Music Sleater-Kinney’s Raw and Honest Journey in “Say It Like You Mean It” by Tammy Moir Wrap your eyes and ears around the latest drop from Sleater- Kinney, a total mood of stripped down heart wrenching farewells Sleater-Kinney, the legendary rock band celebrated for their fearless…
Interviews Overcoming ego, cutting bangs and bold lyricism with Billy Otto and MITCHY by Cassia Briscoe From their musical Von Trapp family-esque upbringings, to their deep love of the ocean, Billy Otto and MITCHY have many entwining lifelines. With both artists drawing inspiration from pretty much…
Music LISTEN: Grimes – ‘My Name Is Dark’ by James Peppercorn The latest track from Grimes’ upcoming album Miss Anthropocene is another eery and brooding glimpse into the synth pop artists dystopian world. Listen to the track below:
News PREMIERE: Supernatural forces collide in Dracula, the spellbinding new clip from MOANA by Lara Smetannikov Dark Perth rockers MOANA have released the new video clip for their single Dracula. It’s tense watching, with plenty of audio and visual references to the supernatural. Dracula is slickly produced, carried by…
Music Fifth Dawn’s debut album Duality is cinematic, crunchy, and all-consuming by Bill Robinson While in a state of R.E.M sleep, you believe your dreams to be entirely real. It’s like entering a parallel reality – it’s all consuming. Fifth Dawn’s debut full-length album…
Music Introducing the passionate and haunting post-punk of The Lost End by Bill Robinson The Lost End almost feel shrouded in mystery. Upon trying to uncover information about the band, I was met with not very much at all. However, this is completely in…
News PREMIERE: Enter the strange, euphoric darkness of Outside The Academy’s Hand In Hand (Let’s Go) by Bill Robinson Outside The Academy, the solo project of Pawel Cholewa, is like the soundtrack to some demented underground disco. Equal parts dance-able and haunting, it’s truly mesmerising. Hand In Hand (Let’s…
Music The mysterious Shyguy leaves all questions unanswered in his gloomy debut clip by Freya McGahey I enjoy an element of darkness and mystery in a music video, and that’s exactly what Perth artist Shyguy has delivered. Originally a gripping track, the video accompanying Had it i’m…
Music To celebrate the end of the year and the upcoming release of his new EP, Burden Man will bear his soul at The Newsagency by Agnes O'Dwyer Burden Man will be seeing this year off in oh-so tuneful fashion at The Newsagency in Marrickville on December 10. In a night flooded with deep vocals and deep lyrics,…
Music Thieves tell a brooding romance on Blanked Out by Dustin Calder One might be mistaken from the intro to Blanked Out from Thieves that we’re in for a dark brooding murder ballad. Chaotic tremello picked guitar, deep piano drones and a bass and drum…
Music Sufjan Stevens crafts beautiful dark imagery on No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross by Cara Oliveri Wandering minstrel, American singer-songwriter extraordinaire Sufjan Stevens, knows how to craft a pretty grand tune. Blending fact with fiction, he draws on religion, myths, history and his own story to create amazing…
Music Hollow States – Darkness Is Laughing by Jonty Czuchwicki Hollow States is gathering attention through a hard working performance mentality in Sydney. The group has now released their debut EP Darkness Is Laughing, and with a relatively strong first crop…
Music The Peep Tempel – Tales by Guy Aldous With increasing levels of gentrification in areas of Melbourne that my mum still thinks are inhabited by bikies and crack heads, I often wonder if there is anything that was…
