Brisbane
Premiere: Brisbane’s cool Dänmark unveil elegiac, anthemic single ‘The Ten Days it Takes to Plan a Funeral’ – another treat in False Peak Records’ enchanting Advent Calendar.
We are utterly thrilled to premiere today the new single from the ultra chic, ultra enigmatic Dänmark entitled ‘The Ten Days it Takes to Plan a Funeral’. As the title suggests, this is an elegy for a departed friend – and befittingly anthemic and cinematic. The band says of the track: It evokes a sense …
Premiere: Brisbane’s Fresco Kyoto’s ultra cool track ‘You Save Me’ is augmented by an enigmatic ethereal video. Out through Double Drummer.
We are overjoyed to bring an exclusive early look at the new video from Brisbane’s purveyor of ultra chic indie pop, Fresco Kyoto, for their track ‘You Save Me’. Signed to the brilliant boutique label Double Drummer label, Fresco Kyoto is band developing a reputation for their dark wave indie pop and masterful songwriting craft. …
Track: fhae debuts with the ethereal ‘love you’, signs to 4000 Records and announces launch date.
Floating on a bed of capital letter free cotton wool and air, the single ‘love you’ from Meanjin/Brisbane artist fhae is an ambient waft of rosy delight: atmospheric and enigmatic, subtle and mysterious. Built on guitars and a range of sounds and noises, this has the dreamy fugue of something by Sigur Ros. fhae is …
Track: Tasty Brisbane quartet Babaganouj want to know ‘What Planet Do You Come From?’ – a zesty, tangy aperitif to their newly announced debut album.
It has been a while since we’ve heard from the terrific Brisbane quartet Babaganouj and the wait has been rewarded by the release today of their new single ‘What Planet Do You Come From?’, along with news of their debut album ‘Jumbo Pets’ due for release in early 2023. In the intervening time, bass player/vocalist …
See: Indie pop queen Mallrat bites hard with brilliant and confronting video for the track ‘Teeth’, along with tour news.
The new video from icon Mallrat is for a track that prowls and circles like a caged animal. ‘Teeth’ is off her magnificent debut ‘Butterfly Blue’ (out through Dew Process) released earlier this year (see my review here). Displaying a fuzzier harder edge then previous releases, this is a driving anthemic delight that catches reflections off …
Track: Hatchie takes a ‘Nosedive’ into a darker, frenetic world as new US and Australian tour dates are announced.
Brisbane’s Harriette Pilbeam – as Hatchie – has just unveiled a new, darker slice of shoegaze dream pop in new track ‘Nosedive’, in the midst of her US tour. Out through label Secretly Canadian, ‘Nosedive’ pulls on a hoodie and pogoes with a degree of gothic-fringed menace and aggression – stabbing fragmented instrumentation drives through …
Premiere: The epic Screamfeeder are ‘Late To The Party’- have an exclusive look at the new dystopian video on the release of final dates for 2022.
We are very proud to exclusively reveal the new video for the legendary Screamfeeder‘s track ‘Late To The Party’, from last year’s epic album ‘Five Rooms’ (reviewed by me here). At the heart of Screamfeeder’s music is pure melody: layered harmonies that are coated over a rough-hewn skeleton replete with snaking bass and jangling barbed-wire …
Premiere: The Double Happiness take a refreshing stop at the ‘Roadhouse’: a wild west refuge filled with reverb, poignancy and epic widescreen poetry, and announce album launch date.
We have long admired the inherent joie de vivre and creativity of Brisbane’s The Double Happiness and are overjoyed to be able to bring you an exclusive early listen to their new album ‘Roadhouse’, along with brief, sometimes cryptic, sometimes hilarious, comments by the band on each track. The release is unavoidably imbued with an …
Album Review: Terra Pines throw a glittering veil of sludge pop over us with the engaging aural attack of ‘Downbeats’.
The self-described sludge pop of the music of Meanjin/Brisbane trio Terra Pines is an apt capture of the sweet dichotomy between the fuzzy barbed-wire instruments of the band and the rich melodic vocal delivery. This is an album filled to the brim with tight, layered harmonies and cinematic widescreen expanses delivered over an emphatic thump …
News: Mallrat announces Australian tour, a cover of Mazzy Star’s ‘Fade Into You’ and unveils a new video for the dreamy anthem ‘To You’.
Last year’s debut album from Mallrat, ‘Butterfly Blue’ (reviewed by me here), is a brilliant collection of pure unadulterated pop: shimmering glowing tracks that emit rays of golden sunshine. The album showcased Mallrat’s Grace Shaw’s beautiful vocals and poetry. A stunning debut. Her voice has the range and velvet tones of Dusty Springfield: soft and yet …