
Premiere: The Burma unveil the cinematic atmospheric single ’23’ ahead of album and UK/Irish tour dates.
Irish band The Burma‘s new single ’23’ is a glittering jewel of a track: a widescreen cinematic pop anthem that positively glows, and we are honoured to premiere this sonic ray of light. A flowing pace set by a pattering percussion and shimmering guitars combine with velvet vocals to create something with a stately presence. …

Track: Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters are guided by the ‘Northern Star’: a smooth, poetic and eloquent journey from the new album.
Mark Lucas and his band the Dead Setters are a bit of a Sydney institution: exquisite purveyors of an alt country tinged style of troubadour folk rock that has flowed though the inner west for decades like a vein of treasure. The new single ‘Northern Star’ is a liquid gold river of music, with Lucas’s …

Premiere: Not just a ‘Pretty Face’? Tasmania’s Lasca Dry reveals the dynamic video for her day-glo poptastic new single with a serious message.
We are very pleased to exclusively present Lasca Dry‘s hyperactive new pop single with a serious message, ‘Pretty Face’, and the amusing video accompanying the release. Soaring along on a rampant melody and day-glo bright pop sensibilities, the song address a serious topic where people are judged purely on aesthetics and not the artistic content …

Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne’s Kitschen Boy unveil ‘Close Friends’ – a shimmering antipodean indie pop jewel. Tour news also announced.
We are extremely honoured to premiere the new single ‘Close Friends’ from Naarm/Melbourne outfit Kitschen Boy: a positively shimmering jewel that soars celestially on wings of chiming, crystalline guitars and sweet melodies. With jingle jangle sound that would make Johnny Marr nod in appreciation, an anthemic melody so bright and vivacious it would make an …

Premiere: It’s ‘getting better’ for KHAOS EMRLD: a glittering hyperactive pop blast debut that positively sparkles.
KHAOS EMRLD is a new kid on the block – sort of – and an absolute challenge for spell check. We are honoured to premiere KHAOS EMRLD’s debut single ‘getting better’ – a solo project helmed by Cody Stebbings whom we’ve met before in the band Down For Tomorrow – and it’s a blast of …

Track: HighSchool are back with the gothic electro thrum of ‘Colt’ – a thrilling seismic sonic defibrillator. UK tour commences now and new EP is on the way.
With an arpeggiated electronic throb and a motorik Teutonic beat, the enigmatic London-based Melbourne trio HighSchool return with the explosive single ‘Colt’. Arctic, distant disembodied vocals add to the overcoat-draped gothic gloom, deliciously chilling and back in the mix with an ethereal ghostly presence. There is an added Euro-disco heartbeat, a syncopated shimmer that sends …

Album Review: Sand Brothers – when ‘Too Much Sky’ is never enough. A magnificent, poetic debut with launch date announced.
Sand Brothers have just released their debut album ‘Too Much Sky’ – a collection of poised and celestial songs that sparkle with a rough-hewn edge and a deep poignancy. The album is a perfect whole – a series of beautifully crafted songs that have a unique and refreshing vibrancy. Sand Brothers is a new musical …

Premiere: Mulubinba/Newcastle based indie-folk artist Bree Rusev is trying ‘One Last Dance’: a beautiful expression with a floating, dreamy delivery.
We are very pleased to premiere the new single ‘One Last Dance’ from Mulubinba/Newcastle based indie-folk artist Bree Rusev: a dreamy floating acoustic-based slice of melancholic sunshine. Dappling guitars and a shuffling percussion form a vibrant undercurrent while Rusev’s soft and ethereal vocals skip across the surface: displaying a dizzying range and a yearning expression …

Premiere: Rich Webb is walking down ‘Brunswick St’ – a streetwise and passionate tribute to the iconic Melbourne thoroughfare, with launch dates announced.
We are very pleased to premiere the vibrant thrum of ‘Brunswick St’ from troubadour Rich Webb. With traces of fellow Australian singer/songwriter Paul Kelly and an added steely spine augmented by fuzzy guitars and a driving rhythm, Webb creates his own visceral edge filled with an antipodean sheen – a sort of Bruce Springsteen stadium …

EP Review: Chavez Cartel’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ EP is a blistering sonic tsunami that will deliver a noise abatement order from your neighbours if administered properly.
The über cool Chavez Cartel have unleashed the filth and the fury of their new EP ‘Man’s Best Friend’ through UK’s prestigious End Of The Trail Records with a sneer and an insouciant indolence that radiates so much cool it would give you frostbite. This is a brilliant serving of gritty, posturing rock’n’roll that will seduce you and …