| Fragile Animals - Landing Rock, Pop | 06/10/2018 |
Sunshine Coast three-piece Fragile Animals make sweetly melancholic indie rock with catchy-but-sombre melodies that move with an effortless glide.
An upliftingly, airy offering from their forthcoming sophomore EP, 'Landing' is part indie-pop, part shoegaze paragon. Luscious layering of slow burning choruses and intricate guitar melodies, 'Landing' draws inspiration from the difficulty of letting go.
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| Horror My Friend - Ultraviolet Rock, Garage, Punk, Ska | 06/10/2018 |
Adelaide’s trio Horror My Friend's barely controlled noise and fuzz, summons the spirit of alternative rock and shoe gaze, breaking new ground and embedding themselves firmly in the present.
'Ultraviolet' is the second track on Horror My friend's second LP, Home Life.
Drawing inspiration from their hectic IRLives as touring musicians, the new LP sees Horror My Friend examine the push and pull of maintaining relationships, jobs and ultimately normality.
Drawing inspiration from their hectic IRLives as touring musicians, the new LP sees Horror My Friend examine the push and pull of maintaining relationships, jobs and ultimately normality.
Other tracks by Horror My Friend: Admit None - Heavy Eyelids
| Donatachi - Precious Meatal feat. Rromarin Electronic, Pop, Experimental | 28/09/2018 |
Donatachi has a tight grip on all things bright, bubbly hyper-colour pop and is shaping the genreless music utopia and glistening bubble-gum bops.
'Precious Metal' explores the delicate side of being vulnerable in keeping something close to your heart. The short yet specific lyrics from pop wonder Rromarin sit beautifully on top of the spacey, bubble gum production. Being a fully independent artist, this track shows his unrelenting, full range of bursting hypercolour sound design and optimistic flair and unironic love for the genre.
| San Mei - Heaven Rock, Pop | 25/09/2018 |
San Mei is a multi-instrumentalist from the Gold Coast who produces guitar driven dream pop. Her new single 'Heaven' is lifted from her forthcoming EP of the same name.
'Heaven' is the second track pulled from the upcoming EP of the same name, and sees San Mei contrast duelling guitars with lush, cascading vocals to deliver a cut plucked straight from dream pop heaven.
| Thando - Happy Funk/Soul, RnB | 25/08/2018 |
Melbourne based soul singer Thando returns with biting new single 'Happy'
With sleek production care of Tentendo, Thando's new single 'Happy', sees the songstress adeptly meld soul and hip-hop elements, smoothing the biting message of her new song with her quintessential, honied vocals.
| Horror My Friend - Wedding Rock, Punk | 24/08/2018 |
Horror My Friend summon the spirit of alternative rock and shoe gaze through the great majority of their music. while maintaining a wave of fuzz and reverb.
The single embodies waves straight out of the 90's with strong post-punk alternative rock ques. Their noise guitar riffs and thrashing percussion are paired harmoniously with punchy lyricism drive home the message of feeling lost while also gaining confidence and ground through an understanding of not caring. The track drags an underlying reverb attitude which is re-occurring theme.
| RAT!hammock - June Rock | 24/08/2018 |
More than just the cutest Google Image search on the Internet. RAT!hammock are an indie-rock four piece from Melbourne.
RAT!hammock return with new single 'June', which sees the band stay tapped into their contagious jangle pop influences, employ cascading acoustic guitars, earnest, stream of consciousness lyrics and propulsive percussive elements throughout
| Asha Jefferies - Everybody Talks Pop, Rock | 18/08/2018 |
Asha Jefferies is a singer-songwriter from Brisbane who writes confessional indie-pop.
'Everybody Talks' sees Jefferies pairing her characteristically warm, poised vocals with delicate guitar work, building incrementally to a crescendo of crashing symbols, layered vocals and dueling guitars, seemingly foreshadowing the catalyst of a simmering argument. The single exemplifies the duality of Jefferies as a musician; vulnerable as a songwriter and possessing the emotional fortitude of woman mature beyond her years.
| Paradise Club - Heart Of Gold Rock, Pop | 17/08/2018 |
Paradise Club embrace the washed-out haze of dream pop’s golden age and entwine sonic hints of their youth spent cutting their teeth in the moshpits of Adelaide's hardcore scene.
Heart Of Gold’ sees the band move in a decidedly more pop-influenced direction, while still staying true to the dream-emo groundwork. Sun drenched, jangly guitars decorate the track and catapult Paradise Club to new, euphoric heights. Going deep, they explore the emotional chasm and chaotic nature of romance; the hesitation, optimism, yearning, anxiety and melancholy of human relationships.
| Darling James - Glass Canoe Pop, Pop | 03/08/2018 |
Melbourne Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter returns with sophomore EP MOOD EYES.
Crunchy synth and cascading keys build to a stinging guitar riff
| Darling James - You're The Only One That I Need Now Pop | 03/08/2018 |
Melbourne multi-instrumentalist and prolific songwriter returns with sophomore EP MOOD EYES.
You're The Only One That I Need Now sparkles with O'Brien's unmistakable pop focus and head-bopping production.
Other tracks by Darling James: Never Let Me Go - Interlude (Present Sentimental)
| Meres - Feardom Rock, Pop, Punk | 03/08/2018 |
Conceived in the perfect echo chambers of Canada’s cheap motel bathrooms, Meres came into its own in northern Tasmania. The glittering brand of dreamy, fuzzed out punk explores "the dissident and the mundane".
Written through the atonal gauze of a unique and abstract feedback loop, 'Feardom' is awash with reverberant vocal delay, menacing dissonance and tumbling beats.
| VOIID - Twin Rock, Punk | 03/08/2018 |
Coming together to annoy the fuck out of the neighbours with thrashed garage punk noise; they are guaranteed to make your face melt and your boyfriend cry.
‘Twin is a forceful display of how VOIID have grown musically and lyrically since their debut EP. The song is about societies expectations of how we should look, dress, feel and sound and that the only person who should dictate these things for you is you. We feel that abiding by someone else's standards won't get you anywhere.
| Glitoris - Spit Hood Rock, Punk | 31/07/2018 |
Glitoris are four fearless musicians who roar through uncompromising, unapologetic and unforgettable punk rock shows. This August, Glitoris head on an Australia-wide tour in August 2018 as Regurgitator’s special guests.
The first taste of Glitoris' long-awaited debut album, ‘Spit Hood’ is a fast, fierce and frenetic two minute track; a confrontational blast of pure punk rock fury. A damning critique on police brutality and failures in the criminal justice system, ‘Spit Hood’ projects the outrage of injustice through the band’s powerful musicianship.
| Trace Decay - How Did It Come To This? Pop, Experimental, Chill, Live Performance | 20/07/2018 |
Trace Decay explores a slightly darker side into alternate music through unique melodic undertones, haunting spaces and honest, brazen lyrical power that is very apparent through his music.
"How Did It Come To This?" sees the Brisbane based songwriter and producer create a distinctive soundscape tinged with elements of 1980s dark new wave and brooding yet uplifting melodies. Trace Decay's rich, warm vocals deliver an honest and often brazen message, prodding for an answer it's unclear warrants answering.
| Wolf Wolf Wolf - Adam West Rock, Punk | 20/07/2018 |
The two piece are combating their demons with instruments in one hand and a vodka lime and soda in the other.
Embodying the tenants of punk; shredding, drinking and sticking it to the man
| Chakra Efendi - Grow Up Rock, Garage, Grunge | 03/07/2018 |
18-year-old Chakra Efendi’s output of sullen-yet uplifting soundscapes and heavy-lidded lyricism speak of a compelling musical project teetering on the precipice of catching fire.
'Grow Up' is the second studio-recorded single from prolific Brisbane-based, Sunshine Coast-raised artist Chakra Efendi. A driving, melancholic slow-burn, ruminating on impending adulthood, 'Grow Up' follows debut 'Waste of Space' and sees the artist wading back into the coming-of-age themes of its predecessor - the peculiarity but ultimate mundanity of being young.
| Andy Ward - Deluded Electronic, Pop | 22/06/2018 |
Breaking free from major label shackles, Andy Ward returns with galvanising new single, 'Deluded'. The track sees the classically trained vocalist and producer come into his own, reinvigorated and unmasked.
Andy Ward’s new single ‘Deluded’ is a shout to the sky, a burning supernova of creativity, his celebration of individuality, independence and freedom. Layered choral vocals and heady percussive elements bloom and ultimately explode into a dynamic soundscape, heralding Andy Ward's return in multi-dimensional, unrestrained glory.
| Darling James - Silver Bullet Pop | 22/06/2018 |
Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Darling James returns with first official single 'Silver Bullet' off forthcoming EP 'Mood Eyes'
'Silver Bullet' is the sophisticated second taste and first official single from Darling James' sophomore EP 'Mood Eyes'. With pop sensibilities firmly intact, frontman James O'Brien declares this track "the finest song I will have released" and it's hard to disagree.
| BATZ - Save Us Rock, Psychedelic, Garage | 26/05/2018 |
BATZ combine razor-sharp guitars with an unrelenting rhythm section and a woozy wash of psychedelia, with front-woman Christina directing the action with beguiling vocal performances famed for their virtuoso intensity.
A mix of razor wire guitar, propulsive percussion and glimmers of psychedelia, Chrissie Aubrey's vocals shine on BATZ' latest offering that will chew you up and spit you out in the nicest way possible. Glittering, infectious and unapologetic, 'Save Us' teeters on the precipice of wishful thinking meets transparent actuality
