New wave
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 …
Premiere: Fleeting Persuasion ease into the stratosphere with the atmospheric ‘Slipped’.
Working with Tobey Doctor (ex-drummer from Sounds Like Sunset), James Harrison is back in 2023, again under the nom de plume Fleeting Persuasion, and we are overjoyed at being able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Slipped’ before its release into the wild on Monday. Fleeting Persuasion have been on our …
Premiere: The hyperkinetic Radio Free Alice provide us with an exclusive look at their new video for the heady joys of single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
Last month we brought you news of the delightfully snotty young band Radio Free Alice‘s signing to the tremendous Double Drummer label and cast an ear over their frenetic and heart-racing single ‘I Gotta Fall (In Love)’. I described the single as being a breath of fresh air in the current climes – full throttle …
Album Review: the black watch unveil the anthemic indie pop epic ‘Future Strangers’: a glorious album filled with a dream pop psychedelic glow.
Los Angeles indie pop icons the black watch are about to release their 21st album ‘Future Strangers’ and it is a testimony as to why this band has become such a veritable institution. Fronted by constant member John Andrew Frederick (who also is the author of four works of comic fiction and one book of …
News: Radio Free Alice sign with Double Drummer on release of the frenetic slice of post punk rock ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
The obscenely young and deliciously snotty Radio Free Alice‘s third single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love) is a spine tingling slab of frenetic post punk that has deep inside its genes a panoply of very commendable bands. Think of an amalgam of The Jam, Wreckless Eric, Richard Hell and the Voidoids and the Undertones, and …
Premiere: Melbourne’s Luke Seymoup is a purveyor of indelible ‘Pop Songs’ – his effervescent and anthemic new track.
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Pop Songs’ from Melbourne pop punk maestro Luke Seymoup – in which he basically achieves what the song sets out to do: writing a memorable pop song fit for the radio. With arching choruses and razor sharp melodies, this is a bright effervescent ride with Seymoup’s …
Premiere: Tristan Courtney-Prior (Peabody) goes straight to the top floor with the video for his wild debut, ‘Elevator’, with news of an album on the way.
We are overwhelmed with joy to premiere the new video from Tristan Courtney-Prior for his debut track ‘Elevator’. Courtney-Prior played guitar for the last three Peabody albums – a seminal nineties indie outfit from Sydney that had as members Buddy Glass and connections with Bluebottle Kiss. ‘Elevator’ opens with a dark ominous sonic frisson before launching into …
Track: Fleeting Persuasion unveil ‘Etched’: a shimmering tour de force with a stunning video, along with live date and album news.
A muscular bass spine with the genetic code of New Order or The Cure drives the shimmering new single ‘Etched’ from Fleeting Persuasion (essentially the work of Melbourne songwriter James Spencer Harrison), while his urgent vocals recall the passion and vitality of Richard Butler from The Psychedelic Furs. But the overall sound is something unique …
Live Gallery: China Crisis at the Factory Theatre, Sydney 2.12.2022
China Crisis tour Australia for the first time in 40 years – and it was worth the wait!
Live Review: Peter Hook and The Light – Joy Division A celebration, 3Olympia Dublin 11.11.2022
Words: Max Falvey // Photos: Ian McDonnell On his mammoth journeyman-like tour of taking the songs of Joy Division around the globe one last time, legendary bassist Peter Hook made a stop at Dublin’s 3Olympia last Friday night for Peter Hook & The Light’s ‘Joy Division: A Celebration’. For audiences new and old, this was …