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FLYYING COLOURS – ” Mindfullness “

Posted: September 23, 2016 in MUSIC
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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
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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.

 

TERRY – ” Hot Heads “

Posted: August 23, 2016 in MUSIC
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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
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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.

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CAMP COPE – ” Camp Cope “

Posted: August 12, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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This is the among the strongest albums I have heard in a long time. I’ve listened to it probably 10 times in the past few days and I can not get enough of it. The lyrics are powerful and the instrumentation strong. I hope people around the world will start to listen to this Australian band another from the incredible city of Melbourne, Camp Cope, and I hope I will one day get to see them tour the UK, and specifically come to my city.

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It’s no surprise that Melbourne’s Camp Cope are resonating with people all over the world. The trio of Georgia Maq, Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich and Sarah ‘Thomo’ Thompson have only been together for 14 months but have accomplished some incredible feats in that time. None of those feats have been more important than leading conversations surrounding safety and representation within music. Listen to Maq’s formidable vocals, set to the thundering backbone of their music and you too will be convinced – Camp Cope are a band with important things to say.

Camp Cope’s songs are notably very personal in nature with Maq, the band’s lyricist, emphasising the importance of being vulnerable within songwriting and sharing your experiences with an audience. “It’s like yoga. When you touch your toes and want to retract you instead leave it and relax into the pain, so the more you tell people these personal things the easier it is. That way your vulnerabilities become your strengths because they’re out there.”

The future for Camp Cope is certainly shaping up to be mammoth as the band talk allusively about their plans for the next six months. “We’ve got some stuff coming up that’s a different audience to what we’re used to in different settings. There’s heaps of cool stuff coming up that we can’t announce yet,” says Hellmrich.

“We’ll only be a band for a year and a half next year and we’ve got such big things planned,” adds Maq. “I’m so proud of us.”

 

TWO STEPS ON THE WATER – ” Having Pop Punk Feelings In A Country​-Western Body “

Posted: July 18, 2016 in MUSIC
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Having Pop Punk Feelings In A Country-Western Body is a record about a whole bunch of stuff: being trans, and gender in general, and regret, and lovelessness, and nature and language, and bodily fluids. Feel free to read into it as you will. released December 31st, 2015
Lyrics like a tortured parody of Robert Foster and the Go-Betweens for the oncoming apocalypse. Yeah, they’re as good as the Go-Betweens, but absolutely nothing like them. Such a raw, emotional record. I love this band a great deal now after listening to this Favorite track  Thunderstorm for One.
June Jones plays guitar and sings on all songs, and plays bass on Thunderstorm for One.
Sienna Thornton plays violin on all songs, and sings on all songs but More True More Rowdy.
Jonathan Nash plays drums on all songs, sings on Thunderstorm for One, Gale Force Wind, and 31st of May, and plays bass on More True More Rowdy and Nature Doco.
Darcy T Gunk (coral ceto) plays piano accordion and sings on 31st of May
Nick Diprose plays the violin solo on 31st of May

Two Steps on the Water are a Melbourne-based emotion punk/heavy folk trio making sad music that “really rocks” they have a new album release of 9-songs “God Forbid Anyone Look Me in the Eye” to be released July 29th.

 

GYPSY and the CAT – ” Life “

Posted: July 18, 2016 in MUSIC
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Have you ever listened to a song and felt like the gates of heaven were opening before you?! That’s exactly how I felt listening to “Life” by Gypsy & The Cat! The latest single to be unveiled from the Australian duo’s upcoming album Virtual Islands, “Life” is an uplifting and euphoric piece of dream folk that’ll leave you wanting to take on the world – and win.

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From the album ‘Virtual Islands’ out Friday 05 August

TOTALLY MILD – ” Christa “

Posted: July 18, 2016 in MUSIC
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Image from www.totallymild.bandcamp.com

Totally Mild are a Melbourne-based band, fronted by powerhouse woman Elizabeth Mitchell, who has an impressive falsetto range to compliment their “disjointed pop” style. Originally starting off as Mitchell’s solo project, the band soon expanded to a four-piece and have taken Australia by storm receiving multiple music award nominations for their debut album. Last year they supported Best Coast (another amazing female-fronted band) in their Australian tour and finished off the year by performing at Meredith Music Festival.

This track “Christa” taken from their debut LP, ‘Down Time’, available through Bedroom Suck in AUS/NZ and internationally through Fire Records on August 7, 2015.

TERRY – ” Terry HQ “

Posted: July 6, 2016 in MUSIC
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Droll and smart, gleamingly melodic with seemingly little effort, and attuned to post-punk past but not in thrall to it Terry’s debut delivers on the foursome’s pedigree, which includes Australian groups UV Race, Dick Diver, Total Control, and others. The songs delight in how they dawdle, constructed from playful percussion, melodically entwined voices, and lollygagging leads. Rickety-but-golden pop groups are the key touchstones: think Television Personalities or Lower Plenty. The skeletal arrangements would tempt the tag lazy if they weren’t so artfully restrained.

Entry points include the muddied glam of “Don’t Say Sorry” and the Rough Trade-indebted stomp of “Uncle Greg 1,” but it’s the shambolic and allusive bulk of Terry HQ that demands repeat listening. Initially, these songs bring to mind the ennui that’s lately characterized a lot of underground Australian pop, but they fight against that apolitical trend in a refreshing way. The lyrics, delivered deadpan and resigned, abound with ghastly images of destruction and plague. Arresting contrasts emerge: On “Third War,” the thrum of acoustic guitar settles in like dawn, while the lyrics invoke the “roar of death.” “Hang-men,” the funereal finale, couples cozy quotidian details with jarring references to slaughter.

The album draws upon somewhat dated images of warfare–bombs, knives, and “love letters from the front”—to articulate what seems like a harrowing, perhaps cautionary, vision of the future. To be clear, Terry HQ is not a topical record. Direct connections to global conflict or Australia’s neoliberal regime seem tenuous. But just as the science fiction of yore often ends up prescient, the grim allure of Terry HQ rests in the possibility that it anticipates pervasive loss and sadness, if not particular events, looming on the historical horizon.

CITY CALM DOWN – ” Rabbit Run “

Posted: July 2, 2016 in MUSIC
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City Calm Down - Rabbit Run

‘Rabbit Run’ is the first single to be lifted off City Calm Down’s highly anticipated debut album ‘In A Restless House’, which will be released via I OH YOU on the 6th of November, 2015.

Pre-order ‘In A Restless House‘ via http://www.citycalmdown.com from the 10th of June. CD, vinyl, digital and exclusive tees all available. With one prominent guitar riff and some fast paced percussion, the Australian boys quickly conjure up a whirl wind of magnitude that is reminiscent to The National, and you cannot help but indulge in their cathartic and empowering sound.

‘Rabbit Run’ is available via iTunes from the 10th of June.
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