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Track: Sydney’s Jet City Sports Club unveil a spirited, jangling slice of heavenly melancholic pop in track ‘She Don’t Need No One’ and announce launch date.

With a genetic make up that has hints of The Sundays and The Cranberries as well as an antipodean bloodline stretching back to bands like Even As We Speak, The…

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Track: Sydney’s power pop maestros The Nature Strip return to the fray with a bit of essential ‘Surgery’ and a launch gig.

It’s been a while since The Nature Strip brightened our world with their brand of quirky, intelligent power pop (last seen back in 2018 with the EP ‘Past Pacific’, reviewed…

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Track: Sydney punksters Fangz bare all in their new thumping slice of punky pop ‘Falling Is Pretty Normal’ and announce Australian tour.

Like an unleashed hungry junkyard dog, Fangz are heading straight for your jugular – a unrelenting wall of thumping pumping punky rock blasting like a tornado through your head in…

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Premiere: Sydney RADICALS unveil the thundering and pulse-quickening single ‘falling faster slowly’ and announce tour details.

We are pleased to premiere the thundering new single ‘falling faster slowly’ from Sydney-based band RADICALS: a four minute earth-shattering aural blitzkrieg. A pounding rhythm section provides an anchor for…

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News: Sydney’s premiere art pop outfit Loose Fit announce debut album ‘Social Graces’ and releases title track, a paean to awkwardness, as a tasty hors d’oeuvre.

Loose Fit have an angular jagged art pop sound that is quite unique and utterly satisfying. We covered their recent release ‘Exhale’ and found it an exhilarating tour de force,…

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Track: The visceral and rampant RedHook aim their impressive arsenal at keyboard warriors in the blistering ‘Low Budget Horror’ and announce rescheduled tour dates.

RedHook incorporate a vast and powerful array of weaponry in their visceral take down of cowardly keyboard warriors in the explosive ‘Low Budget Horror’. Slamming heavy metal riffs, electronic intrusions…

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News: The legendary The Church announce resumption of normal services, with US tour announcement.

The magnificent The Church have announced the resumption of normal services with the announcement of new dates for a US tour. Originally set to celebrate 40 years of music in…

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Track: Julienne Harvey’s ‘Rot’ is an enigmatic and thrilling gothic trip.

In her new single ‘Rot’, Sydney artist Julienne Harvey‘s soaring vocals seem aged in a whiskey-soaked barrel, and delivered with added melancholia in some darkened cavern in the early hours…

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Premiere: Mako Bron’s ‘cloudbites’ EP is an effervescent and glorious pop masterpiece, with a dark heart and uplifting melodies.

Mako Bron is the brainchild of one musician/producer Chris Brookman, and the single ‘Straight Down’ went to straight up to my top five Australian/New Zealand single releases for 2021. We…

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Track: Sydney’s Lisa Caruso sums up the zeitgeist with her glorious, anthemic track ‘It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas’

It’s been over a year since Sydney chanteuse Lisa Caruso released her highly impressive debut album ‘In Feelings’ (see my review here) and the intervening time has been horrific for…

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