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See: Mess Esque release dreamy, whimsical video for heartbreakingly beautiful track ‘Wake Up To Yesterday’
Hot on the heels of the release of their brilliant debut self titled album (reviewed by me here), the super duo Mess Esque have unveiled a video for the track ‘Wake Up To Yesterday’. The opening track for the album, ‘Wake Up To Yesterday’ has soft reflective and yearning vocals over a gently rumbling and …
See: Damien Binder unveils video for the shimmering track ‘Don’t Know What’
Directed by Jonathan King, Damien Binder has released a sumptuous video for his slow burning, yearning single ‘Don’t Know What’. Mostly a black and white piece with colour only present in a brief shot of the iconic photo of Binder, it consists of Binder performing in an archetypal Australian pub, with a nod to the …
See: The brilliant Sydney post punk exponents Johnny Hunter release powerful video for the single ‘Life’
I’ve waxed lyrical about the genius that is Johnny Hunter – one of the most exciting acts in the world at the moment. Their glam theatrical approach is mesmerising and exciting and their songwriting recalls the best of post punk movement with sonorous vocals, icy, edgy guitars and anthemic choruses. Jonny Hunter have just released …
Track: New Zealand Dream Pop/Shoegaze maestros Mild Orange releases the shimmering ‘Time Of Our Lives’ and announce northern hemisphere tour.
The warm sunshine glow emanating from New Zealand band Mild Orange‘s new single ‘Time Of Our Lives’ is blinding and reassuring. The glitchy syncopated percussion trickles under a hazy array of guitars and the melancholic vocals that float over the surface reflect the nostalgic themes. The track was inspired by singer Josh Mehrtens memories of …
Premiere: It’s time for Anatomy Class and the unveiling of their super new video for ‘Reflector Shield’.
Last July we premiered Anatomy Class‘s single ‘Reflector Shield’ – a classical indie pop anthem replete with undulating waves of sparkling guitars, a thundering percussion and passionate vocals burnished with some gorgeous harmonies. This is a band that perfects a royal wielding of jangling guitars and celestial melodies that superglue their way into the head. …
Premiere: The Aerial Maps (including members of seminal bands Crow, Disneyfist and The Hummingbirds) unveil video for the glorious track ‘We All Need to Know There’s Someone Out There in the Night’ ahead of surprise album release.
We are very honoured to premiere the first video off the surprise new album ‘Intimate Hinterland’ to be announced tomorrow by the Sydney indie supergroup The Aerial Maps and set for release on Friday. The members of The Aerial Maps reads like a who’s who of the Sydney indie scene. Originally formed with the late …
News: Yen Strange signs label and publishing deals with Liberation Records/Mushroom Group and releases new single ‘Go Away’
Hailing from regional New South Wales, multi-talented writer, singer and producer Yen Strange has asserted her ones-to-watch eminence with the release of the euphonious new single ‘Go Away’ – a track that converts and manifests emotions in three-dimensional propensities with all the elements for an emo-anthem. The lyrical flow is effortless and endearing, as a …
See: Melbourne dream popsters Grazer unveil bucolic and pastoral video for the sparkling track ‘Reunion’.
Floating like a butterfly over verdant fields, ‘Reunion’, the new single from Melbourne dream pop duo Grazer, is a gloriously ethereal track that sparkles and shimmers like diamonds in the bright sunshine. Grazer first caught my attention back in July with the release of their double ‘A’ side single ‘Without You’ and ‘Visions’ following their …
Track: The glam theatricals of Adelaide’s Wolf & Chain return with effervescent new single ‘An Unfortunate Tale of Two Lovers and an Insatiable Taste for Poison’.
At the very heart of rock’n’roll must lurk the innate desire for the smell of the greasepaint and the glare of the floodlights: theatrics must surely form the very DNA of a good band. Wolf & Chain are proving themselves to be the most entertaining and adept purveyors of a whomping style of glam excess, …
News: The magnificent Bambara announce new EP ‘Love On My Mind’, new dates for US/EU tour and release the dramatic and gothic ‘Mythic Love’
Bambara‘s album ‘Stray’, released before the before the world went mad early last year was described by me as being an epic release – deeply satisfying, cathartic to audiences who can embed themselves in the wild stories being told – a stark evocation of a time and place – wrapped in twanging guitars and rumbling …