Posts Tagged ‘Australian’

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Australian psych-pop darlings Violet Swells have a new single out soon, which you can hear first here!

“Here Comes Yesterday” ramps up the baroque-pop splendour of their early singles, and expands into newer areas, with twin guitars, squelchy synths and a push into more progressive territory. Chief Swell guy Ben Simms says “I’ve been listening to a lot more prog, and I think that has been permeating into my song writing, mixing with the three minute sunshine pop songs I usually record. Buying a synth helped to open up different ideas that I otherwise probably wouldn’t have had too..”

“Here Comes Yesterday” will be released on Mirador Records in Australia and Strong Island Recordings in the U.K.

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White Shadows  new album Secret Of Life due out on the April 27
Another of last year’s returns from the brink, The Vines’ Craig Nicholls teams up Empire Of The Sun’s Nick Littlemore and a cast of Aussie musicians (Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa and Jagwar Ma’s Jono Ma amongst them to try his hand at bright synth-pop instead of thrashy grunge.

Great performance from the Black Ryder live at Austin Psych Festival taken from the DVD “Live At The Power Plant”  we can expect to be hearing a lot about Australian Rhinestone Droners, The Black Ryder.

The duo, Aimee Nash and Scott Van Ryper, have stayed true to their art on their latest album and picked up from where they left off on their debut record, not succumbing to their new Hollywood surroundings as other artists have in the past. They have a new album out now ,”The Door Behind The Door” continues the dreamy cinematic nature that was established in the band’s debut album, “Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride”, and keeps their ethereal musical perspectives alive through the forces of reverb and guitar effects on songs such as ‘Seventh Moon’ and ‘The Going Up Was Worth The Coming Down’.

The bands talent at creating beautiful songs, even without vocals. a much darker feel and a sense of loss and mourning for something that we do not know exactly what we’re mourning for. The Black Ryder have a knack for creating slow-building songs, leading to anthemic choruses and lasting outros and this is demonstrated on every vocal track on the new album. Whether it be by adding a choir of backing vocals, or adding extra keyboard, The Black Ryder certainly know how to attain an epic conclusion to a song.

Courtney Barnett Singer songwriter and Australian rocker has been known to turn the simple things she observes in life into meaningful stories. With her new album, “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”, she goes house hunting, debates going to a party and tries to impress the person doing laps next to her in the pool. But these everyday activities equate to much larger statements.has been wowing us of late and whilst on tour in the UK we couldn’t pass up the chance of getting her into one of our studios for a session on Amazing Radio.

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The first track from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizards upcoming album Quarters! out May 2015 on Heavenly Recordings. 

Australia natives King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard get impressively close to peak ’70s psychedelia with their nostalgic sound. Their latest track, “God Is in the Rhythm,” is a mastering in the manipulation of time within a four-minute warped jam session. The ten-minute full-length version makes up a quarter of their upcoming album release “Quarters” , with a medley of melodies, from a wild-west-inspired harmonica appearance to a variety of gentle string solos. Listen to the single edit of “God Is In the Rhythm” below, and catch King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard live when they venture to the U.K. for their summer tour.

 

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Australian folk-pop trio Little May have announced a new single called “Hide”,

The band, comprising Liz Drummond, Hannah Field and Annie Hamilton, released debut single “Dust” last year to international acclaim, and are following it up with the unabashed glory of “Hide”. It twinkles with fret buzz and the gentle pluck of country-western guitar; far from the shores of Oz, this sounds like something crafted in the honey-sun wilds of Tennessee. “Hide” is set for release by Island Records on 13th April. Their self-titled debut EP is out now. The Band will be at the Dot To Dot festival in Nottingham.

Check out the single below. The band’s upcoming UK/Ireland dates can be found afterwards.

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20 year old Hannah Karydas, aka Eves The Behavior (formerly just Eves), is easily on her way to becoming the next big alternative pop sensation. The Australian singer-songwriter (although she classifies herself as a “world citizen” on her Facebook profile) has already toured with the likes of Courtney Barnett and Sky Ferreira, where she’s gaining new fans everywhere with her sweet yet immersive vocals and dynamic synth pop sound. If you’re a fan of moody-pop like Tove Lo or Lorde, then you’ll totally love this awesome new artist.

"Hello it's April! The next instalment comes this month. I've generally been having a great time making stuff.<br /><br />
Amongst this there are other crazytown announcements too... x x x"

“TV” was the first song I heard from Eves, The song begins with her hauntingly deep vocals over some menacing atmospherics, before slowly evolving into a huge whirlwind of electronic instrumentation. Once the super catchy chorus hits at the one minute mark, you’re captivated by the track’s huge sound and dramatic vibe. This song is simply amazing and is destined to blow up.

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“Zen” is the song that got her a record deal, and once you hear the dreamy track you’ll easily understand why it did the trick. Featuring hazy guitars and whimsical vocals, it’s a lot less dramatic than “TV” but equally amazing. I absolutely love the drums, as the beat morphs throughout the track’s duration and keeps things interesting. The story-telling lyrics are also worth mentioning, as the song features lines like “later at some cafe/ you sit opposite/ but you don’t look at me when you speak,” which keep you actively listening. It’s a wonderfully blissful 3 minutes that you’ll keep coming back to.

Since I’m sure you loved what you heard, follow Eves’ Facebook page

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I find Australian shoegaze quartet Flyying Colours’ name a bit maddening the spelling makes it hard to find the band on the net , but their music would be more than enough to soothe any irritation, a heady balm of smeared guitar textures and sharp pop sensibilities. After the minor classic  Not Today,” “Running Late” is the second single from their upcoming ROYGBIV EP. Brodie Brümmer and Gemma O’Connor’s dreamily deadpan male/female vocals melt together perfectly like some sort of musical Voltron before separating in the chorus, where O’Connor’s breathy coos swirl into an angelic echo overhead. At three and a half minutes, “Running Late” is fairly trim for a song about being fundamentally incompatible with the inexorable forward march of time, but those three and a half minutes proceed at their own leisurely pace. Flyying Colours are taking the time to stop and smell the flowers — or the effects pedals? — and you should probably take the time to stop and listen the band are about to tour the UK.

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Courtney Barnett’s debut album, “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit”, is now available to listen too ahead of its official release. The album is officially out on 23rd March, Its rambling, but insightful lyrics, which manage to inject heart and soul into the most mundane subject matters, are part of what makes this album such a triumph. Highlights include ‘Pedestrian At Best’, with its infinitely relateable refrain, “Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you”, and ‘Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go To The Party’. 

Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett performs “Pedestrian at Best” from her album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit at the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch, east London, in a live session recorded exclusively for the Guardian. Known for her deadpan, rambling delivery, Courtney’s music focuses on the mundane, overlooked details of everyday life