We check in with Charlie Teitelbaum, singer and songwriter of Hydra Fashion Week, to find out what they’ve been up to during lockdown.
Homebodies –
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.
Homebodies –
Staying In with James Morris
We check in with James Morris, founder of baked, to find out what he’s been up to during lockdown.
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.
Premiere:
Family Jordan – Sally
Out now through Holiday Maker Records, ‘Sally’ is our second taste of Family Jordan’s sun-drenched new album Big Grass, that has the band continuing their pursuit of authentic folk and Americana whilst maintaining plenty of local charm and humour.
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.
Everything Evolves –
A Chat with Velvet Bloom
The neo-soul, alternative rock, jazz pop amalgam that is Velvet Bloom has returned once again with their latest single ‘7hundred25’, a mournful yet reflective track about the changing nature of relationships over time. We had a chat to lead vocalist Maddy Herbert about how the track came to be.
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.
Homebodies –
Staying In with Chelsea Sienna
We check in with photographer and radio presenter Chelsea Sienna to find out what she’s been up to during lockdown.
Premiere:
French Cut – RDO
Today we have the pleasure of premiering the new single ‘RDO’ from Melbourne four-piece French Cut – an energetic, lo-fi track that smoothly combines cheerful pop smarts with a raucous garage-rock punch.
