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Premiere: Emily Victoria exclusively unveils her atmospheric, Lynchian video for the shimmering single ‘Memorise’.
We are honoured to bring you a exclusive look at the luscious and enigmatic new video for the track ‘Memorise’ from Naarm/Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Emily Victoria. ‘Memorise’ enter the world with a massive anthemic rumble – creating an atmosphere and scope bigger than the outback and just as breathtakingly beautiful with its ambulant thundering bass and …
Track: Eaglemont partakes of a delightfully refreshing ‘Vodka Pineapple’ as she reminisces about lost love ahead of tour.
Naarm/Melbourne artist Eaglemont (the nom de plume of Bridgitte Jessop) delivers a soaring melodic pop delight with her refreshing new single ‘Vodka Pineapple’: a shimmering pop master class that is brimful of melancholic effervescent. Eaglemont perfects a radiant jingle jangle style with the crisp guitars and a chorus that soars like an eagle in the …
Premiere: Melbourne’s Badinage unveil video for track ‘Dance of the Odonata’ ahead of live dates and album announcement.
We are very honoured to give you an exclusive look at the new video from Melbourne instrumentalists Badinage and their ethereal track ‘Dance of the Odonata’. Coming from the band’s EP ‘Meander’ released earlier this year (and reviewed by me here), ‘Dance of the Odonata’ is a stately graceful track, elegiac and restrained with a …
Track: Naarm/Melbourne artist Eilish Gilligan make a welcome return with a harder edge in new single ‘Involved You’
It has been nearly two years since Naarm/Melbourne multi-talented artist Eilish Gilligan released her EP ‘First One To Leave The Party’ – reviewed by me here and described as being a beautiful expression of deeply personal frailty and vulnerability, tempered by a defiance and strength. Gilligan is back and her new single ‘Involved You’ exhibits …
Premiere: Melbourne’s The Woodland Hunters give us exclusive access in going all-out with Double-A sided release of ‘Golden Boy’ and ‘The Arrangement’ amid news of impending fourth album ‘Small Mercies’
Ten years together as a band, The Woodland Hunters, with an EP and three albums already in their arsenal, are now set to deliver their next communique from the Woodshed. Their soon-to-be-released ‘Small Mercies’ album is today announced by a Double A side release of the singles ‘Golden Boy’ and ‘The Arrangement’. Swamp-infested, snaky grooves and …
Track: In a dreamy sonic soundscape, Holly Hebe feels the ‘Ghost of You’ in the ether.
The fabulous Holly Hebe is back with another sparkling slice of dream pop heaven with her new single ‘Ghost Of You’. With Hebe’s velvet soft vocals aching with sweet melancholia, the track is an aquatic, flowing stream of electronica, buoyant and vivacious with a delectable shimmer. The arpeggiated synths create a glittering curtain in the …
Album Review: Hot Coppers’ self titled album is a pastoral indie pop masterpiece.
Melbourne-based band Hot Coppers has just released their new self-titled album and it is a whimsical joy. Tripping along with a pastoral pop bounce and burnished with intelligent, wry lyrics, this has all the hallmarks of something from some bucolic English village with a touch of The Kinks or Jona Lewie and a dash of …
Live Gallery: Weyes Blood, Rising Festival, Forum Theatre, Melbourne, 07.06.2023
Playing as part of the Rising Festival – Melbourne’s foray into winter entertainment – Weyes Blood captivated a packed house at the Forum and quickly made us forget about the wintery weather outside as she brought her distinctive style to Melbourne. Drawing from her acclaimed albums “Titanic Rising” and “And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow,” …
Premiere: Go to a special place with folkloric rock of The Elsewheres and their new single ‘Run Away With Me’, with launch date announced.
We are very pleased to premiere the new track ‘Run Away From Me’ from Melbourne folk rock outfit The Elsewheres. Coasting on layered instruments fringed by delicious horns and sparkling acoustic guitars, the barbed wire-coated vocals are soaked in whiskey and regret as they tell a tale of heady love trysts and passionate desire. With …
Premiere: We are in the Big League now with their new single ‘Dine Out On The Subdivide’ and single launch party.
It is with the greatest of pleasure that we premiere the new single from Melbourne’s venerable Big League, the intriguingly titled ‘Dine Out On The Subdivide’. Driven by a wall of fuzzy guitars and pattering drums, the song crackles with a vitality and power – the high voltage riffs driven by powerful passionate harmony of …