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See: The amazing short film about child refugees accompanying Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher’s autumnal duet, ‘Malasana’
INNER SYMPHONIES is the album that lifelong friends composer, pianist and singer Hania Rani and composer and cellist Dobrawa Czocher released in October for classical music imprint without parallel Deutsche Grammophon. Recorded together in their native Poland, this collaboration follows 2015’s Biala Flaga, but is their first album of original work; Hania and Dobrawa are …
Track: As Oldham’s TikTok sensation Seb Lowe releases his debut mini-album, delight in the rollicking Pennine lyricism of ‘iPhone’
WITH something like a hundred thousand-plus followers over on shortform video app TikTok, bard of the Oldham streets Seb Lowe is working from the ground up with a fascinating and absolutely necessary line in acerbic socio-political commentary on the state we’re in, AD 2021 – and one in which he leaves us less tech-compliant old …
Track: Brisbane’s Hannah Sands’ new single ‘La La Land’ delivers the dreamiest, lo-fi soul
Since debuting in 2020, shimmering, modern soul vocalist Hannah Sands has experienced a whirlwind couple of years, sharing her emotive, jazz-infused sounds and eloquent, story-driven songwriting through numerous releases. The Brisbane singer now makes a beautiful return with newest single La La Land. Continuing on a soulful sonic exploration, Hannah unveils La La Land as …
Tracks: Bossa Bandits – Don’t Ask Me
Don’t Ask Me is the fifth single to be release by British Latin-Crossover band Bossa Bandits and previews from their forthcoming album ‘All true stories’. Clive B Bossa comments: “Do you know someone who is always looking at their phone? And do you know someone who is always looking at your phone? Its about that! …
Track: Holly Hebe’s ‘I Tried To Give You Ways To Love Me’ is a gentle, breezy and wry delight.
There’s a gentle liquidity to the instrumentation and a sixties inflection to Holly Hebe‘s ethereal velvet vocals in her new track ‘I Tried To Give You Ways To Love Me’. Softly flowing in a dream pop reverie burnished with Hebe’s wry tones, this single literally floats like a leaf down a babbling stream, with a …
Track: Laura Mac release the bright and effervescent debut ‘Garage Full Of Dreams’: sparkling rays of sunlight straight out of the Sunshine Coast
‘Garage Full Of Dreams’ is the debut single from Sunshine Coast’s Laura Mac: a cheeky, hyperactive track filled with attitude and verve. Laura Mac is in fact a duo consisting of Laura Maclachlan and Zac Connely who romantically met at the music festival Splendour In The Grass where the couple fell in love, moved to …
Track: Australia’s Beddy Rays unveil elevating new track ‘On My Own’
The rise of Beddy Rays has been spectacular to watch. Coming off the back of their beloved single ‘Sobercoaster’ placing #57 in last year’s Hottest 100 countdown, a slew of catchy party singles, and the astonishing Like A Version cover of Thelma Plum’s ‘Better In Blak’, the band are delivering yet another magnificent single titled …
PREMIERE: Nicotine Dolls cause a ruckus on storming new single ‘Upset the Neighbours’
Goodness, this song is fun. If you’ve had New York quartet Nicotine Dolls on your radar before now, you’re probably familiar with their debut EP – Sex, Addiction, & Everyone Else was released in February, and we thought that would be it from them this year, but they’re closing out 2021 with a cracking new …
Track: Melanie MacLaren Is Doing Much More than “Pushing Daisies”
“Pushing Daisies” is a new single from Nashville-based indie folk musician Melanie MacLaren. Leading up to her debut EP in January 2022, the initial singles have brought a chilly atmosphere, reminiscent of a sunny day in late autumn. Unlike the previous tracks, however, “Pushing Daisies” breaks the traditional folk boundaries she has established for her …
See: La Armada Share Video For Track ‘Checkmate Humanity’
Chicago by way of the Dominican Republic 5-piece La Armada has unveiled the video for the new single ‘Checkmate Humanity’. Taken from their upcoming album ‘Anti-Colonial Vol. 2’, due 11th Feb, 2022 via the band’s own label Mal De Ojo Records in the U.S. and Latin America. The LP will be released via Thousand Islands Records in Canada and Lockjaw Records in Europe and the …