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NEW INDEPENDENT POP/ROCK – AN INDIE30 PLAYLIST UPDATE

NEW INDEPENDENT POP/ROCK – AN INDIE30 PLAYLIST UPDATE

Our current Independent Pop/Rock Playlist on Spotify is front-ended with some superb new releases by female artists in honour of International Women’s Day. We begin with the Swiss artist Tanya Barany and the opening track ‘In Retrospect’ from her...

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THIRD SINGLE FROM ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER’S HOPE DOWNS

THIRD SINGLE FROM ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER’S HOPE DOWNS

A couple of weeks back Melbourne outfit Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever unveiled the second cut from their forthcoming debut album Hope Downs. ‘An Air Conditioned Man’ very much takes its cues from what was achieved on our thrilling number...

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ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM AND SHARE VIDEO FOR “TALKING STRAIGHT”

ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM AND SHARE VIDEO FOR “TALKING STRAIGHT”

Melbourne pop/rock outfit Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, who took out our number one track of 2017 with ‘The French Press’ last week announced the details and release date for their debut album Hope Downs. The band’s thinking around the...

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LIVE REVIEW & IN PICTURES: ST. JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2018 – HARTS MILL, ADELAIDE

LIVE REVIEW & IN PICTURES: ST. JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2018 – HARTS MILL, ADELAIDE

With the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival wrapping up in Fremantle on Sunday, its two week long music odyssey that began in Singapore and rounded Australia via New Zealand has again proven, alongside the Golden Plains weekender, why it remains...

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ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER RETURN WITH ‘MAINLAND’, ANNOUNCE 27 DATE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TOUR

ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER RETURN WITH ‘MAINLAND’, ANNOUNCE 27 DATE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TOUR

Photo: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Live @ St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Harts Mill, Port Adelaide, February 2, 2018. Melbourne pop/rock quintet Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have just released a brand new single ‘Mainland’, a track that more than sticks...

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OUR SINS OF SONIC OMISSION, RECORD REVIEW: ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER – TALK TIGHT & THE FRENCH PRESS

OUR SINS OF SONIC OMISSION, RECORD REVIEW: ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER – TALK TIGHT & THE FRENCH PRESS

“It’s about remembering where you came from and making sure you don’t act like a wanker, basically.” Tom Russo – guitarist/vocalist from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever to London In Stereo , March 29, 2017. Earlier this year unbeknownst to this music...

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