Oct
22
Paul Kelly is one of Australia’s most iconic and longest serving musicians, and as of last Friday just released his 19th studio album called ‘Spring and Fall’ which features the retrospective single ‘New Found Year‘. ‘New Found Year’ showcases that Paul Kelly has not lost any of his story telling ability, but expresses it in …
Oct
11
Tinpan Orange are an indie roots band hailing from Victoria who have produced some beautiful tunes lately (‘Flowers’, ‘Over the Sun’), but the oldie remains ‘Barcelona‘ a firm favourite. ‘Barcelona’ is a song for people who love their harmonies. Tinpan Orange manage to weave the through the vocal scale with some of the most delicate …
Jul
10
The Marionettes are a fresh new roots band from Melbourne who have produced a beautifully elegant track called ‘Swim Away From Me’. Put simply, ‘Swim Away From Me’ is a low-fi roots gem. Featuring delicately strummed chords, soft guitar overlays and a calm snare hi-hat drum routine, it is the kind of track you cannot …
Jun
16
Just when you though Australian indie music was all calypso pop and bluesy rock comes Melbourne band Police and Thieves who are pushing the bass heavy, dirty side of indie rock. ‘Life is a Lottery’ is an absolute belter by Police and Thieves. The track opens with this intense jam oozing thick bass and coated …
Jun
14
Coming out of a garage in Kiama, NSW is the cool roots come indie come rock sound of The Vanns. The Vanns deliver a pretty tight and complete sound, with their track ‘Don’ Hold Me Back’ in particular, just oozing swagger out of every note. It opens up with this calypso tune on the keys before …
Mar
05
In their own words, The Rubens are pushing out “blues tunes soaked in copious amounts of soul” and you can only agree that this is a pretty good summation of their sound that saw them reach 57 in Triple J’s Hottest 100 with ‘Lay it Down’. This four piece from Menangle comprises the three Margin …
