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News: Better Days Ahead: Yellowcard Announce Album Produced by Travis Barker
Yellowcard announce Better Days — their first full album in nearly a decade
Track: Dissonance and Desperation: The Maggie Pills Return with ‘Velobell’
Punk urgency meets dreamlike dread — The Maggie Pills are back with Velobell and it’s one hell of a trip
Track: New Jersey Neo-Soul Riser CTLN Shines On ‘Atlas’
Following the release of the debut EP Soften, New Jersey-based neo-soul rising star CTLN returns with a luminous new single, ‘Atlas’. A rich and romantic blend of jazz influenced guitar with percussive beats and elegant layered vocals, the track gradually builds introducing a warming, deep bass as the vocals soar with elegant and woozy elegance. …
EP Review: Look ‘Yonder’ – Sunsick Daisy unveil the shimmering widescreen wonder of a sophomore release.
Fresh out of school and already finalists in the 2022 JJJ Unearthed competition, Adelaide’s Sunsick Daisy released their spectacular debut EP ‘Breathe In…Breathe Out’ in 2023 (see my review here). They have now followed this up with their new EP entitled ‘Yonder’ and it reflects a greater maturity and growth but with the same exemplary songwriting …
Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand based dream pop/shoegaze exponent T.G. Shand unveils new direction and single ‘The Deadpan Break’
A firm favourite of the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, T.G. Shand is the moniker of Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of the legendary Melbourne shoegaze band Miniatures (on the iconic Saint Marie Records label), and she has returned after a year away with her new single ‘The Deadpan Break’. It’s a track which explores a whole …
Track: Boorloo/Perth artist ALEIA makes an ethereal debut with her track ‘Had Your Fun’.
The most isolated capital in the world, Boorloo/Perth has always been a fertile petrie dish for musical talent, and the debut single ‘Had Your Fun’ from ALEIA is a case in point. Delivered over gently dappling piano and a pattering syncopated percussion, ALEIA’s vocals are soft and ethereal, soaked in an aching melancholia and indelible …
Premiere: The Vors raise their profile with the blistering single ‘Hi Vis Low Res’, with debut album and live dates on the way
We are very pleased to premiere the zany new punk pop single ‘Hi Vis Low Res’ from Eora/Sydney band The Vors, which has all the heat and blistering effects of a footpath baking in the hot summer sun. With a sound that recalls The Chats or Amyl and the Sniffers, it’s a thrilling surf ride …
Track: Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Amaya Laucirica unveils second single from upcoming album ‘The Blue Hour’, the shimmering ‘Road To Us’.
With a voice of velvet and a infectious yearning tone, Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Amaya Laucirica has just released the single ‘Road to Us’, which follows her earlier release ‘Now Or Never’ (see my review here). ‘Road To Us’ coasts along on a motorik beat and dappling crystalline guitars with Laucirica’s vocals seeped in a reflective melancholia. …
Track: Garbage Unleash Snarling New Single “Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty”
Garbage are back with “Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty” — a snarling anthem for anyone done playing nice.
Track: Empire of the Synth: Nick Littlemore and Ladyhawke Drop First Teenager Single in 18 Years
18 years later, Nick Littlemore and Ladyhawke bring back Teenager — and it sounds better than ever.