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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.

THIGH MASTER – ” BBC bw Park Road Clinical “

Posted: December 29, 2017 in MUSIC
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Hailing from Brisbane and featuring jangly guitars and pithy lyrics is Thigh Master. The a-side is a corker, while the b-side is a little more plodding but is maybe more intriguing for it. Thigh Master has been high on my list of Aussie imports to check out this year, and they just announced a forthcoming split single with Dag (another of my favorites) for December. Those familiar with any of the previously managed bands will surely enjoy this track, as it walks that line between angular guitar and haphazard melody. To me, the band just embrace their own musical inclinations, even with slight tonal imperfections; this is what Pavement would have sounded like had they just gone out to have a grand old time. This split 7″ will drop on Bruit Direct Disques come the end of December.

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ZEFERELI – ” All Players Play Well “

Posted: December 29, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Zefereli (aka Alistar Richardson) is a DIY kind of guy. For the better part of four years, he has built his own recording studio just an hour from Brisbane where he has recorded, produced and mixed his own debut album entitled ‘All Players Played Well’, which was released last month.

Today, he premieres the video for newest single ‘We’re Going To Get There Someday’, which was shot completely on a Super 8 camera and features a number of cute dogs.

“We were walking past the op shops near where we live and found an old Super 8 camera,” Alistar says.

“It seemed to work! So we learned all about Super 8, experimented, searched the world for film, lost valuable footage due to our clumsiness and eventually put something together heartwarming and true to us. “We hope you love it. We filmed it all around Brisbane with friends and while on tour. The Super 8 became a little extension of ourselves.”

After separating from his former band and record label, Alistar became briefly disillusioned with music. His musical rebirth began partly due to his creative pairing with fellow musician, Clea who now often collaborates with Zefereli. “I met Clea and lightning struck. I heard her lyrics and her voice and I saw her unburdened by expectation and expressing herself in such a unique way… we have been inseparable ever since.”

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DEAFCULT – ” Auras “

Posted: December 28, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Here’s the info on Deafcult: Loud guitars. Four of them. Interested? Right this way. Watch in awe as these Brisbane natives find their own way of making this quadruple-attack work entirely in their favour, eschewing maximalist overcooking in favour of tactical dynamic shifts and strict sensibilities. Few songs in the calendar year were able to find the balance between heaviness and accessibility the way “Rubix” did. It resulted in one of the year’s best singles from a band that you’d understandably only expect album cuts from. Lift your fixed gazes like antennas to heaven, from your shoes to the horizon.

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The Deafcult debut full length Auras, is a record about dreams; the ghosts of people, places and situations past that haunt our nights sleep, or lack-thereof. Reflecting on romanticised memories as a disaffected suburban teenager, tales of love, drugs, death and what it meant to both discover and lose yourself. You told yourself it was going to last forever.

After 2015’s self-titled demo, the Brisbane six-piece sought to go further towards the margins —noisier, more precise, more dense, simply more. And yet, they became something much closer to a guitar-pop band in the process. From a certain angle, they are. Auaras has anthems firmly planted throughout, often behind the fuzz and haze, sometimes pushed to abstraction. But even in its most distorted moments, there is a gentleness to the music. AURAS is reflecting on some overwhelming themes, after all.

WALKEN – ” Unomi “

Posted: December 7, 2017 in MUSIC
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This Aussie rock act is uninterested in fitting in. Their sound is progressive and fresh, while still being accessible to the masses. On “Unomi”, we find a band who knows what the Arctic Monkeys crowd are in to, while still inserting blues riffs with crooning vocals that will engage and delight various crowds. Their style and substance makes it impossible not to root for these guys. The video is perfectly choreographed and transfixing with a young dancer setting the pace, before focusing on the act on a garishly adorned stage. We cannot wait to hear their new “What’s Your Environment? EP” that will drop in mid-December.

Band Members
Matt – Vocals/Guitar
Pat – Guitar/Backing Vocals
Beej – Drums/Backing Vocals

HATCHIE – ” Sure “

Posted: December 6, 2017 in MUSIC
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Hatchie is the stage name of Brisbane-based indie/dream pop singer/songwriter Harriette Pilbeam. She’s been in the Brisbane music scene for a few years as a member of two other bands, but this is her first project that she’s been the front of. She released a shimmering indie-pop single called “Try” earlier this year, and followed that with a further track “Sure” a month ago. She’s set to release her debut EP early next year, and it’s probably safe to assume that this song will be on that record.

In general, there’s a Milk and Kisses-era Cocteaus feeling. There’s also quite a bit of jangly guitars that remind me of the indie rock of the early 90s. The song, according to what I’ve read, is about a couple who keep breaking up and getting back together. They’re giving it one last go because they can’t live with or without each other.

The video seems to be a deliberate glove-tap to the indie pop videos of the early-mid 1990s. The stripey shirt worn by the guitar player. The jangly acoustic guitar. The bank of TVs with horizontal TV noise and video feedback/recursive image. The classic 8-eye Doc Martens worn by Pilbeam. This is all stuff that takes me back to the golden age of indie pop, All I know about the forthcoming EP is that it’s called Sugar and Spice and that it’s due out “early next year”.

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SACRED SHRINES – ” Come Down from the Mountain “

Posted: November 2, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Australia’s psych/garage cult quintet Sacred Shrines will release its debut album, “Come Down from the Mountain” on November 17th via Rogue Wave Records. The Brisbane-based group delivers juicy psychedelic and garage-inspired tunes with fuzzy guitars and driving rhythms wrapped in gorgeous reverb and a rare authenticity

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‘Collisions’ is one of the earlier tracks we worked on when we formed the band and I think it’s a good example of the more garage end of where our sound sits. The song is about that moment where you find yourself at the edge of making an important decision and the feeling you get when you’re standing at the precipice before you push the button. This track was mixed by Michael Badger from The Demon Parade and he definitely nailed the sound we were shooting for. The exploding backwards guitar solo does it for me every time.”

SACRED SHRINES – ” Trail To Find – EP “

Posted: October 11, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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This Australian band based in Brisbane taps into the mystic energies of both ‘60s flower power and the 1980s days of wine and roses. Their organ has a nasty bite, their guitars leak fuel all over the place, the drums soundtrack a “youth in revolt” movie. With disaffected alternative vocals moaning lines like “listen up, disengage, fade away” over wah-wah pedals and sitar, it’s not hard to figure out what shrines they worship at. Still, on Trail to Find, they mix together the mysterious and the upbeat with unfettered verve.

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DREAMTIME – ” Strange Pleasures “

Posted: October 9, 2017 in MUSIC
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Hailing from Brisbane’s fertile underground music scene, Cardinal Fuzz, Sky Lantern Records and Tym Guitars are thrilled to present the latest sounds from the premier Australian psych outfit, Dreamtime. After seemingly endless nights spent jamming, writing, rewriting, lamenting, practicing, recording and mixing, the band has sculpted a sprawling interstellar creation that is their third album – and first in almost three years – Strange Pleasures

In Australian aboriginal culture, the Dreamtime refers to a foundational myth, one that attributes the creation of the world to their ancestral spirits. The band Dreamtime consists of four hippies from Brisbane, and they pay pretty serious reverence to their own spiritual ancestors on their second full-length, Strange Pleasures. With nods to Pink Floyd, Ash Ra Tempel, and Hawkwind, it would be weirder not to find pleasure in this heady blend. They deliver something for everyone: mellow folk tunes, spacey sojourns, and freak-out jams—often all at the same time. Turn on, tune in, and drop out of this plane of existence.

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Dreamtime is:
Zac Anderson – Guitar, Lead Vocals
Cat Maddin – Bass, Lead Vocals, Theremin
Tara Wardrop – Drums Percussion, Vocals
Fergus Smith – Synth, Guiar, Shahi Baaja, Vocals

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SABRINA LAWRIE – ” Hush The Mountain “

Posted: October 9, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Following a tough year in 2016 that saw her spend several months recovering after a serious fall, Sabrina Lawrie has bounced back in a big way. Having signed with nascent local label Pig City Records late last year, Lawrie released her long-awaited debut full-length, “Hush The Mountain”, in March this year.

While her renown may not extend as far as some of her fellow Australian contempoaires, those who know her — and know her extensive history as part of Brisbane’s musical fabric — love her fiercely, and her dedicated following in addition to her considerable talent could prove the ace up her sleeve to contend with some of her better-known contemporaries. In describing Hush The Mountain, 4ZZZ’s Andrew Bartlett described the album as “definitely one out of the top drawer”, noting that “the variety and richness within and across the nine tracks certainly have the feel of something that has been developed, crafted and matured over time”.

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