Birth Glow, 'Ultimate Relief'
If y’all had the privilege of seeing Birth Glow play at any time recently, you’ve probably still got a residual sassy half-smile on your face from... read more...
Jonti, 'Sine and Moon'
Like a cat dancing on a piano, Jonti’s musical ability is what gives Sine and Moon its varied terroir, from the head-nodding rhythm and rhyme of ‘Red... read more...
An interview with Yuck
Jonny Rogoff is chill guy from New Jersey (here’s a video of him appreciating art). Three years ago Jonny was living in the Israeli desert on a kibbutz... read more...
Guest review by Sun Araw: Prince Rama, 'Trust Now'
The emphasis throughout the record is continually on the titular NOW: the performances save and spare nothing, driving the ecstatic and truly heartfelt... read more...
A mixtape by Total Control
Screw journalistic objectivity I’m just going to say it: Total Control are the best and most exciting band in Australia. Apologies to Royal Headache... read more...
An interview with OFWGKTA
Complete this sentence: If Odd Future were elected president, we would… Tyler – Make skateboarding legal and have a national titty day, and... read more...
Thee Oh Sees, 'Carrion Crawler / The Dream EP'
How do you write a ‘review’ about a band you really love? Seriously, someone tell me and I’ll try to write you that review. But we’ll leave that... read more...
Sun Araw, 'Ancient Romans'
If architecture is frozen music, then Ancient Romans is a sonic testament to the inverse; that music is a process of slowly unfreezing architecture. ... read more...
Woollen Kits, 'Woollen Kits'
If it was early nineties Spin magazine would no doubt be calling this ‘slacker’ rock and yes it has a loose and relaxed feel but there is... read more...
Secret Circuit, 'Cosmic Vapors'
Artist and musician Eddie Ruschan (aka Secret Circuit) is pushing 40 and well within his rights when combining eras for his retro-futuristic techno release... read more...
Tako, 'Redlight Radio Mix'
Originally broadcast out of a shop in Amsterdam’s red light district, Tako’s mix is a 3.5 hour excursion in 70s boogie, 80s electro-funk, folk, psyche,... read more...
Happy New Year / Nite Fields split 7"
The first release for Brisbane-based Lost Race Records comes in the form of a split 7”, featuring the dream-pop of Nite Fields and the more experimental-pop... read more...
Unity Floors, "Womens Golf" 7 inch
Their sound is of the stripped-back garage variety, which is another way of saying no bullshit or ‘production values’. 7” opener ‘Boil The Ocean’... read more...
The Reatards, 'Teenage Hate / F*ck Elvis'
Of Reatard’s staggering musical output, his 1998 debut LP Teenage Hate is still the best at capturing the punk spit and snarl as seen at the Fall... read more...
James Blake, 'Enough Thunder' EP
Boy genius of 2011 James Blake released his fourth EP Enough Thunder last week. This is not just a big moment in my tiny universe, but for overly sentimental,... read more...
Blank Realm, 'Falling Down The Stairs'
This is going to be the easiest review ever written. There’s not a single need to intellectualise Blank Realm’s latest 7” because it just sounds... read more...
The Bats, 'Free All The Monsters'
ASE, NASDAQ, NYSE, Deutsche Borche, Flying Nun. Stocks, fortunes, and people’s sanity are dealt, traded, and swapped within these entities; Flying Nun... read more...
An interview with Axemen
There’s more to the Flying Nun story than The Clean and The Chills and Dunedin. And luckily for us youngsters who came down in the last shower... read more...
Deep Heat, 'Low Lights' EP
Made up of past and present members of Boomgates, Teen Archer, Infinite Void and the Diamond Sea, the Melbourne punk pedigree runs deep in Deep Heat. But... read more...
Burnt Skulls, 'Burnt Skulls'
An exploration in experimental noise, doom and free improvisation, Burnt Skulls eschews the narcotic stumble and psychedelic nuances of Stacey Wilson’s... read more...
Andrew Sinclair, 'Harghada Dreams'
In entering the New, New Age of keyboard samples, media plugins and pixelated sound assemblages, he steps out of the Australian environment of debut LP... read more...
An interview with How To Dress Well
Tom Krell is American musician How To Dress Well. He makes experimental pop music, that could also be described as an ethereal, narcotic form of R &... read more...
Secret Birds, 'Moon Clouds Infinite'
Blast cassette releases as the epitome of hipster bullshit all you like. One listen to Secret Birds’ latest release, Moon Cloud Infinite, will make... read more...
The Scrapes, 'Kali Yoga Sunrise'
It’s always a difficult task trying to categorize local duo The Scrapes. “Psychedelic”, “Cinematic”, “Ambient”, “Experimental”, “Orchestral”,... read more...