NEW JANGLE POP GOLD FROM QUIVERS
Quivers, the Melbourne based band coalescing around Tasmanian artist Sam J. Nicholson have released their sparkling new single ‘You’re Not Always On My Mind’. Ramping up the production in comparison to their almost lo-fi like debut album We’ll Go Riding On The Hearses, the driving rhythm section of Bella Quinlan’s muscular bass and Holly Thomas […]
BALTHAZAR ANNOUNCE FEVER, DROP TITLE TRACK & VIDEO
Belgian avant-garde pop quintet Balthazar have returned from their self imposed hiatus with a brand new single ‘Fever’, the shuffling and funk infused title track from their forthcoming album to be released in January. Fever will be the fourth long player from the Jinte Deprez and Maarten Devoldere led outfit and their first since 2015’s Thin […]
RECORD REVIEW: COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS – MAY YOUR KINDNESS REMAIN
“It feels good not to bartend.” Courtney Marie Andrews. The musical and lyrical content along with the title of the new Courtney Marie Andrews record May Your Kindness Remain is revealing on a number of levels. Not only does it perfectly showcase her undeniable vocal and musical virtuosity and her superlative songwriting abilities, it also […]
PREOCCUPATIONS SHARE STANDOUT THIRD SINGLE & VIDEO FROM NEW MATERIAL, OUT TODAY
New Material is the stunning new album released today by remarkably consistent Calgary post punk experimentalists Preoccupations. Thus far the band have shared the urgency of synth based ‘Espionage’ as well as ‘Antidote’ , an inspired, genre bending work with a hypnotically industrial flavour and earlier this week added the exceptional album standout ‘Disarray’ to […]
NEW CHAD VANGAALEN TRACK FROM LIGHT INFORMATION
Seminal Calgary artist Chad VanGaalen is set to release his sixth long player Light Information next month and has just shared the third single from it. ‘Mind Hijacker’s Curse’ is an out of body musical experience of the highest calibre. The simultaneously punchy and brittle track in all its celestial motorik splendour is below along […]
JORDAN RAKEI ANNOUNCES WALLFLOWER, SHARES NEW SINGLE
London based, New Zealand born and Australian raised artist Jordan Rakei is set to release his new album Wallflower. Having released the first single, ‘Sorceress’ back in June, to accompany the announcement he’s released a second. ‘Nerve’ which features Dave Okumu of The Invisible on guitar, straddles the line between the pensive and smooth with […]
DAUWD SHARES SECOND SINGLE FROM DEBUT
Photo: Camille-Bokhobza Berlin based producer Dauwd is set to release his debut record Theory Of Colours next month and last week shared the latest single, the minimal yet restless ‘Glass Jelly’, the disparate parts of which seem to hang together by magic. Listen to the track below along with transformative first single ‘Leitmotiv’. The album, out […]
LAND OF TALK SHARES ‘LOVING’
If self imposed rules allowed for multiple entries from the same artist(s) simultaneously, all three lead up singles from Life After Youth, the upcoming new record from Elizabeth Powell’s Land Of Talk would simultaneously feature highly and heavily in our weekly Top 30. The latest is ‘Loving’, which features guest artist Sharon van Etten’s beautifully layered […]
SHE DEVILS CHANNEL THE DECADES ON DEBUT ALBUM
“I’ve always believed in the idea that if you visualise or summon something, it will come true”. Audrey Ann Boucher. Montreal duo She-Devils traverse the decades on their brilliantly and uniquely delivered debut self titled record set for release in May. The project of vocalist Audrey Ann Boucher and producer Kyle Jukka, it is built […]
HOOPS SHARE ON TOP, DEBUT ALBUM IN MAY
“I just felt like writing a cheesy feel-good positive song,” Kevin Krauter (Vocals/Bass) After releasing the fast paced ‘Rules’ last month, Bloomington guitar pop outfit Hoops take things down a notch with their new single, ‘On Top’. Watch its video directed by Jake Huber below. Both tracks are from their debut album Routines, out on […]