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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 –…

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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…

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Premiere: Magnetic Heads release the glorious, shimmering single ‘What You See Is What You Get’ off their forthcoming album ‘Moral Outage’

We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘What You See Is What You Get’ from Sydney’s brilliant Magnetic Heads: a gloriously rich synth-injected eighties-influenced motorik blast. Singer/songwriter Des…

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Track: The enigmatic Johnny Hunter unveils the dark and sizzling new track ‘The Floor’

Johnny Hunter released one of the most enthralling and fascinating albums of last year with their debut EP ‘Early Trauma’ (see my review here). Theatrical, gothic, effervescent and with just…

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Track: Sydney artist LOVER releases the spacey, dreamy and slightly surreal ‘Palm Reader’

There are layers of lush instrumentation and a dreamy intergalactic aura to the new single from Sydney artist LOVER (the nome de plume of Oliver Kirby. The slightly surreal atmosphere…

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