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Premiere: Sydney’s indie pop grunge exponents GRXCE calls out the ‘Pretty Boy’ in a floor busting, skyscraping debut single, with launch date announced.

We are very honoured to premiere the debut track from Eora/Sydney-based outfit GRXCE entitled ‘Pretty Boy’ – a driving track about superficiality and image delivered over a quiet/loud tone and…

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Premiere: Key Out go for an endless, shimmering and breathtaking ‘Drive’ ahead of new album out through False Peak Records and launch gigs.

We are immobilised with excitement at being able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single from Sydney’s magnificent Key Out: one of the most exciting outfits in…

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Track: Sydney’s The Nagging Doubts address class and advancement in the funky, anthemic track ‘The Pearl’.

We are very pleased to be able to bring you an early listen to the new single ‘The Pearl’ from one of the most exciting bands coming out of Sydney…

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Album Review: The forecast is far from ‘Partly Cloudy’ for FLOWERTRUCK’s irrepressible and sparkling second album.

We’ve long been fans of Sydney/Illawarra band FLOWERTRUCK who have perfected an antipodean-flavoured brand of indie pop that has a genetic link to an amalgam of The Go-Betweens and The Apartments on…

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Premiere: The Nethered’s ‘The Long Goodbye’ is a refreshing breeze of languid joy and comes ahead of album news.

With gentle background vocals and gentle guitars lapping at the shores, ‘The Long Goodbye’ from ollo’s Alex Crowfoot under the name The Nethered is a fifties-flavoured widescreen epic: easy and…

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Track: Sydney songwriter Laura Jean releases the pure pop exuberance of ‘Too Much To Do’ off forthcoming album ‘Amateurs’.

Visceral sweeping strings and piano droplets form the hyperkinetic base to the new single ‘Too Much To Do’ from Sydney songwriter Laura Jean. The track is organic and sprightly, trotting…

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Track: FLOWERTRUCK are ‘Hopeless’ in happiness: a bright and sparkly ditty that skips with an irrepressible joy. They also become the first Australian band to offer a digital pressing ahead of album release.

On the eve of the release of their new album ‘Partly Cloudy’, out via Spunk! Records / Virgin Music Australia on 2 September 2022, the irrepressible FLOWERTUCK have dropped one more tasty morsel for…

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Premiere: Maia Marsh’s ‘Big Deal’ is a mesmerising, enchanting single fusing a dream pop fugue with a folk ambience.

Sydney’s Maia Marsh has an impressive form, having been a session musician (lead guitar, bass, vocals) for a number of artists including Huck Hastings who has graced our pages before…

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Track: Eighties powerhouse Noiseworks return after 30 years with the anthemic and dynamic single ‘Heart And Soul’, and all is well with the world. A tour and album will follow.

Noiseworks are a cultural pop rock Australian phenomena and emblematic of a particular home-grown and enigmatic stadium rock in the eighties – even us indie kids respected the fact that…

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Track: Jet City Sports Club wish they had a ‘Green Thumb’ – a sparkling, glittering and delectable morsel of pop brilliance. Plus tour dates released.

Sydney’s Jet City Sports Club have graced our pages before with their delicate brand of jangling pop in ‘She Don’t Need No One’ (see review here) that reminded me of…

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