| Destroy She Said - Game Over Rock | 17/05/2012 |
It’s balls deep, Saturday night beer brawl rock that sounds like Bon Scott leading a biker gang into the mouth of hell. Sorted.- Classic Rock Magazine UK
Description taken from various reviews:
'Game Over pretty much slams your senses with it’s bludgeoning guitar riff.'
'It's an arse kicking anthem with a monster pounding riff.'
'This is one for fans of loud, proud, sweaty, dirty Aussie pub rock.'
'Game Over pretty much slams your senses with it’s bludgeoning guitar riff.'
'It's an arse kicking anthem with a monster pounding riff.'
'This is one for fans of loud, proud, sweaty, dirty Aussie pub rock.'
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Other tracks by Destroy She Said: Squirter - Drivin' Machine
| The Peep Tempel - Mister Lester Moore Rock, Punk, Garage | 17/05/2012 |
The Peep Tempel create frenetic rock tinged with punk. They are a three-piece from Melbourne.
Opening in a blaze of machine gun fire bass and guitar, ‘Mister Lester Moore’ tantalizingly vacillates between teeth-bared urgency to cold menace. As close to romance as The Peep Tempel get, vocalist Blake Scott croons throughout “You are beautiful my girl,” with a nuanced menace that drips with danger
| Skyways Are Highways - If You Get Caught We Never Met Pop, Punk, Rock | 17/05/2012 |
Melbourne based punk drenched, 60s inspired sunshine pop band from Byron Bay.
A sunbeam blast of classic pop, dancing with punk angst energy
Other tracks by Skyways Are Highways: Bird
| Expatriate - Do You Remember Pop, Rock | 17/05/2012 |
Expatriate by name Expatriates by nature. After the success of ARIA-nominated debut album “In The Midst Of This”, Expatriate relocated to Berlin, Germany to coincide with the European album release.
Expatriate offer up their latest single ‘Do You Remember’ ahead of their East Coast tour in May. Produced by Andy Savours (Pnau, The Killers) in the UK, the track brings together a swelling synth line with frontman Ben King’s soaring vocals.
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Other tracks by Expatriate: Miracle Mile
| Big Scary - Leaving Home Rock, Pop | 17/05/2012 |
The Melbourne 2-piece are diverse in their musical offerings. From fuzzed out rock and moody balladry to piano driven anthems. Their debut album 'Vacation' came out last October.
This is the 3rd single of the critically acclaimed debut LP 'Vacation' from rising stars Big Scary. Put simply: this song starts slow and builds! strap in for an epic song
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Other tracks by Big Scary: Purple
| Dotcoms - Janie Got Super Cute Rock, Pop | 15/05/2012 |
Coming together in 2009 Jason Leigh (lead vocals & guitar), Aaron Malmborg (drums) and Jim Young (bass) make music that’s personal and uniquely Melbourne.
The tale of a boy and a girl. They dated for a while but were more in love with the idea of each other. It was never going to work, the boy ended it. Heartbroken the girl set about winning him back.
| Drawn From Bees - Ballad of Running Bear Rock, Pop | 15/05/2012 |
Brisbane art rockers Drawn from Bees are a band that set out to create music based on their collective love of literature and epic narratives.
Latest single ‘The Ballad of Running Bear’, is the Drawn from Bees take on the classic star-crossed lovers story (ala Romeo & Juliet, Tristan & Isolde), inspired by the 1950’s Big Bopper/Jonny Preston tune, ‘Running Bear’, which tells the story of ill-fated lovers, Running Bear and Little White Dove.
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| Major Tom & The Atoms - Mockingbird Rock, Pop, Blues, Psychedelic | 15/05/2012 |
Featuring ex-Little Red baritone crooner Tom Hartney on vocals, Major Tom & The Atoms are an explosive rhythm'n'blues orchestra set to release debut EP Shake It Til You Break It.
Opening with an instantly infectious beat, ‘Mockingbird’ is a dancefloor favourite with a catchy chorus and swinging sax solo that’ll get even the shiest feet tapping.
Other tracks by Major Tom & The Atoms: The House That Love Built
| Warning Birds - Sally Rock, Pop | 14/05/2012 |
Triple J Radio’s Zan Rowe has said of Warning Birds that theirs is “full, heartfelt music”. Their performances are emphatic and energetic, and their music is complex and intelligent.
Sonically cool and deliciously melancholic in the vein of Death Cab for Cutie, ‘Sally’ is a standout piece of songwriting for this new Perth four piece; a stunningly evocative suburban tragedy that tells of the outlawed relationship between a high schooler and his young graduate teacher
Other tracks by Warning Birds: The Lane - Ripcord
| The Rubens - Don't Ever Want To Be Found Blues/Roots, Rock | 14/05/2012 |
Forming in early 2011 and hailing from Menangle in country NSW, The Rubens are brothers Sam, Elliott and Zaac Margin and good friend Scott Baldwin.
The new single from Sydney four-piece The Rubens is ‘Don’t Ever Want To Be Found’, a blues soaked number with copious amounts of soul.
| Papa Pilko & The Binrats - The Gambler Blues/Roots, Blues, Alternative Country, Rock | 14/05/2012 |
Papa Pilko & The Binrats are an Alternative Blues band hailing from Sydney, Australia. Blending Juke Joint Blues with the sounds of New Orleans.
The Gambler is a song derived from past experiences with a strong rhythm and screaming harmonica.
Other tracks by Papa Pilko & The Binrats: Bar Fight Blues - I Demand Satisfaction
| Super Raelene Bros - Nuclear Kop Rock, Roots, Cover Version, Folk | 14/05/2012 |
Fresh from the desert a sonic waterhole of sweet harmony and funk that never fails to fill the dance floor. Nuclear Kop EP takes on the Uranium Industry and more!
A spanner in the works of the Uranium spin machine since Wiya Angela Pamela went number one on JJJ unearthed this version of Redgum's classic "Nuclear Kop" promises to do the same.
"the Super Raelene Brothers version is better than ours. And I don't say that lightly." John Schumann, Redgum
"the Super Raelene Brothers version is better than ours. And I don't say that lightly." John Schumann, Redgum
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Other tracks by Super Raelene Bros: I Wanna Live With Kofi Annan - Darwin Song
| Iowa - Love Song Rock, Grunge | 13/05/2012 |
"Heavy, chunky distorted guitars that come in waves like Dinosaur Jr. and Crazy Horse soaked in shoegaze"
Love Song is the 3rd single of Iowa's debut album Never Saw It Coming which has just been released on limited edition Yellow Vinyl.
| Unity Floors - Identity Theft Rock, Garage | 10/05/2012 |
"a vibe that sits somewhere between Robert Foster and Fugazi; soaring vocals alongside a guitar and drum kit ready to bolt out of the speakers." - The Thousands
"for pushing caution against some wind, delegating your troubles, paternity tests and intellectual property lawsuits to their rightful place in the rearview mirror of life." - polaroidsofandroids.com
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Other tracks by Unity Floors: Boil The Ocean - Bass Song
| Arcane Saints - Never Say Die Rock, Grunge, Metal | 10/05/2012 |
Melbourne rockers fronted by a relative Steve Harris (Iron Maiden.) Recently played Midi Festival in China to 20,000 people.
The song is about the "never say die" attitude unsigned rock bands of today have to adapt in order to survive. Positive and uplifting and the songs really rocks hard.
| Nikko - The Child Rock, Alternative Country, Folk | 10/05/2012 |
Hovering between melancholic balladry and thunderous post-rock, Nikko inhabit a niche in the Brisbane music scene all of their own, a Gothic Western sound that never lets the tension slip
An 8-minute epic about the coming apocalypse, 'The Child' is indicative of the new album; its scale, orchestration and stylistic temperament.
| Rebecca Ireland - Take Me Out Pop, Rock, Roots | 10/05/2012 |
Wielding an electric guitar with shards of a broken heart, singer songwriter Rebecca Ireland sings of the dark side of domestic bliss in her crunchy new single, 'Take me out!'.
Take Me Out is the first single from Rebecca Ireland's upcoming new EP - and follow up to her mesmerising latest release Love & Stickytape (Vitamin Records).
'Rebecca's original, poetic and lyrical slant on life is inspirational and poignant', Marika Bryant, ABC Arts Hub.
'Rebecca's original, poetic and lyrical slant on life is inspirational and poignant', Marika Bryant, ABC Arts Hub.
| Making - Barcelona Rock, Industrial, Techno | 08/05/2012 |
Making are a trio from Sydney exploring the use of repetition, duration and texture in rock music.
Barcelona is a single released by Making in April 2012. It features two remixes by electronic artists Ben Carey and Nakagin.
RECOMMENDED BY: FBi Radio Sydney, SYN FM Melbourne
RECOMMENDED BY: FBi Radio Sydney, SYN FM Melbourne
Other tracks by Making: El Auto Fantastico - Earth (Tundra)
| Stonefield - Bad Reality Rock, Psychedelic | 08/05/2012 |
From a tiny rural township just north of Melbourne, these four sisters would go on to become the Australian earthen psych-rock opal, Stonefield.
Stonefield's first single 'Bad Reality' has only just been released and is already gaining momentum on the radio.
| Blackchords - Dance, Dance, Dance Rock, Pop, Atmospheric, Electronic | 07/05/2012 |
Melbourne’s melodic alternative rock band’s first single, the upbeat ‘Dance, Dance, Dance’ from their highly anticipated second album featuring soaring soundscapes with diverse and atmospheric tracks and totally international sound.
‘Dance Dance Dance’ arrives on the airwaves with a mix of melancholy and a hook that is undeniably buoyant. The music video for ‘Dance’ was filmed during recording at ‘The Shed’ in the Yarra Valley.
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