| The Pinheads - Innocent Crime Rock, Garage | 24/01/2019 |
The sound of The Pinheads is a mosaic of their collective tastes – built on the foundations of their heroes, a work of art in its own right.
‘Innocent Crime’ emits a new born confidence from The Pinheads, both as songwriters and performers. Born from a landscape where they find themselves looking down a dead-end street, gathering an army of the disenfranchised to stand as one.
| The Pinheads - Not Like You Rock, Garage | 17/11/2018 |
The sound of The Pinheads is a mosaic of their collective tastes – built on the foundations of their heroes, a work of art in its own right.
A tune about our divergent world of round the clock connection, resulting in chronic isolation, the mingling pot of personalities, untameable ego, opposing ideologies, conflicting cultural ideals and a societal anxiety timebomb threatening to blow at any second! Neatly wrapped up in a sharp, steadfast, shady, beguiling slice of pop perfection!
| The Aints! - The Church of Simultaneous Existence Rock | 18/10/2018 |
Forty years after the release of one of the great Australian debut albums of all time, Ed Kuepper returns with a brand-new band and a brand-new contender for the title.
Forty years after the release of one of the great Australian debut albums of all time Ed Kuepper returns with a brand-new band and a brand-new contender for the title.
| Kingswood - Messed It Up Pop, Rock | 06/10/2018 |
Welcome to the world of Kingswood. Don’t be confused by the veneer. Like the iconic Aussie car of the same name, it's all about what's under the hood.
Messed It Up — all sinewy synth-soul compulsion with a restless rock undertow — presages another stunning act of evolution from a band who effectively weave thunderous serpentine space-rock and smouldering falsetto R'nB.
| The Aints! - Red Aces Rock | 12/09/2018 |
Forty years after the release of one of the greatest Australian debut albums of all time, Ed Kuepper returns with a brand-new band & contender:The Aints!The Church of Simultaneous Existence.
The horn-driven Red Aces is one of those tracks and the mooted follow up to 1977s classic 7" Know Your Product, and is the first single from The Aints! forthcoming debut album The Church of Simultaneous Existence.
| Darren Middleton - Some People Rock | 08/08/2018 |
Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and composer, Darren Middleton returns with his third solo album Tides, out 21st of September 2018 via Ditto.
Featuring the gorgeous guest vocals of Kelly Lane (Skipping Girl Vinegar) echoing over the top of a rolling backline and lashing beat, it explores the idea of “trying to find yourself in today’s world of immersion and over sharing.”
| Mojo Juju - Native Tongue Funk/Soul, Pop | 07/07/2018 |
The fiercely strong and flawlessly honest songwriting of Melbourne’s Mojo Juju, returns in the form of a brand new single and title track off her third studio album NATIVE TONGUE
Lead by a mesmerising beat (courtesy of Joelistics) and the haunting vocal work of the Pasefika Vitoria Choir, Juju treats these opening moments like a live exorcism; she takes a hand over either side of her chest and turns herself completely inside out, laying her innermost workings bare for all to see.
2018 ARIA AWARDS NOMINEE: Breakthrough Artist, Best Urban Album
2018 ARIA AWARDS NOMINEE: Breakthrough Artist, Best Urban Album
| Darren Middleton - Just Let Me Go Rock | 04/07/2018 |
Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and composer, Darren Middleton returns with his third solo album Tides, out 21st of September 2018 via Ditto.
It's a story of falling for someone when you know you shouldn’t. Deep down, you know they are going to hurt you but you can’t help yourself. I wanted to go for a dirty, old sound for this song, something that trudges along, both pushing a wheelbarrow of possibility but dragging a chain of history
| Mama Kin Spender - Water And Fire Blues/Roots | 07/03/2018 |
Borne of a lightning bolt moment between two long-time friends, Mama Kin Spender is sheer musical electricity. The collision of creativity in this partnership is infectious.
This song follows the tale of an ill-fated meeting, and ill fated agenda, a flood of burning desire too hot and quenching to resist, yet doomed by its very nature.
2018 ARIA AWARDS NOMINEE: Best Blues & Roots Album
2018 ARIA AWARDS NOMINEE: Best Blues & Roots Album
| Tropical F**k Storm - You Let My Tyres Down Rock | 01/02/2018 |
Tropical F**k Storm (aka TFS) is a newborn band formed by Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin (The Drones), joined by Lauren Hammel (High Tension) and Erica Dunn (Harmony, Palm Springs).
“You Let My Tyres Down” is a mutant swamp-pop blazer, surveying Melbourne’s suburban underbelly with a free flow of hair-raising imagery ("I grew up around her family / And they were such a bunch of losers / Anchored only to each other / On a sea of vodka cruisers”).
| Tropical F**k Storm (TFS) - Soft Power Rock | 03/11/2017 |
Tropical F**k Storm (aka TFS) is a newborn band formed by Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin (The Drones), joined by Lauren Hammel (High Tension) and Erica Dunn (Harmony, Palm Springs).
Swaggering in with two of the most ominous opening lines of recent times…“Hey hold your fire man don’t shoot/Here comes the umpa lumpa with the nukes”, ‘Soft Power’ is a breakup song. The accusers, The People of Earth, are finally kicking their abusive ex-lover (the USA) to the curb
MUSIC DIRECTOR PICK: Cameron Durnsford, PBS FM, Melbourne (VIC)
MUSIC DIRECTOR PICK: Cameron Durnsford, PBS FM, Melbourne (VIC)
| Mama Kin Spender - Bird In Your Tree Blues/Roots, Soul, Pop | 06/10/2017 |
Mama Kin Spender is a lightning bolt moment between friends and co-writers, ARIA-nominated Mama Kin, and producer Tommy Spender, featuring brooding guitars, primal drums and howling harmonies.
With blissful harmonies and joyful refrains, backed by the full force of a choir, Mama Kin Spender is a sonic power to behold.
| Tropical F**k Storm - Chameleon Paint Rock | 23/08/2017 |
Tropical F**k Storm (aka TFS) is a newborn band formed by Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin (The Drones), joined by Lauren Hammel (High Tension) and Erica Dunn (Harmony, Palm Springs).
'Chameleon Paint’ captures the sense of foreboding that we’re all feeling at this time in history in exquisite detail. “You phone it in / All shame and sin”, Liddiard snarls, as a female Greek chorus howls in collective outrage.
MUSIC DIRECTOR PICK: Simon Winkler, Triple R, Melbourne (VIC)
MUSIC DIRECTOR PICK: Simon Winkler, Triple R, Melbourne (VIC)
| Mama Kin Spender - Air Between Us Pop, Rock | 15/07/2017 |
Mama Kin Spender is a lightning bolt moment between friends and co-writers, ARIA-nominated Mama Kin, and producer Tommy Spender. A stripped back duo of songs that rattle, roll and tremble.
A crescendo-building, soulful pop tune backed by a choir. ‘Air Between Us’ is a sumptuous blend of impeccable harmonies, invigorated by an insistent foot-stomping bass and a rapturous chorus heralding the arrival of Mama Kin Spender.
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| The Jensens - Gaff's Song Rock, Pop, Garage | 03/03/2017 |
Brisbane's The Jensens have been combining alternative rock, with groovy surf-rock sounds since their formation in 2013. Today the fellas deliver ‘Gaff’s Song’, from their forthcoming EP Sexless
The track is breezy, guitar heavy and a considered call and response focusing on the idea of the confusion between desire, need and wants.
| All Our Exes Live In Texas - Boundary Road Folk | 24/02/2017 |
All Our Exes Live in Texas is a fantasy draft of Sydney’s finest singer-songwriters, here combining in four-part, indie-folk harmony heaven. Fair warning: the most badass female folk band around.
The track addresses the societal pressure of keeping your emotions together, of being a role model, of not falling apart. Singer and guitarist Katie Wighton notes — it all began simply enough, at breakfast with her mum.
2017 ARIA AWARD NOMINEE: Best Blues & Roots Album 'When We Fall'
2017 NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEE: Country or Folk Live Act of the Year (National Awards), International Live Achievement - Group (National Awards), Live Act of the Year (presented by The Music Network - People's Choice Awards), Live Act of the Year (NSW Awards)
2017 ARIA AWARD NOMINEE: Best Blues & Roots Album 'When We Fall'
2017 NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEE: Country or Folk Live Act of the Year (National Awards), International Live Achievement - Group (National Awards), Live Act of the Year (presented by The Music Network - People's Choice Awards), Live Act of the Year (NSW Awards)
| The Waifs - Ironbark Folk | 02/02/2017 |
‘Ironbark’ is the first single and title track from The Waifs seventh studio album, due in store March 3, through Jarrah Records and MGM.
A powerful yet delicate anthem, confirming that ‘we were born to survive’, 'Ironbark' is a rarity among the bands catalogue, featuring Josh, Vikki and Donna’s vocals equally throughout the one track.
2018 AIR AWARDS NOMINEE: Best Independent Blues And Roots Album (Ironbark)
2018 AIR AWARDS NOMINEE: Best Independent Blues And Roots Album (Ironbark)
| The Jensens - Everybody Talks Rock, Pop, Garage | 18/11/2016 |
Since their formation in 2013, Brisbane five piece The Jensens have provided us with rage-worthy tunes that have been played long into the early morning all over the country!
Ready yourself for the summer of 2017’s surf rock anthem! Cue blazing drums, breezy guitar riffs and a catchy AF chorus that you will know well before the temperature hits 40 degrees!
| Camikaze - This Burden (feat. Airospace and Luna May) Electronic | 23/09/2016 |
When it comes to Camikaze, genre is not a thing! West-Australian born turned Melbourne dweller Cameron Murphy, under the moniker Camikaze, drops single ‘This Burden’ feat. Airospace and Luna May
"I wrote 'This Burden' about a man who blames himself for the loss of a friend, leaving his world feeling empty. There is a point where the song changes key and that is the point of realisation.... the realisation that it was not his fault & the world's still beautiful"
Other tracks by Camikaze: Thousands (feat. Maya Payne)
| All Our Exes Live In Texas - The Devil's Part Folk | 16/09/2016 |
All Our Exes Live in Texas is a fantasy draft of Sydney’s finest singer-songwriters - Elana Stone, Katie Wighton, Hannah Crofts and Georgia Mooney – a four-part, indie-folk harmony heaven.
‘The Devil’s Part’ is a sumptuous blend of impeccable harmonies, spine-chilling mandolin moments, haunting guitar arrangements and the age-old advice that the fool is ‘not what I need’.
2018 AIR AWARDS NOMINEE: Best Independent Blues And Roots Album (When We Fall)
NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC AWARD FINALIST 2016: Roots Live Act of the Year, Live Act of the Year (NSW), Live Act of the Year: The People’s Choice
2018 AIR AWARDS NOMINEE: Best Independent Blues And Roots Album (When We Fall)
NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC AWARD FINALIST 2016: Roots Live Act of the Year, Live Act of the Year (NSW), Live Act of the Year: The People’s Choice
