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Track: ‘I Don’t Want To Be Loved’ – Geoffrey O’Connor’s weary, cinematic declaration is gloriously louche as new album looms.
Singer/songwriter/producer Geoffrey O’Connor last blessed us with his presence in his stunning album of duets ‘For As Long As I Remember’ back in 2021 (read my review here). O’Connor recently announced his new album ‘I Love What We Do’ which is slated for release on 14 February 2025 via Dinosaur City Records, and his new single ‘I Don’t Want …
News: It’s ‘Fun For Everyone’ as the irrepressible Hachiku announces new album, a global tour and entices us with a glittering single.
Hachiku – the singular work of German-born Melbourne-based producer Anika Ostenfdorf – has just released the sparkling single ‘Fun For Everyone’ ahead of an album delightfully entitled ‘The Joys of Being Pure at Heart’, set for release on 28 February through Marathon Artists, as well as a panoply of tour dates. ‘Fun For Everyone’ sets …
Premiere: Kim Salmon’s Smoked Salmon call out ‘Hey Hey Narcissus’ – a sinuous, slinky smooth delight.
Is this song about me? We are inordinately proud to premiere the new single ‘Hey, Hey Narcissus’ from the living legend Kim Salmon‘s new project, Smoked Salmon, and it’s a blast of fresh air as vocal duties are wrested from Salmon by Claire Birchall. It’s a sinuous, slinky smooth track that’s as enchanting as the …
News: Julien Baker & TORRES announce debut album ‘Send A Prayer My Way’, release new single ‘Sylvia’
Duo return with new single ‘Sylvia’
News: Yagki drops fearless new track ‘Adults’
YAGKI Reckons with Power and Pain in Explosive New Single ‘Adults’
News: Duo Cari Cari sign to Australian label Civilians and announce album ‘One More Trip Around The Sun’ with the ethereal title track unveiled as a taster.
The new single ‘One More Trip Around The Sun’ from Australian duo Cari Cari is an ethereal, hypnotic sonic kaleidoscope that floats in the ether like a delicate silken veil. There is a clattering percussive bed over which dreamy vocals and instruments create a psychedelic hue that is mesmerising and luscious. The song deals with …
Track: Don’t you ‘Get It?’ Stavanger’s Eie unveils raucous acerbic slice of pop punk ahead of debut album release and tour.
Eie – the world of Stavanger’s dynamic Emilie Eie – has just released a scorching acerbic piece of excoriating punk in the form of ‘Get It?’. Here the worlds of Lene Lovich collide with the more contemporary punk of Amyl and the Sniffers to deliver a perfectly formed riposte to bigotry and ignorance – a …
Track: ‘Say It Again’ – Hexham Heads bring a strong dose of jingly jangly power pop in their debut single.
For a delicious blast of jingly jangly power pop, replete with some heavenly harmonies and a scaling melody, you can’t go past the debut single from Naarm/Melbourne band Hexham Heads. Certainly part of what I call the Marrickville Sound – veteran band members with a storied history in other bands, Hexham Heads consist of Van …
News: Aotearoan indie giants Daily J announce new album ‘Scatterbrains’, Australian tour and unveil sparkling single ‘Cheap Tequila Sunrise’.
Aotearoan band Daily J have just released the soaring, anthemic indie pop of ‘Cheap Tequila Sunrise’, a single that positively sparkles over the top of jangling, chorused guitars, bopping synths and scintillating harmonies. It comes as the band announces the release of their new album ‘Scatterbrains’, out on 21 February 2025, as well as a …
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 …