Western Australia
Track: The Golden Rail see ‘Silver Linings’ in their new reflective and ethereal track ahead of album release.
The Golden Rail have deep within their genetic code a golden thread stretching back to bands in the eighties that have a particular Western Australian glint about them – think of the recent jangle pop of The Rinehearts and the glorious regimes of The Triffids, Scientists, The Hoodoo Gurus and The Stems. Now based in …
Track: Little Guilt are going ‘Nowhere’ – a dreamy destination drenched in sunshine and regret. EP and launch dates also announced.
Western Australia continues to punch above its weight with Little Guilt‘s new track ‘Nowhere’. This is the aural equivalent of a sunny canoe ride floating gently down a dappling river. It bobs and floats and gently rocks with a dream pop fugue, a hypnotic journey that moves effortlessly with a melancholic sheen. The subject matter …
Track: Western Australian power pop maestros Rinehearts release the electrifying chiming sounds of ‘Powerlines’ ahead of new album and live gigs.
Resplendent in a coat of many chimes, the new single ‘Powerlines’ from Western Australian band Rinehearts positively bursts through the speakers and showers you in sunshine and joy. With a chorus that’s as towering and awe inspiring as the trees in the Valley of the Giants and a wall of jangling shimmering guitars, there is …
Track: Western Australia’s Methyl Ethel asks if you can ‘Talk Louder’ – a hyperactive, infectious jitterbug of a track.
Methyl Ethel – the sonic and iconic output of one Jake Webb – have just release another eclectic, dynamic slab of synth-based dance pop in the form of ‘Talk Louder’. It’s a jittery hyperactive hustle – Webb’s distinctive vocals lending a disco falsetto spin over the pulsating rhythms that high step through the speakers. It …
Premiere: Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe) unveils single and video for the shimmering and poignant track ‘Graduation Day’, featuring Little Birdy’s Katy Steele.
It’s a real treat to premiere the new video and single from the enigmatic Kav Temperley, the front man for one of Australia’s most enduring and endearing indie bands, Eskimo Joe. The fact that it features Katy Steele from another beloved indie institution, Little Birdy, is a pure golden filigree on the surface. This is …
Track: Perth’s Great Gable’s new single ‘Our Love’ is a gliding, soaring slice of sparkling sunshine. Plus tour news.
‘Our Love’, the new single from Westerns Australia’s Great Gable, eases through the consciousness like a bird gliding through a cloudless blue sky: the sparse and evocative music fluttering and turning effortlessly while the vocals are soft and easy. The result is something quite mesmerising, like lying in a floatation tank while your senses drift …
Track: WA’s Pretty Uglys release the kaleidoscopic ‘Situation City’ and announce tour.
There’s a rumour that Western Australia churns out these talented bands in factories, and they certainly don’t believe in overproduction. Off the back of last year’s sophomore EP ‘Party Friends’, the dynamically adroit surf rock trio Pretty Uglys have kicked off the new year with their latest offering, ‘Situation City’. The track’s relaxed pulse is …
News: Methyl Ethel announces new album ‘Are You Haunted?’ for 18 February 2022 and parades swinging new single ‘Proof feat. Stella Donnelly’.
Western Australian’s Methyl Ethel (the project of Jake Webb) has today announced the release of their new album ‘Are You Haunted?’ for 18 February 2022 via their new label home, Future Classic. The nine-track album will contain previous singles ‘Neon Cheap’ and ‘Matters’, as well as the new single, ‘Proof’ featuring Stella Donnelly, out today. ‘Proof’ is a brightly bubbling stream with Donnelly …
See: Damien Binder releases a gorgeous video for the spellbinding track ‘Everything But’
We premiered Damien Binder‘s track ‘Everything But’ way back in May. We said it was a glorious example of Binder’s craft: a shimmering restless piece that travels with a spark and a verve, laced with melancholia and a meditative air: Binder’s voice is so immersive and mesmerising there should be a warning not to operate …
See: Pond bathe in a luxurious bacchanalia with their video for the fresh track ‘Toast’, and announce a new album ‘9’ plus tour news.
Pond‘s new single ‘Toast’ is a warm and louche slice of psychedelia: replete with a laid back swagger with a tongue planted firmly in the cheek, a twinkle in the eye and a wry, sardonic grin. And yet it bears a serious message about class divide in times of emergency. It also comes bearing news …