News: Sydney’s psychedelic duo Velvet Trip announce debut album ‘Harmony Blooms’, sweetened by the release of the dynamic pop blast of ‘Silly Boy’ and a launch date.
Sydney duo Velvet Trip blast a ray of blinding sunshine into the ether out of the dark winter days down under with the pure pop infectious beats of the single ‘Silly Boy’ – a cathartic, incandescent anthem with a groove so deep you would need sonar to reach the bottom. It is a delightful precursor …
Premiere: Melbourne’s Badinage unveil video for track ‘Dance of the Odonata’ ahead of live dates and album announcement.
We are very honoured to give you an exclusive look at the new video from Melbourne instrumentalists Badinage and their ethereal track ‘Dance of the Odonata’. Coming from the band’s EP ‘Meander’ released earlier this year (and reviewed by me here), ‘Dance of the Odonata’ is a stately graceful track, elegiac and restrained with a …
News: Jo Meares announces ‘Faster Than A First Kiss’ – a new live album and film with launch dates ahead.
We are massive fans of singer/songwriter Jo Meares, giving last year’s album, ‘Dream Hotel’ – a collaboration with Anth Dymke – a well deserved 9.5/10. It is welcome news indeed that he is releasing a new live album and film called ‘Faster Than A First Kiss’, celebrating the live gigs that followed the album release. …
Premiere: ‘No Meaning Man’ – Primo Italo shoegaze maestros We Melt Chocolate cook up a dreamy psychedelic video for the sonic thunderstorm single, with a new album on the way.
Straight out of Florence, We Melt Chocolate are an integral part of the highly impressive Italian psych/shoegaze scene and we are overjoyed at being able to bring you an exclusive look at the video for their thundering new single ‘No Meaning Man’. ‘No Meaning Man’ is shoegaze dream pop heaven: a hazy fugue of guitars, …
Track: Naarm/Melbourne artist Eilish Gilligan make a welcome return with a harder edge in new single ‘Involved You’
It has been nearly two years since Naarm/Melbourne multi-talented artist Eilish Gilligan released her EP ‘First One To Leave The Party’ – reviewed by me here and described as being a beautiful expression of deeply personal frailty and vulnerability, tempered by a defiance and strength. Gilligan is back and her new single ‘Involved You’ exhibits …
Track: In a brilliant antipodean collaboration, BENEE and Mallrat unveil the ultra pop track ‘Do It Again’, Official Song for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ with live dates ahead.
Aotearoa/New Zealand’s BENEE and Australia’s Mallrat have joined forces to release the Official Song for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, ‘Do It Again’. Could there ever be such a perfect collaboration? Fittingly, the football competition takes place across Australian and New Zealand throughout July and August and the collaboration between the antipodean über pop …
Premiere: Wade Jackson’s dramatic ‘The Sweetheart’ now has a fittingly evocative and cinematic video.
We are very honoured to bring you an exclusive look at the brilliant new video for the track ‘The Sweetheart’ from troubadour extraordinaire Wade Jackson – a tune we astutely described as being bold, cinematic and luscious. Fitting, therefore, that the new video is as visually eloquent and as stately as the soundtrack. Created by …
Premiere: ‘How I Miss Home’ – Max Aurora & The Southern Lights deliver a dreamy and poignant paean to Aotearoa from a wandering sailor
We are very honoured to premiere the new dreamy, floaty track ‘How I Missed Home’ from Naarm/Melbourne-based band Max Aurora & The Southern Lights. Drenched in sweet poignancy, it’s a delicate and raw paean to home from a sailor on the high seas, sparked from deep feelings of longing and displacement. Recorded down at Marigold …
Premiere: Black Market Karma exclusively unveil their video for the anthemic shoegaze psychedelic joys of ‘Wonky’, featuring Craig Dyer (The Underground Youth).
We are very pleased to bring you an exclusive look at the new video for the track ‘Wonky’ from London’s psychedelic pop artists Black Market Karma, featuring Craig Dyer of iconic psychedelic rock duo The Underground Youth. ‘Wonky’ is a glorious scuzzy shoegaze blast that fuses a Jesus and Mary Chain insolence with a Velvet …