Comprised of ARIA Award-wining producer Billy Hoyle and emcee Cazeaux O.S.L.O., the Melbourne, Australia-based hip-hop duo Man Made Mountain have begun to receive national attention for a sound that subtly and gently pushes the boundaries […]
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New Video: Introducing the Swaggering, Bluesy Sound of Melbourne, Australia’s Kingswood
Comprised of Fergus Linacre (lead vocals), Alex Laska (guitar and backing vocals), Jeremy “Mango” Hunter (bass and backing vocals), and Justin Debrincat (drums and backing vocals), the Melbourne, Australia-based quartet Kingwswood formed in 2009. And […]
New Video: Introducing Australian Indie Rock Trio, Postblue and Their, New 120 Minutes-Era Sound
Postblue is a Melbourne, Australia-based indie rock trio that formed in Byron Bay, Australia back in 2012. And with the release of their debut EP, Lap Year, the band received national attention as they played at […]
New Audio: The Tense and Sensual Collaboration Between Melbourne’s The Cactus Channel and Chet Faker
Forming over 5 years ago, the Melbourne, Australia-based funk/soul collective The Cactus Channel have developed a reputation for being one of Australia’s premier funk and soul instrumental bands, as they’ve released two full-length efforts and […]
New Audio: Introducing the 80s-Inspired Sound of Melbourne, Australia’s Gold Class
Comprised of Adam Curley (vocals), Evan James Purdey (guitar), Jon Shub (bass) and Mark Hewitt (drums), Melbourne, Australia-based quartet Gold Class formed last year, and within a few months of their formation, they began to […]
New Audio: The Bluesy, Power Chord-Based Shuffle of The Hunted Crows’ New Single “Get Out”
Comprised of Luy Amiel (backing vocals, guitar) and Jacob Linnet (lead vocals, drums), the Melbourne, Australia-based duo The Hunted Crows have quickly developed a reputation for an enormous, swaggering arena-rocking sound of power chord-heavy guitar lines, tweeter and woofer […]
New Audio: Introducing The Breezy, Electro Folk Sound of Melbourne, Australia’s Oh, Pep!
Comprised of Olivia ‘Liv’ Hally and Pepita ‘Pep’ Emmerichs, the Melbourne, Australia-based contemporary folk duo Oh, Pep! have quickly amassed quite a bit of success — and they haven’t yet turned 23; they were awarded the Young […]
New Video: The Eerie and Haunting Video for Tame Impala’s “Let It Happen”
With the release of his first two albums, Innerspeaker and Lonerism, Tame Impala, the solo-recording project of Melbourne, Australia-based musician Kevin Parker became an international sensation. Considering that the project was initially began as a side project, such success […]
New Video: Courtney Barnett’s “Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go To The Party” Channels 120 Minutes-era Alternative Rock
With the release of I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Farris EP, How to Carve a Carrot Into a Rose EP and the double EP The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (which, from my understanding is a […]
New Audio: Surf Rock Is Dead’s Summery, New Single “Anymore”
Kevin Pariso, who originally hails from Chicago and Joel Witenberg, who hails from Melbourne, Australia, met here in NYC, and after a jam session, the duo of Pariso and Witenberg decided that they should collaborate […]
New Video: Ruby Boots’ “Wrap Me In A Fever” Channels Neko Case and Others
Singer/songwriter Bex Chilcott, best known in her native Australia under the moniker of Ruby Boots has led quite a life. When she was 16. Chilcott left Perth and worked her way up the desolate Western […]
New Audio: The Dreamy, 60s-Inspired Sound of Totally Mild’s “When I’m Tired”
Originally started as a solo recording project of its founding member and frontwoman Elizabeth Mitchell, the Melbourne, Australia-based band Totally Mild expanded to a quartet when Mitchell recruited Zachary Schneider, who was a member of Full […]
New Video: Miami Horror’s Summer Pop Confection, “Cellophane (So Cruel)”
With the 2010 release of their debut effort, Illumination, the Melbourne-based quartet of Miami Horror, comprised of founding member, Benjamin Plant (DJ and producer), Josh Moriarty (vocals, guitar), Aaron Shanahan (guitar, vocals and production) and Daniel Whitechuch (bass, […]
New Audio: Chet Faker’s Reworking of “1998” Features Guest Vocals by Indie Pop Sensation Banks
With the release of his full-length debut, Built on Glass, the Melbourne, Australia-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist Nick Murphy, best known as Chet Faker quickly became an international sensation for a silky smooth and soulful electro pop/electro R&B sound that […]
Deriving their name from an island just off the coast of Savannah, GA, the Atlanta-based quintet Little Tybee, comprised of Brock Scott (vocals, guitar, piano), Josh Martin (guitar), Nirvana Kelly (violin), Ryan Donald (bass) and […]