Lists Music John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers rate Sydney’s best park benches by Emily Elvish John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers know how to write a stellar track but they know their seats even better. Fresh off the release of their latest album, we caught…
Music Grids & Dots deliver summery brilliance on their new single ‘The Great Divide’ by Cassia Briscoe Reverb revellers Grids & Dots have followed their debut single with a radiant sojourn to pull you right out of winter. Spring has nearly sprung here in Sydney. Jasmine is…
Interviews Music John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers chat their ambitious new single ‘Park Bench’ by Emily Elvish John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers are a band willing to stretch music as far as it can go. A group on the rise, we caught up with the band…
Music The 1975 – ‘Notes On a Conditional Form’ Album Review by James Peppercorn The 1975 are one of the most divisive bands on the planet. People seem to either feel a deep-rooted love for the group or a seething disgust towards the pseudo-boy…
Features The 10 most groundbreaking post-rock albums of all time by Luke Saunders What is post-rock? Most people answer with an illusory, “Yeah, it’s like… Sigur Ros right?”. The truth is, the genre was coined in 1994 by Simon Reynolds in the pages of…
News PREMIERE: Slacker pop slayers Sleepy release their second single ‘Safe & Sound’ by Happy With their long-awaited debut album New Shanghai Night just about to drop, Sleepy have released another enticing crumb. Their second single Safe & Sound anticipates more of the nostalgic 90’s revival…
Music LISTEN: Flyying Colours – ‘Goodtimes’ by Happy Melbourne shoegaze outfit Flyying Colours are back with Goodtimes, their first new track since acclaimed 2016 album Mindfullness. Melt into the messy beauty below. Goodtimes is out now via Poison City Records….
News PREMIERE: The Astrals’ new single Twenty-three will warm your heart and stick in your head by Happy Based out of Sydney’s inner west, The Astrals are one of those bands you can’t help but fall in love with. Their music is rich, warm, and incredibly addictive. I…
News PREMIERE: You’ll be transfixed by EKKO’s woozy new video Tigerlily by Happy Back in June, when US psych icons Brian Jonestown Massacre played Sydney’s Metro Theatre as part of Vivid, Milton-based five-piece EKKO were given the support slot. And while many bands would…
Music A Strange Day experiment and mesmerise on their new album ASD by Happy Listening to ASD, the new album from Melbourne outfit A Strange Day, feels a lot like walking into a large body of water. It’s simultaneously dense and free-flowing, engrossing the…
Music WATCH: Beach House – Black Car by Happy Directed by front-woman Victoria Legrand’s brother, Alistair, Beach House’s eerie new video for Black Car is like the most terrifying car commercial you’ve ever seen. Watch the new video below:…
News PREMIERE: Lose yourself in the fuzzy goodness of Dead Little Penny’s Honeycomb by Bill Robinson You know how Australians are always claiming New Zealand artists as their own? Well, can we claim Dead Little Penny while we’re at it too? On their first studio recording Honeycomb,…
News Pro Audio Rolling Stone recently published a sneaky shot of Kevin Shields’ pedalboard – it’s a monster by Enmore Audio Shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine have brought huge guitar sounds to the world for decades. A photo of Kevin Shields’ pedalboard shows how the magic happens. My Bloody Valentine –…
