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Navigating the genre of post punk, Placement have burst onto the scene forging a unique sound that incorporates instrumental distortion, scratchy saxophone notes and anomalous guitar riffs, and with the release of their new clip for ‘Harder’ today, they’ve offered us another teaser into their disorientating sonic world.
Today we have the pleasure of sharing a first listen and watch to ‘Happy’, the dreamy new single from loved guitar-pop trio Redspencer, and the second taste of their forthcoming sophomore album Dreamworld.
Alongside the announcement of their forthcoming debut album i don’t think that i have what you want, rising garage-punk duo Kill Bell have given us the pleasure of sharing a first listen to ‘you.’ today, a new dose of their unapologetic and powerful fusion of fiery punk attitude and pop sensibility.
Following the release of their self-titled EP in late February, we had a chat with Body Maintenance to find out a little more about the five-piece and their disorientating brand of post-punk.
After the success of their immersive debut single ‘Memory Loop’ and its tripped-out video clip, PEEL are back with ‘DYNA’, another dose of their explosive psych-fuzz paired with even more otherworldly visuals. We caught up with the band to delve into the influences that inspired the track.
Despite being made by three musicians on opposite sides of the world in a time of turmoil and uncertainty, A Cassowary Apart is a serene and intimate collection of collaborative instrumental creations by Andrew Tuttle and Padang Food Tigers, and an alluring fifth instalment in Bedroom Suck’s quietly growing Private Eyes series.
Following the release of ‘Feel It Disappearing’ earlier this month alongside the announcement of Monnone Alone’s forthcoming third album Stay Foggy, we’ve got the pleasure of premiering the charming new clip for the single that picks up the track’s playfulness without fully shaking its gloomy undercurrents.
Bones and Jones’ Ginger Gold (Farm Singles) is a 14 track masterpiece of pop rock synergy with a classic flavour. The Victorian six-piece are rapidly gaining momentum following this release, featuring zeitgeisty lyricism, arm-hair tingling harmonies and juicy guitar solos.
With opening night this Thursday as a part of this year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival, we had Naarm/Melbourne comedian and one-eyed Essendon supporter Kit Richards run us through her pub rock musical Scandal! A Reflection on Essendon’s Doping Saga: The Musical?.
We caught up with rising weirdo-punk crew Polite Skeletons to find out what’s set to go down this Sunday at their DIY show at Preston skatepark The Tannery.
Following on from the release of ‘Leather Whip’ last year, Cong Josie has once again emerged to serve up another serving of his brand of sleazy new-wave and warped post-punk – on ‘Persephone’, Cong contorts a doo-wop ballad into a soured synth-pop dream, and its accompanying clip adds an extra level of bizarreness to the whole endeavour.
We caught up with Sydney’s post-punk four-piece Mere Women as they come back with their first album in four years, Romantic Notions, released tomorrow via Poison City Records.
