Softlightes
Poor old Softlightes, looks like Modular wasn’t too amped on their new record. But the good news for you and me (but not you) is that the San Diego twee-popsters aren’t taking this slap to the crotch lying down – they’re going guerilla. They’re printing out flyers and dropping them in the school stairwell. They’re [...]
VEEN
Composed of 2/9ths Ex-Protectors, 2/9ths(?) Ex-Ernest Ellis band, VEEN is showy, cosmic synth-pop that gives a wink and a nod to early Crystal Castles. Brand new Sydney music, see what you make of it: M I N D V I R U S by V E E N 8 B I T L E O [...]
JAGWAR MA
New project from Jono Ma, formerly of The Valentinos/The Lost Valentinos/Valentines Day: The Movie. Here’s something you wouldn’t expect – some riffy beach-side crooner psych, replete with Ghostwood’s leadman on vocals: Come Save Me by Jagwar Ma Does it make you want to wear weather inappropriate clothing and writhe around in the park? Perhaps it [...]
ARTY
We took 5 minutes with the Russian Global Trance Junior Masters Champion, Arty in the leadup to Stereosonic this weekend. Seriously, look how young the punk is! - What is your favourite Russian pop song of the past decade and why? (the more random the better!) Hard to say because I do not listen russian [...]
FIREFOX x GHOUL
This got me to thinking, if you were to pitch a web-browser against an undead creature, how would one determine the victor? Pages cached versus limbs severed? Bookmarks stored against humans tainted? It hurts my brain too much to think of, so I’m going to spin this glowing remix from Ghoul instead. Unexpectedly jolly. More [...]
YesYou
Video for the much beloved debut from YesYou, who are taking their synths for a merry trip along the east coast of Australia soon. Thu 24th Nov Oh Hello, Bris (supporting Jinja Safari) Fri 25th Nov Great Northern, Byron Bay (supporting Jinja Safari) Sat 3rd Dec The Zoo, Bris (Rare Finds Christmas Party) Thu 1 [...]
MESAN
A fantastically muscly mini-mix from two deep diving Sydney gents, put together for a gig at the Entertainment Quarter last weekend. Spring Music Promo by Mesan Nothing else to say apart from that really – Mesan OG’s coming soon (I hope)! xMandu
Strange Talk (again)
New single from the boys that did that OOOOOH LIKE CHEATA LIKE A CHEATA LIKE A CHEATA song and the other song about climbing things. I really like it: Strange Talk – Sexual Lifestyle by viceroyalty Strange Talk sow their seed nationwide this November – first gig is tonight at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. Thursday [...]
Vice Record & Release
If you’ve seen the programme for Melbourne Music Week already, you’ll probably agree it’s banging. There’s Kubik, the Labels Live series and oh so much more. Take Record & Release. The guys at VICE are dropping a recording studio in Racing Club Lane, with Parking Lot Experiments, Absolute Boys, Electric Smile Band, //ThisThing// Collective (and [...]
ACTIVE CHILD – DIAMOND HEART
Going hard in the paint on Australian radio, Active Child is one of the many, many, many, many artists I’m a little bit amped to see at Laneway Festival this year. After a blinder run for You Are All I See, local label Spunk are a preparing a deluxe edition of the album. Here is [...]
ALPINE + Naminé
NEW ALPINE SINGLE! It’s called HANDS. If you say it quickly, it sounds like the popular smallgoods company! Hands by alpineband First single from a long-awaited debut LP which will deliver a swift, crushing blow to all the faux-grrrl garage pop artistes lurking around the CBD fringe of our nation’s capital cities. And, lo, the [...]
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 [...]
The Worst Thing Ever
Is this I don’t even like Juke that much and I found this really upsetting. Hell is other people. xMandu
Colour Coding