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Great Australian Bank discuss new EP 'Water Tank' and the lost truth of mateship
On the promise to make Australiana great again, Naarm-based Great Australian Bank has dropped their second EP, Water Tank. Inspired by...
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Bonnie Spain
- Apr 27
- 7 min
Class Traitor discusses their debut EP ‘Calving’ & their eagerly anticipated launch
Image credit: dsr-photography.com Class Traitor are a desperation sludge-metal project based in Naarm/Melbourne, consisting of members of...
Nick Crameri
- Apr 22
- 4 min
A Portrait of The Pinstripes
While unwittingly so, local 3-piece, The Pinstripes represent a new wave of Melbourne’s post-lockdown punk artistry. Their recently...
Nick Crameri
- Apr 2
- 6 min
CB Radio’s Carsten Bruhn on Running out of Numbers and Roolette Records
For the Melbourne music underground to stand as strong as it does, it requires people like Carsten Bruhn at the foot of its foundations....
Nick Crameri
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
PREMIERE: ‘Sad To See You Go’ by SUNEDEN
While it feels like an aeon ago, it was only in April of last year that we first met Eden Lee and Sunny Thapo to chat about their widely...
Nick Crameri
- Nov 5, 2021
- 5 min
Live Music Lives - Hyping Up The Retreat's Comeback Special
The firm feel of the bar as you sidle up to order your fresh first pint of the night. The sensation of spongey carpet and a sticky dance...
Nick Crameri
- Oct 27, 2021
- 5 min
Road Trip: Inner Wave Overcome Odds and Embrace Change With Apoptosis
Having endured personal trials and internal turbulence over the past year, there’s few more fitting ways to describe Inner Wave’s...
Nick Crameri
- Oct 18, 2021
- 4 min
Road Trip: How Chicago’s The Lipschitz Accidentally Achieved Post-Punk Perfection
Named after a German mathematician, Lipschitz continuity denotes a strong, uniform continuity between two functions. If we were to trace...
Nick Crameri
- Sep 10, 2021
- 5 min
Bird Facts and Ballads: What Makes Up the Soul of Skink Tank
With the strength of the sun they sing about, Skink Tank radiate Australiana’s most positive peculiarities. Bound by a fondness for...
Nick Crameri
- Aug 14, 2021
- 5 min
Worker and Parasite Unveil Their Urgent Uprising Against the Bourgeoisie
Under clear and specific directives from the socialist alliance known as the Ministry of Social Cohesion, Worker and Parasite act to...
Nick Crameri
- Jul 15, 2021
- 5 min
Tapping Into The Artful Aura of Tapdog
Those that discredit punk as an artform need only look as far as Tapdog for a reality check. A band shrouded in the secrecy of their...
Nick Crameri
- Jul 1, 2021
- 5 min
Phone In Invites Listeners Into a Lighter Side of Lachlan and Snowy
When considering prolific Melbourne artists of the recent era, Liam ‘Snowy’ Halliwell and Lachlan Denton sit within a sphere of their own...
Nick Crameri
- May 14, 2021
- 5 min
How A Hug Can Heal - Juice Webster Squeezes Her Subconscious into Her Sophomore EP
Every so often you might just be lucky enough to come across a song with the ability to halt you dead in its tracks. Something that...
Nick Crameri
- Mar 23, 2021
- 4 min
The Dadsons Chase Down Their Own Zeitgeist on Sophomore LP, Four
Brad Dadson rarely answers a question regarding his music without the preface, “It’s weird…”. Whilst a self-ascribed descriptor for his...
Nick Crameri
- Mar 4, 2021
- 5 min
Wandering Through Sleep Paralysis and Song Writing with Cian Bennet
Cian Bennet’s debut LP represents a first on many fronts. As a filmmaker and an experienced trumpet player in the phenomenal local outfit...
Nick Crameri
- Feb 22, 2021
- 5 min
The Laws of Loveboner
Even with so little on stage, Loveboner offer one of the most engagingly manic performances you’re likely to see in Melbourne. Marked by...
Nick Crameri
- Dec 17, 2020
- 4 min
The Gold Is In The Gutter For Gutter Girls
Gutter Girls’ modus operandi is best likened to the haphazard chaos of Melbourne drains funnelling dregs and debris into the Yarra on a...
Nick Crameri
- Nov 29, 2020
- 5 min
Why We Love The Stained Daisies So Much
Sitting with alt-rockers The Stained Daisies in their homely Moreland Road share house, there’s a special kind of warmth that glows from...
Gregory Alekseenko
- Nov 27, 2020
- 16 min
Deep Dive: Hachiku - A Portrait Of The Artist as a Young Woman
It’s a mild spring Tuesday as I catch up with Narrm/Birraranga/Melbourne-based artist Anika Ostendorf, known by her moniker Hachiku. She...
Nick Crameri
- Nov 24, 2020
- 4 min
Eggy Bring Their Kaleidoscopic Oddments to Life On, Bravo!
Forming five years ago over a mutual affinity for “friendship and gags”, Melbourne 5-piece, Eggy have sizzled to the forefront of the...