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Track: A.Swayze and the Ghosts – Mess of Me plus tour news

A. Swayze and the Ghosts are undeniably one of Tasmanian’s finest exports (along with southern gothicism, unfiltered Gin and the Dark Mofo Festival). Building up quite a reputation across Australia,…

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A Buyers Guide to ZZ Top (The Warner Brothers Years)

It’s a long way from the dive bars of Texas to the global stadium circuit, yet somehow ZZ Top managed to navigate their way.

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Interview: 10 000 Russos on new release ‘Kompromat’

By Beatriz Fontez ‘Kompromat’, the most recently released record by 10 000 Russos, delivers us a kind of industrialized British nastiness and the minimalist aspects of krautrock, features that came…

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Track: Luna Li – Trying

Toronto’s talented singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Luna Li has just released a magical new single ‘Trying’ which showcases her creative instrumentation, floating vocals and whimsical lyrics. ‘Trying’ is infused with a…

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Album Review: Bambara – Stray plus tour news

‘Stray’ by New York band Bambara is one of those albums that provides a delicious, vicarious thrill on first listen: it has all the brilliance of a coterie of bands…

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Album Review: Tan Cologne – Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico

Tan Cologne‘s debut album ‘Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico’ is a thing of ethereal beauty. There’s something in the spaces between the echoes and the jangling guitars,…

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Track: Eilish Gilligan – I Just Want To Look At You

Melburnian singer/songwriter Eilish Gilligan continues to make a significant splash on the Australian indie music scene with her haunting brand of synth pop. We have been highly impressed by her…

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Film Review: Uncut Gems

The hype surrounding Uncut Gems has been ridiculous, but does it live up to it? In a word, yes. As was the case in Funny People (Judd Apatow, 2009) and…

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Track: Aubergine – Lonely Peak

A good thing done well is worth celebrating, and Aubergine‘s laid back instrumentals evoke a sense of place – smoky dimly lit caverns in the very early hours of the…

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Video: Ash – Girl from Mars

Ash‘s release this Friday of ‘Teenage Wildlife: 25 years of Ash’ (previewed by me here) is being celebrated by an HD video release of their classic single ‘Girl From Mars’.…

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Track: A.Swayze and the Ghosts – Mess of Me plus tour news

A Buyers Guide to ZZ Top (The Warner Brothers Years)

Interview: 10 000 Russos on new release ‘Kompromat’

Track: Luna Li – Trying

Album Review: Bambara – Stray plus tour news

Album Review: Tan Cologne – Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico

Track: Eilish Gilligan – I Just Want To Look At You

Film Review: Uncut Gems

Track: Aubergine – Lonely Peak

Video: Ash – Girl from Mars