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.
Speed Dating:
Hearts and Rockets, HMS Ash,
Swamp Eyes and Riley Catherall
Another week, another four chances at finding the one.
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.
Premiere:
HAWAII94 – Visualise
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.
Track by Track:
Bares – Overdue
Earlier today, indie-pop talent Bares dropped her sophomore EP Overdue, a stripped-back record brimming with heartfelt admissions and gentle folk-pop flourishes, and to celebrate its release, we asked Ella Sterland, the mind behind Bares, to invite us inside the world of her most personal record yet and take us through it track by track.
They Made Me Do It –
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.
They Made Me Do It –
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.
Video Premiere:
Willie Coyote – Jessie
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’.
Track by Track:
Parsnip – Adding Up
A month on from its release, playful-punk savants Parsnip walk us through the Adding Up EP, their latest collection of jolty earworms.
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.
