Electronic
Track/Video: Tape looping soundscaper Blank For.ms previews incoming album with the gently powerful ‘Formed By The Slide’.
It seems a long way from big band composition to becoming a tape loop/analogue wiz but that’s the trajectory Brooklyn based musician Tyler Gilmore aka Blank For.ms has journeyed. Schooled in jazz he moved to New York where he hooked up with Conservatory buddy and pianist Jason Moran to work on large ensemble arrangements. But …
Album Review: Me Lost Me –‘This Material Moment’: Jayne Dent’s avant-folk takes another great leap forward.
As the Broadside Hacks/ Shovel Dance Collective avant-folk momentum rolls on, it does well to remember that Newcastle’s Jayne Dent aka Me Lost Me has been stretching those traditional boundaries since the release of her inspired debut ‘Arcana’ way back in 2018. An album set in a trad frame but with a feisty experimental intent, …
Live Review & Gallery: Machine Girl Bring a Glitchcore Apocalypse to Metro Theatre – Eora/Sydney 18.06.25
The Metro Theatre doesn’t sell out for just anything – but Machine Girl isn’t just anything. Last week’s show felt like an 8-bit summoning ritual. Shoulder to shoulder, a sea of goth, raver, e-kids and co. all packed in like they knew something the rest of the city didn’t. Opening was Hobart’s Quest Master, and …
Track: Teenager’s New Single ‘Sail The Seas’ Is a Dreamy Indie-Dance Voyage
Nick Littlemore and Ladyhawke revive their cult collab with indie-dance gem ‘Sail The Seas’.
Track: Caroline Polachek Joins Death Stranding 2 Soundtrack with ‘On The Beach’
From avant-pop to apocalyptic gaming – Polachek’s first game soundtrack has arrived.
Album Review: I Am Fya – ‘Homeland’: A future dub, avant pop, deep searching story that makes for vivid listening.
Manchester’s I Am Fya’s new audio-visual album ‘Homeland’ is a project that’s been evolving for some time. She swaggered into the electronic, avant-pop arena with the punchy ‘A Womxn’ debut in 2019, a dark dub, twitchy glitch, post-mod RnB drill down into socio-sexual dynamics. It was some announcement followed up by a string of forceful …
Live Gallery: Moktar Brings Club Heat and Cultural Firepower to Carriageworks 14.06.2025
Moktar at Carriageworks = dancefloor liberation on Gadigal land.
Premiere: Norway’s Vilde Tuv searches for ‘Solace in the Sun’ on celestial dance-pop delight
2025 is shaping up to be a good year for Bergen-based Vilde Tuv. Not only has she scored The Ugly Stepsister—an excerpt of the score was released in March—but she’s also indicated a new solo album is on the way, heralded by the arrival of ‘Morning Wind‘ last month. Today, Tuv shares the crescendo-driven beauty …
Album Reviews: Nadah El Shazly -‘Laini Tani’: The evocative voice of Cairo’s leftfield scene delivers a soul-searching stunner.
Where is Egyptian-born, Montreal-based producer, vocalist, composer, Nadah El Shazly likely to be heading with her second solo album ‘Laini Tani’ (out now on One Little Independent)? From a starting point in the Egyptian capital’s only Misfits cover band to a debut album, ‘Ahwar’ which placed her at the centre of the Cairo leftfield scene, …
Live Gallery: Clown Core Hit Sydney: Nevada’s Weirdest Export Brings the Mayhem to the Metro Theatre 5.06.2025
You haven’t lived until you’ve screamed along to jazz-metal in a room full of clowns.