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YELLOW OSTRICH – Ghost EP
Seeing as Halloween took place yesterday I’ve taken a peek at the new EP from Brooklynites, Yellow Ostrich. It’s called Ghost and it’s pretty damn spooky. Oooooooh! With the surging nature of a James
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GIVEAWAY: Playwrite – Assembly EP
>> VIEW PLAYWRITE IN OUR GIG GUIDE Our beautiful pals Playwrite are launching their EP ‘Assembly‘ on November 1st at The Toff In Town, and to get you pumped up for the impending spectacle we’ve
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AKIN – Finite EP
Currently in study mode? At a time of year when so many of us are locked inside, awaiting our Christmas holiday release from home arrest; Akin’s new Finite EP could not have had a
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TOTAL CONTROL – Scene From A Marriage
Image by The Thousands Total Control defy any conventional labels. And it is this defiance that keeps them significant. From the driving, Krautrock-eque overtures of ‘Paranoid Video‘ single, to the aggressive post-punk edifice of their
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Flight Tonight – Edits EP
Melbourne producer Edo has stepped away from the decks this year and started to focus on making some music through his new project, Flight Tonight. A few months ago Flight Tonight bought us a
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STU LARSEN – Four Songs EP
I first saw Stu Larsen play a few years ago. If memory serves me correctly, it was at (the now non-existent) East Brunswick Club. I remember standing amongst the crowd and being utterly captivated
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8 BIT LOVE – In 3D
What an album to not play at your Grandmother’s funeral. The 8 Bit Love boys are back again with a new EP – and this one is in 3D. The CD even comes with
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GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend (album stream)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor are a band with a downright hostile relationship towards ‘the rules’. For a start, their name itself is nonsensical, slashed in half with questionable punctuation. The band also outnumbers most
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THE PAPER KITES – Young North EP
The Paper Kites brand new EP Young North is positively glorious. It opens with “A Maker Of My Time” – a song about being responsible for the decisions we make, and furthermore, living with
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KITCHEN’S FLOOR – ‘Bitter Defeat’
Bitter Defeat b/w Down 7" by Kitchen’s Floor Kitchen’s Floor makes beautifully broken music. Melodies buried beneath layers of monochrome distortion. Songs that find solace in darkened corners, or in the dilapidated lounge
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MINING BOOM – Dining Room
While these boys may call Perth home, we are lucky enough to have them hanging around our Melbourne waters and playing around town. You will want to check these guys out. Mining Boom are
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ASHLEIGH MANNIX – LIVE At The Vanguard
Photo By Justin Crawford Even on a sleepy, slow afternoon, Ashleigh Mannix’s album takes me away and transports me… suddenly I’m in Sydney at The Vanguard… sitting cross legged on the alcohol-sodden and (probably)
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BOOMGATES – Double Natural
I’ve never really liked the term “supergroup.” There seems to be the underlying assumption that an amalgamation of well-heeled musicians will never be greater than the sum of its parts. Boomgates is a band
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MUSE – The 2nd Law
Sean is a guy. He’s been a Muse fan ever since their first album. Sim is a girl. She’s never really listened to Muse much before. Together they form the ultimate objective team as
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TAME IMPALA – LONERISM
Innerspeaker laid some very strong groundwork for Perth’s Tame Impala to build on in future albums. However, despite the sometimes unrealistic industry demand to do different and do better, why change your skin when
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FLYING LOTUS – “Until The Quiet Comes”
Flying Lotus is all about transcendence. Yes, I’m talking about that feeling you get sitting in a dark room and listening to his music on headphones, but that’s only one part of it. In
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MAXI – Maxi
We went a little nuts for Maxi’s “In a Little While” and are just as excited to report that Maxi Vauzelle will be releasing her self-titled EP this week. I’ve been giving the content
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THE PRESETS- Pacifica
After having wrapped up a hectic schedule of touring and festival headline spots, 2009 saw Sydney duo The Presets wander off away from the public eye to take some time off and to produce
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REVIEW: THE XX – Coexist
After The XX won the Mercury Music Prize in 2010, Oliver Sim, Romy Madley-Croft and Jamie Smith (after bandmate Baria Qureshi was removed) came out and made it clear that they felt no
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It’s finally here, and a few days ahead of schedule too. It’s melodic and dream-like music done by those that do it best. The xx‘s, coexist has hit a key note with me
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