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EP Review: Perth’s Onslow release an operatic, anthemic and dynamic self-titled debut

Rising Perth debutantes Onslow (duo Sean Harmanis and Scott Kay) have a remarkable breadth in their music: songs that range from jingle jangle melodic delicacy to full-throated metal screaming within…

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Track: Sons of Southern Ulster release a gorgeous version of anthemic track ‘Polaris’, remixed by the legendary Peter Briquette (The Boomtown Rats), and announce new EP

Last year’s album ‘Sinners and Lost Souls’ from Ireland’s Sons of Southern Ulster was a revelation: I wrote: …it is an album that fuses both a folk tradition with a…

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Track: Dan Baker’s ‘Freeze Dried Coffee’ thrills with a whiskey soaked baritone soaked in excess and regret

North Queenslander Dan Baker‘s vocals in his new track ‘Freeze Dried Coffee’ are soaked in a luxurious late night excess – red light rich, velvet and full of the vicissitudes…

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Track: flowerkid’s ethereal and deeply personal musical journey continues with the yearning track ‘It’s Happening Again (feat. KUČKA)’

The Sydney prodigy flowerkid (19 year old singer, songwriter and producer Flynn Sant) follows his beautiful single ‘Miss Andry’ (reviewed by me in March) with the new track ‘It’s Happening Again’…

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Premiere: KARMACODA preview new album ‘Slow Down, Melt and Catch Fire’ in full; listen first here

Intricate pop trio KARMACODA are on the verge of releasing their new album ‘Slow Down, Melt & Catch Fire’, which drops tomorrow (2nd July). In advance of it, we are…

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Track: Future Self feat Jamie Jamal – The One (remix by Waifs & Strays)

The latest Self Control release is a vocal progressive affair from Future Self, with a chunky tech house remix from renowned DJ and producer Waifs & Strays. Featuring the vocal…

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Track: One Step Closer – Pringle Street

Hardcore band One Step Closer have announced their debut album, ‘This Place You Know’, due 24th September via Run For Cover Records. To celebrate the news the band have shared the track ‘Pringle Street’.…

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Album review: Snapped Ankles – ‘Forest Of Your Problems’: a terrifically twisted tonal masterclass

FROM introductory single “I Want My Minutes Back”, the elusively enigmatic Snapped Ankles have spliced musically immediate tracks with impossibly danceworthy drumbeats and equally provocative synth work alongside sprawling, often…

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Track: Spencer Parker releases the thumping deep house of Dream The Future

Out right now is the new cut from DJ Spencer Parker, Dream The Future, hot on the heels of his release for HE.SHE.THEY and a much lauded essential mix. The…

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Album review: Sennen – ‘Widows (Expanded Edition)’: now twice the size, Noughties shoegaze torchbearers’ debut packs a glorious punch

WHEN shoegaze was so cruelly traduced by the British inkies, dazzle-eyed by their enthralment with the twin coming of grunge and early Britpop, us aficionados shed a quiet tear for…

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EP Review: Perth’s Onslow release an operatic, anthemic and dynamic self-titled debut

Track: Sons of Southern Ulster release a gorgeous version of anthemic track ‘Polaris’, remixed by the legendary Peter Briquette (The Boomtown Rats), and announce new EP

Track: Dan Baker’s ‘Freeze Dried Coffee’ thrills with a whiskey soaked baritone soaked in excess and regret

Track: flowerkid’s ethereal and deeply personal musical journey continues with the yearning track ‘It’s Happening Again (feat. KUČKA)’

Premiere: KARMACODA preview new album ‘Slow Down, Melt and Catch Fire’ in full; listen first here

Track: Future Self feat Jamie Jamal – The One (remix by Waifs & Strays)

Track: One Step Closer – Pringle Street

Album review: Snapped Ankles – ‘Forest Of Your Problems’: a terrifically twisted tonal masterclass

Track: Spencer Parker releases the thumping deep house of Dream The Future

Album review: Sennen – ‘Widows (Expanded Edition)’: now twice the size, Noughties shoegaze torchbearers’ debut packs a glorious punch