gia Margaret); and in celebration they’ve dropped a first tune for their new label this morning, in the shape of “New York, Paris And London” – another cracker from the Southern …
Track: Telescreen – Moving On
Melburnian band Telescreen have just released a very vibrant and exciting new single ‘Moving On’, which is a sharp and melodic piece of intelligent pop dealing with real and tangible issues. A melodic, rhythmic spine is backed up with fuzzy walls of guitars and vocal layers that express anger and frustration about ineffective politicians. With …
Track: Majak Door – Will She Leave You
Melbourne’s Majak Door have released a fantastic jangling, jaunty tune ‘Will She Leave You’, which has chorus-soaked bubbling guitars lending an aquatic gurgle to the bright, sparkling tone. Very much in the vein of France’s Phoenix, this is effervescent pop with a melancholic sheen to its breezy veneer. It has a summer-perfect glow – matching …
ALBUM REVIEW: Surprise Chef – ‘Daylight Savings’: a step up and out in cinematic funk
Daylight Savings loses absolutely zero of their off-kilter cinematic charm in stepping up from their debut, All News Is Good News; it’s really very ace
Track: Pierce Brothers release single Dentist and announce news of European tour
The Pierce Brothers have a history of writing affecting and passionate indie/folk songs that somehow manage to capture an essence of Australiana: the remote outback, the desert sand and the dappled searing hot sunshine. Their new single ‘Dentist’ somehow manages to add a sense of uneasiness borne out of the era of isolation, using the …
Premiere: Wilding releases sublime pop single ‘Swipe Right’
We are very pleased to premiere the video for the single ‘Swipe Right’ from Wilding, the work of UK-born and Australian resident Justin Wilding Stokes. ‘Swipe Right’ is pop eccentricity at its best and the creative mind of Wilding is accentuated by the lockdown-shot video involving dating apps, philosophical stick insects and a delicious pop …
ALBUM REVIEW: Floodlights – ‘From A View’: another great Antipodean guitar salvo
IF THERE’S one area of the world that has always seemed to have had a dialogue and a response to a certain strain of British indie guitarpop, it’s been Australia and New Zealand. Witness the Flying Nun scene and related bands that brought so much to our ears in the late 1980s: The Chills, The …
SEE: Floodlights – ‘Matter Of Time’: garagey Melbourne bite
GUITAR pop from Australia and New Zealand: it’s inarguably a very good thing. From the 1980s onwards, with bands like The Chills, The Go-Betweens, Straitjacket Fits, The Verlaines – no area of the world has had such a dialogue with that particular brand of British-originating indie six-string action. And now we’re into a new and …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Sampa The Great Shares New Video – Time’s Up
Melbourne-based emcee Sampa The Great shares a new video for the song, “Time’s Up,” featuring fellow Australian rapper Krown. The track is found on Sampa The Great’s excellent 2019 LP, The Return, which was released by Ninja Tune. In the song, Sampa and Krown call out the music industry and demand that it does a …
Feature: Tim Wheatley – Lying Low plus Australian Playlist
Tim Wheatley is an Australian expatriate living in London who has just released a fantastic new single – ‘Lying Low’ – with incredibly prescient themes of isolation. Like many Australian songwriters, Wheatley’s ‘Lying Low’ somehow captures the widescreen horizons of Australia best from afar, as if it is wired in his genetic code: razor-sharp, observational …