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Back with his first new music since 2019, Fenn is cool (aka the bedroom-pop project of Sydney musician Fenn Idle) has returned with ‘If I Didn’t Have You’, a dose of his signature oddball-pop that ticks all the right boxes thanks to its wide-eyed warmth and joyous charisma.
Today we have the pleasure of sharing the debut single from emerging dream-pop duo Elliott Moon – hypnotic and all encompassing, ‘I Don’t Think I Can Leave Without You’ plays as an evocative entry point into the ethereal world of the new project.
Our friends at Johnston St have brought Wollongong garage-punk powerhouse Private Wives down to Melbourne for a massive weekend of shows, and to properly introduce them to the local crowd, Jack Golding has served them with some hard hitting questions.
To celebrate his life of Nathan Ashworth and the music he loved, Rack Off Records and Nath’s wife Bella Kranjec are presenting NO EXCUSES in his honour; a massive arvo/evening show at the Thornbury Bowls Club this Sunday, featuring some of Melbourne’s best underground bands with all funds going to the Cure Brain Cancer foundation.
Alongside the news that his forthcoming second album Dispeller is set to be released this July, today we have the pleasure of sharing a first look at the equally unsettling and disarming new single ‘Hovering at Home’ from New Zealand outsider artist Ben Woods.
Some new favourites from the past week or so. Featuring Screensaver, The Citradels, Erasers, Harvey Sutherland ft. sos and Twine.
Following the release of his new single ‘Sirens’, we caught up with rising songwriter and producer Soren to dig into the influences behind his latest dose of eclectic and hook-heavy alternative-pop.
Following the release of his new single ‘Baby Be Mine’ last month, we got in touch with rising soul-pop songwriter/producer Mirror Mirror to dig into his debut slice of psychedelic infused soft-rock.
Today we have the pleasure of sharing the radiant new clip for ‘The Karen Song’ from local pop-punk powerhouse Face Face, and to celebrate its Animal Crossing-inspired visuals, the trio have kindly talked us through their top five game-inspired music videos.
A radiant first serving of the forthcoming album from oddball-pop trio Dodda Rivka, today we have the pleasure of premiering ‘Oh Ruby’, a charming dose of shapeshifting jangle-pop that hints at what’s to come from the trio’s debut full-length.
Last month, TJ fav Michael Vince Moin shared ‘Mirror Life’, an otherworldly blitz through eclectic electronica, dance-pop and soul that doubled as a kaleidoscopic first taste of his latest musical endeavour ctrl + me. Ahead of the group’s single launch tomorrow night at Colour, we had a chat with Mike to get to know the new project a little better.
Back with their first new music since 2019, South Australia’s Night Rites have returned today with ‘Dark Patterns’, an all-encompassing sonic barrage that picks up where their previous dose of muggy psychedelia left off to submerge us in a sprawl of vibrant fuzz and tense energy.
