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Track: Eora/Sydney artist Milly McPherson releases the soaring track ‘Milly’s Song’ ahead of debut album and live date
‘Milly’s Song’ from solo Eora/Sydney artist Milly McPherson is a soaring anthem that showcases her velvet vocals and passionate, expressive songwriting skills. Sung over a dappling acoustic guitar introduction, the song slowly builds to a crescendo with a chorus of heavenly angels in the background. The lyrics clearly have an autobiographical content, expressed with a …
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News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.
Glide were a seminal Sydney band that burned brightly and all together too briefly in the nineties, beset by tragedy when their singer and songwriter William Arthur died at the end of that decade at the age of 33. Not to be confused with Echo and the Bunnymen Will Sergeant’s band, they struggled to get …
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News: The Lovetones surprise with a compilation album ‘The Song Is My Friend’, filled with luscious jingle jangle pop.
The glorious The Lovetones have take everyone by surprise by issuing a shimmering compilation album entitled ‘The Song Is My Friend’. Songwriter Matthew J. Tow describes the compilation as a very personal collection: You’ll find some familiar tracks, along with some rare and deep cuts in there too. Curated in a way that gives those …
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Track: End Scene cast an eye cynical over the ‘Land of Plenty’ with a raucous and cathartic blast.
Sydney duo End Scene provide another variety of intensive flavour from their upcoming second album ‘I Will Not Live Safe, I Will Live True’ with the raucous barbed-wire blitz of ‘Land Of Plenty’. A cathartic shouty number, it’s a slight change in tack from their usual anthemic pop, delivered in a raw punk blast fitting …
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Track: Eora/Sydney band KRYSTAL RIVVERS release the thrilling, anthemic track ‘Sienna’ ahead of live dates.
Eora/Sydney band KRYSTAL RIVVERS have today released their sparkling new single ‘Sienna’, confirming a very exciting presence. Coasting on a jingle jangle bedrock, the track sparkles with a vitality as Boon Wurrung/Wurundjeri storyteller and lead singer Earl Weir’ vocal’s enter, deep and sonorous, an enigmatic delivery with an angelic chorus in the distance. The anthemic …
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Track: ‘Shout It To The Wind’ – The Lovetones return with a delicious, atmospheric intensity
The ever dependable and utterly iconic The Lovetones are back to delicately entice our ears with their signatory jingle jangle auditory salve. Their new single ‘Shout It To The Wind’ positively shimmers like the light on a lake in mid-summer. What better way to launch 2025 is there than with this slow burning anthem where …
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Track: Sydney born Tokyo resident Joey Sachi returns with the gorgeous, shimmering ‘7 Seconds’ – a collaboration with producer AKINAT.
Joey Sachi impressed us greatly with her first two singles ‘Fractured‘ and ‘Reverie‘ and she has returned with a bang with her new single ‘7 Seconds’, a collaboration with Sydney producer AKINAT. ‘7 Seconds’ begins with enigmatic spoken dialogue over haunting synths before Sachi’s ethereal vocals softly glide across the surface like a silken veil …
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Premiere: According to End Scene, there are ‘A Million Ways to Break Your Heart’, delivered in a shimmering and sparkling way.
We are very proud to premiere the new single ‘A Million Ways To Break Your Heart’ from the fabulous End Scene, proving that the dynamic duo are truly back, with an album release in sight. Their second album ‘I Will Not Live Safe, I Will Live True’ is set for release in January 2025. ‘A …
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Track: Sydney’s finest, The Nagging Doubts, unveil a paean to a friend in the gorgeous track ‘Glue’ with debut album on the way.
As I incessantly say, The Nagging Doubts are one of the finest and underrated young bands coming out of Sydney at the moment and we have followed their relatively nascent career with avid interest. Their new single ‘Glue’ proves that this band is a powerful force that deserves a wider audience. Sung by Ruby, the …
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News: The iconic Ups and Downs announce 40th Anniversary tour with the brilliant The Crystal Set
In big news for those of us with fond memories of the paisley-tinged jingle jangle scene in Australia in the eighties, the iconic Ups and Downs have announced they will be celebrating their 40th anniversary next year with a tour. To add icing to an already enticing cake, the hugely underrated The Crystal Set from …