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In late 2009, Philadelphia Grand Jury were at the top of their game, fresh off the release of a debut album that cemented themselves as one of Sydney’s most exciting bands. Simultaneously, the venue that afforded them a foot in the door at the very beginning – Sydney’s Hopetoun Hotel – abruptly closed up shop.
It’s no secret that the arts and music community has been one of the hardest hit by the devastation of coronavirus. As the world shut down, venues closed up and gigs were off. But for many of Melbourne’s musos, it wasn’t just gigs that were done for – so was pub footy.
Today we’ve got the pleasure of premiering the new album from Melbourne producer HAWAII94 – fluid, disorientating, yet completely immersive, Visualise is a mesmerising journey through lo-fi pop, dreamy psychedelia and otherworldly chillwave, bathed in an enthralling nostalgic sheen.
Off the back of the release of their new single today, we caught up with Sydney duo Lorelei to dive into the inspiration behind ‘Pale’, their latest dose of immersive and intoxicating dream-pop.
Following the release of his debut album Turning Sky, What Do You See? in May, alt-country songsmith Willie Coyote has offered us one more treat with his brand new clip for album highlight ‘Jessie’.
A month on from its release, playful-punk savants Parsnip walk us through the Adding Up EP, their latest collection of jolty earworms.
For the past three weeks, local lo-fi pop mastermind Tam Vantage has been releasing collections of his extensive home demos to Bandcamp. Ahead of the release of his fourth and final demo album tomorrow, we had a chat with Tam to dig into his 10+ years of music-making.
To celebrate the release of The Songs of Adam Gibson, a new compilation from Coolin’ By Sound that memorialises the work of one of Australia’s finest, yet most under-appreciated songwriters, we had the Sydney wordsmith walk us through the album and reflect on each highlight from his sprawling 20+ year history.
Chapter Music have just announced Midnight Meditations, a masterful collection of contemplative, late-night downbeat and ambient sounds to guide us through our introspective battlefields. Before the compilation fully drops this Friday, we’ve been given a listen to Melbourne-via-Wellington megastar Sarah Mary Chadwick’s offering, the visceral and enthralling ‘Sit Down and Pour’.
Off the back of the release of their explosive single ‘Red Flag’ earlier this year, we got in touch with Newcastle dance-rockers RAAVE TAPES to find out what inspired the latest blast of their electronically charged punk.
Today we’ve got the pleasure of premiering the brand new EP from Melbourne rock ’n’ roll group The Slingers – a sudden gear shift, Satin Coffin has the band heading back to their roots with humble instrumentation and folky charm.
Akin to a warm hug, Bananagun’s debut album The True Story of Banangun is a record that screams with relaxed mindfulness; a soul-searcher laden with afrobeat precision. A few days on from its release, bandleader Nick Van Bakel has carried us downstream and provided his insights on the album track by track.
