Premiere: Brisbane’s Fresco Kyoto’s ultra cool track ‘You Save Me’ is augmented by an enigmatic ethereal video. Out through Double Drummer.
We are overjoyed to bring an exclusive early look at the new video from Brisbane’s purveyor of ultra chic indie pop, Fresco Kyoto, for their track ‘You Save Me’. Signed to the brilliant boutique label Double Drummer label, Fresco Kyoto is band developing a reputation for their dark wave indie pop and masterful songwriting craft. …
Track: Shoegaze/dream pop exponents the Know are back with new single ‘Used To Be’ and all is right in the world.
It’s been over two years since husband and wife duo the Know released their shimmering EP ‘wearetheknow’ (see my review here), and as a sign that things can only get better, they have retuned with their signature cotton wool-wrapped shimmering sonic style in the new single ‘Used To Be’. The Know are Daniel Knowles and …
Album Review: The glorious Charlie Clark is indulging in a little ‘Late Night Drinking’ and the results are something quite spectacular.
Charlie Clark has a fascinating story to tell – a part of vital Scottish indie music history in indie band Astrid before decamping to lead another life in LA as a music producer and artistic entrepreneur. A few years back he returned to his native shores for personal reasons, and ended up with twins, his …
Track: Dead Miranda (fka Unruly Girls) launch an excoriating sonic rocket with ‘Your Slice of Pie’: a blistering debut.
Italian electro-punk noise merchants Dead Miranda have shrugged off their outer shell of Unruly Girls and emerged like a dark gothic vampyric butterfly from the pupae of their former selves. Their new single ‘Your Slice Pie’ is a sonic assault of distorted, shredding guitars, ominous dark synths and an insistent percussion that hammers and claws …
Premiere: Joshua Murphy’s haunting and atmospheric track ‘The Fault Was Lain There Too’ gains a chilling black-laced gothic video, released ahead of debut EP ‘Lowlands’.
We are very pleased to premiere the video for the track ‘The Fault Was Lain There Too’ from Australian-born Berlin resident, the multi-Instrumentalist and songwriter Joshua Murphy. The track is a dark gothic tale with a velvet soft delivery and a haunting refrain. Like compatriot Nick Cave, the tone is that of a southern preacher, …
Album Review: Alannah Russack’s Entropy Band (The Hummingbirds, Aerial Maps) radiates stately beauty in the epic ‘As Memories Pass Each Other’.
The Hummingbirds have a permanent place in the annals of indie rock history in Australia, shining brightly but altogether too briefly for a period in the late eighties early nineties (check out their single ‘Blush‘). The band’s singer/guitarist Alannah Russack, along with her magnificent Entropy Band, has been laying a glorious trail of breadcrumbs over the last …
Track: Who is ‘The Weatherman’? An anthemic and passionate single from Hein Cooper and Noel N. Butler, along with news of a launch date
Introduced by First Nations Ulladulla / Yuin elder Uncle Noel Butler, inviting the four winds torise in his indigenous Dhurga language at the song’s beginning, the new single ‘The Weatherman’ is a powerful and compelling anthem exploring the battle between nature and humanity from singer/songwriter Hein Cooper. This is a magnificent track: building up slowly …
EP Review: Holly Hebe’s debut ‘Party Mix’ is an achingly beautiful collection of dreamy pop morsels.
Holly Hebe has graced these pages a few times – her collaboration with Ivoris and Zhuli in the track ‘Supervillain‘ earlier this year was a pop delight, and her single last year ‘I Tried to Give You Ways To Love Me‘ was a dreamy reverie. Hebe has now released her debut EP ‘Party Mix’, and …
Premiere: It’s all ‘Black & White’ for Sydney singer/songwriter Charlie Gradon – a thundering anthemic world. Plus live shows anounced.
We are honoured to premiere the scything, visceral single and video for ‘Black & White’ from Sydney singer/songwriter Charlie Gradon today. This is an epic and grand track – Gradon’s voice is high and impassioned with a searing quality, driving a dynamic melody and thundering rhythms in a relentless onslaught. Gradon has a mesmerising enigmatic …