Teether represents a new age in Australian hip-hop. On his latest album Desert Visuals, he rejects tired traditional sounds and aesthetics, in favour of an abstract, off-kilter approach that is nurtured by his label-mates at X Amount Records.
Teether and X Amount Records:
A Bridge Between Worlds –
A Chat With Mindy Meng Wang 王萌
To celebrate the release of Mindy Meng Wang’s new boundary-shattering EP, An Improvisation Through Time and Space 穿越时光的即兴, she took the time to share with us her globe-spanning story and the inner-world that has defined it.
Homebodies –
Staying In with Hydra Fashion Week
We check in with Charlie Teitelbaum, singer and songwriter of Hydra Fashion Week, to find out what they’ve been up to during lockdown.
Premiere:
Plastic – New Hands
Ahead of its official release tomorrow via Spoilsport Records, we’ve been treated to an exclusive listen of Plastic’s long-awaited debut album – visceral, nervy and thrillingly haphazard, New Hands is a beaming celebration of the noise-pop quartet’s most bizarrely captivating music yet.
Track by Track:
Exquisite Corpse – Lilith
Off the back of the release of her debut EP Lilith today, Melbourne-based producer/songwriter Lily Dee has invited us into the ambient and evocative world of Exquisite Corpse, and taken us through the EP track by track.
They Made Me Do It –
Talking Influences with Kim Salmon
With over 35 years of music to his name, post-punk veteran Kim Salmon has returned with his eighth studio album under the Surrealists moniker – thrilling and subversive, Rantings From the Book Of Swamp encompasses a sprawling career of reinvention told through an improvised collection of 13 tracks.
No Expectations –
Pop Filter on Pop Filter
To get to know the friendships that define Pop Filter a little better, we had the band’s Nick Kearton and Liam ‘Snowy’ Halliwell interview each other, to pick apart the record and each other.
Celebrating Community with
Cousin Will Records
Out today, the second release from Cousin Will Records is an eight-track compilation that serves to highlight and celebrate their emerging music community.
Why We Love The Old Bar – Melbourne musicians on their favourite local
Trouble Juice spoke to some of our favourite Melbourne musicians about why they love The Old Bar and why they can’t wait to get back there, to remind us all what we’ve been missing.
Track by Track:
El Tee – Everything Is Fine
On Everything Is Fine, El Tee appears completely unmasked – her debut album revealing a wondrous collection of indie-folk that dives deep into its creator’s journey of self-realisation and self-acceptance.
Premiere:
Las Mar – I No Say
The fourth taste of Las Mar’s forthcoming album Don’t Read Everything You Believe, ‘I Say No’ is an all-encompassing journey through the idiosyncratic musician’s vibrant sonic world – a thrilling kaleidoscope of psychedelia, exotica and art-pop that makes for a completely transportive listen.
Premiere:
Snake Valley – Giddy Up!
Today we’re stoked to be premiering the debut album from Snake Valley – on Giddy Up!, the Ballarat-turned-Melbourne five-piece present a nine track blitz of gritty garage-rock that is set to cement the group as a staple in the Melbourne punk scene.
