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News: The legendary Hoodoo Gurus announce first album in over a decade – ‘Chariot of the Gods’ along with an advanced listening session and tour news

Arun Kendall January 21, 2022

Living indie legends Hoodoo Gurus have today announced the details of their long-awaited new studio album – ‘Chariot of the Gods’. Of course, the Gurus have carved out a very special niche in Australian indie scene – they were part of an innovative underground movement, along with bands like The Scientists, which blossomed in isolation, and preceded …

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Track: Brisbane’s McDermott & North release the radiant sixties-inflected golden harmonies of ‘All Things Come And Go’ and reveal tour news.

Arun Kendall January 20, 2022

Brisbane’s busking duo, Paddy McDermott and Rhys North are McDermott & North and their new single is a radiant folk-inflected slice of pop. With glorious harmonies that are celestial and euphoric and a melody that rings like a bell with clarity and joy, this is a rousing, infectious panacea for the times. The duo say …

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News: Chile’s MORTIFY set release date for new CHAOS RECORDS album

K-MaNriffs January 20, 2022

Today, Chaos Records announces March 25th as the international release date for the highly anticipated second album of Chile’s Mortify, Fragments at the Edge of Sorrow, on CD format. Hailing from the city of Concepción, Chile’s Mortify formed in 2013. Since their inception through the present, the band has been influenced by various bands associated with the death metal genre, such as Exmortis (USA), …

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News: Brisbane’s dream pop weaver Hatchie announces new album ‘Giving The World Away’, an Australian/ North American tour and casts a spell with her new single ‘Quicksand’.

Arun Kendall January 19, 2022

The sun always shines brighter when Brisbane dream pop shoegaze queen Hatchie releases another sonic gemstone, and she strikes again with new single ‘Quicksand’. Hatchie, the moniker of Harriette Pilbeam, having signed with US label Secretly Canadian, also has announced the release of her second album, ‘Giving The World Away’ on Friday, 22 April 2022 …

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Album Review: Emily Barker and Lukas Drinkwater release the shining new covers album ‘Room 822’ and announce Emily Barker tour dates

Deb Pelser January 18, 2022

The Breakdown ‘Room 822’, which was also born of isolation is a work of outstanding beauty that showcases a selection of some of the greatest Australian songs ever written. Luckily for us, quarantine brought out the best in Barker and Drinkwater, allowing them to reinterpret a truly great array of songs Cooking Vinyl Australia – …

Blu-Ray Review: High Noon

Premiere: Johnny Cyrus and His Band of Ghosts – Longevity I (EP)

News: 2 Boxsets from Amy Winehouse – Singles Collection and Collection

Blu-Ray Review: The Go-Between

Track: Jack Bratt – The Outsider

Album: The Pet Parade – Fruit Bats

Track: Dead Slow Hoot – An Island Keen To Float

Album Review: Harleighblu: Forget me not