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Album Review: Full Flower Moon Band Go Full Throttle on ‘Diesel Forever’
Full Flower Moon Band Take No Prisoners on New Album ‘Diesel Forever’
Track: Sturt Avenue miss their ‘Best Friend’ – an achingly raw and beautiful paean to change and loss.
Sturt Avenue‘s ‘Best Friend’ provides an achingly beautiful tribute to the past and the indelible connections one has to certain people. The shimmering acoustic sound is augmented by the delicate harmonies and deep sense of yearning in the vocals. The band says of the track: ‘Best Friend’ is a breakup song written and recorded at …
EP: Composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Cam Butler (Ron S Peno and the Superstitions) unveils ‘Solar’: a collection of radiant instrumentals that speak with eloquence and vitality.
Cam Butler is a seasoned and experienced multi instrumentalist and producer who is also the co-writer of songs with the legendary Ron S Peno (Died Pretty) in the fabulous Ron S Peno and the Superstitions which he co-founded. Their album ‘Do The Understanding’ was one of my albums of the year last year. In addition, …
Album Review: The forecast is far from ‘Partly Cloudy’ for FLOWERTRUCK’s irrepressible and sparkling second album.
We’ve long been fans of Sydney/Illawarra band FLOWERTRUCK who have perfected an antipodean-flavoured brand of indie pop that has a genetic link to an amalgam of The Go-Betweens and The Apartments on one side of the ditch, and the Dunedin sound epitomised by Flying Nun roster of The Bats and The Chills on the other side. Blinding …
News: The legendary swamp maestros Scientists embark on Australian tour to promote first album in 34 years ‘Negativity’.
Following release of their first album in 34 years last year, the legendary Scientists have just announced that they are touring Australia in early 2023. Formed in Perth in 1978, the punk pop hooks of ‘Frantic Romantic’ and ‘Last Night’ saw them moving to Sydney with a darker, primitive concoction similar to that of The …
Track: Gold Coast’s Radolescent provide a much needed jolt to the system with ‘Tough’ and provide us with a list of their influences and tour dates.
Radolescent‘s ‘Tough’ is a glorious jangle fest with a rock hard spine and anthemic rumble replete with a self-deprecatory glint in the eye. It’s as big and expansive as the beautifully shot video accompanying the track filmed somewhere in a rural and pastoral heaven filled with sunshine and giant agricultural machinery. The band says of …
News: Philippa Nihill (Underground Lovers/GB3) and Lisa Gibbs (GB3/ USER) are The Same Same, exploring interpretations of Brian Eno in debut EP ‘Before And After Eno’ – have a listen to the first track off the EP ‘By This River’.
The Same Same consist of two giants in the indie music scene in Australia: multi instrumentalists Philippa Nihill from the Underground Lovers/GB3 and Lisa Gibbs from USER/GB3, and their weapons of choice are keys, synths and vocals wielded with haunting finesse and subtlety. The Same Same have just announced the release of an album of …
Track: The blistering power pop of The Deenys sees the release of the hyperkinetic ‘Lonely Paradise’ with a vibrant anthemic stomp. Plus launch date announced.
From the current home of power pop in Perth, the most isolated city in the world, bursts the vibrant rock and roll thunder of The Deenys with their punky new single ‘Lonely Paradise’. With an undeniable genetic connection to the cheeky chappie rock of Supergrass through to the attitude and swagger of the Arctic Monkeys …
News: Bluesfest unveil ripping first artist announcement for 2023 festival
Australia’s premier festival, Bluesfest Byron Bay has unveiled an incredible, and diverse lineup of artists in their first artist announcement, with over 40 acts named to appear at the 34th iteration of this classic event which will be held across Easter 2023. Buddy Guy (in his final tour of Australia), Elvis Costello & The Imposters, …
Track: Melbourne’s Georgia Knight experiences ‘Hell on Bent Street’ – a brilliant dark prowling vision of the underbelly of life.
‘Hell on Bent Street’, title track for Georgia Knight‘s forthcoming EP, is a prowling track that ebbs and flows with a visceral cutting edge, teetering on the brink of a dark chasm. The guitars clatter with an ominous intent over the driving rhythms, and Knight’s vocals are wrought with a resolute despair, from a whisper …