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Premiere: Boorloo/Perth’s King Ibis exclusively unveil sparkling single ‘Watch My Mind Bend’ with announcement of Coldplay support and live dates
We are honoured to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Watch My Mind Bend’ from rapidly rising Boorloo/Perth band King Ibis, who are creating quite a buzz in the industry. There is no further evidence required than the fact they have also been selected to support Coldplay for their limited visit to …
Premiere: Milk Teddy unveil video for the gorgeous track ‘Iron Rose’, ahead of reunion for The Lost And Lonesome Recording Company’s 25th Birthday Celebrations.
We are honoured to bring you an exclusive look at the new video for an old track called ‘Iron Rose’ by the band Milk Teddy. The track comes off an album ‘Time Catches Up With Milk Teddy’ released by Milk Teddy six years ago, but the band has got back together for the remarkable 25th …
News: The legendary Lydia Lunch and Joseph Keckler Announce Australian Shows for a performance of ‘Tales of Lust & Madness’.
Punk poet provocateur, musician and photographer, the legendary Lydia Lunch has announced a musical poetry tour of Australia entitled ‘Tales of Lust & Madness’ with fellow New Yorker Joseph Keckler. Lunch’s collaborations with the late great Rowland S Howard, amongst others, are legendary. Keckler is an American singer, musician, performing artist and writer. He writes …
Track: Mako Bron may have ‘Left This Town’ but the trademark soaring melodies and dreamy pop remain, ahead of debut album ‘Halfway Home’.
We have been long terms fans of whom we consider to be the criminally underrated Mako Bron (the working title for Sydney’s Chris Brookman) and he has upped the ante with the new single ‘Left This Town’. The song was written after Brookman visited his home town – saying: …it’s a song about growing up, …
Track: Dominic Breen makes a welcome return with the raw acerbic glory of ‘The Pits’, ahead of live dates.
It’s been two years since Dominic Breen impressed us here with a string of impressive single culminating in the glorious album ‘Blue Volume’ (reviewed by me here), released through the magnificent Double Drummer label. He is back at last with the scuzzy low-fi buzz of ‘The Pits’ – an angry, dirty track with a barbed-wire …
News: Mary Middlefield moves on with self-examining new track ‘Sexless’
Back in February, Lausanne-based Mary Middlefield released her impressive debut album Thank You Alexander, a record with its roots in mid-pandemic ennui and uncertainty yet radiating confidence from every note. Not one to rest on her laurels for too long, the Swiss songwriter is already planning to release more new music next year, with her …
Album Review: The Grogans release the swagger and the rush of ‘Find Me A Cloud’, ahead of UK/European tour
‘Find Me A Cloud’ is The Grogans‘ fourth album, and it shows a band that is willing to push sonic boundaries and explore a range of sounds, all grounded in a common thread of insouciance and swagger. The band says of the album: ‘Find Me A Cloud’ has felt a little different from other albums …
Track: New Zealand’s incomparable Office Dog are off the leash with new track and video ‘Gleam’ ahead of northern hemisphere release of debut album ‘Spiel’.
There is a lot of justified hype about the New Zealand band Office Dog, signed to the legendary Flying Nun label in the southern hemisphere and with genetic roots to that mecca of indie music, Dunedin. Having expanded their horizons by signing to northern hemisphere label New West Records and releasing their single ‘Big Air’ last month, the band …
Live Review & Gallery: Tumbleweed w/ Nunchukka Superfly & TBX, Crowbar 230923
Tumbleweed fans were treated to an impromptu gig at Crowbar a couple of weeks back. A last minute cancellation saw the 90s favourites called into battle with only 2 weeks notice, so the boys came out of hiding and lead singer Richie Lewis paused finalising his solo album to take to the stage with long …
Live Review and Gallery: Fazerdaze, Enmore Theatre, Sydney, 15/10/2023
I can’t deny my adulation of New Zealand’s Fazerdaze (the project of Amelia Murray) ever since the release of the album ‘Morningside’ on one of my favourite labels, Flying Nun Records back in 2017. I wrote at the time that ‘Morningside’ …reminded (me) of The Jesus and Mary Chain in the album’s delivery – sweet …