News PREMIERE: Get lost in the woozy synth-pop goodness of Glacial Heart by Tidal Peak by Bill Robinson Sometimes you’ve just got to go it alone. In 2015, when Kyle Lacko’s previous band fell apart, he decided he wasn’t yet done making music – and thank god for…
Music Twin amps and fuzz for days: crafting walls of shoegaze sound with Blush Response by Happy Adelaide shoegaze outfit Blush Response have just released their newest single Cruel, a dreamy slow burner brimming with just the right amount of fuzz. We had the pleasure of premiering the…
News PREMIERE: Sink into the hallucinatory fuzz of Blush Response’s new track Cruel by Bill Robinson Is shoegaze still a dirty word? I don’t really care. When groups like Adelaide’s Blush Response are making such incredible music with shoegaze’s dream-like qualities, the term should be one…
News Kevin Shields says new My Bloody Valentine LP sounds like someone “dropped some acid on” their last album by Happy Kevin Shields has revealed a few details about how the new My Bloody Valentine LP will sound like someone “dropped some acid on” their last album, MBV. In the wake…
News PREMIERE: Feel the inviting pull of the open water in Hyla’s mysterious new clip Swam Out by Freya McGahey Hyla are a band on everyone’s radar. Bringing forth a complex, lyrical and haunting take on pop, there’s a distinctly Australian narrative vein running through their music, making for a seriously comforting…
Features Get instrumental and get emotional with Fait’s track-by-track runthrough of her dreamy Sonder EP by Tom Cameron Perth’s Fait is known for building climactic, atmospheric instrumentals. Elise Higgins is her name, and she spends her production time solo while enlisting the help of three instrumentalists to create…
Music Remember that dress that changed colour? PJ Orr’s debut Foggy Notion is the musical equivalent by Debbie Carr Foggy Notion by PJ ORR Once upon a time, in the suburban Inner West of Sydney, a vibrant and undeniably nostalgic psych rock band called Hailer was born. The band accomplished…
Music Immerse yourself in a world of addiction, gloom and redemption with DIIV on Is the Is are by Dean Elphick Do what you’ve got to do to get comfortable because this is a mammoth of an album. Currently performing at Laneway, DIIV back from the brink and three years of pathos…
Music Lo-fi pop, drenched in reverb and shot into outer space in a fuzz rocket. Welcome to Gunns’ She’s a Rainbow by Kate Ross A sleepy life of sea and surf didn’t prove enough for the Gunns’ brainchild, guitarist Clinton Oliver. Back when the band from Fremantle took their first breath in 2011, they…
Music Things feeling a little too quiet in your life right now? Get loud with Figures by Hui Zen Lim Relocating to a new area can be such a daunting experience. There are many concerns that one might have when moving to a new suburb/state/country. We think about whether we’ll…
News PREMIERE: Jump in the boat with MOSES and sail the psychedelic seas of Keep Your Heart Beating by Kate Ross In some ways, Wellington band MOSES began life inverted, conceived by the concept of what they didn’t want to sound like rather than what they did. They had the edge though…
Music Forged from a love of Coopers Red, Home Improvement and neo-psychedelia comes Sydney’s Mount Zamia by Katie Busz From the summit of Mount Zamia, five youngsters are beaming to Sydney some powerful waves of psychedelic pop and enthusiastic indie rock. It was a mutual love of Coopers Red…
Music Only a month into their career Fern prove they have serious noise pop chops by Katie Busz Hailing from Sydney, Fern is the product of three pals Lauren, Scott and Adrian deciding to take their jam sessions a bit more seriously. The band isn’t even a month…
