Premiere: The Tambourine Girls say ‘You Know How To Bring Me Down’ via a single that thrills with an heavenly, euphoric presence, and heralds a new album on the way.
The jangling guitars and anthemic presence of ‘You Know How To Bring Me Down’ heralds a premiere from The Tambourine Girls that we are absolutely honoured to bring you today. With a sort of loose Primal Scream meets The Jesus and Mary Chain feel intertwined with the Rolling Stones, this is a thrilling statuesque single …
Premiere: Dande and the Lion provide us with an exclusive look at their exuberant new video for the sparkling, vivacious single ‘Children of the Hour’.
We are overjoyed to bring to you today an exclusive look at the new video for the track ‘Children of the Hour from UK/Australian band Dande and the Lion. ‘Children of the Hour’ is an effervescent track filled with exuberance and verve. Threaded with an euphoric feel grounded by an element of melancholy (as I …
Premiere: Lachlan Denton (The Ocean Party) exclusively unveils video for the sparkling single ‘You’ ahead of the release of the album ‘Furnishings’ along with an exhibition of work.
We are very pleased to premiere the video for the track ‘You’ from musician and songwriter Lachlan Denton, member of The Ocean Party and a skilled artisan to add to his many skills. The Ocean Party disbanded after the tragic death of Denton’s brother Zac (who played drums in the band) in 2018 at the …
Track: Anth Dymke hopes for ‘Better Days’: a magnificent track featuring the silken voice of Clara Mallia Higgins.
Following up the release of the single ‘Carol‘, songwriter and producer Anth Dymke (Pony Face) has swiftly followed up with the gorgeous delicate track ‘Better Days’. Cementing his position as one of the most exciting producers in Australia (see his work with Jo Meares), this is a brooding, beautiful track that simmers and bubbles with …
Album Review: Dead Miranda unleash the anarchic and thoroughly satisfying ‘Anima Pod’: a brutal sonic assault with a soft heart.
Anarchic sonic terrorists from Ital, Dead Miranda, have unleashed their debut album ‘Anima Pod’ on the world and it is a battering ram of deliciously dark noise that puts in a blender an insistent electronic throb with distorted strangulated and abused guitars. Deadpan lyrics are cold and distant, sneering and louche. An utterly cathartic blizzard …
Album Review: R.J. Andrew (Underground Lovers) takes us on an epic, cinematic journey through ‘Black River’.
A well recognised character providing a steady and yet impossibly wild percussive spine to the legendary Undergound Lovers, R.J. Andrew has just unveiled his epic solo album ‘Black River’: a dreamy reverie spread across 15 epic tracks. The album sets sail with ‘Darling Please’: crunchy, satisfying guitars that tremble and shine and move in a …
Premiere: Troubadour Mark Moldre’s ‘Every Waking Hour’ is a sparkling gem filled with a poignancy and stature, released ahead of new album ‘Nambucca Fables’.
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Every Waking Hour’ from Australian troubadour extraordinaire Mark Moldre, ahead of the release of his new album ‘Nambucca Fables’ due out on 14 April 2023. ‘Every Waking Hour’ is a poignant missive filled with a sense of reflection and lightly touched with a self-deprecating sense of …
News: The Church Announce Australian tour as new album ‘The Hypnogogue’ is released
On the release of their 26th album ‘The Hypnogogue’ (see my review here), Australian institution The Church have just announced an Australian tour, taking place after the band returns from their US tour. Details are as follows: May 25 – Brisbane – Fortitude Music Hall May 27 – Gold Coast – Twin Towns Theatre June …
Album Review: Karen Vogt (Heligoland) unveils the atmospheric, elegiac fugue of ‘Losing The Sea’.
Karen Vogt, the Australian musician and producer based in Paris and part of the dream pop giants Heligoland, has just unveiled her new mini album ‘Losing The Sea’: an atmospheric and delicate ambient delight. The EP is filled with ethereal sounds that seem to encapsulate desire and longing: waves of sonic fingers caress the ears …
Premiere: Melbourne trio Badinage sweep through the air with a delicious frisson in instrumental single ‘Surfin” released ahead of EP ‘Meander’ and launch date.
We are frozen with joy at being able to bring you an exclusive appraisal of the new single from post rock instrumental ensemble Badinage, out of the cultural petri dish that is Melbourne. ‘Surfin” is a sweeping expansive instrumental that marries the heavy yet delicate thrum of a cello with arpeggiated guitars to create an …