Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne trio My Giddy Aunt spin back around with luscious new single in ‘Your Garden’ and announce launch date.
We are very pleased to premiere the new single ‘Your Garden’ from those curly topped indie pop stars My Giddy Aunt, the first single following their EP ‘All Things Come In Time’ released last year. ‘Your Garden’ is a reflective track delivered over crystal clear guitars and an evocative layered vocals with a poetic lyricism …
Premiere: Late Night Therapy sign to Mugatunes and takes us on a thrilling ‘Drive’ – the pulsating electro-pop single featuring Lily Belle.
The enormously talented Harry Suttor is Late Night Therapy and we are very honoured to premiere his new single ‘Drive’ (featuring Lily Belle), accompanied by news that Late Night Therapy has signed to the cool Mugatunes label. ‘Drive’ sets off on a dynamic percussive beat and washes of natural sampled sounds with a synth undercurrent. …
Track: Sydney trio The Duke of Randwick demand ‘Where You Gonna Go?’ in a raucous anthemic blast.
The Duke of Randwick are a Sydney trio whose exact musical genre is hard to define, but their new single ‘Where You Gonna Go?’ is a veritable blast of fuzzy jangle pop with an anthemic, melodic attack. There are certainly elements of a Britpop swagger but this is ameliorated by a harder, punchier attack that …
Live Review and Gallery: Charlie Needs Braces – MONA Lawns, nipaluna/Hobart, 18.03.2023
Having just released the searingly brilliant debut album ‘Saltwater People’, Charlie Needs Braces (the solo effort of Charlie Woods) is embarking on an ambitious Australia wide tour, bringing an incandescent ray of sunshine wherever she (and her sister) goes. Playing in the afternoon sun (albeit intermittent and not so warm – it is the southern …
Track: Philippa Nihill (Underground Lovers) finds her way and channels Burt Bacharach in her glorious new single ‘Getaway’.
Philippa Nihill (founding member of the legendary Underground Lovers) has just released a thrilling new single ‘Getaway’, which channels the anthemic style of Burt Bacharach with her own unique dynamism and power. With a chorus break bigger than skies above Australia and a stirring reflective verse, ‘Getaway’ is a majestic single that ebbs and flows like …
Track: Anna Smyrk returns with anthemic new single ‘The Runner’ and tour news.
Melbourne chanteuse extraordinaire and songwriter Anna Smyrk has just released a new single ‘The Runner’ ahead of tour news supporting The Birds of Tokyo and Tim Rogers (You Am I). ‘The Runner’ is a swiftly-paced anthem – filled with a hyper kinetic energy and an indelible melody. There is almost a shoegaze wall of sound …
News: Melbourne quartet The Toads leap into the pond with announcement of debut album and the spring loaded single ‘Nationalsville’.
The Toads have captured our attention with their new single ‘Nationalsville’ as they announce the release of their new album entitled ‘In The Wilderness’, out on 9 June 2023. This is one bunch of amphibians you need to kiss: ‘Nationalsville’ is a sprightly low-fi garage pop delight with an insouciant attitude that jangles and fuzzes …
Premiere: Fleeting Persuasion ease into the stratosphere with the atmospheric ‘Slipped’.
Working with Tobey Doctor (ex-drummer from Sounds Like Sunset), James Harrison is back in 2023, again under the nom de plume Fleeting Persuasion, and we are overjoyed at being able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Slipped’ before its release into the wild on Monday. Fleeting Persuasion have been on our …
Premiere: Hoon are a little bit ‘Fried’: a frenetic onslaught that sweeps through the brain like an out of control freight train. A new album and tour also lie ahead.
With a thrilling delivery Johnny Rotten would be proud of, we are very pleased to premiere the new track ‘Fried’ from Dharawal/Wollongong-based garage-rock act Hoon. This comes as a precursor to a new album and a tour, so good things are in store. If you imagine an out of control fully laden freight train on …
Premiere: The hyperkinetic Radio Free Alice provide us with an exclusive look at their new video for the heady joys of single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
Last month we brought you news of the delightfully snotty young band Radio Free Alice‘s signing to the tremendous Double Drummer label and cast an ear over their frenetic and heart-racing single ‘I Gotta Fall (In Love)’. I described the single as being a breath of fresh air in the current climes – full throttle …