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Premiere: Zachary Leo Releases ‘Time After Time’, A Funk-Pop Revelation, with tour dates announced.
Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Zachary Leo is once again gracing our playlists with his latest single, ‘Time After Time’, set to release tomorrow on the 26th of October and which we are proud to premiere today along with the video. Produced and mixed by the maestro Tobias Priddle and mastered by the talented Pieter De Wagter, this …
Premiere: Meanjin/Brisbane’s SGO positively ‘Glimmer’ in their new dream pop/shoegaze glory. Out through 4000 Records.
The band formerly known as Syrup Go On!, SGO, return more sparkling evidence of their musical prowess with their new single ‘Glimmer’, which we are very proud to premiere here today. Of course its release through the extraordinary 4000 Records is proof enough of quality, but SGO continue to shine with their brilliant shimmering wall …
Album Review: The Summertimes unleash a radiant blinding glow in their glorious debut self-titled album.
The debut self-titled album from The Summertimes is an iridescent ray of light, replete with soaring choruses, horn fringes and an overwhelming collection of jingle jangle-encased anthems that shimmer and glow. I am rather late to this particular dish which has certainly not cooled since its release in July. There is an antipodean flavour to …
Track: Salarymen have ‘Second Sight’ and it’s a shimmering and beautiful thing, with tour dates unveiled.
Dream pop exponents Salarymen are continuing with a brilliant run of releases with their new single ‘Second Sight’, another anthemic slice of pie with its euphoric melodies and sky-scraping choruses. The duo say of the track: This track is essentially about having a good bullshit radar – seeing through the social climbers and the manipulators. It’s …
Premiere: Jet City Sports Club unveil effervescent video for their sublime single ‘My Everything’, with tour news as a bonus.
We are absolutely delighted to premiere the new video from Jet City Sports Club for their recent sublime single ‘My Everything’ (reviewed by us recently here). We have been increasingly impressed by this band’s delicious brand of anthemic dream pop, and this track is proof positive that something very special is happening here. ‘My Everything’ …
Live Gallery: Warpaint at the Oxford Art Factory 23.10.2023
Warpaint envelop the Oxford Art Factory with their ethereal soundscapes and intricate rhythms
Album Review: It’s ‘A Beautiful Waste of Time’ for the Italian troubadour An Early Bird – a veritable triumph in ethereal majesty.
You know exactly what to expect from Italian troubadour An Early Bird – the work of auteur pop folkster Stefano Di Stefano whose career Backseat Mafia has followed with close attention since our birth when we lauded his band Pipers back in 2013 and then his solo stuff under the name. Di Stefano has shown …
Album Review: Rinehearts are in ‘Full Bloom’ with their twelve string jangle and blinding radiance.
The shimmering, jangling guitars and harmonies of Perth band Rinehearts seemingly captures the brilliant bright Western Australian sunshine in their sound, and temper it with just a shake of yearning and melancholia. Rinehearts, who comprise former members of Screwtop Detonators and Snowman, have just released their second album, ‘Full Bloom’, through Cheersquad Records & Tapes in Australia and …
Live Gallery: SXSW Presents Grrrl Gang at the Factory Theatre, Sydney 21.10.2023
Grrrl Gang don’t pull their punches.
Live Gallery: SXSW presents Los Bitchos at the Factory Theatre, Sydney 21.10.2023
Los Bitchos’s infectious rhythms, twangy guitar riffs, and hypnotic percussive elements are impossible to resist.