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Off The List Records is a new presence within the Naarm/Melbourne music scene, that, with a DIY ethos at its core, strives towards accessibility, inclusivity, and positivity for all. Co-founders of the label, Dave Dowling and Harley Young were kind enough to have a chat with us to discuss the vision and values of Off The List, along with what to expect in the future from the label.
Ahead of its official release tomorrow, we’ve been treated to an early listen of A Country Practice’s debut album I will leave this town while there’s still a light, a collection of the Meanjin trio’s “digitally-deconstructed folk” that’s as warped and imaginative as it is bizarrely captivating.
We’re thrilled today to be able to premiere Revolutions, the debut EP from Cadigal-Wangal based singer-songwriter Iain T. McKelvey – nineteen minutes of heart-on-sleeve folk that you can sink into like a bath.
Back with their first album in 14 years, Melbourne indie-pop champions The Smallgoods returned last week with Lost in the Woods, a bright and playful venture through their signature 70’s pop-tinged wonderland. To celebrate the new release, we caught up with the band to get a breakdown of the album.
A month on from the release of their latest single ‘I Know, It Looks Bad’, Norwood have returned with ‘Affairs’, the second part of their evocative double single release and a stunning moment of beguiling alt-folk in its own right.
Ahead if its release this Thursday, today we’ve got a sneak peak at rising indie-pop whizkid Soren’s new single ‘On The Sound’, a burst of expansive alt-pop that gleams with Soren’s distinctive otherworldly soundscapes and imaginative production.
Just like the rest of us, Tommy Dynamite & The Explosions have weathered a tumultuous year of pandemic paranoia and state-mandated loneliness while social injustice runs rampant and anti-science rhetoric reaches fever pitch. Unlike most of us, they’ve channeled their rage and frustration into an excellent debut EP.
From her talents across a slew of red hot bands like Eggy, Thibault and The Stroppies, to popping up behind the emails of Flightless Records and working the bar at One Year (R.I.P), Zoe Monk’s down to earth presence in the music community of Melbourne is something of a comfort. We were lucky enough to catch up with Zoe to have a chat about a few key records throughout her life.
With the countdown well and truly on until the release of his debut album Cong! next month, new-wave/post-punk rabble-rouser Cong Josie has offered up an extra sneak peak of the new record today with a glorious live concert film shot this past May at Hotel Westwood in Footscray.
Last week, Melbourne dream-pop duo Time for Dreams finally unveiled their anticipated second album Life of the Inhabitant, transporting listeners to another land with their dazing and crystalline sonic textures. To help us dig deeper into the new record, Time For Dreams walked us through the listen track by track.
Ahead of its official release tomorrow through Blossom Rot Records, today we’ve got the pleasure of sharing ‘Boundary Queen’ from rising Sydney indie-rockers Sweetie, a dose of vibrant guitar-pop that perfectly introduces the quartet and their self-described “devo country punk” sound.
Today we’re delighted to premiere The Bad Randys’ first offering ‘Serotonin’, an incendiary burst of layered guitars and reverb-soaked vocals that pays homage both to their psych rock contemporaries Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees as well as shoegaze acts of decades past like My Bloody Valentine and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
