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Track: Holy Hive release new single Story Of My Life ahead of second album
We’ve long been mad about Holy Hive, and out right now is the bands new single, Story of My Life – taken from the bands self-titled second album, out on September 24th via the ever brilliant Big Crown Records. Pre-order the album on cd or two versions on vinyl – black and a blue and …
Album review: The Pro-Teens – ‘I Flip My Life Every Time I Fly’: low-key cinematic funk immaculacy from mysterious Melbourne collective
THE PRO-TEENS – or, to give them all due full credit, Snooch Dood and the Pro-Teens, and we wouldn’t want to be putting Snooch’s nose out of joint quite this early in our relationship, who knows what vengeful redress he might seek – describe themselves as being “a collection of professional teenagers from the Darebin …
Track: Tony Glausi – I Could Fall in Love ft. Charlamagne the Goddess
Mostly recognised as one of the best trumpet players around, Tony Glausi is set to release his full length album due 3rd September – ‘Everything At Once’. Glausi has shared a track from the album titled ‘I Could Fall in Love’ which features Charlemagne the Goddess. The tracks laid back feel rolls over you as …
Track: Leprous – Nighttime Disguise
Norwegian Rock outfit Leprous have released their new album ‘Aphelion’ via InsideOutMusic. Read our review here. In celebration the band have shared the final track on the album, ‘Nighttime Disguise’. The band comments about the release: “Finally, we are happy to see “Aphelion” be released all over the world and share its full content with …
Premiere: On the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Pia Fraus give us a sneak listen to their new recording ‘Now You Know, It Still Feels The Same’: fresh interpretations of youthful brilliance.
Hailing from Tallinn, Estonia, Pia Fraus have proven to be one of the most fascinating and enduring shoegaze bands of the past twenty years, made all the more unusual by the fact that they emerged from Eastern Europe, an area not known for this genre. Their debut album, ‘Wonder What it’s Like’, was released in …
EP: Melbourne’s Liam Turner unveils ‘Which Way To Go’: a glittering smooth jazz-infused collection of songs.
There’s a laid back and cool inflection to the debut EP ‘Which Way To Go’ from Queensland native and Melbourne resident Liam Turner, that creates an innate sense of comfort and ease. The jazz tone is augmented by Turner’s smooth and languid vocals and the dappling guitars that ripple enticingly across the tracks. Opening track ‘Square …
Album review: Orla Gartland lays it bare beautifully with debut album ‘Woman on the Internet’ – Catch her UK/Ireland tour this October/December
Dublin-born, London-based singer/producer Orla Gartland has released her long-awaited debut album, Woman On The Internet via her own label New Friends. The beautifully flowing collection charts the artist’s emotional journey with fervour and introspection in equal measure, proving an incisive debut that is big on both feelings and sound. The culmination of years of music …
Album Review: Children Collide’s ‘Time Itself’ is a cathartic, thundering, heavy metal psychedelic trip, plus tour details announced.
Melbourne’s Children Collide have been a vital beating heart of the Australian indie music scene, and after a nine year break are back with swagger and style with their new album ‘Time Itself’, out now through Spinning Top Records. With a deceptively tamed jangling start, ‘Man of the People’ erupts into a mountainous riff-laden fuzzy …
Track: Onlooker – Hard Work
Northern post punk band Onlooker. Their brand new single ‘Hard Work’ is the second of four singles leading up to their debut album release later this year. A garage rock sound thats made special with a twin guitars attack. One cleaner and one more overdriven, they both add to the catchy almost hypnotic rhythm created …
Album Review: Holy Holy say ‘Hello My Beautiful World’ with an elegant and sparkling collection of jewels, plus tour news.
It is an unusual situation to find myself lauding an album that just debuted at number 4 on the Australian music charts in the company of what could be loosely described as commercial pop artists (not the kind of milieu I generally write about). But then that just about sums up Holy Holy‘s universal appeal. …