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A first taste of their forthcoming second album, eloquently titled Loverboner Are Reinventing Oral Sex, local queer punk heroes Loveboner are back today with ‘POV: your stepdad’s at the gay bar (and he’s doing great)’, a new dose of their eccentric and overwhelmingly fun garage-rock.
On his new single ‘Streetlights’, rising Brisbane/Meanjin songwriter Aji invites listeners into his expansive world of hypnotic and enthralling indie-pop, offering up a glorious three-minute dose of escapism.
Following on from the release of her debut single earlier this month, Renovator’s Delight has returned today with an enchanting new clip to match the expressive jangle-pop sounds of ‘Bucket of Water’.
Ahead of their single launch tomorrow night at Nighthawks, we’ve got the pleasure of sharing ‘Devil’s Ivy’ from rising indie-pop group Blanco Tranco, a radiant taster of where the band’s burgeoning sound is heading next.
Alongside the announcement of their forthcoming debut album via the always reliable and forever unpredictable Dero Arcade, rising freaky-pop group Wet Kiss have revealed ‘Nobody Has To Know’, a thrillingly chaotic new single with an equally unsettling clip.
Just before they embark on a national tour with their friends Plaster Of Paris, we got in touch with cult Freo rockers Last Quokka to dig into their latest blast of exhilarating garage-punk ‘Cue’.
Some new favourites from the past week or so. Featuring Vintage Crop, Body Type, Punko, Party Dozen and Modal Melodies.
The fourth and final taste of her forthcoming debut EP GuriNgai Girl, today Charlie Needs Braces has shared her latest single ‘Fantastically Crooked’ with us – a blast of shapeshifting alternative-pop that’s tumultuous backstory is only topped by the track’s vibrant energy.
An expansion on the sound of their 2021 debut, emerging Melbourne four-piece Close In have returned today with ‘All This Time’, a punchy dose of emotive post-punk that marks a step towards levity and hopefulness for the group.
A relentless combo of raspy vocals and garage-rock guitar riffs – kings of the mosh, Fuzzrays, have come back blazing with their recently released self-titled EP. We sat down and had a chat with the band ahead of their EP launch on Friday at The Tote.
Following a couple of teaser tracks shared over the past couple of months, today Coolabah Kings have treated us to a first listen of their debut EP Killing Time – a collection of raucous garage-rock, full to the brim with relentless punk energy and disarmingly haphazard storytelling.
Today we have the pleasure of premiering the debut single from burgeoning Ballarat four-piece Pyrex – an enthralling dose of thoughtful and to-the-point psychedelia, ‘I Want Love’ plays as a stunning introduction into the group’s evocative world.
