To celebrate the one year anniversary of The Tropes’ debut album Bottom Of The Ocean, Roolette Records founder and Tropes superfan, Carsten Bruhn, got in touch with the band’s frontman, James McLean, to learn a little more about his favourite album of 2018.
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Talking Influences with Peak Twins
Ahead of their album launch tomorrow, we caught up with melodramatic-pop masterminds Peak Twins to find out what inspired the masterfully illusive jangle-pop found on Beloved.
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Talking Influences with jade imagine
Now that their hypnotic and completely splurgable debut album is out in the world via Milk Records, we had jade imagine talk us through the five albums that inspired the creation of Basic Love.
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Undercover Crops –
Undercover Crops
Ahead of the launch of their new EP this weekend, we caught up with local garage rock crew Undercover Crops to delve into each track on their first offering of sprawling garage-punk chaos.
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Rosalind – Ruins
On ‘Ruins’, local rock and roots songwriter Rosalind shares a burst of reggae-tinged alt-rock, that sucks us in with its heady grooves while packing a punch with an empowering message.
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ALLOLA – Carry
We’re wrapped to be premiering the new single from Melbourne pop force ALLOLA – ‘Carry’ is a blast of spirited electro-pop that manages to feel as infectious as it does poignant.
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Talking Influences with No Sister
Melbourne noise makers No Sister are currently gearing up for the release of their new EP Influence, and since it seemed quite fitting, we invited them to talk us through what inspired their next dose of disorientating post-punk.
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The Sunken Sea – Bones And String
Following on from brooding alt-rock ballad ‘Blame’, The Sunken Sea have backed it up in a big way with ‘Bones and String’, another anthemic jazz-infused art-rock slowburner that sounds like no one else on earth.
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Telescreen – Growing Pains
Explosive pop powerhouse Telescreen are back with ‘Growing Pains’ – a burst of propulsive indie-rock and an immersive preview of where the band will be taking us on their forthcoming debut EP.
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Talking Influences with
Full Flower Moon Band
Off the back of the release of her latest single ‘Roadie’, we got in touch with Kate ‘Babyshakes’ Dillon, the mastermind behind Full Flower Moon Band, to find out what’s been inspiring her next dose of grimy psychedelia.
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Retro Future Love Sound Machine
JIM ALXNDR’s debut record Retro Future Love Sound Machine is a wild, emotionally-charged rollercoaster, and now that it’s almost one week old, we got the man behind it to take us through each of the tracks.
Life Advice with SPOD
Ahead of the Melbourne launch of his new album Adult Fantasy tomorrow, we got in touch with national treasure SPOD to help take a load off all of our shoulders, in the next edition of Life Advice.