| Oscar Key Sung - It's Coming Electronic, RnB | 19/06/2013 |
At 23 years of age, Melbourne-based singer/songwriter/producer Oscar Key Sung has quickly garnered a reputation as one of the most prodigious new talents in Australia's vibrant indie music landscape.
It’s Coming is flush with beautiful vocals, tape loop samples and impeccably programmed beats. It stands as a fascinating progression of Oscar Slorach-Thorne’s song writing and production work from previous projects, a little darker and sexier but with similar overwhelmingly pop gestures.
Other tracks by Oscar Key Sung: Sure Thing - All I Think About (Part 1)
| Ben Mason - Avoiding a Fight Rock, Psychedelic, Folk, Pop | 22/05/2013 |
Ben Mason is a Melbourne singer and songwriter, formerly of the band The Smallgoods.
My new single is called "Avoiding a Fight".
My album Holes and Corners, will be out in July. It will be my debut solo album, since the Smallgoods ended. I recorded the album at home and it was mixed in Portland, Oregon by Adam Selzer, (M Ward, Laura Gibson).
My album Holes and Corners, will be out in July. It will be my debut solo album, since the Smallgoods ended. I recorded the album at home and it was mixed in Portland, Oregon by Adam Selzer, (M Ward, Laura Gibson).
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| Valar - Astronaut Rock, Jazz, Alternative Country | 22/05/2013 |
Sydney 3 piece that bring together incredible song writing, free jamming and great production. Inspired by Neil Young, Radiohead and Talk Talk.
It unfolds, one layer at a time with old man Parsons doing his part to move things forward in his irregular yet mightily constrained way before the whole thing flattens out with Blackwood’s dulcet sweep atop a bed of harmonised howls. - Sound Doctrine 2013
RECOMMENDED BY: 3PBS, MELBOURNE
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| The Water Board - Peanuts Rock, Garage, Pop, Psychedelic | 15/04/2013 |
Four piece band from Sydney making fuzzy, reverb-drenched pop songs, following the footsteps of the Velvet Underground if Lou Reed was in a field of daisies by the sea.
Peanuts used to be called "Eat A Peanut Little Muffin". It's a song about knowing when to let go of someone if you know it will be better for both of you. It's one of our favourite songs to play live because it's fast and has a bit of space.
ON TOUR:
JUN/JUL
ACT/VIC/NSW/QLD
ON TOUR:
JUN/JUL
ACT/VIC/NSW/QLD
Other tracks by The Water Board: Brown Eyes - Autumn Girl
| Bill Darby - Milk and Honey Pop, Experimental | 13/04/2013 |
Combining traditional song writing and explorative electronic production, The Buzz and the Bloom is fuelled by a fascination with live looping and sampling with accomplished guitar at its heart.
Layers of manipulated melodic guitar loops along with gently driving bass and drums and vocal harmonies form the basis of this fine peice of off-kilter pop song writing.
Other tracks by Bill Darby: Whites Of Their Eyes - No Room
| Ben Houghton - Tempelhof Electronic, House, Techno | 10/04/2013 |
Ben Houghton makes house music for late nights, dark rooms and faded memories. Currently based in Berlin, this Melburnian's output speaks of deepness and understatement.
The title track from Ben Houghton's first Berlin EP, "Tempelhof" is a textural combination of gritty found sounds and synthesised layers, exploring both the structural and spatial elements of techno and house.
RECOMMENDED BY: FBi RADIO, SYDNEY
RECOMMENDED BY: FBi RADIO, SYDNEY
Other tracks by Ben Houghton: Dat - First Snow
| Big Dumb Kid - Thieves ft Rainbow Chan Hip Hop, Electronic | 20/03/2013 |
Big Dumb Kid wields 16-bit sounds and strong HipHop ethics fusing the rich melodies of Electronica with an autonomous perspective of his surroundings, BDK writes conscious songs for inquisitive listeners.
Big Dumb Kid releases "Thieves" a single collaboration with Rainbow Chan.
“I love her style and production. As soon as I heard her voice I knew I had to get her on a track... I've combined worlds of music that I'm very fond of. An ambience that builds and builds...”
“I love her style and production. As soon as I heard her voice I knew I had to get her on a track... I've combined worlds of music that I'm very fond of. An ambience that builds and builds...”
Other tracks by Big Dumb Kid: Somebody Else - About My Dream
| Ross de Chene Hurricanes - My Pretty Baby Rock, Garage, Punk | 27/02/2013 |
Two Melbourne punks, sharing a love of Tony Modra and his radical speccies. They make raucous garage jams about gals who reject them and guys who are tougher than them.
A DIY garage pop ditty about holding hands, pretty girls and other manly things like that.
Other tracks by Ross de Chene Hurricanes: The Jailbird - I Don't Really Care
| Danger Beach - Black Rain Rock, Garage | 01/02/2013 |
Danger Beach is the side project of former Assassins 88 member Lachlan Thomas of Canberra Australia. His music varies between sun soaked pop and dark atmospheric instrumentals
Black Rain retains that same atmosphere of Danger Beach's earlier work and rises above the lo-fi haze into something completely fresh with driving percussion, hypnotic guitars and lush melodies. Featuring vocals by Assassins 88
| Kate Crowley - Marrar Moon Folk, Live Performance, Acoustic, Roots | 31/01/2013 |
Kate Crowley recorded by 3MDR.3MDR Mountain District Radio 97.1fm is a community station nestled in the forest covered Dandenong Ranges, 35km east of Melbourne.
Marrar Moon is a tale of the road, a partial lunar eclipse and music shared with friends. Marrar, Wagga and Walwa are all rural towns on the trip home to a bleak winter Brunswick.
Recorded live at 3MDR, nestled in the forest covered Dandenong Ranges, 35km east of Melbourne.
Recorded live at 3MDR, nestled in the forest covered Dandenong Ranges, 35km east of Melbourne.
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| Sweet Teeth - Easy Life Pop, Garage | 25/01/2013 |
We are aggressive pop for the pop listener who hates everything.
We are aggressive pop for the pop listener who hates everything.
RECOMMENDED BY: FBi RADIO, SYDNEY
Other tracks by Sweet Teeth: Blog Buzz - Robert Downey Jr
| The Texettes - After The Fire Country, Rock, Roots, Alternative Country | 13/11/2012 |
"Country RnR" is an invitation to hoist oneself out of the squatter's chair and kick up the dust with tracks from this boastfully Australian pure country music album.
"After the Fire" is country rock with a knee slapping Bluegrass influence- it's all energy, incorporating great songwriting and imaginative composition and it really kicks up some dust - a worthy contender in the grand finals of the 2012 Tamworth Songwriter's Association Blues, Roots and Bluegrass section.
Other tracks by The Texettes: One More Beer - The Land That We Love
| EARS - Open Hearts Hip Hop, Electronic, Experimental, Psychedelic | 24/10/2012 |
EARS is a street artist come beat maker, who has been producing hip hop for 9 years. The music is Atmospheric, intricate psych inspired hip hop made with analogue gear.
Open hearts is a folky soundscape with a hip hop backbone. Thick lo fi textures, Floaty, crunchy Percussion, Analogue Synths and bitcrushed filter sweeps with live Halo and Vocals (Gabriel Goldberg), Double Bass (Nick Mcclean), Acoustic guitar (Leroy Lee).
Other tracks by EARS: Panda - Red Silhouettes
| The Khanz - Prescription Culture Pop | 20/10/2012 |
Musical boundaries suck. Music's about playing, dancing and having fun together. We want to keep the community feeling alive. Life can be a bitch, let’s party.
Kids are being turned into junkies by their own parents, often with the connivance of teachers and schools. And it’s not for the kids’ benefit. It’s to make the parents and teachers feel better. And to make the kids easier to control.
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Other tracks by The Khanz: Lost Control - Arachnid
| The Khanz - Wolves Pop | 20/10/2012 |
Musical boundaries suck. Music's about playing, dancing and having fun together. We want to keep the community feeling alive. Life can be a bitch, let’s party.
What do you do when a group of friends drifts apart?
RECOMMENDED BY FBi RADIO SYDNEY
| Terrible Truths - Lift Weights Rock, Punk, Garage, Pop | 21/09/2012 |
Terrible Truths are a three-piece post-punk band originally from Adelaide, now based in Melbourne and Brisbane. Influenced by The Slits, ESG, Pylon, Delta 5. Members of Rites Wild, Per Purpose.
An invigorating slice of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it pop-rock centred around the fearsome vocals of singer/guitarist Rani Rose.
- wearsthetrousers.com
RECOMMENDED BY: 4ZZZ, Brisbane & 3SYN Melbourne.
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Other tracks by Terrible Truths: Don Juan - Diamond
| Phobiac - Stevie Wonderful Pop, Rock, Britpop, Garage | 17/09/2012 |
www.phobiac.bandcamp.com
An experimental pop/rock number with psychedelic guitars, heavy beats and a big singalong chorus.
RECOMMENDED BY: FBi RADIO, SYDNEY
Other tracks by Phobiac: Triangle Song - All Boys
| The Broken Needles - Saltflat Baby Rock | 21/08/2012 |
"A wet-season postcard from Psychoville, N.Q." - Michael Dwyer, Rolling Stone Magazine
A snarling, full-throttle Australian rock song featuring a guest performance from The Middle East's Jordan Ireland on lead guitar. In the vein of past Australian punk heroes such as The Birthday Party, Crime & The City Solution, and The Saints.
Other tracks by The Broken Needles: (I Am Not The) Resurrection - Cheap Gin
| Adrian Whyte - 2022 Country, Alternative Country, Rockabilly, Roots | 30/07/2012 |
Dark, alternate solo country with a unique and somehow modern feel, self accompanied by a full fingerpickin' electric sound.
A song about the end of the world - again! Humans rebuild and live modestly, but it all goes pear shape once again. 'Perhaps what they say in those movies are true...? We're all just parasites there's nothing we can do!!!!!'
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Other tracks by Adrian Whyte: Death Rides a Harley - Hindsight
| Swimming - Animals Pop, Experimental | 30/07/2012 |
Swimming are lo-fi, dream pop, ambient, garage, harmonic and swelling. Swimming like odd timing, R&B beats, clarity, and the spaces between. We write songs together and listen together.
Harmonic pop bits with chocolate in the middle. A happy track.
Other tracks by Swimming: New Friends - Like Minds Collide
