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HAYDEN CALNIN – ” Collision “

Posted: July 3, 2017 in MUSIC
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Hayden Calnin

In one fell swoop Hayden Calnin was able to communicate with millions of people across the globe.

The Australian songwriter was a virtual unknown when his song ‘Love’ was picked to play over the final scene of the eighth season of the Vampire Diaries. With his soft delivery and engrossing lyricism, Hayden’s quietly beguiling approach was difficult to resist.

New EP ‘Dirt’ drops this summer, Hayden comments on the songs:

“‘Collision’ is maybe one of the hardest songs I’ve ever had to write. I wrote it in secret, not really showing anyone until I was comfortable with how it was sounding. It was never meant to be a song with all the hooks and all the standard rules in song structure that you’re meant to follow. I avoided that and just let it come out naturally. ‘Collision’ is an expression about a really dark time for a friend of mine. And, like my previous single, ’Waves’, following that exploration of mental health in young adults.”

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SCHOOL DAMAGE – ” Tall Poppies “

Posted: July 3, 2017 in MUSIC
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Ear worm alert. School Damage are currently a buzz band down under and you can hear why with their take on the minimalist DIY pop of The Raincoats and The Vaselines. Melbourne/Geelong quartet School Damage began as a bedroom recording project for Carolyn Hawkins (Chook Race, Parsnip) and Jake Robertson (Ausmuteants, Frowning Clouds etc). They released a cassette for Moontown Records in 2013, then were joined by Jeff Raty on drums and Dani ‘Damage’ Hakim on bass. Taking cues from pop outfits such as the Vaselines, Particles and Young Marble Giants, School Damage’s sound is defined by wobbly keyboards, weaving bass lines, and lyrical content focused on the anxieties of modern life and love. They have released vinyl singles on Detonic and Moontown, played Gizzfest 2016, and have shared stages with the likes of the Bats, Twerps and NUN.
Look out for their self-titled debut album on Chapter Music in June 2017.

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first single from forthcoming self-titled School Damage album, due on vinyl and digital in June 2017.

KING GIZZARD & The LIZARD WIZARD – ” Murder Of The Universe “

Posted: June 24, 2017 in MUSIC
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A concept album to end all concept albums, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s new album “Murder Of The Universe” is a face-melting musical assault concerned with the downfall of man and the death of the planet. Their tenth album in five dizzying years, it hinges on three distinct chapters throughout which snippets of their breakthrough records I’m In Your Mind Fuzz and Nonagon Infinitye merge in ghostly shadow – and it’s available for human consumption now.

“a batshit, brilliant new album” – New York Observer
“A decidedly dark reflection of today’s angst and insanity. There is a bright side however: given its harrowing descriptions of terror and upheaval, it makes the real world seem tame by comparison.” –Paste

HOLLOW EVERDAZE – ” Cartoons “

Posted: June 23, 2017 in MUSIC
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It’s a vibrant time for guitar bands in Australia, and Western Victoria’s Hollow Everdaze shine a bright amongst them. The five piece’s style of psychedelic-pop registers both retro and current, mixing the hooks of ’60s surf with orchestral arrangement and electronic experimentation. Likening them to Foxygen and Temples,

Drenched in “reverbed lushness” and “woozy twang”, Hollow Everdaze marry Sixties-style craftsmanship with swirling sonispheres

Their debut is a “joyous and infectious collection, perfect for laying back and losing one’s head in the clouds to.” It’s out on Deaf Ambitions Records, home to fellow Melbourne outfits Redspencer and Pure Moods.

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Hollow Everdaze are: Daniel Baulch – vocals, guitar, drums, keys; Myles Anderson – violin; Jackson Kay – bass, keys; James Turner – drums, elbow guitar on “Never Going Back”; Dylan Young – keys, drums on “Still Ticking”.

 

CABLE TIES – ” Cable Ties “

Posted: June 22, 2017 in MUSIC
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Ascendant Melburnian three-piece Cable Ties are going to be super-busy over the next few months, announcing release details for their debut album and accompanying tour dates, plus the new video clip for recent single Say What You Mean, today.

Having only come together in 2015, the band have swiftly gathered a dedicated, growing following, their underground renown steering them towards festival stages by the time they’d hit their first anniversary. Armed with killer riffs, an incendiary attitude and sonic hallmarks too ferocious to justifiably ignore, there’s no reason to expect that their trajectory will peter out any time soon, either.

Our record heads out into the world on its own today. It’s now yours to do with as you will. It’s a product of one years’ writing, recording and mixing and 2 years of mastering, artwork, design, gigging and so much support from so many wonderful people. We are so thankful for all the people who have left their stamp on our music and our lives. Without them we – and this physical artifact – would never have been possible.

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Drop everything and watch the brilliant new video for Cable Ties ‘Say What You Mean’ – produced by Defero Productions. Cable Ties just also announced their debut album is due out MAY 26th via Poison City Records.

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GEORGIA STATE LINE – ” Older Than I Am “

Posted: June 16, 2017 in MUSIC
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Georgia State Line

The new single from alt-country six-piece Georgia State Line , “Older Than I Am”, now has a brand new video filmed and directed by Agostino Soldati. Set at a suburban bowls club the video is wonderfully retro. “Many Australian artists refer to themselves as Americana or Alt Country these days, but very few deliver the real thing as well as Georgia State Line. Hailing from Melbourne but sounding like Texas or Tennessee,

“We crashed Saturday morning bowls at the Glenroy Bowls Club to film a video with the brilliant Agostino Soldati, aiming to reiterate the idea that age is never a factor nor a limit, plus we got a bit of help from our wonderful actors Violet and John busting out some moves,” front woman Georgia Delves explained.

“Older Than I Am” is taken from Georgia State Line upcoming EP Heaven Knows due on the 7th July.

Band Members
Georgia Delves / Patrick Wilson / Teresa Duffy- Richards / Joshua Jones / Tom Brooks / Lochlan Kent

CHARM OF FINCHES – ” Staring at the Starry Ceiling “

Posted: June 8, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Charm of Finches are sister “dream folk”duo Mabel and Ivy, aged 17 and 14 from Melbourne, Australia, and produce harmony-laden chamber tinged folk for the famished soul. Influences include First Aid Kit, Agnes Obel and Sufjan Stevens.  Two talented young artists/sister duo in an airy, chamber folk style which emphasizes lyrics. Melbourne based dream-folk sister duo Charm Of Finches have had a massive year so far, launching their album “Staring at the Starry Ceiling” and picking up some high profile support slots around the country.

Their debut album “Staring at the Starry Ceiling” features the duo’s signature angelic sibling harmonies, with a distinct chamber-folk flavour coming from the instrumentation: cello, violin, guitar, ukulele, lyre, banjo, piano, glockenspiel: all played by the sisters, now aged 16 and 13.

The “singing finches” have played Australian folk and roots festival stages since releasing their debut EP “Home” in 2016.

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Charm of Finches are Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes
All songs written and arranged by Charm of Finches

KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – ” The Lord Of Lightning ” 17th April 2017 on CONAN on

Posted: June 5, 2017 in MUSIC
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A concept album to end all concepts, Murder Of The Universe is the new collection by head-bending psychedelicists King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. ‘Murder Of The Universe’ is a face-melting musical assault concerned with the downfall of man, the death of the planet, the murder of the whole universe.

“We’re living in dystopian times that are pretty scary and it’s hard not to reflect that in our music,” says front man Stu Mackenzie. “It’s almost unavoidable. Some scientists predict that the downfall of humanity is just as likely to come at the hands of Artificial Intelligence, as it is war or viruses or climate change. But these are fascinating times too. Human beings are visual creatures – vision is our primary instinct, and this is very much a visual, descriptive, bleak record. While the tone is definitely Apocalyptic, it is not necessarily purely a mirror of the current state of humanity. It’s about new non-linear narratives.”

Lit by thunderclaps and lightning, ‘Murder Of The Universe’ inhabits a sonic landscape of death, decay, ossification, fossilisation, rebirth. It is a place occupied by wandering shape-shifting beasts, bleeding skies, pools of blood, great fires and mushroom clouds; a planet rent asunder by conflict. It may take years for its true importance to be appreciated.

The Australian psychedelic rock band make their worldwide television debut on CONAN.

KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZARD – ” The Lord Of Lightning vs Balrog “

Posted: May 31, 2017 in MUSIC
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Australian psychedelic-rock squad King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are getting ready to murder the universe with their new LP “Murder Of The Universe” the second of an absurd quantity of five albums that they plan on releasing this year. It’s a sprawling, nigh-incomprehensible 21-track concept album about the apocalypse or something, and they’re sharing it in three 13-minute chunks that they’re referring to as “chapters.” The first was “Han Tyumi and The Murder Of The Universe” and now they’ve shared a new chapter called “The Lord Of Lightning Vs Balrog,” which includes “The Lord Of Lightning,” the track that they performed on the Late Night With Conan O’Brien Show, last month. The whole thing comes with a massive video directed — sorry, created  by frequent collaborator Jason Galea and Ben Jones, which finds the band performing in the middle of the woods while some freaky druidic ritual takes place. Experience that below.

The Tale of the Altered Beast
1. A New World
2. Altered Beast I
3. Alter Me I
4. Altered Beast II
5. Alter Me II
6. Altered Beast III
7. Alter Me III
8. Altered Beast IV
9. Life / Death

The Lord of Lightning Vs. Balrog
1. Some Context
2. The Reticent Raconteur
3. The Lord of Lightning
4. The Balrog
5. The Floating Fire
6. The Acrid Corpse

Han-Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe
1. Welcome to an Altered Future
2. Digital Black
3. Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg
4. Soy-Protein Munt Machine
5. Vomit Coffin
6. Murder of the Universe

BLANKET RULE – ” Different Ways “

Posted: May 30, 2017 in MUSIC
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‘Different Ways’ is the debut recording of Melbourne based band ‘Blanket Rule’.
Taken from a forthcoming tape due out sometime later in the year, this first offering is warm understated guitar pop.

First recording from Melbourne based band “Blanket Rule”

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