Emma Shields Debuts On Stay Inside Compilation; Songs From The Great Indoors
Six independent Australian record labels, Osborne Again, Dinosaur City Records, Spunk Records, Hotel Motel Records, Blossom Rot Records and Inertia Music have come together to release Stay Inside: Songs From the Great Indoors. To be released track a day style across the month of April, the 20+ artists include Cool Sounds, Snowy Band, Good Morning, […]
Mere Women Return With Intense New Single
Sydney post punk quartet Mere Women have released a tense and dynamic new single. ‘W.Y.G.’ (When You’re Gone), solemnly finding that uncomfortable place between waning love and growing hate as it tackles the confronting subject of family violence. An absorbing patterned beat and contoured bass lines merge with delay drenched melodies and an impassioned vocal […]
NEW & NOTABLE: PRUDENCE (AUS) -MAJOR TOM EP
UK based Sydney artist Tom Crandles, formerly one half of electronic duo Au.Ra recently launched his new dream/jangle pop and post punk inspired solo project, Prudence. His debut EP Major Tom was released on Friday and its one hell of an intoxicating affair. We featured the angular and melodic swoon of first single, ‘Euphoria’ in […]
SPARROWS ASKS DO YOU WANNA DANCE?
Photo: Sonja Sonnenkind You may recall her insanely catchy ‘Over And Out’ single from last year, a track that has just hit a million plays on Spotify and one which we heavily promoted here with good reason. Now Sydney artist/producer Jessica Nitties aka Sparrows, has followed that up with an equally impressive double A sided […]
AUSTRALIAN LABEL NIGHTIME DRAMA RELEASE FIRST COMPILATION
Last week Australian electronic label Nightime Drama released Southern Series 001. The first compilation release for the six year old Adelaide and Sydney based imprint, it’s an eclectic and satiating selection of tracks from eight Australian producers who display their prowess at the cutting edge of the deep and nocturnal side of techno, dub and […]
CHYMES UNVEIL VIDEO FOR ‘WILD’
Sydney electronic pop duo Chymes, the pairing of singer.songwriter Kirsten Nyman and producer Cameron Taylor released their latest single ‘Wild’ earlier this month and now the track has a video. As Nyman’s vocals glide across Taylor’s enveloping atmosphere driven soundscapes, the duo are seen writing and on the move in the weeks leading up to […]
JEFFE DROPS UNDERSTATED POP GEM
Sydney electronic pop artist JEFFE has self-released her deceptively buoyant new single ‘Undecided’. It rests on a quartet of winning elements that never veer from their subtle, smart and soulful brief to create a multi tonal world of juxtaposed emotions. Jeffe’s own dextrously applied vocals and her assonant idiosyncratic delivery is perfectly complimented by the […]
MERE WOMEN RETURN WITH SKIN FOR SPLIT SINGLES CLUB
Sydney post punk quartet Mere Women recently released their emotively tough single, ‘Skin’. It forms one side of a split single with Melbourne band Harmony as part of the second edition of the Split Singles Club curated by Poison City Records and Our Golden Friend. It’s a highly charged affair and despite the ample space […]
RECORD REVIEW: KISSY FLEUR (AUS) – RIPENED FRUIT
“I hope those that are unaware of the suffering that comes along with sexual assault will be confronted by the lyrics and I hope that those who can connect with the story can find healing within the songs, the same way it helped to heal me.” Kissy Fleur Earlier this month Sydney singer/songwriter, harpist and producer […]
RECORD REVIEW: BED WETTIN’ BAD BOYS – ROT
Sydney “(fuck) success” rock band Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys have just released their first record in four years. And unsurprisingly with the usual wry self-deprecation, they’ve titled it Rot, a description which in truth while humorous is itself a load of actual rot. Despite their amusing efforts to state otherwise they’ve again produced a very, […]