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News: The Lathums announce rescheduled dates, including a massive homecoming show

WIGAN’S indiepop cuties The Lathums have announced their ‘rona-postponed, rescheduled British tour for the autumn – and it now includes a massive homecoming Lancashire show at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse.…

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Track: Kaktus Einarsson – ‘Kick The Ladder’; Fufanu frontman steps out with intelligent, post-rock pop

YES, THERE are glacial guitars; deep, granular textures, broad-spectrum instrumental effects that see you soaring over the landscape in your mind’s eye; it would be all too easy to stop…

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Film Review: Zana

The Yugoslav wars were horrific and a damning indictment on the impotence of the (then) European Communities to take action. Less than fifty years after the Holocaust we let a…

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Track: Swimsuit Issue announce news of album and release soaring anthemic single ‘The Feeling’

Sunshine Coast band Swimsuit Issue pinned back our collective ears earlier this year with the thundering and visceral track ‘Addict’ (reviewed by me here). Now they are back with the…

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Track: Down for Tomorrow release the driving punk anthem ‘Good Person’: a welcome blast of positivity

Sydney-based band Down for Tomorrow have just released an anthemic and thundering single ‘Good Person’ that shouts a positive message in an effervescent quite/loud blast. It is a song of…

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Track: Melbourne’s Tim Ayre launches low-fi dream pop delight ‘Mexican Holiday’ and announces news of EP

The story behind the new single, ‘Mexican Holiday’, from Tim Ayre has all the hallmarks of a Hunter S Thompson fable involving unhinged characters, consumption of illicit substances, wild journeys…

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Track: marigolden unveils powerful track and video for ‘Just Like Smoke’, celebrating individualism and empowerment

The sultry, jazzy/soul style of marigolden (Mel O’Neill) is quite unique: with lyrics that half rap and glide with melody and an instrumentation that defies easy labelling. Her new track…

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News: Indie royalty Ed Kuepper (Saints, Laughing Clowns) and Jim White (Dirty Three and Xylouris White) announce live shows together

Coinciding with the release by the legendary Ed Kuepper of his forty year career highlights on vinyl (see more here), Kueper has just announced a series of Australia-wide gigs with…

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EP: FRESH KILS & MAT LABATT ‎– BUILDING A UFO 12″

Inspired by alien abductee and self proclaimed U.F.O. engineer, the late David Hammel, Fresh Kils & Mat Labatt set out to build their own spinning disc with Building A U.F.O.,…

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Track: Inception Of Eternity – The Cradle Of Darkness

‘The Cradle of Darkness’ is the first track to be released by Inception Of Eternity from their second studio album, Last Exit To The Past . We hear falling rain and…

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News: The Lathums announce rescheduled dates, including a massive homecoming show

Track: Kaktus Einarsson – ‘Kick The Ladder’; Fufanu frontman steps out with intelligent, post-rock pop

Film Review: Zana

Track: Swimsuit Issue announce news of album and release soaring anthemic single ‘The Feeling’

Track: Down for Tomorrow release the driving punk anthem ‘Good Person’: a welcome blast of positivity

Track: Melbourne’s Tim Ayre launches low-fi dream pop delight ‘Mexican Holiday’ and announces news of EP

Track: marigolden unveils powerful track and video for ‘Just Like Smoke’, celebrating individualism and empowerment

News: Indie royalty Ed Kuepper (Saints, Laughing Clowns) and Jim White (Dirty Three and Xylouris White) announce live shows together

EP: FRESH KILS & MAT LABATT ‎– BUILDING A UFO 12″

Track: Inception Of Eternity – The Cradle Of Darkness