Posts Tagged ‘Australia’

HAZEL ENGLISH – ” Control “

Posted: October 9, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , , , ,
0

Oakland California-based singer Hazel English rose quietly but steadily through the ranks of the Bay Area indie scene with her evocative, sensual bedroom pop. The 25-year-old artist — who’s originally from Sydney, Australia  is somewhat mysterious. But despite her tendency to stay out of the public eye, her airy, finger-plucked sound has earned her a growing following.

Her new EP, Never Going Home, is set for release on October 7th on Marathon Records. And she’s already gearing up to tour the West Coast and parts of Europe. It’s safe to say she has a big year ahead.

After moving to Oakland in 2012, English immediately set her sights on her music career. She collaborated with popular local singer-songwriter Jackson Phillips, who makes similarly shoegaze-y, folk-inspired pop as Day Wave.

“Considering Jackson produced the EP, there are going to be parts that are reminiscent of Day Wave. But I don’t think about it like that because it’s a collaboration,”

The five songs on Never Going Home are well crafted and flow into one another. And the EP’s mellow, jangly ballads are more expressive through melody than actual lyrical content. The album is sweet, pleasing to the ear, and somewhat addictive.

http://

GOING SWIMMING – ” Your Sister “

Posted: October 4, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , , ,
0

Australian band Going Swimming usually produce and record their own songs, which has given them a real DIY vibe to their tracks. However, the band have gone and taken a left-turn on their latest track and broken their self-recorded streak, recruiting the likes of Rohan Sforcina (Dune Rats, Gold Class) and Ash Briody (Empat Lima, Sugar Fed Leopards) to get some fresh ears on their surf rock punk styled sound.

http://

Their latest song ‘Debt Collector’ creates a dirty surf-rock sound which will leave you feeling washed up on shore, With punk-infused vocals and ’60s-inspired backing vox, Along with tracks like “Together To Get Her” is at its core a surf-rock revival song showcasing the best sounds the genre can offer.

Going Swimming  live in the flesh, are a great night out they are out on tour ‘Swimming In Debt’ tour,

http://

GABRIELLA COHEN – ” Downtown “

Posted: October 1, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , , ,
0

One listen into Gabriella Cohen’s wonderful new single, Downtown you should be hooked, where are all these Australian Singer Songwriters making fabulous Americana records coming from ? You may know her as the front woman of rock ‘n’ roll band, The Furrs, but Cohen has recently emerged with two striking singles, ‘I Don’t Feel So Alive’, and ‘Sever The Walls’, off her self-produced 10 track album, “Full Closure And No Details”, set to be independently released later this year.

Gabriella Cohen is heading out on a tour of her home country with Julia Jacklin should come as a surprise to nobody, because this pair of Antipodean’s songwriters are singing the heartbroken blues,

Pitched somewhere between the hazy-60’s influenced Americana-soul of Cass McCombs and the lilting dream pop of Mazzy Star, Downtown is the latest track to be lifted from Gabriella’s debut album, which should be getting a UK release in December, to coincide with her first European dates. Check out the dates above with a message from Gabrielle, Pleased to announce ‘A Crepe and A Nightcap’ tour, extending to England, America and Canada. Oh Canada. I’ve also just dropped the latest song off my album. It’s called ‘Downtown’ and it’s a song for lovers

http://

Full Closure and No Details is out in the UK on December 2nd.

http://

The GOON SAX – ” Sweaty Hands “

Posted: September 23, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , , ,
0

It’s been an excellent year so far for teenage Australian trio The Goon Sax; they’ve released a critically acclaimed debut album, Up To Anything, and are about to embark on their first UK tour, as well as performing on national radio for Marc Riley. To celebrate their first trip to Europe,

The Goon Sax are pretty special. The Australian trio hail from Brisbane, and their thin, wiry, poetic sound ranks alongside Galaxie 500, The Velvet Underground’s twilight third record, or The Go Betweens.
Too young to know any better, the teen sensations have stumbled onto fresh ground, with their lo-fi take enforcing a real sense of originality. In many ways Sweaty Hands is classic The Goon Sax, effortlessly inviting the listener into the world of teenage romance with all its awkwardness, boredom and self-doubt. Sweaty Hands is one of the albums finest moments, from the primal drum beat to the rolling bass lines its melodic simplicity shines, as Louis’ lyrics take us on a tour of his neighbourhood, his mind constantly drifting back to an un-introduced, “you”. His ability to make the most everyday situation sound like some grand romantic quandary is un-flashily stunning, “I think about you in the elevator alone, and all the things I won’t say when I get home”.
New album ‘Up To Anything’ is a pastoral, hazy, thrill of a record, with The Goon Sax set to follow this with a substantial UK tour.
Check out the video for ‘Sweaty Hands’ its the fourth and most likely final video from The Goon Sax’s debut album Up To Anything, released in March 2016 by Chapter Music on vinyl, CD and digital. Catch the Goon Sax on UK/Spain tour in September,

The Goon Sax

FLYYING COLOURS – ” Mindfullness “

Posted: September 23, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , , , ,
0

We’re pleased to bring you the premiere of Flyying Colours’ debut album Mindfullness (listen below), being released through Club AC30 Records.

Residing in a dream-world that sits somewhere between psych, indie, grunge and shoegaze, the Australian band’s beautifully dynamic new offering showcases their talent for uniting a delicate vocal melody with a satisfying thick wall of abrasive drums and guitars.

Leading track and first single “It’s Tomorrow Now” further stirs the melting pot. Opening with a chaotic looped squeal, the knockout punch of the frenzied opening riff and steady, driving drums sets the bar high for the nine tracks that are to follow.

“Long Holiday” echoes the sun-tinged indie of the ‘90s, layered with ethereal harmonies and languid, hazy guitars, whilst the phenomenal “1987” is punchy and playful; reminiscent of the intelligent garage-indie of Broken Social Scene. Fuzzy psychedelic track “Mellow” is reverb-drenched, punctuated by distant vocals and dense sonic guitars. The post-rock drone of “Roygbiv” follows, and “Sun Hail and Rain”‘s continuous percussive drive and grooving bassline allows the perfectly aligned male/female vocals to shimmer. Title track “Mindfullness” employs a post-punk sway, buzzing with distorted guitars and power chords.

ALEX LAHEY – ” You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me “

Posted: September 21, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , , ,
0

Alex Lahey was among the most spoken ablout at Big Sound in Brisbane the Australian Equivalent of SXSW  and naturally some of that talk amounted to comparisons between the 24-year-old Melbourne singer-songwriter and homegrown star Courtney Barnett.

Sure, both Lahey and Barnett are young, Australian based singer-songwriters known for their wry and observational lyricism, or as Lahey herself says, “We’re both Australian women with brown hair who play Telecasters.” , as Lahey’s concern, it’s not only lazy but also sexist to compare the two of us. “I’m just not convinced that those comparisons would be happening if I was a guy.

“I’m a huge fan of Courtney I think she’s one of the best songwriters in the world and her values and what she stands for are beautiful and brilliant, so I’m humbled to be compared to that. But I don’t think that it’s accurate, especially from a musical perspective, we play very different types of music.”

The songwriter studied saxophone at uni and works as a session saxophonist. She picked up a guitar at 13 and began teaching herself, writing songs because other people’s were too hard to learn.

 

JULIA JACKLIN – ” Coming Age “

Posted: September 8, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , ,
0

http://

Country Or Rock And Roll: Lucky for you, She is a little bit of both. Julia Jacklin’s Nashville sound is even more surprising when you find out that she’s from Australia. Originally from the Blue Mountains, Julia Jacklin is a singer/songwriter make sure you catch her at the Bodega with the band Whitney a great double bill of talent

Debut album ‘Don’t Let The Kids Win’ is out October 7th 2016.

BLOODS – ” Bring My Walls Down “

Posted: August 26, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , ,
0

dexter-cornelius: “ New Bloods press pic. How can they get any hawter? Am I right? ”

Three kids from the sunny shores of Sydney, Australia. Bloods have been peddling their garage-punk-pop tunes since 2011,playing alongside bands like Dum Dum Girls, Redd Kross, DZ Deathrays &more

“Raucous, gritty and energetic. Sort of like a 60s surf pop record that someone threw up on, put through a blender, melted back together again and then sprinkled some glitter over.

http://

New track from Bloods‘ forthcoming sophomore album.

TERRY – ” Hot Heads “

Posted: August 23, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , , , ,
0

The jittery glam pop quartet Terry  comprised of the power couples Amy Hill and Al Montfort, and Xanthe Waite and Zephyr Pavey — was born on a holiday in Mexico, right after one of Zephyr and Al’s other bands, Total Control, wrapped up a tour.

Each Terry-er is a mainstay of Melbourne, Australia’s vibrant music scene in their own right (at last count they’re in 11 bands total, including UV Race and Dick Diver), but this time they sought to wield instruments they didn’t usually play in any of their other groups. “I think it sounds better when someone doesn’t totally know what they’re doing,” Montfort says. Their debut LP, Terry HQ, released last month on the taste-making U.K. label Upset the Rhythm, is full of shambolic country ditties and smart post-punk bangers that feel loose and fun, removed from inhibition and doubt. The Terry operation is firmly rooted in D.I.Y., from the songwriting process to the band’s distinctive swagger-y uniform of Terry-emblazoned denim jackets and fringe shirts. “Me and Al, we always wanted to have nudie suits. And of course we couldn’t afford to do that, so we tried to make our own,” Hill says. “Then it got a bit mutated,” Montfort chimes in.

They Say: “It’s all pretty relaxed. We kind of make demos at home, and then send them off [to each other]. And then we all get together and figure them out,” Hill says. “Zephyr wrote a few songs and wasn’t sure what to do about lyrics, so we said, ‘Just write all about your Uncle Greg who’s a bus driver. Like, who the fuck is Uncle Greg? What was the story?'”

“He always tells these stories about this Uncle Greg and we’re like, ‘Ah yeah, he sounds like such a prick,'” says Montfort. “So [Pavey] wrote all these lyrics, heaps and heaps. Too much for one song. Uncle Greg got in trouble on the bus … but also Zephyr had it in for him because he stole Zephyr’s wah pedal to sell. Zephyr’s got a lot of stories from his childhood about people from the Blue Mountains in Sydney that kind of sound like fictional characters.”

Hear for Yourself: The galloping country ditty “Hot Heads” flexes the band’s talent for deadpan harmonies.

NICK ACQUROFF and DOMINIQUE GARRARD aka NYCK – ” Decision “

Posted: August 22, 2016 in MUSIC
Tags: , , , ,
0

Melbourne duo Nick Acquroff and Dominique Garrard aka nyck have me feeling all of the feels with their stripped-back, harmony-laden debut single “Decision.” Raw, honest and emotionally despairing, the song hears nyck perfectly encapsulate the often crippling pain of a breakup, while presenting a sound that makes you feel irrefutably alive.

nyck (pronounced n.y.c.k), a music project by Acquroff, with Garrard, strips away all of the noise and clutter and focuses on the fundamentals. A project that is honest and raw in its portrayal of the monotonous and the every day. A resident of St.Kilda in Melbourne, Acquroff tells stories that bring the sweetness and sadness and loneliness of suburban Melbourne to life.

But what’s most idiosyncratic and interesting about the music project nyck, is the way it so naturally blends a feeling of heartbreak and despair with music that makes you feel present, illuminated, and free.

http://

Older Entries
Newer Entries