Bleeding Knees Club, 'Nothing To Do'
Recorded in New York with Dev Hynes (aka Lightspeed Champion), but despite mixing it with the finest, Bleeding Knees Club are still more Big Pineapple... read more...
An Interview with Neon Indian
Made from glistening, kool-aid synthesizers and crunchy guitar, Palomo’s first album sounded like it’d been inspired by the soundtrack to a late ’80s... read more...
Dirty Three, 'Toward The Low Sun'
Dirty Three are back with Toward The Low Sun, and they have once again produced an album cinematic in its scope and heart-wrenchingly beautiful in its... read more...
Old Growth Cola 7"
Old Growth Cola’s untitled release is equal parts blissful, brutally simple pop music and eclectic off kilter noise. read more...
Major Crimes, 'Monsoon'
It’s a mellow trip this one. The duo of Ben McLaren (Hydromedusa, Spider Eggs) & Callan Visser (Mens Health, XL Vision, Bad Habits) concoct the aural... read more...
Thomas William vs Scissor Lock, 'Jewelz'
From the outset, this is not a harmoniously co-produced EP. William’s looped samples, over-arching synths, and staggered percussion, clash and intertwine... read more...
Marcy Prospects, 'These Pale Skies'
For what is essentially electronic music, These Pale Skies has a lush, homely feel to it that takes you away from the confusing, confronting world of... read more...
Martyr Privates 7"
Martyr Privates haven’t come here to reinvent rock’n’roll. They’ve come to show us why we fell in love with it in the first place. Their first... 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...
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 Girls
If I could pen an anthology of great, modern American stories, the life of Girls front man Chris Owens would be at the top of the list. Reared in the bizarre... 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...
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...
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...
Summer Mixtape
It’s time to cast off the shackles of civility. Summer’s when you run wild and free and come up with soundtracks that will get you sentimental... 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...
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...
Higher Planes Sound Book
Some meditation experiences are fronted by a chump who thinks he can coax you into saying “Ohm” for an hour because he’s decked out in... 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...
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...
A mixtape by Kurt Vile
Before he landed a job travelling the world playing music Kurt Vile drove a forklift at a brewery. There is still a bit of that forklift driver in Vile.... read more...
CAN, 'Tago Mago' 40th Anniversary reissue
The Beatles bought glamour, pomp, and rock n’ roll chivalry to the musical landscape. No later than a year after Paul McCartney and co split their ways CAN... read more...