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TRACK: FIT FOR A KING release crushing new single ‘Reaper’
Fit For a King have a busy remainder of 2022 ahead of them — a new album and major US tour with I Prevail and Pierce The Veil are on the horizon. Today, the Texas band has dropped the video for the band new single ‘Reaper.’ Watch it here. Fit For A King come roaring out of the gates with …
News: New Mexican dreamers Tan Cologne announce new album and unveil the gorgeously evocative and ethereal track ‘Floating Gardens’.
Long time favourites of Backseat Mafia, Tan Cologne, have almost single handedly invented an entire new branch of essential dream pop/shoegaze emanating from the mystical deserts of New Mexico – a sort of desert-gaze dream pop that shimmers with all the beauty and alien mysteries of the vast desert skies. It’s been over two years …
NEWS: THE WONDER YEARS announce new album, ‘The Hum Goes On Forever’, with new single, ‘Wyatt’s Song’ (Your Name)!
THE HUM GOES ON FOREVER is released September 23rd on Hopeless Records. “I don’t want to die, at least not without you.” Those are the words that open up The Wonder Years‘ new album, The Hum Goes On Forever. It marks the next evolution of a band that’s never stopped growing, never stopped striving, never stopped searching for the truth and …
Premiere: Richard Cartwright (Richard In Your Mind) exclusively reveals his dreamy, floaty tab of psychedelia, ‘Seaweed’.
We are honoured to be able to bring you the premiere of the single ‘Seaweed’ from Richard In Your Mind member Richard Cartwright, out through Broken Stone Records/Remote Control Records. Just like a piece of seaweed drifting across endless oceans, ‘Seaweed’ is a floating delight: dreamy, hypnotic movements propel the track forward with dappled splashes …
Track: Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird are back with another eye-wateringly beautiful anthem ‘Bluestone’, news of a third album and live dates.
Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird (CTBNF) are a revelation for me and one of the most fascinating artists coming out of Australia. There is a Burt Bacharach sixties-infused expansiveness mixed with a Jimmy Webb songwriting craft, all layered with an antipodean genetic code stretching from The Go-Betweens and The Apartments through to Nick Cave. The …
Premiere: Perth’s Late 90s would ‘Die To Heal’: a cinematic anthem with an unstoppable power and delivery. Launch date also announced.
We are very pleased to premiere the new single ‘Die to Heal’ from Perth rockers Late 90s – a reflective yearning track that builds up with an unstoppable velocity into a pulse quickening anthem. Arching melancholic vocals soar high above the ether over jangling guitars and a thundering rhythm section. The overall effect is dramatic …
Track: Dr Mann really have an urge for ‘Ciggies’ in a single that oozes with yearning and desire.
I’m not sure what Dr Mann‘s health and safety credentials are, but in their latest paean to yearning and desire, ‘Ciggies’, they manage to engender the unhealthiest of cravings in just under three minutes. As anyone who has been enslaved to addiction (particularly of the tobacco kind), this sonic pill captures the feelings of abject, …
News: Sydney duo Micra announce EP ‘5th Room’ and unveil new single ‘Doesn’t Mean A Thing’ – a luscious dreamy dream pop reverie.
Ivana Kafedjiyska and Robbie Cain together are the Sydney-based duo Micra and they have just released a luscious and shimmering single ‘Doesn’t Mean A Thing’, awash with a shimmering dream pop coating and a languid, sensual air. Centred around Kafedjiyska’s ethereal vocals and a soft and billowing synth bed, ‘Doesn’t Mean A Thing’ has a classic pop …
Track: The magnificent Caligula are ‘Happy’ – a vibrant and hyperkinetic serving of blistering thrills.
As we emerge very slowly from the vicissitudes of COVID, it is so very pleasing to be able to anticipate the legendary Caligula‘s return to the music scene with their end of the month offerings of new material. And so far, the results have been magnificent (see my reviews here). The end of May is …
Track: Brisbane’s An Heirloom bequeath to us their floaty dreamy ambient brilliance in new single ‘Return Flight’, and announce launch gig.
Remy Boccalatte must be one of the busiest creatives and entrepreneurs around. Not only does he run the tasteful boutique False Peak Records in Brisbane (with a stunning roster of bands both local and international including The Apparitions, Graywave, The Yugoslav Attack, David Rylands, We Set Sail, Spring Skier and Overland Inn) but he also plays in a number of very impressive local …