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EP Review: Adelaide’s Oscar The Wild are a little ‘Blue’ as they release their epic second EP.
Kaurna/Adelaide’s Oscar The Wild deliver a vibrant, expressive brand of indie pop, threaded through with a steely spine and soaring melodies. They have just released their new EP entitled ‘Blue’ and it’s a refreshing collection of guitar driven tracks that sparkle and pop. Opening track ‘Roll with The Punches’ shines with an infectious pace and …
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 have now followed this up with their new EP entitled ‘Yonder’ and it reflects a greater maturity and growth but with the same exemplary songwriting …
EP Review: Street Legal release their debut EP ‘Bruxism’ – an eclectic vibrant synth-driven collection of gems ahead of national tour.
‘Bruxism’ (named after the medical term for teeth grinding) is the debut album from Adelaide band Street Legal, and it is a joyous blast of synth pop fun that blasts out with all of the noise and bluster of a shoulder-wielded beatbox threaded with a visceral message. Singer Matt Heyward says: Over the past few …
News: South Australia’s ‘Notestock’ back at Unibar for second festival with Private Function, West Thebarton and more.
Fresh from its’ first iteration last year, Notestock will breathe some life into the Australian Festival scene at Unibar in Adelaide on Friday, November 29th. First acts for the festival have been named, with the raucous, and slightly unhinged punk-rockers, Private Function, headlining with Adelaide’s own chaotic, home-grown heroes, West Thebarton. Also named are local …
Track: Sturt Avenue release the hauntingly beautiful track ‘How Much It Costs’.
Indie folk band Sturt Avenue today release their single ‘How Much It Costs’: a paean to the struggles of pursuing an artistic life and gaining fulfilment from life. Created in collaboration with keyboard player Dave, who fronts his own band Bromham, the song travels effortlessly on a piano foundation skipping across the surface of gentle …
News: Tinariwen announce Australia/New Zealand tour
Desert-blues pioneers, Tinariwen, have announced an eight-date tour of New Zealand and Australia in May/June of this year. The tour begins in New Zealand before winging its’ way across the Tasman to span the breadth of Australia, from Hobart and Fremantle through to Brisbane and Adelaide with appearances at Vivid Festival in Sydney and Rising …
EP Review: ‘Breathe In…Breathe Out’ is timely dream pop advice from the amazing Sunsick Daisy.
Fresh out of school and already finalists in the 2022 JJJ Unearthed competition, Sunsick Daisy have just released their EP ‘Breathe In…Breathe Out’, and it a spectacular debut. It’s an EP of two halves – the first three tracks are subtle gentle dream pop before the shackles are thrown off and the band veers into …
Premiere: TUSHAR’s ‘Bloodshot Eyes’ is an effervescent pop delight dealing with darker issues. Tour dates announced.
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Bloodshot Eyes’ from Tarndanya/Adelaide-based indie-pop artist TUSHAR – produced by long-time collaborator Benny Tamblyn (MANE) and mastered by Mario Späte (Meg Washington, Tkay Maizda, Elsy Wameyo). ‘Bloodshot Eyes’ has an effervescent trot with plonking, dappling guitars and a high-stepping canter. TUSHAR’s voice is velvet soft, yearning and …
Say Psych: Premiere: Druid Fluids – Sour’s Happy Fantasy
On new single ‘Sour’s Happy Fantasy’, Adelaide / Kaurna based psych rockers Druid Fluids flex their ability at writing fuzzed out psychedelia with touches of mystical ambient tranquillity that flies between Black Sabbath and Hobo Rocket era Pond. This track comes off the back of recent single ‘Into Me I See’ which saw the band …
Track: Oscar The Wild are ‘Unafraid’ – a melodic and cathartic thunderstorm of a track. Launch date announced as well.
Kaurna/Adelaide indie quartet Oscar The Wild today have released their thunderous track ‘Unafraid’, an utterly anthemic blast of melodic punk pop filled with swagger and attitude. Singer Ruby says of the track: The lyrics in the first verse of ‘Unafraid’ is a mantra I use to calm my existential anxiety. I figured if I put …