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Premiere: Dread FM Shares New Video For ‘Runner’ With Bones Ate Arfa

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Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne Twin Sisters, Idol Minds, Enchant with ‘Needed You’ – A Mystical Odyssey Through the Intricacies of Love

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Premiere: Eldridge Rodriguez release Atrophy.

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We are over the moon to be able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Guns n’ Money’ from Sydney trio PJ Orr. Purveyors of the finest antipodean fare, it’s been a while since the band released its album ‘Tightrope Walker’ back in 2020 (see my review here) and it’s great to …

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We are very honoured to premiere today the swinging new fuzz-laden single ‘Grenades and Stomach Flu’ from the delightfully named General Mack’s Grapeshot (GMG), the musical project of Australian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer, Mitchy McIvor. There is a hint of the swinging sixties – a Carnaby Street paisley-infused bounce – in the jaunty pace, …

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As part of their 20th Anniversary celebrations, Sister 9 Recordings present High On Low Fidelity — The M.A.D. Sessions, an intriguing insight into the roots of the label, the Parlour 9 era. It tells a fantastical story that has never been told before, and BSM is honoured to premiere it in full. In the early …

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There’s a moment, about two-and-a-half minutes into the title track from Burr Oak‘s new EP, where everything drops out except a nervous, agitated guitar line—then, chaos and an almighty musical roar, coupled with a lurch into half-time for added effect. It’s a most unexpected twist, the entire song hinging around this extreme dynamic shift, and …

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We are honoured to bring you an exclusive listen to the debut single from the magnificent Naarm/Melbourne band Velvet Parade, newly signed to the esteemed Kasumuen Records label. ‘Ghosts’ has a statuesque presence – tinted with a gothic darkness and embellished by thundering whiskey-soaked throbbing vocals that evoke a dingy den of iniquity in the …

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We all coped differently at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. For Chiara Angelicola—the Guatemalan-Italian who’s been operating as Bird Call for about 15 years, and who should have been on the road touring her latest record, Year of the Dogfish, released a few months prior—it was an especially intense time; she was …

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Genre-bending rapper and producer John Alone shares the elegant new visual for ‘handSUM’. We’re very excited to be running the premiere! Bringing together elements of ambient electronica in with it’s stylistic R&B and rap tendencies. Bright, summery and feel-good the track brings a breezy, airy vibrancy with high filtered top-lines over a deep, humming sub …

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We are very honoured to premiere the new single from Osaka’s HYPER GAL, a two-piece band consisting of visual artist Koharu Ishida on vocals and noise artist Kurumi Kadoya on drums. ‘dot dot dot’ precedes the release of the duo’s album ‘After Image’ on 13 September 2024 via SKiN GRAFT Records and an UK/European tour …

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We are overjoyed here at the wintry antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia to exclusively bring you another slice of Antarctic shoegaze in the form of the new single ‘Apraxia’ from the rising shoegaze/dream pop exponents Dvrkworld. Hot on the heels of ‘Bonnie’ (reviewed by me here), ‘Apraxia’ snuggles up to you like a Tasmanian tuxedo …

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We are honoured to premiere today the new single ‘Irene and I’ from Peabody alumni Tristan Courtney-Prior. The single comes off Courtney-Pror’s forthcoming solo album ‘Replication’ due out on 13 September 2024. ‘Irene and I’ is a fast paced ride that goes for the jugular with a hint of wild feedback in the ether and …

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