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Album Review: Hana Stretton – ‘tiarn’: An ambient folk moment that needs to be cherished.

Solitude is essential for Australian folk composer and sound collector Hana Stretton. Her debut, 2023’s, the shimmering ‘Soon’, was written during an extended stay watching over her much-missed Grandmother’s New…

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Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne-based artist SRU confronts self-abandonment on new single ‘be ur girl’

There’s a particular kind of song that doesn’t announce its darkness — it just lets you sit in it. Melbourne artist SRU‘s new single ‘be ur girl’ is exactly that…

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Premiere: Flame to Grey – Billy Peril Premiere the Jangling ‘Tornado’

Melbourne’s Billy Peril have been quietly building one of the more compelling debut album rollouts of the year, and ‘Tornado’, the third single lifted from that forthcoming record on Cheersquad…

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Track: Zipper tune into another hypnotic triumph with ‘Ear’.

There are some bands you instinctively know are building something special, and Zipper continue to confirm that feeling with every release. Following the dazzling ‘Hiko’ (read my review here), new…

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Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne’s Hannah Potter finds her way home in the haunting ‘Judith’s House’

Back in April we wrapped ourselves up in the warm melancholic embrace of Hannah Potter‘s debut single ‘Snow Day’, a song so assured it barely felt like a first outing…

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Premiere: After a challenging year, Kat Greta is back and showing a little ‘Audacity’

It’s been said before but I’ll say it again: Kat Greta is a prodigious, seriously underrated talent whose releases are like golden rays of sunshine when all else around is…

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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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