Track: The Petrov Affair make a welcome return with the silken melancholy of ‘White Out’, with launch date announced.
There is a crystalline delicacy to the new single ‘White Out’ from the enigmatic The Petrov Affair who make a welcome return after an absence of a few years. The track is threaded with a poignant melancholy but a soaring chorus bursts through like a ray of sunshine through the clouds. Indeed there is an …
Track: ‘This City’ – prodigious new talent ixaras releases a vibrant, exhilarating new single.
Meanjin/Brisbane-based DIY artist ixaras has just released a single ‘This City’ and indications are this is a prodigious rising talent. Using percussion, digeridoo and thundering synths, ‘My City’ is a vibrant slice of danceable pop with ixaris’s vocals soaring in the ether, ranging from delicate velvet to urgent exhortations over instrumentation that blisters with vivacity. There is …
News: Wolf Alice announce new album ‘The Clearing’ and lead off with explosive single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’.
Driven by hands claps and a rolling piano, the new single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ from north London band Wolf Alice is a driving, vibrant track with singer Ellie Rowsell’s vocals soaring across the surface, falsetto and urgent at times, raw and raucous at other times, with an extraordinary range. It’s a thrilling and dynamic blast …
Track: The Lemonheads release new single ‘Deep End’ (featuring J Mascis, Juliana Hatfield and Tom Morgan) with news of album, ahead of Australian/NZ tour.
The Lemonheads are about to embark on a tour of Australia and in anticipation have release a blistering single ‘Deep End’, with news of a new album ‘Love Chant’ that will be released on Fire Records later this year. ‘Deep End’ features Evan Dando’s trademark laconic delivery and pop sensibility, with the added frisson of …
Track: Tan Cologne raise anticipation for their new album with hypnotic new track ‘Infinity’.
Magnificent New Mexican dream pop exponents duo Tan Cologne recently announced their third studio album ‘Unknown Beyond’ for release on 20 June via Labrador Records, which is enough good news to put a spring in the step. To add to the anticipation, they have just released the second single ‘Infinity’ off the album and the upwards trajectory for …
Track: ‘Uh Oh’ – Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Romanie is back with a brilliant new single and tour dates.
Romanie (Romanie Assez) relocated to Naarm/Melbourne a few years ago from Belgium and has released a string of exquisitely beautiful tracks that showcase her velvet vocals and acute observations on life. She is back after a couple of years’ absence and her new single ‘Uh Oh’ continues this upwards ascendancy. ‘Uh Oh’ has grungy, thrilling, rich guitars …
News: Gold Coast-based (Yugambeh, Kombumerri) 6-piece band Selve announce new album ‘Breaking Into Heaven’ and kick off with the incandescent title track.
Led by Jabirr Jabirr frontperson Loki Liddle – Gold Coast-based (Yugambeh, Kombumerri) 6-piece band Selve today announce their forthcoming debut album ‘Breaking Into Heaven’ due out on 12 September, which has the honour of being the first full-length album to be recorded at the legendary Abbey Road studios by an Aboriginal artist. And by way …
Premiere: It’s prime time for a reflective ‘Midnight Song’ as indie rocker Iain T. McKelvey returns with a shimmering new single.
Indie rocker Iain T. McKelvey is back after a year’s absence with his new evocative single ‘Midnight Song’, and we are humbled to bring you an early listen. ‘Midnight Song’ as a hint of an alt country twang with its crystalline guitars and McKelvey’s velvet, yearning tones, augmented by delicate harmonies and an indelible melody. Threaded …
Premiere: ‘Spit It Out’ – GRXCE return with a visceral, anthemic pop blast ahead of launch dates.
The glorious Eora/Sydney band GRXCE are back with the soaring anthemic track ‘Spit It Out’, which we are inordinately proud to premiere today. The single features a passionate melodic delivery seething with anger and a thumping percussive drive, replete with an eviscerating guitar. The track seems to represent an evolution of the band’s sound into …
Premiere: Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird break the thermometer with the incandescent new single ‘Mercury Rising’ as they announce the ‘Rosewater Crocodile’ tour to launch their new album
One of my favourite antipodean outfits, Naarm/Melbourne band Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird (CTBNF) today announce a new album ‘Rosewater Crocodile’ due out on 27 June through the glorious Double Drummer label. Tomorrow, the band is releasing the second single, ‘Mercury Rising’, off the album and it is another astounding and euphoric piece of music which we …