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B Boys Release “Bad Decisions” Ahead of Short European Tour

Brooklyn trio B Boys have released a nicely circumspect new single ‘Bad Decisions’ just three months after the release of their no latest holds barred full length Dudu. More known for their punchy observational brand of raw punk but no unknown wondrously wired expansive melodies they bring to the table here, the track’s post punk […]

ALBUM OF THE WEEK #1: LUCY ROSE (ENG) – NO WORDS LEFT

April 2, 2019 No Words Left Lucy Rose (ENG) Communion Tracklist, album stream and links to buy in our Album of the Week section here.   VIDEOS Conversation Lucy Rose (ENG) From the album, ‘No Words Left’, Communion / Arts & Crafts.  Audio Stream Official Video    Solo(w) Lucy Rose (ENG) From the album, […]

ALBUM OF THE WEEK #2: CHRIS COHEN (USA) – CHRIS COHEN

April 2, 2019 Chris Cohen Chris Cohen (USA) Captured Tracks Our Mini-review, tracklist, videos, album stream and links to buy in our Album of the Week section here.   VIDEO/AUDIO – SINGLES   No Time To Say Goodbye Chris Cohen (USA) From the album, ‘Chris Cohen’, Captured Tracks.  Audio Stream (Bandcamp) Chris Cohen by Chris […]

CHRIS COHEN DROPS NEW SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING SELF TITLED ALBUM

Los Angeles singer-songwriter Chris Cohen is set to deliver his third album later next month and has just shared its third single, ‘Sweet William’, a catchy mixture of soft retro rock and bittersweet psych-pop. Cohen’s idiosyncratically relaxed vocal style fits perfectly with both tendencies and that gives rise to the track’s seemingly effortless nature. But don’t […]

NEW INDEPENDENT POST-PUNK / MOTORIK / WAVE / SHOEGAZE / POST-ROCK – AN INDIE30 PLAYLIST. 17 NEW TRACKS + VIDEOS FOR IDLES, SEXTILE, & DRAHLA

AUGUST 21 UPDATE: It’s been three weeks since the last write up on developments in our New Independent Post-Punk/Motorik/Darkwave/Coldwave/Shoegaze/Post Rock Playlist. Half of the tracks in total have been turned over since then with 17 absolute ripping exhibits from genres trading in music’s dark or introspective arts replacing them. Mostly made up of post-punk, darkwave and motorik leaning […]

JAALA’S EXHILARATINGLY COMPLEX NEW SINGLE HEIGHTENS THE SENSES AHEAD OF NEW LP

Melbourne experimental pop/rock outfit Jaala will release their new album Joonya Spirit next month to follow up their well received debut Hard Hold from 2015. On that record enigmatic songwriter, guitarist/vocalist Cosima Jaala Pay employed an approach to songwriting that seemed to effortlessly and almost subconsciously fuck with convention. On Joonya Spirit, her naturally distinct […]

DINNER’S NEW TRACK & VIDEO – SIREN SONG

Ever idiosyncratic Danish pop artist Anders Rhedin, aka Dinner has unveiled an incessantly sparkling new single ‘Siren Song’. It’s accompanied by a Pierce McGarry directed video and is the second single following ‘Un-American Woman‘ from his new album New Work released earlier this month on Captured Tracks.  Get it here.   Siren Song Dinner (DEN) From the album, […]

DINNER ANNOUNCES NEW WORK

Just a year after his debut Psychic Lovers, Dinner, the project of trans-Atlantic Danish drifter Anders Rhedin has announced a new album, New Work. The first track from it, ‘Un-American Woman’ sees his usual idiosyncratic vocals wrap themselves around an yearning, ornamental jangle pop driven centre. Check out its the Andrew Van Baal directed video […]

GABRIELLA COHEN’S DEBUT REISSUED

Photo: Rolling Stone Australia Early last December when the tumbleweeds start blowing across the musical year for many, Melbourne based Brisbane expat Gabriella Cohen released her excellent debut full length Full Closure and No Details. Ordinarily for us, the album would of got lost in the ether as we’d already put the “gone fishing” sign […]