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Author: Luka Simonetti

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Adrianne Lenker – ‘songs’ and ‘instrumentals’ Album Review

by Luka Simonetti

On songs and instrumentals, Adrianne Lenker has captured intramural isolation at a time when it’s soaring within all of us, more than ever before. Adrianne…

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WATCH: Viagra Boys – ‘Ain’t Nice’

by Luka Simonetti

Viagra Boys have announced their new album, Welfare Jazz, set for release early next year (January 8). In anticipation, the Swedish post-punks have dropped Ain’t…

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A powerhouse compilation album will be released in response to the Burger Records scandal

by Luka Simonetti

All proceeds from Hands Off! will be filtered into “nonprofits that focus on the empowerment of young women”. Hands Off! is a new compilation record aiming…

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Nokia is teaming up with NASA to install a 4G network on the moon

by Luka Simonetti

Nokia, as a key telecommunications partner, sealed the $14.1 million deal with NASA to advance their Tipping Point technologies to the moon. If you’re old…

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Nick Cave reveals he wouldn’t have survived his heroin addiction without Narcotics Anonymous

by Luka Simonetti

“Narcotics Anonymous was this thing, steady and ever-present, that just never ever went away, a place I could come crawling back to, again and again,” Nick…

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The Dolphin Show chat their ‘Thick Black Brain Blood’ EP and why Reschs still refreshes

by Luka Simonetti

We sat down for a backyard chat with Sydney’s most underrated band, The Dolphin Show, about their highly anticipated second EP. I found myself in…

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LISTEN: Adrianne Lenker – ‘dragon eyes’

by Luka Simonetti

Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker has released the second single from her forthcoming solo records, songs and instrumentals, both out next month. Lenker’s voice wobbles on…

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Did Led Zeppelin steal ‘Stairway To Heaven’? The enduring copyright saga is finally over

by Luka Simonetti

The court has spoken: Led Zeppelin did not plagiarise Stairway to Heaven from the melody of Spirit’s instrumental track, Taurus. We’ve all heard the Stairway…

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Eminem’s Shady Records just reworked the presidential debate with Biden as B-Rabbit

by Luka Simonetti

Eminem’s record label lip-synced Joe Biden with 8 Mile‘s protagonist B-Rabbit in this hilarious rap battle. Just weeks out from the US presidential election, Eminem’s…

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Desolation Center (1985): a desert-dazing frenzy laced with LSD and experimentation

by Luka Simonetti

Desolation Center was the 1985 desert festival that punched authority in the teeth, taking art-rock and LSD-laced sound experimentation to the next level. Picture this:…

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A. Swayze & the Ghosts – ‘Paid Salvation’ Album Review

by Luka Simonetti

A. Swayze & The Ghosts fit a post-punk aesthetic, donning hard eyeliner, cropped leather, and occasionally bleached mohawks on stage. A. Swayze & The Ghosts…

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LISTEN: Aloe Vera – ‘On My Own’

by Luka Simonetti

Aloe Vera is the new project of Harry Barwell, a multi-instrumentalist who delivers on his debut track. Elated by soothing vocals and dream pop swirls, On…

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LISTEN: Mildlife – ‘Automatic’

by Luka Simonetti

Mildlife have dropped their long-awaited sophomore album, Automatic, and it transcends us to the realm of the otherworldly. Meandering with levitation and zero gravity, the…

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