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

  • April 30, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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.

  • April 17, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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’.

  • April 15, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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.

  • April 9, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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’

  • March 31, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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’

  • March 30, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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

  • March 1, 2026
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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.

  • February 25, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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’.

  • February 9, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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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Premiere: Big League exclusively unveil thrilling new track ‘Dangerous Like You’ ahead of new EP and launch date.

  • February 2, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
Big League, purveyors of the most delicious brand of indie rock, are back with their new single ‘Dangerous Like You’, and as one our favourite antipodean outfits we are honoured…
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