Music Get primal with Big Scary on Animal, a four stage concept album that doesn’t care if you don’t like it by Dean Elphick It’s hard to believe Big Scary are only up to album number three with the release of Animal, so embedded have they been in the Australian music scene. Ever since…
Music Think you’ve seen how weird psych can get? Dive headfirst into Black Mountain’s IV, a record that makes King Gizz look tame by Dean Elphick Somewhat of a comeback album, Canadian band Black Mountain are a genre unto themselves on IV. Not that the psych / stoner rockers were on hiatus, but it has been a…
Music Mike Noga’s new record King is a clever but haunting reminder of why you should never write off a concept album by Dean Elphick Concept albums are always exciting, because you absolutely know the artist has put a huge amount of thought into their work, and it exposes their creative process in a unique…
Music Yet another progidous electronica producer emerges! Braille Face’s debut Koya is a masterful minimal compilation by Dean Elphick There’s so much excellent electronica coming out of Australia right now, it can be hard to dissect the scene to find something you really like. Once in a while an…
Music As hauntingly beautiful as it is crushingly sombre, Sarah Mary Chadwick is back with Roses Always Die by Dean Elphick It’s with a certain amount of steeliness you sit down to listen to a Sarah Mary Chadwick record. Knowing the extent to which you’re about to be broken down, you…
Music Yeo’s new video for Got No Game busts out the best moves we’ve seen all year. And it’s all in a bright red Adidas tracksuit! by Dean Elphick Still running hot from the release of his debut album Ganbaru earlier this year, Melbourne electro star Yeo has released the third single from the LP, Got No Game. Accompanying…
Music What’s That Sound? Dappled Cities long awaited new single showcases a new direction that’s still true to form by Dean Elphick Dappled Cities prove that time away means nothing for a band who can so effortlessly produce songs that are uniquely their own, placing themselves in a rare echelon of indie-rock…
News PREMIERE: Catharsis, politics and volcanic plains clash on Rag N’ Bone’s new video by Dean Elphick The amount of crazy good bands coming out of Perth is starting to become infinite, and with Rag N’ Bone we have a very exciting new addition to add to…
Music Creepy and honest Gonzo Jones presents a kaleidoscope of sounds on debut LP Misty Dreams by Dean Elphick Swaying like every smooth leisure fabric you can think of, from one genre to another, Gonzo Jones deliver the goods on debut EP Misty Dream. Gonzo Jones gets spirits levitating on…
Music Good ol’ Aussie bush rock gets a kick up the arse by local scrappers Shearin’ by Dean Elphick Just when you were thinking there weren’t enough fair dinkum Australian pub rock bands around, Shearin’ have popped their heads up, armed with a mouth full of Aussie twang and…
News PREMIERE: Like an all-knowledgeable spirit leader, OM Collective takes us on a psychedelic folk journey on Psilies Kite by Dean Elphick If nothing else, listening to music is a journey. The type of trip that’s undertaken and the experiences gained is a two-way street between the artist and the audience. Spiritual,…
Music Like some sort of electronic occultist, Lower Spectrum will take you somwhere else on New Haze by Dean Elphick That old gem; less is more, has never been more true. West Aussie Ned Beckley, who is Lower Spectrum, seems to have realised that fact with his amazing EP New…
News PREMIERE: Forget the shot of adrenaline, Wise Child’s Figurehead will get you pumped up in no time by Dean Elphick Have you ever been on a mission? Has there ever been a time where you’ve woken up determined to do something. It might be you’re going to march over to…
