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Track: Caroline Polachek Joins Death Stranding 2 Soundtrack with ‘On The Beach’
From avant-pop to apocalyptic gaming – Polachek’s first game soundtrack has arrived.
News:THE HARA return with dark and intoxicating new single “Stay,” and announces signing to Mascot Records.
THE HARA returns with their dark and intoxicating new single, “Stay,” and the news that they have signed to Mascot Records (Dinosaur Pile-Up, Calva Louise, Defects, VOLA). Listen to ‘Stay’ HERE Watch the Video for ‘Stay’ HERE They are also bringing their electrifying sonic assault on the road, supporting Nothing More in Europe, As December Falls in the UK …
News: The indefatigable Royel Otis announce second album ‘hickey’ and tease us with the yearning single ‘car’ ahead of intimate live shows.
It’s lower case all round as one of our favourite rapscallions, Royel Otis, announce the release of their second album ‘hickey’ for release on Friday 22 August via OURNESS / Capitol Records, and provide a tempting appetiser in the form of single ‘car’. ‘car’ has been co-written by Royel Otis (Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic) …
Track: Grab your popcorn and pull up a seat for the ‘Loki Horror Picture Show’ as Selve unveil their stunning new luminescent single.
I was sonically stunned when I came across the work of Gold Coast (Yugambeh/Kombumerri)-based six-piece Selve. I reviewed their last single ‘Breaking Into Heaven’ (see my review here) and their new single indicates its business as usual when it comes to stunning songwriting and exemplary musicianship. The humorously titled track ‘Loki Horror Picture Show’ reveals …
Premiere: With a storied past, Ash Santilla releases the brooding, visceral ‘Nightcrawler’ ahead of solo album.
With a previous life in band Melbourne indie rock band 67 Special, Ash Santilla has gone solo in a spectacular fashion with his new single ‘Nightcrawler’, which we are very proud to premiere today. With an ominous beat and a jagged raw power, ‘Nightcrawler’ slithers along like a terrifying beast filled with a dark brooding air, drawing …
News: Lisbon-based Irish band pôt-pot announce debut album ‘Warsaw 480km’ and lead with the haunting single ‘WRSW’.
The new single ‘WRSW’ from Lisbon-based Irish quintet pôt-pot is an intriguing motorik slab of krautrock with a slamming beat and a thundering combustion engine of rhythm and shuddering guitars. The vocals have the sort of distant, observant style á la Lou Reed: filled with an insouciant attitude and black-leather jacket swagger with a thousand …
Track: Lutruwita/Tasmania’s Abby Wallace releases the achingly beautiful track ‘Atlantic Blue’
With an immersive video to match, there is something of the wild and beautiful environment of Australia’s southern isle in the new single from Lutruwita/Tasmanian artist Abby Wallace. ‘Atlantic Blue’ swirls with a hypnotic eddy as Wallace’s yearning vocals thread their way through: a hint of melancholy and blue, immersive and heartbreakingly beautiful. Wallace says …
Track: ‘BYE BYE 25!’: Kim Gordon Fights Back With Fierce Political Remix
ADVOCATE. CLIMATE CHANGE. FEMALE. HISPANIC. IMMIGRANTS. INTERSEX. MALE-DOMINATED. MENTAL HEALTH. NON-CONFORMING. TRAUMA. UTERUS. VICTIM. WOMEN. Kim Gordon reads them like a warning siren in ‘BYE BYE 25!’.
Track: Hendriek Bleik Goes Boom-Bap in Dystopian Afrikaans Rap Banger ‘Bomskok’
Boom-bap meets the apocalypse: Bleik, R3ps & Van der Merwe light up ‘Bomskok’
Track: Naarm/Melbourne’s HighSchool make a welcome return with the louche ‘149’ and news of debut album on the way.
Following up their magnificent EP ‘Accelerator’ last year (see my 9/10 review here), the mighty HighSchool return for 2025 with the vibrant single ‘149’ through [PIAS] Australia. With their trademark insouciance and laid back delivery, HighSchool continue to represent some of the best indie music coming out of Australia at the moment. ‘149’ captures an element of the …