We check in with Jack and Bill Golding, the minds behind Johnston Street, to find out what they’ve been up to during lockdown.
Homebodies –
Video Premiere:
El Fuko –
Blue Flower / Love is Back in Vogue / Looking for an Angel
With the release of their sophomore album quickly approaching, Oliver Shaw and Jayden Hebbard’s El Fuko have let us into their world of enigmatic spoken-word art-rock, with a picturesque nine-minute video clip to accompany the first three singles of Blue Flower.
Homebodies –
Staying In with Meaghan Weiley
We check in with musician/radio-presenter/zine-maker/gamer Meaghan Weiley to find out what she’s been up to during lockdown.
Homebodies –
Staying In with Record Turnover
We check in with Krister Bladh from Record Turnover to find out what he’s been up to during lockdown.
Homebodies –
Staying In with James Morris
We check in with James Morris, founder of baked, to find out what he’s been up to during lockdown.
Premiere:
Family Jordan – Sally
Out now through Holiday Maker Records, ‘Sally’ is our second taste of Family Jordan’s sun-drenched new album Big Grass, that has the band continuing their pursuit of authentic folk and Americana whilst maintaining plenty of local charm and humour.
They Made Me Do It –
Talking Influences with Angeles
Following on from his stunning debut single ‘Crush’, Sydney bedroom-pop mastermind Angeles has just released ‘In The Garden’ – a simmering alt-synth-rock slowburner that’ll wash over you like those first few days of September sun.
Track by Track:
Sophisticated Dingo –
How’s The Carry On!?
Two years on since their last EP, Melbourne surf-punks Sophisticated Dingo are back with How’s The Carry On!?, a familiar blast of their high-octane garage sound that’s energised by an omnipresent musical expansion. We caught up with vocalist/guitarist Lew Matte to get the run down on how the EP came together.
Video Premiere:
Blake Scott – Fever
We have the almighty privilege of premiering Blake Scott’s debut solo single ‘Fever’, an unsettling, unshakable return from the sharp-tongued vocalist of The Peep Tempel that cements his place as one of Australia’s most cunning, idiosyncratic songwriters.
Track by Track:
Vintage Crop – Serve To Serve Again
Pragmatic and lined with hooks, Geelong quartet Vintage Crop returned last week with Serve to Serve Again – replete with a familiar diatribe, the groups third full length effort refines surrealist storytelling with an established brand of angular post-punk.
Video Premiere:
Imogen Cygler – Earth
Now that it’s almost a year old, Imogen Cygler’s entrancing art-pop ballad ‘Earth’ has been reinvigorated with a spellbinding new film clip that balances the song’s subtle beauty and haunting anxiety perfectly.
They Made Me Do It –
Talking Influences with
Mimi Gilbert
Mimi Gilbert’s cunning new single ‘Society’s a Mansion’ is a beautifully comforting ode to appreciating the little things, remaining curious and not obsessing over society’s standards of success.