Alone
A chat with Bellhop

Alongside the release of their brand new single ‘Alone’ today, we caught up with siblings Harry and Bella Watson, the brains behind local fuzz-rock duo Bellhop, to dig into their latest blast of frenetic and noisy punk.

10 Questions with Private Wives

Our friends at Johnston St have brought Wollongong garage-punk powerhouse Private Wives down to Melbourne for a massive weekend of shows, and to properly introduce them to the local crowd, Jack Golding has served them with some hard hitting questions.

NO EXCUSES
A chat with Bella Kranjec

To celebrate his life of Nathan Ashworth and the music he loved, Rack Off Records and Nath’s wife Bella Kranjec are presenting NO EXCUSES in his honour; a massive arvo/evening show at the Thornbury Bowls Club this Sunday, featuring some of Melbourne’s best underground bands with all funds going to the Cure Brain Cancer foundation.

Video Premiere:
Ben Woods – Hovering at Home

Alongside the news that his forthcoming second album Dispeller is set to be released this July, today we have the pleasure of sharing a first look at the equally unsettling and disarming new single ‘Hovering at Home’ from New Zealand outsider artist Ben Woods.

Video Premiere:
Face Face – The Karen Song

Today we have the pleasure of sharing the radiant new clip for ‘The Karen Song’ from local pop-punk powerhouse Face Face, and to celebrate its Animal Crossing-inspired visuals, the trio have kindly talked us through their top five game-inspired music videos.

Video Premiere:
Dodda Rivka – Oh Ruby

A radiant first serving of the forthcoming album from oddball-pop trio Dodda Rivka, today we have the pleasure of premiering ‘Oh Ruby’, a charming dose of shapeshifting jangle-pop that hints at what’s to come from the trio’s debut full-length.

Mirror Life
A chat with ctrl + me

Last month, TJ fav Michael Vince Moin shared ‘Mirror Life’, an otherworldly blitz through eclectic electronica, dance-pop and soul that doubled as a kaleidoscopic first taste of his latest musical endeavour ctrl + me. Ahead of the group’s single launch tomorrow night at Colour, we had a chat with Mike to get to know the new project a little better.

Premiere:
Night Rites – Dark Patterns

Back with their first new music since 2019, South Australia’s Night Rites have returned today with ‘Dark Patterns’, an all-encompassing sonic barrage that picks up where their previous dose of muggy psychedelia left off to submerge us in a sprawl of vibrant fuzz and tense energy.