Tag: 2018

Guitar Rock, Live Photos, Live Reviews, Metal/Hard Rock

LIVE REVIEW: Power Trip @ Bald Faced Stag, Sydney

Power Trip, Flaming Wrekage, Shackles Bald Faced Stag, Leichhardt NSW, Australia September 22nd, 2018 As legends of the thrash scene such as Slayer, play farewell tours, attention starts to shift to who will lead the next wave of metal. On the back of their acclaimed Nightmare Logic album, Power Trip are widely considered the reigning princes of a new breed of thrash. Accordingly it was … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Power Trip @ Bald Faced Stag, Sydney

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Indie Rock, New Music, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Mantell – Lulu

Mantell are an Australian quartet hailing from the suburbs of Melbourne and ‘Lulu’ is a track lifted from their EP thirty two which comes out tomorrow (October 5th). From the sound of this song they’ve got a firm handle on big emotive indie rock. The key aspect of this track that appeals to us is the restraint they show in not taking the song over … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Mantell – Lulu

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Guitar Rock, New Music, Post-Punk, Video

NEW MUSIC: Asbest – They Kill

Here’s some coruscating post-punk with angular sheets of guitar, drums that push and pull under the anguished howl of singer Robyn Trachsel from the band Asbest. They’re a trio out of Switzerland, probably the first Swiss band we’ve featured here at DS. Their sound caught our ear as it reminded us of the kind of existential heavy yet intelligent punk rock of Die! Die! Die!, … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Asbest – They Kill

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Folk, Indie Rock, Live Photos, Live Reviews

LIVE REVIEW: Jen Cloher, Tiny Ruins @ Red Rattler, Sydney

Jen Cloher, Tiny Ruins Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, NSW Australia 20th September, 2018 A sold out Sydney show is a great way to kick off a solo tour for Jen Cloher and as she revealed during her set, this was her first ever solo headline gig. A surprising event given the career Cloher’s established over the last dozen years. Hollie Fullbrook is better known as … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Jen Cloher, Tiny Ruins @ Red Rattler, Sydney

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Album Covers, Audio Stream, Electronica, Experimental, New Music, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Midwife – Angel

Here’s a nice track from the duo Midwife (Madeline Johnston (of Sister Grotto) and guitarist Tucker Theodore.) It’s a lovely unfurling drone-pop track that has shades of Cocteau Twins and the ambient, dreamier moments of Mogwai. The song creeps along at a funereal pace, shrouded in gauzy haze of distortion before the fog clears to reveal fragments of effected and intertwined guitars, like fading sonic … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Midwife – Angel

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Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Live Photos, Live Reviews

LIVE REVIEW: Gaz Coombes @ Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

Gaz Coombes, Mitch King @ Oxford Art Factory, 13th Sept 2018 Solo tours from artists known almost exclusively for their work with bands are often approached with caution. Will they be able to replicate the spirit of their recordings and maintain the integrity of their songs with just their voice and a few instruments on stage? Some artists take the fully acoustic approach – “These are the stripped … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Gaz Coombes @ Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

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Album Covers, Audio Stream, New Music, Psych, Soul, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Coyle Girelli – Love Kills

Here’s a taste of the new album from Coyle Girelli, released today and available to check out on streaming services. The title-track ‘Love Kills’ has that great shadowy noir feel. A cinematic atmospheric late-night vibe that draws on Roy Orbison grandeur, Manic Street Preachers melodrama and a modern Americana take on Elvis serenading David Lynch. It’s a great lead-in to what sounds like an equally … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Coyle Girelli – Love Kills

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Audio Stream, Electronica, Folk, New Music, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Evelyn Drach – False Premise

This one is for fans of artists such as Aldous Harding, Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief, Jep and Dep and Molly Burch. Dark folk-based songs that fold in elements of electronic music, with a sense of drama and an appreciation of space, poetry and tension. With a run of individual tracks being released on Spotify, Evelyn Drach is working towards a full digital album release in 2018 … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Evelyn Drach – False Premise

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Electronica, Indie Rock, New Release, Post-Rock / Instrumental, shoegaze, Video

ALBUM REVIEW: Low – Double Negative

Press play and the first thing you’ll hear on the new Low album is the equivalent of a digital sandstorm. Slowly but surely, out of the static and sonic scree comes the voice of Alan Sparhawk, sounding like a ghost trying with all his might to re-engage with the physical world. It’s a fascinating way to open an album; a new approach for Low and … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Low – Double Negative

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Garage Rock, New Music, Pop, Psych, Video

NEW MUSIC: The Rebels of Tijuana – Erotique

Psychedelia out of France from The Rebels of Tijuana. This track, ‘Erotique’, comes from their new double album Asile recorded on analog tape at the Back To Mono Studio with Christian Hierro and due out on October 5th. Gallic pop drips all over this track as it digs a psych garage rock groove and follows it with swing and verve. Great video clip too. The band have … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: The Rebels of Tijuana – Erotique

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Audio Stream, Indie Rock, New Music, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Fidelity Project – Shift

Fidelity Project released their EP Out From Under three months ago and this is the song from it that caught our attention. ‘Shift’ has that billowing, aqueous sound where it quickly finds its dreamy groove and just rides it right through the entire song. Cymbal splashes, indie rock guitar that sits somewhere between Johnny Marr and War On Drugs with a vocal from main guy … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Fidelity Project – Shift

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Electronica, Indie Rock, New Music, Post-Punk, Psych, Video

NEW MUSIC: Darren Cross – Sur La Vague (Drive Me Nuts)

The sonic alchemist that is Darren Cross (Jep and Dep, Gerling) has released the second single from his new LP Peacer. ‘Sur La Vague (Drive Me Nuts)’ is a persistent ear-worm of a track. Over a Krautrock rhythm he weaves a mantra-like vocal peppered with hovercraft synths and saxophone. It’s that sweet blend of downbeat and uptempo – a kaleidoscopic, left-of-centre, pop nugget that brings … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Darren Cross – Sur La Vague (Drive Me Nuts)

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