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Mt. MOUNTAIN – ” Cathedral “

Posted: January 13, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Cathedral is the first single from Golden Rise, Mt. Mountain’s third LP in as many years.  Recorded at Studio Sleepwalkers Dread with Ron Pollard (Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, Meniscus, Hideous Sun Demon), it follows on from 2017’s conceptually ambitious Dust. Whereas Dust unfolded like a long-take of harsh but beautiful desert landscapes, Golden Rise’ reveals itself like a series of photographs in song form; 10 tracks that stand on their own, yet best experienced in reference to each other and the album’s celestial evocations. Harking back to Mt. Mountain’s 2016 debut Cosmos Terros, Golden Rise is mood music for all occasions – equally fit for night drives, contemplative stasis or revelations in darkened rooms.

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POND – ” Fire In The Water “

Posted: January 13, 2018 in MUSIC
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With the new digital reissue of their 2017 album ‘The Weather’ – produced by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker – released this week, Aussie band Pond have shared a music video for ‘Fire In The Water’, a bonus track from the work.

Directed, filmed and edited by acclaimed visual artist Kristofski, the clip features POND frontman, Nicholas Allbrook dancing joyously through the streets of Tokyo.

Of the video’s origin, Kristofski states: “Jay [Watson] hit me up on Instagram and said “Hey Kristio, do you wanna come meet us in Tokyo in two days and shoot a clip?” and then I was in Tokyo and by far it was the most rude trip of my life. We got lost a lot and kinda just followed Nick around because he kept wanting to find this rainbow bridge which I don’t think ever existed. Sometimes we would just stop and film where ever we were.

“The original idea was Nick turning into a jellyfish, floating over the buildings looking down on all these people eating ramen and sushi but that idea didn’t really fly. That was Nick’s idea, by the way.  I like how we have those koi fish in the clip, because they are like fire in the water. It was also Joe’s birthday, which was nice.”

Band Members
Urethra Franklin,
Kirk Kobain,
Spready Hazel,
Gary

LAZERTITS – ” Boss Bitch “

Posted: January 11, 2018 in MUSIC
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“Hey there, ho there, do you wanna go there?” Yeah Nah? Then man you better get the fuck out of the way because Lazertits are quickly joining emus and roos in the ranks of Aussie icons that never evolved any interest in backing down. Triple J’s Home & Hosed host Dom Alessio called Boss Bitch “a late contender for the Best Lyrics Of 2016 award” and their full-length debut in November had all the wit, sarcasm and furious guitar fuzz of the 2016 single nine times over. Catch them live ‘round the country in Jan for the Swim Tits summer tour.

BATTS – ” 62 Moons ” EP

Posted: January 11, 2018 in MUSIC
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Melbourne’s BATTS aka Tanya Batt has released her melancholic debut EP ’62 Moons’ alongside single ‘Somedays’. Her previously released singles ‘For Now’ and ‘Little White Lies’ received fans from FBi, BBC, triple j and Radio X for her signature shoe-gaze, psych-tinged, folk/pop similar to the sounds of Mazzy Star and early Daughter. Recently  signed to THAA Records alongside lanks as their first two signings. What an absolute dream come true! To infinity and beyond

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AMYL & the SNIFFERS – ” Big Attraction and Giddy Up “

Posted: January 8, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The new best band Australia have to offer at the moment. Snarling, exciting and totally punk. If you love Australian 70’s style proto punk n’ roll look no further. Amyl and the Sniffers are a garage punk band who sing about biffs, blowjobs and Chiko rolls. They’re proudly sporting shitty tatts and they named their band after a seedy drug that provides a brief, intense euphoria, followed by a brutal headache – which may or may not be a metaphor. With the mullets, the aggression and the unflinching embrace of Australiana, Amyl and the Sniffers have been likened to the sharpie subculture of the ‘70s – a pre-punk movement that was birthed in Melbourne and characterised by ‘sharp’ outfits and that quintessential Aussie larrikin attitude. The soundtrack to this era was Australian boogie: bands like Skyhooks, The Coloured Balls and AC/DC. AMY says she and the boys are definitely influenced by that ‘70s Aussie rock, but lyrically, she’s also intrigued by the storytelling of country singers like Dolly Parton; she likes the cheek of a Southern woman in the 1960s singing about cheating on her husband.

Every music industry type in Melbourne is falling over themselves to drop this self-described “Pub Punk Sharpie Rock” band’s name.  that buzz is set to spread nationwide. The video was shot live at Howler by Darcy Kinna, Sabine Battel

The GREASE ARRESTOR – ” Volune Two “

Posted: January 7, 2018 in MUSIC
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The Grease Arrestor describe their second album, ‘Volume Two’ as a pastiche of different ideas and influences, including the 60s golden era and elements of 90s movements, blended with their signature drone and fuzz groove combination.Groove-drones and jangle freak-outs.
12 string guitars and 60s organs. Jiving rhythms and Shoe gazey fuzz-tones.
The Grease Arrestor are the Sydney 5 piece dedicated to bringing you the very best of the sounds you know and L.O.V.E. please also check out these other favs of ours. The Citradels, The Babe Rainbow, Spirit Valley, The Dandelion, Dead Radio, The Frowning Clouds, Hurricane Heart Attacks, Mezko.

Band Members: Richard Snowden, Elizabeth Tillman, Ryan Lloyd, Samuel Potter & Joshua Hutchins-Smith

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BLACK SPRINGS – ” When We Were Great “

Posted: January 7, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Another wonderful Australian band you should be listening too, Instead of calling this an album, Black Springs chose to call “When We Were Great” a compilation of songs from their past giving you the idea that the band are no longer together maybe lets hope not ?. Mystery aside, this record has elements of dreampop, shoegaze and jangle and a confidence that has me pulling for them to make another record.

Sydney four-piece Black Springs have released their debut LP. Mixed by Caleb Jacobs (aka Plum) and boldly titled ‘When We Were Great’, it sure is a moody collection of guitar reverie. The buoyancy of singles Boys In Blue and Slinky Day make way for more fragile yet equally catchy moments throughout with a healthy dose of the band’s trademark wig-outs thrown in for good measure (Bitter and Twisted, Staying in Again).

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all songs by black springs (shaun donovan, leighton holloway, tony lopes, tim story)

mixed by caleb jacobs (aka Plum)

SLEEP CLUB – ” Cut You “

Posted: January 6, 2018 in MUSIC
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Sleep Club’s debut single’s is a mellow dreampop debut from this Brisbane dreamy pop trio consisting of sonic complexity and soothing ambience. Stemming from similar influences, all members create a unique blend of eclectic vocal harmonies and intricate drum and bass rhythms. Sleep Club is most known around Brisbane for its textural and complex musical development and slowly driven and moving performances.

The band formed as a project in 2016 through mutual band connections such as Death Tourism, Post Dream and Sweater Curse, which this year have began recording their anticipated debut single. As all members are multi-instrumental the band’s writing process is very collaborative and detailed which has led to such a unique collection of pieces.

It’s a bit of a tingly one in its last textural 60 seconds is ‘Cut You’. The three multi-instrumentalist member outfit – Amber Ramsay (Cloud Tangle), Monica Sottile (Sweater Curse), Vanessa Marousopoulos (Keeskea), are an Australian styled Warpaint, with a sonic soothing ambience, and those kind of vocal harmonies to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

HATCHIE – ” Sure “

Posted: January 4, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Brisbane’s Hatchie may have only released two singles this year, but when they’re your first two and they’re at the quality that Hatchie delivered with “Try” and “Sure”, you would be impressed too. The shoegaze-pop figurehead has sold out shows and graced festival stages across the country off the back of these two singles alone, with her indie-pop charm and spectacular, genre-merging songwriting proving unavoidable for much of the year. On “Sure”, the most recent of her two singles, this brilliant songwriting truly comes to light. The Brisbane name combines her inviting vocals with a stripped-back, acoustic instrumental that’s packed with this dreamy vibe that you could easily hear rolling behind the end credits of a big budget rom-com. It’s full of flavour and love, something we hope Hatchie continues to work with on her forthcoming releases in 2018.

KING GIZZARD & The LIZARD WIZARD – ” The Fourth Colour “

Posted: January 4, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Australian experimentalists King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard was arguably 2017’s most prolific band, releasing five full albums over the course of the year. There was the mind-melt Flying Microtonal Banana; the cyborg-narrated sci-fi trip Murder of the Universe; the yacht-rock/Brit-folk/jazz-fusion collab with Mild High Club, Sketches of Brunswick East; the psych-prog beast let loose for free use, Polygondwanaland; and now the groovy finale, Gumboot Soup, released just under the wire on December 31.

Even more impressive is the vast array of killer songs tucked among this quintet of curiosities. One of our favorites is Polygondwanaland’s final track, “The Fourth Colour,” a meandering yet propulsive groove built on dizzying, circular riffs, feverish drum fills, and a trippy vocal technique called hocketing, in which multiple vocalists sing alternating syllables.

“The Fourth Colour” itself refers to the phenomenon of tetrachromacy. The rare tetrachromat possesses four (instead of three) types of cone cells in the eye, meaning they have the ability to see millions of more colors than the average human. It’s perhaps the essence of psychedelia as we visually interpret it. For the band, it’s a gateway to divinity: “Third eye is free/I am not body/Tetrachromacy,” they chant, before their final words reveal all: “Now I am a god.” At this revelation, the instruments dissolve into a deep-space drone before resurfacing for one final bout of psych-rock delirium.

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