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Premiere: New Zealand’s Voodoo Bloo unveil thrilling video for their explosive track ‘Small’ and announce new album ‘The Blessed Ghost’.
We are huge fans of New Zealand outfit Voodoo Bloo and we are honoured to premiere the exciting video for their new single ‘Small’. Voodoo Bloo started off as a project of Rory McDonald – a native of Sheffield in the UK but now based in Wellington New Zealand – and we covered the dynamic …
Track: Hobart’s The Tinderboxers’ new track ‘Who Are You’ is a cool and jaunty sonic whirlpool from the deep south. Plus tour news.
There’s a fairground whirl to the new track ‘Who Are You’ from the youthful The Tinderboxers, straight out of Hobart, which canters along at a jaunty pace with its Hammond organ/leslie speaker whirl and unbridled exuberance. This is classically formed indie pop fare with a beating heart, relatively raw, charmingly earnest but bristling with vibrancy, …
News: Australian indie giants Boy & Bear return with news of national tour and a soaring, euphoric new single ‘State of Flight’.
Boy & Bear are a veritable national institution in Australia with their brand of folk-inflected indie pop. Having recently celebrated the ten year anniversary of their double platinum album ‘Moonfire’ with a sold out gig in Sydney, the band have announced a 14 date national tour across Australia over June and July. And to whet …
Track: Melbourne’s dream pop trio Dorsal Fins part the waves with new funky single ‘Criminal’.
Following their announcement of album ‘Star of the Show’, due out through Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control Records on Friday, 13 May 2022 and two earlier singles (see review of ‘Sister’ here), Melbourne trio Dorsal Fins have just released the effervescent new single ‘Criminal’. The track is a soul-inflected slice of funk – a minor steer away …
Track: Chicago’s Horsegirl fuzz their way back into our grateful ears with the melodic shimmer of ‘World of Pots And Pans’, and unveil US and European tour dates.
Fast becoming one of my favourite outfits, the inestimably cool and unlimitedly suave Horsegirl have just released another laid back fuzzy pop single ‘World of Pots and Pans’. Complete with a lyrical nod to The Jesus and Mary Chain, this band is releasing some of the most satisfyingly scuzzy pop material that positively shines with …
Track: Perth’s Lo unveils the stately, anthemic slice of jangle pop of single ‘Giver, Lover, Pet’.
‘Giver, Lover, Pet’, the new single from Perth’s Lo, is a pulse-quickening slice of jangling dream pop that enthralls and captivates. Recalling her fellow Australian, Hatchie, the single has mountainous choruses and guitars that shimmer and sparkle like sunlight dancing off the glittering Western Australian waters. Pure driven pop and a hint of deep melancholy …
Track: Brisbane’s Dopamine return with the anthemic blast of ‘Turn You Heart’ and tour news.
Following up last year’s effervescent single ‘Strange Situation’, Brisbane indie band Dopamine return with the thumping track ‘Turn Your Heart’. Chiming guitars and mountainous choruses combine to create a rousing anthem, with Dopamine’s genetic links to Britpop/madchester guitar driven epics on full display. Fin Miller (lyrics and vocals) says of the track: This song was pieced …
Track: The magnificent Fontaines D.C. release the brooding title track to their new album ‘Skinty Fia’ due out in April, and announce new live dates.
‘Skinty Fia’ is an Irish phrase which translates to English as ‘the damnation of the deer’ which is used to display disappointment or annoyance – phrase which resonated with Fontaines D.C.‘s frontman Grian Chatten as the correct expression of his feelings towards the ‘mutation’ of Irish culture abroad. ‘Skinty Fia’, the newly released title track from the forthcoming …
Track: The Nagging Doubts tell you it’s a ‘Dirty Scene’ in their own inimitable fashion, with a scuzzy fuzzy melodic pop ramble.
Last year’s EP ‘Autocalm’ (reviewed by me here) was a brilliant introduction to the youthful exuberance of The Nagging Doubts, a band who have drawn on the rawness and street-wise veracity of The Velvet Underground and enriched it with a visceral antipodean sound. They are back with a new single ‘Dirty Scene’ and it is …
News: Enigmatic Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick announce EP ‘Get There’ and unveil the title track as a tasty and insouciant aperitif
Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick comprises of two musicians/producers with the most impressive and diverse CVs. Ian Nessick has spent many years in Australia as a maverick fashion retailer involving some of the more forward-thinking stores in Sydney and Melbourne. He currently runs Rudimentary Raiments. As well as designing clothes, Nessick also designs interiors and writes …