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Track: TEENS are interred in a ‘Shallow Grave’ and the earth is moving ahead of new album.
Careering along like a fully loaded semi-trailer that’s lost its brakes, the new single ‘Shallow Grave’ from Tasmanian sensations TEENS is a visceral cavalcade of guitars and melody ringing out like a chemically enhanced ghoul in chains. Guitars crash with a sound like fenders in a motorway pile up in a delivery that reaches a …
Premiere: Moderate Lovers unveil a passionate paean to things that have passed in the stunning debut ‘Lost City’.
With an onslaught of fuzzy rumbling guitars that has a buzz-saw edge, the debut single from Eora/Sydney trio Moderate Lovers is a poignant reminder that change and evolution aren’t always for the good. It’s a debut single we are honoured to premiere, giving you a first taste of something quite special. Firmly grounded in a …
Premiere: ‘Surprised’ – Silver Fleet Ships announce signing to False Peak Records, debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’ and orchestral new single.
Joining fellow Tasmanians follow in signing to Meanjin/Brisbane’s marvellous False Peaks Records, we are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Surprised’ from Nipaluna/Hobart band Silver Fleet Ships, ahead of their debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’ which is set for release in October 2025. Silver Fleet Ships is led by Spiro Noutsatos, who has lent …
Track: Final Glimpse of The Stamps’ Debut Album Lands With ‘Holy Verse’
A lullaby for the in-between — The Stamps return with ‘Holy Verse’, a final breath before their debut lands
News: Better Days Ahead: Yellowcard Announce Album Produced by Travis Barker
Yellowcard announce Better Days — their first full album in nearly a decade
Track: Dissonance and Desperation: The Maggie Pills Return with ‘Velobell’
Punk urgency meets dreamlike dread — The Maggie Pills are back with Velobell and it’s one hell of a trip
Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand based dream pop/shoegaze exponent T.G. Shand unveils new direction and single ‘The Deadpan Break’
A firm favourite of the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, T.G. Shand is the moniker of Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of the legendary Melbourne shoegaze band Miniatures (on the iconic Saint Marie Records label), and she has returned after a year away with her new single ‘The Deadpan Break’. It’s a track which explores a whole …
Track: Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Amaya Laucirica unveils second single from upcoming album ‘The Blue Hour’, the shimmering ‘Road To Us’.
With a voice of velvet and a infectious yearning tone, Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Amaya Laucirica has just released the single ‘Road to Us’, which follows her earlier release ‘Now Or Never’ (see my review here). ‘Road To Us’ coasts along on a motorik beat and dappling crystalline guitars with Laucirica’s vocals seeped in a reflective melancholia. …
Track: Empire of the Synth: Nick Littlemore and Ladyhawke Drop First Teenager Single in 18 Years
18 years later, Nick Littlemore and Ladyhawke bring back Teenager — and it sounds better than ever.
Track: ‘I’m On The Border’ – MF Tomlinson faces challenges of loss and alienation in a shimmering single.
Australian-born UK resident MF Tomlinson will be releasing a new album entitled ‘Die To Wake Up From a Dream’ on 11 July via PRAH Recordings. The new single of the album, ‘I’m On The Border’, is a deliciously melancholy observation of finding stability, infused with the feelings of alienation and anxiety as a palimpsest for the resilience of …