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TOP 20 TRACKS FOR THIS WEEK
We’re full up on new Aussie releases this week. Melbourne band The Ocean Party have just released their new album ‘Split‘ while High Tails have debuted their new single ‘Maps‘ out through Jerko. There’s new music
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BOATFRIENDS – Sport Billy
“We will not only call you, but we’re going all in!” Boatfriends must have envisioned this statement during an imaginary poker game meeting of psychedelic dream-pop bands with Melody’s Echo Chamber, Tame Impala, Tamaryn,
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CULL – I Thought We Was
When Cut Copy made it big over seas, Modular Records and many other local labels couldn’t scrap hard enough to find the next big snyth-pop act. Now with the recent success of Tame
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TOP 20 TRACKS FOR THIS WEEK
Still resting our sore heads from GITM, we’ve managed to put together another weekly playlist featuring our favourite 20 new releases. This week, we’re really happy to have a nice range of local diversity. Second
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POND – Giant Tortoise
Perth based band POND have today released a new track which has got our mouths drooling. ‘Giant Tortoise’ is the first song from their much anticipated sixth album, ‘Hobo Rocket‘, set for release in 2013. The psychedelic rock tune is
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VIDEO: TAME IMPALA – Mind Mischief
Tame Impala have released a new video for one of the singles off the highly acclaimed Lonerism LP, released in 2012. The new video is for ‘Mind Mischief‘ and there is some intense physchadelic visuals akin to The
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RIPE TV: The Flaming Lips @ Falls Festival 2012
Scott sat down with Steven from The Flaming Lips on the 3rd day of the Falls Music & Arts Festival in Lorne. On the agenda was the band’s live show, recording new material and
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TOP 20 TRACKS FOR THIS WEEK
I know we say this every week, but god damn there have been some amazing releases within the last week or so. We have got the electronic side of things covered with Moullinex, Bondax,
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MEREDITH 2012: A Ripe Preview
This coming Friday, thousands of bright young things will head into the Victorian bush for their annual pilgrimage to the Meredith Music Festival. Taking place at the aptly named Supernatural Ampitheatre, Meredith and its
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INTERVIEW: Tame Impala @ Parklife 2012
About: Each day this week, we’ll be publishing a new backstage interview from Parklife in Melbourne. You can catch all our band photos from the day here and crowd snaps over this way on Facebook.
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PARKLIFE MELBOURNE – RECAP
TEASER: Each day this week, we’ll be publishing a new backstage interview with a band at Parklife. Coming at you are our chats with St Lucia, Citizens!, Chairlift, Charlie XCX and our exclusive with Tame Impala. Click here to check out our
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TAME IMPALA – LONERISM
Innerspeaker laid some very strong groundwork for Perth’s Tame Impala to build on in future albums. However, despite the sometimes unrealistic industry demand to do different and do better, why change your skin when
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TAME IMPALA – Elephant
*UPDATE 20/9/12 – New Video Clip: “Elephant” is the epitome of swaggering and psychedelic rocker madness. You’d be forgiven for thinking that the combo of bass riffs and the drum coordination are indeed an
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TAME IMPALA – Apocalypse Dreams
Today is a very exciting day. Modular released the debut single off Tame Impala‘s much anticipated sophomore album, Lonerism, out this October. “Apocalypse Dreams” starts off with hyper saturated momentum and crisp static sounds.
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AVATISM – Constants EP
You know when you just have a great feeling about an artist? Well that was what my little cranium was experiencing the first time I listened to Avatism. That wonderful fist-clenching apprehension of what
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THE LAURELS – Changing The Timeline
Do you feel like something a bit grungy? Maybe something a little psychedelic? You should check out Sydney four-piece The Laurels who are set to release their highly anticipated debut album Plains on 14
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PARKLIFE – 2012 Line-up Announced
This morning Parklife released it’s line-up and I am pretty chuffed. There is yet again a strong dubstep component to the festival with Nero (for a second time in two years), Rusko, Benga, Modestep
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AGILITY – Foreign Land
Agility is a Melbourne four-piece formed by Matt Stapleton, Andrew Stapleton, Ben O’Sullivan and Patrick Worthy. Hailing from a “cramped bedroom in the western suburbs,” they blend swirling, psychedelic grunge with pop-rock. As the guys gear up to
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TY SEGALL AND WHITE FENCE – I Am Not A Game
Ty Segall and White Fence are currently collaborating on a record entitled Hair, which will be released on 24 April via Drag City. ‘I Am Not A Game’ is the first snippet released off the
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POND – Beard, Wives, Denim
Pond’s new album, ‘Beard, Wives, Denim’ is such a mix-match of music that it is almost confusing. Fortunately, these guys manage to knit it together tightly using a mix of rock, dirty-ass folk and
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