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News: Parallama Returns With Psychedelic Funk Sweller ‘Castor’

Following the 2024 debut album Resolution, Parallama returns with the funk led new single ‘Castor’. The Southern U.S.-based, half man-half-Llama musical project of multi-instrumentalist Mike Strickland, single offers a first…

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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…

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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…

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Premiere: Matan KG is back from the brink as Deep Thrills with ‘Climax’

If you need reminding, we’ve got quite a bit of time for Matan KG around here. The Los Angeles-based artist released his second album as Paper Idol late last year;…

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News: The Straights Return With New Single ‘Remedy’

The Straights return with a vengeance on their electrifying new single, ‘Remedy’ — a genre-blurring anthem that fuses the urgency of alternative rock with the grit of garage and the…

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News: Jaylon Shines On New EP ‘Baby Boy’

Jaylon releases the vibrant new EP Baby Boy, connecting Lagos roots, Bristol life, and the global dancefloor, the EP brings a colourful blend of Arfobeats and R&B. Blending sun-drenched melodies…

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News: Aidan LeClaire Unleashes Raw Emotion in Explosive New Single ‘Good Boy’ Ahead of Debut Album

Rising indie-rocker Aidan LeClaire shares the electrifying new single ‘Good Boy’. Taken from the forthcoming debut album Hail To The Dogs, the track is a short but sharp, messy and…

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Live Gallery: Marlon Williams Returns to the Sydney Opera House for a Reflective Vivid LIVE Performance 29.05.2025

Marlon Williams debuts Te Whare Tīwekaweka at the Sydney Opera House

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Album Review: Trá Pháidín – ‘An 424’: Dynamic and distinctive experimental post rock from the illusive Galway collective.

So let’s get philosophical. In the mid-fifties Guy Debord developed the idea of ‘Psychogeography’, the influence a place has on its inhabitants, their attitudes, values and how they go about…

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Album Review: An aural delight ‘By Design’ – With yet another landslide of impeccable songwriting, The Electorate unveil their new album.

The Electorate are finally back with a follow-up to their magnificent 2020 album ‘You Don’t Have Time To Stay Lost’ (see my review here). ‘By Design’, out tomorrow, puts on full…

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News: Parallama Returns With Psychedelic Funk Sweller ‘Castor’

EP Review: Look ‘Yonder’ – Sunsick Daisy unveil the shimmering widescreen wonder of a sophomore release.

Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand based dream pop/shoegaze exponent T.G. Shand unveils new direction and single ‘The Deadpan Break’

Premiere: Matan KG is back from the brink as Deep Thrills with ‘Climax’

News: The Straights Return With New Single ‘Remedy’

News: Jaylon Shines On New EP ‘Baby Boy’

News: Aidan LeClaire Unleashes Raw Emotion in Explosive New Single ‘Good Boy’ Ahead of Debut Album

Live Gallery: Marlon Williams Returns to the Sydney Opera House for a Reflective Vivid LIVE Performance 29.05.2025

Album Review: Trá Pháidín – ‘An 424’: Dynamic and distinctive experimental post rock from the illusive Galway collective.

Album Review: An aural delight ‘By Design’ – With yet another landslide of impeccable songwriting, The Electorate unveil their new album.