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News: The debonair Geoffrey O’Connor is back with news of album ‘I Love What We Do’ and he unveils the elegant title track ahead of live dates
Singer/songwriter/producer Geoffrey O’Connor last blessed us with his presence in his stunning album of duets ‘For As Long As I Remember’ back in 2021 (read my review here). O’Connor today announces his new album ‘I Love What We Do’ which is slated for release on 14 February 2025 via Dinosaur City Records, and the title …
Album Review: Garry Gray unveils fascinating anthology album featuring the legendary Sacred Cowboys, as well as his post Cowboys work, and announces additional live date following sell out show.
Sacred Cowboys have been – and still are – a legendary bunch of misfits together in various forms since 1982, but always with Garry Gray as a mainstay at the reins along with Mark Ferrie. They essentially began in 1982 as a supergroup with Gray from seminal new wave outfit Negatives and Ferrie from the …
Track: Brigitte Bardini is no ‘Fool’ as she unveils another ethereal track that positively glows with intensity.
There’s almost an operatic gloss to singer/songwriter Brigitte Bardini‘s vocals in her dreamy new single ‘Fool’: a floating and ethereal delivery above an aquatic bubbling instrumental that is cool and urbane. There is a sixties laid back quality to the track with the arpeggiated strings that swell in the distance – a song to be …
EP Review: The radiant Holly Hebe releases the gorgeous EP ‘Ruby’, cementing her place as one of the most exciting indie pop artists around.
We’ve long admired the output of Naarm/Melbourne chanteuse Holly Hebe ,who has produced some of the most brilliant shimmering pop delights over the past few years. Today she releases her second EP, entitled ‘Ruby’, and it is business as usual for this superlative talent. Hebe’s strength is her melodic mastery that puts pure pop treasures …
Track: Naarm’s Mayzie and Oceans collaborate with new album and ethereal title track ‘Luminosity’ ahead of UK, European and Australian tour.
We have traversed the shimmering Oceans before with their antipodean brand of glittering shoegaze, and the band (formerly the solo project of Thomas Lee) has now collaborated with solo artist Mayzie (New Zealand born, Melbourne based Mayzie Lee who we have also covered separately) in a an album entitled ‘Luminosity’ due out on 5 October …
Premiere: The darkly and deliciously gothic Velvet Parade, newly signed to the esteemed Kasumuen Records, will haunt you with the epic debut single ‘Ghost’, ahead of live dates.
We are honoured to bring you an exclusive listen to the debut single from the magnificent Naarm/Melbourne band Velvet Parade, newly signed to the esteemed Kasumuen Records label. ‘Ghosts’ has a statuesque presence – tinted with a gothic darkness and embellished by thundering whiskey-soaked throbbing vocals that evoke a dingy den of iniquity in the …
Premiere: Nina Leo has a ‘Blind Spot’ and it is a delicious barbed wire-wrapped piece of cotton candy wool that burns with intensity.
We are absolutely honoured to bring you a first listen to the new single from Naarm based, Ngambri (Canberra) born songwriter and musician Nina Leo, as well as the immersive video for the track. Leo (named after her middle name and star sign) has produced something that has a visceral and raw edge, a cotton …
Track: Charlie Lane battles herself in her new single ‘I Hate Me’ – a raw and bittersweet paean to self doubt.
After the indie pop jaunt of earlier single ‘Dance With You’ (premiered by Backseat Mafia here) , the irrepressible Charlie Lane returns with ‘I Hate Me’: a far more pared down and reflective single that explores self doubt and the attendant anxieties with a raw authenticity. The emotions are expressed by a pounding insistent percussive …
Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne artist Garagee builds an evocative and luscious ‘Firewall’ ft. Jane McArthur ahead of album and launch date.
We are honoured to bring you first listen to the new single ‘Firewall’ from instrumentalist Garagee (the work of Rob McPherson) and featuring the vocals of Jane MacArthur. Garagee has worked in the past with Steve Kilbey (The Church) and is about to release the album ‘Garageee III’ ‘Firewall’ starts with the most delicate harmonics …
Premiere: Melbourne-based Scot, Quinny, unveils anthemic single and hilarious video for the epic track ‘Settlers’, ahead of debut album.
We are very honoured to premiere the video and track for the epic, anthemic track ‘Settlers’ from Melbourne-based Scotsman Quinny (the nom de plume of Peter Quinn). With an instrumentation and delivery that fantastically mixes a Sigur Rós majesty and grace with a raw Belle & Sebastian veracity, ‘Settlers is as wild and expansive as …