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Album Review: Beefheart & McQuinn – ‘Midtown Downtime’: Summery sounds and simmering sadness from the indie folk duo.

Taking a break from the indie band merry-go round, singer-songwriters Moby Beefheart and Winter McQuinn release their “quiet is the new loud” debut ‘Midtown Downtime’ on We Are Busy Bodies.…

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Track: Supergoup Fancy Weapon return with their second single, the louche and laid back ‘Squirmin’ Merman’.

Melbourne-based supergroup Fancy Weapon invited us into their fuzzy world in March with the debut single ‘Squid’ (see my review here), and just over a month later they return with…

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Album Review: Snailgun unveil their shattering debut ‘Glass Walls’ ahead of live dates.

Naarm/Melbourne band Snailgun have just delivered their debut album ‘Glass Wall’, and it’s a deliciously scabrous affair filled with blistering post punk cathartic noise. The genetic make up of this…

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News: The Pretty Littles announce new album ‘Mulga Wire’, tour dates and the sparkling single ‘Terracotta’.

The new single ‘Terracotta’ from Naarm/Melbourne outfit The Pretty Littles is singular delight – jingle jangle guitars drive a rollicking track with soaring vocals and a louche delivery, inflected with…

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Track: Wrap up in the warm melancholic embrace of debut single ‘Snow Day’, from Naarm/Melbourne artist Hannah Potter.

Rippling acoustic guitars and a cello that makes you weep opens up the absolutely gorgeous single ‘Snow Day’ from Naarm/Melbourne artist Hannah Potter. Her mellifluous and velvet-toned voce enters, gliding…

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Track: Zipper reveals stunning post punk new single ‘Hiko’

Originally from Eora/Sydney, Zipper first appeared back in 2019, releasing their debut EP ‘Dreamer’s Gate’ the following year. It was something I sadly missed at the time but on the…

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News: Melbourne-based supergroup Fancy Weapon announce debut album and release the blistering ‘Squid’

Melbourne-based band Fancy Weapon are one of those once in a lifetime gatherings of some legendary antipodean indie musicians who have come together like metal filings on a magnet and…

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Live Gallery: Paledusk Deliver Relentless Chaos to Stay Gold Melbourne 28.02.2026

Japanese metalcore disruptors Paledusk delivered an electric and chaotic headline set at Stay Gold Melbourne, unleashing crushing riffs, EDM-infused breakdowns and relentless mosh pit energy.

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Premiere: BB Sabina exclusively unveil haunting, shimmering new single ‘In between’ ahead of launch date.

Naarm/Melbourne shoegaze band BB Sabina came onto our radar last year with their single ‘Multitude’ (see our review here) and we are very honored to bring you an exclusive listen…

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Premiere: Iconic multi-talented artist Catherine McQuade unveils exquisite and evocative video for ‘Hold Me’.

Catherine McQuade is a tour de force in the Australian music industry – composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist with origins in Melbourne’s iconic art-punk band The Ears, immortalized in the cult classic…

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