News PREMIERE: Let Saint-Léon hypnotise you with their new video Hold My Love by Happy It’s hard to imagine two people living on opposite sides of the world possessing as much synergy as synth-pop duo Saint-Léon. Named after the small French commune where they record…
Music A.C Freazy’s new track Only One is perfect for those romantic nights in by Bill Robinson Last week, Auckland’s master of synth-pop, A.C Freazy, returned with Only One, another shimmering single that we haven’t been able to stop spinning since its release. Seriously, this thing is…
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…
News PREMIERE: Summer is definitely here and so is Shibuya, a certified banger from Rogues by Freya McGahey Out of Perth, rockers Rogues have dropped new single Shibuya and it’s the perfect introduction to the fragmented synth pop sound they do so well. It’s the sound of the summer…
News PREMIERE: Out of Christchurch comes the haunting romance of Laura Lee Lovely by Freya McGahey Formerly of shoegaze band O’Lovely, Christchurch’s Laura Lee Lovely is a couple of singles deep into a very promising solo project. Combining the spacey synth landscapes of her musical beginnings with a…
News PREMIERE: Be warned, Chase City’s new single Surrounded is a synthy jam that will stick in your head all week by Tom Cameron Hobart quartet Chase City have been on the upward bound since their breakthrough performances as part of Falls Festival 2013’s Unearthed comp. They offer up a homegrown surf rock vibe, with…
Music With the allure of a femme fatale, Zeiiga will ensnare you with her Soma EP by Riley Fitzgerald Conceived in 2015 as a vehicle for musical experimentation and self-expression, Zeiiga is the alias of Brisbane’s Emma Rose Pitney. Growing out of DIY project Abysso, Rose’s self-taught experimentation quickly found an…
Music Love the taste of indie-tronica? Then have a spoonful of Cohlaj’s Audiomeal by Nathan Vumbaca Cohlaj (I assume pronounced as COAL and LAG) are a Sydney based band who pride themselves on the genre “indietronica”. Cohlaj are a baby band, only arriving on the scene…
Music Need a break from real world? Drift away from it all with Lastlings on Unreality by Hui Zen Lim Fresh onto the scene, brother / sister duo Lastlings have sent shockwaves through the net with their ethereal and translucent soundscapes. Not only have the duo won the lottery in…
News PREMIERE: TEES give us a better version of the Aussie Open with Spending Your Heart by Lara Holmes While their ball kid skills leave something to be desired, TEES’ tennis whites are up to the standards of the All England Club and their new video for Spending Your Heart is four…
Music The Japanese House is your new crush for 2016. If you don’t believe us just listen to Clean by Anna Smorek Melancholic and dreamy, yet powerful and revealing: there’s no better way to describe the second album The Japanese House released within just one year. Yes, it’s only in April 2015, that the…
Music I guess this is growing up, Art vs Science flex their party rock muscles on Off The Edge of The Earth and Into Forever, Forever by Guy Aldous With 2015 being such a massive year for new and exciting Australian music I for one found a lot of seasoned acts flying under my radar. I totally missed the…
News PREMIERE: Pristine vocals and deft synth-pop production in perfect unison on Chambres’ Rings by Nick Stillman Synth-pop has enjoyed a steady rise for the better part of the past decade, sitting comfortably between the goliath entity that is EDM and the immovable rock that is, well,…
