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Track: Crash & The Crapenters blast out a cathartic dose of reality in their track ‘We’re All In This Alone’

Crash & the Crapenters don’t like you very much. Not you personally but the general world out there. The world of sheep and platitudes. And they don’t like the world…

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Track: Larsen release the thundering single ‘Eating Me Alive’ and announce southern tour of Australia

With a thundering, scything rhythm and vocals infused with a whiskey-soaked gravitas, Adelaide’s Larsen‘s new single ‘Eating Me Alive’ is a refreshing blast of melodic grunge, distinguished by a cutting…

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Track: Holy Holy construct shimmering sonic architecture in new single ‘How You Been’

Melbourne duo Holy Holy have an infinite capacity to deliver sweeping melodic tunes that are layered, nuanced and euphoric (see our review of their 2017 album ‘Pain’). Their new single…

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See: Moody Beach releases an exquisite video for the atmospheric dreamy track ‘Chance’

‘Chance’, by Sydney based artist Moody Beach, is a gloriously mesmerising shoegaze track that is filled with yearning and romance: a perfect slice of shimmering dream pop. There is a…

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Track: Western Australia’s Methyl Ethel serves up a swirling, dazzling single ‘Neon Cheap’ and announces tour dates

There is one thing patently obvious when listening to Methyl Ethel’s new single ‘Neon Cheap’: this is a band forging it’s own aural adventure and the result is something that…

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Track: Tiny Little Houses drive straight out of Melbourne with a quirky ‘Car Crash’

The new song from Melbourne indie band Tiny Little Houses is a terrific humour-infused number with all the bottled up energy from a year burdened by lockdowns bursting out. It’s…

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Jordan Rakei curates latest ‘Late Night Tales’ and it’s an atmospherically soulful release

The latest compilation from the artist-produced mix series, Late Night Tales, has been curated by multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer Jordan Rakei. Rakei’s edition marks the first release of Late Night…

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Track: Dead Can Dance members Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell unveil another sparkling single ‘Deshta (Forever)’ from their forthcoming album ‘Burn’

The unique and exotic sounds of Dead Can Dance, fusing medieval music with gothic undertones and ambient textures are detectable in the shimmering new track ‘Deshta (Forever)’ from Dead Can…

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Track: Sydney’s Abby Bella May unveils the bright and bubbly new track ‘Bindii Patch’

There’s something evocatively Australian about suffering minor multiple injuries from a Bindii patch – a prickly monstrosity that lurks in the depths of the most unprepossessing yet beckoning green lawns…

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Track: Wildheart release the visceral excoriating and ultimately cathartic single ‘Backburner’

While hardcore is a genre I usually don’t write about, a track like ‘Backburner’ from Brisbane band Wildheart shines with such a passion. Termed ‘melodic hardcore’ to be precise, which…

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