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Album Review: The Raft releases the shimmering and dreamy album ‘Summerheads and Winter Beds’

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Album Review: Kidsmoke – A Vision in the Dark

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Album Review: Tan Cologne – Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico

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Record Store Day (RSD) arrives this Saturday and a coterie of Australian releases provide a fascinating collection of remixes, reissues, limited editions and collaborations. One gem that stands out is a release of an old favourite. Melbourne giants Underground Lovers are releasing their sixth album ‘Cold Feeling’ on vinyl for the first time, remastered by …

If you haven’t heard of Kate Ramsey before, you’ve got plenty to catch up on, but her new song as Rose Haze is a good place to start. In just the last year, she’s released both a full-band album called Maximum Security Prism and an atmospheric instrumental counterpart called Contemplations in the Desert. If you’re …

Those shoegaze merchants of sonic bliss, BADGERS, have unveiled a new track ‘Supposed To Know’ and it is another fine example of the thrilling jingle jangle sound that defines them. With a rolling thunderous guitar onslaught supporting a delicate vocal delivery, ‘Supposed To Know’ has a chemically-induced fugue about it – mesmerising and transfixing while …

The terrific Brisbane quartet Babaganouj has just released their debut album ‘Jumbo Pets’. It comes as quite a surprise that this is indeed a debut given band formed in 2011 and first released material quite a few years ago. Given the quality of their previous releases, however, what is no surprise is that they have created something …

Multi-instrumentalist and producer Joe Agius, the genius behind RINSE, has a day job with his partner Harriette Pilbeam’s solo work Hatchie, and his last release under the RINSE moniker was the magnificent EP ‘Wherever I Am‘ – my album of the year for 2021 (see my 9.8/10 review here). As a measure of the stature …

It’s always nice to hear from FRANKIIE. They’re intent on making up for lost time after going quiet for obvious reasons following 2019 debut album Forget Your Head – this is the Vancouver band’s second single in six weeks following the reveal of ‘Garden’ last month. You can, and should, catch up with it below …

Philippa Nihill (founding member of the legendary Underground Lovers) has just released a thrilling new single ‘Getaway’, which channels the anthemic style of Burt Bacharach with her own unique dynamism and power. With a chorus break bigger than skies above Australia and a stirring reflective verse, ‘Getaway’ is a majestic single that ebbs and flows like …

Los Angeles indie pop icons the black watch are about to release their 21st album ‘Future Strangers’ and it is a testimony as to why this band has become such a veritable institution. Fronted by constant member John Andrew Frederick (who also is the author of four works of comic fiction and one book of …

Delayed by the unfortunate climate events in the North Island of New Zealand, and following a high profile support for New Zealand’s other pop magician Lorde‘s tour, the magnificent singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Fazerdaze (the nom de plume for Amelia Murray) has just released her stunning new single ‘Flood Into’. The final track off her recent EP ‘Break!’ …

The jangling guitars and anthemic presence of ‘You Know How To Bring Me Down’ heralds a premiere from The Tambourine Girls that we are absolutely honoured to bring you today. With a sort of loose Primal Scream meets The Jesus and Mary Chain feel intertwined with the Rolling Stones, this is a thrilling statuesque single …