Personal Universe – the debut album from Hobart electro duo The Scientists Of Modern Music is a prime example of Australian electronica. Produced in the two years leading up to December 2010, the influences of genre giants like The Presets, Cut Copy and Midnight Juggernauts are rarely far away. …Click here for the full review…
We hear lots about the bands that win Unearthed High, but what about the runners up? Having made it into the top six of the 2011 competition, Melbourne four-piece The McQueens booked themselves into Toyland Studios and put together their debut EP, Fitzroy; a release full of synth-pop and indie rock .…Click here for the full review…
Sauntering on the soulful, jazzy side of pop, Sydney singer-songwriter Molly Contogeorge has experienced a sharp rise in recognition since taking out the 2010 National Youth Week Industry Prize. It’s deserved too, there is no denying the Sydney singer-songwriter’s superb vocal ability. …Click here for the full review…
Hip-hopper, beat-dropper, afrofuturist, Michigan musician Tunde Olaniran isn’t the kind of artist that can be easily pigeonholed. With a new EP due soon, I spoke with Olaniran to talk about music, science fiction, and balancing a full-time career in the social services with a rising musical profile. …Click here for the full interview…
Sydney rock fourpiece Red Remedy have been hunkered down, working on material for their debut album. I caught up with frontman Zach Evans to discuss the forthcoming release, get his thoughts on the Sydney live music scene and find out more about the challenges of being independent. …Click here for the full interview…
To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the Hoodoo Gurus have released a new compilation and are about to take their Dig It Up! Tour around the nation. I caught up with guitarist Brad Shepherd to discuss the milestone, the band’s longevity and why he thinks their late-90s break-up won’t happen again. …Click here for the full interview…
Before hearing a note of Django Django’s debut self-titled LP, the buzz around the London quartet was already becoming a roar; SXSW darlings, glittering reviews in the UK press and numerous intimations that (despite the fact it’s March) the band of 2012 had emerged. Best of 2012 so far, perhaps. …Click here for the full review…
90s alt-rock stalwarts Urge Overkill are well and truly back together. With a new album under their belts and a set of Australian tour dates to go with it, frontman Eddie “King” Roeser tells me about some of the past opportunities they missed, and some present ones they’ve taken. …Click here for the full interview…
MS44’s Tonight’s The Night EP is the debut release from Dublin indie label Kyo Records. The work of Dublin electro producer and singer-songwriter Maria Shiel, MS44 is, perhaps unsurprisingly, a fusion of electronica – a mixture of ambient and drum and bass – and her solo songwriter aesthetic. …Click here for the full review…
The first of a trilogy of albums to come from German ambient experimentalist Markus Mehr over the next 12 months, In, despite its 50-min running time houses only two tracks. Despite its unshakable ‘man-made’ feel, the progression of both songs – and the album as a whole – feels surprisingly natural. …Click here for the full review…
