Melbourne has new competition for the finest irreverent band name in the city: by interspersing his surname with that most famous of Tex-Mex dinner brands, Jack Parsons (of The Pretty Littles) has become Old El Parso on his first solo endeavour.
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David M. Western –
Take Your Opportunities
Ahead of its official release tomorrow, we’ve been gifted an early listen to David M. Western’s latest dose of enthralling indie-folk – brimming with daydreamer poeticism and a rustic charisma, ‘Take Your Opportunities’ is a glowing second taste of David’s forthcoming debut album.
Reckless –
A chat with David Forcier
David Forcier has spent his past five years in Australia loyally documenting the going-ons within our underground music scenes from behind the camera. His efforts have resulted in the second edition of Reckless, a book compiling photographs taken from 2016 to 2019 that serves as a visceral and unfiltered snapshot into these communities.
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Quality Used Cars – Good Days/Bad Days
Today we’ve got the absolute pleasure of premiering Quality Used Cars’ debut album Good Days/Bad Days – full to the brim with sunny garage-pop smarts matched with alt-country tenderness and scrappy sincerity, it’s an unassuming but radiant invitation into Francis Tait’s charming world.
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Beige Banquet – Beta
Last month, Melbourne post-punk alumni Tom Brierley revealed his debut solo album Beta under the pseudonym Beige Banquet, a vehicle to toy with his unique brand of awkward and angular weirdo-punk. We had Tom talk us through the bizarre chaos captured across the album’s 12 tracks.
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Matthew Hayes & Charlie Perry – Barricade
Barricade, the second ambient album from Matthew Hayes, and first with spoken word artist Charlie Perry, leans into themes of human frailty and introspectiveness with an overarching a sense of hope, pairing with the year of its creation seamlessly.
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SLOMO – Fit Right
Following the release of ‘Fit Right’ late last month, the first cut from their forthcoming debut album L – DOPA, today hypnotic post-punk trio SLOMO have shared a brand new clip that transforms the track’s woozy atmospherics into a disorientating visual trip.
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Blisstake – Girl
To accompany the glorious and undeniable pop spirit of their latest single ‘Girl’, emerging synth-pop duo Blisstake have shared a new clip with us which pairs the track’s radiant grooves with woozy charisma and unapologetic pink magnetism.
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The Fillmores – Moonsurfing EP
Haphazard and unrestrained in its experimentation, Apollo Bay via Melbourne sextet The Fillmores returned earlier this month with Moonsurfing – a collection of eccentric jangle pop that comes lined with silky hooks and an endearing demo quality, the EP compiles quirky bedroom recordings through the band’s intuitive approach to online collaboration.
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screensaver – Living In An Instant
Originally released as part of the second edition of Blow Blood Records’ A Long Time Alone compilation, today Melbourne four-piece screensaver have shared a haphazard new clip for their synth-heavy post-punk blitz ‘Living In An Instant’.
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Yawn Vibes – Stadium
Ahead of its official release this Thursday, emerging indie-pop collective Yawn Vibes have been kind enough to give us a sneak listen to their radiant debut single ‘Stadium’.
TJ’s Top 50 Tracks of 2020
#10 – #1
We’re counting down our favourite songs of the year. Here’s #10 through to #1.
