Following the release of their latest collection of nervy post-punk, we caught up with Darcy Berry, the mastermind behind Moth, to dig into the key influences that inspired Modern Madness.
They Made Me Do It –
Straight To The Point –
Tackling Mental Health with
The Be Good Project
Ahead of its official release tomorrow, we caught up with some of the artists featured on The Be Good Project – an initiative presented by Robot Jaw Records that aims to broaden the conversation around mental health, through collaboration with emerging musicians and visual artists.
Track by Track:
Hope Wilkins – Coffee Cups
On her long-awaited debut EP Coffee Cups, Canberra-based singer-songwriter Hope Wilkins shares a collection of evocative indie-rock, packed with heartfelt musings and wry jabs at toxic exes. Now one week since its release, Hope gave us the inside scoop into what inspired the EP.
Track by Track:
Wilding – The Death Of Foley’s Mall
Following the release of The Death of Foley’s Mall earlier this month, we had the enthralling Wilding walk us through each track, to share the stories that make up his new Coburg-centric concept album.
Artist on Artist:
A chat between Sing Leaf
and Jordan Borg
Following the release of Sing Leaf’s new album Not Earth last month, we dropped in on a conversation between David Como (the Canadian mastermind behind Sing Leaf’s blend of rustic indie-folk and surrealist experimental-pop) and Australian visual artist Jordan Borg.
Premiere:
Muma Ganoush – Early Light
Ahead of the release of their debut album The Big Beam next month through Marthouse Records, slacker-pop group Muma Ganoush have decided to guide us through a reminiscent journey of the daily grind with their latest single ‘Early Light’.
Premiere:
Connor Black-Harry – Missing
Today we’ve got the pleasure of premiering Connor Black-Harry’s new single ‘Missing’ – his first new music in three years, ‘Missing’ more than makes up for lost time by tangling all of Connor’s beguiling songwriting prowess and emotional potency into three minutes of enthralling indie-folk.
Video Premiere:
Long Lunch –
A State of Mind/ Chaos Flutes
Returning with their first new music in 18 months, local avant-pop ensemble Long Lunch are back with ‘A State of Mind/ Chaos Flutes’ today – a mesmerising first taste of their forthcoming debut album, that comes accompanied by a stark isolation clip that makes the track’s languid temperament feel all the more introspective.
Premiere:
The Eyeballers –
Lost At Sea / It Wasn’t Over
Back with a new double single, The Eyeballers once again entice us into the surf-rock realm with ‘Lost at Sea’ and ‘It Wasn’t Over.’ With an energy that drives the body to dance but the mind to ease, these tracks are a quintessential combination of grit and groove.
Track by Track:
Alien Nosejob – Once Again The Present Becomes The Past
On Once Again The Present Becomes The Past, Melbourne’s busiest rocker Alien Nosejob (aka Jake Robertson) pulls another U-turn and veers back into grimy punk territory with a new level of focus, firmly gripped on war and history’s insistence on repeating itself.
Video Premiere:
Swimwear – Happyness
Following the release of ‘Happyness’ from Tim Derricourt’s dream-pop project Swimwear, today we have the pleasure of sharing the new clip for the single – blending disco synths with sprawling dance moves, ‘Happyness’ effortlessly captures the blissful freedom of being alone.
Video Premiere:
El Fuko –
Blue Flower / Love is Back in Vogue / Looking for an Angel
With the release of their sophomore album quickly approaching, Oliver Shaw and Jayden Hebbard’s El Fuko have let us into their world of enigmatic spoken-word art-rock, with a picturesque nine-minute video clip to accompany the first three singles of Blue Flower.
