Sydney Archives - Page 24 of 36

See: Darren Cross creates a panoply of images for the track ‘Are USS Are?’, from his album ‘DISTORDER’

Last month we reviewed the superb album ‘DISTORDER’ from Sydney’s multi-talented songwriter, producer and videographer Darren Cross, calling it a brilliant expression of our times: discordant, unsettling and at times…

View Post

View Post

Track: Sydney-based indie rockers Bellwether release the anthemic ‘Shortsighted’

Bellwether have released a dynamic slab of indie rock with their single ‘Shortsighted’, incorporating a Pixies-style quiet/loud ethic and a huge anthemic blast of melody. What is even more impressive…

View Post

View Post

EP: Sydney’s DMA’S release surprise EP, the euphoric ‘I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going To Miss You’ featuring shock and awe shoegaze single ‘We Are Midnight’

After a hectic past 18 months with the release of the album ‘The Glow’, a live double LP of their gig at Brixton and winning a slew of awards at…

View Post

View Post

Track: Sydney’s Fabels release the dreamy mesmerising reverie of single ‘Waiting’ in anticipation of their new album ‘Minds’

Sydney band Fabels have just released an enormously immersive and atmospheric single ‘Waiting’ ahead of their new album ‘Minds’ to be released on 10 September 2021. ‘Waiting’ is enigmatic, dreamy…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: Sydney’s Magnetic Heads unveil ‘Moral Outage’: a scything blast of dark synth-driven pop

‘Moral Outage’, from Magnetic Heads, is a sparkling ensemble of eighties-influenced, synth-based tracks that resonate with a darkness and refined intelligence. And when I say eighties, I mean the good…

View Post

View Post

News: The legendary Australian punks The Hard-Ons announce You Am I’s Tim Rogers as new frontman, a new album and a single ‘Hold Tight’ to spark things off.

The shock announcement that veteran indie band You Am I‘s enigmatic Tim Rogers was joining venerable Australian punks The Hard-Ons as a permanent frontman is only matched by the immediate…

View Post

View Post

Track: Troubadour Dominic Breen returns with another shimmering classic ‘Hey, Only If You Want To’ and announces debut album ‘Blue Volume’

The golden tonsils of Sydney musican Dominic Breen return with another shimmering classic track ‘Hey, Only If You Want To’ as he announces the release of his debut album ‘Blue…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: Infinity Broke swagger out on to the streets with ‘Your Dream My Jail’: a brilliant and visceral coating of indulgent excess and cathartic chaos – plus tour news.

Infinity Broke are a band that does not go gently into the night: their new album ‘Your Dream My Jail’ is an excoriating, driven, thunderous slice of post-punk cake that…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: Sydney’s Darren Cross (Gerling) creates a little ‘DISTORDER’: a splendid electronic fugue for our dystopian times

Darren Cross is a pillar of the inner city indie scene in Australia: one of those hyperactive artists who never stands still. In the nineties he was in Gerling –…

View Post

View Post

Music

Ruby Fields explores the fallout of love gone awry on explosive ‘Song About a Boy’, announces debut album ‘Been Doin’ It For a Bit’

If you haven’t checked out Ruby Fields before, now would be an especially good time. The Sydney-based artist has been building up to the release of her debut album for…

View Post