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Album Review: Newcastle punk quartet, These New South Whales explode on self-titled third release
Three years on from sophomore release, I Just Do What God Tells Me To Do, the third full-length release from These New South Whales delivers in spades. The multi-faceted chameleons of Australian punk/post-punk have grown their signature sound, with the schedule of pre-release singles from the album giving a tasty sampler of the album’s full …
News: Underground Lovers release remastered vinyl of their 1992 classic ‘Leaves Me Blind’
You really can’t get much better than ‘Leaves Me Blind’, the 1992 magnum opus from the seminal Underground Lovers – their second album. Lead single ‘Your Eyes’ remains on my personal list of favourite songs ever with its hypnotic bass and dreamy ethereal fugue. The entire album positively shimmers and glows and has the collective …
Album Review: The magnificent Horsegirl unveil a precious collection of demos and outtakes in ‘Rough Trade Super-Disc’
Breathing an air of vitality and a barbed-wire edginess into the oft creaky old bones of rock n roll, the superb Horsegirl, have followed up their stunning debut ‘Versions of Modern Performance’ (out through Matador Records/Remote Control Records and still superglued to my turntable) with a collection of demos and and outtakes, all recorded entirely via …
Album Review: Melbourne power duo, Mannequin Death Squad release sizzling debut long player, Super Mental Psycho.
Mannequin Death Squad have finally released their debut album after a string of blistering singles (all of which appear on the album) being released over the past few years in the run-up to the long-awaited release of this gem of a long-player. The album was recorded over that time at a number of different studios, …
Meet: Barnaby Weir from The Black Seeds chats about hope, building grooves and finding meaning with their long awaited album “Love and Fire” and nationwide tour.
Aotearoa’s Barnaby Weir has earnt his place as the humble, iconic and supremely talented national treasure and “chef” to such epic musical projects as The Black Seeds and Fly my Pretties. “Love & Fire” is a long awaited and much welcomed gift created over a collectively challenging time. The release of the album and nationwide …
Album Review: HIGH ACE to Unveil Stunning Debut Album Release “Snowcap Menace”
Every now and then, a full-length LP/CD comes along that stops you dead in your tracks. Snowcap Menace is unmistakably one such album. The brainchild of Australian folk-rock husband & wife duo, Jeff Lang and Alison Ferrier, Snowcap Menace is a virtual cornucopia of the pair’s musical influences and varying styles, ranging from blues, ethno-folk …
Album Review: Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Skinty Fia’ is an adventurous musical expansion of their musical horizons.
From the outset, in their third studio album ‘Skinty Fia’, Fontaines D.C. have expanded their musical palette: creating something that gently veers away from their first two album with an exploration of different sounds – adventurous at times, more pop and accessible at other times. ‘Skinty Fia’ is an Irish phrase which translates to English as …
Album Review – The Allegorist – Blind Emperor
For one empire to rise, another must fall.For us to reach the highs, through dark holes we must crawl.For the vision in the deep, we need,we sacrifice and bleed, to make the leap. The Sacrifice – Poem Written by The Allegorist As a holistic artist, Anna Jordan (The Allegorist) encapsulates a myriad of her talents within her …
Album Review: Christopher Coleman and the Great Escape releases the statuesque and breathtakingly beautiful album ‘The Great Tasmanian Escape’, and announces launch date in March.
‘The Great Tasmanian Escape’ can proudly take its place amongst the great Australian albums and songs that beautifully capture the landscapes, skies and very heart of the land. Albums from The Triffids’ ‘Born Sandy Devotional’ capturing the Western Australian coastlines and the sense of isolation, to The Go-Betweens’ ’16 Lovers Lane’ reflecting the urban ennuis …
Premiere: Hobart musician Ben Salter unveils new VR video for the luminescent track ‘bliss’ and we review his mesmerising new album ‘twenty-one words for happiness’.
We are very pleased to unveil the premiere of a new video by Hobart/nippaluna artist Ben Salter on the eve of the release of the last of a trilogy of recordings he has done as artist in residence at the Museum Of Old and New Art (MONA) – the largest privately funded collection of art …