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THE SMITH STREET BAND – Ducks Fly Together
Melbourne punk favourites The Smith Street Band have just release another track form their next EP Don’t Fuck With Out Dreams due August 9th through Poison City Records. The band present folk-esque sentiment in
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POLO CLUB – Live For Tonight EP
Polo Club first brought us their new-wave electro hip-hop twist to dance tunes on their 2009 debut The 13. Since then Polo Club have played the stages of festivals like Good Vibrations, The Hills Are Alive,
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KYSON – Missing Things
Berlin based producer Jian Kellett Liew (aka Kyson) has just released the perfect chill-out ambient track ‘Missing Things‘ off his soon to be released debut LP The Water’s Way. Kyson, who studied and lived in Adelaide before
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MATT CORBY – Resolution EP
Ex-Australian Idol contestant, now indie folk heavyweight Matt Corby has just released his forth EP, Resolution. You’re probably just a bit familiar with his cult hit ‘Brother,‘ off his 2011 EP Into The Flame, with that irresistible ’oooh oh oh,
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THE CACTUS CHANNEL – Wooden Boy (Part 3)
As a 90s kid, I was first influenced by the music I grew up with, perhaps some trashy pop, garage rock, punk, even metal, and I was pretty sure I wasn’t alone. Yet a
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M.I.A – Only 1 U
M.I.A, I don’t really get what you’re doing. Are you being ironic? Are you experimenting with counter-counter-mainstream post-modernism? You certainly brought the ‘noize’ with your last track, aptly titled ‘Bring the Noize’ – but
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TOP 20 TRACKS FOR THIS WEEK
Another week has rolled around… how did that happen? As always, we’ve compiled a weekly playlist featuring our favourite new tracks, with a focus on new Australian songs alongside buzzworthy releases from around the
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I’LLS – A Warm Reception
Melbourne three piece I’lls (pronounced “isles”) is the combined talents of producer and vocalist Simon Lam, guitarist Dan Rutman, and Hamish Mitchell on keys. Together they make spacious and dreamy electronic driven tracks along the same vein as Radiohead and
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ESTHER HOLT – Rock Me Through The Night
Melbourne folky pop singer songwriter Esther Holt is one busy lady. Fresh from providing some sweet vocals on Whitley‘s latest single ‘My Heart Is Not A Machine,’ Esther has just released her own second
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GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE – Midnight Run
Grizzly Jim Lawrie (aka Jim Lawrie) has been playing drums in bands for yonks. Most recently he’s been keeping things rhythmic in funky psych/pop 8 piece, Eagle And The Worm both in Australia and on
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SEX ON TOAST – Takin’ Over
I first encountered Sex on Toast late last year when they were supporting Hiatus Kiayote at Melbourne’s HiFi Bar. At first I wasn’t sure whether they were taking the piss or were deadly serious. I wasn’t alone,
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TOP 20 TRACKS FOR THIS WEEK
We love a short week. To kick it off, we’ve put together another weekly playlist featuring our favourite new local releases alongside some of the buzz-worthy new tracks from around the world. This week
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BERNARD FANNING – Departures (Blue Toowong Skies)
Ex-Powderfinger frontman, now solo musician singer-songwriter Bernard Fanning, has just released a beautiful videoclip featuring ‘Departures (Blue Toowong Skies),’ from his forthcoming album Departures, due for release on June 7th. Singing of his childhood
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NIA ANDREWS – Colours (Hiatus Kaiyote Transmutation)
Free download ‘Colours (Hiatus Kiayote Transmutation)‘ As I froze my finger tips on the walk to the train-station last night, checking Facebook (as you do) I saw a status that made me literally stop
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TOP 20 TRACKS FOR THIS WEEK
I fucking hate Mondays. I’m tired and I’m up early trying to put together a comprehensive list of 20 of the best new releases for this week. You better bloody like it. That being
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CHARLES MURDOCH – No Lungs
‘No Lungs’ is an exciting sample of what to expect when Charles Murdoch‘s debut EP drops this July. On first listen its clear why he’s been picked up by Sydney’s future classic label, who also manage
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THE NATIONAL – Demons
There’s just no mistaking brooding, baritone vocalist, Matt Berninger from The National for anyone else. ‘Demons’ is the latest composition by the critically acclaimed five-piece, which is on their anticipated Trouble Will Find Me
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BLACKCHORDS – A Thin Line
Back in the mid-naughties, the track ‘Broken Bones‘ put Melbourne band Blackchords into the limelight, after becoming a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, and had its music video take out awards at St Kilda
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Brightly – Beginnings & Endings
I’ve been following Brightly for a while now, not in a creepy way, but because these guys make really enjoyable music. The Melbourne three piece have a definite electronic basis, with folk and indie pop
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YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Mosquito
Fellow Riper, Sean Kirkpatrick, will loathe me for reviewing a Yeah Yeah Yeahs track without consulting him, as frontwoman Karen O is allegedly the love of his life. But he can go suck a lemon
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