Feature Sounds

by Flying Lotus Composed, according to FlyLo, as “a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies”, Until the Quiet Comes has the distinct feel of this nocturnal trip. From the twitching descent into a...

by Melody's Echo Chamber MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER surfaced in late June via a lone, mysterious single. The dreamy fuzz gem "Crystallized" came seemingly out of nowhere, adding a psychedelic gleam to Winter 2012. But, of...

by David Byrne & St Vincent Recorded over two years largely at Water Music in Hoboken, New Jersey, the album is a collaboration in the truest sense of the word, with Byrne and St. Vincent...

by Charles Jenkins and the Zhivagos Charles Jenkins and the Zhivagos are proud to announce the release of "Love Your Crooked Neighbour With Your Crooked Heart" on Silver Stamp Records via Fuse Distribution. Ringing performances...

by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Meat and Bone is the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s first album of new material in eight years. This is straight-up, A-grade Blues Explosion, 12 prime cuts of raw rock ‘n’...

by The Souljazz Orchestra More fire on Solidarity, the fifth full-length from Canada’s hardest working afro-jazz supergroup, The Souljazz Orchestra. Rooted in rhythmically rich musical traditions of the past, the collective have kept their eyes...

by Matt Walker 2012 album from singer songwriter Matt Walker which was recorded in an isolated Victorian farm using acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, piano, drums, violin and harmonica. This week's Top 10:

by Mojo Juju Mojo Juju sings songs that sound like that night you can't quite remember and that girl you promise you've never met. It's blues, but not as we know it; it's nostalgic yet...

by Dinosaur Jr. ”I Bet on Sky", due for release in Australia on September 14th, is the third Dinosaur Jr. album since the original trio – J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph – reformed in...

by Sera Cahoone Sera Cahoone is a long way from home. Growing up the daughter of a dynamite salesman in the Colorado foothills, she got her start on the drums at 11, and at 12...

by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard There’s a thud. A reverberated crunch. And then, a sudden stifling wall of primal noise and that could probably only hail the return of one seven headed beast...

by Nick Waterhouse Nick Waterhouse is a 25 year old R&B and soul fanatic who combines an uncanny old-school sensibility with a charged, contemporary style. He joins the ranks of similar acts and producers of...

by Jamie Oehlers Tenor saxophonist Jamie Oehlers (AUS) and drummer Ari Hoenig (USA) unite in the studio at long last to release Smoke and Mirrors. Oehlers’ original compositions call to mind late night smoky jazz...

by Pataphysics SUBVERSIVE is the debut album from Melbourne MC/ Producer/ Trumpet Player/ Multi-Instrumentalist/ Pataphysics. Hands down the most militant and politically outspoken music to come out of Australia. Pataphysics is an Australian music rarity...

by Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Rick Estrin ranks among the best harp players, singers and songwriters in the blues world. He returns with his band, The Nightcats, to bring you One Wrong Turn, a...

by Mia Dyson You are Mia Dyson and you've worked your ass off the past decade to be heard on the Australian continent. That work has paid off. People know your name. Writers gush about...