Citizen Sex, 'Sodapop' EP
There’s a peculiar challenge to what Citizen Sex are trying to do. It’s easy to think that every riff has been riffed and every lyric has been... read more...
An interview with Real Estate
Real Estate have been on a one-way, stratospheric trajectory, deservedly receiving praise from both critics and punters for their languid, rock-pop sound. Dom... read more...
Pond, 'Beard Wives Denim'
Before I utter a word about Pond I need to come clean. I didn’t like their music; it didn’t gel with me. I saw them play live twice and they reminded... read more...
Minimal Wave Vol. 2
Whilst WHAM pranced around in spandex a disparate group of artists were recording music in their bedrooms and releasing their songs via private press,... read more...
An interview with Ariel Pink (in two parts)
Ariel Pink, a mysterious figure on the brink. Read on to find out about a bunch of things in the works. But be warned – what lies below is not history’s... 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'
My first memory of the Dirty Three was when they played live on ABC’s Recovery program. It was off the back of their fourth release Ocean Songs and... 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...
Calvin Keys, 'Shawn-Neeq'
So you say you’re not a fan of ‘jazz’. Listen to this album and I promise it will make your day better! Recorded in 1971 for the influential... 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...
Celebrity-Non-Chef, Chazwick Bundick (Toro Y Moi)
Long time collaborators Toro Y Moi and Washed Out are touring together. We should have asked them all kinds of questions but then Chaz sent us his recipe... 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 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart make indie pop. In dee pop. They make it with considerable aplomb too. Aplomb and My Bloody Valentine-esque walls of... 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...
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...
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...
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...
Levins's 13 Course 'Songs About Food' Degustation
We are lucky enough to be presenting Best Eats at this year’s FBi SMAC awards. It’s a brand spanking new award, and in celebration, Sydney’s... 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...
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...
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...