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Prudence Rees-Lee, 'Court Music from the Planet of L...

Sam West · June 13, 2013

In a scene where everyone seems to be falling over themselves to portray scrappy, effortless cool, it's refreshing to hear an artist with a lisp who isn&...

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Free Time, 'Free Time'

Tim Scott · June 6, 2013

So Dion Nania moved to New York City and started a band. “Whoop de doo,” you say. “That's seventy percent of Bushwick's population,...

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A mixtape by House of Ladosha

Kane Daniel · June 5, 2013

In Interview magazine Dosha Devastation said, “It would be so cute to be Beyoncé, but that probably won't happen.” Bitch, even if it could ha...

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Occults 7"

Freya Zaknich · May 30, 2013

Three-piece Occults have a self titled debut 7" of sin and sacrilege, and rock and roll that howls, drips and shudders like a bleeding beast. Despite a...

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Sharpies: 14 Aggro Aussie Anthems from 1972 to 1979

Tim Scott · May 30, 2013

The amazing thing about this compilation is not the subtitle or cover (though both are incredible); it's that it comes from Italy. The fact that an Itali...

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Sugarpuss, 'Psychotic Teenage Supermodels'

Aurora Peralta · May 22, 2013

In typical Perth style I've been trying my hand at a few new creative ventures lately. One is filming video clips, which means I've both acquired a s...

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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 ...

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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...

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A Dancing Shoes mixtape by Lauren Rose

· May 16, 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...

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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...

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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...

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An Interview with Lapalux

Tim Fitzpatrick · May 15, 2013

Lapalux is one of the more prominent producers in the IDM movement right now. His latest album Nostalchic, on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, goes from chil...

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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...

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Cassie, 'RockaByeBaby'

Cale Herbert · May 8, 2013

A cheats guide to Cassie: R & B chanteuse with an unusually wispy voice drops a moderately successful album in 2005. She then proceeds to release a spora...

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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...

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Aslan's 'Molly in My Trolley' Spring Breakers Mix fo...

Danielle Marsland · May 1, 2013

“Regional and strip club rap and grown n sexy rnb” - that's how your boy Aslan likes to get down. He’s been DJing the stuff at Mondo, The Manor, CNVS and...

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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...

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James Ferraro, 'The Cold Mixtape'

Danielle Marsland · April 22, 2013

For sure, Brooklyn-based experimental electronic musician James Ferraro’s Cold Mixtape is probably his most accessible work to date. But those listeners fami...

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The Growl, 'What Would Christ Do??'

Aurora Peralta · April 18, 2013

The first time I saw The Growl play it was Cam Avery and Mark Early, with matching outfits and matching dark locks, making all the women and all the men in M...

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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...

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James Blake, 'Overgrown'

Angela Schilling · April 11, 2013

Dear contemporary music, please don’t let go of James Blake. I know that he’s very young and maybe he hasn’t had his share of those ‘life experiences’ yet, b...