Features FeaturesAlesa Lajana: Frontier Lullaby ★★★★ Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and banjoist Alesa Lajana has delved into Australia’s history post-colonisation to create this diligently researched and heartfelt collection. The CD is...
Features FeaturesAbove & Beyond: Acoustic II ★★★☆ Above & Beyond’sAcoustic IIis a bit of a paradox. While the album features some of the trance legends’ most well-known tunes, these acoustic reimaginings...
Features FeaturesEmma Louise: Supercry ★★★★ The past is a good topic to write about. For most artists it can be a form of therapy, reliving the experience outside yourself....
Features FeaturesGL: Touch ★★★★ Former Bamboos buddies Graham Pogson (G) and Ella Thompson (L) are a band on a mission. The sound of their debut album lies somewhere...
Features FeaturesCane Hill: Smile ★★★ Let’s put on the Captain Obvious cape for a second and confirm that, yes, the hallmarks of Cane Hill’s sound are an awful lot...
Features FeaturesTrust Punks: Double Bind ★★★★ Trust Punks hail from New Zealand, though their sound has more in common with the post-punk sounds from Britain in the late ’70s than...
Features FeaturesStonefield: As Above, So Below ★★★★ OK, before I begin, let me say this: our very existence is on a knife-edge and everyone dies alone. In a world of uncertainty,...
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More MoreFive Things with Tom Budin 1.Growing Up My mum Lisa is a vocalist who does a show in memory of The Carpenters. She brought me into music at an early...
More MoreFive Things with Lachlan Russell from Bears With Guns 1.Growing Up One of my earliest musical memories is of my parents bringing home a $50 drum kit from a garage sale. They put it...
More MoreOut & About: Meet Newtown’s Answer To Tegan And Sara For lesbians, there is a certain pull to the music of Tegan And Sara. Their songs seem to cut through all the bullshit and hit...
