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Children Collide: a new chapter, eight historic years in the making

by Nic Mckenzie

For Children Collide’s Johnny Mackay, the last eight years since the release of Monument have been eventful, to say the least. From having Kevin Parker’s…

  • Music

LISTEN: GUM – ‘Out In The World’

by Happy

Astronauts may be getting sent to space once again, but GUM’s been taking us there for years. Jay Watson’s fifth solo album is as grandiose…

  • Music

LISTEN: GUM – ‘Don’t Let It Go Out’

by Happy

GUM aka Jay Watson (Pond, Tame Impala) has shared a brand new single and announced his fifth studio album, Out In The World. Check out…

  • News

PREMIERE: Fascinator’s new clip Your Money, It’s Ugly is the sordid disco anthem 2019 needs

by Molly Lasker

Former frontman of Australian alt-rock outfit Children Collide, Fascinator (real name Johnny Mackay) has ditched festival appearances and triple j rotations for DJ slots in…

  • Live

A one-man concoction of synth-pop grooves: GUM leaves Oxford Art Factory in awe again

by Dani Hansen

Every time I see Jay Watson perform solo, I’m always left a little in awe by the whole experience. He has been flashing his talent…

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Space age pop, new age gloss: GUM triumphs on The Underdog

by Jack Carter

In 1997, a popular British kids’ TV show called Bernard’s Watch chronicled the adventures of a young lad who possessed a magical pocket watch, which he…

  • Music

LISTEN: GUM – Gemini

by Happy

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Nicholas Allbrook is still an oddball, and Pure Gardiya is a beautiful, polished oddity

by Tom Cameron

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/263227055″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] Pure Gardiya is the latest solo release from one of Australia’s greatest weirdos and psychedelia incarnate – Nicholas…

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PREMIERE: Jet off into the stratosphere with Spaceman on Grains of Sand

by Riley Fitzgerald

The lesser-known cousin of psychedelic rock, Krautrock, has an obscurity can only be counterbalanced against its pervasive influence. Whether it’s the shimmering soundscapes of Faust,…

  • News

Drop everything and learn the Oh Bukkake dance with Fascinator

by Happy

Hello friends, we have a new activity for you to do today that doesn’t involve starting at a computer screen, courtesy of our mate Fascinator. It’s…

  • Music

Children Colldie’s Johnny Mackay says farewell rocketship, hello atmosphere as Fascinator

by Dean Elphick

You may know Fascinator better as Johnny Mackay, former frontman of popular Melbourne rockers Children Collide. Now, under a new moniker he has chosen to…

  • Interviews

Chatting hip-hop influencing Taylor Swift and psych rock, to making music that is just fucking weird with Nick Allbrook

by Nick Stillman

Nicholas Allbrook is one of the most enigmatic characters in Australian music. Frontman of psych purveyors POND, ex-bassist of Tame Impala, artist, writer and top…

  • Music

Hypnotism in music form, Nicholas Allbrook’s Warlus is an experience

by Aimy Guez

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/222973808″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] Listening to Nicholas Allbrook’s Walrus EP is like staring at a painting of Dali. Trying to understand it…

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