Local Music News
Forthcoming: Andy Szikla
Wednesday, June 5 2013
What: Dark Valley by Andy Szikla. When: July 5 through Rubber Records. Key notes: Country- and folk-shaded solo debut from t…Read News
Gigs In Brief: The Knits, Sissysocks, Black Springs
Tuesday, June 4 2013
– Yet another proud product of Owen Penglis’ lounge room, The Knits’ name-your-price self-titled EP from last year packs no-nonsense garage blasts averaging around two minutes each. Plus perfectly noisy production and mixing from the ubiquitous Straight Arrows frontman, and charming …Read News
Listen: Cloud Control ‘Dojo Rising’
Tuesday, June 4 2013
Ah, Cloud Control. It’s good to have them back. Following a sold-out performance at the Joan Sutherland Theatre for Vivid LIVE, the band have dropped the first single from their new album Dream Cave, the follow-up to 2010’s Australian Music Prize-winning Bliss Release. Opening with the frank “I could beat myself down/You don’t need t…Read News
Exclusive Stream: The Peep Tempel ‘Modern Professional’ EP
Tuesday, June 4 2013
You’ve already heard ‘Dark Beach’, the “inky and oozing” single off The Peep Tempel’s new EP. Now you can stream all four songs a week ahead of its June 11 release. That includes the anxious title track, the glowering ‘Berlin’ and ‘The Incarceration of Lester Moore’, a sequel to ‘Mister Lester Moore’ from the ban…Read News
News In Brief: Shining Bird, Fatti Frances, AXOLOTL
Monday, June 3 2013
– Sydney five-piece Shining Bird have signed to Spunk to release their first album, Leisure Coast, in the spring. It follows last year’s debut EP Shade of the Sea and January’s self-described “Valium pop” single ‘Distant Dreamin…Read News
Artist On Artist: The Frowning Clouds Vs King Khan
Monday, June 3 2013
The one and only KING KHAN chats about pizza, tarot cards, Black Panthers, Lindsay Lohan and his mighty ‘fourth eye’ with Geelong’s finest, THE FROWNING CLOUDS, ahead of an Australian tour this month. Tarotly speaking, what kind of deck do you use and which card is your favourite? The deck I was given…Read News
Lead Singer Of Yothu Yindi Dies At 56
Monday, June 3 2013
The lead singer of Yothu Yindi, has died at home aged 56. He had been battling kidney disease for several years. Yunupingu was named Australian of the Year in 1992, and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame last December. Yothu Yindi were joined on stage at the ARIA awards presentation by Paul Kelly, Peter Garrett, Jessica Mauboy, Dan Sultan, and INXS’ Andrew Farriss for …Read News
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Watch: Alpine Cover Radiohead Classic
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New Band Alert: Designer Mutts
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Gigs In Brief: Circular Keys, Bearhug, Iowa, Sounds Like Sunset
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Track By Track: Seja
Brisbane’s synth-collecting SEJA VOGEL recorded her second album ‘All …
