Now into their second decade, New Zealand trio Die! Die! Die! will be releasing their fifth album S W I M on August 15th and the first taste of the new songs comes in the form of ‘Crystal’ with its damn fine rolling serrating verses. New Zealand Tour (presented by Undertheradar, 95bFM and Phantom) Friday 15th August, Neck Of The Woods, Auckland Saturday 16th August, The … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Die! Die! Die! | Crystal
Christopher Owens (Girls) has a new solo album out at the end of September called A New Testament. It follows his 2013 LP Lysandre that followed the dissolution of the band Girls. here’s the brand new clip for the first single .Nothing More Than Everything To Me’. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Christopher Owens | Nothing More Than Everything To Me
Led Zeppelin have always retained a sense of myth about them and they remain intact as an iconic representation of 70s rock music. They released their first six essential albums over six years and split when drummer John Bonham died in 1980 which effectively froze them in rock n roll carbonite. Sporadic one-off live reunions and various live compilations have done little to satiate obsessive … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III – Deluxe Editions
Redspencer are two brothers (David and Aiden McMillan) from rural NSW, now based in Melbourne, who have formed a band around themselves and released this new single ‘Tell’ that is fairly bursting with jangly guitars, breezily melodic vocals and has an affinity with bands from the golden age of shoegaze. The band will have a debut EP out later this year. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Redspencer | Tell
Alison Goldfrapp tends to mix things up with each new album so it’s always great to see and hear what she comes up with each time. Her most recent LP Tales of Us came out last year and is filled with wistful, drifting folk music. Now she has released the beautifully shot clip for ‘Stranger’. Continue reading VIDEO: Goldfrapp | Stranger
After three excellent albums in Conatus, Stridulum II and The Spoils, Zola Jesus has announced her new album Taiga will be out on October 7th via Mute. Below you can stream the first single ‘Dangerous Days’. In regards to the album title, Nika explains, “Taiga is the Russian name for the boreal forest. For me it feels very alive… very expansive. It represents a feral, untapped world that could happily … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Zola Jesus announces new album Taiga
They’ve been quiet on the live front for the last while but Step-Panther have been busy recording their new album with Big Scary’s Tom Iansek. The album Strange But Nice is due out in August via HUB/Inertia and here’s the video for its first single, ‘Nowhere’. Shades of Sonic Youth and 3Ds permeate the song before a hypnotic wave of tumbling guitar notes wash over the song and chugging distorted chords … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Step-Panther | Nowhere
Seven Drummers is the title of the album that East Brunswick All Girls Choir released earlier this year and a damn fine collection of songs it is too. They’ve released a new clip for the song ‘West Brunswick’, one of the album’s highlights. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: East Brunswick All Girls Choir | West Brunswick
Spoon are back with a brand new album called They Want My Soul. The Dave Fridmann produced record is out in Australia via Spunk on August 1st in a variety of formats including a limited vinyl version. Here’s the opening track ‘Rent I Pay’. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Hear the first track off the new Spoon album
The demonically great stoner/sludge metal band Beastwars (NZ) have released an excellent new black & white clip for the track ‘Riverman’. Taken from last year’s Blood Becomes Fire they are giving away that and their debut album for free this week to celebrate the vinyl release of both records. Continue reading VIDEO: Beastwars | Riverman
Interpol have released details of their new album titled El Pintor which will be out on September 8th via Matador. Below is a trailer video on the making of the album, their fifth and first in four years. El Pintor: 01 All the Rage Back Home 02 My Desire 03 Anywhere 04 Same Town, New Story 05 My Blue Supreme 06 Everything Is Wrong 07 … Continue reading NEWS: Interpol announce new album
Melbourne duo Dark Fair (guitarist Ramona Moore + drummer Ellie Dunn) have been getting better and better with each new song we hear and ‘Poison’ is their best to date. It’s a slow building slice of shadowy pop music that relies on guitar, drums and a great vocal melody and delivery. Adalita (Magic Dirt) also makes an appearance on bass guitar. ‘Poison’ comes from their … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Dark Fair | Poison
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