The Australian electro-folk singer-songwriter Hayden Calnin has just released his stunning new track “Waves”. The track is taken from an upcoming EP which is due for release later this year.
”Waves” was written for a good friend and became my interpretation of what was going on in that friend’s head whilst battling severe mental health issues,” Calnin explained. “I wasn’t always able to be there to help them through it and the song evolved into somewhat of an ode to me being a bit of a shit friend when they really needed someone around. I wanted to let that friend know I’m always thinking of them.”
Melbourne glam pop country bops Terry. The album is entitled ‘Remember Terry’ and will be released through Upset The Rhythm on June 30th. They will be touring Europe around the same time, so watch this space and also watch this brand new video for lead single ‘Take Me To The City’
After returning from summer 2016’s European tour, Terry set about writing a new album of songs. These are now grouped together as ‘Remember Terry’, an album full of wish fulfilment, critiqued characters, memorial muscle and historical hustle.‘Start The Tape’ is a not quite two-minute careen through what Terry are best known for; gang vocals, chased-down melodies and acerbic commentary. “The Boys in Blue are no nonsense, but no nonsense just won’t hold up” they assert throughout the song, amid unbridled drum rolls and keyboard sirens.
Terry draw on their everyday realities to make personal conclusions; “I can’t live here, I can’t leave here” they collectively sing through the strummed guitars and skittling synths of ‘Heavin Heavies’. Somehow the serious nature of the themes handled in their songs are only further emphasised by the tuneful, arguably ‘sing-along’ treatment Terry usually employ. ‘Give Up The Crown’, ‘The Colonel’ and ‘Gun’ are other prime examples of this, packed full of assembled vocal harmonies, contagious riffs and rhetoric.
With tracks like ‘Glory’ and ‘Homage’, Terry allow us for the first time to see a more laid-back side of his personality. Supplemented with fluorescing synth lines and adopting an unhurried pace, both songs lull you into a false sense of pleasantry, only to pack a greater punch when lyrics like “Off his bloody head goes” or “No head, no choice, no land, no time, no crime, no good” surface. ‘Take Me To The City’ is a similarly evocative stroll through the “bright night city lights”, with Amy and Xanthe listing their nightlife observations over languorous guitar lines and programmed drums. Their “all they talk about..” refrain drifts off effortlessly into dazed disclosures. Terry prefer to make a profound point in a quiet way, hectoring bypassed for self-revelation. The truth is in there, just skating below the surface of their glammy, country-stepping punk/pop odysseys, we only have to listen carefully.
‘Remember Terry’ is a fitting follow-up to last year’s celebrated debut album. Ideas are pursued and new ground explored. Throughout this expansion of sound and subject-matter though, Terry remain committed to telling it straight, reporting from the frontline of the political made personal. ‘Remember Terry’ was recorded by Terry at Grace Lane and Terry HQ through the first few months of 2017.
Taken from the band’s new album ‘Remember Terry’ out June 30th on Upset The Rhythm.
Following the announcement of their upcoming album Punchbuzz indie duo Husky have announced plans for a national tour this June and July through Australia.
With the release of their new album Punchbuzz little over a month away, Husky today bring news of a national tour to fans and share the visionary video for their current single ’Ghost’. Following on from popular first single ‘Late Night Store’, ‘Ghost’ has enjoyed a warm welcome into the world. It was premiered via triple j’s Veronica and Lewis along with Clash Music in the UK, and has since received lots of airplay . The rhythmic, driving song sets the scene for Husky’s third album .
Shaped by the duo’s recent experiences, Punchbuzz sees the band swapping their signature folk sound for streamlined indie rock that lopes ahead with widescreen atmosphere, dark lyrics, and newly muscled melodies. Sharp, lean, and driving, the album more than lives up to the dynamic imperative of its title.
Husky have also given us a taster of Punchbuzz new album with their new single and video “Ghost”. Check out the video for “Ghost” below:
“Ghost” is taken from the new album Punchbuzz, Out Jun 2nd.
Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (or Rolling Blackouts C.F. for short-ish) makes no-frills, unfussy rock music, so it’s only natural the band would make a no-frills, unfussy video for one of its singles.
And that’s exactly what the video for “Sick Bug” is. The visual for The French Press EP cut shows the band on a wilting tennis court, plugging in and rocking out. A dog ambles through at one point when Joe White is singing about a breeze, and the clip occasionally seems to cut from a nostalgia-soaked sepia tone to the clear-eyed gaze of the present. And those really are the only artistic accoutrements. Nothing more. Nothing less.
“I was reading Richard Flanagan’s Narrow Road To The Deep North and the horror of their situation stayed with me for a long time,” said White in a statement. “I wrote this about how desperately someone could want the simplest of things. The triviality of us dancing around on a tennis court is fully realized.”
‘French Press’ EP (Release Date: March 10, 2017)
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Melbourne’s mighty King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard made their US TV debut last night as musical guests on Conan.
Though they’re currently touring the US behind February’s the release of their album “Flying Microtonal Banana”, the Gizzards treated the viewing audience to ‘Lord of Lightning’, one of the 21 tracks featured on their next release of this year and their 10th album “Murder Of The Universe” .
Conan, who was impressed by the band Middle Kids earlier this year , seemed suitably thrilled by King Gizzard’s seven-man strong shred storm. And you can tell he just relished announcing the band’s name on air.
After crushing Coachella over the weekend, King Gizzard are squeezing in a couple headline shows before heading back to the desert for the second weekend of the Californian festival. They’ll be touring the UK and Europe in June in the lead-up to releasing “Murder Of The Universe” (out 23 June).
Melbourne based alt-folk duo Husky have just announced plans to release their highly anticipated new album “Punchbuzz” on the 2nd June this year.
Following the success of their single “Late Night Store” and a sold out east coast tour, Husky have said to expect a more indie-rock feel from their third album.
The duo offered up their new single “Ghost” as a taste of what to expect fromPunchbuzz:
Courtney Barnetts Milk! Records, the label she started when her career was just beginning, is about to release their second compilation after 2014s A Pair Of Pears (With Shadows) entitled Good For You. The compilation will feature artists like, Fraser A. Gorman, Ouch My Face, Jen Cloher, the Finks, and the East Brunswick All Girls Choir. Courtney herself contributed a track of her own,Three Packs A Day which you can listen to right now.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have promised at least four albums this year, and the band seem to be right on target.
They have announced on Facebook their next album will be titled “Murder Of The Universe” and will be out on June 23rd, with pre-orders kicking off this Wednesday. The band presented the track on youtube “Han-Tyumi & The Murder Of The Universe (ATO/Flightless), which they described as a ‘Chapter’ of their next thing. In the great prog and psychedelic traditions, it’s your standard dystopian vision of the future with guitar wigouts, rolls of Deep Purple organ, with occasional outbreaks of spoken word, apparently from the viewpoint of the ‘confused cyborg’ of the title, adding a touch of Hitchhikers’ Guide to it. With me so far? Well done you. It’s The Flaming Lips on different drugs.
The album will mark the band’s tenth album after their ninth Microtonal Banana. Here’s hoping the guys will round out this financial year with a chart-topper.
Harrison Brown is an up and coming folk singer/songwriter based in Melbourne. After honing his skills in the alleyway bars of Berlin, back on home soil Harrison is making inroads and is poised to launch a promising career. He has shared the stage with Clare Bowdtich, played numerous local festivals and is a regular at the Airey’s Inlet Festival – this year invited to play at the coveted Wintersong. Harrison is currently touring the first single from his highly anticipated debut EP, recorded with Australian great Marty Brown (Clare Bowditch, Anna Cordell, Flyying Colours). His band of gig weary muso’s will take you on a journey of soul searching and joy making
The Melbourne based singer-songwriter Harrison Brown his latest EP ‘Be Free’, the first track taken from his debut EP. It’s a rich slice of acoustic folk, anchored around Harrison’s killer vocals but bolstered by the presence of a full band. Gradually building up to a rumbling climax, it’s definitely whetted our appetite for the EP.
Harrison is about to launch the single , in addition to setting the track free into the wild with his live band in tow, he’ll also be cutting off his long, flowing locks, which have remained uncut for seven years now. Having promised the chop if the band reached $6k in their recent crowdfunding campaign, the hair had to go – and the gorgeous mane will be donated to Wigs For Kids.
Harrison is gigging presently supported by one of our other new favourites in Charm of Finches, as well as Moylen & Paticakes .
The birthplace of Where’s One was a dilapidated Californian bungalow in Melbourne’s Western suburbs. Recording began just hours before the tragic death of The Citradels‘ former drummer and friend Connor Tolson, which set the tone for what was to come. Drawn out over nine months, layers and fragments were meticulously arranged. Most songs were conceived individually, though their form significantly adapted over time with shared input. In spite of this, the album retains an introspective and highly personal quality.
The Citradels’ trademark early sound is referenced with opener ‘Barnyard’ yet descends into something much darker and more repetitious. Sweet relief comes with ‘Piscine’, which straddles the strung-out yet playful arrangements of an increasingly paranoid Brian Wilson. The earnest ‘Pets on Fire’ has the emotive subtleties of Galaxie 500 in mind. ‘Already Gone’ bubbles away with angst and indecision while the otherworldly and uncomfortably dark love song ‘Pelican’ closes side A. ‘Sugarplum’ conjures the playful 60s, mixing in slices of attention deficit musical changes. ‘Sunflower Man’ plays with time and repetition to coax the listener down the rabbit hole. ‘Goosestep’ begins life as a slow burning Lennon-esque piano ballad with acid folk and feedback gradually creeping in. ‘Riding with Him’ is an optimistic ode to a friend now gone which bleeds into ‘Dumb Angel’, closing side B with a reverb drenched farewell.
The Fat Angel Sings 