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Album Review: Holy Holy say ‘Hello My Beautiful World’ with an elegant and sparkling collection of jewels, plus tour news.

It is an unusual situation to find myself lauding an album that just debuted at number 4 on the Australian music charts in the company of what could be loosely…

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EP: Dull Reality’s EP ‘Daffodil’ is a thrillingly and imaginative sonic adventure.

Ben Shields records under the name Dull Reality and, although it’s an easy observation to make, his music is anything but. Shields works almost purely in the realms of electronic…

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Track: Melbourne’s Jacob Fitzgerald opens a bottle of spirited, sparkling pop with ‘Pretty Good For My Mind’.

Jacob Fitzgerald‘s new single ‘Pretty Good For My Mind’ fizzes like a shaken bottle of carbonated pop opened while trampolining, with a quite sprightly bounce and a style of its…

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Premiere: Melbourne indie popsters Telescreen return with another widescreen, shimmering delight ‘Onward (To You)’.

‘Onward (To You)’ has a bittersweet melancholic thread that runs through the celestial synth sounds, evidence that Melbourne’s Telescreen is a massive shining star in the indie pop firmament. There…

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Premiere: Melbourne’s Anna Smyrk unveils the dynamic, anthemic single ‘The Excavator’.

We are proud to premiere the new single from Melbourne artist Anna Smyrk. ‘The Excavator’ is a folk-tinged indie rock anthem that starts off with a slow burning fuse before…

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News: Tiny Little Houses drop latest single ‘I’m Doing Just The Best That I Can’: October tour dates confirmed

Ahead of the release of Tiny Little Houses’ upcoming album Misericorde (out on 19 Nov via Ivy League records), the band have shared their latest lo-fi indie offering, I’m Doing…

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News: Melbourne trio HighSchool announce debut EP and release single ‘Sirens’ as a deliciously dark enticement.

Having signed to UK’s Dalliance Recordings, Melbourne trio HighSchool have announced the release of their debut EP due out in October 2021. And to lure us in, the visceral, sinewy…

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EP: Romanie’s ‘Little Big Steps’ is an ethereal and glowing paean to resilience and hope.

Originally from Belgium, Romanie relocated to Melbourne a few years ago and found herself in the midst of the COVID pandemic and a number of lockdowns: events that can create anxiety and…

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Track: Melbourne’s Dull Reality’s imagination sparkles with the atmospheric single ‘Push Myself Away’.

Dull Reality – the work of Melbourne musician Ben Shields – follows up his single ‘Daffodil (reviewed by me here) with the new track ‘Push Myself Away’ – another sparkling,…

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Meet: We chat with Holy Holy’s Tim Carroll about the new album, writing and recording songs and setting the studio on fire.

Australia’s sparkling pop duo Holy Holy’s forthcoming album ‘Hello My Beautiful World’ is due out on Friday, 20 August 2021 through Wonderlick Recording Company. Recorded in Victoria and Tasmania, Tim Carroll,…

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