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EP: Sydney’s Moody Beach unleashes a brilliant, fuzzy, dreamy landscape of gritty pop in ‘Assembly of the Wild’.

Moody Beach‘s new EP ‘Assembly of the Wild’ is a total delight that satisfies any cravings for down and dirty rock’n’roll leavened by a dreamy and at times ambient soundscape.…

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Meet: We have a chat with Remy Boccalatte, head honcho at the ultra chic False Peak Records in Brisbane

As part of our irregular series on the important and often silent figures behind the music scenes – the record labels, promoters and managers – we are today having a…

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Album Review: Sydney’s Fabels weaves a shimmering and exotic cloak of many colours in their brilliant and evocative new album ‘Minds’.

Deep in the heart of ‘Minds’, the new album from Sydney duo Fabels, is an exotic mysticism and ethereal glow, emanating from the mysterious vocals and the layered sonic landscapes.…

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Track: Inland Murmur release the exquisite ‘Freshwater’: vibrant dream pop with a steel spine.

Cardiff’s Inland Murmur drew our attention with the release of their delicate and fragile single ‘Waterline’ last month (read my review here), and the duo is back with another aquatic…

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Track: Still Corners release the driving shimmering single ‘Heavy Days’ and announce massive EU/US tour.

‘The Last Exit’ from UK duo Still Corners, released earlier this year (reviewed by me here), was a magnificent and evocative collection of glittering and sparkling songs filled with magic…

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Album Review: Nik Brinkman’s debut ‘Secret Stairs’ is an elegant showcase of glittering dreamy dream pop exhibits.

Opening with an instrumental with a spoken dialogue in the track ‘Silent Cities’, the crystalline beauty of New Zealander Nik Brinkman‘s new album ‘Secret Stairs’ become instantly evident. With the…

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Track: Brisbane’s dream pop queen Hatchie is back with another incandescent shimmering single ‘This Enchanted’ and news of singing with US label Secretly Canadian

There’s a frisson of excitement in Backseat Mafia’s antipodean offices. It’s been two years since Brisbane’s dream pop queen Hatchie graced us with her presence with her album ‘Keepsake’ (see…

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EP: Silk Cut shapes a gorgeous, shimmering cloth in debut EP ‘astronaut’, with tracks that sparkle like stars in the firmament

Silk Cut is a magical Auckland dream pop/shoegaze band that has just released their debut EP ‘astronaut’, and while the band is a brand new piece of clothing, it is…

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News: Indie legend Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean and Britta) announces solo album and unveils a scintillating and evocative video for opening track ‘The Past Is Our Plaything’.

There is no doubting the legendary status of Dean Wareham, whose band Galaxie 500 in the late eighties defined a gentle low-fi poetic brilliance and melodic genius that influenced and…

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Premiere: On the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Pia Fraus give us a sneak listen to their new recording ‘Now You Know, It Still Feels The Same’: fresh interpretations of youthful brilliance.

Hailing from Tallinn, Estonia, Pia Fraus have proven to be one of the most fascinating and enduring shoegaze bands of the past twenty years, made all the more unusual by…

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