We check in with Charlie Teitelbaum, singer and songwriter of Hydra Fashion Week, to find out what they’ve been up to during lockdown.
Homebodies –
Premiere:
Plastic – New Hands
Ahead of its official release tomorrow via Spoilsport Records, we’ve been treated to an exclusive listen of Plastic’s long-awaited debut album – visceral, nervy and thrillingly haphazard, New Hands is a beaming celebration of the noise-pop quartet’s most bizarrely captivating music yet.
Speed Dating:
Walls and Waves, KIT,
BUMPY, and The Backs
Speed Dating this week with Walls and Waves, KIT, Bumpy and The Backs.
Homebodies –
Staying In with James Morris
We check in with James Morris, founder of baked, to find out what he’s been up to during lockdown.
Track by Track:
Exquisite Corpse – Lilith
Off the back of the release of her debut EP Lilith today, Melbourne-based producer/songwriter Lily Dee has invited us into the ambient and evocative world of Exquisite Corpse, and taken us through the EP track by track.
Premiere:
Family Jordan – Sally
Out now through Holiday Maker Records, ‘Sally’ is our second taste of Family Jordan’s sun-drenched new album Big Grass, that has the band continuing their pursuit of authentic folk and Americana whilst maintaining plenty of local charm and humour.
They Made Me Do It –
Talking Influences with Kim Salmon
With over 35 years of music to his name, post-punk veteran Kim Salmon has returned with his eighth studio album under the Surrealists moniker – thrilling and subversive, Rantings From the Book Of Swamp encompasses a sprawling career of reinvention told through an improvised collection of 13 tracks.
Everything Evolves –
A Chat with Velvet Bloom
The neo-soul, alternative rock, jazz pop amalgam that is Velvet Bloom has returned once again with their latest single ‘7hundred25’, a mournful yet reflective track about the changing nature of relationships over time. We had a chat to lead vocalist Maddy Herbert about how the track came to be.
No Expectations –
Pop Filter on Pop Filter
To get to know the friendships that define Pop Filter a little better, we had the band’s Nick Kearton and Liam ‘Snowy’ Halliwell interview each other, to pick apart the record and each other.
Celebrating Community with
Cousin Will Records
Out today, the second release from Cousin Will Records is an eight-track compilation that serves to highlight and celebrate their emerging music community.
Why We Love The Old Bar – Melbourne musicians on their favourite local
Trouble Juice spoke to some of our favourite Melbourne musicians about why they love The Old Bar and why they can’t wait to get back there, to remind us all what we’ve been missing.
Track by Track:
El Tee – Everything Is Fine
On Everything Is Fine, El Tee appears completely unmasked – her debut album revealing a wondrous collection of indie-folk that dives deep into its creator’s journey of self-realisation and self-acceptance.
