Awash with gritty jangle and a strikingly self-aware brand of Australiana – Floodlights’ debut full-length From A View is honest, thought-provoking, and a bloody good listen.
Exploring Australia’s Complexities –
Here’s To Fun –
A chat with The Faculty
After years rising through the Melbourne underground and up onto the Meredith stage with nothing but a seven minute cassette to their name, The Faculty have finally revealed Here’s To Fun and it’s a corker – undoubtedly original and undoubtedly The Faculty in its twisted glory.
They Made Me Do It –
Talking Influences with
The Grogans
Returning this week with their first track of 2020, Melbourne surf-rock trio The Grogans have unleashed ‘Dead Weight’ – a stifling twist on last year’s Just What You Want, the track leads with howling vocals against a backdrop of pummelling drums and fiery guitar.
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.
They Made Me Do It –
Talking Influences with
RAT!hammock
Melbourne’s premier mid-fi indie rock quartet RAT!hammock have done it again with new single ‘Word Of The Day’ – another slacker-rock anthem that’d charm the socks off even your sternest of mates.
Hopetoun is for Hopers –
Philadelphia Grand Jury on the rebirth of Sydney’s Hopetoun Hotel
In late 2009, Philadelphia Grand Jury were at the top of their game, fresh off the release of a debut album that cemented themselves as one of Sydney’s most exciting bands. Simultaneously, the venue that afforded them a foot in the door at the very beginning – Sydney’s Hopetoun Hotel – abruptly closed up shop.
Dropping the Ball –
Local musos on missing pub footy
It’s no secret that the arts and music community has been one of the hardest hit by the devastation of coronavirus. As the world shut down, venues closed up and gigs were off. But for many of Melbourne’s musos, it wasn’t just gigs that were done for – so was pub footy.
They Made Me Do It –
Talking Influences with
The Citradels
Following the release of their tenth album last month, the country-folk tinged Tracs, we caught up with psychedelic brethren The Citradels to find out what inspired their most stripped back effort yet.
They Made Me Do It –
Talking Influences with Lorelei
Off the back of the release of their new single today, we caught up with Sydney duo Lorelei to dive into the inspiration behind ‘Pale’, their latest dose of immersive and intoxicating dream-pop.
The party’s over, what do I do now? –
A chat with Holy Peyote
Following the release of ‘Post Grad Party’ last month, we caught up with dream-pop party-starters Holy Peyote to dig into their debut single, as well as their forthcoming album due next month.
Pleasure and Necessity –
A chat with Tam Vantage
For the past three weeks, local lo-fi pop mastermind Tam Vantage has been releasing collections of his extensive home demos to Bandcamp. Ahead of the release of his fourth and final demo album tomorrow, we had a chat with Tam to dig into his 10+ years of music-making.
They Made Me Do It –
Talking Influences with
Harmony Byrne
Now that Harmony Byrne’s stunning debut album of hypnotic, soulful psych-blues is rounding the corner on one month old, we had Harmony talk us through what inspired her triumphant debut Heavy Doors.
