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Meet: Former Field Mice alumni Michael Hiscock of The Gentle Spring

After shaping the sound of indie pop with The Field Mice, Michael Hiscock has returned with The Gentle Spring, a project steeped in reflection, melody, and a search for simplicity.…

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Live Review & Gallery: Tex Perkins & The Beasts Deliver a Raw, Unrelenting Lesson in Rock Manning Bar, Sydney 22.02.2025

Chimers + The Beasts = A Night of Pure Sonic Destruction

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Track: Floodhounds hit the heights with new single, One Horse Race

FloodHounds have always had a knack for delivering riff-driven, high-energy indie rock, but One Horse Race might just be their most relentless track yet. Built on muscular, direct guitar work…

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Album Review: Maud The Moth – The Distaff : a dramatic, intense avant-rock statement.

Celestial, ethereal, bestial and brutal, woven with beauty and darker mysteries, you need a tapestry of adjectives to describe the music of Maud the moth. The project of Spanish-born /…

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News: Fazerdaze is formally launching the album ‘Soft Power’ with an independently organised gig at the Powerhouse in Auckland.

Last year’s ‘Soft Power’ from Fazerdaze, released through Buttrfly/Virgin Music Group, was for me one of the albums of the year (see my review here). Fazerdaze spent a lot of the…

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Album Review: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Nik Brinkman envelopes us in a shimmering veil of dreamy pop in his sophomore album ‘World Within’.

There is a dreamy heartbreakingly beautiful shimmer to the new album from Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Nik Brinkman that glows like the stars over the expansive southern hemisphere skies. Brinkman last…

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Live Review: Rise Against / L.S Dunes / Spiritual Cramp – O2 Academy Brixton, London 06.02.2025

‘Rise Against’ Rise to the occasion to bring an electric punk-influenced show to a sold Brixton Academy on the leg of their current European tour. Anticipation was high for my…

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News: Sloane Monroe Unveils New Single ‘Clueless’

Sloane Monroe returns with the new single ‘Clueless’, a shimmering, defiant anthem that showcases both her sharp songwriting and knack for crafting infectious melodies over a driving electronic backdrop, defined…

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News: Empathy Roar Back With ‘Miles Away’

Dublin alt-rockers Empathy share the new single ‘Miles Away’. A striking, dark and intense single that captures a atmospheric grunge feel through its repeated guitar riff, sparse vocals and glowing…

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News: Thandiwe Returns With Radiant New Single ‘Chocolate’

Following the success of her acclaimed debut EP Beloved in 2024, Thandiwe is back with her latest single, ‘Chocolate’, a chilled R&B-come-neo-soul beauty. Driven by the healing and inspiring power of sound, ‘Chocolate’ captures…

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Meet: Former Field Mice alumni Michael Hiscock of The Gentle Spring

Live Review & Gallery: Tex Perkins & The Beasts Deliver a Raw, Unrelenting Lesson in Rock Manning Bar, Sydney 22.02.2025

Track: Floodhounds hit the heights with new single, One Horse Race

Album Review: Maud The Moth – The Distaff : a dramatic, intense avant-rock statement.

News: Fazerdaze is formally launching the album ‘Soft Power’ with an independently organised gig at the Powerhouse in Auckland.

Album Review: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Nik Brinkman envelopes us in a shimmering veil of dreamy pop in his sophomore album ‘World Within’.

Live Review: Rise Against / L.S Dunes / Spiritual Cramp – O2 Academy Brixton, London 06.02.2025

News: Sloane Monroe Unveils New Single ‘Clueless’

News: Empathy Roar Back With ‘Miles Away’

News: Thandiwe Returns With Radiant New Single ‘Chocolate’