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

  • July 2, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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’

  • July 2, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
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.

  • June 14, 2026
  • John Parry
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’.

  • 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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