| IV League - Cola Tooth World Rock, Punk | 12/04/2019 |
Kneeling at the feet of 90’s-era heroes like Pixies and The Breeders, Melbourne's V League manage to make music that draws from their influences, and creates something that's refreshingly unique.
'Cola Tooth World' signifies yet another interesting dimension to the musical cannon of IV League. This time around, there's a distinct punk ferocity with lead singer Bella Venutti's lyrical attitude.
Other tracks by IV League: Echo - Comedown Sensation
| Chris George Bancroft - Hold On (featuring Asha Jefferies) Rock, Pop, Easy Listening | 10/04/2019 |
Chris George Bancroft typically avoids the direct spotlight, often happier supporting his friends and collaborators and opting for the role of guitarist to many.
Lyrically, 'Hold On' is about holding on to very specific detailed memories and situations and realising how that has a potentially damaging effect on how you currently do things day to day. It's guitar-centric pop/rock heavily influenced by similar acts from the 80’s eg Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bryan Adams, various great Australian indie bands from the 80’s etc
| VOIID - Vile Rock, Punk | 10/04/2019 |
Formed in their bedrooms, resonating with each other’s mutual interest of all that is female and screaming profanity lead to the fourpiece of hellish girl-shriek that they now call VOIID.
‘Vile’ is a song written about a personal experience that caused a lot of hardship and pain. While the lyrics convey negative connotations, they are relatable to a lot of situations people in their late teens can go through."
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| Oh My My - Leave You at the Bottom Electronic, Pop | 09/04/2019 |
Oh My My is the intricate musical world of Sydney-based producer and musician Sam Thomlinson. Starting as a bedroom project, it has quickly elevated into a league of its own.
Leave You at the Bottom’ is about being caught between nostalgia and reality, misremembering the past and realising that some things aren’t meant to be forever.
| The Spring Peaks - Coming Of Age Rock, Rock | 22/03/2019 |
The Spring Peaks sound is fun, feel-good, sunshine-pop which channels nostalgic Australiana vibes. With songwriting that shadows greats like Springsteen and Dylan it has developed into their own signature sound.
Produced once again with Sam Ford (Pond, Abbe May), the track packs a punch from the get-go, wearing everything that is great and quickly becoming signature for the Western Australian outfit loudly on their sleeve - hooky, honest and clever songwriting, solid lead guitar, a warm rhythm section and a bold Australian twang in the vocals.
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| Fragile Animals - Come Down Rock | 20/03/2019 |
Fragile Animals are the emerging understated heroes of dreamy shoegaze rock in Australia. Luscious layering of guitars, subtle albeit hooky melodies quickly turn to earworms.
'Come Down' is a meticulously executed affair, as perfect in its understated nature as it is hooky and melodic. It's a luscious layering of shimmering guitars with Jenkins' subtle yet hooky melodies at the forefront - part indie pop, part shoegaze paragon.
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| UNOMI - The Death of Fear Electronic, Experimental, Pop | 20/03/2019 |
Long-time frontman of Sydney's Slumberhaze - Sash Mishevski - offers up the masterful debut single from his new project UNOMI, the astonishing electronic and visual mini-masterpiece 'The Death of Fear'.
‘The Death of Fear’ is the first single to emerge and, while you might listen and marvel at its assurance and blatant cleverness, the song was no walk in the park for the sophisticated songwriter. It’s an electronic mini-masterpiece that channels the greats and features hefty lyrics of mortality.
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| Asha Jefferies - If You Were My Hero Pop, Rock | 01/02/2019 |
Brisbane emergent Asha Jefferies is thrilled to share new single 'If You Were My Hero'. The track follows successful previous single 'Everybody Talks' and coincides with her debut 'Hold Yourself Together' EP and tour.
Produced with Miro Mackie (St. Vincent, Dirty Projectors, Bishop Briggs), Asha says of the track: "'If You Were My Hero' is the happiest song I've ever written. I wrote it about dating someone because a psychic told me i should. After a short lived love affair and an inevitable break up, I realised I'd never been happier to be happy on my own."
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Other tracks by Asha Jefferies: Absence & Copyright - How Do You Build An Ocean
| Hobson's Bay Coast Guard - Junkie Rock, Garage | 01/02/2019 |
Following the success of hyped previous singles, the rulers of Melbourne's surf-psyche stack - Hobson's Bay Coast Guard - have unveiled new single 'Junkie', another swag-laden gem from their forthcoming debut album.
A classic take on the slacker-surf-psyche vibes sitting somewhere between Tame Impala, Parquet Courts and King Gizzard, but with skittish Beach Boys harmonies and with a sound that is entirely their own.
| Vic Park - Don't Let Me Fall Pop, Acoustic | 17/11/2018 |
Vic Park is the new moniker of Jack Poulson FKA JP Klipspringer
An upbeat, spring time love song
| Pines - Speak Electronic | 09/11/2018 |
PINES is Adam Dormand and James Kenneally, an Adelaide-based electronic duo. PINES’ sound blends electronic, hip hop and indie music, with organic and synthesised sounds with big beats.
‘Speak’, the latest single from PINES sees the duo shift up a gear with an irrefutable dance track that is both soulful and club-ready. Expanding the sonic universe of PINES, ‘Speak’ combines atmospheric synths, glitchy melodies and mesmerising vocals. A driving four to the floor beat and dark, bassy undertones provide the foundation for this hypnotic gem.
| San Mei - Shadows Rock, Pop | 02/11/2018 |
San Mei is a multi instrumentalist and producer from the Gold Coast. Her new 4-track EP Heaven is her sophomore release.
Shadows is a guitar driven indie pop song in which San Mei showcases her impressive vocal range
Other tracks by San Mei: Two Planets
| IV League - Lose Me Rock | 01/11/2018 |
Melbourne rockers IV League kneel at the feet of the 90's heroes while keeping their unique sound strong and vibrant.
"A self-reflection of sorts, assessing my feelings at a pretty dark and confusing time in my life in which I was feeling really scared and anxious about the transition from adolescence into early adulthood", IV League's Bella Venutti
| 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
