Backseat Downunder
Meet: Matthew Smith from New Zealand’s band Deep Water Creek talks about inspirations and influences.
Give us a potted history of you / the band: I started the band Deep Water Creek about four years ago, sort of as a vehicle for my own songs. Before that I was in a band called Von Voin Strum for 4 or 5 years then did a solo album and a solo EP with a different crew. Most of …
Live Gallery: Peter Bibby and the Dog Act rock Sydney
Peter Bibby and Dog Act light up Sydney crowd with incendiary show.
Track: Melbourne’s The Meltdown conjure more ‘southern soul from the great southern land’ – new single ‘River’ out now via Hopestreet Recordings
Melbourne’s Southern soul and groove band The Meltdown have released their mesmerizing new single River via Hopestreet Recordings. The song is the very first to be taken from their sophomore LP It’s A Long Road, which is due out this summer. The energy of the track is driven by a gritty authenticity, from the twangy …
Live Gallery: Full Flower Moon Band Live at the Crow Bar, Sydney
Full Flower Band rock Sydney’s Crow Bar.
News: Gomez’s Ben Ottewell + Ian Ball set for an exciting run of downunder shows in May/June
Independent music collective Love Police have announced that old mates, Ian Ball and Ben Ottewell from Gomez, will be on Australian shores later this month to play a set of intimate live shows, making their downunder debut as a duo. With music spanning the last 20 years at least, fans will enjoy anything and everything …
Track: Everyone here loves Suzi!
Melburnian Suzi delivers scorching track ‘Everyone I’ve Met Hates Me’.
Album Review: Screamfeeder are back with ‘Five Rooms’ – a pulsating collection of harmony laden fuzz pop.
Screamfeeder have been a veritable indie institution in Australia for more than a remarkable thirty years, and following a return to the live scene recently, they have just released their new album ‘Five Rooms’: a sparkling return to the fray. At the heart of Screamfeeder’s music is pure melody: layered harmonies that are coated over a …
Track: These are not ‘Important Things’ – Marveline unleashes a glorious piece of charming and romantic whimsy.
Marveline – the inspiration of Pete Marley (The Nature Strip and a coterie of other bands) has opened the account for 2022 with a jaunty piece of whimsy with the new single ‘Important Things’. After a darker turn with last year’s ‘Evil Worm’, Marley is back to his ebullient self with a dappling rich luscious …
Track: Jodi Phillis releases evocative new single ‘It’s Not Love’ and announces upcoming album
Track: Jodi Phillis releases evocative new single ‘It’s Not Love’ and announces upcoming album.
News: Indie power pop royalty Sunnyboys announce Australian tour in July.
The appropriately named Sunnyboys – the band that possibly did more to bring indie guitar music in a power pop guise into the mainstream in the eighties in Australia than other band – have announced an Australia wide tour. They will be supported by the venerable Even in Sydney and Melbourne while former Screaming Tribesman …