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Album Review: Sparks are ‘MAD!’ and their enduring legacy is safe.

In the realm of art-pop, few acts have maintained the level of inventive audacity that Sparks have exhibited over their five-decade career. With their 28th studio album, MAD!, the Mael…

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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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Album Review: Matthew Nowhere’s debut ‘Crystal Heights’ is a transformative shimmering blend of gothic synth pop and Californian sunshine.

Multi-instrumentalist and producer Matthew Nowhere has just released the widescreen beauty of the album ‘Crystal Heights’: an ethereal collection of eighties-influenced shimmering synth pop that unfurls with a statuesque grace. it is…

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Album Review: Tidal Peak unveils the breathtaking beauty of ‘Treasureville’ – a dreamy evocation of sunshine and vast oceans with a glittering melancholia.

Capricorn Coast band Tidal Peak , essentially the work of musician/producer Kyle Lacko, has just released an expansive, glittering album entitled ‘Treasureville’. It’s a collection of sparkling gems that seem to take…

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Album Review: Heligoland’s Karen Vogt releases the shimmering, ambient solo album ‘Haunted Woodland, Volume 5’.

Australian-born Karen Vogt plays in the Melbourne dream pop shoegaze band Heligoland – who a few years back toured Europe and forgot to return home, ending up based in Paris.…

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Album Review: Christopher Coleman & the Soft Knees Band release the gorgeous ‘Live At The Chapel’.

The poet laureate of the southern hemisphere Christopher Coleman & the Soft Knees Band collectively dispense heart rending lyricism over the most ethereal instrumentation in their new album ‘Live at the…

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Album Review: Party Crashers’ self titled debut album is a glorious indie pop delight.

Party Crashers features singer songwriter Robert F. Cranny who has a long history in the industry as one of the main architects of Sarah Blasko’s debut album ‘The Overture And…

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Album Review: Cam Butler (Ron S Peno and the Superstitions) releases new solo album, the ethereal ‘Spirits Flying Home’, ahead of launch gig.

Cam Butler is a multi instrumentalist and producer who was also the co-writer of songs with the late and legendary Ron S Peno (Died Pretty) in the fabulous Ron S Peno and…

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Album Review: Lutruwita’s Meres unveil the excoriating and blistering sonic tornado of debut ‘WORRIED SICK’

Meres, fronted by the enigmatic and creative force of Mary Shannon (also in the magnificent Dvrkworld) have just released their debut album ‘WORRIED SICK’ and it has the sonic effect…

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Album Review: ‘I Love What We Do’ – It’s Geoffrey O’Connor’s world and we are delighted to be immersed in his luscious sonic romanticism.

Geoffrey O’Connor creates a world of breathlessly beautiful chamber pop, rich and luscious with an infectious sensibility that takes its genesis from the sixties – a sort of Burt Bacharach/Max…

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