Words: Doug Wallen
Band image: Gunay
After nearly a year and a half between releases, Naarm/Melbourne psych-punk trio Bitch Diesel are suddenly a flurry of activity, dropping a new four-song tape on the way to a full album later this year.
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Premiere: POP FILTER – ‘BIG YELLOW VAN’
Words: Doug Wallen
Banner image: Pop Filter
An ensemble reconvening members of The Ocean Party, Pop Filter have shared a third song from their debut album. ‘Big Yellow Van’ is a sincere and thankful love letter to spending years touring with your closest mates.
In review: PIPE-EYE – INSIDE/OUTSIDE (FLIGHTLESS, 2019)
Words: Doug Wallen
Apparently, even someone as industrious as Cook Craig needs a solo outlet. And so the guitarist, who plays in both King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and sibling band The Murlocs, devotes himself to Pipe-Eye when he finds the time, reliably issuing a release every couple years since 2015.
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In Review: SKYDECK – EUREKA MOMENT (DINOSAUR CITY RECORDS, 2019)
Words: Doug Wallen
Band image: Eva Lazzaro
Against the odds, a shelved collection of home-recorded instrumentals has earned a jolting second life as one of the year’s best Australian albums. Enter Skydeck, the unlikely Victorian duo getting high on their own supply of raw nerves and brooding discontent.
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Premiere: TERRIBLE SIGNAL – ‘RETIRE’
Words: Doug Wallen
Artist image: Bill Golding
Relocated from Perth to Melbourne, Hideous Sun Demon frontman Vincent Buchanan-Simpson doubles down on his surprising power-pop prowess with the new single from his solo outlet turned side band.
Premiere: SEBASTIAN FIELD – ‘LIBERTY BELL’
Words: Doug Wallen
Banner image: Adam Thomas
Cracked Actor frontman Sebastian Field foreshadows his first solo album with a piano-centred meditation on moving forward after love has ceased.
In review: MARRIED MAN – ‘HARD BARGAIN’ (LESSTALK, 2019)
Words: Doug Wallen
Band image: Spike Vincent
After a low-key 7” single in 2017 followed by a year packed with gigging, Sydney trio Married Man make its full-length debut with a scathing yet pop-driven album celebrating the stubborn enduring of life’s rough patches.
Continue reading In review: MARRIED MAN – ‘HARD BARGAIN’ (LESSTALK, 2019)
In review: TUSCAN RUINS – ‘MIEL’ (BLACK SPRING, 2018)
Words: Doug Wallen
Tuscan Ruins is the moniker of Melbourne-based ambient producer Tom Murchie, whose late-2018 release Miel was one of the hidden gems that flew under most radars last year. Featuring serene soundscapes and a crumbling natural grandeur, Miel is an engrossing listen and an incredibly strong showing from a creative entity still in its infancy.
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Premiere: HEXDEBT – ‘LOOPS’
Words: Doug Wallen
Band image: Louis Roach
How much articulated fury can a band communicate in just 128 seconds? In the case of Hexdebt, it’s more than most bands manage over an entire album, judging by the scorching commentary of their new single ‘Loops’.
Video Premiere: LIFE STRIKE – ‘CALL OF THE WILD’
Words: Doug Wallen
Banner image: Will Zerno
Celebrating a new drummer, Melbourne trio Life Strike unveil a loopy self-made video for one of their characteristically short and nagging songs.
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