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News: The Church announce release date for new album ‘Lacuna’ with two brilliant new singles released ahead of Australian tour

Four and a half decades in, The Church have announced their 28th studio album — a stat that would close out most careers and is, for this lot, simply Thursday.…

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EP Review: There’s life in them still – Brisbane jangle pop legends Ups and Downs sound better than ever on ‘Radio Is Dead’

‘Radio Is Dead’ is a bold title for a band to hang an EP on in 2026, but then Ups and Downs have never been shy about naming things plainly.…

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Track: The Somedays debut with Shimmering Jangle-Pop on Double A-Side Singles ‘If I Could Start This Year Again’ and ‘Always On My Mind’

There’s a particular kind of confidence in a debut single that doesn’t sound like a debut single, and The Somedays have arrived with exactly that. The Queensland four-piece kick off…

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Album Review: Absolute Losers – ‘In The Crowd’ : Power pop gets a real refresh from this tightly sprung Canadian trio.

There’s the coolest Ian Dickson photo of The Jam live at the 100 Club circa 1977, Foxton caught jumping mid-air, Weller leaning into a power chord and Butler sticks raised…

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EP Review: ‘Is It Really Goodnight?’: Celeste Madden’s Introspective and Evocative New Release

Key to London-based singer-songwriter Celeste Madden’s new EP, Is It Really Goodnight?, is its dense atmosphere. It’s not foreboding or oppressive, but rather a sleepless sheen that coats the tracklist…

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Album Review: The Loft – Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same; Timeless jangle-pop perfection.

Ok. For those that know, you know. For those that don’t – here’s a quick history lesson. The Loft were one of Creation Records’ great nearly-made-it stories, the first of…

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Album Review: No Frills –”Sad Clown” : Honest songs that chime and chill from Toronto’s Lo-fi indie realists.

It’s been a while since anything’s been heard of Daniel Busheikin and his No Frills buddies. The Toronto band’s self-released debut album ‘Downward Dog’ trundled into the US college radio…

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Track/Video: Lo-fi indie realists No Frills preview upcoming album with the chiming ‘Shopping In The Toothpaste Aisle’.

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NYC trio: Trinket coalesces new shades of jangle-pop dreaminess on debut EP ‘New Hobby’

Trinket are a fresh new entry into the increasingly growing stir of jangle-pop bands. With their previous singles fusing shimmering, sweet guitar riffs and featherlight dream pop sensibilities well enough…

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PREMIERE: Vermont’s Tom Weir readies new EP as Old Moon, shares jangle-pop smash ‘All It Takes’

It would be fair to say Tom Weir’s been putting in work. In the past year alone, the Vermont-based artist has released two albums, a rarities compilation, an EP and…

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