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Album review: Hobart post-punk trio, Liquid Nails, unleash powerful debut, self-titled LP

Post punk Tasmanian 3-piece band, Liquid Nails have been together since 2019. Subtract 2 years for a global pandemic, mix it with the glacial pace of offshore pressing and shipping,…

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Premiere: Melbourne’s INSTYNKT take us on a rocking, anthemic ‘Ride’ and announce single launch date.

We are pleased to premiere the video for the track ‘Ride’ from Melbourne band INSTYNKT. ‘Ride’ is a powerful guitar-driven track that resonates with a pop sensibility while setting a…

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Track: Western Australian power pop maestros Rinehearts release the electrifying chiming sounds of ‘Powerlines’ ahead of new album and live gigs.

Resplendent in a coat of many chimes, the new single ‘Powerlines’ from Western Australian band Rinehearts positively bursts through the speakers and showers you in sunshine and joy. With a…

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Track: Sydney songwriter Laura Jean releases the pure pop exuberance of ‘Too Much To Do’ off forthcoming album ‘Amateurs’.

Visceral sweeping strings and piano droplets form the hyperkinetic base to the new single ‘Too Much To Do’ from Sydney songwriter Laura Jean. The track is organic and sprightly, trotting…

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News: Florence + The Machine, Bon Iver & Aerial Angels spectacular Announced for WOMADelaide 2023

The internationally acclaimed, genre-defying British group Florence + The Machine and Grammy Award-winning US indie-folk band Bon Iver will make their WOMADelaide debut at the 2023 festival, which will see…

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Live Review: Bauhaus – Brixton Academy, London 19.08.2022

There’s soaring inflation, public sector strikes and a cost of living crisis and somewhere in Northamptonshire the band Bauhaus are taking that angst and discontent and creating a goth classic.…

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New track/Video: Electric-jazz energisers Stellar Legions preview debut album with the cosmic grooves of ‘An Arp in Tunisia’

You might know Ghent based Sdban Records for their exquisite re-issues (think Raphael/’Stop Look and Listen’ or their ‘Utopic Cities’ jazz prog comp). Or maybe you grabbed ethio-dub fusionists Black…

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Album Review: Voodoo Bloo – The Blessed Ghost

New Zealand Rock band Voodoo Bloo release their 12-track sophomore album ‘The Blessed Ghost’ – A glorious, sprawling exploration of their atmospheric, at times cinematic grunge rock sound across 12…

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Live Review: Fever 333 – The Academy, Dublin 23,08,2022

Fever 333 ( the 333 represents the three core principles that the members view the band to stand for: community, charity and change.) doing their thing at Dublin’s Academy and do…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Mummy

There was a time, before the internet and globalisation, when Egyptology felt exciting and exotic. Much of this can be attributed to Empire, with Britain and France, in particular, having…

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Album review: Hobart post-punk trio, Liquid Nails, unleash powerful debut, self-titled LP

Premiere: Melbourne’s INSTYNKT take us on a rocking, anthemic ‘Ride’ and announce single launch date.

Track: Western Australian power pop maestros Rinehearts release the electrifying chiming sounds of ‘Powerlines’ ahead of new album and live gigs.

Track: Sydney songwriter Laura Jean releases the pure pop exuberance of ‘Too Much To Do’ off forthcoming album ‘Amateurs’.

News: Florence + The Machine, Bon Iver & Aerial Angels spectacular Announced for WOMADelaide 2023

Live Review: Bauhaus – Brixton Academy, London 19.08.2022

New track/Video: Electric-jazz energisers Stellar Legions preview debut album with the cosmic grooves of ‘An Arp in Tunisia’

Album Review: Voodoo Bloo – The Blessed Ghost

Live Review: Fever 333 – The Academy, Dublin 23,08,2022

Blu-Ray Review: The Mummy