Melbourne’s premier mid-fi indie rock quartet RAT!hammock have done it again with new single ‘Word Of The Day’ – another slacker-rock anthem that’d charm the socks off even your sternest of mates.
They Made Me Do It –
Hopetoun is for Hopers –
Philadelphia Grand Jury on the rebirth of Sydney’s Hopetoun Hotel
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.
Dropping the Ball –
Local musos on missing pub footy
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.
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Talking Influences with
The Citradels
Following the release of their tenth album last month, the country-folk tinged Tracs, we caught up with psychedelic brethren The Citradels to find out what inspired their most stripped back effort yet.
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Talking Influences with Lorelei
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.
The party’s over, what do I do now? –
A chat with Holy Peyote
Following the release of ‘Post Grad Party’ last month, we caught up with dream-pop party-starters Holy Peyote to dig into their debut single, as well as their forthcoming album due next month.
Pleasure and Necessity –
A chat with Tam Vantage
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.
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Talking Influences with
Harmony Byrne
Now that Harmony Byrne’s stunning debut album of hypnotic, soulful psych-blues is rounding the corner on one month old, we had Harmony talk us through what inspired her triumphant debut Heavy Doors.
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Talking Influences with
RAAVE TAPES
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.
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Talking Influences with M.W.
Our friends at Spoilsport Records are bringing us another excellent release with a collection of jangling and personal demos from bedroom-pop gem M.W., and ahead of its release next week, we had Meaghan talk us through some of the inspiration behind the tracks.
Homebodies –
Staying In with
Guy Louis Faletolu
We check in with diligent Melbourne soundie Guy Louis Faletolu to find out what he’s been up to during lockdown.
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Talking Influences with
Jeremy Neale
Earlier this year, Brisbane indie-rock hero Jeremy Neale released his sophomore album We Were Trying To Make It Out, a real left-right-goodnight bombardment of his contagious power-pop goodness, and today he’s done us the pleasure of giving us a peek into his musical influence evolution.
