Category Archives: Release
Shades of Gray
Are ringing in the debut release for brand new label Reckless Republic, curated by Murat Killic – a staple of the Sydney deep house circuit and accomplished knob twiddler in his own right. All-over-it Melbournian and Melbourne Deep Cast alum makes the hardest impact. RR001 Shades Of Gray – Dis This (128KBPS SNIPPETS) by Reckless [...]
Voltaire Twins – Animalia
A brother/sister value pack, producing lush, coldwave pop from sunny-side city of Perth in Western Australia. Do you thin they pash each other? Their profile shot is all sorts of sexy… in a Fever Ray kinda way. The Wolves In The Walls by voltairetwins This is the current single – forest pop with a most [...]
Clubfeet x RAC
Buddy-bros and multi-talented South African/Melbournian electro-pop collective Clubfeet have had a little reworking from RAC – the masters of the iPod-friendly remix. RAC Portfolio by RAC The Clubfeet record is almost finished, so stay tuned for more information on that one as it comes to us. Enjoy them at CMJ this year if you’re making [...]
In My Box
Here’s some treats from inside my (mail)box: Apparat’s new album The Devil’s Walk is out now, it’s mildly depressing and doleful but wonderfully executed with some sharp, techy edges to lift the whole dirge out from pit of narrative molasses. Mixes of Song of Los from Mogwai and Park Frequency(!) – Apparat - Song of [...]
FALLULAH REMIXES
The Danish popstress goes from strength to strength on her debut record “The Black Cat Neighbourhood” – Florence, Marina, Bat for Lashes and *ahem* Adele comparisons have been drawn, but that’s just lazy journalism and I’m too sleepy to think of my own adjectives. Make your own call on this new, euro-pop bottle rocket – [...]
aBillion
You may remember a certain degree of splooging over a band called So I’m Jo last year on this very blog. aBillion is the rising electronic phoenix to emerge from the dissolution of So I’m Jo, and I’ve been informed by a good chum that there’s brand new material coming very shortly that will shake [...]
UNDERCOLOURS
From the management stable that brought you The Presets and Strangetalk come epic pop from Melbourne group Undercolours. Old mate Derek at Neon Gold has given it his seal of approval, and so do we. Undercolours – Spirit The Ghost Perhaps one of the larger choruses to come out of Australia in recent months, like [...]
Rara Avis – Autumn
I don’t know much about these guys – Rara Avis are self described “Fuzzbox keepers and creamy dreamers”. I think you’ll see the aptness writ large in this track: Autumn by Rara Avis Shoegaze is a term all to often attached to bands who simply are too lazy and poor to get something mixed correctly, [...]
Gui Boratto III
On a particularly sunny summer afternoon I spent a glorious three hours grinding amongst a mass of sweaty humans on a balcony in Sydney with Gui Boratto. There was a particular moment when No Turning Back flipped into piano-breakdown overdrive that really stuck with me from that day – having seen Gui, a brazilian architect-cum-Kompakt [...]
Winter People
!Total Bang0r free zone! A phenomenal group has been bubbling away beneath the surface of Sydney’s folk scene for the past two years. After gigs here, there and everywhere the band have settled down to record a full length release. The first cut is called ‘Wishingbone’, it’s a dense, cinematic slice of gorgeous folk. And [...]
Purity Ring
Gleeful, staccato synth bells and warm, rumbly dub wobbles ride underneath waltzing, sing-song vocals. Sounds more delightful than described. Oh and there’s bewbs in the video too. Download this track from Purity Ring. xMandu
Tom Ugly feat Pez
Winner of Triple J’s Unearthed High competition several years ago, Tom Ugly has been chipping away at a debut record. Promising to a broader pallet of sounds and textures to his previous work, Mr Ugly has slipped a new track online featuring Melbourne MC Pez – one half of the duo behind the (unfortunate) hit [...]
HARTS
A funny little hip-bro from Melbourne called HARTS is warming our tired limbs this winter with iridescent dance-rock. We’ve picked up this track “Back To Shore” from his triple j Unearthed page. Take a listen and visit his profile to hear more. Harts – Back to the Shore (low res) Harts on triple j Unearthed [...]
Lancelot x New Navy
Latest signing to Sydney based label Future Classic is New Navy. It’s Gold Fields via Last Dinosaurs via Strange Talk – pretty much everything any an impressionable triple j listener would juice themselves over. Zimbabwe is the name of the first single of New Navy’s ‘Uluwatu’ EP, and Lancelot has first dibs on a re-rub. [...]
ALPINE + Naminé