King of slacker-pop tunes, Courtney Barnett, has recently released her cool new single ‘Avant Gardner‘. ‘Avant Garde’ is the perhaps the ultimate description of Courtney Barnett, who is one hell of a lyricisit, so I was sold upon seeing the appropriately named play on words title, ‘Avant Gardner’. Aside from a super clever title, Barnett shows …
Category Archive: Indie
May
05
Jinja Safari – Plagiarist and Oh Benzo
Everybody’s favourite indie poppers Jinja Safari have come back to the foray with two new singles called ‘Plagiarist‘ and ‘Oh Benzo‘. Taken from their impending debut self-titled album, ‘Plagiarist’ and ‘Oh Benzo’ continue Jinja Safari’s awesome run of jaunty fun loving tropical singles. ‘Plagiarist’ is classic Jinja Safari, chilled, hazy and a little bit eclectic. …
May
03
Buchanan – Human Spring
Melbourne’s Buchanan lead by Josh Simons, has just dropped their lead single ‘Human Spring’ off their impending debut album of the same name. There is so much to love about this track. From the layered vocals, to the pulsing drum beat it is just one of those tunes that gets you grooving from the outset. …
May
02
The Love Junkies – Maybelene
Having already caught our attentions with their catchy single ‘Oxymoron‘, WAs The Love Junkies are back with their new single ‘Maybelene‘. Opening with an interesting mix of vocals, horns and what sounds like roosters, ‘Maybelene’ has a really bouncy circus vibe to it. It is certainly something different and reminds me a little of UK band The …
May
01
The Dead Heads – When I’m Dead
Hailing from NSW’s Southern Highlands, The Dead Heads have highlighted their potential with their catchy indie rock debut ‘When I’m Dead’. ‘When I’m Dead’ is the kind of tune you can just zone out to one time, and bop along to the next, perhaps more in a 2:1 ratio of zoning to bopping. Its almost …
Apr
30
Private Life – Mine
Private Life are the Melbourne duo set to make some big waves with their latest single ‘Mine‘. The indie electro stylings of Private Life really hit the spot, with ‘Mine’ managing to mix super silky vocals and punchy synth and keyboard melodies to great effect. I am a huge fan of the strong slightly husky …
