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News: Tasmania’s Native Cats unleash the visceral track ‘My Risks Is Art’ as precursor to new album

Hobart post-punk heroes, The Native Cats, have just released hard-hitting new song, My Risks Is Art along with an accompanying new video ahead of the November 10 release of 5th…

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News: Hobart cult duo, and local legends, The Native Cats, finally release their full back-catalogue onto streaming services amid news of upcoming new music

Inspirational Hobart post-punk duo, The Native Cats, in conjunction with Chapter Music have released their four celebrated albums John Sharp Toro (2018), Dallas (2013),Process Praise (2011) and Always On (2009), as well as early singles Ten Years Transportation (2012)…

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News: The Particles assembled – Chapter Music announce the release of album ‘1980s Bubblegum’, collecting the recordings of legendary Sydney pop punk outfit The Particles.

The absolutely brilliant ‘The Trumpet Song’ by eighties band The Particles made me, a dour pseudo goth draped in black and misery, realise it was ok to like uplifting exuberant…

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Track: ‘A Funny Thing Happened’ to the enigmatic Laura Jean – the ethereal third single from her forthcoming album ‘Amateurs’ is released today along with tour news.

Eora/Sydney chanteuse Laura Jean has just released the third single from her forthcoming album ‘Amateurs’ entitled ‘A Funny Thing Happened’, and it is another deliciously cool and ethereal track, showcasing…

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Track: Iconic Essendon Airport make a blessed return with Anne Cessna for limited release tracks ‘Agua Por Favor’ and ‘Ten Thousand Steps’, ahead of appearance at Chapter Music celebrations.

Essendon Airport have a permanent place in the annals of the Australian indie music scene from the late seventies with their innovative electronic sonic canvases – founding members consisted of…

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Track: Sydney songwriter Laura Jean releases the pure pop exuberance of ‘Too Much To Do’ off forthcoming album ‘Amateurs’.

Visceral sweeping strings and piano droplets form the hyperkinetic base to the new single ‘Too Much To Do’ from Sydney songwriter Laura Jean. The track is organic and sprightly, trotting…

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Track: Cool Sounds funk it up with ‘6 or 7 More’: a shimmering disco inflected indie pop masterpiece that floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Plus album news.

‘6 or 7 More’ by Cool Sounds is a blinding piece of jazzed up funk with a bass line so snaky it furrows deep into your mind and throws a…

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Track: Sydney’s Laura Jean unveils the delicious shimmer of ‘Teenager Again’ with backing vocals from Aldous Harding and Marlon Williams, and announces new album ‘Amateurs’.

Infused with a sense of poignancy and melancholy, the new single ‘Teenager Again’ from Sydney’s Laura Jean is a glowing, sparkling track that shimmers with a delicious bittersweet glow. Singing…

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News: Brisbane trio The Goon Sax announce expanded digital version of their album ‘Mirror II’ complete with an exquisite cover of Len’s classic ‘Steal My Sunshine’, as well as tour news.

Today, Brisbane trio The Goon Sax have released a deluxe digital edition of their third album ‘Mirror II’ released through Chapter Music and Matador Records. ‘Mirror II’ is a garment…

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Album Review: Geoffrey O’Connor’s ‘For As Long As I Can Remember’ is a sparkling, indelible and stylish dream pop masterpiece.

Geoffrey O’Connor, who played in iconic Melbourne pop band Crayon Fields, has just released a magnificent solo album, ‘For As Long As I Remember’, and it is a shining beacon…

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