Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 14 August 2020. Siberian Tiger – the South Australian duo of Bree Tranter (The Middle East) and Chris Panousakis (Timberwolf) – have released their debut EP, First Dance. What started as a cathartic ritual soon began to take shape…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 7 August 2020. Ernest Ellis returns with his first release in over five years Be The Pariah; an ode to, well, being a pariah, an outsider, a loner, a freak. There are no negative connotations in this title, rather…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 24 July 2020. New Zealand-born, Melbourne-bred and now Los Angeles-based Jess Cornelius has released her debut album, Distance. A lot has changed since Jess Cornelius began writing the songs that would comprise Distance. For starters, she moved halfway around…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 17 July 2020. FIKA is the latest recording from crossover ensemble Elysian Fields. In the weeks prior to the Covid-19 lockdown Elysian Fields, Australia’s only electric viola da gamba ensemble, was deep in rehearsal. Comprising stars of Australia’s jazz,…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 10 July 2020. Don’t Waste Your Anger, the fifth studio album from Melbourne six piece The Smith Street Band is out now. The album was set in motion a little over two years ago when the band, with the…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 3 July 2020. Folk darlings Mandolin Orange didn’t think they would ever release a live album. It didn’t make sense for a band that loved to tour and play. While it might sound silly now, they couldn’t figure out…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 26 June 2020. Victorian outfit Beans are a quintet who seamlessly blur the lines between majestic, OTT rock ‘n’ roll and rhythmic, bass-driven groove. After sharing singles ‘Stride’, ‘Avalon’ and most recently ‘Melt’, (all of which garnered support from…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 19 June 2020. Fronted by Brent DeBoer of The Dandy Warhols (US) and boasting Aussie indie rock queen Courtney Barnett and her bandmates as former members, Immigrant Union are a local band with international rock royalty heritage. With their…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 12 June 2020. Muzz is the new project of Paul Banks (Interpol), Josh Kaufman (producer/multi-instrumentalist and one third of Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick (drummer of Jonathan Fire*Eater, The Walkmen, and Fleet Foxes’ touring band). The trio have…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 5 June 2020. Singer and pianist Kandace Springs — whose soulful singing led her late mentor Prince to praise her “voice that can melt snow” — has debuted her newest project, The Women Who Raised Me, on Blue Note…
