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Track: Elsy Wameyo drops new track ‘River Nile’ ahead of April EP release. Ignore it at your peril.
Elsy Wameyo, the Adelaide-based singer who originally hails from Nairobi has released a new track ‘River Nile’. An EP ‘Nilotic’ will follow and be available on the 1st April via Music in Exile. The multitalented Wameyo has also released an accompanying video for ‘River Nile’ that she produced and directed, with co-direction by Leighton Bond. …
Track: Sydney’s power pop maestros The Nature Strip return to the fray with a bit of essential ‘Surgery’ and a launch gig.
It’s been a while since The Nature Strip brightened our world with their brand of quirky, intelligent power pop (last seen back in 2018 with the EP ‘Past Pacific’, reviewed by me here). In the intervening time, however, they haven’t really left us at all – John Encarnacao’s Warmer project and Pete Marley’s Marveline project …
Track: Coyle Girelli – Do You Wanna Dance?
After delighting us with his previous singles ‘Fun’, ‘From 7th Street With Love’ and ‘Here Comes My Baby’, Coyle Girelli has now shared the fourth single taken from his new album Funland with ‘Do You Wanna Dance?’ Funland is due 25th February via Honey Lemon Records. “This one was one of the first songs I …
Track: Scruffy Bear – Stories Of Strange Women
North Yorkshires Soulful Fuzz Rockers Scruffy Bear have shared their new single ‘Stories Of Strange Women’. Lead singer Georgy Eaton comments: “This song is for all the weirdos out there that second guess themselves. I grew up always taking solace in stories about unique people that stuck to their guns and didn’t change for someone …
Track: Crows – Room 156
After returning last month after 3 long years with new single ‘Slowly Separate’, Crows have shared the next single ‘Room 156’, to be taken from their long awaited second album Beware Believers due 1st April via Bad Vibrations Records ‘Room 156’ was inspired by singer James Cox’s past obsession with true crime, and old faith healers. …
PREMIERE: Cooper Kenward debuts with a floaty song about death on ‘In Due Time’, debut album incoming
Who wants to hear a cheerful song about mortality? Northern California export Cooper Kenward has got one for you if you’re a big fan of stark contrast between sound and subject matter. His debut single gets an assist from touring members of Hand Habits, Vetiver, Bedouine and more. It’s a sweetly melodic indie-folk song with …
News: The enigmatic prince of funk Donny Benét announces new EP, global tour dates and new instrumental single ‘Le Piano’
Sydney-based composer Donny Benét has perfected a brand of uber cool funk – driven by his proficient bass playing – that has caught the world’s attention, with past albums stretching back to his 2011 debut ‘Don’t Hold Back’. COVID restrictions prevented Benét touring his last album ‘Mr Experience’ in 2020 but to salve the pain, …
Track: Ana Silvera releases second single ‘ Halos’ from forthcoming album ‘The Fabulist’
Songstress Ana Silvera continues to shine in her delivery of song, vocal artistry and storytelling with her newest track ‘ Halos ‘; the second single from her forthcoming album ‘ The Fabulist’. We had the pleasure of reviewing her feature single’ Ghosts’ . ‘Halo’ continues to evoke celestial and spiritual growth from a year of …
Track: Mica Millar’s soulful ‘ Preacher Man ‘
Independent, UK soul newcomer Mica Millar has bursted unto the scene with a compelling new single, ‘Preacher Man’, – the first taste of her debut album ‘Heaven Knows’ coming June 2022. An effortless storyteller with soulful qualities delivered in abundance, Manchester’s Mica Millar presents her strongest narrative yet in the forthcoming release, ‘Preacher Man’ – a heart wrenching tale of …
Track: Perth’s Great Gable’s new single ‘Our Love’ is a gliding, soaring slice of sparkling sunshine. Plus tour news.
‘Our Love’, the new single from Westerns Australia’s Great Gable, eases through the consciousness like a bird gliding through a cloudless blue sky: the sparse and evocative music fluttering and turning effortlessly while the vocals are soft and easy. The result is something quite mesmerising, like lying in a floatation tank while your senses drift …