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A Dancing Shoes mixtape by Rok Riley

Danielle Marsland · May 23, 2013

No matter how crappy your week (or mood) is, by the end of her Full Frequency show on Perth's RTRFM on a Friday afternoon, host Rachel 'Rok; Riley ne...

Dean Blunt, 'The Redeemer'

Tim Scott · May 22, 2013

I've stopped caring about who or what Dean Blunt is or isn't. I can't be bothered keeping up to be honest. Some of the early Hype Williams stuff ...

Yes I'm Leaving, 'Mission Bulb'

Aniqa Mannan · May 21, 2013

If you only heard them, Yes I'm Leaving would have you imagining three steel-capped warrior punks of an ilk quite unlike that depicted in their first mus...

Standish/Carlyon, 'Deleted Scenes'

Tim Scott · May 16, 2013

'Futurist dub-pop', 'fractured funk'. In its short existence the music of Standish/Carlyon has already earned a few descriptors. I'll jus...

The Stabs, 'Dirt'

Tim Scott · May 16, 2013

Opening lines don't get much more ominous/psychopathic than, “You got my number and then you never called, so I got some duct tape and kicked in yo...

A Dancing Shoes mixtape by Lauren Rose

· May 15, 2013

Lauren Rose is stepping up as one of the newest babes in the land to adorn the turntables, and what's more, she's a vinyl girl. Don't call her st...

Peak Twins, 'Steppin Off' 7"

Tim Scott · May 8, 2013

Peak Twins are Joel Carey and Liam Kenny. That's them in the vid for 'Steppin Off', the first single from their upcoming debut LP on Bedroom Suck...

ACCA Art Bar mixtape by Fox + Sui

Kane Daniel · May 8, 2013

Everything's gone all bittersweet. Bitter: ACCA's NEW13 exhibition closes this Sunday. Sweet: Two Bright Lakes continue to present Art Bar party seri...

A mixtape by 100% Silk

Kane Daniel · May 7, 2013

Octo Octa, Magic Touch, Bobby Browser. Brooklyn, Los Angeles, San Francisco. They've all found a mulberry home on 100% Silk. Most of dance music's hi...

Danger Beach, 'Pacific'

Aniqa Mannan · May 7, 2013

If you pay attention to one thing in life, make it Dream Damage. Their bands have actually moved forward, making music that sounds new, sounds like here/now ...

A Dancing Shoes mixtape by Makeda Zucco

Sarah Werkmeister · May 2, 2013

Though she may not like to admit it, Brisbane's Makedo Zucco spends a good portion of airtime during her radio show, No Caucasian Guilt, dancing around t...

A mixtape by Super Wild Horses

Kane Daniel · May 1, 2013

Amy and Hayley have gone and made a second album named Crosswords. Can you even stand it? Of course you can't. Two ladies making a kind of shouting-acros...

Beaches, 'She Beats'

Tim Scott · May 1, 2013

If you've caught Ben Montero's wonderful video for Beaches' new single 'Send Them Away' you could be mistaken for thinking that the Melbo...

Snapper ‘S/T’ EP (1988) reissue

Tim Scott · April 24, 2013

Second best. No prizes. But considering the number of great pop bands to have sprung from the small New Zealand city of Dunedin (with The Clean topping my li...

A Dancing Shoes mixtape by DJ Laila

· April 24, 2013

Laila Sakini (and her partner-in-jockeying Biscuit) solved a problem that's been eluding science for generations. Namely, “What if I like dancing t...

Rule Of Thirds 7"

Sujini Ramamurthy · April 22, 2013

“I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.” It is an undeniable tragedy...

Crescent, 'IRL' EP

Tim Scott · April 17, 2013

'Damn', 'dope', 'very nice' and 'waaaohoh' are just some of the Soundcloud descriptions/feedback for young Melbourne producer...

A mixtape by King Tuff

Kane Daniel · April 15, 2013

King Tuff's mixtape is exactly what you suspect it might be. Bookended by titans of english metal. Garage, Boston hardcore, powerviolence on the shelf be...

Absolute Boys, 'Heavy Flow'

Tim Scott · April 10, 2013

There has to be some raillery or irony in three dudes called Absolute Boys releasing an album titled Heavy Flow. I'm just not entirely sure what. Maybe i...

A mixtape by Kirin J Callinan

Kane Daniel · April 7, 2013

Kirin J Callinan sure knows how to create anticipation. But tension is nothing without release and we're tense for him to release. An album. He has recor...

Super Wild Horses, 'Crosswords'

Tim Scott · April 3, 2013

Rather than lyrics or explanations, the title of each track on Super Wild Horses' latest album Crosswords comes with a cryptic clue. Things like 'Dea...

Moon Wheel, 'Moon Wheel'

Kane Daniel · April 2, 2013

Moon Wheel is Olle Holmberg. A Swede who lived in Melbourne for a time (playing alongside some of our less conventionally minded musicians with his band Piss...

Big Boys, 'Where's My Towel / Industry Standard'

Tim Scott · March 28, 2013

1981 was a groundbreaking year for American hardcore punk. Black Flag dropped their seminal Damaged on SST records, Bad Brains recorded the classic ROIR cass...

No Lights No Lycra, Opus '13 mixtape

Kane Daniel · March 20, 2013

No Lights No Lycra (as you may recall) are a bunch of real forget-me-nots who like turning the lights down real low so the act of dancing does not write anot...

Purling Hiss, 'Water on Mars'

Tim Scott · March 19, 2013

Another step in Michael Polizze's evolution from abrasive DIY bedroom shredder to… well, a more polished classic rock shredder. On Water on Mars t...

A mixtape by Mining Boom, Bad//Dreems and Palms

Us · March 14, 2013

Melbourne by way of Perth's Mining Boom play a tongue-in-someone-else's-cheek take on indie pop (…Exhibit A). Adelaide's Bad//Dreems '...

Dick Diver, 'Calendar Days'

Tim Scott · March 14, 2013

It was around the fourth listen to Dick Diver's debut album New Start Again that I began to feel sorry for the Melbourne four piece. Imagine the stress o...

Bell Towers, 'Tonight I'm Flying' 12"

Kane Daniel · March 6, 2013

This is a good record. A really, really good record. No need to prop it up with local pride regarding Rohan (along with Tornado Wallace and others) forging a...