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News: Molchat Doma Bring Mystifying Brutalism to Australia’s Cold Wave Revival

Belarusian post-punk outfit Molchat Doma are returning to Australia this December, bringing their uniquely brooding sound to the East Coast for three shows only. The trio will play Naarm/Melbourne’s Forum…

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Say Psych: Video Premiere: Rhys Bloodjoy – Vividsection

BSM brings you the premiere of the new video from Rhys Bloodjoy. He unleashes the video to ‘Vividsection’, taken from his latest album, The Chaos In Veins. For the uninitiated,…

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Album Review: God is God – Metamorphoses: shape shifting electronic music and song.

Put two forward thinking musicians together like guitarist producer Etkin Cekin and multi-instrumental chanteuse Galina Ozeran and your unlikely to get stuck in reverse. Meeting in Berlin in 2015, the…

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News: Black Marble announces new album ‘Fast Idol’ out 22 October – hear first single ‘Somewhere’ and catch live tour dates

Black Marble (aka Chris Stewart) has announced his new album titled Fast Idol, which is due out October 22 via Sacred Bones Records. He’s also sharing the first single and…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Rhys Bloodjoy – Human.Pattern. Repeat

Rhys Bloodjoy last week released his long awaited debut LP Human.Pattern.Repeat on Sister9 Recordings in the form of a free download and a full length video that accompanies the album,…

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Say Psych: Premiere: Rhys Bloodjoy – Run From the Hunter/Celebration

Rhys Bloodjoy is a one-man noise machine, using sophisticated loops, echo drenched harmonies and reverb-soaked melodies to create a truly unique blend of Cold Wave and Psychedelia. He has been…

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Track: Tyburn Blossom – Counterpoint

Amid all the chaos and confusion of our current public health meltdown and the equally frightening economic fallout being caused by it, it feels apt to recall the pre-Glasnost, pre-Gorbachev…

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Say Psych: Premiere: Rhys Bloodjoy – Polly Brown

Rhys Bloodjoy has been a long standing favourite here at BSM, but since his retreat to the Spanish mountains his absence has been notable. It is therefore with great pleasure…

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Say Psych: Album Review: NONN – NONN

Rating: 7/10 Sweden has recently become a hot bed of psychedelic activity, with Goat being projected to global acclaim and Josefin Öhrn & The Liberation garnering ever increasing publicity. The…

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Say Psych: Album Review: The Gluts – Estasi

The Gluts have emerged from the depths of Milan to release their second LP Estasi on Fuzz Club Records. The album released on 5th May is the follow up to…

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