A celebration of regional towns, Australian music and good vibes, Grampians Music Festival returns for its fourth year at the end of the month. Ahead of the event, we caught up with the festival programmer Juliette Lalli to find out what’s in store for us this year.
Music in the Mountains –
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Jungle Cuffs – Indie Boys
Jungle Cuffs live a life in the day of some of Melbourne’s trendiest young lads in their debut video for glitter garage track ‘Indie Boys’.
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Sault – Be Gentle
Experimental producer Sault is back with a new taste of their dark, otherworldly electronica – ‘Be Gentle’ is turbulent yet thoughtful, doubling as an intensely immersive soundscape as well as a discussion surrounding the intricacies of gender and expectation.
Strange News – A Chat with
Third Eye Stimuli
Sydney’s Third Eye Stimuli Records have spent the better part of the last five years slinging records from some of Australia’s most exciting and adventurous rock ’n’ rollers. Ahead of their showcase in Melbourne this weekend, we had a chat with the masterminds behind the label.
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The Great Divides – Face The World
A mouth-watering first taste of oddball pop newcomers The Great Divides – ‘Face The World’ jangles with the same reassurance as the keys you thought you’d lost on a night out.
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Lunata – Daybed
Have you joined in on an ‘end of a decade’ retrospection? If you haven’t, slip on Lunata’s sophomore EP Daybed, sit back in comfortable solitude and let the dream-pop haze induce some self-reflection – preferably on an actual daybed of sorts.
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Elizabeth – Here
(Live at Drive Live 2020)
PBS 106.7FM’s Drive Live has been happening all week, and we’re thrilled to be sharing an exclusive clip of Elizabeth performing a stunning rendition of her explosive sad-pop anthem ‘Here’ from last night’s performance.
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Spiral Perm – Greatest Hits
Ahead of their huge EP launch this weekend, we had local garage trio Spiral Perm talk us through each blast of punchy garage-pop that makes up their latest release Greatest Hits.
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Mighty Duke & The Lords – Caribbean Rollerama
Mighty Duke & The Lords are Melbourne’s own tropical-pop indulgence, and their new album Caribbean Rollerama is poised to extend summer indefinitely. We’ve been given a cheeky pre-listen today before it officially comes out tomorrow, so pop your togs on and take a dive in.
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Mystery Guest – The Red Dance
Today, Mystery Guest are dosing out an enigmatic dance-pop dream with ‘The Red Dance’, their new single that evokes the experience of pure immersion on the dance floor.
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Luke Spook – Small Potatoes
Continuing his foray into the world of hypnotic psych-folk, Luke Spook’s latest single ‘Small Potatoes’ has us transported back to the heyday of freewheelin’ folk with its whimsical new clip.
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pting – Boo
Alongside the announcement of their forthcoming EP of the same name, today we’re thrilled to be premiering pting’s new single ‘Boo’ – a jangle-pop punch coupled with tentative yet coy lyricism.