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Track: Wilding frees another shimmering piece of whimsy – ‘Losing Teeth’ – from last year’s magnificent debut album, accompanied by a brilliant new track ‘Did You Hear That?’

  • April 23, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
Wilding‘s flights of fancy are a delightful and mesmerising distraction from our troubled times – psychedelic, jangling vignettes of everyday life delivered with a compassionate eye and a wry exposition.…
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Track: Tim Ayre’s laconic charm shines through in his sparkling new track ‘Miami Drive’

  • April 21, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
On his second single off the forthcoming EP, ‘Modern Life’, ‘Miami Drive’, Tim Ayre has a sparkling enthusiasm that positively shines through the music and accompanying video. ‘Miami Drive’ has…
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See: Gordi unveils enigmatic and atmospheric video ‘Refractive’ – an evocative amalgam of tracks ‘Extraordinary Life’ and ‘Volcanic’ and announces news of live EP

  • April 20, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
Gordi, the name of Melbourne musician Sophie Payten’s solo work, is a living icon in the Australian music scene: her last album ‘Our Two Skins’ released in the middle of…
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Track: Holy Holy construct shimmering sonic architecture in new single ‘How You Been’

  • April 16, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
Melbourne duo Holy Holy have an infinite capacity to deliver sweeping melodic tunes that are layered, nuanced and euphoric (see our review of their 2017 album ‘Pain’). Their new single…
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Track: Tiny Little Houses drive straight out of Melbourne with a quirky ‘Car Crash’

  • April 14, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
The new song from Melbourne indie band Tiny Little Houses is a terrific humour-infused number with all the bottled up energy from a year burdened by lockdowns bursting out. It’s…
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Track: Dead Can Dance members Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell unveil another sparkling single ‘Deshta (Forever)’ from their forthcoming album ‘Burn’

  • April 10, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
The unique and exotic sounds of Dead Can Dance, fusing medieval music with gothic undertones and ambient textures are detectable in the shimmering new track ‘Deshta (Forever)’ from Dead Can…
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Track: Melbourne’s Tim Ayre launches low-fi dream pop delight ‘Mexican Holiday’ and announces news of EP

  • March 30, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
The story behind the new single, ‘Mexican Holiday’, from Tim Ayre has all the hallmarks of a Hunter S Thompson fable involving unhinged characters, consumption of illicit substances, wild journeys…
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Track: marigolden unveils powerful track and video for ‘Just Like Smoke’, celebrating individualism and empowerment

  • March 29, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
The sultry, jazzy/soul style of marigolden (Mel O’Neill) is quite unique: with lyrics that half rap and glide with melody and an instrumentation that defies easy labelling. Her new track…
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Track: Dead Can Dance members Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell collaborate with producer James Chapman (MAPS) in exquisite new single ‘Noyalain (Burn)’ and announce new album

  • March 13, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
Australian duo Dead Can Dance (consisting of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry) were an extraordinarily innovative band signed to the legendary 4AD label (becoming their highest selling artists), fusing medieval…
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EP: The Great Emu War Casualties release the dynamic and shimmering indie pop EP ‘Vanity Project’

  • March 13, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
Australian-based and evocatively-named The Great Emu War Casualties (TGEWC) have released the EP ‘Vanity Project’ – a dynamic, fresh and dazzling collection of effervescent shimmering tracks. There is an indefinable…
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