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Meet Sophie Payten, aka Gordi – a young songwriter hailing from rural New South Wales, Australia. Her hometown of Canowindra boasts a quaint township, whose nurturing green landscapes helped foster Gordi’s creative intuition growing up.
On the back of their latest single ‘Blood’ and a national tour spanning six capital shows, City Calm Down squeezed in some time with Backyard Opera to chat about their upcoming full-length and its inspirations.
“Intimate without ever feeling too precious”, says Jen Cloher about her latest self-titled release. Characterised by a variation of outwards and inwards focus, the punk-rock figurehead of the Melbourne DIY music scene shines us a light into her processes of artistic and personal growth.
The album, ‘Fresh Air’, by Montreal artist HOMESHAKE (Peter Sagar) is the possibly the paragon of indie-chill, specifically, the single, ‘Every Single Thing’
Small Voices is the creative efforts of Sydney-based producer Jack Perry who hails from far north NSW, near Byron. His newest effort comes in the form of ‘Russian Letter Syndrome’, which achieves much in its pared-back, chilled simplicity.
Since Cloud Control’s 2013 album Dream Cave the band has gone from a four-piece to a trio, losing bassist Jeremy Kelshaw in 2015 to a burgeoning need to “return to civilian life.”
MGMT’s 2007 full-length, ‘Oracular Spectacular’, accomplished much in the way of reinvigorating, from California to Sydney, a type of ‘modern hippy-dom.’
Retro culture is equal parts Tears for Fears, HAIM, and Culture Club, and in their newest video for ‘Heart Attack’ they capitalize on their knack for things past through video director and Melbourne game designer.
Dubbed, ‘Chamber of Reflection 2.0, Mac Demarco’s latest song, ‘On the level’ – due to appear May 5th on the album, ‘This Old Dog’ – expresses similar themes of introspection, all the while delving deeper into autobiographical experience.
The Murlocs are a stones throw away from the ludicrously creative psych-rock trailblazers King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard; sharing a few sonic similarities, except in a more blues-driven, indie-rock fashion.
Guys and gals, layout your finest sequined outfits and lay that eyeliner on thick. It’s time for a night of strobe-lit, heart-rumbling synth pop catharsis in the shape of Retro Culture’s latest single, ‘Heart Attack’.
Darlings of the indie pop scene, San Cisco have released their second single ‘Hey, did I do you wrong?’ due to feature on their upcoming third full-length release, ‘The Water’ – due out in late April.
Subtle new inventions in both instrumentation, lyricism and production are what listeners might look forward to on Real Estate’s latest effort, ‘In Mind’.
As New York singer/songwriter Margaret Glaspy lands upon Australian shores this month her debut LP ‘Emotions and Math’ creeps a little deeper into the Australian ear.
Tennis are an indie husband-wife duo hailing from Colorado, America. The pair met in college and proceeded to sail
Tennis return with the video for their latest single release ‘In the morning I’ll be better’, set to appear on their fourth
