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Live Review & Gallery: Brit-Nominated and Bound for Coachella: Amyl and the Sniffers at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 25.01.2025
Snarling, Loud, and Unstoppable: Amyl and the Sniffers in Full Force
Track: ‘Say It Again’ – Hexham Heads bring a strong dose of jingly jangly power pop in their debut single.
For a delicious blast of jingly jangly power pop, replete with some heavenly harmonies and a scaling melody, you can’t go past the debut single from Naarm/Melbourne band Hexham Heads. Certainly part of what I call the Marrickville Sound – veteran band members with a storied history in other bands, Hexham Heads consist of Van …
News: Aotearoan indie giants Daily J announce new album ‘Scatterbrains’, Australian tour and unveil sparkling single ‘Cheap Tequila Sunrise’.
Aotearoan band Daily J have just released the soaring, anthemic indie pop of ‘Cheap Tequila Sunrise’, a single that positively sparkles over the top of jangling, chorused guitars, bopping synths and scintillating harmonies. It comes as the band announces the release of their new album ‘Scatterbrains’, out on 21 February 2025, as well as a …
Track: End Scene cast an eye cynical over the ‘Land of Plenty’ with a raucous and cathartic blast.
Sydney duo End Scene provide another variety of intensive flavour from their upcoming second album ‘I Will Not Live Safe, I Will Live True’ with the raucous barbed-wire blitz of ‘Land Of Plenty’. A cathartic shouty number, it’s a slight change in tack from their usual anthemic pop, delivered in a raw punk blast fitting …
News: NYC Duo Fcukers Announce Intimate Side Shows Following Laneway Festival Debut
NYC duo Fcukers are set to make their highly anticipated return to Australia this February, bringing their 2025-ready, club-driven sound to the Laneway Festival lineup. Alongside their festival sets, they’ll deliver two intimate side shows in Eora/Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne. Renowned for their bold, genre-blurring style that reinvents ’90s dance, the duo have earned a reputation …
Premiere: Western Australian artist Ben Lunt exclusively unveils luminescent new single ‘Somersault’.
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Somersault’ from Western Australian Queensland-based troubadour Ben Lunt. Starting off with a yearning, sparse introduction, highlighting Lunt’s distinctive vocals, the track launches into a luminescent jaunty song that seems to infuse the bright Australian sunshine in every note, tempered by the thread of yearning melancholia in Lunt’s …
Track: Rianne Downey – The Song of Old Glencoe
After recently dropping the first taste from her eagerly anticipated debut album with the fantastic ‘Lost In Blue’, Rianne Downey today dives into the world of traditional celtic folk with the stunning, mystical ‘The Song Of Old Glencoe’ Rianne explains; “The song is set against a backdrop of Scotland’s enchanted highlands, as I wanted to pay tribute to …
Track: The Horrors release the shimmering anthemic single ‘More Than Life’ ahead of ‘Night Life’ album release in March.
It’s close to the 20th anniversary of the iconic The Horrors and today they release the fourth single off their forthcoming and much anticipated album ‘Night Life’, out through Fiction Records and Virgin Music Group. With the core duo of vocalist Faris Badwan and bassist Rhys Webb, the band’s additional new members are Amelia Kidd …
Live Review & Gallery: CMAT’s Factory Theatre Show Feels Like the Start of Something Big 16.01.2025
CMAT Commands the Stage, Channels Chrissy Amphlett’s Electric Energy
News: Indie Boorloo/Perth giants Spacey Jane announce new album ‘If That Makes Sense’ and fire off a sonic rocket with single ‘All The Noise’.
Perth indie giants Spacey Jane have today announced the release of their third album ‘If That Makes Sense’ on 9 May 2025 and unveiled a dynamic new single ‘All The Noise’. ‘All The Noise’ is a classic slice of effervescent indie pop with a scything guitar riff and urgent vocals delivering celestial melodies. It follows …