Music We all love indie music, but we’re up to our ears in it. Hot Spoke is the new Sydney fuzz act that’s shining through the crowd by Matthew Steyn Have you listened to the latest single, Outlines, from the Sydney-based, fuzz-pop outfit Hot Spoke yet? If the answer to that question is yes, then we’re tremendously pleased. If the…
News PREMIERE: Folk songstress Elizabeth Hughes’ debut single Video Shoot is damn near perfect. Let the lyrical poetry wash over you by Matthew Steyn Elizabeth Hughes, probably known best for her brilliant guitar work with Phantastic Ferniture, has set out on her own of late to explore a sound and aesthetic that is both…
News PREMIERE: Eddie Boyd is Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stoned in hilarious new video that sees jealously get the best of him by Matthew Steyn Sydney-based blues rock lord, Eddie Boyd, is premiering his new video for single Stoned with us today and, really, we couldn’t be more thrilled. Released a little over a month…
News PREMIERE: Big Dead get fascinating, bloody and down right deranged in the Aussie outback in new video for Sad Machine by Matthew Steyn Brisbane five piece Alt Art rockers, Big Dead, are dropping the disturbing video for their new single, Sad Machine today, and it’s a look inside a world of strange, and undesirable occurrences. Directed and written by…
Music Dead Leg is the dark, dreamy, all-consuming new single from Plum that you need to listen to by Matthew Steyn Plum, the new project of Julia Why? guitarist, Caleb Jacobs, has delivered a succinct lesson in dream-pop songwriting on latest single, Dead Leg. From washed out, reverb-heavy vocals to fuzzy, intricate…
Music Tired of the same old psych? Orchestra of Spheres have taken the genre to a whole new level of weird by Matthew Steyn As well as having one of the best band names in recent memory, Orchestra of Spheres also have one of the most unique sounds we’ve heard in quite a while….
Music Maids serve up some valuable life advice on Girl Power – don’t be a sleaze ball by Matthew Steyn Maids, the Newcastle-based four piece, have been hanging around for quite some time now. You’ve most likely seen them at one of the many shows they’ve played over the years…
News PREMIERE: A tune more killer than Ted Bundy, Regular Boys nail buzzy garage on Hunt by Matthew Steyn Perth, a city with a population of just over a million people, has the most millionaires per capita in Australia. At the rate the capital city of WA is churning…
Music More of a journey through time and space than The Mighty Boosh, get lost with Twin Haus on Nothing Lavish by Matthew Steyn If you haven’t heard Brisbane’s Twin Haus by now, let me say that I feel privileged to be the one to help you out from under the rock you’ve been…
Music With Josh Homme manning the steering wheel, Iggy Pop travels to places he’s never been before on Post Pop Depression by Matthew Steyn Whenever I go to a record store I look for Iggy Pop records. It doesn’t matter that I’ve got most of what he’s put out, I’m more interested in what…
Music Wild, hilarious and with plenty of vitriol, Leaving Room For The Lord from Trust Punks oozes satire by Matthew Steyn Auckland quintet Trust Punks are set to release their forthcoming LP, Double Blind, later this year and, in a Hansel and Gretel type way, are leaving absolute mind benders as…
Music Catchier than a case of the crabs, Chook Race will be tearing around your mind for weeks by Matthew Steyn The best thing that’ll be said for the latter part of this decade is that we’ve found ourselves circling back around to the late 80’s and early 90’s – we’ve…
