Premiere: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Model Home exclusively unveil new single ‘Midnight, Dragon Garden’ on announcement of album and national tour
We are very pleased to unveil the new single ‘Midnight, Dragon Garden’ from indie pop merchants Model Home, signed to Brisbane’s False Peak Records in a joint venture with New Zealand’s Papaiti Records label. A new album has also been announced, with the band about to embark on a tour around New Zealand. ‘Midnight, Dragon Garden’ has the band’s …
Track: Join The Velvet Club with the anthemic buzz of ‘On Your Own’ ahead of their Splendour In The Grass appearance
Naarm/Melbourne band The Velvet Club are purveyors of the finest anthemic indie rock – in full display in their new single ‘On You Own’, a hyperactive indie pop blast of goodness. With more fizz and pop than a shaken bottle of aerated liquid, this is a track that sets off on an exuberant heady pace …
Premiere: The magnificent Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird exclusively unveil the immersive and euphoric video for ‘Gabriel’s Horn’ on news of UK/European tour
We are inordinately honoured to bring you the new video for Melbourne’s fabulous Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird‘s (CTBNF) track ‘Gabriel’s Horn’, off last year’s magnum opus ‘Smiles of Earth’, released through the legendary Double Drummer. To add icing to the cake, CTBNF is also announcing a massive UK/European tour later this year. ‘Smiles of …
Premiere: Brisbane’s enigmatic Fingerless unveil their long awaited album ‘Life, Death & Prizes’ and it’s well worth the wait.
It is with the greatest of pleasures that we bring you an early listen to the long awaited album from those highly talented musical chameleons from Brisbane, Fingerless. A series of utterly brilliant and innovative singles over the past few years has ensured Fingerless are one of my favourite exports from the deep north, and …
Album Review: It’s been a ‘Strange Ride’ for Murphnick, but the results are a splendid collection of power pop vignettes that sparkle with vitality.
Murphnick is the nome de plume of one Nick Murphy and it has been a strange ride for Murphy to reach this stage, to say the least. More of that story later, for it doesn’t define the nature nor quality of his new album ‘Strange Ride’ – a glorious collection of understated indie pop anthems …
EP review: Safety First are asking ‘Why Is Being Successful So Hard?’ in a sparkling debut EP that radiates with wit and melody, with launch date announced.
Sydney band Safety First perfectly project with great style and panache a quirky and fey stance in their EP ‘Why Is Being Successful So Hard?’, an EP that is so packed with perfect pop vignettes that it sparkles with a delicate high-stepping joy. Singer/songwriter Lexi Green has a dispassionate observant style that recalls an antipodean …
Track: Oscar The Wild are ‘Unafraid’ – a melodic and cathartic thunderstorm of a track. Launch date announced as well.
Kaurna/Adelaide indie quartet Oscar The Wild today have released their thunderous track ‘Unafraid’, an utterly anthemic blast of melodic punk pop filled with swagger and attitude. Singer Ruby says of the track: The lyrics in the first verse of ‘Unafraid’ is a mantra I use to calm my existential anxiety. I figured if I put …
Track: Allegra Neve unveils stunning debut single ‘Rewind’ – an immersive, shimmering dream pop reverie.
It is quite stunning to realise that ‘Rewind’ is the debut single of Allegra Neve given its maturity and stature and the fact she is still in her teens. It is a track filled with an ethereal grace: haunting and layered with wisps of sound that float and circulate through the head. Steeped in a …
Track: Ben Leece and Left of the Dial release a powerful paean to the redemptive power of music in ‘Swastika Kids’, ahead of tour news.
Inspired by the story of the legendary Hard-Ons – a trio of punks who are Sri Lankan, Korean and Croatian growing up in the challenging climes of western Sydney in the eighties, the news single from Ben Leece and Left of the Dial is a moving, intelligent observation of the redemptive power of music to …