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Years into honing his craft, Lewis Coleman has finally arrived at the right place to drop his debut solo record, out this Friday through Ivy League Records. Fully established in sound, art direction and confidence, on Method of Places, Lewis proves the value of patience and an independent pursuit to give birth to the sounds in his head.
Following the release of While Aus Burns last month, the latest collection of erratic and charged post-punk from Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice that serves as a companion piece to last year’s Scomo Goes To Hawaii, we caught up with the Doc to have him unravel the scathing critiques that underpin each track on the EP.
Today we have the pleasure of premiering the debut EP from coastal psych-pop collective The White Flower Society – bursting with layers of playful instrumentation and exuberant percussion, and stacked with colour and charisma, Another Shumba is dance music in the truest sense.
We check in with Billy Gardner, the brains behind local punk label Anti Fade, to find out what he’s been up to during lockdown.
Following the release of ‘Sunday Mourning’, we caught up with the illustrious Hannah Kate to dig into the inspirations behind her latest dose of melancholic and disorientating garage-pop.
Filled with soothing tones of melancholic, self-reflective rumination, Mimi Gilbert’s new album Grew Inside the Water is a stunning expression of emotive vitality. We had the pleasure of hearing from Mimi about the stories behind the songs.
Continuing our deep dive into the mysterious world of the Motherland with Melbourne-based musician Veeka Nazarova, this week we’re introduced to Del Cano, the bedroom project of Odessa-based artist Sergi Vovk that blends ambient electronica with disorientating post-punk.
‘Meet You Downstream’ is the delicately playful, yet captivating adventurous new single from art-folk wizard Wybie, that will dazzle you with its musicality whilst embracing you like an old friend with its bucketloads of warm personality.
Ahead of the release of their debut full-length later this month, Sydney trio SCABZ have shared with us the album’s blistering title track ‘Pressure’ – a fierce and explosive blitz of their signature punk chaos that wouldn’t feel out of place blasting out of a rundown dive-bar in 1970’s London.
With their debut album now only two weeks away, Melbourne based party-starters Ausecuma Beats have just treated us to ‘Cherie’ – a joyous second serving of their unique blend of unifying, revitalising afro-groove that’ll completely overcome you.
Continuing our deep dive into the mysterious world of the Motherland with Melbourne-based musician Veeka Nazarova, this week we’re introduced to ВАТСКИИ (Vatskyy), a synth-pop project from Krasnodar, Russia.
Following the release of their new Mushroom Kingdom/Bonsoy 7”, we caught up with local psychedelic revivalists Sunfruits to dig into their perfect balance of buoyant rhythms and vital eco-messages.
