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Track: We Are Iso produce a catchy dance floor filler ‘Love n’ Trust’ out of the pains of isolation.
Sometimes good things can come from bad, and the plethora of good music being born from the thralls of isolation is an example. The unlikely combination of vocalist Straalen Mccullem (apparently the youngest ever signing to Sony music at the age of nine) and DJ Jessy Mulholland, trapped in some pandemic nightmare has given rise …
Track: SILT unveil the cool indie pop of ‘I Always Need A Break’
With a delicious interplay between rippling synths and razor sharp guitars, Melbourne-based band SILT‘s new track ‘I Always Need A Break’ is a singular delight. There is a smooth laid-back tone that reveals yearning, vulnerable lyrics. Singer Jess Polain says of the track: Some people just have a way of making you feel small and …
Track: The exultant sounds of Eilish Gilligan return in ‘Get Well Soon’ as she announces new EP ‘First One To Leave The Party’ and launch dates.
Melbourne-based multi-talented artist Eilish Gilligan‘s collaborations continue, this time with Gab Strum (Japanese Wallpaper) and Lach Bostock (Mansionair), in her gorgeous new track ‘Get Well Soon’. Gilligan’s new material is a bright and shining beacon when all else around is dark (see our review of May single ‘Up All Night’), and ‘Get Well Soon’ has a …
Track: Crash and the Crapenters declare ‘You Can Write Me Off’ with a sneer: another cathartic and vitriolic delight from the Melbourne punks
The band whose name makes you look twice, then twice again, makes a welcome return wearing their signature sneer and disdain for the 1 per cent of the world. Crash and the Crapenters do not suffer fools nor the privileged gladly, and their new single ‘You Can Write Me Off’ serves as a withering blast …
Meet: Voye talks about the new single, the beautifully evocative ‘Paint’ featuring Matilda Duncan
Hailing from Townsville in far north Queensland, Voye‘s new single ‘Paint’, featuring singer Matilda Duncan, is imbued with a reflective and sunlit tropical sheen. Yearning, harmonising vocals and rippling soft guitars create something quite luminescent. Voye is essentially the solo work of Shemah Appleton, and he says of the track: ‘Paint’ is a song about …
Track: Geoffrey O’Connor reveals the synth pop joy of ‘For As Long As I Can Remember (feat. Jonnine)’
Flutes never sounded so good as the arpeggiated riff that sinuously winds its way through ‘For As Long As I Remember’, the reflective and delicate track from singer/songwriter/producer Geoffrey O’Connor. Featuring the dulcet vocals of Jonnine from the band HTRK as a duet, this is an atmospheric and catchy synth pop tune that exudes an …
Track: Polish Club give us a resounding ‘Whack’ with their thumping new single and announce national tour on eve of album release
Polish Club are spinning back to the dance floor, dropping down and turning around with their ebullient and effervescent track ‘Whack’: a bluesy, soul-soaked whirligig of a track that provides a pulse-quickening aural cleanse. This is a band that over the two previous releases we have covered ( the disco pop of ‘Stop for a …
EP Review: Strangely Enough unveils the atmospheric and intricate sounds of debut EP ‘Stories You Tell Yourself’ and announces live dates
There is a lightness in ‘Stories You Tell Yourself’ that gives wings to a series of delicate and intricate songs filled with Strangely Enough‘s Greg Olley’s glorious voice and celestial melodies. Infused with just a touch of jazz expression, more in the free flowing architecture, these songs are evocative gems that glitter and entrance. The …
Track: Debut track ‘Back On Top’ from Sydney’s The Petrov Affair is an enigmatic and melancholic delight
Qualified optimism never sounded so melancholic and measured than in the beautiful debut single from The Petrov Affair, a Sydney trio consisting of Murray Lee (Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar), Bruce Thomas (Guitar, Vocals) and Glenn Cone (Bass). Members were formerly in the band The Lee Three. ‘Back On Top’ has a stately and yearning piano riff …
Premiere: Queensland’s Swimsuit Issue continue to impress with glittering new track ‘This is the End’
We are very honoured to premiere the stunning new track ‘This is the End’ from Queensland’s innovative Swimsuit Edition – a band that refuses to be labelled or constrained in any way. From the punk thrash of ‘Addict’ to the pop lilt of ‘The Feeling’ and the bleached-white doobie-laden surfy ‘Hit It With You’, the …