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Track: The radiant folk pop shimmer of ‘Colder’ heralds debut EP ‘Nothing Comes Free’ from Jo Davie.
Jo Davie has an illustrious academic background in music (having graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium in 2017 with First Class Honours and the University Medal), but her new single ‘Colder’ is indicative of a glorious ability to deliver the sweetest sounds via her gossamer vocals and songwriting skills. ‘Colder’ positively sparkles with its lush instrumentation …
News: Emo pop punkers A Swift Farewell greet us again with blistering new single ‘The Haunting ft Amariah’, and news of their debut EP ‘Hollow Threats’
Eora/Sydney band A Swift Farewell have made a blistering return with their new single ‘The Haunting’, featuring contributions from Amariah from Melbourne band Future Static. It accompanies an announcement by the band that they will be releasing their debut EP ‘Hollow Threats’ on 6 June 2025. We’ve been following this band with great interest for …
Track: They’re no ‘Quiet Australians’ – Lutruwita’s Meres unveil hyperactive new single ahead of album release.
Post punk rock boppers from down under, Meres, have been relatively quiet – understandable given front person Mary Shannon has also been active in the shoegaze giants Dvrkworld – but in a surprise return, they are back with the somewhat ironically titled single ‘Quiet Australians’. Meres have always been an exuberant entity featuring a punky …
Track: Vote one for The Electorate with their shimmering new single ‘The Great Divide’ ahead of new album.
The ever delightful The Electorate return with another tasty single ‘The Great Divide’ off their forthcoming album ‘By Design’. And this time it is a personal look at emotional pain, rather than the political. The pace is reflective with crystalline guitars that jangle with a clarity while the vocals are to the fore with ethereal …
News & Track: CLAMM Release Scathing Single ‘No Idea’ Ahead of Upcoming Album and EU/UK Tour
Naarm/Melbourne trio CLAMM have just released ‘No Idea’, a shredding new single that doubles down on the band’s rawest instincts – fast, furious, and zero facade. It’s the second taste of their upcoming third album ‘Serious Acts’, out May 30 via Meat Machine Records, and it smashes through you like an elbow in a pit …
News: Merpire announces a new album ‘MILK POOL’ with the anthemic, ethereal single ‘Bigger’.
Naarm/Melbourne Merpire, the work of multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt, has long been a source of admiration here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, and her new single ‘Bigger’ is another drop of dreamy pop gold in her sonic armoury. Bigger is an indeed appropriate title for a song that is luminescent and …
Track: The iconic Sparks release new single ‘Drowned In A Sea of Tears’ ahead of new album ‘MAD!’.
The inscrutable and enigmatic brothers Ron and Russell Mael return as the iconic Sparks with their new single ‘Drowned in A Sea of Tears’. The release precedes their new album ‘MAD!’ due out in May. The track is poignantly beautiful with a motorik thrum and yearning vocals. Dappling instrumentation underlies the searing melodies, typically enigmatic …
News: ‘Achilles Past’ – the black watch announce new double album ‘For All The World’ with the über cool single ‘Achilles Past’.
John Andrew Frederick, the genius behind the iconic dream pop exponents the black watch, manages to match a preternatural prolificacy in the sheer volume of his songwriting with an accompanied brilliance and quality that is never diluted. He has announced the release of a double album (a symbol of his productivity) entitled ‘For All The …
Track: The legendary The Bats swoop in with the shimmering fuzzy new single ‘Loline’, as a new record shapes up.
Surely the sun shines brighter the day we are blessed with another single from the living legends The Bats, one of the finest exports from Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. It’s been five long years since their last album and The Bats have today released their new single ‘Loline’, while in the …
News: Wet Leg are back with news of a second album
The wait is nearly over – Wet Leg’s next record lands in July