| Claire Birchall - Dead Air Alternative, Rock, Pop | 26/09/2019 |
Well known in Melbourne as a rock guitarist/ vocalist with her band Claire Birchall & the Phantom Hitchhikers, this year Claire snuck off and made a catchy DIY synth-pop album.
‘Dead Air’ is the first cut off Claire Birchall's upcoming Running In Slow Motion LP (2020) It’s a mesmerising, slinky piece of pop, an ode to the outsider; a song about feeling alone at the party, with a vocal hook that will have you singing along in the car.
| Rocket Science - Cheers Pinger Rock, Garage, Punk, Psychedelic | 15/08/2019 |
Rocket Science play trashy-psychedelic-garage-punk with new wave, no-wave art-punk enthusiasm. Roman Tucker (vocals, organ, Theremin), Dave Gray (bass guitar, fuzz bass) Kit Warhurst (drums, vocals) and Paul Maybury (guitar)
Told through the eyes of a fictitious medical practitioner, the audience is encouraged to take care. The obsession with euphoria is embedded deep within, our expectations are not real.
The world of ‘Cheers Pinger’ is sensory and rich, built around a trippy and jagged, misaligned riff that lurches and cascades into a chaotic psych-out. Of course, it’s a banger.
The world of ‘Cheers Pinger’ is sensory and rich, built around a trippy and jagged, misaligned riff that lurches and cascades into a chaotic psych-out. Of course, it’s a banger.
Other tracks by Rocket Science: Snake - Back For More
| Atom - Run Out (Other Places' Destroy Everything REMIX) Electronic, Rock, Punk | 26/07/2019 |
Harry Howard (Crime & The City Solution, These Immortal Souls, Harry Howard & The NDE), Edwina Preston (The Moll Flanders Band, Harry Howard & The NDE) Ben Hepworth (Repairs, Eastlink).
We are very excited to share with you 3 fabulous remixes from 3 of our favourite Melbourne electronic producers: Other Places, Horse Pills and Hemlock Ladder.
Track 1 sees labelmate Other Places take Atom's post-punk stomper 'Run Out' to the club. A high octane dance track that conjurs a manic cheer against impending doom.
Track 1 sees labelmate Other Places take Atom's post-punk stomper 'Run Out' to the club. A high octane dance track that conjurs a manic cheer against impending doom.
Other tracks by Atom: I Used to Win (Horse Pills' Blue Heaven REMIX) - Russian (Hemlock Ladder REMIX)
| Rocket Science - I Hate Hate Rock, Garage, Punk | 17/07/2019 |
Australia's favourite garage-psych-punks are back from outer-space: tougher, wilder and sharper than ever. They have a new record in the can and this is single #2.
‘I Hate Hate’ is the blistering second single off Rocket Science’s upcoming album Snake. An “ode” to the Outrage Industrial Complex penned by bassist Dave Gray, who incidentally delivers a bassline that will scorch your ears. A sneering malediction with a beat you can dance to. It’s a high energy, garage-punk punch up. Dig it.
| Atom - I Used to Win Rock, Punk, Electronic, Experimental | 14/06/2019 |
Harry Howard (Crime & The City Solution, These Immortal Souls, Harry Howard & The NDE), Edwina Preston (The Moll Flanders Band, Harry Howard & The NDE) Ben Hepworth (Repairs, Eastlink).
"An early one inspired by the dark relentlessness of that damned Ben Hepworth's satanic mills. Sometimes you almost feel as if you live in a state of grace. Then the gears jam, the whole machine starts burning and all you are left with are strange memories. Worlds falling apart, over & over, laid to waste. That kind of thing." HH
| Rocket Science - Chasing Rainbows Rock, Garage, Psychedelic, Punk | 13/06/2019 |
It’s been 10 years since their last album and they’re back from outer-space: tougher, wilder and sharper than ever. Australia's favourite garage-psych-punks have a new single and it's a ripper.
‘Chasing Rainbows’ is the first cut off the upcoming album; Snake and it’s a killer. Kicking off dirty with an unmistakable Rocket Science swing. The first half is a tense playoff, guitar frantically stabs through an unrelenting, rolling rhythm section, overlaid with snarling vocals before exploding into a psychedelic, freak-out ending. Don’t be scared, it’s awesome.
| Atom - Parasite Rock, Punk, Pop | 24/05/2019 |
Harry Howard (Crime & The City Solution, These Immortal Souls, Harry Howard & The NDE), Edwina Preston (The Moll Flanders Band, Harry Howard & The NDE) Ben Hepworth (Repairs, Eastlink).
Second single off 'In Every Dream Home' (June 21). 'Parasite' is a menacing piece of synth pop, somehow evoking the slippery sexiness of Ultra era Depeche Mode and the frantic insistence of Pel Mel. Edwina Preston’s vocals reach out through coils of insidious layered synths and toxic, exigent guitar like a hand thrust up in a dark churning sea.
| Atom - Run Out Rock, Punk, Electronic, Experimental | 05/04/2019 |
Harry Howard (Crime & The City Solution, These Immortal Souls, Harry Howard & The NDE), Edwina Preston (The Moll Flanders Band, Harry Howard & The NDE) Ben Hepworth (Repairs, Eastlink).
'Run Out' is the first track from 'In Every Dream Home' - the debut album from Melbourne synth-punk band ATOM. A tough and sexy mix of New Wave and Swamp Punk. Dual vocalists, synth, keyboards, drum machines and scorching guitar. Sitting somewhere between Chrome and The Cramps, Suicide and the B52's; with a haze of Hawkwind. Killer.
| Time For Dreams / Dream Kit - Move It - Dream Kit "Come with Me" Remix Electronic, Pop, Downbeat, Dub | 07/12/2018 |
Time For Dreams is Melbourne based duo Tom Carlyon on guitar and beats and Amanda Roff on vocals and bass. They make evocative, sophisticated and deeply sexy pop music.
A little over a year out from the release of their debut album, TIME FOR DREAMS are set to release the IN TIME REMIX EP featuring remixes from 5 of Melbourne’s most exciting electronic artists.
Ahead of this we are excited to present a remix from electronic producer Dream Kit (aka Declan Kelly).
Ahead of this we are excited to present a remix from electronic producer Dream Kit (aka Declan Kelly).
| Little Desert - Happy Rock, Psychedelic, Punk, Grunge | 30/11/2018 |
Little Desert are hard to define. An amalgamation of dark rock, menacing bass, noise guitar, emotive vocals amongst ‘Dario Argento’ keys. Part rock ‘n’ roll, part exorcism, part punk show.
‘Happy’ is a raucous ode to sisterly love and embracing life. A stomping psych-punk killer their loyal fan-base will undoubtedly recognise from their incendiary live show. We’re sure it’s going lure many a new convert to the cult of Little Desert. A strange, magnetic and wild band, with a unique sound all their own.
| Ned Collette - Thanks Richard Folk, Acoustic, Rock, Pop | 04/09/2018 |
Melbourne-born singer-songwriter, now based in Berlin. He was a member of instrumental band City City City and has since recorded six albums, either solo or with his band, Wirewalker.
“hazy spellbound folk" **** Mojo
“his most lucid, literate compositions yet" Clash Magazine
"most beguiling" Uncut
"somber and soulful, craggy and careful" RSTB
"Old Chestnut is packed with nuggets of interesting storytelling like Thanks Richard and Sacred Cats." The Music
“his most lucid, literate compositions yet" Clash Magazine
"most beguiling" Uncut
"somber and soulful, craggy and careful" RSTB
"Old Chestnut is packed with nuggets of interesting storytelling like Thanks Richard and Sacred Cats." The Music
Other tracks by Ned Collette: Sacred Cats - Snaky Song
| New War - Bluebeard FLA Rock, Punk | 03/09/2018 |
New War are quite simply a devastatingly brilliant rock band. 4 musicians at the top of their game producing intense and lucent post-punk. Ferocious, rhythmic and razor sharp.
A pisstake of “Stand Your Ground”/Alpha personality types, 'Bluebeard FLA' grows increasingly Swiftian, mirroring the mass psychosis of addiction to violence & control. The Ur-oomph of the Melissa Lock/Steve Masterson rhythm section is under investigation, Jesse Shepherd's keyboards will not be televised & Chris's larynx twangs & roars. Believe the hype, New War's back.
| New War - Get In The Boot Rock, Punk | 22/06/2018 |
New War are quite simply a devastatingly brilliant rock band. 4 musicians at the top of their game producing intense and lucent post-punk. Ferocious, rhythmic and razor sharp.
Relentless, catchy & at moments completely unhinged, ‘Get in the Boot’ flits between Elizabethan throne rooms, Garbo, & magical realist nursery rhyme, foregrounded by a goose-stepping rhythm section & synths like an air raid being eaten by a swarm of bees.
| Ned Collette - Grant's Farm Folk, Rock, Experimental, Pop | 16/06/2018 |
Melbourne-born singer-songwriter, now based in Berlin. He was a member of instrumental band City City City and has since recorded six albums, either solo or with his band, Wirewalker.
'Grant's Farm' is first an intricate and melancholy ballad that showcases to stunning effect all that makes Ned Collette shine as both a songwriter and performer. It is dark and sparkling, sad and hopeful. As the song says: "blackness streamed with gold…”
| Time For Dreams - Death of a Disco Dancer Pop, Cover Version, Downbeat, Rock | 16/06/2018 |
Time For Dreams is Melbourne based duo Tom Carlyon (Standish/Carlyon, The Devastations) on guitar and beats and Amanda Roff (Harmony) on vocals and bass.
Hypnotic, mesmeric cover of The Smith's 'Death of A Disco Dancer'. Time For Dreams put a beautiful spin on this melancholic classic, painting it in their own colours. The perfect b-side to their new 7" single 'You've Got A Freind'
| Time For Dreams - You've Got a Friend Rock, Electronic, Atmospheric, Pop | 25/05/2018 |
Time For Dreams is Melbourne based duo Tom Carlyon (Standish/Carlyon, The Devastations) on guitar and beats and Amanda Roff (Harmony) on vocals and bass.
You've Got A Friend (named as a homage to Carole King) was written during a time of depression, loneliness and general disillusionment with the human race. A tiny tale of kindness and friendship in a world of violence and apathy.
MUSIC DIRECTOR PICK: Cameron Dunsford, 3PBS, Melbourne (VIC)
MUSIC DIRECTOR PICK: Cameron Dunsford, 3PBS, Melbourne (VIC)
| Ned Collette - The Optimist Rock, Folk, Experimental, Pop | 19/05/2018 |
Melbourne-born singer-songwriter, now based in Berlin. He was a member of instrumental band City City City and has since recorded six albums, either solo or with his band, Wirewalker.
The Optimist is the first taste from Collette's forthcoming dark folk opus 'Old Chestnut'. Recorded as a ballad, with Alex Garsden on steel string guitar and Anthea Caddy playing cello. It was written way back in 2008. Ten years later, its themes have been amplified by the passage of time.
| Primitive Calculators - On Drugs Metal/Punk, Electronic, Experimental, Industrial | 13/04/2018 |
Aussie/ Melbourne proto-post-punk band Primitive Calculators have been making music for 40 years. Tough, brutal, hard to love music. Always challenging but always brilliant. Seminal noise.
A boogie rock, soul-inspired scorcher of a track that is going to ignite their fan base and convert the rest to the church of PC. The industrial thumping funk familiar to their previous work relentlessly punctuates a track that sits somewhere between a confession and a fire and brimstone sermon.
Other tracks by Primitive Calculators: I Wish You Were Dead - Competition
| The Metronomes - Taking the Longer View Electronic, Pop, Experimental | 29/03/2018 |
Legendary Melbourne Minimal Wave trio The Metronomes formed in 1980 releasing 2 highly acclaimed albums before disbanding for nearly 30 years, 2016b saw them back with brand new material.
Sophisticated and beautiful electronic pop from masters of the art. In the vein of New Order. A slowly building crystalline spiral of a song, with reflective and humorous lyrics.
| Primitive Calculators - Power Electronic, Punk, Experimental, Pop | 17/03/2018 |
Primitive Calculators are an Australian post-punk band, formed in Melbourne 1978. Described as sounding like "a very aggressive Suicide", their signature is a mix of harsh guitar noise, fast, repetitive drum machine beats, and abrasive synthesizers.
Ahead of the long-awaited 3rd album (ON DRUGS) from proto synth punks Primitive Calculators, It Records brings you the industrial stomp of POWER. It's an absolute belter, an angry, thumping, juggernaut of a track. You can dance to this, it's viscous electro punk, but it's got a real groove.
MUSIC DIRECTOR PICK: Will Backler, RTR FM, Perth (WA)
MUSIC DIRECTOR PICK: Will Backler, RTR FM, Perth (WA)
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